yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] BWLand:
Starting to worry about Bluetooth on this watch. If the watch is connected to my phone or a headset using Bluetooth the battery drops about 15 to 20 % an hour. I have the same results whether I have the SIM card on or not. I think that having the SIM care on all the time does not have a large impact on battery life as does Bluetooth. My plan is to use the watch in place of my cell phone. If this continues I will not be able to leave the headset on all day. I have installed several apps since yesterday and there is the possibility that one of these is affecting battery life.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Try Greenify to help with this power consumption. Root access seems fairly easy so we might look at using xposed as well.
[Other SmartWatches] BWLand:
I performed a factory reset and it appears that might have solved the high battery consumption when running Bluetooth. It must have been one of the apps I installed. I am going to go back and install the apps one at a time to determine if one of the apps was causing the problem. With the SIM card on and connected to a headset battery percentage did not change in 10 minutes where before the reset is was dropping about 6% in 10 minutes.
[Other SmartWatches] Samysaythanks:
Hey there :)

I've got a question to those of you, who still got the watch: Is there any watchface thats "always on"?

Thats a dead point for me if its not working.

I know, that it will costs much battery, but a watch with black screen is not that thing i will have on my wrist...

On my Gear S i have an "Ambient mode" and it shows the time all the time ;) And through the AmoLED on my Gear S it costs not much battery life..

Or can anyone of you do this for me?

a black watchface with anly white thiny hands that show --always-- the time?

Thank you soooo much :)
[Other SmartWatches] amitamram:
I dont have the watch but it run android so

You could probably just check the "stay awake" option in developer tools..
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I see a lot of space is taken up on this watch because the rom is odexed.

Should make a fair bit of difference once it's de-odexed.

Still waiting for mine to arrive though...
[Other SmartWatches] -AreKs-:
Hi, guys! I've just bought this smartwatch and try to connect it to my phone. In menu I find some app, called "Watch Helper" or so.. But when I try to download it to my phone by scanning QR code it says, that there is no actual web page. Could somebody upload this app to somewhere for me?

Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] lphovercraft:
Look earlier in this thread from Lokifish Mars. Be sure to hit the thanks button. ?
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
Hi all, i need your help to solve this issue: suddenly yesterday morning my watch became warm and turned off in few minutes. I tried to charge it since it looked out of power, but it become warm and remains turned off. This morning I was able to turn it on a few minutes and set power saving mode without success: it turned off again and it seems impossibile to charge.

Do you have any idea?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Take the back cover off and make sure that there's nothing wrong in there. Could be any little bit of metal causing a short or similar problem. Have you taken the back off before to put sim card in?
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
No... Never... I tried to charge again and it began very warm without turning on. I opened it today for first time to check this issue: nothing seems to be wrong.

I also lost the plastic cover of the heart rate monitor...
[Other SmartWatches] tiberalex:
So...I found out how to put the faces exactly in the center of the display!!!

- The watch must be rooted

- Download Window Manipulator

- Set the screen size from 400 x 400 to 400 x 401

- Go to Watchmaker Live Wallpaper

- Edit watch position and set "Reset Position" then "Fill Height" and "Fill Width"

The face will be in the center, you dont have to modify anything.

May be the app doesnt like a square display but setting 1 pixel more everything will be ok.

Enjoy!!!!
[Other SmartWatches] the steve:
Thank you so much! This makes it very easy to use watchmaker wallpapers and they are always looking great. Even the small gap on the top is gone now. Just two advices:

The app is available on playstore with the name 'UI Tuner'

No 1 D5 or K8 mini users should select screen size 360x361
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
I have the similar issues. Any fix for this? I don't see any replies to this thread.

Thank you.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I am using the custom rom which is easily installed and I have none of these issues. No Bluetooth issues either

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Mind you, I didn't have these issues even using the stock firmware.
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
How can i geht watchfaces with nova
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
Alright thank you. I'll try the custom rom. Just checking, how much is the space available on this watch? 1.36GB?
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
Please read 4 posts before your :banghead:
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
Sorry. I searched this thread for nova. No useable results. Seems that i did not know the correct keyword.
[Other SmartWatches] the steve:
You can use the watchmaker live wallpaper as background and choose from hundreds of watchfaces online. There are several posts in this thread and maybe in the threads for the No1 D5 and the K8 round mini. Anyway here is a short description:

-enable the use of lwps by installing the neccessary files (post #335)

-install watchmaker LWP (playstore) & download watchfaces (facerepo.com)

-use UI Tuner app (playstore) to fix the alignment on the screen like described a few posts ago.
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
Custom rom is also no help. The problem persists and it has become a concern. I guess the network is not unlocked to use in India. Don't know, not sure.

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Any fix for this issue? Please help.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
What exactly is the issue, who is your carrier?
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
I am able to connect GPRS using airtel SIM and it works fine, but while trying to make the call it throws up an error Mobile network not available.
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
Shows the network in image.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Maybe try adding your apn ?

And before you ask - have a check through the threads on how to do it.
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
Data is working fine but not the phone.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
If you have knowledge of mobile uncle mtk engineering tools and google similar problems you may be able to fix it. I would send it back if you can though. Sounds like a warranty return is needed
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
I solved my issue. The reason for that seems to be a screen off app not working for our device. With a factory reset it seems work again :) ...fiuuuu

Thank you
[Other SmartWatches] caltomoto:
Do the faces with features not work on the D5 then? Just wondering what are the best types of faces to download from facerepo
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
Mobile uncle isn't helping... Still trying to fix it. Anyways, thank you.

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Network data is working fine, its the calls creating problem.
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
So far any fix to this? I'm still struggling.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
All i can advise you to do is google for anyone else who has had a similar problem with an MTK device. No one else here has reported this particular problem. Normally it's all working or no data/calls at all.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
When using WatchMaker live wallpaper features don't work on any device. I've asked, begged, screamed, offered to pay $100 to have him make a widget version with working features to no avail.
[Other SmartWatches] Cerbe.Rus:
It was the same problem. Check IMEI *#06# If IMEI empty, you need set new fake IMEI from engineering menu. I solved this problem in a way
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
I don't think the IMEI has any issues, mine is original and tested okay - not blacklisted anywhere, still not working the calling option.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
It sounds like the cell radio is stuffed but normally flashing a different firmware would help. In your case it must be faulty hardware...
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
Hello All,

I just wanted to briefly share a little hardware modification I have been working on this watch over the past couple weeks, I have only had it for about a month now. For the money, there is no question the technology/processor in this thing is amazing, my only gripe is the stupid charging cradle it came with. I am surprised there haven't been more complaints about it on here, I couldn't stand how the connection would get lost at the slightest touch.

Pic of end result:

http://imgur.com/cxayPDO

What this is?

So far, I removed the 4 USB Connector pins in the metal plate that screws in to the bottom of the watch. Soldered wires to + & - on the mainboard of watch itself and then put wires through original metal plate holes. Then hot glued 2-pin female header connectors to side of watch. I plan to add other 2 data USB pins later for data transfer (I never use usb for data, unless I might need for root, which I plan down the road).

I am planning one more step with this, I just have to wait on parts from China :( , maybe another 3 weeks. I want to make a sort of wristband backup battery for this smartwatch. I bought a fairly small 800mah lipo battery, some tiny 3.7v to 5v Stepup converters, and tiny charging regulator circuits for the 800mah battery (essentially can provide 2 charging cycles to our 400mah battery). This should be quite small, and with long sleeves unnoticeable, but I just have to wait. I will show one more picture, we can call this an 'alpha', because I am using an already finalized backup battery, already much larger then what I am dreaming up, this is only to give a general picture of the end concept.

http://imgur.com/ppWHpWZ

P.S.

Make sure the sticky plastic cover always goes back on this watch before the bottom metal cover

, I discovered (then tested), this several times, this will cause shorts and your phone won't turn on!, There was a post on the previous page that someone was having a problem with with shorts and I didn't see this sticky piece. They said it was fixed with something else, I hope that was the case, if not, make sure you have the sticky plastic piece in.
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
where can i buy additional charging docks? nothing found on google ;-(

the only one i can find was this: http://www.simeon-tuitt.co.uk/ but they do not deliver to austria
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
Why the heck would you want one? :confused: . Sorry, your post just seemed odd/ironic directly after mine.
[Other SmartWatches] stanisjj:
New Top quality Black smart watch Charging Dock Charger Cradle & USB Data cables For LG G Watch R LG W110 watch charging dock

http://s.aliexpress.com/7be6veuq

(from AliExpress Android)
[Other SmartWatches] sakiboy87:
I don't think charger is the right one. This one has 5 pins. Someone earlier posted a true charger on buyswonder. As far as I looked, no chargers on aliexpress are suitable at the moment.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
This won't work. I also have LG watch. Pins are on the wrong side of the watch.
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
I am a developer. So i am able to earn money with my brain. This is also the reason that i am able to spend money for the things i need. But i am not able to build things with my hands without bricking/cutting my fingers.
[Other SmartWatches] sakiboy87:
Guys, just search for d5 charger on buyswonder.com. I just ordered one. This website is unknown to me, but another user here recommended it so I checked it out and took the risk. We will see if the decision was right in a couple of weeks. :) so far, k haven't encountered any other site that sells the charger for this watch.

They also accept PayPal.
[Other SmartWatches] kuronoraito:
Stuck in boot

Hi, I have the K18, it has been working very well for this past week. But now I have a trouble. I was adding new clock face using the drag and drop to ClockSkin folder, and then the clock was nudged from the dock and the connection is lost. Now when I boot the clock it wont go past the spinning globe boot screen. Can anybody help with this? :confused: This is a stock watch with just the OTA update.

Tried the reset by pressing the lower and middle button, but the watch just blinked the globe and did not go into recovery mode. :crying::crying::crying:
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
I realize my first post wast misleading, I know most people can't solder their smartwatches as I did, I apologize for that. All I was trying to saying is that the original charging cradle sucks, and it was odd you posted you wanted one right after I say this.

You can spend your money as you will, you have some, good for you! Most people getting this watch, do so, because of the crazy low price you pay for the technology packed inside. Myself, that was the main reason, secondly, because it runs off Android not Android Wear. I do have a background in Electronics, as well as Software Development (mostly I have been programming in .Net and Android), and one goal I had was to possibly work on some simple 400x400 apps to work on these watches.

My original post was only to show that there are other options to the ****--s craddle that came with the device. If there was more (lol, any), positive feedback, I was planning to possibly create a new thread with a new portable backup battery charger/wristband idea I have been working on. However, this wouldn't work when the only charging option on the watch, is 4 pins at the bottom of the watch.
[Other SmartWatches] dragon-tmd:
Btw, here is my videoreview of the K8 Round in german language on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5iTM_j9Oao
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
Hi bedeadu,

It was me.. Unfortunately, my current issue is the battery drain: when in the dock, the watch goes to 100% in few minutes, but actually the battery without dock goes to 0% in seconds. If I leave it on the dock more time after 100% is reached, it become warm without benefits on the battery duration. Do you have any suggestion?

Thanks in advance
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
Hi Anesteticus84,

To be completely honest, your latest explanation sounds more odd than the previous, especially if it wasn't the sticky plastic cover piece as the culprit. I can tell you from my testing before/during my mods, is that all of the charging regulation is done internally by the phone itself, off or on. I used something like this USB Charger Capacity Meter which allowed me to check current rates through charging process. From memory it was around 0.7amps(700ma) when battery < 50%. When > 50%, amps would decrease about every 10% by 0.10amps, 0.6a to 0.5a..,.... When fully charged, current would always go to 0%.

Tests:

- Difference Charging if Watch is On/Off while charging?

- Confirm you are using the plastic sticky cover?

- Have you tried different Chargers/Cables?

- Buy USB Current/Voltage checker from above link, handy to see what current/voltages are when charging, and why charges so quickly (this shouldn't happen, 700ma is max current I have seen on my own watch, from 0%)

I will be curious if any of the above makes a difference, however this does sound more hardware related. Does your watch ever stay on at this point, or always at zero? If zero, still sounds like a short, metal touching ground. You mentioned I believe you lost the heart-rate cover. The fact that there is a cover there makes me wonder if there is a positive voltage somewhere there touching the metal bottom plate, causing a short. Maybe try some subtle electric tape just around its edge? small small small amount cause it's quite thick tape.

Last comment, the dock itself, from what I could see, consisted of the female Micro USB connector, and a couple resistors to drop the voltage on the 2 data lines, that is pretty much it. So, it's possible this went bad, but there really isn't much to it, so unlikely. Again, the USB Current/Voltage meter would help give an idea what is happening here.
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
Anesteticus84, 2nd thought, the heart-rate cover was only a scratch resistance protector I believe. Meaning, this likely wouldn't be the issue, so don't try the electrical tape around it.

Were you one of the users that got a hold of a 2nd charging unit, or have access to one to test? Surprised no one has realized this yet, but because of my disgust with it, I do have a fully functioning unit still. I have no problem giving mine away, although I don't know what shipping from Canada to US costs. I lost one of my original charging pins in the metal base plate of my watch, so the charging unit is now useless to me, I don't care to make any make shift pins, as I am happy with my new charging design.
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
Thank you very much for your support.

I cannot try the suggested test since now the watch doesn't turn on. If i put it on the dock I hear a far Buzz until I remove it from it. It continues to buzz when the power button is pressed and not in charge..

Update: i'm able to turn on the watch, but the battery goes down really quick and the screen becomes black without any reason apparently. If I put it on the dock again, the charging starts from 50% ( also off) and goes to 100% in few seconds...

It seems due to a fault battery, but it is strange after 3 months...

Is it possible there is anything that is the cause for this falling down of the battery?

Do you have any suggestion?
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
First off, not sure why you can't do my "test", I suggested more than one. The idea with my suggestions was if some/all of them failed, then yes, it is most likely a battery issue.

With your last explanation screen on/off battery 50% to 0% in seconds when on. You didn't try to root/unlock bootloader before this happened did you? Or flash a custom ROM. Just curious, sounds like what could happen from a bad bootloader flash (mind you haven't done my watch yet, only have experience on phones).

Unfortunately, as also commented somewhere in here before, the battery and terminals are in a vicarious spot under the Main board. Even I am too scared to pull it out on a working unit because you could break the side buttons, mic or speaker. Then, you probably need to desolder all antennas that go into the wristbands. Meaning, it would be difficult to replace even if the battery is the main issue.
[Other SmartWatches] Anesteticus84:
Hi Bedeadu,

this is first time I answering you from a PC :), so I can be more detailed.

- No different charging if Watch is On/Off while charging

- I can confimr that the plastic sticky cover is inside in the right position

- I tried different cables wallmounted or USB ports of PCs/notebooks

- I don't have currently a voltage checker: maybe I should buy one to check the voltage on the watch motherboard

I never rooted the watch (I didn't have time to do it :) ). I also tried to reset the data in the phone (to verify that the issue was not due to an app, as thought in a first moment)

I agree: I opened the back cover to verify if it could be simple to remove the motherboard from the case, but I am scared to pull it out. In meanwhile I saw you added two wires to charge the watch without the cradle: could you please show me how you do it?

As last hope I could try to replicate your solution to check if the issue is related to the battery or to the terminals on the device.

PS: in the meanwhile I contacted the reseller to have assistance since I never opened the device before the issue, so it seems a "factory issue".

Thank you and regards,

Antonino
[Other SmartWatches] Bedeadu:
I see what you mean by replying by device, not pc! Anyways, if you haven't done anything to your device, your best option is going through your reseller (hopefully). In one way or another it most definitely sounds defect, battery or charging circuit.

Technically you can do what I did without any soldering, but again not worth it until you get response from retailer, it won't hurt, just not worth it. Even with cover on, the top 2 pins on bottom of watch (top 2 pins meaning top is side with metal clasp on wristband) are negative and positive respectively. If you have extra USB cable, cut other end, take black and red wires on cut end and contact to pins on bottom of watch (you can just use your fingers to keep contact for test. Other end of USB cable goes to wall USB charger.

The USB Voltage/Current reader is a good thing to have to test your wall chargers, and isn't very expensive. But I wouldn't bother getting one just for this. I don't think your issue is in your cradle charger or wall charger.

Lastly, there is no way to actually bypass the battery without getting under the mainboard. So even if you charge the pins as I have, if the battery isn't functioning correctly, it won't matter, the battery would have to be disconnected and run off wall power to prove this. If that makes sense.
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
I am trying to connect from phone to watch with teamviewer.

Watch with custom rom and nova.

When i try to connect i see "incoming connection" on the bottom of the screen for a few seconds. But then i get "connection aborted" . i think i should get a dialog to accept the connection. And hints?

(My watch is configured for german, so the messages could be different)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
When you first run team viewer you should be prompted to install a plugin. If you missed that it probably won't work..
[Other SmartWatches] BPM:
seems that is no problem on the watch. i am able to connect from my laptop. i am only not able to connect to the watch from my galaxy s5 with cm 13. so i have to search for a solution in the cm 13 sections ;)

its ok to configure things from my laptop but it would be much easier with the phone
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Nice to know it's working for you.

I personally prefer the laptop or pc - better control :)
[Other SmartWatches] fpdragon:
Hello and sorry for the post if it is just a stupid question.

I was reading and reading and trying and trying but until now I had no chance.

I have a K8 on original firmware (W806) 160104.

The goal is to get root and a custom recovery. So here's what I did:

I installed all drivers on my windows machine.

I downloaded all data from the first post.

I used MtkDroidTools v2.5.3 to write down my current mac.

I used MtkDroidTools v2.5.3 to dump or generate a scatter file which is quite similar to the downloaded one.

I tried MtkDroidTools v2.5.3 to gain ADB root but it wasn't working. (only blue indicator in MtkDroidTools v2.5.3)

I used SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1532 to load scatter and readback the whole firmware. I guess it was working and I have the ROM_ file.

I used MtkDroidTools v2.5.3 to patch (?) the downloaded rom with CWM and generate new files.

I used SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1532 to upload the downloaded recovery_twrp_2710-W806.img to the device in RECOVERY section.

Device can't boot to recovery with lowest button + power. It just boots up normal. Normal boot is working fine.

I used SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1532 to upload the downloaded recovery_twrp_2710-W806.img + uboot.bin from the downloaded W806_ReadBack_151104.

Device can't boot to recovery with lowest button + power. Just an error "no command" I guess... Normal boot is working fine.

I used SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1532 to upload the downloaded recovery_twrp_2710-W806.img + uboot.bin from the backup.

Device can't boot to recovery with lowest button + power. It just boots up normal. Normal boot is working fine.

So if I'm right, after these steps I should have access to the twrp with lowest button + power.

When I press the upper button + power I get access to this chinese menu.

The plan was to install twrp to install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip afterwards.

Can anybody tell me what I was doing wrong?

Thank you for the high amount of reads but maybe it would be a good idea to mark or delete the obsolete procedures? (framaroot, kingroot) It is really confusing.

thanks