yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Did you set the correct permissions for the telephony.db file?

You need to do this with root explorer and with busybox installed - see the post from

Vibor

:

APN Problem solved.

As I wrote in previous message the problem was "no carrier APN data in system file "telephony.db".

According to advice by Pablo I did it in few steps:

1. Root by KingRoot4.1-release-20150703-for-xda.apk (thanks Pablo)

2. Install Busybox 3.6

3. Install Root Explorer

4. From rooted smartphone by root explorer copy telephony.db from: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db to SD card and after that to PC

4. Copy telephony.db from PC to watch: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db (replace existing telephony.db with new one from smartphone).

5. Restart watch and you will see in APN directory carrier APN data

Make sure you add your carrier details to the .db before you copy it back to the phone.
[Other SmartWatches] MosheDrori:
It works perfectly.
[Other SmartWatches] singsong:
Damn! Why the root doesn't work? Any suggestion?

[IMG="Root K8 3G"]http://www.thelongrun.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_20151116_141955.jpg[/IMG]
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Factory reset the watch and try again.

Did you have wifi enabled? It will need to download some scripts to root the watch
[Other SmartWatches] singsong:
Ok, I will try after a factory reset. Thanks (wifi enabled, yes)

[UPDATE]: nothing to do, my K8 wan't make the root. So sad :(
[Other SmartWatches] kadety1:
Hello,

I did root with Kingroot 4.05 and everything is fine except that my computer does not recognize my smartvatch. It gives me that there is an error in the device. Before performing root - no such problem. I wanted to remove the root, but because of the round shape I can not get to the submenu.

Can anybody help me.
[Other SmartWatches] MosheDrori:
The watch can't load. I stuck on the globe picture, and the PC (win10) doesn't recognize it.

I tried via recovery several wipes. but still can't restart.

I didn't make a backup, so I downloaded Pablo's one: 2015-11-13--16-57-43 ALPS.KK1.MP7.V1.22.zip

I entered TWRP but the pc doesn't recognize the watch and I can't transfer the file...

I instales SDK and I need your advises:

1. the main Q.. How to transfer the backup.zip to the watch?

2. after transferring, where to put it?

3. after transferring, should I run "restore"?

thx for help,

Moshe
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
Got a big request. Could somebody post good pics of all the included faces? I need it for two reasons. I need to see what elements are used on the face and what the faces look like IRL.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I have had the same issue with my pc not recognizing the watch. It seems to be to do with the charging dock. If I move the watch around in the cradle a few times the pc eventually connects to the watch.

I cannot recommend using any version of Kingroot except the one I attached back here in this thread. The others Don't work!!

Uninstall and keep trying. The ones who are having problems - can you tell us what firmware version you have please? Maybe they are shipping a slightly different version.

[MENTION=5010347]MosheDrori[/MENTION] - you cannot move files to the watch in recovery. I mentioned this back a few pages in this thread. You need to be booted into Android.

What did you wipe in recovery? If you wiped any system partition then it will not boot. You can try ADB sideload of my backup in recovery it might work - read up about it and install the drivers needed.

If that doesn't work you will need to read up on using mtk flashtool. There is a factory backup in the firmware thread you can restore.

http://xdaforums.com/smartwatch/other-smartwatches/k8-zeaplus-k18-round-watch-firmware-t3238349

Just make sure you install the preloader driver - it can be tricky but I have managed it and it restored fine.

There are many places to read up on this but you could start here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2730031

All I can say to people is take a deap breath and relax. Panicking leads to mistakes.

Read this thread and the MTK device threads

completely

before you start this stuff. It saves a lot of pain later on.

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I'll see what I can do - have to get off to work in a minute :)
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
May be of some use. Granted it's for the x201/Truesmart and WIN7 but pretty much everything else should apply. The All Tools pack is something I made during that time and a mirror can still be found here

[YOUTUBE]ccpWVNHf-vY[/YOUTUBE]
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Thanks [MENTION=3795702]Lokifish Marz[/MENTION]

This is a great help for these guys :)

What do you have to sign in to when you try to watch this? It's private :)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
This looks great. Didn't take them long to produce another one!

It may be a little small for the screen - our one is already fairly small. Build quality seems very good though:

http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_263293.html
[Other SmartWatches] supergadgetman:
Can anyone that has their k8 3g round watch in the U.S. verify if they get 3G data speeds? From the specs I'm reading the watch has 2100mhz frequency which would mean it would be limited to 2G (Edge) data speeds in the U.S. We use the 1900mhz frequency on our GSM carriers.

T.I.A.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
Fixed
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Thanks mate. :good:

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I'm in AUS but I can confirm that it only has the 2100 and 850 band for 3g.

I guess it won't be lightning fast but should be fine for those times when you have no WiFi at all.

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Very nice vid mate - easy to understand and should help a few people here. Interesting that you choose firmware update with SP tool. I have been using download but it seems to work.

Is it safe to flash pre-loader? I thought it was not...

I must say that I wish there was a similar dock for this watch.

This is one of the reasons that people are having device not recognised/malfunction errors. It just doesn't sit well in the charger dock and has to be moved very slightly to establish a secure connection.

The pins on the dock are very strong but the magnet is very weak allowing for movement to occur. I have to put a small weight on the watch to hold it firmly in place - being careful not to damage the glass. Also the strap is unable to lay flat and so an appropriate "stand" has to be found. I use a tall vitamin pot :)

As you can imagine this makes for problematic flashing - but it's do-able if you persist.

PS - I tried the micro G-Apps and it's just too big to install on our watch in it's current software form.

I stripped out the boot sounds and the flappy birds game and a few other files but still no joy. Nano G-Apps is the only one that will fit so far.

I found that using an app called root uninstaller I could move many apps to the so called SD card and this saves system space and works well enough. I guess because it's all part of the same 4gb storage :)
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Anyone get this for you yet?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I haven't done it. if you could it would be really helpful. I'm at work at the moment.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
No sweat. These should work. Couldn't get the weather one, kept crashing Launcher.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Fantastic!! Thanks.

I guess they are live wallpapers that can be used only by this launcher.

Might be difficult to obtain any more...
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
You bet. Glad to help out.
[Other SmartWatches] dc5daft:
Hi Guys, just read through the whole thread and fantastic work so far!

I had been thinking about buying one but there are two things I would want to make sure it can do before I buy, if anyone wouldn't mind confirming for me :)

1) I know it has GPS but do any of the run "mapping" apps work like MapMyRun, Runkeeper etc?

2) I had seen it mentioned in a post but didn't really find an answer, is it possible to sync messages, calls etc over Bluetooth from your phone? I wouldn't be using it with a sim so would want it to sync to my phone.

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I have yet to find a Bluetooth app that works well with this watch. That's not to say it's not possible.

GPS works well but consumes more battery. It is good enough for maps I would think but I would need to test it without my SIM card in it.

To be honest if you don't intend to use the phone component it may be cheaper to look at something else.
[Other SmartWatches] dc5daft:
Thanks for the quick reply mate, much appreciated :)

Yeh I might need to keep looking, although I really like the design of the K8. I'm basically looking for something that can map my runs without my phone (standalone GPS) and would like it if it can take calls and sync messages with my phone. I noticed that the microsoft band is coming down in price a lot and may be an option but I'm not too keen on the design.

Anyway, thanks again for the advice :)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I think it's possible to use the K8 for these things but I can't say for sure. Maybe someone else here could comment?

I can understand why you like it :)
[Other SmartWatches] antho0062:
Hello. GPS work vert well as standalone GPS. I use this with the application "here maps" and parcours.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
Thanks. I'll try to get on this as soon as I can but the IGG for the OXY just opened and I'm one of the people on the project so I might get really busy real soon.

My goal on the K8 ROM is optimization, bloat removal, built-in gapps, better watch faces. As I don't have one I will not be able to do a security scan and implement fixes. BTW, the watchfaces I will be using will not be ripoffs of trademarked watches, so no Rolex, no TAG, etc.. I will however put in some digital versions of my own traditional watch work.
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
I think this could be useful for you.

This is the stock launcher; all watchfaces related images are in res/drawable-mdpi-v4

If you need any other file from stock ROM, please ask.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
Thanks. I do already have the launcher but no way to see what the faces looked like on device. With the faces being in launcher /res it will be a lot easier than when I had to dig through the framework.apk and recompile it on the x201.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Thanks [MENTION=3795702]Lokifish Marz[/MENTION]

I appreciate the effort while you're busy :)

I'm gonna scout around for any analogue watch faces we could use. I have a LG Watch R and I want to pull the faces from that and see if they can be used at all.

I'll upload them as soon as I can
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
Facerepo is one of the biggest repository of free watchfaces in

Watchmaker, Facer and Pujie format, easy manageable ;)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
EDIT - attached some from the LG. Don't know if they will be usable. Maybe a different resolution..
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I have watchmaker pro - have you managed to get it working on this watch yet?
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
AFAIK Watchmaker require Android 4.4, we are on 4.2
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
I'm trying to stay away from copyrighted and trademarked faces. So Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike or at least CC Attribution. As a watchmaker and smartwatch watchface maker, I think it the proper thing to do.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
This watch is KitKat 4.4.2.

I think the watch faces that are meant for 5.0 will not work though.

It seems that unless we dump them into the res folder in the launcher we cannot access them .

Installing as an app will not work

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[MENTION=3795702]Lokifish Marz[/MENTION] I agree.

I have paid for these though and I would love to be able to get them up and running on this watch.

Any ideas how we could make that happen? I'm guessing the only way would be to butcher the apps or get Wear ported to this device - which would be extremely painful.

Having said that - this guy has done amazing work http://xdaforums.com/gear-2/development/please-help-kernel-compiling-android-t2992953

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[/COLOR [MENTION=3795702]Lokifish Marz[/MENTION] this is amazing :) Well done mate. I would love to get my hands on one https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/oxy-smartwatch-your-daily-companion#/story
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
Sorry my fault.

Anyway if you are not using stock launcher, then you could try Watchmaker Live Wallpaper, wich work fine on 4.4 and can load any Watchmaker watchface. I can't try it myself because I'm currently stuck on Google account add procedure that always gives me an invalid password error.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
If you get stuck adding the account get to the part where you add username and password and press the lower button on the right side of the watch.

When I did this I got the option to use a browser to add my username and password. Once you've done that you can accept the agreement then restart play app and you should be good.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
A Wear port has been tossed around for some time for the MT6572, thing is I don't think MTK even has the needed code for it. At least not for the 6572. So right now the only option is Watchmaker Live Wallpaper.

Thanks, been busy on that one for some time. And there's still more to do.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Tried Watchmaker Live Wallpaper but fails during launch. Problem with the Live Wallpaper picker?

Too bad because Nova Launcher works pretty good. Had a blank page ready and everything. :p

Nice to have something like this. 3x3 just aint big enough though.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=smsr.com.acc

I found some clock widgets that will re-size to fit the screen. Not too bad but just not detailed enough.
[Other SmartWatches] Adamdadam:
How do you guys find the quality of the hardware? I have a Apple Watch already but I wanted a watch I could put my sim in and leave me iPhone at home if I don't wanna lug my 6s plus around with me. The watch looks nice but I just wish the SIM card was installed a different way. Having to unscrew the screws every time looks like kind of a pain.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Yeah, the sim placement is a bit of a PITA but it does provide a little more protection from dust and water I guess. They provide a nice little screwdriver, it takes a minute or 2.

Quality is pretty nice. Sturdy construction, not plastic. Buttons are solid, not rattly. Choice band, maybe a little think but will ease with time. I also have the ZGPAX S8 and prefer the K8. Too bad ZGPAX android is not in the K8. :D
[Other SmartWatches] Adamdadam:
Awesome I can't wait to get mine. I wonder what size those screws are. I would not mind getting some spares. I can picture it now, it's a Saturday and I've had a couple drinks and want to put my sim in.... Maybe a watch shop could match up some screws.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
They're small philips head screws, at lest mine are. Maybe a bit bigger than what's used in glasses I'd think.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Did you remove the stock launcher to your SD card?

It might prevent the live wallpapers..

EDIT - Live wallpaper apk is missing

Just pulled live wallpaper picker from the trusmart 4.4.2 rom - I'll see what can be done
[Other SmartWatches] campy74:
Help me!!!:crying::crying:

My phone don't works with phone signal (the SIM as recognized fine but no signal)... Another customer that have this don't have any problems (work correctly with any Carrier)... my phone don't works with all carriers... defect?

When I have turned on first time in the call list there were Chinese numbers But I do not know if they work.

What can I do? I installed the recovery TWRP, Google Apps, and all the tools for rooting

....

:good:
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Edit - Ok, I added these attached files with root explorer and set the correct permissions and live wallpaper now works :)

The downside is that watchmaker doesn't work properly and you get the live watchmaker background instead.

Doesn't seem to be able to be set as a screen saver which would be ideal.

Oh well, it was worth a try :)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Have you rebooted into recovery and wiped dalvik cache and cache?

Check the APN settings and make sure mobile data is enabled.

You might try copying the telephony.db ( I think that's what it's called ) from the phone out to the SD and then editing it on your pc as I posted about a few pages back.

Post 289 from here http://xdaforums.com/smartwatch/other-smartwatches/k8-3g-round-android-4-4-t3207082/page29

here you go:

You need to do this with root explorer and with busybox installed - see the post from

Vibor

:

APN Problem solved.

As I wrote in previous message the problem was "no carrier APN data in system file "telephony.db".

According to advice by Pablo I did it in few steps:

1. Root by KingRoot4.1-release-20150703-for-xda.apk (thanks Pablo)

2. Install Busybox 3.6

3. Install Root Explorer

4. From rooted smartphone by root explorer copy telephony.db from: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db to SD card and after that to PC

4. Copy telephony.db from PC to watch: /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db (replace existing telephony.db with new one from smartphone).

5. Restart watch and you will see in APN directory carrier APN data

Make sure you add your carrier details to the .db before you copy it back to the phone. Permissions should be the same as the original file.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Right on. Nice find.

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Excellent! I'll give it a go.

Live Wallpapers work perfect. Just gotta figure out why Watchmaker lets me pick a watchface but when I apply it nothing shows.

Edit - Getting closer. Trying to get rid of that little gray space up top.

There's also other alternatives. Live Wallpaper clocks. But I really like to super-details of Watchmakers.
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
Hmmm, WatchMaker live wallpaper as the center screen + this?

[YOUTUBE]G_fGFfCAMYo[/YOUTUBE]
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Woah. Nice launcher.
[Other SmartWatches] Bushrod:
I see the same thing on my Truesmart. I believe it's because the wallpaper doesn't go into the notification bar, even if the bar isn't there. Does that make sense?
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
Yep, saw that on my TrueSmart too. If I move the watchface up a little bit in the settings the space goes away up top but then it shows up on the bottom. :mad:

A quick tip for using Nova Launcher. The middle, Home, button doesn't turn the screen off. You have to set the screen time out or install an app that will allow you to turn the screen off with a tap. What I did was installed an app called 'Screen Off' and in Nova Launcher Settings, Gestures and Inputs, Home button, Apps, set it to the 'Screen Off' app.

If yer not on the Home page one press of the Home button will get you there, and one more press will turn the screen off. Works very well.

The bottom button can be configured too. I have that one set to show Recent Apps with a long press so I can see what's running and close apps.

I'm liking Nova Launcher and what it provides as far as letting us configure this watch with some coolness. :D
[Other SmartWatches] tattoo67:
When installing Whatsapp I can not finish the process because the screen is too small to press the last confirm button which does not appear in the K8 screen because of a lack of space. Do you know how to solve this? Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
The only way I could figure it out was connect a bluetooth keyboard and tab over. I had to do this with Netflix. Couldn't get to the text boxes to enter my credentials.

I used an Apple bt keyboard. Connects with no issues. Pretty wild typing on such a small screen. :p
[Other SmartWatches] Samysaythanks:
Watchface

Someone of you has asked for pics from the stock watchfaces, but you forget one..

Oh, i think you forgot the best watchface :D

Look on this, its in stock from the watch and i love it.

(sorry, i can´t post a picture ??? )

i can only post my picture this way:

dropbox.com/s/gbs0blti7768vtb/DSC_1122.JPG?dl=1

My wish is to have a "always on watch" i hate a watch-like smartwatch with black screen :rolleyes:

Someone of you gave me the good tip, with the app from appstore called "always on"

It works fine, my watch is always on with this beautifull watch face.

But, you and i know it before, the battery dies in 3 hours.

So, here is my question: Allways on Watchface

Can someone help me to get this watchface (or like that) with hour and minute hand, an CPU in backround "sleeping" to save battery? As example, my Gear S has an ambient mode, i have always on the time. It costs on the Gear S 30 % battery per day and thats fine, so i would like it to have for my K8 :o

It should work on our K8 couse the Gear S has AMOLED and hats the reason, why alw]ays on function cost only 30 % Battery...

And our K8 has something like AMOLED too...

Any ideas?

one hour hand and one minute hand, so the amoled have only refresh one in a minute..and we need a way to get the cpu sleeping..

Thank you all so much for your great work
[Other SmartWatches] Slava_Viper:
Try to use SetCpu app to lock one core and decrease frequency.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I did post a working CPU tuner further back in this thread - it is designed to be watch friendly :)

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How did you get it sit on the screen like that?

On mine the icons from Nova sit on top of the image of watchmaker and the watchmaker image is much smaller than yours?

I guess you just added a blank screen in Nova and increased watch size in watchmaker settings.

It's such a tiny square to use pinch to resize :)
[Other SmartWatches] Lokifish Marz:
While you are waiting.

Custom watch faces in the stock launcher

Root

Install a root file browser

Copy the launcher to storage

Connect the watch to your PC

Copy the APK to your PC and rename it "original_Launcher2.apk" (this gives you a backup)

Copy the APK to your PC again

Using 7Zip extract the APK

Select what watch faces you want to change

Pick a watch face you want to use from whereever

Open the face you are going to use and resize.crop to match making sure the complications (date, battery, etc) line up

Now if you are going to replace hands as well, the same image editing applies. I find it best to work with the original image for alignment reasons.

Rename the file to match the original watch face file name

Using 7Zip, "Open" the second APK

Drag and drop the new face into the proper location and allow it to overwrite the original files

Copy this modified APK to your watch

Disconnect the watch

Using root explorer copy and overwrite the original APK

Set permissions to RW-R-R

Reboot the watch

Select you new watchface

I know this seems like a lot of steps but I do this for a reason. Listing each step allows you to patiently and cautiously go through each one. I don't know how many times I've spent hours working with someone only to find out they skipped a step or did it out of order because it was written in paragraph form.

Yes, I know the apk can be pulled and installed with adb. Given some of the issues I've had to walk people through on adb, I will not cover adb method at this time.
[Other SmartWatches] stvbreal:
I removed the dock icons in Nova Settings and have an Action icon that shows the dock when I need it so it won't show on top of the watch face.

That's actually just a Analog Clock Live Wallpaper downloaded from Google Play Store, no Watchmaker face. You can edit the colors too. I do get what you mean though, that is a tiny pinch window on Watchfacer. :D I'd use Watchfacer if I could get the small gray strip on top to go away. No matter how you resize it, can't fill the space.