[Wear OS General] bernarbernuli:
Wear OS watch accessories

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There are few types of accessories for watches, these are reduced to protective items (screen protector and case cover), charging items (cables and charging docks) and straps.

Screen protector: Consists of protecting watchface by resisting scratches and accidental bumps. These protectors can also prevent fingerprints or grease or dust stains on the dial. The ones that offer the best protection are those of tempered glass with 9H hardness.

Case cover: This is a flexible TPU protective case to protect the bezel and case of the watch from scratches and possible shocks.

Charger cable: Unlike android smartphones where the cable is the same for all models (microusb or USB type C) the same does not happen in smartwatches where each model has its own connector on the charging cable, even within each brand, for example, the Ticwatch Pro charging cable does not serve to charge the Ticwatch Pro 3.

Dock (charging base): It is basically a charging cable with a support where the watch is supported. They usually have a minimalist design that will look good on any desk or nightstand.

Strap: Replacing the strap is to give a complete facelift to the watch, a good combination can give a touch of extra style to your watch, in the market there is a lot of variety because most of the models allow to replace the strap with another as long as they have the same width. Below I put a table with the width that corresponds to each model of the most notable watches, for example, Ticwatch Pro 3 supports 22mm straps. Within the types of strap, by the material with which they have been manufactured you can find leather straps, imitation leather, stainless steel, titanium, platinum, silicone, resin, rubber, textile, nylon and ceramic.

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Where and how to search for a watch accessory?

The Asian market such as AliExpress is the one where you can find the widest variety of accessories with the best price, on Amazon you will also find accessories but as a general rule although you will receive the product before they are more expensive.​

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To search for a particular accessory and narrow the search to the maximum, just type in the search box of AliExpress, Amazon or even Google accessory name + watch model. In the case of straps you only have to write the width of the strap, you can even include the type of strap material to narrow down much more what you are looking for.​

Screen Protector : Screen Protector Fossil Gen 5

Case Protector: case Protector Ticwatch Pro

Charging Cable: Charging Cable Xiaomi Mi Watch

Charging Dock: Charging dock Ticwatch Pro 3

Strap: 22 mm strap watch

Accessories for Ticwatch Pro 3

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Screen Protector --> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...exp_id=c43d3fd5-4faf-45f6-ad60-78d5a3543b5c-0​

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Case Protector --> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...exp_id=38c5e981-ce88-4786-8a99-5873ff98db3b-1​

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Charging Dock --> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...exp_id=07669828-db64-4aa2-96c8-aa80200b4567-2​

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Charging Cable --> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...exp_id=53d63e1c-b909-4345-93ea-26e2ccbb0532-1​

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Strap 22 mm --> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...xp_id=f975d777-8fb1-4067-8ab9-921ef29176bb-19​

Bonus Track.

How to make a homemade charging and data cable for Ticwatch Pro 3

The official TW3 charger cable unusually only charges (it has 2 pins that only serve to charge the watch), it does not sync data unlike the Ticwatch Pro, Ticwatch S or Ticwatch E that its official charger cable has 4 pins (2 for charging and 2 for data transfer). For most users this will never become a problem, since sending music and files to the watch can be done without problems via Wi-Fi, however, there is something that can ONLY be done via USB cable, and that is to unlock the bootloader (previous step needed to root). Currently the way to root has not been discovered, although there are already users researching a way to get it and when you get the way a data cable will be required. Curiously there is still no such cable for sale for the TW3 that I know of, not even on AliExpress.​

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There are users who have managed to make a homemade cable using the Ticwatch S/E cable as a base. Here is the explanation provided by @Gitanitos in the Xda-Developers forum for those who want to try:​

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Purchase a Ticwatch S/E charger cable, you can get it on Amazon or Aliexpress without any difficulty, here a link to purchase.

Open the Ticwatch S/E charger cable housing by cutting the plastic around the pogo pins, this way you will lower the profile of the housing so that the pins "reach" the watch.

Remove the magnets that are glued to the case and place them on the reverse side. This is because they do not match the polarity of those of the TW3 clock and if you do not change them you will not be able to place the clock because the reverse attraction will prevent you from placing it on top of the pins.

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