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[Other SmartWatches] Deadbeef:
Custom watchfaces possible on KW88

For those who are not aware of this. I was able to change the launcher and with the help of widgets use my own clockfaces on the KW88 and for a fact every Android watch. Also tested it on the IQI I2 and it works flawless.

Here the link to a week old video. Meanwhile a lot has happened and the procedures have been tuned and apps have been selected that work best.

A new video with all the options and how-to's is in the making.

Also I've been testing and modifying some existing watchfaces to see what's possible:

Here's the redesign and modification of an existing design of an Osprey V-22 watch-face.

I liked the military design and the fact that it had some day and night design for my upcoming day/night patch for Zooper watch-faces.

Some features:

Glowing hour and minute dials at night.

Moving airplane rotors with motion blur.

Glowing rotor tips at night with motion blur.

Temperature, weather icon ans step-counter in LCD

LCD with day and night modes.

Colored Led-bar for Power and WiFi signal strength

I finished programming the watch-face. The graphics are done. I have a working test-version and the rotating props with their shaded motion blur look awesome. Everything listed except for the step-counter works. This problem is being addressed.

Work is in progress to enable Night and Day watchface. Therefore I've used the V22 watchface design.

Redesign and programming: +Kenneth Tan

Initial Design V22:

Michael Palombi & Ken Van Vliet﻿

Here the "OLD" video of the first tests showing that it works in the first place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbB0fWPbP_g
[Other SmartWatches] TommeleTBone:
awesome!

please keep devolping this watch might become awesome.

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[Other SmartWatches] RSK01:
[MENTION=237869]Deadbeef[/MENTION] thank you so much for the work on the watchface.

I have manged to get the watchface to display after following the instructions (and some trial and error) using zooper and nova launcher.

Does the propeller turn for every second? All other watchface I have tried (Tag) does not have the second hand.
[Other SmartWatches] Deadbeef:
The propellers will only turn a step on every minute.

Due to the way Zooper works it would put to much strain on the battery. I would like that it would be possible, but they have disabled this option.

Zooper renders ALL layers of the clockface on each trigger and then shows the finished bitmap as the widget. If this would happen each second, that would use a lot of processor time... and power. So unfortunately, that's what I have to work with.
[Other SmartWatches] kanlo:
I have got a question about heart rate measuring: Is it possible to meassure heart rate all the time (so I can see how it is during sleep, for example) or do I have to check it every time manually?

And for how long does the battery work? 1 day?

Thank you very much.
[Other SmartWatches] scorpioo42:
This is super ..you ..thinking up a solution for adding watch faces to the kw88:good:

Hoping you will perfect it even more and can tell us which app to use and how to use it.

I mailed the manufacturer asking them to come up with a easy way to add more clock faces for all android smartwatches.

This is the main reason people choose a android wear above android ..in android wear it's ease to add more clock faces .

I had myself a sorry feeling buying this watch and then finding out that it is this difficult .

Its also because off the possibility to change clock faces I bought this watch , therefore having multiple watches in one.

Keep up the good work and maybe one day it’s a walk in the park adding clock faces to this beautiful technology
[Other SmartWatches] Baloghj:
This watch is a joke

I got the watch yesterday. I very disappointed about it :(

Pros: The build quality is very good, the screen is vibrant, the magnetic charger is ok.

Cons: The battery life is awful, the gps is the worst as I ever see practically it isn't usable, the bigger screen resolution (400x400 vs 240x240 of omate truesmart)isn't usable because of the circular screen, the software is a joke, you cannot change the order of the apps, you cannot search in the phonebook, the dialer is like a phone 20 years before, my cordless wired phone is smarter. It's a shame but my two years old omate truesmart is a rocket science compare to this piece of ...
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
So, apart from that it's great right? ?
[Other SmartWatches] Baloghj:
Unfortunately it's a waste of money. Is there any watch owner who has working gps? I don't know is my watch faulty?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
My gps works. Probably agps though. I have a sim card so it's fine
[Other SmartWatches] Baloghj:
I've tried with sim card and with wifi. It takes 5 minutes to find position but after that when I move the watch it lost the satellites instantly, and the 5 minutes period starts again... :( The other big problem is the poor battery. If I turning on 3G it depletes the battery after 2-3 hours.
[Other SmartWatches] Furqan Ullah:
Hi, What about the notification if I paired with my smart phone? I would like to know can I send / receive text messages / Whatsapp messages if it is paired with the smart phone (without having any sim in it)?

I don't want to use my smartphone for every notification, for that purpose, i just want to see the watch and take the action right out there. It would be great if someone let me know which smart watch should i purchase? Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] Matt_85:
[MENTION=404626]Baloghj[/MENTION] yes i agree about battery ,really tiny fot this kind of display , but not on gps! Either yours is faulty or there is some other reason behind it

i have a sim card inserted in my kw88 , 3g data enabled and granted wifi scan also when wifi is off, so basically it relies on A-GPS but i can get a full fix (6-9 satellites) in about half a minute , usually much less,

and without losing them

quick question : can i gain root without breaking OTAs?
[Other SmartWatches] PTU:
What about root? Did someone root KW88? Is it compatible with every app in google play?
[Other SmartWatches] rmac646464:
Watch faces

Has anybody a tutorial showing how can i change watchfaces?

I tried with facer, watch face maker..

Wich extension must be the watchface.?

*.apk , *.zip, or *.watch.

Has anybody the solution for this question?

Thanks!!
[Other SmartWatches] scorpioo42:
http://roundandroidwatches.proboards.com
[Other SmartWatches] Basken909:
Hello,

Can anyone own this watch answer the notification qustion.

Can I connect kw88 smartwatch to mobile through Bluetooth and reserve mobile notification such as whatapp & can I reply or act on notification.

I appreciate your quick response.
[Other SmartWatches] jamiewatts:
Shouldn't there be an extra thread only for discussions about battery life from all these different smartphones? There's sooo many people asking questions about it, but sooo little answers to be found on the internet...
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I can't believe you haven't seen the answer to this already. No - it was never designed to do this. It is a standalone watch phone.
[Other SmartWatches] Basken909:
I saw bunch of comments "said it's standalone", also I saw a comments from sellers said you can get notification with 3rd party app.

and that what made me confused. :confused:
[Other SmartWatches] alexdom:
Hello, I'm a problem with kw88. Pheraps you resolved it. When there are apps that ask to confirm an operation and the area is bigger than the display and the OK button is outside the screen, it is impossible to answer. Is it possible to resolve this problem ? Is there a solution ?

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Long press the power button. You will get a new menu. At the top in the center is a button, tap it and return to the problem app. Should now be resised. To go back to normal view just do the same thing again
[Other SmartWatches] alexdom:
Very good! This is the solution :)

Thanks very very much

---------- Post added at 12:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

Other question. Is it possible when watch is off and I turn my arm so it turn on and display simple digit clock, instead I want display clock face that I've choised. Is it possible ?
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Don't think so. It was possible on very first firmware but not any more....
[Other SmartWatches] alexdom:
What a pity. It would have been logical to have the selected clock.

Android app sinwear is the only app compatible with kw88 ? Because it is very rough, essential. For example, it doesn't start automatically when I turn on smartphone and when I launch it I've to search kw88 manually and connect it. Is is absurd.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Don't even bother with the Bluetooth app. Forgot it exists
[Other SmartWatches] Furqan Ullah:
The same question I put on 16-Sep-2016 as #56 but no one responded till date.

Got the answer from pablo11 in #63. Thanks.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Sorry about that - I have many forums to monitor so it's better if you come here for support http://roundandroidwatches.proboards.com/
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Try Jbak 2 from play store and select the round keyboard in settings. Paul Bort round keyboard in settings.
[Other SmartWatches] lirona:
Thanks for your reply.

I try now this keyboard but I do not see the all keyboard in the watch KW 88?

Arie.
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Long press the power button until you get a new menu pop up. Press the option in the middle at the top and then go back . This will give you a small square window for the app
[Other SmartWatches] Rimasi89:
Is the latest firmware the one which represents the Kernel Version: 3.10.72 Sat Sep 3 12:50:29 CST 2016?

And the build number KW88_CS1_B_GSM_PHT_20160903?

Regards
[Other SmartWatches] Rimasi89:
When i install apps through play store the watch doesn't show any apps installed on menu why?... i need to go to settings and launch them trough APPS Settings why???

EDIT: ok just reboot it and they appear
[Other SmartWatches] teddyrukspin81:
KW88 GPS

I have perfect GPS on my KW88 and I have not put a sim card in just yet and have only been using it via wifi.... but when I have turned on the GPS and pulled up Google Maps just to play around with it the few times I have the GPS links up and accurately pinpoints my location on the map...... albeit, sometimes a little slower than on your typical mobile device (phone,tablet etc...)
[Other SmartWatches] trigerets1:
Hi everyone ... I have a problem with connecting my kw 88 with my nexus 5x over bluetooth... The devices pair but they dont connect... When i try to sync them over sinwear it display's that the device is already connected... I tryed all the usual solutions, reseting both devices , turning bluetooth on and off, reinstaling the app- sinwear, wipeing cache, forgeting the device then pairing again, and nothing works... My watch is on android 5.1 03.09.2016. build number, and the nexus is on android 7.0... If u can help in any way please do :)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
It's probably using wifi to triangulate your position.......
[Other SmartWatches] PeterNote:
APN settings

Specs are appealing and WCDMA frequencies seem ok but I've had bad experiences with lack of network support here. Does anyone know if there is a way to edit APN settings as required for a local network if necessary?
[Other SmartWatches] Yamkw88:
Just ordered one I'm going to use it as my only phone when I leave the house... Will let u know if it works for me when Ill get it in 2 weeks
[Other SmartWatches] kw88user:
I want to use the KW88 for receiving notifications over WIFI with the pushover app.

Can that app be installed on the watch and is it realistic to get 12h runtime with that configuration?
[Other SmartWatches] travismailsa:
Advise

Hi is this discussion about the k88h or k88s? As i am wanting to purchase this for my Girlfriend. My main concern is can it play through its own music player to bluetooth headseat? as the reason is while training not to have to carry your mobile around, secondly does the HRM get used in the training app while running/traning? eg like S-Health and my Garmin HRM strap all displaying the info together?

I will be purchasing this badboy :), reviews all say its better and more accurate than the Garmin Forerunner and has every feature one would expect ^^

Smart Watch https://www.aliexpress.com/item/GPS-Tracker-G8-heart-rate-monitor-watch-phone-casual-digital-sim-bluetooth-wear-watch-health-sport/32631501874.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.1.LInZX2&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10056_10065_10055_10068_10054_10069_10059_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=71ed0ad7-15c5-4270-be54-4de1d678507b
[Other SmartWatches] fixpol:
I am trying to use this toy with a lot of problems. The main in my opinion is very weak antena , what results in locking telephone. Actually phone is working only nearby GSM station. Inside builing phone is useless but shows max 3G. . Looks strange as before firmware update to the last seem to work fine. Is ther any solution ?

Can I flash back to previous ROM
[Other SmartWatches] Yenza:
I have the same problem

I have the same problem i can't make calls from the telephone only if i have a SIM CARD in the watch.

Note4 Android 6.0.1

Solution?
[Other SmartWatches] troed:
battery issue still unsolved

I have my KW 88 now for 5 days and at the beginning I was really happy with the performance, BUT:

even when switching off GPS and DATA the battery life is abyssal ................. :crying: and it seems to be a core-problem: yesterday I diconnected from charger at 8am and had still 75% battery at 5 pm ...........

"Fine", I thought, "I can live with switching on DATA and GPS only when I really need it", but once again when checking time one hour later (6pm) I had to find out, that the watch turned off meanwhile because of no juice ( I changed nothing in the settings).

And this behaviour was replicable every day since I got it 5 days ago: Battery goes down to approx. 50%, You think You are still fine, but then after some 30 minutes later You have to find out it switched off because of no juice (showing 1% when connected to the charger).

There are two possible explanations:

1. battery is faulty

OR

2. battery/charge-state screen shows wrong values

Unfortunately I will have to send it back now ..................................... Like this it is unusable.
[Other SmartWatches] kw88user:
I got the following problems with the KW88 and latest firmware.

1.) Bluetooth connection to my iPhone6 stops after about 20 minutes! -> unusable!

2.) If battery is drained to 15% it will only show time and not let me do anything other anymore! WTF!!! :mad:

3.) Shows "blue sky and blue water screen" from time to time when working with it as if it did crash for a second!?

4.) When pressing the button to activate the watch, it does not show the watchface but the last screen before deactivation.

5.) cellular reception is bull**** (tried several providers) if you are not really close to a cell-tower it is unusable!

i trie to like the watch but it seams to be another useless china product :(
[Other SmartWatches] matthewtech770:
Do you get 3G signal:confused::laugh:
[Other SmartWatches] jrj62:
I could't help giggling when I read about the charger lead melting against the toaster. I bet toast never smelled the same again! I'm thinking about buying the KW88........BUT......battery life concerns me. Did they ever issue a firmware update to improve it? I would use the sms, WHATSAPP and call facilities quite heavily. Any advice you could give would be appreciated. Regards.
[Other SmartWatches] kw88user:
My advice, as i owned one... don't buy it!
[Other SmartWatches] jrj62:
Thanks very much, appreciated.
[Other SmartWatches] zhubajiethepig:
I can agree to that.

It's horrible.

It took me ages with my big fingers to enter my codes and account info for WiFi and Google.

Sometimes you can't even see what you type and there's no backspace so if you hit a wrong key on the tiny keyboard you can start over.

Next week I expect the No1 D6 smartwatch I also ordered. I expect the same horror there.

If you are in the market for a smartwatch; buy an Apple Watch.

No typing needed there. All is set up from your iPhone.

Earlier I bought a Colmi GT08 smartwatch for about EUR 17,-. If you want a phone on your wrist, buy that one. It's absolutely great for the money.
[Other SmartWatches] jrj62:
Thank you very much, I'll be staying away from it!
[Other SmartWatches] lion2000uk:
I Owe one

Yes i do have one, very happy with it, only issue is that there is no ap[p to adjust the watch connected to PC/Mac, very small letter and teh keyboard is not the best :(

Ben:crying:
[Other SmartWatches] Calloffury:
my KW88 is missing a "few" things... ALOT of things..

I just got a kw88 and I can’t use it to make any calls or texts without a SIM card, The music player doesn’t work (I can’t even see which song I’m playing or adjust anything i can only skip songs and can’t use Spotify, the plus symbol on the watch doesn’t even do anything) Not to mention the useless music app looking thing when you scroll to the right(IT IS USELESS IVE TRIED IT) Bluetooth file sharing only works 25% of the time, and Android Wear is 100% Incompatible.... other than that it is the best watch I’ve seen so far if you ignore the other 95% of things that don’t work that your supposed to be able to use a smartwatch for (I can’t use any of the fitness apps) what can i do with this watch?: change the face, take a picture/video , receive spam notifications, create an Alarm, try to use incompatible google play phone apps, look at the weather in "Celsius", see my steps, and apparently my heartbeat is 65 beats per minute, and last but not least use google maps which is VERY COOL

HOW DO I FIX THIS??? I borderline want a new firmware for the watch, one that doesn’t involve cheap programs like baidu for notifications and limit my poor internal storage with bloatware non-working apps and hidden system files i cant event see.... They advertised 4gigs with the system taking up 2gigs, but that sad truth is that it only has 1 gig of storage thanks to the play store which didn’t come pre-installed.

I want to love this watch and can understand it’s in its first stages of development. That is why I’m saying this and also because people seem to be using it in ways to do things that mine certainly can’t do.

I don’t even care about the battery at this point it hasn’t given me any issues. The software is the only drawback because my watch simply wasn’t programmed correctly. Hopefully The DEV sees this and updates this watch accordingly. I don’t want to have to get a refund from Amazon on a watch with a huge amount of potential here.
[Other SmartWatches] dingoland:
Hi Tg Kim,

I have a KW18 too but not usable as it is so bugged.

Where did you found a new firmware for this smartwatch ? I'm interested please.

Thank you.

Greg
[Other SmartWatches] x3sed:
I have the clock since yesterday. And if you use it just as thetering device, it works flawless. I can't understand the fedbacks of you guys about this part. I'm in my second day of use (since my last charge), I have 23% left so 48 hours of use is good enough for me knowing that it's my first use and I tried testing Wifi etc.

So if you just want to use it as a follow along watch with the app synced with your Phone, it works real good. You have to desactivate the wifi/3G and everything but BT or the battery will drain fast. + Got no problem at all with tethering with the Android App. They should just use an auto-connect function when the device is detected.

I almost wouldn't buy this when I read your comments guys... Hopefully I did and I'm not regretting it. Installing Face clocks works to I have 15 installed now...
[Other SmartWatches] arp:
48h with BT allways on, lcd on when turning the wrist, pedometer on?

How can you do that?

Mine only lasts one day ... I have to charge it every night!
[Other SmartWatches] x3sed:
Just BT on connected to the sinwear app. No other thing on. Maybe you should do the firmware upgrade ?
[Other SmartWatches] Eric TA:
I have to agree with x3sed, also my KW88 is working perfectly even better than some of my other watches like the No.1 D5. I like the possibility to use full screen or small screen to be able to see the whole page when using google play store or Gmail. My battery life is around 1.5 days having 15% left. The only way to reach this is turning of GSM. All other functions are on. Bad reception of the GSM network is draining enormously the battery but this is with all devices.

One reaction on another comment that there is no back key on the keyboard, there is but it is on the left side instead of normally right.

I use now nova launcher in combination with Cronosurf and Tasker. This will give me a nice interface on the watch, my screen has a good watch face (Cronosurf) and Tasker makes my watch startup te watch face and turns it of after 7 seconds, so I am happy.
[Other SmartWatches] squall458:
I just got the kingwear kw88 today and I cant see it on my windows 10 PC. The first time I connected it via the usb cable I was able to see it as a usb drive and access its file. After it attempted to install drivers now it doesnt display as a usb drive anymore. I can hear that it connects and then disconnects right away. This occurs when its both OFF and ON. Anyone know a trick to get it to work again? I already removed the failed kw88 drivers. Still same issue!
[Other SmartWatches] x3sed:
[MENTION=6491773]Eric TA[/MENTION] you should try the Universal Clockskin Launcher ! It gives you the ability to use D5, X series & Plus Faces in the KW88 ! Big up to its dev !
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
I installed the windows media player pack for Windows 10 and since then the MTP device shows up every time.

I also found that enabling usb debugging on the watch helps....
[Other SmartWatches] squall458:
Thank you so much! I will give it a try!
[Other SmartWatches] trojanz:
Hey guys, need your help. It seems that my kw88 can't seem to boot up and is stuck at the swimming pool picture as the background. I can just hold power button to go to the recent apps page but since i don't have any previous apps there, i can't get anywhere else. I can also hook up the watch to computer via usb and see it's files but that's about it.

What should i do? should i flash it or something? is there a guide that i can refer to for doing so?

Edit: Got it working again. Just in case there are others stuck in the same boat, what i did was to flash one of the official firmwares via SP Flash Tool and problem solved.
[Other SmartWatches] trojanz:
I was in the same situation as you were. Here's what i did :-

1. Open "Device Manager" (just search for it via the windows ask me anything)

2. Select your device

3. Right-click the problematic device and select "Uninstall driver" (Use this step if you can't find MTP drivers in the list of drivers in step 7)

4. Select "Update Driver Software" or "Install driver"

5. Select "Browse my computer for driver software"

6. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"

7. Select "MTP USB Device" and then click "Next"

Done. :good:
[Other SmartWatches] x3sed:
Litlle tip for those of you who want to minimize the power saving mode which converts the smartwatch to a normal watch non usable. Go to Settings > Power Saving > Super Power > Change 15 to 5%.
[Other SmartWatches] nusa1979:
Hello

I need Firmware for KW88 like on this video from Zoe https://youtu.be/F2G0Ei4LFMI

Pls need Chech language and matrix

Thank
[Other SmartWatches] chenrp:
1.will runkeeper run on this watch?

2.has anyone connected this watch to external bluetooth hear rate strap?

3.will both of these apps(hearrate monitor and runkeeper and music app run together on this watch?)
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
The matrix option has been gone since the very first firmware version.
[Other SmartWatches] Springfield007:
Adding Apps to the KW88

Hello

I have not got the play store on my KW88 so cannot add any apps? like google maps, etc how do I do this please.

Thanks
[Other SmartWatches] pablo11:
Flash the latest firmware version which SP Tools. Use download only and don't flash the pre-loader...