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Anyone seen this?
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/pro...tiblephonesotherbrands/liveview#view=features
The EVO isn't listed, but I wonder if it'll work...this thing seems pretty nice.
I took the plunge, bought it off of a british website, it was $100 including shipping. It seems to work, but it has trouble staying connected. It says that it is "paired, not connected", yet still seems to work. Sometimes it will lose connection, and sometimes the software freezes the phone, although i dont know if its because I have a custom ROM or not.
Text messages and missed calls come through alright, but I am not quite sure as to whether calendar events are supposed to be stored on the liveview, but I havent seen them come through yet, and I dont use RSS feeds.
The biggest thing I wanted to control was the music, but it does not seem to detect what is playing on the music player. Again, I am wondering if this is because it is not the stock Android music player, or what, but I am really looking for a vanilla, no frills build of android with 4g working to try it out.
jefe00 said:
I took the plunge, bought it off of a british website, it was $100 including shipping. It seems to work, but it has trouble staying connected. It says that it is "paired, not connected", yet still seems to work. Sometimes it will lose connection, and sometimes the software freezes the phone, although i dont know if its because I have a custom ROM or not.
Text messages and missed calls come through alright, but I am not quite sure as to whether calendar events are supposed to be stored on the liveview, but I havent seen them come through yet, and I dont use RSS feeds.
The biggest thing I wanted to control was the music, but it does not seem to detect what is playing on the music player. Again, I am wondering if this is because it is not the stock Android music player, or what, but I am really looking for a vanilla, no frills build of android with 4g working to try it out.
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You are actually correct, you have to have the stock music player for the music and the stock programs for texts and calls to work.
I have lollipop on my phone, and since I installed it am unable to actually pick UP a call. Usually when a call comes in the watch shows the number/picture and a little red sign peeking in from the left and a little green thing peeking in from the right. But with 5.0 the green thing is missing and swiping from the right does nothing at all. Any other kind of swiping and tapping either does nothing or disconnects the call.
Does anyone else have L and Wear, any help on this?
Same here
Hello guys
I can confirm what TjPhysicist said, I started experiencing the same thing when I updated to Lollipop on my Nexus 5, the Green button is missing, only the red one is there and sort of glitchy, besides, the quick replies when you swipe from the bottom are not the ones I have set on my phone.
I hope somebody knows what's happening here, there's a rumor that Google will be releasing Android wear 5.0 Lollipop in the first half of December, the issue might disappear then, you never know
And "TjPhysicist", I just wanted you to know that you're not the only one, it feels a little better when you know
Cheers
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Hello guys
I can confirm what TjPhysicist said, I started experiencing the same thing when I updated to Lollipop on my Nexus 5, the Green button is missing, only the red one is there and sort of glitchy, besides, the quick replies when you swipe from the bottom are not the ones I have set on my phone.
I hope somebody knows what's happening here, there's a rumor that Google will be releasing Android wear 5.0 Lollipop in the first half of December, the issue might disappear then, you never know
And "TjPhysicist", I just wanted you to know that you're not the only one, it feels a little better when you know
Cheers
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As far as I know, Android Wear is just not updated for Lollipop yet. So just be patient and wait Google to release an update. Wasn't the same thing with non working music controls on Lollipop devices?
Same here
Spere said:
As far as I know, Android Wear is just not updated for Lollipop yet. So just be patient and wait Google to release an update. Wasn't the same thing with non working music controls on Lollipop devices?
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Assuming it happens at all, no one's heard anything about any sort of expected eta....
Well, "Some of these changes won’t be ready until we migrate Android Wear to the Android L release later this year, but don’t fret: they’re coming!". That was 3 months ago. So, I hope we will see wear lollipop soon, or at least in this year
Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+WaynePiekarski/posts/2bzJJxG2CAX
"As for a time frame, we’re hearing sometime in early December, which is about a month away."
Nothing's for sure yet but I like to keep my hopes up
Check the article, it's worth a read
http://phandroid.com/2014/11/11/android-wear-5-0-lollipop-features-revealed-smartwatch/
There's a bigger issue at work here. Tasker tasks that could "pick up calls" cannot do so anymore either (however denying a call and so on works fine). Can someone who knows better enlighten us as to why this is the case? Is there some change in the way you need to pick up calls using API or something?
P.S: Everyone please star this: Issue 79683: unable to answer calls with android wear
love everything about this phone, but before making the plunge I had a few questions.
1. I'm looking to get the L29 version. This is correct?
2. What is the notification issue I keep reading about? I read the forums but it doesn't seem concise. No notifications come up? some? does this effect one model over the other?
3. Is the audio jack volume high? on the Nexus 6p it's abysmally low.
4. Does this phone support MHL/HDMI out? i know there's Miracast and screen mirroring, but looking to use a cable if possible.
Thanks for your answers, really want this phone.
1 -Ideally, yes. Though either will work.
2 - Permissions and the "battery firewall" are messing with people. The device works much harder to keep the battery usage down than any device before it, so getting used to that takes a while, and people think it has "notifications issues" (Though I think there is one legit "issue" with whatsapp, but I dont use it)
3 - Has been by far good enough for me.
4 - Dont know, havent tried.
So do notifications not pop up? I read also about apps basically closing while in the background.
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So do notifications not pop up? I read also about apps basically closing while in the background.
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The way I understand it, one of the settings under the performance settings causes all background apps to close when the screen shuts off. You can fix this by whitelisting each app that you want to remain open. Like you, I have read other vague accounts in the forums and reviews about apps not staying in memory, but I don't know if they're talking about that or something similar to what the GS6 and Note 5 do with RAM management. I sincerely hope it's not the latter, as that's the whole reason I got rid of my Note 5.
As long as I can turn some of this off and make the phone behave more or less "normal", I'll be happy. My L29 arrives tomorrow.
As i said before in other Threads : NO NOTIFICATION ISSUES FOR ME SINCE B162 Update. (And yes i have whatsapp)
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The way I understand it, one of the settings under the performance settings causes all background apps to close when the screen shuts off. You can fix this by whitelisting each app that you want to remain open. Like you, I have read other vague accounts in the forums and reviews about apps not staying in memory, but I don't know if they're talking about that or something similar to what the GS6 and Note 5 do with RAM management. I sincerely hope it's not the latter, as that's the whole reason I got rid of my Note 5.
As long as I can turn some of this off and make the phone behave more or less "normal", I'll be happy. My L29 arrives tomorrow.
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Please let us know your thoughts when you receive the phone.
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As i said before in other Threads : NO NOTIFICATION ISSUES FOR ME SINCE B162 Update. (And yes i have whatsapp)
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Is this a standard ota update? For which model if yes?
I flashed update from Thread here in XDA. L-29 3Gb.
Im not sure when it goes well... but i think it was B152.... B103 was annoying and there was defently a issue... but since B152... i think it works great.
I'm using L29 in Seattle with AT&T. I have no notification issues at all. My only issue is my Microsoft Band 2 doesn't always work. The audio jack volume seems perfectly normal to me when I last used it.
Puffler said:
I'm using L29 in Seattle with AT&T. I have no notification issues at all. My only issue is my Microsoft Band 2 doesn't always work. The audio jack volume seems perfectly normal to me when I last used it.
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So, I received my L29 yesterday and set it up and played with it all day. I tested notifications and everything else I could think of. I have had no issues at all so far. The firmware I'm on is 103 and there are no updates when I check. Everything seems to be working as it should.
Reading the forums on here for several days before, I was expecting a hot mess. I actually kind of like Huawei's UI. It's different. I'm not even going to put Nova Launcher on this time.
I'm in Texas on AT&T LTE.
glad to see ure so happy with the setup
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk
Just to add to the good review for AT&T. I have dual AT&T sims in this bad boy and enjoying it. Honetsly, the software has the best dual sim manager I have seen. Getting solid speeds. Getting used t EMUI is interesting.
Anyone know how to update to B156 from B103 on the L29? My OTA doesnt exsist.
yet. if ure still completely stock u should receive OTA updates at some point in the near future
I am stock. Waiting those 14 days to unlock the bootloader. Need coffee money!
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So, I received my L29 yesterday and set it up and played with it all day. I tested notifications and everything else I could think of. I have had no issues at all so far. The firmware I'm on is 103 and there are no updates when I check. Everything seems to be working as it should.
Reading the forums on here for several days before, I was expecting a hot mess. I actually kind of like Huawei's UI. It's different. I'm not even going to put Nova Launcher on this time.
I'm in Texas on AT&T LTE.
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Just want to give an update on my experience since receiving the phone..
First day was good, but I'm now seeing the notification issue. I have an L29 on B103. It seems to be mostly the email client I use (TypeMail or Blue Mail), but I tried stock Gmail and had the same issue. When the screen is off, I no longer get instant notifications. It seems like there's about a 5-6 minute delay before they come in, like the internet connection goes to sleep.
Yes I have turned off all battery optimizations for the apps and whitelisted them. I also set all of the notification options to "on". I have heard that rooting and disabling "phone manager" fixes this, but I'm not quite ready to take that plunge yet. There are no updates available for my device.
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Just want to give an update on my experience since receiving the phone..
First day was good, but I'm now seeing the notification issue. I have an L29 on B103. It seems to be mostly the email client I use (TypeMail or Blue Mail), but I tried stock Gmail and had the same issue. When the screen is off, I no longer get instant notifications. It seems like there's about a 5-6 minute delay before they come in, like the internet connection goes to sleep.
Yes I have turned off all battery optimizations for the apps and whitelisted them. I also set all of the notification options to "on". I have heard that rooting and disabling "phone manager" fixes this, but I'm not quite ready to take that plunge yet. There are no updates available for my device.
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should be a thread in this forum with the direct links to download b160 for L29 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/huawei-official-ota-server-link-t3317588
on the huawei server
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v42227/f2/full/update.zip
create a dload on your internal SSD memory, unzip, should to a couple folders, a handful of files & a specific file named update.app... shut off phone... power on phone while depressing volume rocker, should start update process...
enjoy!!!!
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should be a thread in this forum with the direct links to download b160 for L29 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/huawei-official-ota-server-link-t3317588
on the huawei server
http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/data/files/p3/s15/G1076/g104/v42227/f2/full/update.zip
create a dload on your internal SSD memory, unzip, should to a couple folders, a handful of files & a specific file named update.app... shut off phone... power on phone while depressing volume rocker, should start update process...
enjoy!!!!
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Thanks. Do you know what this update is supposed to fix/improve?
Edit: Scratch that, I see the update notes, but it seems the file you linked won't work. It's 1.4GB and says it's not compatible. I'm trying to do the incremental update to 153 now, but all of the links for the smaller update are broken for 160 on that thread.
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Thanks. Do you know what this update is supposed to fix/improve?
Edit: Scratch that, I see the update notes, but it seems the file you linked won't work. It's 1.4GB and says it's not compatible. I'm trying to do the incremental update to 153 now, but all of the links for the smaller update are broken for 160 on that thread.
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All i know is that I downloaded one of the links he listed under the b160 and it had the update.app in it after you unzip... it is critical that you unzip and have the files inside the zip in the dload folder on your internal memory otherwise it won't work... I will try to post some pictures and maybe re-zip what i have and create a download link... when i get home from work
I'm running 4.4.4 on a Samsung Verizon S5 paired with a Moto 360 2nd Gen running 6.0.1.
My notifications seem to be very unreliable. The biggest pain is that I can't seem to find any pattern to what happening. Here's what might happen after any notification comes in:
Vibration on the watch, followed with NO notification showing on the watch display.
Vibration on the watch, followed by notification displayed as I would normally expect.
Vibration on the watch, followed by a displayed notification, but the display comes 4-6 seconds AFTER the vibration.
Vibration on the watch, followed by a display of the PREVIOUS notification, which then flips to the current notification after about 4-6 seconds.
As I said, it's really annoying because I just can't seem to pin down exactly what's causing the issue or any sort of pattern for when it works, when it sorta works, or when it fails totally. This happens with all notification types to varying degrees. GMail, Outlook, CloudMagic, Hangouts, SmartThings... to name the programs I regularly get notifications from.
The only non-standard thing I'm running on my watch would be WatchMaker Premium. I don't have any app launchers running on my watch.
I've tried uninstalling outlook (as someone in the Android Forums suggested). I've tried a factory reset on the watch. I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling Android Wear on the phone. I've tried re-syncing apps... Just not having any luck figure out what's going on.
Anyone else experience anything like this? Anyone have any suggestions/thoughts?
100% the same for me on my sw3. Sad that 1.4/6.0 doesn't fix it.
I've sent feedback via the app. There's also a couple threads about it on the official forum.
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100% the same for me on my sw3. Sad that 1.4/6.0 doesn't fix it.
I've sent feedback via the app. There's also a couple threads about it on the official forum.
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I suppose it's comforting to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. What phone/os are you running?
I'm wondering if upgrading to a new version on my phone would help at all. An 'expert' in the official forum said it shouldn't make a difference, but at the same time it shouldn't be acting like it is, so I dunno.
Just really frustrating cause "glancable" notifications is one of the big pluses of a smartwatch and right now it just isn't working.
Another question: Which service are you using? I'm on Verizon. If you aren't that would eliminate service as an issue.
(Yes, I know that service shouldn't be an issue... but maybe whatever programs/radio/whatever Verizon pushes on the phone might somehow screw with things??)
FWIW, I flashed a new 5.0 rom last night. After lots of effort getting things back up and running (mostly), I'm getting proper notifications. Not sure why, but something in the process of flashing got things working again.
RedRamage said:
FWIW, I flashed a new 5.0 rom last night. After lots of effort getting things back up and running (mostly), I'm getting proper notifications. Not sure why, but something in the process of flashing got things working again.
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Same issues with my Verizon S5 and 360. How did you downgrade the moto 360 from 6.0 to 5.0? I saw the forum about it but it wasn't clear.
For some reason I have a contact in a group text that always seems to receive separately, plus wont download. This seems to have started after going to 7.1.1 with the official update. Pulling my hair trying to figure this out. This only seems to be happening on the 6p, my samsung s7 is working just fine.
If I try using something like Textra I will get an error "unable to download". Just curious if this is a software issue or do I need to make a trip to at&t to get a new sim card.
I have been seeing this issue on my 6p since installing the 7.0 beta months ago and seems to only affect people with Samsung devices. I too have been looking for a fix, but I have yet to see one... :'(
hispanomlz said:
I have been seeing this issue on my 6p since installing the 7.0 beta months ago and seems to only affect people with Samsung devices. I too have been looking for a fix, but I have yet to see one... :'(
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Thanks for posting. At least I'm not the only one. I've had this happen on and off with a couple of devices. Just wondering if it's the way cell providers handle group messaging. I had this happen once before, the only person with and android device besides myself would show up separate from the iphone users. Maybe it's that stupid imessaging.