[APP][UPDATE 9.10.2014] Sprocket - Watch Faces, SMS/MMS,File Transfer, Remote Install - Samsung Galaxy Gear

I bought a gear recently and was sad to see a lack of apps tailored specifically for it so I made one of my own!
Sprocket
Features:
Native SMS/MMS functionality.
View/Send SMS conversations
View MMS
File Transfer
Send a file from the phone and it will automatically be saved in Internal Storage in the GalaxySMS directory and opened on the Gear from the default handling app
.
Remote Application Install
Allows you to install apps on the gear that are installed on your phone.
*Note does not work for paid apps it seems. At least on my Moto X.
Installation
Install the apk on both the phone and the gear and you will be good to go. The application will be automatically run on startup, but needs to be started initially once first installed on both the phone and gear.
Its a good idea to have bluetooth already turned on when initially starting the app.
Install on Phone first, select device
Install on gear next, select device
Support
This app was written specifically on my Moto X so there may or may not be issues with other phones. Please send me a logcat and I'll see what I can do.
Update 7.29.2014
East2West said:
Hello everyone!
I've been working many hours on this release and have made several improvements.
ChangeLog
Better App Stability
System runs in the foreground now so it is less likely to be killed
Improved Connection Speeds
Increased buffer size to allow faster transfers
New Notifications For Texts
This is the one I'm most excited about. I took some inspiration from the new Android Wear Watches to create custom notifications for our beloved gear.
Installation
Install the update on both the Gear and the Phone. If you already have sprocket installed on your gear you can update it with the new version v1.1 attached to the first post using Remote Install. To enable notifications click "Enable SMS Notifications" on the Phone version and follow the prompts.
Right now the app supports all notifications for SMS, but if you would like to preview notifications across the entire device you may download a developer key available on the play store. It will unlock all other notifications (including ongoing and button control!) from the device and will help continue development from my end to give you new features to make our device more useful. A preview of these notifications below:
Install Developer Key*
*The developer key only needs to be installed on the phone
I'll be going through the thread to address any issues you have come across. Thank you all for the feedback
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 7.31.2014
East2West said:
Hello everyone!
I have a new version available to address some of the issues in the thread as well as to add some new features.
Download
Whitelist Applications
Go to settings/allowed notifications and uncheck the applications you don't want notifications for
[*]Local Application Updates
Updates will be checked on the phone when the application is started. You can also check by going to menu/check for update on your phone
[*]Crash/Log Reporting
When the application crashes, you will be presented with a dialog to send the crash report to me for analysis. This will help resolve issues on different devices.
[*]Clear Phone Notifications From Gear
When you hit clear on the notification screen on your gear, notifications will be cleared on your phone
[*]Resend Files If Not Connect To Gear at Transfer Time
Fixes an issue when you try to send a file when the gear is not connected. The file will send as soon as device is reconnected
[*]Crash Fixes
Fix crash for some ongoing notifications
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 8.7.2014
Hello! Thanks for your feedback and crash logs. I've pushed out an update that should take care of the ones I've seen so far with the Nexus 5 crashes and one's when clicking on a conversation on the gear and the contact app is not installed. Let me know if it solves the issues.
Sprocket 1.3b
Thanks,
East2West
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 8.9.2014
Hey Everyone!
I was on vacation last week, so I only had time to push some incremental updates for some bug fixes, but I'm back now and have some new features!
New UI for bringing up sms messages and notifications
New Media Controller
Works with any media player that responds to media button events.
*Developer Key Needed
Clock On Notification Screen
Stability Fixes
Screenshots
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 8.9.2014
New Update.
Connection Fixes
Fixed an issue where server would not connect on initial app launch
Try and reconnect to server on bluetooth toggle
New Settings Menu
Allows Muting of Notifications. 3 Settings
Sound On Symbol - Notifications will vibrate and turn on screen and play the notification sound
Vibrate On Symbol - Notifications will only vibrate and not turn on screen
Mute Symbol - Notifications will be silent
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 8.11.2014
Another Update!
Extended Notification Detail
Click on flashing icon to expand
New SMS/MMS Theme
Improved MMS image quality
Media Controller Now Works With Pandora
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 8.21.2014
Fixed notification buttons not fitting
Items that do not fit go on to the next row
Added reply button in sms notifications
Will take you to SMS Threads
Notification splitting option in settings
Updates to notifications usually replace the last notification in android. This will keep them separate so you can see how it changed over time. Excludes ongoing notifications
Faster connection speeds
Bluetooth reset on disconnection
Bluetooth on the gear will reset if the connection is dropped to improve speeds
Support for large images like sms/screenshots
Images from sms and other notifications will show in the main view
Added request timeouts
Notifications will not be sent to the gear after 15 minutes of being disconnected
Fixed crash when sms is received on the phone and bluetooth is off
Fix duplicate notifications such as email and google music and calendar coming in more than once
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For others not able to connect to the gear after upgrading from version 1.3. It may be necessary to upgrade the watch apk manually as the UUID for the bluetooth service has changed and might not be recognized until upgrading the gear to 1.5
Update 8.24.2014
Hello! Another update..
Widget Support!
Swipe left from main menu
Long press to change widget
Can also activate by clicking notification clock at the top
For both free and developer versions
Out of Memory Crash Fixed
Phone memory was greedy before. Should stay in memory much longer without crashing
Removed "Unable to connect" popup from phone
Will still show on the gear
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Update 9.10.2014
Hey folks!
Something new...
Support for Watch Faces
Basic support for themes like watchstyler. This version supports analog clocks only.
To change theme replace BG_PART.png, FRAME_PART.png, HOUR_PART.png, SEC_PART.png, MIN_PART.png of your favorite watch styler theme
Themes files are located in /sdcard/SprocketWatchThemes/defaultTheme. The only supported files are those included in the folder
Fix sms conversation not updating while inside the conversation
*Credit to Gear Minimum 360 theme over at gearfaces.com for the included theme
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Galaxy s4 . All ok. Good job.

Nice and useful app! But I miss a notification which tells you when a file has been sent or an remote installation has been made.

You are a genuis!!! Works... having issues with transferring files. My screen goes black and sits in idle... but who cares... as long as I can receive and reply to text messages I'm good. GOOD JOB!!!! Can you add reply to emails?

Is your app for Android or Tizen?

How can I instill the Sprocket app on my gear?

Nexus 5 ... Remote install works.. file share works.. sms does not. keeps crashing everytime i select a contact.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Works good got it working on my lg optimus g. Will u be adding notification and turn display on
Lg optimus G

agreed only think lacking is notification right now i leave gear manager for notification then go to sprocket for the reply would like one app for all

I like it works pretty good on my note 3
Sent from my SM-G900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Works great on ATT Note 2 with custom rom. Really like how the contact images get populated.
+1 on getting notifications. Would make the app wonderful! :good:

@East2West Are you still working on this?

So any chance the send sms will show up in the sms app as well?
//M
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

m.klinge said:
So any chance the send sms will show up in the sms app as well?
//M
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You're talking about when you send from the Gear App it will also show on your phone? If so, it works for me. Shows up on my phone what I have sent through the Gear.

simonsayz31 said:
You're talking about when you send from the Gear App it will also show on your phone? If so, it works for me. Shows up on my phone what I have sent through the Gear.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Interesting! So if you send a sms to yourself from the gear it will be displayed twice on your phone (one as send and one as received)? Might I ask which sms you use?
//M
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

ArnomaF said:
Is your app for Android or Tizen?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am assuming Android, Can anyone please confirm?

pcpimpin said:
I am assuming Android, Can anyone please confirm?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use it in Android
Lg optimus G

Really cool app, looking forward to next release. I can see and interact with the sms on the gear, but I can't seem to send files from my Note 3. It's also paired with the galaxy gear manager, does that need to be off? Thanks again.
Chris
EDIT: I was wrong above, it did transfer the files, I just didn't see them at first. I also installed some apps via Sprocket. Now that I have Google voice function working offline, the SMS function is really nice. I can practically hold a SMS conversation quickly on my watch. I just need to make the little voice button on the keyboard bigger...lol. But once you hit it, the Voice Icon is much bigger and easy to continue the replies. For such a small program, it really is very capable.

Updates
Like I indicated in my earlier post. "I love this app." It's the only app I've found that allow SMS replies without the hassle. "It feels good swiping a reply from my watch." Since I've had it here are the bugs.
1. When I send a text from my phone my watch vibrates.
2. Occasionally looses Bluetooth connection. (will not connect to server must restart phone/watch)
3. About a 3-5 sec delay to start the app
Also I"m using Note 3. Otherwise this app is the BOMB! It doesn't use much battery. Resolve the bugs and this will be me a must have app for the Gear.

lockart said:
Like I indicated in my earlier post. "I love this app." It's the only app I've found that allow SMS replies without the hassle. "It feels good swiping a reply from my watch." Since I've had it here are the bugs.
1. When I send a text from my phone my watch vibrates.
2. Occasionally looses Bluetooth connection. (will not connect to server must restart phone/watch)
3. About a 3-5 sec delay to start the app
Also I"m using Note 3. Otherwise this app is the BOMB! It doesn't use much battery. Resolve the bugs and this will be me a must have app for the Gear.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree! I think people overlook Sprocket...It's really basic, but the few things it does are HUGE. It's the best for replying to SMS, I even shut off the Gear Manager notificatiion for SMS. And it's just too easy to install an app or transfer a file. I think this is my favorite app for the Gear. Thanks and look forward to your work.
Chris

Related

Apps you want

thought I would start by saying a calculatar app
and an update to enable sound and vibration together
and an app to disable camera sound
and an app to take pics on watch using your phone and vica versa this would act as a remote shutter anymore plz post
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2
something like google map where we plan on the phone where to go and on the watch will show the indication (useful walking ok biking)
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
bugluv67 said:
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can read my text.
Can you please send me a screenshot of the application you can download?as the one I attached
americo85 said:
something like google map where we plan on the phone where to go and on the watch will show the indication (useful walking ok biking)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
now that would be nice
bugluv67 said:
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
my text show up also but they have only been short ones some of the apps what say look on phone probably be updated easily soon
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk 2
I want to view my Google maps route. Facebook check in with picture.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk 4
bugluv67 said:
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can read your texts. What are you talking about?
mhoepfin said:
You can read your texts. What are you talking about?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you mean sms?
bugluv67 said:
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can read the Email texts and SMS texts already. You may need to turn those notifications on in the Settings.
bugluv67 said:
I just want to be able to read my texts. It's ridiculous that they didn't add that feature. If I can read my emails when they pop up. I should be able to read my text.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can read my texts but can only respond through svoice
Apps or updates that I would like to have soon:
1. Calculator with a quick tip calculation and unit conversion functions
2. Compass
3. Gmail and Facebook notifications with more message content, as they do with Kakao Talk, Line, and ChatOn.
4. Direct photo share options to Facebook
5. On-screen keyboard (preferably Swype-based)
6. Quick message templates for SMS response (and the ability to create your own on the phone)
7. Sound Off option on Camera setting
8. Double-tap to turn on the watch
9. Coin Fllip app
7. Skype/Google Voice calling apps
8. Headline news flash app
9. Golf score keeping and/or distance showing app via the connected app on the phone.
Possible future functions that I would like to have:
1. NFC-based payment option (i.e. Google Wallet) using the phone
2. Front facing camera for Skype video call.
Useful apps I like already available:
1. Watch Styler- allows you to create your own clock face design
2. CamDictionary- once you get the hang of it, this works remarkably well and is useful while traveling
3. Kakao Talk notfications
4. Spin the bottle and Dice apps
ArborRes said:
You can read the Email texts and SMS texts already. You may need to turn those notifications on in the Settings.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you please explain do i turn on settlings on my note 3 or on gear to view email.. can you also explain the process. I can view text but not emails
Thank you
ArborRes said:
Apps or updates that I would like to have soon:
1. Calculator with a quick tip calculation and unit conversion functions
2. Compass
3. Gmail and Facebook notifications with more message content, as they do with Kakao Talk, Line, and ChatOn.
4. Direct photo share options to Facebook
5. On-screen keyboard (preferably Swype-based)
6. Quick message templates for SMS response (and the ability to create your own on the phone)
7. Sound Off option on Camera setting
8. Double-tap to turn on the watch
9. Coin Fllip app
7. Skype/Google Voice calling apps
8. Headline news flash app
Possible future functions that I would like to have:
1. NFC-based payment option (i.e. Google Wallet) using the phone
2. Front facing camera for Skype video call.
Useful apps I like already available:
1. Watch Styler- allows you to create your own clock face design
2. CamDictionary- once you get the hang of it, this works remarkably well and is useful while traveling
3. Kakao Talk notfications
4. Spin the bottle and Dice apps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You basically read my mind! I would like to see most of the things you mentioned added SOON. Particularly the ability to have some quick reply SMS responses. SVoice is useless when I'm in meetings or other quiet settings. I previously used a Pebble watch and this is the one thing that I miss the most.
ArborRes said:
Apps or updates that I would like to have soon:
1. Calculator with a quick tip calculation and unit conversion functions
2. Compass
3. Gmail and Facebook notifications with more message content, as they do with Kakao Talk, Line, and ChatOn.
4. Direct photo share options to Facebook
5. On-screen keyboard (preferably Swype-based)
6. Quick message templates for SMS response (and the ability to create your own on the phone)
7. Sound Off option on Camera setting
8. Double-tap to turn on the watch
9. Coin Fllip app
7. Skype/Google Voice calling apps
8. Headline news flash app
Possible future functions that I would like to have:
1. NFC-based payment option (i.e. Google Wallet) using the phone
2. Front facing camera for Skype video call.
Useful apps I like already available:
1. Watch Styler- allows you to create your own clock face design
2. CamDictionary- once you get the hang of it, this works remarkably well and is useful while traveling
3. Kakao Talk notfications
4. Spin the bottle and Dice apps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would add a wechat application,I'm in asia and 80 % of the people here use it.
Guys what if we go on the google play and put one start to the application we want implemented on the gear and write missing support with galaxy Gear?
It would be GREAAAT to have more apps in time.
But to be honest I count more on people on XDA than on developers......
- Facebook to see messages or small wall view
- WhatsApp !! I am using it a lot of it and my friends too
- Some kind of keyboard that we could write something
- Some app that You could chose notifications for all apps on phone which You want to see on watch
The more we gonna use watch the more apps we gonna need probably with time...
These are to one are very important for me at the moment
ArborRes said:
Apps or updates that I would like to have soon:
5. On-screen keyboard (preferably Swype-based)
6. Quick message templates for SMS response (and the ability to create your own on the phone)
7. Sound Off option on Camera setting
8. Double-tap to turn on the watch
8. Headline news flash app
Useful apps I like already available:
1. Watch Styler- allows you to create your own clock face design
2. CamDictionary- once you get the hang of it, this works remarkably well and is useful while traveling
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
5. I like most of your list. I've seen some video of Fleksy on the Omate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXW2-uGezs), so we know it's possible, in theory. I don't know how much I'd use it, but would show it off if noting else!
6. OTOH, I would use quick message replies daily. Very surprised this wasn't already implemented.
7. It's my understanding that this was intentionally left with no option over security reasons. I presume a dev could over-ride it, but I doubt Samsung ever will give us the option.
8. I'm ok with the motion activation, but my 6 year old misses tapping my watch like in my older Sony watch
8b. Do you mean to read News regularly, or some sort of News alerts?
Need to look up whatever CamDictionary is - never heard of it. Agree on the Styler - but as most Android people, I love changing themes every month or so!
sports scores
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
im not trying to sound pervert but a live video feed thru bluetooth will be very nice!
The answer to everyone wants is to get root and apply play store access the gear has 512 ram and 4gb of memory we have more than enough specs to run android 4.3 with play store access. Hopefully someone can pull the playstore off the omate watch when it ships in two weeks which will have playstore access. If anyone is wondering about the limitation of small spec playstore access android, 4.4 kit kat takes off the size provision of android. Allowing any device with a 1 inch or larger with a minimum resolution of 240 x 240. Someone smarter than me please get on this. Dont ask how i know this i just do.
Just noticed the app miniSquare has been added to the Gear marketplace. Looks to be a check-in application using Foursquare check-in authorization. Here's marketplace description.
miniSquare is only for the Galaxy Gear app that is used by Smart Watch's Foursquare. more easy and speedy to check in at yoour place where you are by using Galaxy Gear. (First, you should download Foursquare app before you use this app)
Check-In
Feel free to check in wherever you want by using Galaxy Gear.
Notification
Check your friends news at Galaxy Gear.
SNS Share
Be shared Check-In at Facebook, Twitter.
Like / Dislike
Set "LIKE!" at your friends' place by using Galaxy Gear.
Download free app now!
After reading the description, I wasn't too surprised to run the app and only see Chinese text. I'm getting a refresh prompt as well, so it doesn't look to be working for myself.
Nonetheless, I was hoping for a good Foursquare app. Hopefully this one gets sorted out.

[APP] Gear Getter - based off Pebble Notifier - v1.2 <No More Development>

UPDATED - v1.2 removes the double messages from some apps, fixes another bug.
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
Install this on your phone, there is nothing to install on the Gear. The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility settings and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app). Also make sure you have Email notification checked in the Gear Manager.
Here are some better instructions - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47449016&postcount=119
Once you enable Accessibility you are able to setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
mhoepfin said:
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app).
Then setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
Elgreco333 said:
Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You only install it on the phone, there is nothing to install on the gear. It uses the built in Email notification on the gear to display the notifications.
You tell it which apps you want to receive notifications from on your gear.
This doesn't require 4.3, but the Gear Manager does (which this uses).
jawonder said:
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This send notifications from your phone (for the applications you select) to the gear, using the Email notification on the gear to display them.
Thanks, checking it out. I want to see if I can get Instagram notifications. I will report back.
So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail. It sounds like that's because it uses the email notification methods.
ProximaC said:
So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Great! The logic for getting the notification details is pretty battle tested so I would expect the content it sends to the gear to be pretty good and mostly match what you would see in an expanded notification on your phone.
The Show On Device I don't think I will get to be able to actually work to open the app on the phone....
Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
jawonder said:
Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm, have not seen any issues like this, and I have a Sprint Note 3. Can you try to re-download the apk?
Ok it works on my stock rom but not on roms i'm using in SafeStrap slots .
Jeshter2000 said:
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, you need Email selected in Gear Manager for it to work
Mmmm ok like ATN was in the first place??
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
Ok, this does not work for me. Although it is probably because I running an S4 on 4.2 so far. Waiting for the update to be online.
I'll have to wait for the update to get me to 4.3 for the gear manager to work properly. I have limited functionality still
UPDATE : Well, email does not work, only get recipients name showing, but on the other hand, texting works (using sms pro)
But everything displays double, I mean I see the text and who is from and then under s separator I see it again with just a bit smaller fonts. Don't know why, maybe a setting I need to play with ?
I am glad at least for the texts for now.
Ok strange , after i boot into stock rom and then back to rom slot i installed .
cvondra said:
Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL thanks, must have missed that one... It will work for the Gear even though it says Pebble.
I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
cherylbaker said:
I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Crazy! I use Chrome so didn't notice but you are right. More research shows its a bug with Samsung. I'll switch over to the 4.3 method using the security setting in the next few days. Until then I suggest using Chrome.

How to get notifications to Gear without Gear Manager

Ok, so I solved this. Not sure how the battery drain is, but this is what I did:
Installed the NULL ROM (not sure this is required, anyone can test this by just installing the unhacked bluetooth chat apps)
Hacked the BluetoothChat sample app to listen for notifications via AccessibilityService and send them and their contents over via chat
Hacked the BluetoothChat to move to foreground and sound a buzz when it gets a chat message from its peer
Installed hacked BluetoothChat app on both Nexus 7 and Galaxy Gear
Voila! Now when there is a notification on my Nexus 7, it sends it over to my Galaxy Gear which buzzes me. As a bonus, archived list of notifications are available in the chat history.
Anyways, this is just a POC. Improvements are to measure battery drain and if necessary find a way to better use BLE.
Cheers
Good for those who love the Gear but not the Galaxy.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
That's a neat way of doing things, not tried this but maybe Tasker could be used to send messages to the watch over bluetooth when "stuff happens".
Then each user could change what they see on the watch..
Anyways, great stuff
bluecube said:
That's a neat way of doing things, not tried this but maybe Tasker could be used to send messages to the watch over bluetooth when "stuff happens".
Then each user could change what they see on the watch..
Anyways, great stuff
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anyone. What's the best third party music remote for gear?
blazespinnaker said:
Ok, so I solved this. Not sure how the battery drain is, but this is what I did:
Installed the NULL ROM (not sure this is required, anyone can test this by just installing the unhacked bluetooth chat apps)
Hacked the BluetoothChat sample app to listen for notifications via AccessibilityService and send them and their contents over via chat
Hacked the BluetoothChat to move to foreground and sound a buzz when it gets a chat message from its peer
Installed hacked BluetoothChat app on both Nexus 7 and Galaxy Gear
Voila! Now when there is a notification on my Nexus 7, it sends it over to my Galaxy Gear which buzzes me. As a bonus, archived list of notifications are available in the chat history.
Anyways, this is just a POC. Improvements are to measure battery drain and if necessary find a way to better use BLE.
Cheers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow this sounds awesome, because I don't have any incoming notifications; I'm on Android 4.2 with non-Samsung phone paired.
Could you share the hacked app for me? I would live with it for a while since I am not going to have 4.3 upgrade soon,
Thanks!
nucleiis said:
Wow this sounds awesome, because I don't have any incoming notifications; I'm on Android 4.2 with non-Samsung phone paired.
Could you share the hacked app for me? I would live with it for a while since I am not going to have 4.3 upgrade soon,
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I'll see what the demand is like. Little nervous about sharing an apk that requires complete access to your accessibility, as it's a very big security loophole. If I do, I may only share the source code and ask folks to download eclipse and build it for themselves.
Another possibility is someone may carry the baton from here and do a less hacked version. If such a person is out there, I'd be happy to assist / collaborate. Little pressed for time unfortunately, but isn't everyone.

Quick for Wear - Reply with keyboards and quick replies on whatsapp, fb, hangouts etc

No root needed!
More informations: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michy.quickforwear
I just purchased it for my new Huawei watch. Let's see how it goes . Android Wear needs that sort of interaction (I cannot use voice all the time!)
wollyka said:
I just purchased it for my new Huawei watch. Let's see how it goes . Android Wear needs that sort of interaction (I cannot use voice all the time!)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome! Please let us know how it went
michyprima said:
Awesome! Please let us know how it went
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi
The software works as advertised. Thanks for the excellent software. However, this is my wishlist:
In Whatsapp and Telegram notifications, the profile picture of the person who sent the message doesn't not appear on the watch if i use Quick for Wear. However, the picture appears if i disable Quick and use the standard Whatsapp
There is no emoji keyboard or no way to use at the same time Quick reply and draw an emoji feature of Google wear
This is limitation for Android Wear. If someones send a picture in Whatsapp, I only get a notification but i cannot see the image on the watch. I don't know if someone could write an app or if you can add this to Quick
Also a limitation of Android Wear (and not related to Quick), you can only reply to messages and not create a new message. I hope Google can implement this later
Again, Thank you for this app. Being able to reply to messages on the watch is great )
wollyka said:
Hi
The software works as advertised. Thanks for the excellent software. However, this is my wishlist:
In Whatsapp and Telegram notifications, the profile picture of the person who sent the message doesn't not appear on the watch if i use Quick for Wear. However, the picture appears if i disable Quick and use the standard Whatsapp
There is no emoji keyboard or no way to use at the same time Quick reply and draw an emoji feature of Google wear
This is limitation for Android Wear. If someones send a picture in Whatsapp, I only get a notification but i cannot see the image on the watch. I don't know if someone could write an app or if you can add this to Quick
Also a limitation of Android Wear (and not related to Quick), you can only reply to messages and not create a new message. I hope Google can implement this later
Again, Thank you for this app. Being able to reply to messages on the watch is great )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks!
Let me answer you point to point:
This is normal. We have picture mirroring planned but not implemented yet.
You can actually access an emoji list long pressing the lightning icon
This could be done, but I'm not sure it would be a good idea to bring it in Quick. I'll investigate
This can be done only with root and xposed at the moment
michyprima said:
Awesome! Please let us know how it went
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
michyprima said:
Thanks!
Let me answer you point to point:
This is normal. We have picture mirroring planned but not implemented yet.
You can actually access an emoji list long pressing the lightning icon
This could be done, but I'm not sure it would be a good idea to bring it in Quick. I'll investigate
This can be done only with root and xposed at the moment
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for answers. I didn't know about the emoji, very handy I will be waiting for the picture mirroring
Too bad i cannot root my S6 without tripping Knox so xposed is out of the question at the moment. Sending a SMS or hangout is not as popular as Whatsapp here
michyprima said:
Thanks!
Let me answer you point to point:
This is normal. We have picture mirroring planned but not implemented yet.
You can actually access an emoji list long pressing the lightning icon
This could be done, but I'm not sure it would be a good idea to bring it in Quick. I'll investigate
This can be done only with root and xposed at the moment
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have planned to add the number 4? It would be very cool if I can send messages without waiting for somebody to message me and Instead just open an app in my watch and send it directly.
Enable issue
Just bought the app recently but can't seem to enable the notification/app. Currently using the Huawei p8w 5.0.1 with a moto 360 v1.
After selecting the app for notifications, it still shows up as "Disabled"
Tried changing the notification settings but still not working, app isnt showing up on my watch either.
Anyone with the same issue?
Iamanandroid said:
Just bought the app recently but can't seem to enable the notification/app. Currently using the Huawei p8w 5.0.1 with a moto 360 v1.
After selecting the app for notifications, it still shows up as "Disabled"
Tried changing the notification settings but still not working, app isnt showing up on my watch either.
Anyone with the same issue?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try restarting your phone. the state you see there is directly changed by the operating system, so if it's not changing, it's because the phone is not giving permissions to access notifications to the app.
donalberto17 said:
Do you have planned to add the number 4? It would be very cool if I can send messages without waiting for somebody to message me and Instead just open an app in my watch and send it directly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not really, Quick was projected as a no-root solution. Wear Messenger has an xposed module and antiviruses keep throwing false alarms on it. (and the 360 security support is not doing anything). I don't want the same plague to kill Quick.
michyprima said:
try restarting your phone. the state you see there is directly changed by the operating system, so if it's not changing, it's because the phone is not giving permissions to access notifications to the app.
Not really, Quick was projected as a no-root solution. Wear Messenger has an xposed module and antiviruses keep throwing false alarms on it. (and the 360 security support is not doing anything). I don't want the same plague to kill Quick.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, please keep it as a non-root solution. Or in case you ever implemented it, maybe use a two programs solution: one normal and one root
Thx
Hey ! I own the Moto 360 2nd and "Quick for Wear".
Problem: I enabled the keyboard but if i get a whatsapp message i cant repley with keyboard
WHY? pls help me.
Hi
Sometimes, the toggle for Quick for Wear is set by itself to disable, However, the toggle is still on in the notification access settings. I have to re-enable it to start receving notifications on the watch.
It is totally random
michyprima said:
Thanks!
Let me answer you point to point:
This is normal. We have picture mirroring planned but not implemented yet.
You can actually access an emoji list long pressing the lightning icon
This could be done, but I'm not sure it would be a good idea to bring it in Quick. I'll investigate
This can be done only with root and xposed at the moment
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
About point 3, I don't know if it's possible but it would be awesome if you can add it. Maybe a good way to open the image and not make the conversation difficult to read is, when someone send an image you will see in the chat: Image, and when you tap on it you see the image.
I don't know how difficult it would be, I really like your work with that app, as bought it some days ago and I'm so happy with it but if you can add it the app will be just perfect.
Pd: Sorry for my English, I'm from Spain and I'm still studying it hahaha
Enviado desde mi SM-G925K mediante Tapatalk

Drextee Messenger (Beta) - New Version 1.4 (now supports Hangouts)

Version 1.4
Thank you very much all for your comments!
Changes are:
1- Added Hangouts support
2- Fixed the bug causing crash when a notification was tapped on round watches, fixed a bug in error correction technique, and several other bugs
3- Added many minor features. Just try it and see
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 1.3
Thank you very much for your comments and feedback!
Changes are:
1- Supporting new devices. If you couldn't install it before, please try again.
2- Faster address book search
3- Faster Inbox access
4- Faster and better word suggestion
5- Several bug fixes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,
Drextee Messenger for Android Wear is available for beta testing. It has a powerful word suggestion engine which makes typing faster and an error correction feature which makes correcting fat-finger errors easy.
Some of its other features are,
1- Receiving and sending SMS and email
2- Emoji support
3- Voice recognition option
4- Addressbook search
Demo: youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA
You can download the app at play.google.com/apps/testing/com.idelan.drexteemessenger
We will appreciate it if you try it and submit your feedback at bit.ly/1iN8QOQ or post it here.
Note: if you can't download it, wait a few minutes and try again. Sometimes it takes a while for Google Play Store to add a new user.
it actually does work on a round face!
No hangouts support?
Well, not yet! But please stay tuned. We are going to release a new version soon. It will be more responsive and faster than current version and will
have a better word prediction engine.
buru898 said:
No hangouts support?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you very much for your comments and feedback! Version 1.3 is available now.
Major changes are:
1- Supporting new devices. If you couldn't install it before, please try again.
2- Faster address book search
3- Faster Inbox access
4- Faster and better word suggestion
5- Several bug fixes
Tested the app, loved it, thanks.
When the notification is received, when you tap on it I assume it's supposed to open the app for you to reply. On my urbane it says that the app stopped working. Any ideas? I tried clearing data for the app.
cubandanger05,
Thank you very much for your feedback!
> When the notification is received, when you tap on it I assume it's supposed to open the app for you to reply. On my urbane it says that the app stopped working. Any ideas? I tried clearing data for the app.
For SMS notifications, if you tap on them, Drextee Messenger will open so you can reply to the message.
For email notifications, if you swipe from right to left, you will see several options for deleting, archiving, and replying. If you tap on the reply icon, Drextee Messenger will open.
Did the app stop working every time you tapped on the notification?
idelan2016 said:
cubandanger05,
Thank you very much for your feedback!
> When the notification is received, when you tap on it I assume it's supposed to open the app for you to reply. On my urbane it says that the app stopped working. Any ideas? I tried clearing data for the app.
For SMS notifications, if you tap on them, Drextee Messenger will open so you can reply to the message.
For email notifications, if you swipe from right to left, you will see several options for deleting, archiving, and replying. If you tap on the reply icon, Drextee Messenger will open.
Did the app stop working every time you tapped on the notification?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, the app stops as soon as I tap on the notification.
Also, an option to mark the message as read will be handy, my phone light indicator will keep blinking if I dismiss the message. Having this "read" option will address this, just like the native messaging app that comes with the watch.
Also, one suggestion: relocate or make the numeric/symbol key bigger. I can't seem to be able to press it on my urbane. Perhaps you can add it as a long press option on the space key, or add it to the settings sub-menu
cubandanger05 said:
Also, one suggestion: relocate or make the numeric/symbol key bigger. I can't seem to be able to press it on my urbane. Perhaps you can add it as a long press option on the space key, or add it to the settings sub-menu
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cubandanger05,
Both this issue and the crash have been fixed in the new version, 1.4. Please try it and let us know if there is anything else we can do to improve the app. We appreciate your comments. Thanks!
idelan2016 said:
cubandanger05,
Both this issue and the crash have been fixed in the new version, 1.4. Please try it and let us know if there is anything else we can do to improve the app. We appreciate your comments. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. Tested it and it no longer crashes. It's easier to touch the symbol key now. Waiting to test the "read" option
Hi, i have my lg urbane connected on iphone.if i am going to install this app as apk directly to my watch from my pc ,is this goin to wok?or i must have ana android devise connected to it.if someone also know a way on how to reply on messanges in android wear which is connected to iphone please tell me .
Thanks for your time
jimleft said:
Hi, i have my lg urbane connected on iphone.if i am going to install this app as apk directly to my watch from my pc ,is this goin to wok?or i must have ana android devise connected to it.if someone also know a way on how to reply on messanges in android wear which is connected to iphone please tell me .
Thanks for your time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, I am afraid it won't work.
idelan2016 said:
No, I am afraid it won't work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is there an other way to reply on messages from watch connected on ios?
Version 2.2.1 is available now! It now supports Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Viber and whatsApp too.
Hi there, big fan of the app.. Any possibility to mark the sms as read ?
Every time I answer or read the sms from my watch, the notification do disappear from notification center, however, it is still marked as unread in the sms application which will therefore display an indicator meaning that some message are not read....
Aanze said:
Hi there, big fan of the app.. Any possibility to mark the sms as read ?
Every time I answer or read the sms from my watch, the notification do disappear from notification center, however, it is still marked as unread in the sms application which will therefore display an indicator meaning that some message are not read....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Aanze,
Unfortunately, that's not possible. Since Android 4.4, only the default SMS app can mark a message in the SMS inbox as read. Because of this, your default SMS app
thinks that you haven't read the message.
Thank you very much for using Drextee Messenger!
idelan2016 said:
Hi Aanze,
Unfortunately, that's not possible. Since Android 4.4, only the default SMS app can mark a message in the SMS inbox as read. Because of this, your default SMS app
thinks that you haven't read the message.
Thank you very much for using Drextee Messenger!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That makes sense, thanks anyway !

Categories

Resources