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[Amazfit] anox:
PaceOn v4.0

Version 4.0 is up (OP updated).

Changelog:

Version 4.0

Quick Switch panel added

- Swipe roughly 45 degrees upward to the right from Launcher area to bring up Quick Switch panel which contains:

1) Brightness Seekbar

Quickly set the screen brightness to any value from 0 to 255 or to Auto Mode.

2) Bluetooth switch

Now, the bluetooth can be turned on/off at will.

3) WiFi switch

Yes, the wifi too can be turned on/off at will.

- To dismiss Quick Switch panel, just tap on the brightness number or swipe the panel away to the right.

These switches work independently of the system settings. They can even turn on when Airplane mode is on.

How about a quick glance to check if your bluetooth/wifi is on (just like your phone Status bar):)

An interesting fact about Amazfit Pace's wifi:

It seems an app cannot have (internet) wifi connection even though you turn the wifi on before opening the app. Some comments in another thread even state that's because the DNS is not set properly and the watch needs to connect to the paired phone to get the DNS setting to be able to connect to the net.

Well, that's not very accurate. The fact is (with or without the paired phone) when the watch is connected to a wifi AP, it gets the DNS from the AP. So, any app can use the wifi connection and connect to the internet (if available).

Why the claim above? It seems some apps cannot connect to the internet, actually because the wifi is NOT even on. You think you turn it on, but it turns off right after you leave the wifi screen!

Therefore, DNS setting on the watch is not needed. Just turn on the wifi from the Quick Switch panel. After dismissing the panel, the wifi stays on and can be used normally just like wifi on your phone.

Upcoming feature:

The next version will probably be the last version of PaceOn. I will add a little something to bluetooth/wifi the watch should have. It should be out before the coming Christmas Eve weekend.
[Amazfit] rodriz:
Thank you I'm trying it and I think the incorporation of the wifi and bluetooth window is great.

But does it really block wifi?

because when using ftp transfer pc to amazfit I can connect without problem
[Amazfit] anox:
They are switches, dude.

The wifi switch turns on/off the wifi. It doesn't prevent you from turning on/off your wifi by other means.

In your scenario, after you turn off the wifi using the Quick wifi switch (or any other means), the ftp app can still turn it back on. You can check the wifi (on/off) status by opening the Quick Switch panel.
[Amazfit] rodriz:
I understand it has been clear to me, it seems very useful your apk and even more having these on / off switches of wifi and bluetooth
[Amazfit] Diginix:
With v4.0 the dimmed permanent watch face while charging doesn't work. I always get the charging animation.

Without "Dim", it works. With v3.4 it was working even dimmed.
[Amazfit] rodriz:
It works perfectly for me keeps clock in charge without problem
[Amazfit] anox:
With any version, the only way to have a permanent dimmed watchface without the charging animation while charging is to have the following options on:

PaceOn service, Dim, AND Return Home.

Then, you have to activate the lock screen. After the screen dims, the charging animation will show up once for about 15 seconds. Then, it will disappear after the "Return Home" effect kicks in. Then, you have your beautiful dimmed watchface desk clock. :)
[Amazfit] anox:
PaceOn version 4.6

Version 4.6 is up (OP updated).

Changelog:

Version 4.6

GUI Changed

The "Auto On When Changing" button becomes "Auto On..." button to allow a new button added to this tiny single screen.

CXN svc. option added

CXN svc. = Connection service

The Connection service improves the bluetooth/wifi connection visibility. It lets us know when bluetooth/wifi is connected/disconnected with a toast message and vibration (only vibration, when screen off). It also tells us what device/AP the watch is connected to/disconnected from.

The option is on by default and also automatically on after every boot.

Now, we always know what the bluetooth/wifi on our watch is up to.:)

This is the last version of PaceOn. I've been working on it (apart from my day job) for the past 2 months to try to make the watch better. Hope you enjoy using it.

If you like my work & want to buy me a cup of coffee or beer, I've just added a Paypal donation email to my profile.

Thank you all & have a great holiday. :)
[Amazfit] rodriz:
thank you very much I will try the new update
[Amazfit] cz1001:
Thanks, great job, have a nice holyday [emoji318][emoji268][emoji323]

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[Amazfit] lawrnz:
Great work. I'm using the latest PaceOn version on my Amazfit Pace now.

May I suggest on the next update to keeping the light dimmed when screen is locked? Currently, when the screen is locked, every time I clean the screen for smudges, the back light turns on (unless of course I set it to screen off option). But when it's on automatic or any set dim, it turns on when pressed even if the screen is locked. I just think this will help the watch more energy saving.

Looking forward to future updates. Great work!
[Amazfit] anox:
V4.6 is supposed to be the last release, but you have a good point.

Will see what I can do about it.
[Amazfit] WiwiPouPou:
If you could add a an auto disable option too, just to postpone the screen lock for a few minutes please !
[Amazfit] yairlanz:
If I may, one more request

If I may, one more request - a paceon scheduler so at night it will shut down and save some battery

Thank you for your work.
[Amazfit] anox:
This is actually the 1st thing I wanted to do when realizing the watch doesn't have a screen timeout option available.

It's quite a simple programming task to set the screen timeout on other Android devices, but not on this watch. That's why PaceOn was created this way.

When creating the app, I wasn't expecting many people would use it. Now, I still don't know how many actually use it, but the no. of downloads says about 700 (with about 10 thanks ;))

Anyway, I guess the next version is coming with something like this feature.

Thanks for your comment.

This one is also a nice feature to have, but I don't think it's really worth it because:

- Having a scheduler itself uses more battery power (not much, but still more :)).

- It's relatively easy to manually turn off PaceOn services.

- Even with all PaceOn services on, my experiment says PaceOn's overnight battery consumption is negligible when the watch is asleep. (When PaceOn is on, the watch can be forced to sleep by pressing the power button.) My personal configuration also includes turning on the Airplane mode at night using the watch's built-in scheduler.

No ETA for the next version, though. :)
[Amazfit] lawrnz:
Glad to hear back from you. Looking forward to the next release (hopefully not the last :fingers-crossed:). I might suggest more in the future when something comes in mind.
[Amazfit] estebitistis:
Rom Version 1.3.5

Hi!

Great contribution!

I have the application installed, but when I have an activity and the map to follow the route, the clock is blocked at the end.

With your application it takes longer to block, but in the end it gets blocked and I can not follow the map.

thanks for your help.:fingers-crossed:
[Amazfit] anox:
I'm not sure what you mean by "the clock is blocked at the end".

You mean you cannot click a button because it's blocked by PaceOn's Launcher area?

If so, you can turn off the Launcher service.

If not, can you explain a bit more about the issue you're having?
[Amazfit] anox:
PaceOn version 5.0

Version 5.0 is up (OP updated).

Changelog:

Version 5.0

Keep the screen dimmed while PaceOn's lock screen is on.

With Dim option selected, when the PaceOn's lock screen is on, the screen will be kept dimmed until unlocked (no matter if the screen is touched or tapped.)

PaceOn service auto-disable option added

When turning on PaceOn service, an off schedule can be selected to automatically turn off the service. The default is to turn it on forever.

This is the last version, really.
[Amazfit] rodriz:
Thank you very much for the update, always improving.

It would be interesting if you added this image to your library, many people do not know how to activate it despite your manuals.
[Amazfit] anox:
Oh, I didn't realize that. :)

Thanks for pointing it out.

I've made an instruction diagram and tried to attach it to the OP, but somehow couldn't. Looks to me like the XDA server's issue. Will try again later.

Edit:

Just able to attach the image to the OP.
[Amazfit] anox:
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[Amazfit] estebitistis:
Hello

I'm sorry, but my English is not very good.

The problem I have is the following:

- I put a map (GPX) before starting the activity.

- Start the activity (route in MTB) and I put the screen to follow the track

- After two minutes (without touching anything and with PacenOn active) the screen is automatically changed and locked showing the data of time, speed, etc.

I do not know if he explained me well now ...

Thank you!
[Amazfit] anox:
No need to say sorry, English isn't my native language either.

Thanks for your explanation, I now know what you mean.

I'm actually aware of the issue, but cannot do anything about it.

All system sport activities ( walk, run, etc) have their own lock screen and screen brightness control. While they're running in the foreground, they can take over the screen and do whatever they want. Therefore, PaceOn's power is limited while one of these activities is running. I'm not happy about that either, but there's nothing I can do. :)
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
[MENTION=282276]anox[/MENTION]

You mentioned a few pages back that someone was working on a custom launcher for the pace. Do you have any more info?

I did a few searches but didn't come up with anything.

It would be great to be able to launch watch droid from the home screen with just a swipe.
[Amazfit] anox:
I don't have any update on that. My guess is that it's pretty hard to create a custom launcher for the watch.

Maybe, I'll make a special version of PaceOn just to launch Watch Droid. ;)
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
Well if you do, could you make the 3 swipe directions configurable to different apps, that would be awesome :)
[Amazfit] Diginix:
This is possible with Sidebar Lite. Video

Downloads you'll find in the Youtube description.
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
Wow, that looks super useful! I will be installing that as soon as I get home from work.

We really could do with a sticky thread for apps that work and are useful on the Pace. I know there are 1 or 2 at the moment but they seem to be rather out of date.

Thanks again for the great suggestion, I really appreciate it :)
[Amazfit] Diginix:
Feel free to hit the "Thanks" Button ;)

btw: Exactly for Watch Droid I'm using Slidebar as well and my second icon in the sidebar is the app list itself. So I can reach any app with a short swipe on the left side instead of swiping complete to to the right side over all widgets.
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
There you go. You just hit a century of thanks , congrats n stuff :)

3rd party apps just keep making this watch better and better, pretty good for a device with no "official" app support.

EDIT: Just installed Sidebar lite, it's great, even better than what I was after.
[Amazfit] anox:
That's one of the reasons why I bought this watch. A few other Android launchers also run fine on the watch. My favorite one is this. https://apkpure.com/side-apps-bar-edge-sidebar/infamous.apps.appsbarfree Version 5.1.4 is good enough and stuck on my watch since the beginning.

Even the most popular launchers for Android Wear (such as Wear Mini Launcher and others) also work on the watch, though they cannot be customised.

Most launchers can be activated from the left or right edge of the watch. This is why I have PaceOn launcher activation area where it is. So, it doesn't block the other launcher's area. Furthermore, it doesn't need to be another app launcher. :)
[Amazfit] petro_ionut:
Hy and thanks for this great app, the screen is dimmed when screen is locked or not, i think it will be great if from dimmed screen(locked or not) when rising the hand to exit for dimming for few seconds!

Cand this be done in future version, if posibile?

Thanks!
[Amazfit] lawrnz:
Hohoho! I can't believe you actually did my suggestion. To keep the screen dimmed no matter if the screen is touched or tapped when PaceOn is activated. I also like that you even added a timer to automatically turn off the service. This is really is a huge update and I think it's time for you to rest, my good sir. You have done enough for this community. I do agree and really think that this should be the last version as I can't think of anything else more to add.

Again, my utmost respect and appreciation goes out to you. Hope to see more projects from you in the future [MENTION=282276]anox[/MENTION] :svetius:
[Amazfit] rodriz:
Thanks for your work, I created a video manual for clumsy if there is a problem tell me and I remove the link to this thread

[YOUTUBE]zjwIA85N7lI[/YOUTUBE]
[Amazfit] Fibra Man:
Great! Thank you!
[Amazfit] KribBaX:
Hello. I wish in the next if it is possible that gps maps in trekking, bike, running.... always is ON. With this version if you are in this map in a few minutes it become to sports date screen. Thanks.
[Amazfit] Diginix:
[MENTION=8936709]KribBaX[/MENTION] Did you read the thread? Your suggestion is nice but already answered here.
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
You could try All-in-one offline maps. It marks your trail on a GPS map and PaceOn may be able to keep it on-screen.
[Amazfit] KribBaX:
Thanks!!! I will try it althought I wish to use the official app to control my pulse and others parameters.
[Amazfit] anox:
Possible, but not really worth. Here is why. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74776677&postcount=32

Thanks. No problem at all.
[Amazfit] Fabrizio Casellato:
Is it possible to have an app on the screen, but without setting the light? So that (as the usual way) when shaking the watch, the light will switch on?
[Amazfit] estebitistis:
ooohhh what a pity!

Thank you very much for the explanation and for your great contribution with Paceon!

Thank you! :highfive::highfive:
[Amazfit] lazizus:
feat request...

1) Please add a feature of activating backlight on wrist turn (looking at watch move, like the one integrated into watch) when screen is locked and dim is active

2) activate or deactivate PaceOne double-clicking the physical button

3) Adjustable screen dim time

4) activating backlight on one touch while locked without unlocking it

:fingers-crossed:
[Amazfit] anox:
Actually, that's what PaceOn does. It only keeps the screen on and unlocked (keeps the watch awake), doesn't mess with the backlight. However, the system's "Activate on Wrist" function will not work, simply because the watch is already awake. In other words, it works only when the watch is asleep (the screen is locked).

1) This is a long shot as I already explained it a few times. I still haven't found a way of obtaining the sensors outputs accurately enough to implement this feature.

2) Not possible. Besides, it's much easier to double-tap on the screen.

3) Nice feature to have, but I don't think it's worth it. It's already almost too much to include the auto-disable option.

4) This one is kind of a bug (fixed in version 5.0). If you want to have this as a feature, you may use version 4.6 or below. :)
[Amazfit] brmbjn:
Downloaded. Thanks
[Amazfit] lfom:
Hello, there! Thank you very much for this useful free app.

I don't know if it's by design, but swiping from left to right while the app is open it closes the app, or at least reset the settings (all off but CXN service).

And I just noticed that while the watch is on charger, when a notification arrivers PaceOn appears on screen briefly before the notification panel. Is it normal?

Regards
[Amazfit] anox:
What I know is that swiping from left to right will close any 3rd party app on this watch. For PaceOn, I don't save its settings to the storage. So, when it gets killed, it loses its settings. CXN service is on by default, though.

Nope, this isn't normal. I didn't notice this before. I did a few quick tests and found that other 3rd party apps also appear the same way. It's kinda disturbing. My guess is something to do with Android app activity state/stack.

I'd need more time to look into these 2 things to see if I can do something about them. :)

Thanks for the comment.
[Amazfit] jordan41:
Hi , could this app worko on stratos ???
[Amazfit] Cinekk:
It works on my stratos
[Amazfit] anox:
PceOn 5.4

Version 5.4 is up (OP updated).

Changelog:

Version 5.4

Settings now saved to the storage

All settings are saved to the storage before closing so that when the app opens the next time, all settings will be restored. This is so even after booting.

Auto-start after boot service changed

Launcher and CXN services each will automatically turn on after booting, if they were previously on before the boot.

Better handling of app closing

When the app is closed by clicking the OK button or pressing the Power button or swiping the app UI to the right, all settings are applied and saved to the storage.

Workaround to the issue of app UI appearing briefly when a notification arrives while charging

This issue can happen to any 3rd app. It's kind of annoying to see. So, this version tries to avoid that.

This is really definitely the last version. :)
[Amazfit] ParotZ:
Good job,

It's possible to set Active on raise?

Thanks.
[Amazfit] shadowcaster666:
Unfortunately no. This has been asked a few times earlier in the thread, have a read back a few pages.
[Amazfit] nhedgehog:
Thanks for this useful App. I especially appreciate the possibility to disable bluetooth.

What I don't understand is:

I disable BT, close the APP. Have Pace OFF Autopoweroff my Amazfit Pace in the night. Start the Pace in the morning and bluetooth is activated but I have Pace ON running as service.

I thought all the settings are stored when Pace On is closed. That doesn't seem to work for bluetooth.
[Amazfit] anox:
BT (& wifi) cannot be kept off (or on) by an app. Any other app (or system) can turn them back on (or off) afterwards.

In your case, it could be that

- after BT is turned off by PaceOn, some other app turns BT back on before the watch being powered off

- or BT is turned on by the system after booting.

I also prefer BT off after booting. What I do is set Auto Airplane on (00:00-23:59) on the watch. Then, I use PaceOn to turn BT on/off as needed.
[Amazfit] KoumiCZ:
Hi, please add the display illumination feature when delivered notifications. Please. Thanks!
[Amazfit] saulinhoo:
how to uninstall? from 100% to 15 on 9hrs
[Amazfit] lfom:
The app itself won't drain battery, but if you keep the service on all the time it will drain. Anyway, if you want to uninstall, you can use APKInstaller from Windows or adb.
[Amazfit] Txingudi:
Thanks
[Amazfit] JorgeSea:
Hello,

I installed it on my Amazon Stratos. I choose the "1 minute" option for the screen to stay on and when that minute ends the App stops. The clock returns to normal, ie the light stays on for a few seconds.

Thanks
[Amazfit] anox:
Good feature to have, but it's just not possible for the app to detect when a notification is received.

That's a pretty normal battery drain rate when the screen is kept on by any means. For longer battery life, please see the OP for the app's options.

To uninstall:

adb uninstall com.anox.paceon

That's exactly what the app is supposed to do. Please see the OP for its functionality. It doesn't adjust the system screen timeout. In fact, it's not possible to do so on this device (Pace/Stratos) and that is why PaceOn works this way.
[Amazfit] JorgeSea:
It does not work 100% on my Stratos Amazon. It always stops.

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[Amazfit] JorgeSea:
What is the OP?

Thanks

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[Amazfit] anox:
I mean the original post (the first post) which describes what the app does and how it can be used for.

Let me put it this way:

if you choose "1 minute", the screen stays on for 1 minute and a few seconds.

if you choose "1 hour", the screen stays on for 1 hour and a few seconds.

if you choose "∞", the screen stays on forever until the watch runs out of battery.

It was designed to work this way and it should work the same on both Pace and Stratos.
[Amazfit] JorgeSea:
Thanks

Best Tegards
[Amazfit] saulinhoo:
before i update my rom i used to lock the screen and the watch would go to sleep now keeps the screen on all the time (the dim option its on)
[Amazfit] anox:
PaceOn runs fine on the latest 1.3.8a rom which my Pace is currently on.

Can you describe your issue in more details? What do you mean by "lock the screen"?

By the way, the dim option is to dim the screen, not to put the screen to sleep.
[Amazfit] djlebbox:
Hi [MENTION=282276]anox[/MENTION],

I'm have been problems too. Usually, my PaceOn only works for some minutes, even if I set time for 1 hour, 12 hours ou infinite. So after some minutes, my Stratos looks like low definition again, however, on PaceOn setting, every option is enabled yet.

My device:

Stratos with v2.3.4.0 Internation firmware.

My settings:

Launcher: On

Dim: On

Return Home: On

After setup, I enabled Screen Lock too.
[Amazfit] lfom:
Make Dim: OFF, you are running PaceOn service but allowing the screen to go to lofi mode, and that's what you are trying to prevent with PaceOn... :eek:
[Amazfit] anox:
The following is meant to be funny. :)

Maybe, it's time to go thru some basic stuff about this special watch once and for all.

A: Special watch?

B: Well, its battery lasts quite long, relatively.

A: How?

B: It has a transflective screen and some tricks.

A: Tricks?

B: It only has an unchangeable 15-second screen timeout.

A: What?

B: Yeah, you heard that right. It goes to sleep leaving me with the damn dull screen.

A: Dull?

B: In the sleeping mode, the screen turns ugly displaying in only 8 colours and there is more.

A: More?

B: Wifi connection is also lost. Seems like the watch is really dead!

A: %$#&*)!

That's why PaceOn was created in the first place.

Now, back to the comments.

Turning off the DIM option (like Ifom suggested) should get you what you want.

However, there is more about the DIM option.

When the DIM option is on:

- All It does is simply lower the brightness to the minimum to save some battery.

- It doesn't turn the screen into the damn dull mode (not like when the watch is in sleep mode).

- The watch is still fully awake. You still can interact with the screen (if Lock Screen off).

- Wifi connection is still alive. In fact, the watch is in the exact same state as in "normal mode".

- You still can see the second hand ticking on your watchface or see that blinking ":" between the hour and minute numbers if it's a digital watchface.

If turning off the DIM option doesn't help, then let me know. There might then be something really wrong.
[Amazfit] djlebbox:
Thank you Guys! I'll try it.
[Amazfit] archphobos:
Amazing App

Amazing mate!!

Thank you very much. All settings are usefull.

Do all of you tested the battery duration? I have just installed it and i have a lot of drainage. Anyway, if it last all day, i think its really usefull.

Ugly wathface no more!!

Thank you!
[Amazfit] GrinFactor:
I've just installed PaceOn. The Dim and Return to Home options are greyed out by default, meaning I do not have the option to enable/disable them. Why are they greyed out?

The Auto On option seems to be enabled all the time, even though I disabled it. I want to see the charging animation etc as the watch will charge to full quicker. The only way I can get it to work is to stop the PaceOn service.