yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LG G Watch] wizzardsk:
Is there any way to connect the watches to phone when I change the ROM on the phone? I often clean install various ROMs on my phone and it is annoying to always reset and pair the watches again.
[LG G Watch] darren1:
Yes there is, here's a link explaining how.

https://www.xda-developers.com/pair-android-wear-without-factory-reset/
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
This definitely works, I used this method several times already and never had to reset the watch..
[LG G Watch] Pelide:
Great work! Installed today, working good on my G Watch!

I faced one big issue, when I try to send a message/whatsapp/telegram I get always the same error screen "Something went wrong". No problem with searches.

Granted the two permissions when asked on the watch, both watch and phone (sony 5.1.1) are on English (US), no updates in the play store (both watch and phone).

I can see contacts from the watch, but I can't send messages neither from this screen (calls working ok).

I can replay whatsapp messages from the notification.

Any suggestion?

Thanks guys!
[LG G Watch] whitemoo:
How is the Sony app? i pay for GPM, so thats my main arguement to use it lol. its a shame im finding it broken alot of the time but there always seems to be a way to get it to work with the LG g watch.

Appreciate your contributions to this thread!

Hoping to save some people abit of time, i came across the same issue as Radagast82. I installed Google Play music Dec 2017 onto my phone (Xiaomi Note 4x with Lineage Oreo), and immediately my watch was able to bring up the google music app and sync music.

I now have my running watch back again!

Im guessing in another year ill be forced to buy something more current lol.

Thanks again!
[LG G Watch] Johanneslol:
Hello everyone, I have been using this rom for more then a year now but in the last view weeks I stumbled upon an strange issue. If i place my watch on the charger with 7% or less battery it will instally say "shutting down now" and then keeps rebooting until it is above this 7% then it works fine again... Does anyone else have this?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
No, I never had this but I'd rather suspect a hardware issue (i.e. Battery degradation) than something about the software, you can try a clean flash to see if it changes something anyway or you go back to stock to check out the behavior beyond 7% charge, this should give you a clear idea from where the problem arises...
[LG G Watch] mrroks:
Help needed. Flashed twrp with squashfs it only makes system r-o. want to install home button but cant due to r-o system. tried thorugh adb but giving errors.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Modifying system in squash file system is only possible when you decompile the whole system before, than modify and recompile it. That's however complicated, that's why I suggest you to use the build of someone who did just that already, check this out, it's the latest available nougat build with virtual home button:

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/themes-apps/app-virtual-home-button-android-wear-2-0-t3678426/page3

I use this build since month without having any problems and as a hint, as system cannot be modified have a look into magisk and it's systemless modifications, magisk works fine for me...
[LG G Watch] hesam_br:
[MENTION=7125933]Sam Nakamura[/MENTION],

Hi, would you kindly please provide download link of all modules you named?
[LG G Watch] warwagon19792:
Everyone should also try turning off the ok google hot word. It reduces the choppy performance of android wear 2.0 and gives wear 1.5 like battery life.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Exactly, this matches my observations! :good:

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I didn't named any modules actually :) but I do use Google Product Sans and busybox at the moment, and I tried the RAM fix module, Low RAM config for Magisk and GPU Turbo - all from the Repo (magisk download section), you can check out the available modules there and try them, just make sure to download "magisk manager for recovery" before experimenting, in case of bootloop you can boot to TWRP, flash the magisk manager for recovery and delete the module which causes issues...
[LG G Watch] hesam_br:
I mean that in previous posts you said about mpdecision which you use for 4 cores boot, and Lspead and some others which you are using them right now without problem, So please let us have the exact files you're currently using, you know I don't want search and try...

Edit:

I succeeded to find most modules, L speed and ... but I couldn't find mpdecision
[LG G Watch] armada786:
The latest Google for Wear OS breaks the long press trigger for Google Assistant and crashes Virtual Home Button it seems. Also, the Google app never seems to update via the Play Store, so I install it over adb. I might revert unless the next version fixes it or hotword detection isn't a huge performance hit.
[LG G Watch] francyesco:
I saw a few commits on the GitHub repo 4days ago... Is there a new IMG?
[LG G Watch] Jabster28:
You have to swipe down from the top, open settings, go to gestures and enable wrist gestures. After that, you shake to access the app drawer (It's a bit buggy at times). I'd suggest looking into the Wear Mini Launcher or the Wear Gesture Launcher or something along those lines to make the process easier :D
[LG G Watch] firegoblin:
Back on page 52 or 53, there's a guy who made a virtual button. It works great.
[LG G Watch] mm96:
Hi,I install both versions but my iphone can't find my watch in both,what should I do?
[LG G Watch] Hunderr:
Hi, google keep not working in this version?
[LG G Watch] teteyu2012:
I have do the task for the wear 2.0, but it just show the original watch screen, nothing can be control. Also, i cannot turn off the watch. How can i turn off it?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Just pull down the "statusbar" from top of the screen down to the bottom, like on any android device, there you'll see a gear weel, tap it to go to the settings and check system, there's the shut down or restart option...

To change the watch face tap and hold the current one and swipe to the right side, this reveals the "watch face chooser"
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
Do you guys know if we'll get the upcoming UI update? I'm hoping it'll be a simple update to the Wear OS app on the watch, but with these major updates you never know...

LG G Watch still going strong 3 years later :D
[LG G Watch] MihaiSG:
From what I read it will be a system update and our watch is not on the list :(
[LG G Watch] warwagon19792:
LOL Our watch was never on the list even for 2.0. We got it via a custom rom. Would be cool though if the custom rom would do a system update.
[LG G Watch] bxgus:
:

And YES

Mine got a system update yesterday

LOL
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
Some exciting development over on the Zenwatch 3 reddit...

https://www.reddit.com/r/WearOS/comments/9jz586/forced_the_sysui3_feature_flags_on_my_zw3_heres/

Seems like it's not really a "system" update after all :p
[LG G Watch] kokesh:
It is a system update. You get the 2.16 update via Play Store (got it already). Changes some minor stuff. The real update is that one, which shows notification screen when you swipe to the side, etc. So we have to get new ROM, not sure if that is possible.
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
If you read up a bit in that thread, you'd notice he managed this just by enabling/disabling flags to force the "update". Knowing Asus' track record with the ZenWatch 3 (IE they abandoned updating it more than a year ago), I doubt they had an update just *ready*.
[LG G Watch] kokesh:
Ok, I'll try that.
[LG G Watch] fenix99355:
Im trying this too, lets see if it works

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[LG G Watch] kokesh:
This is the most idiotic step back, right after no notification previews, in Wear 2 . What was Google thinking? Until now we could just install an app on the phone and get the companion installed automatically on the watch.
[LG G Watch] fenix99355:
Yep, it works!

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But i cant get into the apps list, its says i need to push the power button

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[LG G Watch] Vicioxis:
Use the shake wrist gesture.

And regarding the performance issues, maybe it would be a good idea to use a custom kernel that makes use of all four cores to at least make the watch more stable? Does invisiblek's dory kernel work here? I don't expect it to but who knows.
[LG G Watch] jackie_jagger:
It actually makes sense. They want Wear to be a stand alone platform and not be stuck to your phone. Plus this method also allows iPhone users to get a wider range of apps on their watch.
[LG G Watch] MegaAndy:
It seemed that I had to remove TWRP by installing the stock recovery to get this too boot. Otherwise it just kept booting to TWRP instead which thought there was no system.

The ROM was very laggy at first but once I had all the apps installed I rebooted and it has been pretty smooth. The voice assistant takes a long time to open still. Great work, thanks!

Could do with a way to map swiping in from a corner to act as the button.

Also, covering the screen to turn it off also initiates a button press as it will open the menu before the screen goes to ambient
[LG G Watch] magicstick5:
Yeah, in AW 2.0 power/sleep button on watch opens drawer. Since our G watch has 2 ways of turning off (button on back) and palm cover, it will flash the app drawer before going back.
[LG G Watch] Mr Beardsly:
What is the total size of the files
[LG G Watch] cypressious:
My G Watch constantly has trouble charging and I know other users have the problem, too. Can anyone that has similar charging issues say if the problem became worse/better/stayed the same after flashing?
[LG G Watch] armada786:
Excellent work here! Glad I could help out.

It's not perfect, but I'm impressed nonetheless that you got it all working. Besides, this is beta software and a port! I'm sure we'll get some improvements in the future, so I'll wait patiently for that. I'm going to take this port for a spin for a while and see how it handles. I hope it'll be my new daily driver.
[LG G Watch] kouta77:
hi, mine keep stuck at "checking for updates..." I have reset, cleared and reflash several times now, and nothing worked. any help?
[LG G Watch] magicstick5:
Make sure the phone side app is updated. If it persists, go into recovery and clear cache. If that doesn't work, reinstall.

In TWRP wipe everything but internal.

Then fastboot format userdata and cache (works more than just using 'erase').

Then fastboot flash system and boot...

The most I can tell you is to have the watch and phone next to each other and keep the app updated.
[LG G Watch] SuperThomasLab:
Wow this is great news! Unfortunately the screen of my watch stopped responding since yesterday so I'm unable to try this out. :crying: Thanks for your work porting the firmware to the original AW watch, maybe my watch will start working again and I'll try it out.
[LG G Watch] kouta77:
thanks!

thanks! this worked :)
[LG G Watch] TheDevFreak:
It looks as though "format" is the special key here

I don't have this issue

Last of all, the only thing else i'd like to see is perhaps removing the "power button is apps draw" thing so that putting to sleep doesn't invoke it and seeing if we could get a "virtual" power button in the form of a gesture. anyway, nice work [MENTION=7534963]ab123321[/MENTION]
[LG G Watch] kouta77:
well...seems like I have another problem, I can't copy my google account to my watch, maybe because I have a meizu phone?
[LG G Watch] alibay13:
Hi

i had this problem too , but just updated the android wear app on the phone

it will be fix your problem :)

Thank you so much for this port [MENTION=7534963]ab123321[/MENTION]

it works without any lags :)
[LG G Watch] kouta77:
I'm already in the lastest version
[LG G Watch] francyesco:
also after this seems i stuck in bootloop... i'm on twrp 3.0.0.0 is normal that before reboot it say "No OS installed" and swipe to confirm reboot in system

EDIT: like after 15min, it booted!

EDIT2: seems stuck on checking for updates :rolleyes: i guess the issue is the (updated) iOS app...

EDIT3: LOL after 10min, it done it!

EDIT4: had to skip google account sync cause of this error (after 2min) retryed 3 times http://i.imgur.com/ZFQSn7B.png

after starting seems it allowed me to add the account

now is asking me to update "Google play store" and connect to wifi (that is obviously impossible) cannot understand if is updating via bluetooth, and seems is also keep disconnecting from my iphone when in idle
[LG G Watch] kokesh:
Simplest way:

On the old.ROM do Unpair from phone and when it reboots, wait for the secon boot and swipe left top to right bottom on LG logo screen.

Than flash boot and flash system. Works like a a charm.

One thing _ anyone got Messenger app to send FB messages? Mine just says Message failed.

Otherwise it works rather well, specially with Wear launcher. Sometimes it stops for few seconds on black screen when launching somethingz but hey - it's first beta.
[LG G Watch] Mundoo:
We need to modify build.prop for this, but we're using squashfs and can't do this easily through recovery.
[LG G Watch] caiovinniciusbr:
New update babies

Se how to force the new UI for the wear on g watch.

You can see my captures

How:

On your Wear OS watch, go into Play Store and find Wear OS app

Uninstall Wear OS app

Once done uninstalling, its Play Store page should say “Update”

Tap “Update” to re-update the app

Once that finishes, you may see a notification to further update to the new Wear OS 2.0

Source: https://www.droid-life.com/2018/10/01/wear-os-20-download-update-watch/
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Well, the good thing is that Magisk is still compatible with our watch/ROM (more precisely kernel) and therfore every modification to /system should still be possible in a systemless manner, even though we luckily don't even seem to need it this time according to the post just above mine...
[LG G Watch] kmandel:
The update on the watch just activated on my LG G. I didn't need to do anything except tap to allow the update to occur. The Wear OS App on the phone did update the other day when some other apps updated.

One irritation is the "press button -> for apps" that comes up from time to time, pointing at the non-existant "G" hardware button. Although the new interface is kind of cool, I miss the swipe left/right to change watch faces. I don't see how to do that yet, other than from the app on the phone.
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
More pics or a video of the new wear os on a square watch please? I tried this on my watch a few times, no dice :(
[LG G Watch] clnzx2:
Long press watch face
[LG G Watch] kmandel:
Thanks. for the long press info!

Any idea how to suppress the "press button for apps" it obscures the display long enough that the foreground mode times out, before I

really read the whole display.
[LG G Watch] clnzx2:
Use a paperclip to press the button on the back of the phone. Press again to dismiss.
[LG G Watch] firegoblin:
On the new UI, when I go to the Google Assistant page on the left. Most of the Assistant task options take me to the settings menu. Is this happening for anyone else?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Didn't work for me either, tried 3 times but uninstall/reinstall of the wearOS app doesn't change anything, it seems to be a server sided change and our region probably isn't yet supported... Or what's the thing here?
[LG G Watch] edi194:
Done this, got new update, it seems working smoother than before
[LG G Watch] diegobn:
Same story here, availability could still depend on the region.
[LG G Watch] resol341:
Is it me or the watch is getting a bit more responsive after the update?
[LG G Watch] Mundoo:
It does seem more responsive! I tried uninstalling and letting the WearOS app update again, but I don't seem to have the new features just yet. Must not be available in southern Massachusetts just yet I guess.

I thought it was just my change in watchfaces. It seems to sip battery, and I can drop back to two cores again. Interesting. It's nearly as responsive as my (unfortunately, dead) TicwatchE.
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
Dammit I've tried everything and I still don't have the update! The wait is driving me crazy since no matter what I can't force it (I'm extremely impatient :()
[LG G Watch] Mundoo:
Patience you must have my young padawan.

You could try doing that trick each day after work or something.
[LG G Watch] Darkness-92:
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Can you port the new version of gesture in this LG g watch??
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
Wooo. Got the update. Worth the wait. The watch is now actually useful. Notifications are again useful with no endless deliberate swiping 15 times to get past through the email spam (that I need) to my real notifications. Now a good flick or 2 and I'm near the bottom. Google Feed is incredibly useful for at-a-glance updates, and makes Google Assistant load so much faster that it's almost bareably (<~7 seconds till starts listening from a cold start with a flick, less for subsequent chats).
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Did the update just show up or did you trigger it the "old fashioned way"?

And what's the update name, wearOS 2.17? Because it should actually be possible to get the APK from apkmirror and do "adb install -r" to get updated manually, I think...

Edit: could trigger it finally too by uninstall/reinstall wearOS, a shot while after reinstall the new major update came in and after using it a short time it really seems to be a big improvement!
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
There are really only two known ways of forcing the update (maybe). Uninstalling and Reinstalling Wear OS app (didn't work), or factory resetting the watch.

The OS update *is* 2.16, it was just not enabled by some flags by Google. As for me, I think it just came naturally, but I'm not entirely sure. I borked the watch yesterday while messing with it so bad I had to flash back to stock AW 1.5 and reinstall AW 2.0 manually (on the bright side I finally have the Wear btn app). After re-setting it up and going through tutorial I just set the watch on the charger for a few hours to install watch faces and update apps. Came back and the notification was there. Go figure.
[LG G Watch] kmandel:
What is the Wear btn app?
[LG G Watch] googleygoggles:
App that simulates the missing physical button so you can open the app drawer and open the assistant without shaking your wrist.

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/themes-apps/app-virtual-home-button-android-wear-2-0-t3678426
[LG G Watch] Jsegovia93:
I'm really happy, I just received my update on my GW and it runs excellent, it's the best investment I made after my Nexus 5x today with Android 9
[LG G Watch] hesam_br:
How did you get Android 9 for your nexus 5x, its a custom rom or sth else?
[LG G Watch] hesam_br:
I noticed sth about notifications with wear os 2.1 (latest update), when at the moment I got the new notification its interactive with dismiss, reply, quick reply and ... but after the notification gets older and goes to the drawer it's not interactive anymore, I can just clear them even, by clicking on them, nothing happens, long press opens blocking option, did you have such experience?
[LG G Watch] Jsegovia93:
It's a custom ROM, Pixel²ROM v3.0sep for Nexus 5X and I ussing Zest Kernel, it works nice

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I'm not sure I understand your problem, so far all the notifications are interactive so I've seen them and are behind, can you share a capture or video?
[LG G Watch] Axel85:
I accidentally found another way to trigger the update... I just had to follow the procedure to pair the watch with a new smartphone without wiping . This tutorial has been posted here on xda and it's very very simple . After the watch reboot and the pairing with my new nexua 6 pie rom , I got the update notification. The smartwatch is faster than before for sure.

I have a little question , is it usefull to update the system image for the emulated button version 3.0? I still got the 1.3 version that still works but don't know if there s something new

And if I update , do I need to wipe? I remember the last time I updated the whole system image from wear 2.0 , to wear 2.0 + emulated button ,doing this without wiping
[LG G Watch] hesam_br:
Thanks for your reply, my notification problem solved by resetting the watch.
[LG G Watch] ArtHur Surround:
New life for my G Watch :)
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
If you fastboot flash just the system.img it will automatically wipe the system partition before flashing the new one, I just did that and rebooted to TWRP to wipe /cache & /dalvik&ART cache, just to be "safe" - everything fine here, all settings are kept as they sit in /data which is untouched...

A complete wipe shouldn't be necessary at all, as the wearOS App itself is pretty much separated and has not much to do with the system.img you flash/update, except that you need of course a Android 7+ build to run wearOS 2.x, the App itself however is located in /data (screenshot) and thus not effected when re-flashing system.

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Long story short: flashing system without wiping is okay!
[LG G Watch] Axel85:
Perfect, this is exactly how I've done it the first time I upgraded from the image without the virtual button to the first one with the button. Are there any changelogs ?
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Changelogs? From what I read here:

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/themes-apps/app-virtual-home-button-android-wear-2-0-t3678426

v3 just updated the Google App to 8.x to solve potential problems with Google Assistant and in fact, in my case the bump from 6.x is noticeable...
[LG G Watch] brostar2017:
Force app update of android wear to wear os

Hi is there a way to force the app to update, it sitting there in the store but refuses to update either it makes it to 14 mb out of 26 or just flat out states it cannot update try again or error, I have done three clean installation of the current V3 file image and format and wiped as instructed here and cleared all caches on watch and handset.

Handset is a Huawei nova 3i

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Also version 3 Google assistant still does not work as stated my many users.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
The handset shouldn't matter at all in my opinion, however using a different one to see if allows you to complete the download would be worth a try!

For me getting the update (once it was available in my region) worked flawlessly...

Good luck!

Edit: haven't checked Google Assistant on v3 for G Watch yet but gonna try it when I'm back home
[LG G Watch] vijaykirann:
Hi Guys, I want to move from AW2 to AW1.5 , I tried to search net for the same I could only find the delta images and that too from lower Android version to higher.Can some one help me with downgrading instructions to reach the stock installation.

Thanks heaps in advance

[EDIT]

Nvrmnd guys, I think I sorted it out by manually flashing the (boot,recovery,system) images from RJ g watch tool folder.

looks like its coming up now with AW1.5.

Cheers:good:
[LG G Watch] Alfredliu:
My GWatch doesn't boot correctly after flash by your steps.It seems to be the system haven't been flashed in.When I did "fastboot reboot",my GWatch restarted to recovery mode.
[LG G Watch] Sam Nakamura:
Check my post here, these are the steps known to work reliably:

https://xdaforums.com/g-watch/devel...android-wear-lg-g-watch-t3624441/post74853952
[LG G Watch] Alfredliu:
Doesn't work,the error is same.

I have tried many times,but it still reboot to recovery.

(My English is poor as I'm not a native English speaker,so sometimes I just can't describe my questions clearly)