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I've had my Galaxy Note for a week now and am enjoying this awesome device. Battery life is okay and lasts me a day, but I want to get more out of it. I have an unrooted device, by the way.
To me, these are very important:
1. Push e-mail needs to be on.
2. Real time notifications from Twitter and Facebook.
3. Google calendar needs to sync.
My screen brightness is set to 20%, I'm using darker wallpapers to go easy on the screen, and I turn Wi Fi off when I don't need it.
After reading through the threads, it seems that there are three free battery saving apps that stand out- Green Power, Juice Defender, and Easy Battery Saver+Task Killer.
What is the best among the three and won't affect the important things for me?
Appreciate all the inputs.
Unfortunately, none of them.
Each take advantage that while your phone is in your pocket, they can turn off network to save some juice. If you really want RT notifications for any service, push must stay on. In that case, none of the common battery saving applications will work for you.
If you are willing to 5-15m delays on notifications (assuming the screen is off, when you turn the screen on they always restore connectivity), the vast majority of apps will service you well.
P.S. I was hovering the thanks button then I scratched my hand and clicked it by accident. I'm not trying to get to you thank me
jayshah said:
Unfortunately, none of them.
Each take advantage that while your phone is in your pocket, they can turn off network to save some juice. If you really want RT notifications for any service, push must stay on. In that case, none of the common battery saving applications will work for you.
If you are willing to 5-15m delays on notifications (assuming the screen is off, when you turn the screen on they always restore connectivity), the vast majority of apps will service you well.
P.S. I was hovering the thanks button then I scratched my hand and clicked it by accident. I'm not trying to get to you thank me
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this is really useful information for me, so i still clicked on the thanks button.
i'm not willing to sacrifice 5-15 minutes of delays on notifications. assuming that those battery saving apps disconnect the push features with the screen off, it means i'm going to miss tweets and messages from facebook while my phone is in my pocket.
anakin1979 said:
this is really useful information for me, so i still clicked on the thanks button.
i'm not willing to sacrifice 5-15 minutes of delays on notifications. assuming that those battery saving apps disconnect the push features with the screen off, it means i'm going to miss tweets and messages from facebook while my phone is in my pocket.
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Heh, glad it was.
They will: the way push works is your phone maintain an open connection to Google's servers, and anyone who wants to push a message sends it via Google and they write the data down the open connection. Any delay you find with push is actually the effect of your phone figuring out that connection has broken (i.e. moving from Wifi to 3G) and re-establishing it (at least, that's my understanding, give or take).
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Heh, glad it was.
They will: the way push works is your phone maintain an open connection to Google's servers, and anyone who wants to push a message sends it via Google and they write the data down the open connection. Any delay you find with push is actually the effect of your phone figuring out that connection has broken (i.e. moving from Wifi to 3G) and re-establishing it (at least, that's my understanding, give or take).
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As a related question, it is safe to kill the Samsung Social Hub application in the list of running services on the Application settings- correct?
anakin1979 said:
As a related question, it is safe to kill the Samsung Social Hub application in the list of running services on the Application settings- correct?
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What do you receive your FB/Twitter notifications via? I don't connect social services to my phone but if they have their own dedicated apps, then should be safe to kill. If I wanted to be sure, I'd kill it then generate appropriate notifications on Twitter/FB and make sure I got them instantly - but I have the services running and I've nothing setup in them so I certainly would kill them.
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What do you receive your FB/Twitter notifications via? I don't connect social services to my phone but if they have their own dedicated apps, then should be safe to kill. If I wanted to be sure, I'd kill it then generate appropriate notifications on Twitter/FB and make sure I got them instantly - but I have the services running and I've nothing setup in them so I certainly would kill them.
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i get them via the individual apps. so with that i guess it's safe to kill the social hub thing.
Hello!
Would like to know how can I set my LG Optimus 4X HD (with app or settings) so it is always on line while on 3G or WiFi even if I lock the phone?
I have unlimited 3G plan so I don't care about data traffic and no mater what I do battery last 1 day, so I don't care about power saving.
Thank you, Denis
denis1304 said:
Hello!
Would like to know how can I set my LG Optimus 4X HD (with app or settings) so it is always on line while on 3G or WiFi even if I lock the phone?
I have unlimited 3G plan so I don't care about data traffic and no mater what I do battery last 1 day, so I don't care about power saving.
Thank you, Denis
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Settings - Screen - Set screen timeout to 30 minutes or something, It's not smart to keep 3G - Wifi online, as it will wake your phone from deep sleep and It won't even last 1 day like that.
You gotta find a kernel with no deep sleep support.Also why do you want your 3G to be on while screen is off? Thats nonsene.Most of the apps that use your 3G would keep your phone from locking the screen, so your phone wouldn't enter deepsleep and they could resume downloading.If you wanna save battery by locking the screen, just turn the brightness down.
Try to delete bloatwares, that increased my battery life from 1 day to 2 days, with moderate usage.Try using some different kernels also.
Whats your purpose locking the screen while 3G is on? WiFi hotspot or something?
denis1304 said:
Hello!
Would like to know how can I set my LG Optimus 4X HD (with app or settings) so it is always on line while on 3G or WiFi even if I lock the phone?
I have unlimited 3G plan so I don't care about data traffic and no mater what I do battery last 1 day, so I don't care about power saving.
Thank you, Denis
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by default, your 3g should stay on when you turn the screen off/lock it, if they're enabled. you only need to do some things if you DONT want it on when your screen is off.
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Also why do you want your 3G to be on while screen is off? Thats nonsene.
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Background services? Push notifications? It makes much sense (are you sure what you're talking about?). But on the other hand: if there are apps requiring network for such purposes, they usually take care themselves for this requesting corresponding wakelocks from time to time (background services). Just push notifications work differently, but here the core system should take care.
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Most of the apps that use your 3G would keep your phone from locking the screen,
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That's plain nonsense. Though they could do so (e.g. requesting a full wakelock), they usually don't. Want an example? Ever heard the chime for a new mail having arrived, as you set your mail client to poll at certain intervals? I've never seen the screen turning on for new mail polls. But admitted, I'm not constantly staring at the screen
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If you wanna save battery by locking the screen, just turn the brightness down.
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Guess you didn't read the question? Denis explicitly wrote: I don't care about power saving. So sorry, but you completely miss the point. No offense meant, thoug :angel:
Izzysoft said:
Background services? Push notifications? It makes much sense (are you sure what you're talking about?). But on the other hand: if there are apps requiring network for such purposes, they usually take care themselves for this requesting corresponding wakelocks from time to time (background services). Just push notifications work differently, but here the core system should take care.
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You wouldn't receive emails 24/7, turning 3G on once an hour or two is enough to check notifications.You wouldn't notice any notifications until you turn on the screen anyway.
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Guess you didn't read the question? Denis explicitly wrote: I don't care about power saving. So sorry, but you completely miss the point. No offense meant, thoug :angel:
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Nope, I just didn't get what he means.He should try to be more specific.His question is short and simple, no one can do anything without knowing what he is trying to do.Theres multiple solutions to a problem mostly and he is just focused on one of them.Keeping screen on 24/7 is not a solution.He should try to use third party apps, some should have options to notify him in some way, It's just nonsense to keep screen on 24/7.
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That's plain nonsense. Though they could do so (e.g. requesting a full wakelock), they usually don't. Want an example? Ever heard the chime for a new mail having arrived, as you set your mail client to poll at certain intervals? I've never seen the screen turning on for new mail polls. But admitted, I'm not constantly staring at the screen
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Thats a different story, I was talking about foreground apps, not background...
Also dude, waste your energy on helping the OP.Instead of commenting on others posts.
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You wouldn't receive emails 24/7, turning 3G on once an hour or two is enough to check notifications.You wouldn't notice any notifications until you turn on the screen anyway.
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Wrong again. I hear a chime (new mail notification sound), and then I maybe turn on the screen to look what it was.
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Keeping screen on 24/7 is not a solution.He should try to use third party apps, some should have options to notify him in some way, It's just nonsense to keep screen on 24/7.
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Again, that was not what he asked:
denis1304 said:
how can I set my LG Optimus 4X HD (with app or settings) so it is always on line while on 3G or WiFi even if I lock the phone?
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(emphasis mine). He didn't ask for the screen being on, but for the connection. While for 3G, to my knowledge that's the case anyway (as @Flying_Bear already pointed out), this is different for WiFi depending on the settings (WiFi standby policy).
@denis1304: In WiFi settings, you can configure this in the advanced menu.
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Also dude, waste your energy on helping the OP.Instead of commenting on others posts.
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No comment...
Hello again
Let me explain on example what's that I want from my phone if it's possible.
I use app MightyText or MySMS and while on WiFi it works instantly but if on 3G and phone screen is off for some time, sending SMS start to lag and you need to wait for 10 or 15 minutes for SMS to go through.
Or when I want to install app from my PC over play website its takes also 10 to 15 minutes to start installing app.
While on wifi it takes much less time or start instantly.
Hopefully I explained what I want so you can help me or I expect too much.
Thank you, Denis
While this won't help much: In both cases you mentioned, you are actively performing a task. So you could simply switch on the screen to speed up the action. I've no idea how to do that in a different way automatically, at the moment at least.
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Wrong again. I hear a chime (new mail notification sound), and then I maybe turn on the screen to look what it was.
Again, that was not what he asked:
(emphasis mine). He didn't ask for the screen being on, but for the connection. While for 3G, to my knowledge that's the case anyway (as @Flying_Bear already pointed out), this is different for WiFi depending on the settings (WiFi standby policy).
@denis1304: In WiFi settings, you can configure this in the advanced menu.
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Nice quotes...
In both cases, turning on the screen and 3G once an hour is enough.
Turning the brightness down could save him from locking the screen, that was my point.
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Again, that was not what he asked:
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It is what he exactly asked.He wants his phone to keep 3G - Wifi online while screen is locked.So keeping the screen on wouldn't be a solution, and a third party app could help.
Well, good thing you actually tried to help OP with a few words.You could do that before instead of arguing with me.XDA is no such place, if your commenting on some troubleshooting topic, you should focus on OP.Correct anything I write wrong, BUT focus on OP's question first, thats your priority.
@denis1304
You should try JuiceDefender, I know it's actually a battery saver, but I remember it had some options to sync stuff even while screen is locked.You can set how often it syncs, or turns on the Wifi or 3G to perform such tasks.
This is sort of a dumb questions but is there any preferred order when using Android Auto to turn the car radio off? What I mean is should I unplug the USB from my phone first when Android Auto is active, or should I shut the car down (radio turns off), then unplug my phone, or does it not matter?
It took a while to get my Android Auto to work, I just kept trying and it looks pretty cool. I'm using a AVIC-8100NEX with a Sony Xperia Z3 compact unlocked running 5.0.2. The only bug I've had is for some reason, my phone lost the bluetooth pairing with my radio after the 3rd time I used Android Auto. I never had this problem before with this phone or radio during normal use. I was curious if it was the way I shut it off.
Thanks for any help
Jason
For me, it seems best to turn off the car then unplug the phone.
But here, it is much more important how you connect than disconnect. If I turn on bluetooth on the phone, start the car and wait for bluetooth to connect, and then plug it in, everything works fine. But if the phone is plugged in before the NEX is on, it will create a new pairing in favor of the old one. And sometimes it will delete the pairing entirely.
Weird.
Solutions Etcetera said:
For me, it seems best to turn off the car then unplug the phone.
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You didn't mention a reason, but I think safety is a valid reason to turn car off first.
Once the car is safely parked, and the engine (or hybrid or EV ECU) is safely off, THEN you can pick up the phone and unplug it.
This order should also be the most provably legal method in the many locales where phone use/distracted driving laws are active.
This order could also be advantageous for minimizing power spikes and tiny little sparks on the power connectors.
Logically, with all software working as it should, there should be no software preference. It's a disconnection to the still running phone either way. I've noted no difference except that Android Auto might run a little longer before it crashes itself to sleep or otherwise terminates.
Android Auto supports a "Byebye" request packet and a response packet. Shutting the headunit down gives it an extra second to do cleanups like this.
All of this seems to support "Power off car or HU, then unplug" as a good habit.
But if something crashes (HU or AA software), or you want to switch phones while "hot" (which nobody has ever mentioned that I've read) it might be less distracting to yank and replug, which of course should only be done when it's safe to do so.
Solutions Etcetera said:
For me, it seems best to turn off the car then unplug the phone.
But here, it is much more important how you connect than disconnect. If I turn on bluetooth on the phone, start the car and wait for bluetooth to connect, and then plug it in, everything works fine. But if the phone is plugged in before the NEX is on, it will create a new pairing in favor of the old one. And sometimes it will delete the pairing entirely.
Weird.
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Wow, I've been searching everywhere for someone with the same issue as me and tried figuring out why my phone keeps (intermittently) forgetting my car as a bluetooth device after I've connected it to Android Auto. I will be testing out your suggestion, thanks beforehand though, I never would've guessed it had to do with the order you connect it in, rather than disconnect.
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Wow, I've been searching everywhere for someone with the same issue as me and tried figuring out why my phone keeps (intermittently) forgetting my car as a bluetooth device after I've connected it to Android Auto. I will be testing out your suggestion, thanks beforehand though, I never would've guessed it had to do with the order you connect it in, rather than disconnect.
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My comments were based on using AA with a Moto X. Now that a Nexus 6P is my daily driver, I just plug it in, make sure it is unlocked, and start the engine. I don't even turn BT on anymore as AA does that automatically.
No issues this way in over a week. Nice to be Nexusing again!
Solutions Etcetera said:
My comments were based on using AA with a Moto X. Now that a Nexus 6P is my daily driver, I just plug it in, make sure it is unlocked, and start the engine. I don't even turn BT on anymore as AA does that automatically.
No issues this way in over a week. Nice to be Nexusing again!
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Odd, I've been having these issues first with my Nexus 6 and now Nexus 6P. It just sometimes removes my car from the saved bluetooth devices list and the next time I get in the car it demands to be paired again. Anyway, I'll try your solution and report back.
Alright, so I tried letting the bluetooth connect and then plugged in the cable, unfortunately that still made my phone forget about the car as soon as I disconnected it.
However, your last message got me thinking, maybe I'm overcomplicating this. I've noticed that the phone indeed does get connected to bluetooth, regardless of whether I pair it if/when it prompts me or not, Android Auto does seem to handle the pairing by itself.
I've only once noticed that the phone actually failed connecting and that was with my Nexus 6 which always felt like it had a wonky bluetooth. That time I couldn't place a call with the car handsfree, or even start the "phone app" on the Auto screen. So far the phone app has never refused to work on my Nexus 6P, regardless of if I skipped the pairing request.
So the best method I've found is to plug the phone to the USB before starting the car, this way it doesn't even prompt me to make a bluetooth connection, it just starts Android Auto right away and does the pairing automatically.
The only nuisance with this solution is that I get a new Smart Lock notification every time the phone connects, but I guess I can live with that (though it's not very elegant).
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The only nuisance with this solution is that I get a new Smart Lock notification every time the phone connects, but I guess I can live with that (though it's not very elegant).
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Yeah, I've seen that with all my phones. Be nice to turn that off but haven't found a way short of completely turning off smartlock.
Would this imply that you are alone? Here is the reason for my question:
Pull into the train station, Wife will be driving the rest of the way to work. I unplug my phone because i take it with me. HU goes back to Main Menu, she plugs her phone in and says "Play Music" ,she then drives to work listening to her own music. I dont think using AA should force us to power off the car before unplugging. We do this scenario everyday and have never had an issue. Just wanted to throw that into the conversation.
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You didn't mention a reason, but I think safety is a valid reason to turn car off first.
Once the car is safely parked, and the engine (or hybrid or EV ECU) is safely off, THEN you can pick up the phone and unplug it.
This order should also be the most provably legal method in the many locales where phone use/distracted driving laws are active.
This order could also be advantageous for minimizing power spikes and tiny little sparks on the power connectors.
Logically, with all software working as it should, there should be no software preference. It's a disconnection to the still running phone either way. I've noted no difference except that Android Auto might run a little longer before it crashes itself to sleep or otherwise terminates.
Android Auto supports a "Byebye" request packet and a response packet. Shutting the headunit down gives it an extra second to do cleanups like this.
All of this seems to support "Power off car or HU, then unplug" as a good habit.
But if something crashes (HU or AA software), or you want to switch phones while "hot" (which nobody has ever mentioned that I've read) it might be less distracting to yank and replug, which of course should only be done when it's safe to do so.
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BPryde said:
Would this imply that you are alone? Here is the reason for my question:
Pull into the train station, Wife will be driving the rest of the way to work. I unplug my phone because i take it with me. HU goes back to Main Menu, she plugs her phone in and says "Play Music" ,she then drives to work listening to her own music. I dont think using AA should force us to power off the car before unplugging. We do this scenario everyday and have never had an issue. Just wanted to throw that into the conversation.
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In the end, I don't think it's a big deal to worry about order, unless one method crashes or has other bad results.
The reasonings I gave are IMO rather tiny, and "split some hairs", just to come down in slight favor of one order over another.
Do whatever works for you and save your worry for the bigger issues in life...
New hybrid or electric drivers may ask "How do I drive it". Answer: just like any other car or however suits you.
mikereidis said:
You didn't mention a reason, but I think safety is a valid reason to turn car off first.
Once the car is safely parked, and the engine (or hybrid or EV ECU) is safely off, THEN you can pick up the phone and unplug it.
This order should also be the most provably legal method in the many locales where phone use/distracted driving laws are active.
This order could also be advantageous for minimizing power spikes and tiny little sparks on the power connectors.
Logically, with all software working as it should, there should be no software preference. It's a disconnection to the still running phone either way. I've noted no difference except that Android Auto might run a little longer before it crashes itself to sleep or otherwise terminates.
Android Auto supports a "Byebye" request packet and a response packet. Shutting the headunit down gives it an extra second to do cleanups like this.
All of this seems to support "Power off car or HU, then unplug" as a good habit.
But if something crashes (HU or AA software), or you want to switch phones while "hot" (which nobody has ever mentioned that I've read) it might be less distracting to yank and replug, which of course should only be done when it's safe to do so.
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I have had the opposite experience in my 2016 VW gti. I have to unplug before shutting the car off.
With 3 different HTC(m9, a9, 10) phones, and the galaxy s7, if I turn the car off before unplugging I will have to pair the phone again. AA will auto pair it, but I still have to give the car message access and dismiss the new smart lock notification.
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I am using a Samsung A8 with a 2019 Subaru HU. I too have been having success with unplugging the USB cable first before turning off the radio/engine. Without power to the USB port as on turning off the engine, it seems to mess with the handshake randomly. For now, every time I stop and park I pull the cord first. Seems to better handle the disconnect better, but time will tell.
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I am using a Samsung A8 with a 2019 Subaru HU. I too have been having success with unplugging the USB cable first before turning off the radio/engine. Without power to the USB port as on turning off the engine, it seems to mess with the handshake randomly. For now, every time I stop and park I pull the cord first. Seems to better handle the disconnect better, but time will tell.
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I rarely do this because I am lazy. But for me the best way to disconnect is to pull the notification that is telling me that android auto is connect to my phone and then touching the option to disconnect it. Sometimes when i simply disconnect the USB the android auto app on my phone complains about a connection error code xxx (I forgot the exact code)
So, haven't had much time to play and learn yet, and this is my first smart watch. But I did try sending emails and text via the watch. If my screen is on, it works, if it is off it fails.
My phone is a Note 4, with an MM Rom. I'm wondering if Doze or something is the problem.
When I was setting up the app, it did go through an option to let the Zen software run in the background, and I allowed that.
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So, haven't had much time to play and learn yet, and this is my first smart watch. But I did try sending emails and text via the watch. If my screen is on, it works, if it is off it fails.
My phone is a Note 4, with an MM Rom. I'm wondering if Doze or something is the problem.
When I was setting up the app, it did go through an option to let the Zen software run in the background, and I allowed that.
Any thoughts?
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I am not sure if I really understand your question.. are you talking about phone screen or watch screen?
Also for notifications like text you don't need to have Zenwatch app at all, its a core feature of AW. I am using it (& Moto 360 gen 1 before) with my S7 on MM and doze shouldn't cause any issue.
Ah, I just read the thread title, it gives more info
I would say factory reset your watch from the Android Wear app on the phone and try to pair again. I have done it a bunch of times with my Moto 360 but haven't tried with this one yet. It should work though, I'll try on mine and report back.
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I am not sure if I really understand your question.. are you talking about phone screen or watch screen?
Also for notifications like text you don't need to have Zenwatch app at all, its a core feature of AW. I am using it (& Moto 360 gen 1 before) with my S7 on MM and doze shouldn't cause any issue.
Ah, I just read the thread title, it gives more info
I would say factory reset your watch from the Android Wear app on the phone and try to pair again. I have done it a bunch of times with my Moto 360 but haven't tried with this one yet. It should work though, I'll try on mine and report back.
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Well, I reset my watch. I still get the message "Try again on your phone" . But, I found that the email in fact did send. So not sure what's up with that. Will be interesting to see what you find.
Oh, another thing. I find quite a delay between my phone ringing and it ringing at the watch. I'll have to do some experimentation, but I'm not sure it will ring long enough for me to answer it at the watch. Not that I plan to do that much, but, anyway...seems like maybe the interaction time between the watch and phone is not very good.
Hey sorry for replying so late, but as expected, calls and texts work just as they should. Were you able to sort out issues on your end?
About the delay, I think there has always been a little delay for calls to show up on watch (at least that was the case with my moto 360), delay on this is the same. It does vary a little bit from time to time, sometimes it very little sometimes a bit longer but that's just wireless connectivity imo. But in no case its long enough that call would stop ringing and go to voicemail.
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Hey sorry for replying so late, but as expected, calls and texts work just as they should. Were you able to sort out issues on your end?
About the delay, I think there has always been a little delay for calls to show up on watch (at least that was the case with my moto 360), delay on this is the same. It does vary a little bit from time to time, sometimes it very little sometimes a bit longer but that's just wireless connectivity imo. But in no case its long enough that call would stop ringing and go to voicemail.
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I need to do some testing with calls. I don't even know for sure how to answer at the watch.
I find that the watch gives me the error message, but does send the text.
I'm having real problems with my phone when hooked to the watch. I'm going to open a thread on that topic now.
I just got Android Wear 2.0 on my Zenwatch 3 and I'm sorry to say Assistant and gestures are lot worst now.
First of all, i'm italian, and Assistant poorly recognise italian lenguage.
I use to use smartwatch especially when i'm driving or when i'm on my work bike (i'm a pony express) so I need a device I can use touchless.
Wear 2.0 lost some gestures as the on to go ahead to funcion like "reply" or "delete" in messages (the ones used pushing down or pulling app your wirst) so now i must to touch the screen for everything.
About Assistant: i often use it to send Telegram messages just by telling Google Now (obviously in italian) "send Telegram message to SomeoneX" followed by the message instead.
Now, if i tell "Ok Google. Send a Message to (ex.) Mark" assistant shows me "to whom?"... anda I say "Mark"... "to whom?"... "MARK!"... "to Whom?"... IN A FU****G LOOP!
jUST i CAN'T USE MY SMARTWATCH WITHOUT MY HANDS ANYMORE!
What I would like to have happen is have the clock go into night mode when: wirelessly charging, connected to a specific wifi network, and to start and end at specific times.
I've been messing around with this and can't figure it out for the life of me. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Larzzzz82 said:
What I would like to have happen is have the clock go into night mode when: wirelessly charging, connected to a specific wifi network, and to start and end at specific times.
I've been messing around with this and can't figure it out for the life of me. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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where exactly are you stuck at?
Basically the whole thing... I created a profile called night mode to turn on and off at certain hours.
In the tasks tab, I've tried to set up the wifi network, but don't see a variable for specifying being connected to it, nor do I see anything for the battery charging wirelessly.
A couple you tube videos later and I'm scratching my head harder.
Larzzzz82 said:
Basically the whole thing... I created a profile called night mode to turn on and off at certain hours.
In the tasks tab, I've tried to set up the wifi network, but don't see a variable for specifying being connected to it, nor do I see anything for the battery charging wirelessly.
A couple you tube videos later and I'm scratching my head harder.
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so for the Wi-Fi part:
- there is the state 'Wi-Fi connected' to activate when you are connected
- you can use 'test net' to store ssid to a variable, then check it for a match with certain ssid, with which you want the profile to react to - only do when connected to certain Wi-Fi.
I don't have wireless charge so I cannot say anything here, but if I remember correctly, recent update of Tasker has included detection of this, so too should bff able to sound something useful in those states or events.
Then finally, in the clock app, you can either try to use intent or simulate taps to switch it to night clock.
After that, hopefully you will be happy with the result
Thank you sir. I will give those a shot
Light dawns on marble head! I got it to work, 98% of what I envisioned.
Is there a way to make this work without having to wake the phone up first? A lot of times, I just place it on the charger.
Larzzzz82 said:
Light dawns on marble head! I got it to work, 98% of what I envisioned.
Is there a way to make this work without having to wake the phone up first? A lot of times, I just place it on the charger.
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what is your solution so far?
for connecting to Wi-Fi, sometimes it does not connect without screen on though, and I still have not figured that out.
Rather than try to explain it, these are my set ups.
Didn't seem to work as I wanted until I added the the, If lines to tasks 2and 3.
Still gotta unlock the phone to start the process though.
Larzzzz82 said:
Rather than try to explain it, these are my set ups.
Didn't seem to work as I wanted until I added the the, If lines to tasks 2and 3.
Still gotta unlock the phone to start the process though.
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did you check to use root in the run shell commands?
Sadly I don't have a solution for the unlocking part.
I did use root. Had to add the if statement at the bottom for. Both tasks are the same aside from the input tap x y numbers
PS.. If I remove the pattern lock, it will work the way I want(ed) it to. Not worth it to do that IMO.
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Larzzzz82 said:
I did use root. Had to add the if statement at the bottom for. Both tasks are the same aside from the input tap x y numbers
PS.. If I remove the pattern lock, it will work the way I want(ed) it to. Not worth it to do that IMO.
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ah the pattern lock! now I see the pattern
do you have Xposed? maybe try to allow clock app over lock screen?
No exposed. Is it out for 7.1.1?
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No exposed. Is it out for 7.1.1?
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oh naah....
Seems to stop after the battery is charged... Gotta figure out how to latch the power till the end of the task.