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[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
This image is only a system image, as much as I saw, therfore it cannot "even be the modified dual core image" :cyclops: anyways, I owned a Sony Smartwatch 3 before and sold it to get this device, I got it in mint condition for just 25 bucks, thought to toy with it, little root and little fastboot but I got to confess, it's seriously fun being almost up to date with a first gen device, the modified kernel makes this a great experience, ROM is flawless, especially with the virtual home button, really, this is way better than I ever could imagine! Can just repeat and repeat and repeat - thanks everyone involved! :)
[LG G Watch] Ukulelen:
So I am confusing this with the boot image? Thank you for clarifying :)
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah, there are several boot images available but latest and with a good performance to battery ratio is the mentioned one from page 52 /first post, I'm really satisfied, especially compared to the stock one with the one core standard, the latest 2 core boot is definitely snappier without comp battery life...

The only difference with the system image from the "virtual home button" thread is the integration of the virtual home button app (very useful!) afaik...

Basically you always need a system image and a boot image to flash, a system image alone won't boot at all, just like a boot image alone but I'm sure you're already aware that :)
[LG G Watch] Ukulelen:
Aight. I am quite new to the game of flashing custom images, so I am learning as I go along. Fortunately I am using the boot image from page 52 (this should maybe be included in the first post, as I only found it after reading through this entire thread) as well as the system image with the built in app as I am not to familiar with rooting. Are there any advantages to rooting the watch?

I bought the LG g watch after returning my Samsung gear sport as it didn't support my bluetooth earbuds. I am getting a full day of battery, even with ~1,5 hours of workout using the watch as a music player and timer, and always on display (lowest brightness).
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
That's actually a great device to get some understanding and learning experience, technically the same as many other android devices, unlocking bootloader, fastboot flash, etc. - all the basics are there...

Yeah, I too literally read this whole thread where I learned about the modified boot and system image, a mentioning in post 1 would probably help but it's up to the OP of this thread...

I rooted with latest magisk beta 14.5, as it only patches boot it does not touch the system partition, with the new squashfs partitioning it's not possible to modify it, only if you decompile the whole image before flashing to the device, anyways, still looking for ways to make use of the root privileges, only advantage yet was the possibility to systemlessly install busybox but no, I don't find obvious reasons for rooting it, at least not now...
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Your boot image works wonders, thanks for this great piece of work! Would be cool if you could also share one kernel which makes use of the full potential of the hardware, i.e. 4 cores enabled (maybe even one with 3) for us to play with :) even though it isn't energy efficient...

Still not sure if the results were same when we take the existing quat core image from darkassasin + magisk Mpdecision module but I assume (referring to how you named the zip "real dual core") that you made some improvements there, please consider this as friendly request, nothing serious or anything demanding, just asking, not even sure if you still play with this piece of android history known as Dory... Cheers
[LG G Watch] motoralbi:
There's already a 4 core, MP-decision enabled image in this thread[emoji6] it's in the same post from where the first dual core image (which didn't work properly as it kept the other 2 cores enabled) was posted.

BTW I'm not noticing a great change between the two, and I would keep the dual core since the quad core tends to heat up the watch under load (when you launch apps and use them, for example navigating through play store for some minutes).

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[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Allright, thanks for your feedback on the quat core, after few days of use I think the dual boot is just fine, considering the age of this device it's rather fast and battery is stable and lasts at least a day...

Well, I thought the darkassassins boot image needed the magisk module MPDecision to function properly, this thread is a lovely mess :laugh: so forgive me for maybe confusing things...

Did you bother to debloat the ROM? Actually it's only the LG Call app which is absolutely useless as it FCs, I'd really like to ditch it, as we cannot modify /system I tried to use a Magisk debloater, systemlessly debloating should be possible but somehow it does not work, even though Magisk itself runs flawlessly, still trying to debug the situation..
[LG G Watch] motoralbi:
I didn't uninstall anything, and it doesn't force close on mine since I don't have LG Call app on my phone [emoji23] can't help you much...

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[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
So what does this call app actually do for you, can you initiate a call with it? FC isn't maybe the right description but it flashes a full white screen for a second and returns me to the watchface...
[LG G Watch] darren1:
You should be able to disable the app on the watch via ADB. This wouldn't require root.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah? Wouldn't know how as system cannot be modified, except systemlessly, anyways the magisk debloater works with ADB, just refer to this post...

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-debloater-debloat-t3584163/post74875629

Or sideload a terminal emulator and minuum keyboard, this would do the trick too, was struggling the last days to find a compatible keyboard with an actual ENTER key, as otherwise the terminal emulator is just useless :laugh:
[LG G Watch] darren1:
Try this method using hide rather than disable.

https://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/general/disable-apps-root-disabled-disable-t3491624
[LG G Watch] ericdabbs:
Is development for AW 2.0 still going on to fix the bugs with the LG G watch? Haven't seen a new build or any updates since Aug 1, 2017.
[LG G Watch] edi194:
Which bugs? It works well as it is
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
As you may noticed, in android wear most updates came via the Android Wear app, already up til version 2.7.x, so updating the framework to Oreo would be as nice as it seems impossible, reason we had a chance to get nougat (away) in first place was the LG G watch R, it's a straight port but as the donor won't receive Android 8 we won't get it either...

But for using the 4 cores boot in combination with some performance magisk modules and the dedicated "mpdecision" module, sideloading L Speed and kernel adiutor and doing some adjustments did make this a snappy experience with a acceptable battery life of 16 to 20 hours - we're talking about the first android wear device ever, together with Samsung's competitor back in 2014...
[LG G Watch] zack4200:
Out of curiosity, what are the magisk modules and other adjustments you've done? I finally made the switch to this rom, and flashed the quad core boot imgur.com and thinking I might do a bit more tweaking to get better battery and/or performance from it now
[LG G Watch] buglyb:
Yes, some bug. Like Play store download pending. Impossible to update apps or donwload.... :(
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
I personally don't experience any bugs, Playstore works as intended...

My setup is lenok2dory (virtual home button version)

4 cores boot image, rooted with magisk, running busybox, mpdecision, ram optimizer and debloater (to debloat LG call app which doesn't work anyway) modules on it...

Sideloaded L Speed for further performance optimization, android messages, mixplorer, Facebook lite UC Browser (only Internet browser which actually works for me), minuum keyboard, terminal emulator...

I wrote actually everything about this in my last posts here
[LG G Watch] edi194:
No problems here, after first setup it updated and downloaded all my apps
[LG G Watch] magicstick5:
.I have installed the dual core boot.img. After installing magisk via the zip is it gone? Or am I running the dual core boot.img and magisk at the same time?

I'm asking this because it supposedly flashes a new boot.img (I read in the TWRP log)
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
What?

Please elaborate on this... I don't seem to understand what you mean, blame the eggnog, it's Christmas :laugh: Magidk typically just patches the existing boot image and it doesn't replace it...
[LG G Watch] magicstick5:
Ah ok. Thank you. I was thinking magisk completely replaced the dual core boot.img but it just patches it.

Thanks!

Also, would you mind sharing the tweaks in LSpeed?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
No, not at all, even though it's a learning for me to, I'll share it another day - Christmas party is at full swing and it's hard right now to even to find my keyboard without letting the phone drop
[LG G Watch] ttg:
Anyone been able to make it sync with Android Wear app for iOS?
[LG G Watch] zack4200:
I'm attempting to install the debloater magisk module, but I keep getting an error saying that it couldn't extract the zip file... I've tried v7.1 and v7.2, andhave tried adding through magisk as well as through twrp...any ideas what I could try?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
I used adb but it would not work the "normal" way, check this post out please, that's what works for me...

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/devel...android-wear-lg-g-watch-t3624441/post74875784
[LG G Watch] StefanSpiegel:
would also be interessted... playstore on my watch always says no WLAN connection... any solition for this? syncing with a iphone 6
[LG G Watch] zack4200:
Doesn't the module have to be installed on the watch to do that?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah sure, but to execute the debloat script you'll need ADB...
[LG G Watch] zack4200:
I understand haha, I just can't even get the module to install no matter what I try
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
I just flashed i.e. Magisk 15.1 via TWRP and then flashed the module, just adb push both to /sdcard/
[LG G Watch] HectorAguirre:
I upgraded to 2.7 from 1.5, and battery life decreased by 30% at least, Any suggestion to improve it? I am using same applications as before. Thanks
[LG G Watch] kimxk:
I get about the same battery life.

The one time I had a major battery drain was when an app on my phone kept the watch awake by sending to many notifications to it.

I blocked the app in the Wear app and all was good.

Also, did you flash the hot plug cpu images from dark assassin in this thread?

They (2 or 4 core) really help.
[LG G Watch] HectorAguirre:
Thanks, I will review this, and will look for the cpu images.regards
[LG G Watch] HaloTechnology:
Any new firmware ? Last one was in 8\2017
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Nope, the LG Watch R, where the firmware for the LG G Watch was harvested, didn't get Oreo so we won't get it either, good thing is that android wear added a healthy portion of autonomy to the device's, so android wear app will update regardless of the underlying firmware - at least to some extent, I think we're still on par with newer devices, at least regarding the AW app itself...

I guess lenok2dory is all we got to stay "up to date" but that's certainly more than most/all devices of this era ever got :) remember we're talking of one of the two original android wear devices...
[LG G Watch] HectorAguirre:
What calendar and imap mail application do you recommend for the watch? Thanks
[LG G Watch] pboggini:
TL;DR - it's possible to get a workable watch with your phone but it takes an android phone and some adb work to get the apps to the watch since it can't seem to tether through the iPhone like it can with an Android phone.

Longer version:

I don't think we will get any play store love for iOS as it seems that the watch can't tether through the phone like it can in Android. Over this break I've been playing around a bit with the LG watch and my final solution has been to sync the watch to Android, let it update the wear app and play services, etc. Then I download some of the apps I want while sync'd to the Android phone and then do a bunch of 'adb pull' commands to get the apk's on my computer. Then, I reset and sync with iOS which puts me back on an old play services and wear. I do 'adb install -r <name>.apk' for the system type apps and then do 'adb install <name>.apk' for the other apps.

This has netted me a pretty good watch solution and has likely stopped me from wanting to get a zenwatch or anything like that in the near future. The one thing that annoyed me was that the weather app would just sit and spin forever. I read somewhere that it was having trouble with the location which seemed likely after looking at some 'adb logcats'. I know someone with a polar watch connected to iOS and they were able to use weather. Looking at the versions I saw that the googlequicksearch was much newer on their watch (likely 'cause it has WiFi and can download from the play store) with mine being 6.something and theirs being 7.something. I also looked at the play store and it said that the LG G Watch was not compatible with the newer version of the Google App. I then found a couple of newer versions on line:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...oid-wear-7-13-28-25-arm-android-apk-download/

installing that fixed the weather issue. Note that the older one (7.1.something) worked but the days in the forecast were labeled wrong so after installing the one listed above the weather app works and has the right days.

I now have it connected to my iPhone SE. I get my notifications, I can read snippets of gmail, I can archive them. I have the Google Calculator app which is nice on this watch. Maps is works though I can't navigate, just see where I am and look around on the map. Weather works and I can see sports updates on my Google Feed. All in all, I think it's about the best it's going to get. Battery life isn't as good as 1.5 but it still seems to get me through the day. I'm using the real dual boot.img and the latest system image with the button.

peterb
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
After searching for some lightweight internet browser for the G Watch I found something working for me, I was trying Oper Mini and different others, typically not even opening, only thing kinda works was UC Browser but UC is something shady that does not respect your privacy really (at least my opinion), coincidentally I stumbled upon this Chromium version (for android 7.x) for another legacy device of mine and after "adb install" it actually works more or less good, of course it's the general question how much we need a internet browser on the G Watch but for those who feel like can try this suggestion...

Check this post

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-2/...map4-aosp-project-07-03-t3410092/post75007265

download version 7.x and adb install the apk, done :)

Edit: signing in with your Google account seems not possible...

Also it's not reliable unfortunately, it seems that there's nothing really suitable for this device with it's tiny processing power - suggestions are welcome, does anyone found a usable browser for light tasks working on this device?
[LG G Watch] pulso5:
How to install it? i try adb install ... and says that it can't install it => i uninstall com.google.quicksearchbox ... and... it can't install it says no bt connection (bt is ok)..

How to update successfully?
[LG G Watch] pboggini:
For any app that's already installed you need to run `adb install -r <package>.apk`

peterb
[LG G Watch] pulso5:
work like a charm ;) thnx
[LG G Watch] pulso5:
i have invisiblek's kernel with mpdecision, and kernel auditor to tweak the kernel it's the best a do.
[LG G Watch] hanschke:
2.8 port will be nice:D
[LG G Watch] gingerboy92:
Good to know that my age old watch is still working. been in my drawer for quite some time. I'm wondering, been wondering for quite some time, how hard can it be to hack/mod a side power button to the watch. the current power button act exactly like any other smartwatch(which annoys me as fck since the only problem is its retarded position). i have seen some teardown pictures of the motherboard, and the button is just a normal push button. so is it possible if we simply unsolder the current button, and solder in something like this and mount it to the outisde of the watch. or maybe even drill a hole and fit in a proper watch button to make it look nicer.

or maybe even solder it to the pins on the outside of the watch, and use software to make the button press appear as a button press?

just tossing out some random ideas here. i don't really have a use for the watch anymore. but i don't have the skills and tools to give it a try. maybe someone with experience can try it out first. :P
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Actually someone on reddit post that he successfully did exactly that :) seems to work as expected...
[LG G Watch] motoralbi:
Remember that you would compromise water resistance by doing this...

And I'm pretty sure that if you look back in the thread you'll find an app/module/etc. which activates a software button that emulates the one we already have. Obviously it takes some space on the display but...you don't need to drill a hole in the watch [emoji23]

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[LG G Watch] GiGiSSiMo:
You don't need any port... Android Wear is arrived this morning as expected.

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[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Hmm, not in Germany...

You received AW 2.8 already on the G Watch? (I mean Playstore...)
[LG G Watch] GiGiSSiMo:
Yes...

I'm in Italy.

Try to reboot the watch, if doesn't help, install Android wear latest version from apkmirror for phone then reboot watch again.

Hope it helps.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah, that's what I instantly did, updated to 2.8 from apkmirror, still nothing, so I rebooted phone and watch but still nothing - weird, I thought manually updating the phone would force an update, now my phone is on AW 2.8 and the watch on 2.7...

Even putting it on the charging cradle did nothing, I read that some had succes with it...

Anyways, guess it's the old waiting game :rolleyes:
[LG G Watch] GiGiSSiMo:
For sure, i've waited for 1 day from when i updated phone to 2.8 for having 2.8 on watch.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
All right, thanks for your feedback... :)

Patience is a virtue
[LG G Watch] gingerboy92:
is there any link to the reddit post? i'm googling by myself but if there's a link i'd save me some time since i'm not really familiar with reddit :P

---------- Post added at 03:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:55 PM ----------

by now i don't really care anymore even if it's dead, at least i'd be having fun trying, better than collecting dust in my drawer :P
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
It really drives me nuts but I cannot seem to find it again, maybe someone can give a clue, I'm sure I wasn't the only one reading this, it was actually just a part of another conversation about sanding the watch with a dermel to get a steel finish, after searching it I'm also no longer sure if it really was reddit, G+ or XDA...

Not too useful, I know but from what I remember he disassembled it, drilled a hole into the frame and connected the original reset/home button from the inside with some sort of wire to the newly drilled hole, trickiest part was to find a physical button to match the hole - that's just what I remember...
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
I'm pretty sure you just need to update the Watch's Android Wear app from the Play Store to 2.8. My phone is still on 2.7 but my watch is blacked out now with 2.8 :D
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah but in my case the 2.8 update doesn't even gets suggested, also opening AW app details says 2.7 is up to date, even though my phone is already on 2.8 the last 24 hours... Probably because the roll-out is gradually
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
For everyone who still hasn't got the AW 2.8 update (like me in Germany) just download the apk for the watch from here.

And use

"adb install -r"

this will update the app without losing your settings :) worked just fine - the apk for the phone can be found here.

Edit: even though it technically works it made my watch a messy "lagfest" lol - so I can't recommend this as long as I haven't figured out what going on...

Edit (again): it's finally working, today the 3rd Android Wear 2.8 build appeared and I can confirm to play nicely with our granny watch - so it was just a messed build from Big G, everyone tiered of the waiting game (still nothing in Germany lol) can give it a go the manually way...
[LG G Watch] epickid37:
this looks awesome! i'll have to find my g watch and try this!
[LG G Watch] JOSE_1889:
hi, there is any bug on this rom? i install the last zip on the main page of the post it is the last?
[LG G Watch] sajavid:
No bugs bro. Everything works fine. You can watch the video linked in the OP for guidance.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Just check the last few pages or use search, there're several modified boot images for a little more power (especially 2 and 4 cores), unfortunately the standard kernel fires just 1 core out of 4 without even fully upscaling the core to the technical max... Magisk works, so magisk debloater works too, kernel adiutor, LSpeed, Magisk Busybox works and there's a modified system image with a virtual home button, you can of course also just install the home button app...
[LG G Watch] JOSE_1889:
What Boot.img do you use?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Here's what I did and used - just switched to the quad core kernel from page 26 (with PM-decision magisk module) and latest magisk...

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/devel...android-wear-lg-g-watch-t3624441/post74853952
[LG G Watch] gurung_vishwas1:
For me, I just updated Android Wear to 2.8 in my Smartphone and same in my LG G Watch. And it worked in 1st attempt itself through playstore.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah because meanwhile the global roll-out reached 100% after the 3rd AW 2.8 build was dropped, it wasn't always that easy...
[LG G Watch] Algodo:
hi there，you mean w100 can update to aw2.8？i 've download the first apk into the computer but nothing happened after i use your code in the adb:confused: could you make a detailed tutorial ?thx

sorry for the bad english :D
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
It should already be available on Playstore, just update there - this was only when the roll-out was incomplete, to update manually, I for example had to wait more than a week for it!

W100 can of course only update when you're on lenok2dory (check out the thread's OP), latest official W100 firmware doesn't support upgrading android wear high than 1.6, your firmware needs to be Nougat (android 7.x) at least, that's why you need to flash this ROM (and Kernel), then the watch supports AW 2.x ...
[LG G Watch] Algodo:
Thanks! I used a vpn(i'm in China) and finally got the update to aw2.8 XD
[LG G Watch] davekeeling5:
Great rom, works flawlessly. ? Thanks. ?
[LG G Watch] ufonek:
I have version 2.0. If i try install 2.8 over adb get error:

C:\>adb install -r -d com.google.android.wearable.app_2.8.0.183316206.gms-770760
293_minAPI19(nodpi)_apkmirror.com.apk
1417 KB/s (28863008 bytes in 19.881s)
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Weird but you can try

adb -r -d

this will allow "downgrading" without losing data...

Still it'd be interesting to know why it shows as downgrading when it obviously isn't, do you use a up-to-date adb version, re-downloaded the package?

It always worked for me in the past, that's why I think something is wrong...
[LG G Watch] ufonek:
As you can see in the code, I tried: adb install -r -d. Package and adb is latest. I tried to download the package three times. Fourteen days ago it was quite normal. I just have to always have something extra :D
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Yeah, I overlooked it, thought you was talking about the solution mentioned by me on a previous post...

Have you tried

adb install -r (link to apk)

then too? this is what worked for me...
[LG G Watch] ufonek:
Yes. That was the first thing I tried.