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[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Yes it seems hardware issue, especially with AMOLED. It doe not bother me at all, but woman always complain. so it means no need to contact Asus support.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
if your warranty is still available, i would do it mate.

Why not ...she might get a brand new device :good:
[Asus ZenWatch 3] xzr5t:
The download link for the Android Wear 2.0 kernel isn't working (asks for encryption key).

Thanks
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: Android Wear 2.0 kernel

Thanks to [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] here is the android wear 2.0 kernel:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfbhe2dwqjnxyd5/JANJAN_kernel_12_8_2017_AW_2.0.zip?dl=0

Good luck, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
NEW BUILD AND NEW BOOT IMAGE ARE AVAILABLE (14/11/2017)

ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_BUILD_NWD1.170623.001 (14/11/2017)

- Based on latest release NWD1.170623.001- June_1_2017 security patch

- Kernel- Compiled from ASUS source code

- All *apk system/data, system/app, Framework & priv-app zipalign & optimized for better RAM utilization

- Can be root - Flash the following Root/BusyBox if you want root

- dm-verity disabled

- Forced-encryption disabled

- SELinux permissive

- init.d script support

- Tweaked for Best Performance

- Update script

- Tweaks to achieve better battery life

- Clean

- ADB fixed

------------------------------------------------------------

Download-Link

LATEST BUILD_WEAR_2.0/ROM

------------------------------------------------------------

KERNEL/BOOT IMAGE_Only for AW 2.0 (14/11/2017)

Changelog

- Based on available source, up to date msm-android-msm-swift-3.18-nougat-dr-release

- SELinux permissive

- dm-verity disabled

- Init.d script supported

- Simple, stable

- Tweaks to boost the performance and slightly increase battery life

- Tweaks to launch app faster and improve the overall UI experience

- Tweaks to achieve better battery life.

ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_BOOT_IMAGE_14_NOV

REMEMBER MY BEER GUYS :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Latest build is up. Enjoy
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

You forgot to disable the encryption key... Cannot download the new rom.

Also where can I find the "Root/BusyBox" download link?

Can we use the old "root_wear" zip file which has been around for

a long time now and does the root_wear zip file contain busybox?

Do we need to flash the "ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_BOOT_IMAGE_14_NOV "

if we have already flashed the "LATEST BUILD_WEAR_2.0/ROM" or does the

new rom have the "ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_BOOT_IMAGE_14_NOV" built into

the new full rom?

Thanks!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
thanks for sharing mate :good:

haha every second post is ..encryption key for mega related :D :D :D

so....

could u get the key fixed :laugh:
[Asus ZenWatch 3] dubt17:
I know development is kind of dead here, but I really appreciate the update! My watch was super slow with zenfit and manager disabled on stock and your kernel came in and saved the day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Sorry for the encryption key. I am going to fix it now. There is No need to flash the kernel after flashing the build from 14/11/2017. It is already included. You need to flash the new Or the old root_wear.zip to obtain root. Both are working.

1:Flash the ROM and then

2:Flash the root, no need to reboot into recovery again. Flash both zips .

After setup everything run the BusyBox and you will see successfully installed, it means supersu is working.

If you like my work and want me to continue my work then remember my whisky :)

I am going to play with the kernel source later tonight for further improvement. I will probably need some tester to test the new kernel.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
Thanks [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

One more thing, is the BusyBox included in the rom? .. If not where is it?

Thanks for your great support!!!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_ROOT contains BusyBox. Just flash that and you will see BusyBox in your watch. Run the BusyBox and wait for message successful install... Done
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

The new rom link is still encrypted, still cannot download the rom.

Thanks!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
There is some issue with XDA. Doesn't accept my correction. It works now. Check the one from first thread please.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
Weird... I was able to download his build from 14 November from mega without probems. Maybe try a different browser
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

Where is the download link for "ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_ROOT" zip file?

The new rom zip file you posted is named: "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip"

Does that have Busybox in it?

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 02:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:29 PM ----------

Was this the filename you downloaded?

ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip

If it is, did it have busybox in it?

thanks.. have a great day.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I mentioned in your previous message that BusyBox are inside ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_ROOT and download link is in first thread.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
Some first impressions:

Using this build (14 Nov) (with root) since about a day now.

Installation (including busybox etc.) worked flawlessy. After initial setup and installation of apps I had a very weird hiccup of the device. It got as slow as the stock one when using your old 2.0 kernel with it... forced me to hard reboot the device. Since then it works pretty well though. Quite a lot better than the stock ROM... which is quite a success already :)

I would still say that the 1.5 ROM felt a bit more responsive. Plus: the battery life seems a bit worse so far... being at roughly 50 % at 3 PM right now. With the 1.5 ROM I usually had about 65-70 % left at this time of the day.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Give it some days to settle down. To early to talk about battery and speed. :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
That's why I called it "first impressions" :cyclops: ;)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: Nov. 14th. Rom Update

The new rom installed fine without any issues. Rooting with "root-wear.zip"

also worked just fine too.

But...

After over 8 hours and rebooting the watch every couple of hours the Nov.14th

rom was super slow and sluggish making it almost unusable for me.

As soon as I flashed back to the official stock AW 2.0 firmware zip file the watch

was 100% useable and had normal speed without much lag.

It should not take "a few days" to let the watch settle down....

(I wonder why the stock official Android Wear 2.0 firmware does not take 2-3 days to settle down)

If after 8 hours the watch is still super slow and sluggish I don't believe that it

will suddenly and noticeably improve after 2-3 days.

Also the only way I could get ROOT to work properly was to disable busybox.

With busybox enabled none of the 4 apps which require root worked or worked

properly.

The old Android Wear 1.5 custom rooted deodexed rom worked fine with or without busybox.

Here are the 4 root apps that I use:

: Advanced Settings

: Android Wear Rebooter

: Root Essentials

: Root Explorer

All four of the above apps are from the playstore.

Hope future updates will work better.

Have a great day everyone...
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
what are your settings in Advance settings

what are u using root essentials for?

if i may ask :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: root apps

[MENTION=5126786]txx3[/MENTION]

Even if you are not rooted you can use

many of the options and settings in the

four apps, why not give it a try and see

for yourself... Get the apps and if you

don't like them then just uninstall the

ones you don't like.

One of the apps even has a build-prop editor

built-into it which will become very handy once

we have a rooted normal speed custom rom

that works properly to work with.

The thing which I really wonder is that

this zenwatch 3 is my very first smart

watch and I know there are many other

android wear brands that I could have

picked, I would like to know if basically

all the android wear watches have

the same issue with lag & sluggishness

as the Zenwatch 3?

Have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Asus didn't update the firmware since June 1. They didn't care about all the bugs and lag. Try my new build for Huawei watch 2 lte. If you have a Huawei watch 2. You can see the smoothness and speed. I will try to push and force the Rom a bit more and check the result.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Ask Asus why they didn't push any update since June 1. You should give it 4-5 days to settle down. If you thought stock 2.0 is better for you then use that until Asus update the firmware.

I don't have any problem with SuperSU or BusyBox. I used to check and test before releasing the ROM to the public. Maybe you should factory reset and flash the stock build and then flash my ROM if you want. Otherwise better to stay with build 1.5 until Asus fix and release the latest source like Huawei or Google .
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: updated roms

I would LOVE to stay with the v1.5 custom rooted rom but I can't

find a way to disable auto update OTA from downloading the

android wear 2.0 update to my watch without asking me.

It's not just the constant notifications which I cannot disable, but

the free space on the watch drops to about 500MB after the OTA

downloads itself into the watch without asking me, the OTA does

not install itself unless I check for updates and allow it but the ota

update zip file stays in the watch's "cache" folder and if deleted the

watch downloads it again. A zero byte update.zip file in /cache

folder is of no help either.

Perhaps you can find some way to disable notifications and prevent

the watch from allowing the ota update zip file to be downloaded.

I know there is a adb shell su pm command that's supposed to

disable notifications but that command does not work even with

root, I found out that the rooting method we use is not complete

enough and the shell su pm command does not recognize the

fact that the watch is rooted, that's why it does not work.

(The adb command errors out because it cannot find su)

Anyway, thanks for all the updates and help, hopefully the next

update will work better.

Have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I don't have any issue with root or su. Tell me exactly how did you flash the ROM and how did you install the root? How do you use the terminal or which commands do you use? Maybe I figure out your issue.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: flash rom and root

[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

I am running windows 10 and I use the standard

cmd command to go into terminal mode. (DOS Window)

I always copy all the IMG and ZIP files for my watch into

the same folder as I have installed the ADB software into

so there is no issue or problem with the PATH of ADB

and fastboot.

First I enabled ADB on my watch, then I booted into

recovery and selected "Apply Update From ADB" and

then I used the "adb sideload firmware.zip" command

and successfully flashed the new rom then I did the

same thing with the "root-wear.zip" without rebooting

the watch until both zip files were flashed successfully.

After that I waited until the watch asked me for my country

then asked me to continue setup on my watch which I did.

Bluetooth connected properly.

The entire setup went fine, no problems except for the

sluggishness and lag.

After the watch was done I clicked on the busybox app

and successfully installed it.

All the while the watch was super sluggish and laggy, it

almost acted like it had some kind of time-delay built-in

to it even before installing busybox.

Do you think it might help if I flashed twrp in fastboot and pushed the rom

and the rooter file into twrp recovery /sdcard and flash them from there??

Can flashing twrp successfully make the watch sluggish and slow???

edit:

Forgot to say that the only thing which I have not done

was a full wipe of data/system/cache and factory reset

of the watch before flashing the rom.

I have flashed many roms in my S7 Edge phone and usually

I always do a full wipe/factory reset before flashing any roms.

But I have not read anything here in this Zenwatch 3 forum

that mentions anything about factory reset and full wipes

of the watch before flashing so I think that the rom itself

has a command to wipe system, cache, data and so on

before it flashes the rom itself.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] txx3:
i have both (Advanced settings + essential root)

for Advanced settings ..do you change gov.?

do you OC? Vibration intensity ...what exactly do you change ...and have u experience a incrase in speed...drain in battery or tell me if you only use it as a settings app (e.g Switch on Bluetooth ..wifi and so on)

for root essential ..i didn't find much use in it idk ..maybe u can tell me what u do with it :rolleyes:

thank you

---------- Post added at 09:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 AM ----------

@janjan i test the rom today ...i have it now for couple of hours ...so far no problem ..seems smooth and good + root is working :)

i give u Feedback later in the day

thank you for sharing
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
The root essentials has the built-in super easy to use

build-prop file editor which can be very useful, but I

have not tried editing anything in my build-prop due to

all the super lag and sluggishness I am having with the

android wear 2.0 custom rom.

As far as the Advanced Settings app I cannot use or try

anything much with it except basic things as you said

which also includes easily uninstalling user apps and

some other stuff. It will become a lot more useful after

the 2.0 custom rom gets updated to work more properly

for me. No sense in changing kernel settings until then.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
So... quickly going through those things as I still find it weird that you had those problems with 1.5.

Achieving root when no adb toast message appears:

That worked perfectly for me. Did you try it like this?

Once you have adb... do these commands WHILE the update notification is active (at least it did not work for me when I did it right after initial setup):

- adb shell

- su

- pm disable com.google.android.gms/.update.SystemUpdateService

- pm disable com.google.android.gsf/.update.SystemUpdateService

- exit

I got it from thris thread:

https://xdaforums.com/zenwatch-3/how-to/guide-how-to-revert-to-android-wear-1-5-t3635196

In OPs post, there is no su command shown... I don't remember the page where someone mentioned that it is important to be in su status when executing these commands. After doing this my update notification didn't show up anymore.

To also talk about other watches: unfortunately Aus seems to be one of the worst... my friend has a Huawei Watch first gen ant it runs way better than the ZW3. H eis actually very happy with it... even though he is far from being a technology geek like I am. The consequence for me therefore clearly is to never ever touch Asus devices anymore. Their phones are already famous for being super bad when it comes to software... and well... watches follow up on this. It's even more sad when I see how beautiful the ZW3 actually is... i still find it to be the best looking Smartwatch on the market. There is no other that actually looks like a real proper elegant watch. That is also the reason I continue hoping.

This leads me to an update on my impressions with the ROM:

I think I can already tell now that the battery life definitely is not on par with the stock ROM and neither with the 1.5 ROM from you [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

Yes... it's only been 2 nights so far... but I tried all your other ROMs and kernels before (and the stock ones as well ofc) and I never was left with only 2 % battery at around 11 PM at night after such short time. Still: the ROM runs ok so far... again: not as perfect as your 1.5 but still better than stock 2.0. Will continue using it until we (hopefully :fingers-crossed: ) get new stuff from you :)

This quickly leads me back to [MENTION=3516441]Misterjunky[/MENTION] again: after you experienced that extremely sluggish and slow behavior... did you wait at least 30 minutes and then restarted it once? Because that (as described in my "first impressions") happened to me as well... but since then it's fine.

Best regards!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
Looks like there are at least 3 people saying that this new Nov. 14th Android Wear 2.0 custom rom is

working at least as good as the stock 2.0 OTA so I guess I have no choice but to try it again tomorrow...

After installing the rom successfully I noticed the super slow sluggish behavior of the watch I am

not sure if I waited 30 or more minutes, I did not install the stock 2.0 right after seeing and feeling

how sluggish the watch was, the new rom must have been running at least 30 minutes but those

30 minutes or more the watch was not just sitting on the charger without me doing anything with

it, I must have rebooted it at least 3-4 times trying to get it to work properly without the super lag

and sluggishness so no, I did not simply leave the watch alone for 30 or more minutes before I

gave up and flashed the stock official 2.0 rom..........

But since it looks like I am the only one with this sluggish slow laggy behavior it looks like I must

have done something wrong, but even though I am not convinced that letting the watch "rest"

for at least 30 minutes before rebooting it will make it work properly I will try that anyway first

thing in the morning...........

I am just wondering if anyone here who flashed the new Nov. 14th custom rom used twrp to

flash it with, I mean has anyone flashed twrp in fastboot and pushed the rom and rooting file

into /sdcard and flashed/installed it from within twrp?

Thanks, have a great day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
I do (did) everything via TWRP. If I have the option, I push the respective file to the watch first using ADB in Windows shell, then restart to recovery(using the root essentials or shutting down, then pressing the bottom + middle button to start directly into recovery. I select wipe -> factory reset and then install the ROM... nothing else as the kernel and root is already included. After flashing, I restart system and wait. Then set the watch up (including starting and installing busybox), go the Play store and hit install on all apps that I want, then let it rest on charger with wifi for... hm... 30 minutes or so. The I took it, tried to set up my watchface etc. and noticed the sluggish behavior (what you mentioned). The watch also got pretty hot... and basically didn't respond anymore at all. So I forced a reboot and let it rest for another 20 or so minutes. Since then I have not restarted it (2 nights ago) and it works... well... as described.

I actually did not try ADB in Windows yet though... should try tonight.

Hope this was helpful.

Best regards :)
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: twrp

Before using twrp did you "boot" into twrp in fastboot or did you actually flash twrp in fastboot before flashing the rom?

Also, [MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION] said that this new Nov. 14th custom rom does not contain root, he said to flash

the root-wear.zip file after flashing the new rom. The AW 1.5 custom rom did include root.

Are you using the new 2.0 custom rom or the 1.5 custom rom?

Thanks for all the useful information.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I will upload a complete stock images (android wear 2.0) in case anyone wanna go back to latest stock again.

The only thing you have to do is boot into bootloader mod and then run the script by double click on it. After some reboots you will be back on latest stock.

I will combine Linux and Windows together.

IF YOU LIKE MY WORK AND WANT ME TO CONTINUE, THEN BUY ME A SHOT OF WHISKY

DONATE ME HERE​
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

I have many copies of the official Android Wear 2.0 stock zip file rom

but it's always a good idea to have a good download link in case any

one needs the rom. Don't forget to remove the encryption though. :)

I just got done flashing the new Nov. 14th custom rom again and right

now it is installing the usual 4 updates.

Until it gets done with the updates I cannot tell if it's still super sluggish

and slow. This time I installed the new rom using twrp recovery.

I did not flash twrp in fastboot, I only booted it long enough to flash the

new rom and the root-wear zip files...

Will see how it goes this time... I have my fingers crossed!!!

Wish me luck!!! LOL
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
I really recommend to flash the latest build NWD1.170623.001 through adb or in bootloader mod first. Then boot into custom recovery/TWRP and flash my latest build.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: latest build

I thought that the "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip" is your latest build?

What did you mean by flashing "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip" and

then flashing your latest build which is also "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip"?

How many new builds are there?

You only posted two download links, one was "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip"

rom and the other was the "ANDROID_WEAR_2.0_BOOT_IMAGE_14_NOV.zip" kernel ?

I only flashed the "ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip" file and the root-wear.zip...

Both were flashed in TWRP.

Thanks...
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Yes it is the latest build/ based on latest build. I mean flash the latest STOCK images such as boot.img, system.img, recovery.img, Userdata.img, cache.img via fastboot to completely go back to stock ROM. And afterwards boot into TWRP, do a factory reset and then flash my latest build which is ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip and root if you prefer root access.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] Misterjunky:
re: ok I understand now.

[MENTION=490110]janjan[/MENTION]

Okay....

My watch finally got done with the updates and other files from the playstore

and it works excellent now, it's at least as fast if not faster than stock and has

no signs of sluggishness and hardly any lag at all.

(and I didn't have to wait a few days to get it to settle down LOL)

The only thing I did differently this time is before flashing the new custom rom

and the root-wear zip files I done a factory reset in twrp recovery.

I did not flash twrp in fastboot, I only booted it in fastboot.

Now I understand what you meant about flashing stock images...

I don't think that anyone has posted a download link for the latest

AW 2.0 official stock rom as .img files so it will be really excellent

once you get it uploaded. I will be the first one to download it if

the file is not encrypted... :)

Thanks for all your help as usual.

Have a nice day!
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
Even though this might be obsolete already... I took the first link of this post here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74508296&postcount=188

And it supposedly (and actually : ) contains root already

And regarding TWRP: as I wrote earlier, I did go there via ADB in Windows
[Asus ZenWatch 3] roynielsen2000:
Hi,

Need some help here.

Trying to flash janjan's latest build but my watch keeps booting into twrp recovery after installing the rom.

What I do:

1. fastboot oem unlock

2. boot to twrp recovery (installed it on watch with fastboot flash recovery ...)

3. Factory reset

4. Install ASUS_ZEN_WATCH_2_Wear_2_Build_NWD1.170623.001.zip or ASUS_ZENWATCH_3_14_11_2017.zip, doesn't matter.

5. reboot to bootloader

6. fastboot oem lock

7. fastboot reboot

And every time the watch boots to twrp recovery

What am I missing ?

Best regards

Roy Nielsen
[Asus ZenWatch 3] tomcatoggo:
This is actually quite common. I had it as well. It can only be fixed by flashing the normal MWG68 stock ROM and then flashing TWRP and all other stuff again. Basically: back to stock (without locking BL) then reflash everthing. It should not happen after that anymore though.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
You shouldn't lock your bootloader in custom ROM.

Please PM me for further information. Btw thank you for your donation.
[Asus ZenWatch 3] janjan:
Yes. Back to stock and then flash my build. Remember not to lock the bootloader. I know it is annoying to see the warring message during boot up..just ignore that :)