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[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: usb connection and other issues

[MENTION=4948287]APTXDAVE[/MENTION]

If ADB does not display the device it means your watch and windows computer is not recognizing each other.

Try a different usb port on your computer to connect the usb cable from your watch.

If (ADB) fastboot still does not recognize your watch then you need to re-install the universal usb driver

which can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnkk5gvx3zir5ue/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.zip?dl=0

The above usb driver is compatible with all phones and android wear watches.

Then flash the stock Android Wear 1.5 image (img files not zip)

using fastboot first before flashing the android wear 2.0 zip file.

Here is the download link for the official stock Android Wear 1.5 zip file

containing the three image files: " recovery.img boot.img and system.img".

Unzip this zip file and flash all three of the img files using fastboot.

Be sure to copy the 3 files into the same folder as your ADB.EXE is located.

Here are the 3 IMG files in 1 zip file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tz9bg5fggp...MWG68.zip?dl=1

To flash these img files boot the watch into fastboot mode then do the following:

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot oem lock

fastboot reboot

After the watch boots up you don't need to start setting it up if you want to upgrade

to the Android Wear 2.0 custom zip file rom.

You can simply boot or flash twrp and install the Android Wear 2.0 custom rom zip file

or you can also install the android wear custom zip file rom using adb sideload command.

( adb sideload rom-filename.zip )

Good luck, have a great day!

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[MENTION=3156171]seeker9[/MENTION]

In that case I would try a RESET on the watch itself.

Before doing a reset, be sure to uninstall the Android Wear app from the phone

so when the watch asks you to finish setup using the phone you will have a fresh

copy of the Android Wear app without any old or error in it's data to start with.

Good luck, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] seeker9:
Thanx! But I tried that and, strangely, ended up only able to boot into TWRP, or fastboot. (sigh) Been here before.

I started over & reflashed back to stock 1.5 and then this 2.0 rom & new kernel.

The watch and phone have reconciled their differences and are communicating well now, with no app installation, or bluetooth issues. The watch is updating apps as I write this. When that's done I'll try adb sideloading the root.zip.

Thank you, again.

[update]

Installing busybox seems to have broken the watche's bluetooth.. Watch is saying "blutooth needed" again. Used the busybox app on the phone to uninstall root, then uninstalled Busybox app from watch.. Powered off the watch, uninstalled AW app from phone then redownloaded & installed it anew. Booted watch.

Didn't fix the problem.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Jyjec:
Thanks [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] for this ROM greatly appreciated
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Hello all! Can i install this ROM if i have the stock ROM with AW 2.0 on my watch or i need Downgrade first?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: downgrade

[MENTION=1359222]waldette[/MENTION]

You don't need to downgrade first.

Good luck, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Ok thanks. I want change the rom because my watch is soooooo slooooowly with aaaaall with aw2.0 and i want a fast one. What is the best ROM for this case? The 2.0 or 1.5 version?

Thanks!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Thanks, can u help me with my question pls? I dont know what to do...
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: custom rom flashing

[MENTION=1359222]waldette[/MENTION]

Go and read the very first post in this thread, you will find the download

link for the custom android wear 2.0 rom and instructions for flashing it.

Good luck, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Yes but my problem is:

I want change the rom because my watch is soooooo slooooowly with aaaaall with aw2.0 and i want a fast one. What is the best ROM for this case? The 2.0 or 1.5 version?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
[MENTION=3516441]Misterjunky[/MENTION]

Sorry for insist but I very undecided. Can you read my next post and help me pls? Thx
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Zebnastien:
The JanJan fabulous work was to make AW2 full speed on this Watch. It is a great success. Do as misterjunky told you with AW2 or compare by yourself : you always can revert back.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] where u at?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Ooh perfect! I will flash the ROM as soon as I has time jeje
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Ok! I think all it's good!

In the first post guide there are missing alot of essential information that I needed for flash correctly without errors the ROM. Information like lock and unlock Bootloader or how to copy the ROM to owr watch....

I needed search several times online for this problems.

Anyway, thanks for the guide. I'm testing now this ROM and I'll inform on how it's work.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Zebnastien:
Personally I used "adb push /sdcard" command
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] i summon you :p
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
I'm totally busy now!!! I try all commands and all things but now I have a big problem:

- After install the ROM I don't know why but the system restart and enter directly to recovery mode again and again. Then I decide to do a full wipe again and reinstall the ROM like first time the problem comes here. Now when I try to push the ROM to my watch, the promt calls me: "Failed to copy ...... write failed: No space left on devide". WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??? I search and try a lot of commands and nothing to do, all fail and now I can't flash any ROM... :(

I'm afraid and I don't know what to do more.. :(

Any1 can help me pls?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] thagabe:
[MENTION=1359222]waldette[/MENTION]

Happened to me. Just reflash "factory" image found in the other xda threat. Once you are back to the original "stock" rom then attempt to reflash to this. The main thing is as long as you havent borked bootloader you are ok, there is always a way to recover.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Ok thx. Ill try it
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
I found a solution for install ROMs via ADB without move it to the watch, using ADB SIDELOAD. But I still having problems. I install the ROM but when I reboot system, all time enter into Recovery Mode and I can't start SO... Any suggestion?

I TEST ALL THINGS!!! I DON'T HAVE MORE IDEAS!!! I REALLY NEED HELP!! :(
[Asus ZenWatch 3] djdarkrider:
I've faced this problem. Flash stock recovery via fastboot, then reboot. You should boot into rom that you have installed via twrp earlier.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] thagabe:
Ok so this is how I do it:

"adb reboot bootloader"

"fastboot devices"

"fastboot boot path-to-twrp.img" - I do this because i don't really want to flash twrp

In twrp I wipe internal memory completely (system, all the cache, etc)

I then tell twrp to reboot into bootloader

"fastboot boot path-to-twrp.img" - I'm a stickler for making sure everything is clean and ready

In twrp I make sure mount is enabled with the cache and data partition selected

"adb push path-to-rom.zip /sdcard" - Pushes the rom to the home directory will take 1-2 mins

again ask twrp to reboot into bootloader

"fastboot boot path-to-twrp.img"

Install from twrp the rom.zip; You'll get an error but that's probably some warning more than error.

Clear cache/dalvik

----IF YOU WANT TO USE JANJAN's newer kernel (other threat) follow this-----

reboot back into bootloader from twrp

"fastboot flash boot path-to-boot.img"

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reboot (whether from fastboot or from twrp)

Wait like 10 mins of a black screen (JANJAN removed boot animation)

Profit.

ENJOY a fast smartwatch!!!!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
is there a way to check kernel version on the watch ...just to see if flash was a success?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: kernel versions

After the watch is working properly go to the playstore and download the AIDA64 app

it will tell you all the information about the watch including the version and all the details

about the kernel.

Here is the playstore link for AIDA64:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64

Good luck, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
OK! Thanks for all, finally the ROM is on after 25 millions tries XDD

For now the ROM works very well, fast and stable... I'll test some days for system stability and I'll say you if all it's good.

(sorry for my english, I don't know how to say it all I want... :P)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] waldette:
Hi again. The ROM works right but I don't find Whatsapp anyway and I don't receive notifications from it... Need to do anything else?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] sgaset:
Hi guys, I wanted to try this rom. How does it behave with the battery?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
no that big jump to stock, just try and see i guess :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] jbennett3112:
Can someone help me out? Fairly new to the smartwatch world and tired of my laggy ZW3. Do I need a rooted phone to do this process? Does someone have an idiot's guide to completing this?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] thagabe:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

https://www.xda-developers.com/blocks-project-openwatch-android/

This is what we need in the android smartwatch landscape!!!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Hoagie1234:
Slow call screen

The only problem I have with OEM Ver 2.0 is a slow call screen.

If I call my phone back within a short time it will show on the first or second ring.

If I wait for a longer period of time it will be be slow to show again.

Does this new ROM help with this problem.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Zebnastien:
Yes, it fixes all the problems as we said in the 50 previous pages. Install it ! And the new kernel too !
[Asus ZenWatch 3] nukeruss:
Installed this last week. Works great. Finally my watch can last 18 hours. It used to bug the heck out of me that it would die every night just before bed. I used to use my zenwatch 2 or g watch R all the time because the battery was so bad on the 3. Any chance that Wear OS 3 will make it to this watch. I know it won't officially but I'm hoping someone can adapt it from another watch.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: Wear OS

[MENTION=3656815]nukeruss[/MENTION]

Why not download it from the playstore like I did?

The Wear OS is nothing special, it's just a replacement

and rename of thhe Android Wear app.

It does not add any new features or improvements to the watch.

Basically all it is is Android Wear renamed to Wear OS.

Here is the playstore download link for it in case you want to get it:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.wearable.app

Good luck,

Have a great day! .
[Asus ZenWatch 3] nukeruss:
The app automatically updated to wear OS. It's at version 2.10 for the zenwatch 3. We are not scheduled to ever receive 3.0.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] wigglitz:
Is it a known thing or change in 2.0 when sending/responding to a text using voice in any watch app including the native, it will no longer auto send after the review of your message pops up on the screen. Even using Google Now/Assistant I have to manually hit send every time. It actually kind of sucks and is unsafe at times being forced to successfully hit the send button especially when driving. Prior to 2.0 the review of my message would pop up with a little timed outline around the send option until it would automatically send.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] TheSura:
Hello, first, I'd like to thanks a lot [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] for his amazing work. Second, I know he had removed boot animation and I'd like to use a custom one, but I can't do it: I've already tried to push the bootanimation.zip file (in which all images are 400 x 400 pixels) to /system/media, but it doesn't work. Whats should I do?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] reojo:
Ok I got the ROM installed had few issues with my apps loading so I decided to reset and now Everytime I boot it goes to recovery
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: recovery mode

[MENTION=4809851]reojo[/MENTION]

Sorry to tell you this but before you can successfully flash android wear 2.0

again you will need to use fastboot to flash the system.img, recovery.img

and the boot.img which are the the official android wear 1.5 firmware version.

Once you have successfully fastboot flashed the three files you need to wait

until the watch boots up to where it asks you to select a language.

At that point reboot the watch into FASTBOOT mode.

Once you do that you need to use fastboot again and flash twrp.

After flashing twrp you need to push the android wear 2.0 zip

file rom into /sdcard/ using adb.

Once that's done you need to use twrp to install the,Android Wear

zip file rom.

Don't do a wipe or factory reset in twrp after you have fastboot

flashed the three img files.

Once done, reboot the watch into SYSTEM in twrp.

It takes a long time to boot Android Wear 2.0 zip file

rom. Sometimes even up to 15 minutes until the watch

is fully booted ready to use.

The boot.img, system.img and recovery.img are available to

download here in this forum.

Good luck,

Have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] reojo:
Thanks I got it to boot again, any idea why the play store is not working on the watch?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
When you first boot the watch after flashing android wear 2.0 you need to wait until the watch auto updates the google play services in your watch. Until google play services are updated in and by the watch automatically you cannot use google play store properly.

What I would do is reboot the watch and wait at least 15 minutes and the play store should work fine. You might want to check to see if your phone has the latest updates for google play store and google play services.

If your phone does not have the latest version of those 2 apps installed then that may be the reason why you are having issues with play store.

Good luck..

Have a great day.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
is this closed?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] dferreira:
Thanks for this ROM. I've unlocked bootloader, adb sideloaded the rom, flashed, rebooted and then waited for it to finish booting. Without a boot animation, I thought I had bricked the watch. Patience + searching the thread revealed that the boot animation actually does not exist. All OK!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] aeg1313:
I installed this and the kernel and my watch is more responsive than ever! Wonderful. I can finally use google assistant reliably, something I was never able to do with the stock watch since 2.0. Not even after resets.

Thanks janjan!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Enjoy.. cheers :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

Welcome back.

Looking forward to a new rom.

Have a great day.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] FantasyGamer:
I would like to return to stock. I'm also using the custom kernel.

What's the best way to return? Can I flash the OTA for 2.0 straight away or do I have to flash the boot, recovery and system image from 1.5 first?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] dferreira:
Something strange happened on my device. The battery died, i charged it and instead of booting to the OS, it went straight to TWRP. I tried restarting it again, and i always got "Recovery mode" spelled above the ASUS logo. After searching, i found a solution:

After this, i reinstalled the OS and now its booting correctly. Really strange thing to happen.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] paran0ia:
Maybe you guys can help me out, because I am a bit lost. So I've received my ZenWatch 3 today and was not happy with the performance. Went to XDA and saw your custom ROM. I went ahead and tried to install it. I flashed "recovery_swift-3.1.0-0.img" as recovery, because "twrp_swift_3.1.1-0.img" gives me a bootloop when trying to access the recovery image. After the first boot of stock 1.5, I booted up TWRP, transferred the ROM, did a Factory Reset and flashed it. But my watch keeps bootlooping with the ASUS logo. I tried to flash the three stock images and just launching TWRP without installing afterwards, getting a bootloop again. Never had trouble installing custom ROMs, but I am out of ideas why it won't boot.

Will try to update to stock 2.0, installing TWRP and flashing custom 2.0 afterwards, but maybe someone has an idea what I could also try. Thanks for your time and effort.

Edit: So I tried again, first installing MWG68 via Images, then updating via ZIP to OTA 2.0. After this step, I made a factory reset in TWRP, flashed Custom 2.0 and this time it worked. Don't know why it wouldn't work when I installed MWF76 and flashed the Custom 2.0. If anyone has the same problems as me, try to update to OTA 2.0 before flashing the custom ROM. Thanks for your hard work, performance is much better now!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] elkay:
Everything seems good, except I've lost the weather widget for my watch faces. Was that removed?

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Disregard - If anyone else runs into this.. it takes some time for all the Asus apps to show back up, and possibly a few reboots (or combination of these). It would figure that after an hour of farting around with this thing and finally posting, that the next reboot all the Asus apps showed up along with their widget options.

Watch seems much snappier so far. Thanks for all the hard work on this!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Darevas:
hi everyone

I really interesting about this, looks like awesome!

but i have a little problem, if someone can help me, i appreciate

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76540583&postcount=9

Thanks a lot! :D

PD: sorry about doble post :(
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
I wholeheartedly recommend you to return it if you still can.

Yes... this is by far the best looking smartwatch out there (apart from maybe the TAG Heuer stuff)... but it is not worth it due to the software. Janjan really is to be thanked for his effort... but even his ROM in my opinion does by far not run as good as I think it woul dbe necessary to make the device a good companion. Blame ****ing ASUS and stay away from them for anything related to Android.

I still use the device as my main (and only) watch... but I only do so because I atm lack the time to search for a fitting alternative... there might be none as long as Google doesn't produce one by themselves.

Take it as my tip.. from someone who has this device since release.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
ENJOY THE LATEST KERNEL. FEATURES SEE MY KERNEL OP.

Download-Link-Latest

BOOT_IMAGE_23_MAY

MD5: eeaa9e2b4c0d97ea7cc0ab073d7f0d6a
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
Thanks..

Was hoping for a new custom rom. Lol

Have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Actually Google IS making smart watches right now...

Otherwise I sadly can confirm your words.

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] paran0ia:
A little late for the response, but after trying the watch for some days I decided to return it. Performance is too buggy / sluggish to use it as a everyday device. The idea is neat, but it is more a toy than a productive addon. Thank you for your words, I have to say that you were really on point!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] FantasyGamer:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

Any plans on bringing android 8.0 to the Zenwatch 3?

Thanks for the excellent ROM and Kernel btw!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Working on it.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I would like to thank you all for your generous donation. Thank you very much for supporting me. I really appreciate that. It will give me more energy to bring something nicer for your device in future.

I will probably spend these donation to pay for the storage (online storage) for uploading the zips as well to buy a new harddisk for my PC.

Once again, thank you for your generous donation
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
oohhhh :D :D :D

THIS IS BIG!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] TheLegen87:
Awesome

Thank you for the great work.

Looking forward to get my watch and flash your Rom+ Kernel

Greetings
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
my watch has a dust layer on top of it already, basically the reason i still would use it would be a new realese from the OP ...thanks for your work [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] could you give us a life sign?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
i flashed the may kernel tree times now ...and i dont get the Option to OC to 1.2GHz ...what am i doing wrong :( ...the boot.img (kernel ) download link is down ...can anybody reupload?

i feel like the one on the kernel thread is not the actual may kernel
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
https://xdaforums.com/zenwatch-3/development/kernel-asus-zenwatch-3-wi503q-29-t3742217
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
ah okay i try it, in the Op it says twrp ..thank you!

one question is 300mhz as min freq possible? instead of 533?

or would it lag to much?
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I can try to build with 400 MHz. ;)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
i think i could help ...watches are not used as frequent as smartphones ...most of the time u just glance at them ...so deepsleep and low cpu usage could improve battery.

could you add the Governer conservative?

any recommendation for I/O scheduler ...i read that noop might work well ...

many say powersave makes the the devices not usable in terms of lags...i kinda agree on that. I use ondemand rn
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] Smartass would also be a great Governor

description would be: Off-Screen cpu is clocked to a minimum.

sounds like something beneficial for watches.

today i lost 20% battery in an hour ...while not even using my watch.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
20% in an hour. Too much. Look here.. fix some issue and update some driver. Coming soon.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Der-Knuffi:
Does that mean there is a new ROM coming? [emoji16]

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[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
looks better than with mine :D

okay great.

battery is the main issue.

the random lags are a pain too.

Watch is sometimes barley usable.

Your efforts are appreciated my friend!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] danylati:
i have this problem with the latest kernel

Can't install my apps from my phone in playstore like outlook, hangouts (unable to install : Bluetooth connexion required).

i have this rom too
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
Back here as well :) ...still usingit as no real alternative came up so far...

...and still thanking you to at least made this watch possible to use.

When you post such battery consumption... could you please breifly tell about 3 settings how you have them set:

- display on at all time?

- rotate to switch on display

- ok google detection

If I switch off both last options and keep the display alive I make it just through 1 day... but not more.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
ah yeah true, i read somewhere that the ok google detection is a major hit to the battery. I had it turned on all the time i now switched it off ..thanks for the reminder. :svetius: ;)

i wish there would be an option to bring the black background to our watches :rolleyes:
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

maybe this helps

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2776060