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[Samsung Gear S3] awilson181:
So based on the things I listed, what exactly is a smartwatch supposed to do? Notifications, email, text, etc...

And it's funny it's not targeted for fitness fanatics considering there was a commercial with a girl climbing a rock wall taking wait for it, a phone call. Additionally, why all the effort in creating all of the different exercise tracking if its not to be used as a fitness tracker? Being able to run with a watch that can provide text and email notifications and make actual phone calls, eventually stream Spotify without the need of an actual phone would be a huge advantage for any fitness fanatic. But the fact that it can't accurately track a run and provide split times renders it useless for fitness fanatics.
[Samsung Gear S3] awilson181:
Good reference.

So all of the things they tout that it will do it just does those half ass... Oh, now I get it. Those be the limitations you mentioned.
[Samsung Gear S3] cdd543:
You're 100℅ correct that they've targeted athletes or people who want to track their various outdoor adventures. I was shocked that I couldn't do a manual lap in the s health running app as I like to track splits for my sprint workouts.

Apparently there is an update that improves GPS that should arrive soon.
[Samsung Gear S3] awilson181:
Yeah, saw that yesterday...you know exactly the same day I returned it. Maybe by time Verizon gets it all the kinks will be worked out.
[Samsung Gear S3] Bladder61:
I love my g Gear S3, but I agree with the author of this thread. I have had the original Gear, Gear 2, Gear S, Gear S2 3g, and now the Gear S3 LTE. I have also had several AW watches (LG, Moto, Moto 2, LG Urbane 2 LTE). The Gear S3 is by far the best smartwatch I have owned. I pair it with a Sammy Note 5 so I get full capabilities.

I also have always owned a fitness band to track my workouts and runs since all the watches I mentioned above do a mediocre job as it relates to fitness tracking. I currently wear a Garmin Vivosmart HR+ on my other wrist. I use it for my fitness tracking. I haven't given the S3 a thorough test period yet, but on the few runs I have taken it on, it has performed above average. The GPS was almost exactly the same as my Garmin. The heart rate was close but annoyingly different from the Garmin. Basic step tracking is always 1000 plus below my steps on the Garmin at the end of the day.

It works great streaming downloaded music to my BT headset when I run and the challenge workout coaching is fun (speed up, run faster, you are on pace nice job, etc...).

When I first saw ads and videos of the S3 I too thought it would be the perfect solution and I could give up wearing another fitness device. For 1st time Gear owners I am sure many were also expecting Garmin or Fitbit type results. I don't think the S3 is delivering on it.
[Samsung Gear S3] jship:
True about Garmin vs s3. I returned my Garmin Fenix hr which was stupid of me.
[Samsung Gear S3] Ryland Johnson:
A smart watch is not the same thing as a specific fitness band or other such device. Neither can perform the others tasks.

Buyers remorse is a horrible thing and despite doing all our 'home work' prior to purchase there will always be some devices we purchase that we just don't like so return them.

Most important thing to remember though is the Gear S3 is a highly accomplished smart watch and if you didn't enjoy its ownership I would question if any smart watch would fit your requirements. Samsung make their own fitness band have you tried that?

The more I look at your list of disappointments the more I ponder if any smart watch can comply with that list? There are not that many choices of OS.

I do hope you find what fits your needs, let us know how you get along. :highfive:

Ryland
[Samsung Gear S3] InfiniteDrag:
For the Nth time. No fitness tracker/smartwatch is ever accurate. You might find it accurate/ close to accurate at times- but various studies over time has proved them to be varying in accuracy over extended trials. Also, various company representatives like from Fitbit etc have made it clear that "these devices are designed to provide meaningful data to users to help them reach their health and fitness goals, and are not intended to be scientific or medical devices".

So unless you have a chest strap, you never get an accurate HR reading. So its time to focus on important things like get moving. Look at what you are trying to accomplish- if you plan to lose weight, your smartwatch/ fitness tracker should help you get closer to that goal and provide motivation. Now if you are a professional athlete and wants accurate reading and sh*t u probably already know what you need.
[Samsung Gear S3] awilson181:
Hi

I just ran a 10 mile certified race with my Garmin. That watch measured 10.18 which given the fact that I didn't run all the tangents I'd say that's really accurate. Been this way for any race I've done. Now a half a mile(or more in some cases) off like the gear 3, that's too much especially when the watch is determining split times. Or in the case of this watch, average mile time over the entire run since it can't provide mile splits for some reason.
[Samsung Gear S3] InfiniteDrag:
Looks like you already got what you needed. And If accuracy is one thing that's very important, smart watches are not probably gonna fit your needs. We still gotta wait couple generations more I guess.
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
For me it's simple.

If you want a watch you buy a watch

If you want a smartwatch you buy a smartwatch

If you want to track your fitness you buy a fitness tracker

If you want all of the above and like gadgets get yourself a smartwatch. In which case the S3 is a good choice.
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
There is an old saying that accurately describes the S3: jack of all trades, master of none. The S3 is packed with every feature currently imaginable on a watch. It does each of these things to the 80th percentile. If you need the upper 20% you're going to have to get a focused device that's willing to sacrifice breadth of function in exchange for greater depth.

It isn't reasonable to expect the S3 to outperform a dedicated running watch, cycling computer, GPS, sleep monitoring device, or any other specialized gadget.
[Samsung Gear S3] paatha13:
Me to going to return it back to amazon(classic)

The reason for that.

1.Too heavy,big and uncomfortable wearing it for many hours plus less attractive design than Zenwatch 3 I'm also having and gone keep at end.

2. I'm having several disconnection issue with plenty of Bluetooth stereo headset.

But one think I ll be missing is Tizen OS that to me is much more polished and friendly than android Wear.

Also the rotation mechanism I found it very comfortable and enjoyable.
[Samsung Gear S3] AdamAlter:
Wow at all the people giving the device a pass because they refuse to believe it comes up short anywhere...bandwagons and fanbois

This reminds me of people calling out Android phones for having bad cameras and people defending them saying if you want a camera, buy a camera. Well, take a look at how quickly many companies pulled their heads out and developed quality camera phones, it would be even easier for fitness tracking, considering the hardware is really no different than Garmin, Polar, and many others have been using, there's no excuse for them to not compare in quality.

I realize it's hugely important for people to save the 2 seconds, during the 1-3 uses per day of paying for something, to use their watch. However, since it's not fully adopted, you still have to carry your actual credit card, so it's not like you're getting the full benefit yet. For people trying to go for runs, hikes, climbs, or who bike commute with their phone stored away, having fitness tracking with connectivity to know when someone is trying to contact them, or for emergencies is a HUGE deal, even bigger then the few seconds of time savings by using the watch to pay for something, for a few hundred dollars in cost lol...

My issue with the watch and all of Samsung wearables is S Health not allowing the data (heart rate) to be used on other platforms. 3rd party platforms like Strava, which people have used for ~6 years to track their thousands of commutes and activities are suddenly expected to convert to using S Health, where none of their friends are. If you share the activity to these platforms, there's no heart rate, which is used to calculate calories, intensity, recovery, and fitness levels. Sure it's not 100% accurate, but it's better than no data at all. Sometimes peoples' priorities and "sheep/trend" mentality amaze me! "How does this watch LOOK on me?" hahah! It goes great with your black fingernails and messed up hair that took you hours to get the perfect messy look, grats, now let's move on to those who have a logical and productive outlook on things and aren't looking for bandwagons.

With Love,

Adam
[Samsung Gear S3] jvrobert:
I'm considering sending mine back because it's $21.50/mo which is just insane. What do you have, 30 days?
[Samsung Gear S3] awilson181:
Well said!
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
I think it's 14 days plus a restocking fee. But almost anything can be negotiated...

If you otherwise like the watch, just pay the full price and use it in Bluetooth mode.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsm UK:
any one ?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rajendran Rasa:
Your device is Moto E (2nd gen-2015) ??
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsm UK:
simcard all ok working .. issue is menu demo unit .. short menu need flash.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsm UK:
anybody have the flash file ..?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papdya:
This forum is for moto e 1st gen..ask in moto e 2nd gen forum
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsm UK:
Thanks to forum mods to moving my thread to right section.

i'm still looking for the firmware
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gsm UK:
any help guys .?
[Huawei GX8] klapa012:
Hello everyone !

Since im new noob here, let me introduce my self

Name is Ivan (Croatia) nickanem klapa(012)

I have this awesome phone model which i really love !

And i need YOURS help, to help me figure out some things !

I have

Hawei G8 RIO-L01

Build number : RIO-L01C432B150

32GB model

Android version : 5.1

Baseband 20234

Emui 3.1

Kernel 3.10.49-g04e9131

d00903065@tblbuild3#1

Custom version : CUSTC432D007

this is all what i saw in the info of the phone, and im just wondering is there any official update for this model ( or how to root/unlock it) ?

I have checked the tuttorial how to unlock it, registered on huawei page, but i get error that "session expired"

Pls help me! and cheers everyone
[Android Apps and Games] panagiotisden2:
Note: not every country and network company support 0.Facebook

Zero Dot is an app created by Panos Dentsas, a Greek android developer, to help people that use zero facebook (0.facebook.com) get the most out of it.

Zero Dot adds new features to the standard free facebook service and it works similar to Facebook messenger but without any data or wifi connection! That means that you get notifications which include the other user's name, the time the message was sent and of course the message itself along with sound notifications when new messages arrive, immediately without having to take your phone out of your pocket to check for any possibly new messages every once in a while.

The app is still in BETA stage, that means its possible to encounter some bugs and some features may not be available yet.

Play store link
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriislive:
Hi, I have a MOTO G XT1033 with a dead battery (when connecting to the charger or usb only if you have a white led on). The solution is very simple and I discovered by chance a few days ago after buying one with the described defect.

[TOOLS NEEDED]

- Original samsung or lg or motorola charger

- Nokia Battery 3.7 (loaded)

[DEAD BATTERY SOLUTION]

1 - open the cell phone

2 - remove the original battery

3 - Near the battery connection there are four unprotected soldering pins

4 - solder a positive*(1) wire and a negative*(GND) wire. (Picture below)

5 - then connect the soldered wires to the Nokia battery

6 - turn on the phone, you will see that the device will turn on normally, wait for it to turn on, then turn it off normally ..

7 - Here is the secret, after the test in step 6, with the device turned off and the battery connected in it (nokia). Connect your device and quickly connect the device's original battery (MOTOROLA BATTERY). Wait for the machine to turn on. It will connect with 1% battery, quickly connect the charger and wait 5 minutes. Is enough for the original battery to pick up a 3% charge, but it will still show 1% on the screen.

8 - do step 7, turn off the device normally, remove the motorola battery and the nokia battery, then turn on the motorola normally and turn on the unit and plug in the charger, ready, your motorola is alive again!

Sorry my english, I'm newbie!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aka399:
hi, it works also on xt1032? Could you give exactly the P/N of Nokia battery used?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriislive:
Hello, I used a BL-5J nokia battery, it is docking type and has already indicated the polarity
[Xiaomi Redmi 1S] blob_:
Hi, I am trying to flash TWRP onto a Redmi 1s bought ~2years ago in China (actual physical shop inland :)).

I followed the tutorial:

1. updated to the newest MIUI available (I wanted to get the newest firmware)

2. reboot

3. downloaded adb (I've tried everything on linux), newest TWRP, newest CM (for the Redmi 1s)

4. accessed Developer options on the phone and enable USB debugging

5. attached the USB cable, approved on the phone

6. rebooted into fastboot

7. flashed the recovery (TWRP)

8. rebooted & hold the combination for recovery -> the phone however booted directly to MIUI

9. after shutdown the recovery was still the original/MIUI

I've tried again.. few times, no luck.

* I rechecked if I could get into original recovery mode with the key-combo -> I could, however only when I was trying it from a normal reboot/shutdown.

* I have yet to check if I can get into recovery after the restart from fastboot and without flashing anything.

Any ideas how to get it working? Did I do any newbie mistake?

Thank you!
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] jimevz01:
i decided id try out nougat to see what it looked like.....(big mistake) now my phone wont load past the screen that tells me the usual warnings my device has been unlocked bla bla bla (unlocked bootloader). it just says "your device is booting now..." i cant get into fast boot, recovery or force update by holding the 3 buttons. please tell me theirs some tech genius that can solve my problem because i only got the phone less than a week ago

!update! i can access fastboot now

"UPDATE" brought the phone back to the shop i was given a new phone so im very happy
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] baselsayeh:
flash original recovery and then try the 3-button update with your original rom
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] jimevz01:
i tried that so many times it wont work iv hit a brick wall. iv fastbooted boot, system, and recovery and it just stays the same i locked the bootloader again to see would it help and its done nothing im so frustrated because i only have it a week and iv already broke the warranty by unlocking the bootloader so i cant send it back to get fixed
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] baselsayeh:
I haven't tested it but try to

1-unlock your boot loader

2-extract the original system,boot and recovery partitions from your update file

3-flash them into your phone
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Ascertion:
I found everything too large on 480 so I changed mine to 420 and it's a major improvement. What are you guys running at?
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] sysak:
423
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] Yug01:
390 with RR ROM
[Honor 8 Questions & Answers] dngen:
Using 420 because that's what I was accustomed to on my Nexus 5x. Seems to be working well. Only downside is that the back, home, and recents button are too close
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KilA92:
Hello Guys,

You are my last hope. I’m trying to fix a S7 which fall down but worked fine after this happened. Then Samsung made an auto update and after this the phone doesn’t start anymore.

I tried several things. First I flashed a stock firmware via Odin without any success. Then I saw that the FRP lock was active and "shortly" unlocked it via the bypass method from user tungkick. After that I installed TWRP and tried out several firmware’s and custom roms.

The only minimal success I had, was with the Hydra Rom which I flashed exactly afterwards the manual. After trying several time the devices started until the point "android starting....apps get opened....

After 45 minutes with no change I abort the process and shut down the device.

I tried to flash it at beginning with the back cover and after it without to check if there is any loose cable (what I haven’t done up to now).

I also noticed, that the phone disturb my wireless keyboard while stuck in boot. After put away the phone from computer the keyboard woks fine again. Maybe this info is also important.

I hope you can help and I ready to give any information you need.

Best,

Kilian
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KilA92:
Yes, also tried several times. No change :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mk32112:
I'm wondering if this is just specific to the S5, because I can't find anything about this. I turned on encryption after a clean install and changed the encryption password using the shell and vcd, so I can have a stronger password for encryption. The phone then started to show the booting animation for a couple seconds (though it didn't actually reboot), typically after certain operations like opening a new app or just seemingly randomly. Happens approximately every 3 minutes. I'm suspecting that maybe it damaged some files. I tried rebooting, but the problem persists. I re-flashed the phone and tried again with an app (SnooperStopper) instead of the command line, and the same started to happen. This time I used the phone for a while before changing the password and I had no stability problems whatsover, and they started immediately after changing it.

The problem seems to go away after I remove the app and change the password in the settings (which will make the encryption and lock screen password equal again) and reboot.

I have the international version SM-G900F and I'm using the latest release snapshot (2016-10-13, version 13.0).

Thanks for any kind of help.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Lao Mayer:
I got hold of 2 batteries for my S7 Edge because the original one got swollen due to a bad charger.

I see different writings on them and I was wondering if it's only the writings that are different or something else also.

What do you think? They will arrive tomorrow.

The ones I bought:

The swollen one:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] James101:
Yep thats right. To play it safe, sammy switched batteries. and liquidated what they had in stock, which is all the batteries you see on ebay and alibaba being sold.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Lao Mayer:
Now, which one would be the newer?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nitrous²:
Very likely that Samsung took precautions after the Note 7 story and revisioned their batteries. It's not apparent which one of the batteries is the newer one. At least for me. You might be able to compare it to a S7(E) which hasn't got its battery replaced.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] panart:
I don't know which is the newer battery, but one of them was made by Samsung SDI and the other by Chinese company ATL.

In the case of Note 7 most of the spontaneously combusting batteries were supplied by SDI, while the Chinese market Note 7 used batteries supplied by ATL that were deemed as safe, but when Samsung switched from SDI to ATL batteries for replacement Note 7 devices, some of them started to spontaneously combust as well. (http://tech.firstpost.com/news-anal...ly-to-blame-for-this-whole-fiasco-340300.html)

Of course what happened with the Note 7 doesn't affect the S7 Edge, but no matter which battery you install make sure to use an official charger from now on.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Invisibility:
I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find a tar for PK1 can anyone tell me if there is one yet or are we still waiting on a tar? Sorry I usually don't ask questions but this one has me scratching my head lol
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr nerd:
Still waiting it looks like,

You can always download the update and rip it from the phone and use android kitchen to make your own zip file of the tar
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natibongo:
According to sammobile PK1 is not yet available

Though other variants have it

See more here: http://www.sammobile.com/devices/specs/SM-N910P/
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anees02:
I want to know how to do it?

In PG1 I grabbed the update zip but I didn't know what to do with it.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr nerd:
I was able to get the pk1 update over ota

I downloaded the pj1 tar and then used oden to flash to my phone after, i didnt lose anything but backup just in case after i flashed i just took the ota update.

Then i re rooted. Using chain fire and teamwin
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anees02:
I mean how to convert update.zip to a flashable file either from odin or recovery or at least how to make a full tar file to flash via odin instead of downloading a large tar file.

Assume that you want to take OTA update and you successfully update your phone to the latest version then you want to make a full tar file to give it to your friend or to use it for emergency cases instead of downloading the full tar again from internet and losing your balance in download process.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr nerd:
You can't make a tar

But you can take a tar and make an update.zip either way they will be the same size

the only way to get the full tar is to download it when it is released

but you can take the update from the OTA if you full restore from tar of pj1 to pk1 then use that to update via recovery but youll need to be stock the OTA update zip files have file checking so it will fail if youre not stock

if you do get it PM me the link to the update.zip file I'll remove the integrity check so you can update on a rooted device
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sliverr7x:
I took the new update pk1 and its seems that twrp wont flash using odin on this anybody else have that problem thanks

update I odin back to pe2 and odin twrp without a problem so not sure if pk1 is user friendly or im just having problems
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLPFL:
I took ota upadte to PK1 odin twrp fine.. rooted systemless.. on dr k m6 rom
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joetarney:
I have PK1, what is the best rooted rom to use with this?

What rooted rom can i download for the note 7?

Thanks
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joetarney:
bump...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samep:
The Note7 port for Sprint by [MENTION=1503720]tx_dbs_tx[/MENTION] is currently targeting PJ1 for compatibility.

As for current suggested ROM, I believe that's subjective for now. These security updates tend to release faster than developers can port features and compatibility, IMO.

You may consider rooting PK1 or downgrading to PJ1 and rooting that for now. I can't give an ETA for the ported Note7. Other ports require additional reading, shared files and workarounds and individual effort for data and compatibility reasons. Reason is, these ROMs may also be beta and improving but also don't support Sprint's unique network.

The ROM you're asking about is in alpha or beta stages of development. tx_dbs_tx may release it in it's early alpha or beta if he feels it's stable enough for most users. Be patient; I think it'll happen soon enough.