yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] Venomqld:
Update:

Got a reply from Geekbuying, says "Well,in that case,you can just send it back to us for repairing." So they want me to return it for repair but don't think Geekbuying is going to fix my problem as its more of a software issue that Mlais need to fix.
[Other SmartWatches] Gathering:
YES and NO. Mine, keeps the correct time. But a few watchfaces show a wrong time. (The one which Venomqld uses in his picture shows the wrong time on my watch too.)

My watch only displays the weather, lost connection, missed calls. I don't get notifications of hangouts (sms) but i haven't tested other messaging apps yet. Don't know if skype would work.

The watch is only able to vibrate and ring at the same time or mute complety without vibration. So it is not able to just vibrate without ringing.

YES. I can answer calls with the watch and don't need to pull out my phone . It has a microphone and loudspeaker .

I am able to get easily through the day with the watch (Brightness at 2 of 5). But i don't use it that much (as said before the software doesn't let you do much more that with a normal watch).

Even though i had no smartwatch before i would say that the battery is quite good.

(Sorry for my english)
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
Thanks everyone for your answers, I guess we are SOL until MLAIS decides to communicate.

The good news is I noticed that it is available for purchase again on Geekbuying again but not Gearbest, at least the dev's can get one now.

If there are any xda members that speak Chinese, they may have better luck getting a response from MLAIS.
[Other SmartWatches] gloriashield:
fitwear with iPhoneSE

Hi guys,

I received Mlais-watch from geekbuyking today morning. However, fitwear did not work with my iPhoneSE. :(

(Of course, it worked with android tablet(galaxy note 2015) very well.)

[IMG="fitWear does not work!"]https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1F6J3t4s7YD-r5CDv2Dz7Ph8TgcN8kP7nvNQeiMCYhhs/pub?w=406&h=719[/IMG]

stop here!

- iOS version 9.3.2

- fitWear version 1.3

- watch firmware 1.5_20160530

Anybody have a good idea?

Thanks,

KIM
[Other SmartWatches] gloriashield:
Mlais with v8 rom

[IMG="V8"]https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1DfPyh71HOKFMPSSX09NLEkgA7LZDRjuuhVcfPzDDvQo/pub?w=1598&h=530[/IMG]

I flashed a v8 rom on Mlais Watch. Because I couldn't use it with my iPhone SE.

V8-ROM

- support keyboard-input (Mlais must installed their app!)

- support Notification (with iPhone, without app)

- support Find Phone/Find Watch (with iPhone, via mediatek App)

- does not need an 'Fit-wear' APP install

Problems

- not enough watchface

- notification center bug. (does not fade out background-image)

- can not change ring tone. (just one)

- does not support health data sync
[Other SmartWatches] lwp:
I just bought this, waiting for it to be delivered. Is the functionality any better with the V8 rom over the stock one? Fixes with 12 hour time etc?
[Other SmartWatches] Venomqld:
So its been awhile but with some back and forth with Geekbuying, i decided to send back the Mlais watch.

Even though they told me if i wanted to wait a few more days they were developing a firmware update to fix the time problem.

I prefer to use my Mi band 2, until i can purchase a Ticwatch 2 Global Edition.
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
Did you let them know that Mlais has been unresponsive to several requests? I haven't received mine yet even though it shipped on June 9th it still hasn't arrived in Canada. Did they offer a full refund? I will likely do the same if there are no firmware updates by the time I get mine. Geekbuying shows out of stock but GearBest is shipping them again.
[Other SmartWatches] tapanwaval:
Frankly all this seems painful

Hi Guys,

Reading through all this i can say that I found that owning the watch seems to be a hassle. I rather look forward to the Ticwatch 2 global edition launching in another 2 weeks time. A smart device should help reduce your stress and work rather than add to problems. The very reason why apple does better.

Please visit their official website and join the FB group which has info about the launch. Its a new group run by Ticwear folks

Also please help me understand if Mlais watch is better than the Ticwatch and why? Is it the price??
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
I wouldn't say that owing the watch is a hassle. It just needs a decent OS ROM and then it will represent good value at it's current price point. IMO it is worth half of it's current asking price but would be worth it's full asking price if Android Wear was running on it.

The Apple watch is no where near this price point and has a completely different watch face shape, so not really relevant to this discussion.

The Tic Watch looks interesting but the deep integration with the Android operating system and backwards compatibility which comes with Android Wear means that the Tic Watch will suffer from some of the same problems that the Mlais watch does because the Tic Watch has it's own OS and not Android Wear. Add to that, the fact that the Global Tic Watch version is just an idea, needs kickstarter funding before it even exists and there is too much risk there to interest me.
[Other SmartWatches] Venomqld:
Sorry for the late reply,

Yes i did tell them Mlais has been unresponsive and i was very clear to them i wanted a refund, there response was if i send it back they would give me a refund.

i have recently sent it back i now have to wait till they receive it, i will update if i get my full refund.

Cheers.
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
Would you mind sharing how you did this? Software tools, etc?

Thanks

Did you get anywhere with this? I might be interested.
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
No, TWRP for Mlais watch is ready but I have no way to test it.
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
So would you be willing to share it so that I can test it? I have a few questions, first if you agree:

The TWRP you have built is from the ROM dump available on needrom, the Mlais watch I have here has a newer version of the firmware. Without knowing the changes between versions, is there a risk that the TWRP will fail with the newer version of the firmware on the watch? Shouldn't I really be first trying to get a dump of the most recent version of the stock ROM to port TWRP to the watch?

Flashing TWRP is just the recovery image? If the TWRP recovery image you have created fails to work, the watch is bricked? Or it will still boot? (Is it common that the boot process touches the recovery partition and will fail in the event of an error found with the recovery partition?)

If the TWRP does brick the watch, I should still be able to flash the old recovery from a backup if I remove the battery? I can see the preloader USB VCOM (Android) (COM3) appear momentarily in the device manager if I power off the watch and make a USB connection, the driver disappears as soon as the battery starts charging.
[Other SmartWatches] gloriashield:
Yes, V8 ROM does not have 12 hour bug. I don't think V8 Rom is better. So, I tried to make a custom firmware but my Malias watch has been bricked. :( Battery was dead.

You need - Mediatek Driver (recommend windows 7) / SPFlash tool / V8 ROM. It's not hard.
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
It's interesting that you could not make a connection using the mediatek drivers with the device powered off and the battery detached.

I wish you better luck in the future or that you work out how to unbrick. ;)

I have these tools and I have been poking around with the watch. I think to get a readback from SPFlash tool, the battery needs to be unplugged. The ROM output of the readback I tried using the scatter file from the needrom dump is too small and completes in about 2 seconds.
[Other SmartWatches] cyrux75:
Yes, my TWRP uses the kernel from needrom ROM.

If you are able to do it, I request you to do a full ROM dump from your watch, then share it all (remove your nvram partition file though).

This is very useful to create a new TWRP and also as backup for your watch.

Generally speaking, testing a new TWRP recovery could lead to brick your watch, but this could be recovered with the flash of your full ROM backup.

Anyway, as general rule, never flash the preloader if that is not strictly required.

Sometimes it's possible that the watch becomes unresponsive even to hardware button, so you must disconnect the battery to power off it.

That said, sharing your full backup is a great step forward for the development of the new TWRP for the Mlais watch.

Thank you
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
The battery is soldered to the PCB

It would appear that the battery is soldered to the PCB on this watch.

Mlais Watch Tear down photos (sorry for potato quality)

The battery is also 360mAh and not 400mAh as advertised.

There are some pretty dodgy looking 3 soldered flexes on the PCB, along with the battery soldering. An absolute nightmare to service and utterly disposable by design for the most part.
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
So have you tried doing the ticwear port to Mlais?

I just got mine and I noticed it seems to have the same curved scroll bar on the mlais watch menu that appears in ticwear.

Pro's

Nice looking watch

Can answer a phone call and talk to the watch instead of pulling out the phone.

Heart rate sensor is accurate, tried it at the same time using blood pressure monitor and it was an exact match.

It's lighter to wear than it looks.

Fitwear seems to have an app store., but I don't know how to get those apps to the watch.

Compass is nice and could be handy.

Android 5.1 and 512/4gb ram. Developers must be able to do something with this eventually.

Con's

Poor visibility when outdoors

No notifications, SMS hangouts, skype texts do not work.

No "OK google" function

No google playstore

Wrong time and date- seems to be locked in to china time. I'm on EST so time might look right due to being 12 hours different but it shows 8am when it's 8pm.

Limited watchfaces, there's 24 but website says 200, no way to add watchfaces.

Vibration is weak.

Pedometer is not accurate, varies widely from Fitbit.

Text is small to read on this watch, I think an Amoled display would be easier on the eyes.

Thicker than I anticipated.

No response from Mlais at all after 3 attempts to contact them.

No update to their facebook page since Oct 2015, no info on their website about this watch

Mlais seems to have abandoned this product

I wanted a round watch so I could have difference displays, solid notifications from sms, skype, hangouts etc, and get answers with ok google from the watch instead of using the phone. It would be nice to use voice commands to set calendars, alarms, and tasks like I can with the phone.

Tethering is basically useless since there's no push thru of messages from the phone plus I can't add watchfaces. Fix these 2 things and it could be a decent watch.

Lim
[Other SmartWatches] lwp:
I got this watch yesterday, and I've been messing around with it a bit.

There was a new software update for the watch which seemed to fix the time issue. Since I updated I haven't had any problems with the time, although most of the digital style faces just show 24 hour time. Unsure of whether this will be changeable to 12 hour. I haven't figured out a way to add watch faces yet.

I tried sideloading Google Play services and and the store but I was getting non stop crashes. Which is when I discovered that there isn't a stock way to uninstall apps. The only way I was able to uninstall apps was by installing Clean Master.

I was able to install the screen brightness app which allows you to modify the brightness of the screen, but I can't change the settings of the app due to a lack of permissions, app still works though.

Haven't been able to access advanced settings yet either, but I've found settings apps which work and allow you to modify basic things like the time duration before the screen shuts off. I have no developer knowledge at all, so this is just messing around with different apps.

As far as the stock notification system, I was actually pretty impressed. The notifications are attractive and functional. There are various quick response options, as well as a voice input. I don't think this is optimized for English though, because it hasn't worked for me yet. I am able to control my phones music through the watches notification panel.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the watch. Looks nice and the strap is really easily changeable. I think I'll hold onto it and see what I can figure out, since the functions I want most from a tethering watch (notifications, music control, and time) work well. Would love to have the ability to add more watch faces though.

I took a bunch of pictures but it appears I can't upload them because I'm a new user.

You can find them at imgur(.com)(/a/4E4vS)

Remove brackets to view
[Other SmartWatches] lwp:
I searched for the update using the Fitwear app. Once it was found I started the update from the watch's settings menu.

As far as what notifications work, it depends on what you define working as. Every notification my phone gets is pushed to my watch, from emails to Google Now cards to apps on my phone updating (which can get annoying). Some notifications, like the Google Now cards, only have options to clear or to open in phone.

Messaging ones have quick reply options and with Facebook messenger a "like" option as well.

Emails are fully readable but you can't take further action on the phone, as it doesn't have a stock keyboard. In my previous post I tried to take pictures of various notifications. You can see an email, as well as the music player and Facebook notification options.

I'm running stock Android 6.

Hope that helps!
[Other SmartWatches] lwp:
Another update, I have found hundreds of watchfaces on the watch under com.hll.watchface

Only a small number of these are actually installed though. Any ideas on how I can get the other ones working?

Not sure why Mlais would disable them, maybe because most of them have various brand names.
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
I also have Android 6 on my LG3.

I uninstalled Fitware and reinstalled the Fitware apk that was posted earlier in this thread. It shows the same version number 2.20 on the phone. Check updates doesn't work on phone or watch. There seems to be a new rom here

http://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot.ca/2016/07/download-latest-android-lollipop-51_9.html

has anyone tried updating this way? Why doesn't Mlais have any info on their website or respond for support?

So far you are the only user that has gotten this far, I saw your screenshots and it looks very different from what we have available. You should do a Youtube review.
[Other SmartWatches] lwp:
The version my watch has is actually slightly older than that. 1.10 I think. In the fitwear app, if you click the gear icon in the right, select more, and check for updates for both the watch and the app, hopefully you'll find one for both.

The app on my phone just updated, and when I clicked sync apps, it deleted all the apps I had sideloaded, but added the watch faces I had downloaded. So I can now add watch faces, as long as I download them through the fitwear app store.

It seems as though the issues were with the fitwear software, and not the hardware. Instead of attempting to contact Mlais directly, try going through the fitwear app's feedback option.

Only issue I have now is that some watch faces seem to think the watch is square. You can download a pack of watchfaces, but I haven't found a way to select anything but the first one in the pack yet. It seems like everything is routed through the fitwear app, so installing the camera trigger app or any other app which requires a companion app on the phone doesn't work.
[Other SmartWatches] xAnubiSx1:
Can you upload a video?

It's have gps?
[Other SmartWatches] rObOtHi:
Firmware update

The firmware which darrinmc linked to is legit.

It would appear that Mlais watches which have firmware V1.5_20160530, have a bug which will not let you automatically update the watch.

Once the firmware update is successfully installed onto the watch, there is a further update which is available if you select "System update" from the settings menu. The further update takes the watch firmware version up to Mlais_AG_V1.10_20160708.

There is no update to the accompanying Fitwear application yet (still at version 2.2.)

Confirmed fixed with the V1.10_20160708 update -

Bluetooth connection is more stable.

The wireless connection menu no longer crashes when "Advanced" is selected.

When the developer menu is activated by tapping the build number in the about config menu, scrolling down to view the developer options no longer crashes the settings application.

When notifications are turned on, you get the option of sound with vibration or silent with vibration.

Some of the watch faces no longer display the time in China.

Notifications now disappear and expand when taping or swiping on them. A message can now be swiped away and it disappears and does not return.

There is now the ability to control music playing on a paired device (a simple media player app which lets you change track, volume, pause.) When there is media playing on a paired device, you can swipe top to bottom and then right until the media control appears.

What is still not fixed -

Fitwear still requires unknown installation sources to be turned on before installing on an Android phone.

Android M compatibility is still not on par with Android L. Some features just don't work when paired with an Android M device.

Still no granular control of notifications. Including system (Android built in) notifications.

Yesterday is spelled incorrectly in the step tracker chart (scroll down from the step counter, Yestoday.)

If you have any firmware version lower than V1.10_20160708, I can highly recommend the update.

You can check the firmware version by looking at the "Fitwear Version" string in the "About" option found in the settings application on the Mlais watch.

Because the driver included with the download that darrinmc linked to does not support Windows 10, here is a link to much clearer upgrade instructions, which include a link to the USB driver for Windows 10.

Please note that performing the firmware upgrade will factory reset the watch, so save anything important you have stored on it if you attempt to do so.
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
Now a useable watch

Thanks rObOtHi, I used the files contained in the instructions in your link and sucessfully updated. It took awhile to do the second update via OTA (about 4 hours of downloading and pausing).

I also reinstalled the Fitwear app from the QR code displayed after the update. Now most things work that I wanted

1) Notifications work for SMS*, Skype, Messenger, email, and calendar

2) Turning off sound is nice for just vibration notifications

3) I can install different watch faces and apps like space invaders from the fitwear app store.

4) I can reply to messanger with built in messages, but not with skype or sms "o

5) Time is correct now with the different watch faces.

6) Access to developer options.

7)Battery life quite good, at 11pm I still have 40% battery after using it all day.

These improvements have made my decision to keep the watch

Remaining issues

*Sometimes SMS causes bluetooth disconnection and doesnt work.

There's a speech to text option to reply to texts but it doesn't work.

Sometimes Fitwear disconnects my phone from wifi

Pedometer is useless, very inaccurate.

No "ok google" function for inquiries, setting alarms, tasks, and calendar.

Different watchface displays during standby than the one you selected.

At least there was an update in July to show signs of life from the company, strange they don't have a support page or respond to inquires. .

Anyone know what connecting the watch to wifi really does for you?
[Other SmartWatches] Venomqld:
Just an update:

About 11 work days after i sent my watch back, Geekbuying nofied me that they received the item and they had to send it to there factory, just after a week later i received my full refund.

So im happy that I got my full refund.
[Other SmartWatches] Gathering:
I updated my watch a few days ago and have to say that the watch is a real smart watch now.

The update procedure was quite difficult because my watch didn't show the update. So i had to use the update tool for mediatek powered devices on the pc.

I now get all the notifications of my mobilephone (which wasn't possible before).

All the watchfaces i've tested so far show the correct time now.

I am able to install watchfaces through the fitwear app on the phone.

To sum up, i can say that with the update i fully recommend the watch now.
[Other SmartWatches] Venomqld:
Good to hear the watch has a been finally updated to fix the issues, i no longer have mine so now im just waiting for my Ticwatch 2 GE.

Did they fix the app yet to install more watchfaces?

Cheers.
[Other SmartWatches] olta66:
Watchface

On hours updated an insertion. Passed everything well. All watchface show the correct time. Somebody knows as most to install downloaded watchface for hours.
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
In the app store there are watchfaces you can download. The downloads can be very slow or stall, but when it does come down it works fine. There's an app callled wearfaces in the store that supposedly lets you install difference watches as weil by importing them but I've never managed to get it to work but I may be missing a step. Some of the watchfaces are dated July 18th so at least the content is getting updated. Looking forward to more goodies now that most of the items work fine. Battery life is great on this watch.
[Other SmartWatches] photoozgur:
Hello, I run the YouTube app and mirroring on my watch.

[YOUTUBE]Pag7BL0nDsw[/YOUTUBE]
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
Very cool, I notice you have a wear faces icon on the watch. I do as well but when I run it nothing happens. How did you get youtube, and the Escape watch face on the watch? The app store puts wear faces on the phone.You have some Watch faces that are not on the app store, would like to know how you got them.
[Other SmartWatches] photoozgur:
firstly so sorry my bad english.

Escape interface in the tools tab Fitwear App. this watchface compass compatible. I first install the google play services.apk to filemanager. Then I installed and worked apk YouTube.

i using apk's.

google_play_services_9.4.52_(010-127739847)-9452010_minAPI9(armeabi)(nodpi)_apk

YouTube 11.27.53.apk
[Other SmartWatches] darrinmc:
Thanks, I think I installed the wrong apk at first, found the google play services version you mentioned finally and tried to install. Installed youtube but doesn't work.

I tried to reset the watch but it doesn't appear to get rid of stuff, ie space invaders was still there but that could be syncing from the fitwear app on the phone. Wish there was a way to uninstall apk's without doing a reset.

A tip for those that use the appstore, it seems like it prefers to use the phones data connection instead of wifi. If I use wifi the downloads are very slow or hang, but with data only downloads come down quick. Escape watchface is now at the bottom of the watchfaces tab instead of tools in the app store.
[Other SmartWatches] Tonyom:
Can´t update

Great to hear about that improvements, sadly i can´t update the watch and i´m stuck in firmware version 1.8, could please someone of you upload the firmware version 1.10 to a server to perform the update manually, please.

Also if Malis give some feebback and support the watch would be great