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[General Accessories] The Wireless Duke:
got mine since yesterday, bought on phonehouse website in France.

Several issues for me to , on HTC Desire / Froyo 2.2 non rooted

I didnt fond any trouble to connect it to my phone but then :

First day of use : several crashes and slow down of my phone

forced to remove the battery of the phone... bad feeling :)

Second day of use : Left physical button is no more responding !!!

(my device falled down from my desk, 1 meter high...I wonder if it comes from this)

Impossible to empty the liveview's cache, even if the application says "all notifications are now removed" they still are in the device memory...got almost 200 since yesterday.

what is working now ? :

all facebook & twitter notifications, calls history, RSS, volume up, volume down.

I didnt received sms yet so i cannot tell, and track seeking does not work.

I wrote to SE about my left button who doesnt work any more...
[General Accessories] darrenjdoc:
My order should be here on Monday. Can't wait :D
[General Accessories] danbec:
Same big problems as above.

I had already posted this in another thread before finding this one.

I am in Paris, bought it on Phonehouse.fr (59 eur w/ free shipping).

- I'm on a HTC Desire Orange FR with Android 2.1

- there are 2 apps to be downloaded from the Android store: LiveWare manager (this seems to manage the connection and the plugins) and LiveView (the actual tool to manage the device).

- the pairing is immediate (in Android's Setting / Wireless / BT) but not the connection, and somehow I got to it only after random manipulations and attemps.

- but the device connectivity from LiveView software comes and goes randomly. When I managed to get it to work it stayed on for about 1 hour. Then I went to the toilet, lots BT connection, came back, no way to restablish it now.

- I've NOT found a repeatable way to connect to the device. Several times the LiveView software crashes, or it severely slows down the phone to the point where only removing the battery could save me.

- I had time to test call and sms notifications from phone to device, however all actions from device to Phone did not seem to work, or they even make LiveView hang. This concerns the music player controls (not working at all), and some feature where from the device you should be able to display the lost calls list on the phone display (but as I said - it hangs the LiveView manager).
[General Accessories] danbec:
Update.

I suspect some problem with the phone Bluetooth software.

Now I cannot make the phone discoverable anymore - tapping the "discoverable" checkbox in the BT settings does not work. Tapping 3-4 times makes the phone hang: it reboots, but it becomes extremely slow and laggish. Battery removal needed.
[General Accessories] lukacs.attila:
SE stated on their webpage (though they removed that, only a * marks this) that music control is not compatible with Desire. Sad thing.
[General Accessories] danbec:
That must be it. At least I found out the volume control works (media volume only), but not the play/stop/next/prev track.
[General Accessories] baleanud:
LiveView hanging

On Galaxy S with Eclair. Paired and connected OK. SMS alert worked fine. After quarter of an hour though LiveView hanging. I might had tried to get to the home tile and kept select button pressed which could have tried to start the music player, not sure nor intended.

Left button Green LED on at all times, screen of LiveView shows green Sony Ericsson logo. Cannot get LiveView to do anything. I am hoping it'll run out of battery and reboot! Trying to pair with it after phone reboot unsuccessful.
[General Accessories] baleanud:
Update

Managed to bring it back to life. Had to hold left button pressed for a looong time till eventually (20sec or more) screen powered off. Then reset via holding left button pressed for 8s+ as per troubleshooting instructions.
[General Accessories] cdcooperuk:
cpu goes wild

Huge problems with LiveView on Galaxy S with Froyo.

Aside from dropping connection a lot, it periodically renders the phone unusable requiring a reboot.

top shows btld consuming 90 - 110% of the cpu:

3354 94% S 11 20820K 1152K fg bluetoot /system/bin/btld
[General Accessories] vigge_sWe:
[Q] LiveView

It says on the specs it requires Bluetooth 2.1, my phone has Bluetooth 3, will it work?
[General Accessories] stridger:
I have exactly the same problem on a Desire Z. It seems to me overall that the LiveView is an unfinished product ATM. I hope for a software update very soon!
[General Accessories] rolfd:
Threads merged.
[General Accessories] wiaza100:
I did not find Live Ware manager to uninstall it

only LiveView™ application
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Update for the LiveView app out now!

Check Market and report. :)

Changelog:

Improved application stability

Preparation for handling multiple plugins <- huh? At the same time or what? :)

Solution for Facebook authentication problem
[General Accessories] chihuahua:
no news!!!

Same issues on my samsung Tab with a new update!
[General Accessories] oakgrove:
Is anyone running gingerbread? My LV FC every time I try to connect. I'm running oxygen v.2.0 gingerbread.
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Same here with HTC Desire (Sense ROM)

Yes, oakgrove.

FC's all the time in Gingerbread when LV connects.
[General Accessories] de_MarK:
After an update everything works even worse than before :(
[General Accessories] luisaguiar24:
Facebook working now!

Thank you SE.
[General Accessories] zonyl:
So there is some hope then after all.
[General Accessories] LockeOn:
Partial Fix for LiveView

I found someting you can call partial solution for the disconnecting issue. It performs really well, even 24h without disconnection. That is what I have done:

First of all delete LiveWare Manager, which causes our phones to crash all the time, and gives only one feature in return (shows all available liveview plugins which you can find manualy in the market). Then remove any kind

of Task Killer etc. Next step is to instal MinfreeManager (keep in mind that it requires root premissions). I recommend using Mild/Agressive preset but you have to change Secondary Server values very low (for example 6mb). By setting Secondary Server values to very low LiveView Application and all of the plugins will be kept alive all the time, which will prevent any disconnections. After this I used this solution http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9339788&postcount=493 posted by adolfotregosa. Now my LiveView works pretty fine with my SGS running CM 6.1 Nightly. Even if you'll go out of the bluetooth range and then want to reconnect it will happen more or less instantly.

I hope all of LiveView Users will now be able enjoy using this device.
[General Accessories] punshkin:
have you (or someone else) managed to get hands on that firmware file? i`d love to se what it contains. unfortunately SE doest provide the update service for Mac :S​
[General Accessories] zathril:
Did someone managed to pair liveview with HTC hero? I have tried froydvillain 2.2 and stock 2.1 ROM (GSM) with different radios and I always get "paired but not connected".

Somebody posted here

forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/9656-sony-ericsson-liveview-issues

that it do works using official ROM for HTC hero? Can someone confirm that and provide some steps how to make it work? (which radio, kernels, rom version, apps to install, etc)?
[General Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Right.. So I've got it today... And it works perfectly with Desire Z :D :D :D

;)
[General Accessories] Purple Drama Llama:
Ooooh, you bought one?
[General Accessories] diggedy:
o rly?

stock rom?
[General Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Yep :D

1.72 OTA update ;)
[General Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Yep I did ;)

And it's great :D

:p
[General Accessories] tenkainen:
I got it too couple of days ago, worked great for a while on my normal Desire.

The it just stopped connecting. I was on DeFrost at the time, then I tried Oxygen, Cyanogenmod and Leedroid, didn't connect on those either.

But on newSense it works, it just stops connecting after few hours, so I have to reboot the Liveview to get it going again.

E: Oxygen was RC2, Gingerbread. It did force closes on connecting on it. I guess I'll have to hope for the best for the upcoming update. If SE makes the unit works like a charm, it'll be what I always wanted. When it's -25*C outside it's really a pain in the ass to take the phone out of my pocket to see why it vibrates of so.
[General Accessories] diggedy:
interesting, a lot of people are reporting the desire HD just as useless so I wonder what is different about the Z thats making it work

tenkainen, which ROM were you using to give you the best connectivity?
[General Accessories] tenkainen:
newSense by baadnwz. It's a Desire Hd rom ported for Desire. It is kinda weird, like you said, Hd reportedly has problems (with the Liveview I mean).
[General Accessories] diggedy:
cheers ill give it a go, if this doesnt work ill give one of the Z roms a try. I hope the SE fix thats supposed to be coming fixes this properly otherwise im sending it back :(

edit : so far so good with the DHD rom, 6 hours without a disconnect, I even tried moving out of range and it reconnected without any fuss. Keeping my fingers crossed
[General Accessories] punshkin:
Does someone know how i can get the fw file the se updater downloads? I have no clue but i wanna take a look at it. If i get it (or someone of you) we should post it and maybe lv will get some homebrew fixes and features, soon
[General Accessories] tenkainen:
There is instructions few pages back, if you will.
[General Accessories] zonyl:
Wiresharked the update. The model number appears to be MN800

From here:

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/usdoe1/2/script/search/Model=MN800__20LiveView/CDA=1243-1288_N0R0UbOm5eSxqZ6mx6K0I+jV.ser.gz

I pulled this out which appears to be the java code to actually control / update the device over usb (The DFU protocol). Still looking for the firmware fthough in the pcap file. May actually be the binary stuff scattered in the java file attached.
[General Accessories] scorpion_s66:
what's this thing doing???
[General Accessories] punshkin:
the firmware itself cant be inside that tiny zip. didnt the updater say downloading ~200kb?

/edit

btw i am very curious what the january update will bring. i hope it adds the option to add plugins to the "home-grid"
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Yes. We need to find out where US puts the files. :)
[General Accessories] punshkin:
i tried browsing the install location folder but was not successfull but i didnt spent much time on it since i had little time. i just took a look in the temp folder while downloading the fw again

/edit

do you have a tutorial for wireshark handy?
[General Accessories] zonyl:
Here is a list of every interesting http while updating the device. There are only 4 TCP connections opened while updating, 2 of which look like UI stuff. The staticdata is the largest of the files sent at ~200K and has mention of ARM in it at a few spots. It is coming up as a "Java serialization data, version 5" type of file. I am wondering if the liveview runs a something like this: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/jazelle.php Sony annouced investing in this type of platform a while ago http://www.arm.com/about/newsroom/5619.php

Unfortunately this is where my knowledge comes to an end.

In chronological order (interesting bits):

connection 1:

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/common/1/staticdata/staticdata.ser.gz

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/us/1/common/updateservice/appsync/updateservice_targetapplication.xml

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/usdoe1/1/product/productsynch_MvsyMgGKyF1QU3Gson+7RTXS.ser.gz

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/common/1/runtimeconfig/runtimeconfig3.xml.ser.gz

connection 2:

http://ma3.extranet.sonyericsson.com/ns/usdoe1/2/script/search/Model=MN800__20LiveView/CDA=1243-1288_N0R0UbOm5eSxqZ6mx6K0I+jV.ser.gz
[General Accessories] AcidDrid:
Hi, does anyone know how to reset the RSS feeds? I have gotten about 90 that i have read on the LV and now it just restarts when i try to read the new incoming RSS news.

Is the buffer full?
[General Accessories] punshkin:
this isnt the firmware but i managed to theme liveview :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894809
[General Accessories] the_jako:
Hello, I have LV from a few days with a Desire HD (cyanogenmod) and Its even almost impossible to use it. I hope the next update fix all the problems. I really love this gadget but right now I cant use it for anything.

Thanks all for the info!
[General Accessories] aragorn21:
First of all, all my best wishes to everybody for this new year :)

I've bought a LiveView yesterday and here my feedback :

After a good charge of battery and a green led I paired it

I installed liveware, liveview and all plugins first

here was the first mistake

You should not install plugins before

Only using lifeview soft and the "plugin search" function

otherwise, you'll not enter plugins folder on LV

On pairing topic, I had no problem at all, each click on 2nd button awake the LV and I get my stuff back

One tips is to set the refresh of facebook plugin on 1h, not less to avoid battery drain

For those who have HTC machines, use powerAmp musci player plugin, it's perfect !

What I miss :

email checker (and to select which account to check)

What I regret :

the plugin folder and not the possibily to have it directly on "home" page
[General Accessories] dEvilPS3:
I havr bought a livr view anf it woeks on a half:( everything is ok but sms and calendar.It deives me crazy caus I have a wildfire htc and a lot of people it works well with this phone.I tried update fw,reinstal everythibg and still nothing:(
[General Accessories] ardsar:
Well my liveview is now completely screwed. It had issues going into the plugins menu and has now apparently crashed. The right button will not do anything at all now. Tried a reset which didn't do anything so thought I would try reflashing the software. Trouble is the pc no longer recognises the device and reports driver can not be loaded due to hardware malfunction. Any idea guys?
[General Accessories] skitty:
Does anyone have issues with the battery gauge not showing the correct battery level?

My liveview seems to go for ages at full or half full battery and then suddenly just dies on me.

I've had a similar thing before where it just repeats the clock screen and nothing else, or randomly switching between screens whilst I'm no where near it. If you just have faith and hold onto the power button for longer than the stated 15 secs you should be ok. If you're getting no where, just leave it alone for 5 mins and try again. I sometimes found that knocking bluetooth off on my phone made it easier to kick it into submission.
[General Accessories] ardsar:
I've tried everything, still no luck. Contacted song and looks like it's going back. Oh apparently they have no idea about dropped connection and range of only 2m!
[General Accessories] Orka82:
The same happened to me. Could not start the unit at all.

Got a refund from the store.
[General Accessories] kosa911:
Ok, I've got a problem with left physical button, it's pressed in.

I dont want to send it to the service because I think they wont fix it (I dropped it).

Can you tell me how to take it apart/ open it?

Photos would be awesome.
[General Accessories] zonyl:
This looks promising: http://www.robot-home.it/blog/2010/...i-comunicazione-e-al-blocco-dello-smartphone/
[General Accessories] punshkin:
I dont speak italian

Can you summarize IT, please?
[General Accessories] LockeOn:
WTF????!!! This is ripped from my solution posted few pages back here! It is post number 190 in this thread, posted on 23rd December. Only difference it is translated into italian. Who the f**k authorized them to post it and not even mention the author?!
[General Accessories] Myzhar:
Hi,

I'm Myzhar from www.robot-home.it italian blog.

I wrote you an email about your comment on my site.

I forgot to say you thank you for the great work. I apologize :(
[General Accessories] Myzhar:
Sorry, I put the links to the original posts, but I did not write your name and adolfotrgosa.

I'm not used to work this way, it was a great forgetfulness.

I modified the post on the blog, now there is your name and another (more visible) link to the original post here.

I say sorry again
[General Accessories] stephen2earth:
Hey, thinking of buying one.

For those of you who've got it working, is it worth it all that time and money?
[General Accessories] tenkainen:
If you don't have SE phone, I'd suggest wait a bit. They promised an update in January, though I don't know how much you can trust that company concerning updates...
[General Accessories] punshkin:
I have mine half-working and I would buy it again. Even if it doesn't work properly it is a super cool geeky accessory :P its nice to play around with and a cool thing to show off

I hope the january update solves the problems and since its only 29€ on amazon it can't be a big mistake
[General Accessories] firetech:
Gingerbread fix.

I git this problem as well after installing CM7 (today's nightly) on my Nexus One. The problem is that the API the LV app uses to talk to the media player isn't public anymore in Gingerbread. I solved the FC by replacing /system/apps/Music.apk with the one from CM6.1.1. A bit crude (and requires root) but it works fine for me.
[General Accessories] chihuahua:
live view issues...never ending story...

waiting a SE upgrade for my LV I use it just like a normal Watch (works!:mad:) and just for some hour connected to my Samsung TAB before crashing. But today a new one BIG ISSUE....

I was trying to update a LV FW using SE opdate service ( I had it succesfully one time in the past becouse I think my LV is one of the first sold in september 2010, whit old FW) and during this procedure my LV Was not recognized on USB; when I Tried to reset a LV (pressing for more 15 sec a power on button) everything was good.... paired to my Tab... Clock and date on a display corretctly...but....

WHEN I TRIED TO navigate a menu pressing a right button.... nothing appear!!! It seems like a "button broken" but I can hear a "normal" click when I push it!!!!

Pls note that my LV is corretly recognized like before and "works" (just for 3-4 hours) before freezing my TAB....

Something wrong douring a Update? button stuck? how can check it? some rests?

Any idea?
[General Accessories] de_MarK:
FYI

A new firmware was released yesterday.
[General Accessories] Myzhar:
Have you tried it? Does it resolve connection issue?
[General Accessories] N23:
Nice, but how can i install it under osx?
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Installed the new FW right now.

Let's see how it works..

Edit:

Freezes when i try to enter Plugins..
[General Accessories] de_MarK:
Did you have an "Installation failed" message at the end of update process?

I can enter into plugins without a problem.
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Yes. (Installation failed)
[General Accessories] de_MarK:
Connection seems to be more stable, though it still disconnects when LV application is forced to stop. Maybe a new LV application build is planned to be released also.

I've noticed big delays in the communication between LV and a phone. Maybe an old firmware would cause a disconnection in those moments and a new one tries to maintain a connection.
[General Accessories] Orka82:
Having the same connection problems with the new FW.
[General Accessories] de_MarK:
I've tried to investigate system logs when a LV device was working. My thoughts are:

LV device never tries to connect automatically to a phone - it has to be done by pressing select button. The connection can be established this way only if JerryBTManager service is running or if LiveWare Manager is running and is able to start LiveView application.

When you try to connect using LiveView Application "Connect" button, it schedules attempts to discover a LV device in Alarm Manager in increasing intervals. It happens also when a LiveView application losts its connection to a device.

Unfortunatelly it's common that a connection cannot be established because of an error:

WARN/System.err(8975): java.io.IOException: Unable to start Service Discovery

WARN/System.err(8975): at android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket$SdpHelper.doSdp(BluetoothSocket.java:367)WARN/System.err(8975): at android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket.connect(BluetoothSocket.java:201)

WARN/System.err(8975): at com.sonyericsson.extras.liveview.btdisplay.JerryBTManager$ConnectThread.run(JerryBTManager.java:539)

Lack of a stock media player installed can be a reason of LiveViewService crash (and a crash of JerryBTManager service consequently). Then connection from a LV device cannot be established until LiveView Application restarts.
[General Accessories] punshkin:
Is this the announced januar-update?
[General Accessories] ankhazam:
Found update, did update (failed), second try to reflash the update (shown as a reflash) also faild. Nevertheless liveview still works :)
[General Accessories] Myzhar:
My update failed too, but now LV works very very well :)

I made a lot of test... look here:

http://www.robot-home.it/blog/2011/01/aggiornamento-firmware-per-sonyericsson-liveview/
[General Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
Guys,

how do you update the Liveview firmware ?

I have a "update service" application from SonyEricsson and I try the following steps however the application never recognizes my Liveview on the USB port.

1. I start application and select X10 as phone model (as there is no Liveview option on the app)

2. I plug in the Liveview (turned off) to the USB port on my PC (windows 7)

3. Turn on the device with both hardware buttons pressed

4. The device shows a usb plug picture with "DFU" written on right side of the screen.

5. Device manager on PC shows "SEMC DFU" connected

6. Update Service application does not see the device

What is it that I am doing wrong ?

thx
[General Accessories] slipudatung:
Cant see live view in SEUS? - solved

I select X10 mini and it works :)
[General Accessories] ankhazam:
You need to plug it, but turn it on with two buttons yet after selecting any phone when it searches for the connected phone ;)
[General Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
doesn't work for me.

what is the device name that you see in "device manager" of Windows when you put the device in DFU mode ?
[General Accessories] Cuchulainn:
I updated the firmware and so far it's holding connection, but I'm not actually getting any notifications of emails on the liveview. Anyone else seeing this? I have an account set up on the email app on my phpone as well as the gmail acocunt associated with my phone.

Also, do you really need to pop the watch back off every time you want to charge the LV?
[General Accessories] punshkin:
Yes, you need to pop it out to charge :S

LV has no native gmail/email support. seaech for plugins via liveware manager/market there are a few and one is for gmail.
[General Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
can anyone help me about this ?

thanks.
[General Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
come on guys.

it shouldn't be too difficult to check what device you see in your device manager...

I need your help.
[General Accessories] ElmarK:
Don't be disappointed. The update does not fix the well known issues. At least not in my case (original DHD with the Christmas HTC update).
[General Accessories] mrmrmrmr:
ah ;that was really helpful (?)

I just ask for the name of the device you see when it's connected on USB port.

why don't you just give it ?
[General Accessories] Johnston411:
is that what you're after

just got to suss out how to update it now
[General Accessories] Johnston411:
and when in dfu mode

edit: just tried to update it. it downloads the software (i chose the x10 as my device) then plugged the usb cable into device and pc then turned on holding both buttons to get dfu mode.

it gets to the end of the update and then errors out.

i wonder how long it will take them to sort this and update the app for gingerbread?

i noticed the other day they've released sony reader for android andit only works on 2.2 (genius when their devices are on 2.1)