[Other SmartWatches] tragicshadow:
SMA Q Smart watch findings from about 2wks of usage...

First of all, Hi.

I ordered the SMA Q smart watch from Gearbest some time ago but it arrived after about 2wks because of stockouts...as they said...

Let me share some info that I observed on the watch. May be a lot of people already stumbled upon this information already but in case some people haven't...

The watch is with me for about 2wks now.

Since day 1, it kinda disappointed me with connectivity problems and SMS not sync-ing...sleep page crashing etc...

I forgot to check XDA for info...during those days...

But I found new app versions on android keep reminding to update and after each update, there's a firmware update reminder too...

and each firmware update brings more stability and usability...(IMHO)

1.At first, sleep info page kept FCing the SMA app on my Z3(D6653) on 5.1.1. But after I installed the app on another android phone and paired the watch with it, I found that the sleep info page on that phone is working fine with no FC. Thus I uninstalled the app on my Z3 and reinstalled again and voila! no FC on sleep info page anymore...so if you guys face any problem, you might want to try to uninstall and reinstall the app...but I guess that it is the first step everyone on XDA would recommend for problem solving...ain't it guys?...that's my first observation that I wanted to share here...

2.Second thing is there's an app update for Android as well as an app update for iOS as most people who paired the watch with an iPhone surely would know...but people like me who don't have an iPhone wouldn't have noticed it...fortunately I have an iPad mini on which I installed the iOS SMA app even before the watch arrived and after I updated the firmware and played with it for about a week on my Z3, I paired the watch with iPad mini and found that the iOS SMA app comes with a higher firmware version than the Android SMA app (that was 2 firmware versions ago), now with Android app version 2.9, firmware version 1.5 it's the same on both OSes...that is my 2nd observation...

3.My third observation is a continuation of the 2nd observation, as I found that the iOS version SMA-Q setting screen contain info on BLE version update which I didn't see on the Android app (may be it's the Chinese menu entry)...so I search for more info and finally able to update my BLE version too (I found it with the 2 firmware updates ago too)...the method for which is a bit different from firmware update...now on my SMA watch device info page, I have firmware versions with: Main 1.5 and BLE 1.3, the former I updated on the Android app and the latter I just updated using my iOS app (because the Android app/firmware update didn't update the BLE version, I am quite sure about it)...so, if you guys haven't noticed the BLE info, let me report here and now that it can be updated but with the iOS app under the SMA-Q setting page - bluetooth upgrade...however, it may be possible from a Chinese menu item on Android app which I have no idea and didn't want to try out as I am not familiar with that language...if this info is already generally known, please disregard my report...

4.I can use my existing Mi-Band and SMA watch together on the same Z3 Android phone but sometimes, Mi Fit app has trouble sync-ing info with my Mi Band...I can't use SMA-Q for Smart Unlock feature (may be because it didn't show up in the paired bluetooth devices list except in iOS BT devices list) while Mi-Band still can be used for Smart Unlock on Z3 together with SMA-Q service running...haven't checked simultaneous Mi-Band+SMA-Q to iOS usage

5.For some reason, I think the SMA-Q smart watch is working better with the iOS app (may be the iOS app is more compatible/created with/for iPhone users in mind, IMHO)...Android and iOS BT device lists are different with no-show on Android BT list entry while iOS BT list showed as SM05...and being paired or connected or forget connected seems important on iOS device connectivity as per OS requirements I presume...

Hoped sharing the above would help someone out there with issues regarding SMA-Q smart watch...

[Edit 1: I searched the forum for how to attach a picture to my post above but it's not clear where I can find the attachment button...insert image only allows a link. I wanted to attach a pic to this post...please help with a pic of the attach image button on the browser...thanks...from PC of course]

[Edit 2: Anti-lost starts to work properly only with Android app version 2.9 for me...