Received new U8 Smartwatch. Appears to NOT be a clone given pics searched on forum.
Today I have noticed that while I do receive SMS messages, it will NOT notify me. Screen comes up, but no vibration/sound (I have set to both).
I unistalled btnotifier, as it woudl not read any step info, camera worked OK, music worked OK, calls also..
Installed Rwatch app. I can make calls, music ok, texts (sms) I receive, but no notification, still nothing on steps, and camera now does not work..
I have tried to update firmware to no avail. (win 7 pro 64)...nowhere does it state to click on COM button on the screen of the watch to connect... this got me close, but still no cigar..
I only have three watch faces (two analog and one digital) and none look like pic advertised!
Any suggestions? (I have also tried updating firmware on an XP machine).
I have tried resetting phone and watch to see if vibration would work again (nothing)
I also can't seem to find where to find the ABOUT screen on watch to see what firmware it is currently on.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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U8 by UWatch (aka RWatch)
Hi
I've had my U8 for a few months now, and must say it's better than the U10L that i've subsequently bought (naively thinking it would be better)
What has caught my attention with your question is that the phone's clock faces are nothing like those advertised. My U8 has the same "design feature", much to my dissapointment. :silly:
I'm hoping to find a way of upgrading the firmware or other ways to add functionality to the U8 :good::good::good:
you guys might both haves clones?
there is info in the u8 topic to find out, if that's the case, tough luck, no firmware updates...
i got 2 of the real ones, never use them
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Ok just got my xda mini s, fairly pleased with it, but not sure about the speaker quality when talking on the phone, it's not distorted as such, it's as if the speaker diaghram is having trouble coping, sort of a slight rattle while talking to someone, does not matter where the volume is set too either.
Apart from that i started it up in basic mode, then tried to remove the 02 ui in the add/remove but it does come up saying it had trouble completly removing it and did i want to take it out of add/remove anyway. Not sure why as i had never run the 02 stuff at this point ?
There are no 02 icons on the main screen anyway, it only all appears when you actualy run it, so i'm not sure how to properly get rid of it.
The phone already is on the latest rom so i don't need to update it.
And finally i noticed last night when i got an msn email on this phone while on my wireless network that when i read the mail a few minutes later i had an email again and its just the same one, as if i never read it, but i did ? and it keeps doing this, any ideas ?
Thanks....
Hi Corky,
I think you should be posting this in the 'Wizard' section because that's the device you have.
Hi all,
Hope someone can help. I've purchased one of these to use on my S5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/L01-Anti-lo...169?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item233cba8181
I dont get the message reminder bit, and research i've done online of similiar ones display message stuff on the screen via some app, but i cant find anything.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Jon
Take a look at sony smart watch2 or wait for Android wear outbreak. Won't disappoint you.
At least they don't randomly drop connection and cause false alarm.
Hello!
Does anybody know details or have experience with the Ordro SW16 3G?
Clone of imacwear M7?
Thanks
Omate/Pearl derivative.
certainly worth the 78 dollars
HI guys,girls
i just receiced the ordo phonewatch today and played with it for a few hours and everything works fine
it has a small screen and have rather big fingers but i still managed to type some messages and i think you have to practice a bit and get used to it
it works.
i called my father to test the phone part and is working very well , speaking with normal voice is clear to hear on the other side and the sound reproduction is quite decent and loud enough to
engage in normal conversation like with a normal fullsize smartphone
the software is sometimes leggy and also the screen is also no so responsive maybe it is because of my fingers i have a lot of callus and with casual
fingers it will work better
the installed software for hartmonitor works with sofware and the camera that did not work at all i had a hartrate of 260 superman??
It can be very usefull and handy and can be a lifesaver in a critical situation that`s for sure.
They claim that the watch is really dust and waterproof and i can say it is well build, i did not submerged the watch in a bowl of water to try it out,but i am confident that the watch will survive a shower
If u want to use this watch as a workhorse on daily basis this watch is certainly not for you and not recommended, it is a nice gadget and for the 78 dollars i payed for is worth the money
you are able to make decent phonecalls and will be always available without carrying a phone and can ideal for sports or other acitivity`s and situations where carying a full size phone is not so conveniant
roland
Just got the ORDRO SW16 from Gearbest. Here's some first impressions:
1. Well built, feels good on the wrist, screen is decent and battery life (on WiFi/BT, don't have a SIM) is good as well.
2. ROOT is difficult to obtain. MTKDroidTools fails, Kingroot, Framaroot and Towelroot all fails. It wasn't until I tried Kingo Root is that Root was attained.
3. BE VERY CAREFUL when using that cradle. You can probably damage the watch by placing it on the cradle slightly tilted when it's plugged in. To elaborate, I cradled the watch and I put it at an angle, misaligning the cradle pins for an eighth of a second. Power probably went wrong way into the watch and caused a sudden shutoff. After reboot, the watch no longer recognizes the PC it is connected to, and my Windows 7 Laptop kept saying "USB Device Malfunctioned." I gave up on it, thinking I fried the USB chip, but it wasn't until 24 hours later that the USB port worked again! It was a scare. Make sure to cradle the watch properly first, then plug in the USB cord. Then unplug the cradle, before taking off the watch to prevent accidents.
4. It comes with Play Store and Google Play Services.
5. The Magnetic Compass is rather finicky and you have to hold it in weird angles to work. The GPS Antenna also acts weirdly and takes a while to get positioning.
6. Encryption is supported! You can Encrypt the phone storage, but you somehow can't encrypt the MicroSD Card from what I see. If there's an ADB Command to enable SD Card Encryption, can anyone post here?
I've been messing around with this watch for a few days now.
I am able to install TWRP and downgrade to Android 4.2 (to avoid 4.4 bugs).
I also managed to install SuperSU and Root Explorer but this does not work very well. Mostly because the screen is too small and the SuperSU Grant/Deny Prompts are obscured by the screen. Even after a workaround, Root Explorer is also limited since the screen isn't big enough to show the buttons at the bottom so you can't assign file permissions.
I will be attempting to mount the SD Card as Internal Storage, then encrypting the watch. Hopefully the "Internal Storage" (aka. SD Card) would also be encrypted as well.
Maybe I should write details how I did this or dump my 4.2 ROM for others to try? I still have not found a fix for the stuck compass needle.
Update.
I'm convinced the compass is defective. I've loaded the official ORDRO Rom, the iMacWear 4.2 ROM, iMacWear 4.4 ROM, some generic clone ROM (x01) and tried root and other variables in between.
None makes the internal compass work, it remains stuck. If you jiggle the watch hard enough or you tilt it in specific ways, you'd get small jumps of the compass working before getting stuck.
Right now I am going to try to reload the original ORDRO ROM to check functionality, then I will attempt to flash the Truesmart ROM. I've read that this is a bad idea, but at this point I am willing to try anything as I got the hang of recovering from bad flashes.
FINAL Update.
Truesmart ROM Freezes on startup. Reverted to Stock Firmware. Compass still stuck.
I think that's it for this experiment. I've wasted too much time trying to see what ROM would unstick the sensor. At this point I am going to return it since it's technically defective.
AT328PRO said:
Just got the ORDRO SW16 from Gearbest. Here's some first impressions:
1. Well built, feels good on the wrist, screen is decent and battery life (on WiFi/BT, don't have a SIM) is good as well.
2. ROOT is difficult to obtain. MTKDroidTools fails, Kingroot, Framaroot and Towelroot all fails. It wasn't until I tried Kingo Root is that Root was attained.
3. BE VERY CAREFUL when using that cradle. You can probably damage the watch by placing it on the cradle slightly tilted when it's plugged in. To elaborate, I cradled the watch and I put it at an angle, misaligning the cradle pins for an eighth of a second. Power probably went wrong way into the watch and caused a sudden shutoff. After reboot, the watch no longer recognizes the PC it is connected to, and my Windows 7 Laptop kept saying "USB Device Malfunctioned." I gave up on it, thinking I fried the USB chip, but it wasn't until 24 hours later that the USB port worked again! It was a scare. Make sure to cradle the watch properly first, then plug in the USB cord. Then unplug the cradle, before taking off the watch to prevent accidents.
4. It comes with Play Store and Google Play Services.
5. The Magnetic Compass is rather finicky and you have to hold it in weird angles to work. The GPS Antenna also acts weirdly and takes a while to get positioning.
6. Encryption is supported! You can Encrypt the phone storage, but you somehow can't encrypt the MicroSD Card from what I see. If there's an ADB Command to enable SD Card Encryption, can anyone post here?
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hello, i also have o ordro sw 16 my computer crached and lost my original image of the factory rom
Do you happen to still have a copy of the origanl factory rom? i wopuld like to restore my ordro to teh original firmware and hope you can proide me with the original firmware
kind regards roland
rolandvb said:
hello, i also have o ordro sw 16 my computer crached and lost my original image of the factory rom
Do you happen to still have a copy of the origanl factory rom? i wopuld like to restore my ordro to teh original firmware and hope you can proide me with the original firmware
kind regards roland
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Hello, I'm sorry but I no longer have the original backup, and no longer have the watch.
its ok i am using the m7 custom firmware now ,maybe one day the original rom will be available online someday
thanks for the fast reply
kind regards roland
I know this is an old thread, but....
I was wondering if anyone has been able to install Google+ on this with any other ROM other than the factory?
I have Google+ working, using the location sharing so I know where my son is . I was getting an error about missing shared libraries before.
I first made a backup using MTK Droid Tools: http://www.chinaphonearena.com/foru...up-MTK6592-MTK6589-MTK6577-and-all-MTK-Phones
I then made flashed the recovery following this guide: http://www.gizbeat.com/5786/how-to-make-create-twrp-mt6592-mt6582-mt6572-mt6589-mt6595/
I cautiously ignored the oversized recovery error, it still worked. Afterwards I used the Power Menu app to reboot into recovery and flashed the kk gapps. Google Plus worked fine after that.
Hello. Does anyone know if the Ordro SW16 can be linked with a cell phone and receive notifications when calls and texts come in? Can you make a call from watch using Bluetooth? Thanks.
Hello. I have the same qüestion. Have you solved the problem for linking with a cell phone?.
Thanks.
Regards.
ECC123 said:
Hello. Does anyone know if the Ordro SW16 can be linked with a cell phone and receive notifications when calls and texts come in? Can you make a call from watch using Bluetooth? Thanks.
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Hello, I have purchased an ordro sw16. Does anyone know how to connect it to a smart phone, so you can answer calls from the watch. Cheers macca739
ordro sw16
Hello, the battery of my ordro sw16 is consumed in 12 hours without using it and in standby. I bought new battery and it lasts the same, 12 hours. I have restored it from the factory and it has not been solved. The charger works well, the problem is that some of the smartwatch makes the battery is consumed and I do not know what it is. Can anybody help me?
Thank you
Lately I found a very powerful settings control tool for our watches - be aware, it is designed just for few of us who secretly want to get till the deepest guts of our "toys", if you feel pointed then you know for sure that before to use it have to do a full readback of your original firmware 'cause you know for sure that our "wild" behavior could conduct at any moment to the most hated phenomenon - bricking ya watch
I hope that, here, all together, safely experimenting, to discover secrets, methods, new best settings for our gadget
I assume that you have already installed mtk drivers and did a full firmware and primary settings zone backup
Some steps:
1. Get the archive from here - link - and unzip it
2. install mtk drivers
3. Install the app itself in the most normal way
4. Launch it and press reconnect
5. Shut down your watch and connect it
6. Ready!
Now is your turn!
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST!
- worst shipping ever (10 days in case you're lucky)
- most products are defective (this is referring just to smartwatches and watch phones - can't say anything about other products)
- in case of complain (ticket) the answers are standard corporation statements - they are not fixing any issue - just will waste your time, week after week for months - for instance, in my case started in august 2015 and finished in april 2016
- if you are continuing to complain, trying to obtain your money back or a new item - your mistake, they will switch off in your account the capacity of opening tickets (disputes), they will wipe out your account of any points, credits or previous tickets
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First! !! Awesome I am still having some difficulty with doing the back up and changing the faces etc. I will keep reading. I want this
jayshocka said:
First! !! Awesome I am still having some difficulty with doing the back up and changing the faces etc. I will keep reading. I want this
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Man, imagine that, we could create a real (actually unreal) kinda MTK university in second life (I bet you know about it), real time advice service or topic discussion at a virtual coffe, classrooms and all s. . .t, everything in a full 3D world everything full linked with XDA, what do you think about this?
Sounds scary
jayshocka said:
Sounds scary
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Sounds scary in the good way or in the bad way things are in fact very simple and the interactivity could increase (now depends on people. . . of course)
Scary as in virtual world and computer taking over my life I wish I had the time to get that involved. Job kids and school = 17 hour day
To whom it may concern, I have released a new version of Readback Extractor, now much more faster
Update Mar-12/2016: as long as on the market appeared a long line of new types of mtk6260 mtk6261 mtk2502C mtk2502A (etc) watches equipped with strange new PCB or flash_ID parameters, the new release <Readback Extractor mtk 2.0> now has the capacity to identify, to read, check, rebuilt firmware and collect and insert in the .cfg files the flash_ID's coded inside the ROM dump for almost all types of mtk watchphones or smartwatches based on RTOS Nucleus
Cant use messaging service on A9 smartwatch.... says 'Currently not available' !
It's correctly paired and have access to phonebook and make/receive calls but not messages.....
Can somebody shed some light in this matter please?
Many Thanks!
Please does anyone have the stock ROM file for apro q18 smart watch
I tried using this tool and now I think my watch is dead.. I plugged it in while it was powered off (It showed its loading screen). After I hit reconnect and turned it on and showed me an alert saying something like boot failed and now it's not responding at all.. it's just a black screen D:
dulce.ai.angel said:
I tried using this tool and now I think my watch is dead.. I plugged it in while it was powered off (It showed its loading screen). After I hit reconnect and turned it on and showed me an alert saying something like boot failed and now it's not responding at all.. it's just a black screen D:
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battery out battery back and everything will be fine
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST
Mtk250c touch screen problem
Golem_ said:
Lately I found a very powerful settings control tool for our watches - be aware, it is designed just for few of us who secretly want to get till the deepest guts of our "toys", if you feel pointed then you know for sure that before to use it have to do a full readback of your original firmware 'cause you know for sure that our "wild" behavior could conduct at any moment to the most hated phenomenon - bricking ya watch
I hope that, here, all together, safely experimenting, to discover secrets, methods, new best settings for our gadget
I assume that you have already installed mtk drivers and did a full firmware and primary settings zone backup
Some steps:
1. Get the archive from here - link - and unzip it
2. install mtk drivers
3. Install the app itself in the most normal way
4. Launch it and press reconnect
5. Shut down your watch and connect it
6. Ready!
Now is your turn!
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST!
- worst shipping ever (10 days in case you're lucky)
- most products are defective (this is referring just to smartwatches and watch phones - can't say anything about other products)
- in case of complain (ticket) the answers are standard corporation statements - they are not fixing any issue - just will waste your time, week after week for months - for instance, in my case started in august 2015 and finished in april 2016
- if you are continuing to complain, trying to obtain your money back or a new item - your mistake, they will switch off in your account the capacity of opening tickets (disputes), they will wipe out your account of any points, credits or previous tickets
-
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I install a previous firmware that I had in my mtk2502c and now the device on, the buttons work but stopped working the touch screen. You think this program can help me something ?. it is as if the driver lost the touch screen, the firmware does not work reinstall the touch screen. unfortunately did not make a backup before upgrading.
Please your help, as I fix? appreciate your comment
Frojasolivares89 said:
I install a previous firmware that I had in my mtk2502c and now the device on, the buttons work but stopped working the touch screen. You think this program can help me something ?. it is as if the driver lost the touch screen, the firmware does not work reinstall the touch screen. unfortunately did not make a backup before upgrading.
Please your help, as I fix? appreciate your comment
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did you ever try a full format in flash tool? your watch has a touch issue for every version of IWO?
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST
Golem_ said:
did you ever try a full format in flash tool? your watch has a touch issue for every version of IWO?
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST
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i format of 3 forms that gives me flashtools , also install all firmwares that appear to download and nothing, even i format everyone from the oldest to the newest consecutively without turning it on, then was the same, it seems very strange
Frojasolivares89 said:
i format of 3 forms that gives me flashtools , also install all firmwares that appear to download and nothing, even i format everyone from the oldest to the newest consecutively without turning it on, then was the same, it seems very strange
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There is nothing wrong with the firmwares, I did myself tens of flashings, anything I share is tested by me and hundreds of users here and other forums - I'm afraid that is very possible a hardware issue. . .
last check - make sure that options / backup and restore is set on no action
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST
Golem_ said:
There is nothing wrong with the firmwares, I did myself tens of flashings, anything I share is tested by me and hundreds of users here and other forums - I'm afraid that is very possible a hardware issue. . .
last check - make sure that options / backup and restore is set on no action
Use your money wisely, DO NOT WASTE IT buying from GEARBEST
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ok, i going to try, many thanks
Below is from My watch which firmware would go with mine? i tried lot of em but failed
[Version]
BaseBand chip version=MT6261
ECO version=
DSP firmware version=2000.00.00
DSP patch version=1.0
Software version=NX9_61D_240_V2_1_G08S_SANSUNG_32_T3_L3_C4_G4_B_IPS_160509
Hardware version=HW2.1
Melody version=Unknown
Muzain said:
Below is from My watch which firmware would go with mine? i tried lot of em but failed
[Version]
BaseBand chip version=MT6261
ECO version=
DSP firmware version=2000.00.00
DSP patch version=1.0
Software version=NX9_61D_240_V2_1_G08S_SANSUNG_32_T3_L3_C4_G4_B_IPS_160509
Hardware version=HW2.1
Melody version=Unknown
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you have a gt08S, actually a clone - I wouldn't bother to change something
Golem_ said:
you have a gt08S, actually a clone - I wouldn't bother to change something
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You mean it's a fake crap? ...?
hello, I have been reading everything but I can not find and detail guide how to fix my new k8 mini watch.
This watch has nothing new installed only google voice commands. I have never flashed or have knowledge on how to flash it to another variant. It is as it was when it came in the post.
I did not use this watch for around 7 weeks and now when I try to charge it it has a error picture with a lightnight strike image.
When I try to turn it on it just shows a globe. The globe goes off and then on over and over. I am not sure what can be done. Is letting the battery run down for so long a big problem for this watch.
Can it be fixed or do I need to save up for new watch like this?.
Is there a guide to find the battery and perhaps get it out and replace it ? why would the battery fail if it's not charged for a few weeks?
thanks for any assistance.