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Good things that were removed in Sense 5.5

Ok, so I got my 4.3 and Sense 5.5 update and, altough there a re a lot of improvements, I'm more pissed off because of some stuff they removed or... ahem... added...
- Why did they remove the lock screens? I know the lock screen widgets are accessible through a right to left swipe in the lock screen, but why remove them altogether? For example, I just want to be able to have a different wallpaper for my lock screen than my home screen...
- Why did they remove the old video highlights themes?I very much welcome the added new settings and permissions for the highlights... Honestly, they're a very big deal. But, for the love of God, why remove the old themes? My favorite (and judging from what I've seen on the internet - youtube, Facebook or HTC Share - "Islandia" is gone... Why?
- Why is the NFC logo pinned in the status bar? Why do I have to see that? I have NFC turned on all the time... :
These are the few things that got me upset about the new Sense 5.5 update. I know that the update has a lot of good new features (and I welcome them all)... But why remove other good features that have been on Sense since I can remember?
Are there other features that have been removed/altered in a bad way?
Please share...
And an UPDATE: I know that they've added a s*it load of new emoticons in the stock SMS app, BUT they made it so that the we cannot see the old ones.
For example, when someone sends me an SMS with an emoticon from HTC One X with Sense 5.0, I just see it as text and they cannot see the new emoticons that I send them... Great thinking HTC (_|_)

Yes. Why the he'll did they removed the medialink hd api?
No more movies on the tv and browsing on the phone at the same time. Really makes the hd medialink useless.

I wonder how long HTC will take to actually understand how things work.
They removed all weather animations in sense 5. And what they provided in that version is now removed in the latest version.
Are they confused?
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swiftgs said:
Yes. Why the he'll did they removed the medialink hd api?
No more movies on the tv and browsing on the phone at the same time. Really makes the hd medialink useless.
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You got that working before? For me when I pressed home the clip stopped too. Even on Sense 5. I have not tested on sense 5.5 yet.

Evilus said:
You got that working before? For me when I pressed home the clip stopped too. Even on Sense 5. I have not tested on sense 5.5 yet.
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same here it just closed and didnt do anythig, is there any way of getting this to work

Can't get my head around removing the old themes. I suppose now that there's custom music available you can use the old music easily enough I would imagine but you can't get the old visual effects back. I love Islandia.
Ridiculous decision, I only went to 4.2.2 and got the six new themes in July, three months and they've removed them?!

VictorCozmei said:
- Why is the NFC logo pinned in the status bar? Why do I have to see that? I have NFC turned on all the time... :
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It's indeed annoying. I "fixed" this issues with changing NFC on and off via notification toggles or EQS. Thats not a perfect solution but it just takes 2 sec to de-/activate...

Wullie32 said:
Can't get my head around removing the old themes. I suppose now that there's custom music available you can use the old music easily enough I would imagine but you can't get the old visual effects back. I love Islandia.
Ridiculous decision, I only went to 4.2.2 and got the six new themes in July, three months and they've removed them?!
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Custom music is cool but try to upload your video and have all these warning about copyrighted music etc.
The new themes aren't good or aren't there any themes anymore?
Also, did I read that now the duration of the clip is changeable or am I wrong?

The duration of the clip is variabile, but cannot exceed 30 seconds. Maybe on HTC One Max you can make videos longer than 30 seconds.
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VictorCozmei said:
And an UPDATE: I know that they've added a s*it load of new emoticons in the stock SMS app, BUT they made it so that the we cannot see the old ones.
For example, when someone sends me an SMS with an emoticon from HTC One X with Sense 5.0, I just see it as text and they cannot see the new emoticons that I send them... Great thinking HTC (_|_)
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That's because the old emoticons were just three-character strings that the messaging app interpreted as a smiley. For example (-: turned into . This caused tons of problems if you were trying to send a more technical text message with tons of parentheses and colons. Now, in Sense 5.5, the emoticons are standard Unicode emoji glyphs that are supposed to be universally compatible with every phone supporting the updated unicode standard. For example, in Android 4.3 (and probably 4.2.2) emojis are partially-implemented. The latest iPhones have a full implementation, as does Google Hangouts (one of the reasons to be excited about Hangouts SMS integration IMO), and now Sense 5.5 has a full implementation of emojis.
The reason your old phone cannot see your new emoticons is because it's either not running a recent enough version of Android or HTC's software on the One X simply does not render the emojis right. Some messaging apps also can strip excess unicode information -- older phones are notorious for this. A simple fix would be to use an alternative SMS/MMS app on the One X, one that fully supports emoji input such as Sliding Messaging Pro, or Textra (don't know if Textra supports ALL of the emoji glyphs, but it has some functionality).
One more note, CM10.x's MMS app also has support for this built-in, so it isn't just some fad that little girls and iPhone users are aware of, it is legitimately an evolving communication standard.

all what you need to do is wait, wait for viper tweaks.
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all what you need to do is wait, wait for viper tweaks.
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Oh yes, I want to disable the lock screen appearing everytime I turn off the screen, so annoying

The removal of old video themes may be a deal breaker for me. I love some of them absolutely.
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VictorCozmei said:
- Why did they remove the old video highlights themes?I very much welcome the added new settings and permissions for the highlights... Honestly, they're a very big deal. But, for the love of God, why remove the old themes? My favorite (and judging from what I've seen on the internet - youtube, Facebook or HTC Share - "Islandia" is gone... Why?
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Islandia was one of the only reasons i bought this phone... **** !
please tell me if you find a way to either downgrade or restore the themes

Also really miss the the ability to disable lockscreens natively. This https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en is somewhat of a workaround for those of you in the same boat, doesn't always work perfectly but I haven't found a better solution yet.

Anonymoos said:
Also really miss the the ability to disable lockscreens natively. This https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock&hl=en is somewhat of a workaround for those of you in the same boat, doesn't always work perfectly but I haven't found a better solution yet.
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Yep, will have to wait for ViperOne team to do their magic. I'm sure they'll have an option to disable the lockscreen whilst retaining pin lock

housewave said:
The duration of the clip is variabile, but cannot exceed 30 seconds. Maybe on HTC One Max you can make videos longer than 30 seconds.
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are you talking about video highlights? I can make videos as long as I want depending on how I clip the song I choose. using ARHD 31.0

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are you talking about video highlights? I can make videos as long as I want depending on how I clip the song I choose. using ARHD 31.0
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You are right, I was choosing a song that had 26 seconds in my tests and I wasn't paying attention that I cut that song a few months ago to use it as a ringtone. Now I have chosen a song that was 4 minutes and didn't encounter any restrictions.
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I don't like new Gallery and Music apps. Before update i can change track with swiping albumcover left or right. With this update i can not.

Did you notice that the zoom bar disappeared from the camera interface?
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Moto Assist update in play store

Looks like Moto Assist was just updated in the Play store - I believe have read about various little bugs related to kit kat and/or the google hangouts sms feature, hopefully this update takes care of those issues.

So am I imagining this, or did the "Resume Music Play" feature while driving sneak in the "over bluetooth or headphone jack" option in this update? I had to turn that feature off because my phone kept playing music over the speaker when I was riding in a car (not driving). Hopefully they solved that annoying little problem.

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-connect-hits-play-store-well-compatible-moto-s-kitkat-devices
they also updated the motorola connect, for the sms issues.
i tried updating the moto assist but it says my phone isnt compatible, maybe its just for kitkat

Wade-0 said:
So am I imagining this, or did the "Resume Music Play" feature while driving sneak in the "over bluetooth or headphone jack" option in this update? I had to turn that feature off because my phone kept playing music over the speaker when I was riding in a car (not driving). Hopefully they solved that annoying little problem.
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Thanks for the heads up. That crappy setting pput me over my data limit the first month I had my phone
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They definitely added support for hangouts with the Moto Assist update. Im very glad. They also added the ability to customize the text it sends.

racer83l said:
They definitely added support for hangouts with the Moto Assist update. Im very glad. They also added the ability to customize the text it sends.
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Did they add support for hangouts IMs or just SMS?

Great apps to use on the EPD

What are everyone's favourite apps to use on the EPD? Or just apps that look good on there and / or generally nice uses for it?

For example, other than the reading apps, I really like MD whatsapp and GO (chinese board game)

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What are everyone's favourite apps to use on the EPD? Or just apps that look good on there and / or generally nice uses for it?
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Hi
I just wonder how did you know that an app like Appy Geek has a dedicated widget for YotaPanel, something I couldn't find in any other apps.
Cheers.

Might not be a dedicated widget, but appy geek has a widget that can be applied to yotapanels.

I've found using maps on the EPD is great, especially if it's too bright outside to see the front screen, with the display always being on you can keep glancing at the screen without having to unlock it and easily follow the little dot as you head to your destination. I use google maps and Maps.Me with the latter looking much better on the EPD (plus it doesn't suffer google maps annoying quirk of the little direction arrow pointing backwards to the direction of travel on the mirrored map)
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I do like maps on the EPD, will have to give Maps.Me a look.

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I do like maps on the EPD, will have to give Maps.Me a look.
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I like it as you can download maps as you need them, you can then wander rounds foreign places and network back spots with no data required
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A couple of emulators work really well on the EPD.
PHEM: Palm Hardware Emulator runs great, and since all the old Palm apps were designed for greyscale devices anyway, they work fine. I've freaked a few people out when I show them I have Android running on one side of my phone, and Palm on the other side.
Similarly, GBC.emu from Robert Broglia runs great, and the old Gameboy games are at home on the display.
In both cases, the minor screen update delays and artifacting actually seem to add to the experience, since these old systems had displays that were sluggish anyway.

Thanks for the pointer to GBC.emu - I installed it after reading your post and have been enjoying some old school Gameboy play that takes me back to when I first got it all that time ago (nearly 25 years....geeezzzz...that makes me feel old!).

Have been really enjoying QuizUp recently and it's brilliant on the back. The EPD allows for ages of gameplay with hardly any drain

This appeared on Twitter today, it is apparently "yotafit" but there is nothing in the app store of that name or even on a Google search, anyone know about this? I'd like it!
Edit....The reply to my question on twitter about the app....."It is a new app called Yota fit that will be included in the next software update (lollipop)"
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That's good to know - thanks. I saw that on twitter this morning and it reminded me first of all of the Google Fit app in look but I could not replicate the screen. Good to hear that it is real and not just vapourware!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Y1rHUSah0
new apps coming along with lollipop update, yotafit and seems like a fair few others

I wish i spoke Russian!
There's some amazing looking new stuff coming for the EPD and lollipop too, can't wait!
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Fbreader now has support for yota devices and the pdf plugin makes reading pdfs on rear screen a joy

Are there any WhatsApp designed for epd

Disa is pretty good on the EPD, also by it combining all the messaging you can have all of them on the back in 1 app, the interface is also well suited to the back.

All Day On XDA said:
Fbreader now has support for yota devices and the pdf plugin makes reading pdfs on rear screen a joy
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Please explain how you've managed to work out PDFs? So far Fbreader works great with file formats like: docx, txt or epub but I failed to find the way to display PDFs on the backscreen - even with that plugin... For PDFs the icon that should send the display on the backscreen ('cueved arrow') is replaced by "Network Library". Do you experienced the same?
To be honest I failed to display and scroll PDFs on the Yotaphone backscreen so far If you know the way - please help and explain.

Really enjoying the yotanotes app and having a notification list on the EPD at the moment.

the Kindle app works for pdfs, as does wps office.

Always on display with a music player control?

Is there any music app that can take advantage of the always on display?

mikeyaj said:
Is there any music app that can take advantage of the always on display?
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No

I have wondered about this, too. In fact, it seems to me that Samsung's always on display (AOD) feature is quite severely limited, to the point that I question it has value that exceeds its cost in battery life.
I like my S7 Edge device very much, but I also own a Droid Turbo 2 (basically the same device as the Motorola Moto X Force), and having become accustomed to the exceptionally useful features of its version of an AOD (called Moto Display), I can scarcely believe Samsung's engineers weren't embarrassed to release their flagship's analogous feature, having surely seen their competitor's version.
On the Motorola device, the Moto Display screen only comes on when you look at it or it detects activity in front of the screen.
Unlike Samsung's implementation, Moto Display reacts fully to touch, allowing the following interactions:
* initiate a screen unlock
* view icons of apps that have unseen notifications
* touch an icon to see a preview of the app's notifications
* drag an icon to a notification to initiate an interaction with the notification
It may not seem clear how this works, so here is an example of a frequent use case for me:
We frequently binge-watch various Netflix series on TV via a Chromecast, using my phone as the Netflix controller. When credits roll on an episode, I reach for the device and the Moto Display comes on. One of the icons will be a black and white version of the Netflix icon. I touch the icon, and a Netflix play-control appears at the top of the screen. I drag the Netflix icon to the forward-arrow ("next episode") on the Netflix control. The next episode instantly queues and begins to play on the TV. I move my hand away from the phone and its screen returns to the off state.
This whole process takes about 3 seconds, and is accomplished in a single smooth motion from start to finish. The first time I did it, I instantly appreciated how well thought out this particular user interface design was.
Another way in which the Moto feature excels is that third party app support is pretty much indistinguishable from first party apps, unlike Samsung, where some of the AOD and Edge features are limited to Samsung and affiliate apps.
I really hope Samsung doesn't rest on their laurels here, and continues to improve the Touchwiz AOD experience. They have a long way to go to match their competitor's similar feature, in my opinion.
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You guys are expecting to interact with a feature that was solely meant to show the time and notifications... If you want to change music, turn the damn devices on.
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Brava27 said:
You guys are expecting to interact with a feature that was solely meant to show the time and notifications... If you want to change music, turn the damn devices on.
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I don't think it's unreasonable to hope for a more robust implementation at some point. If people go online and post about what they like and don't like, hopefully it is helpful for manufacturers and developers to gauge the demand for things they may be working on or thinking about developing in the future.
And I'm not at all sure I share your opinion about what Samsung intends as the ultimate boundaries and limitations of their always on display feature. Maybe they just ran out of time and had to settle for something less than they would eventually like to offer.
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TJCacher said:
I don't think it's unreasonable to hope for a more robust implementation at some point. If people go online and post about what they like and don't like, hopefully it is helpful for manufacturers and developers to gauge the demand for things they may be working on or thinking about developing in the future.
And I'm not at all sure I share your opinion about what Samsung intends as the ultimate boundaries and limitations of their always on display feature. Maybe they just ran out of time and had to settle for something less than they would eventually like to offer.
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It's a very logical idea to use ways on for this (with the option to disable it)
Suprised it's not implemented.

Any news?
It could be very useful to change music while driving.
Or is there maybe something like the OPO swiping gestures?

A long press on volume buttons with screen locked to skip or back tracks would help a lot, there's one xposed module to do this but I don't want to root..
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A long press on volume buttons with screen locked to skip or back tracks would help a lot, there's one xposed module to do this but I don't want to root..
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I tried a xposed module and it doesnt worked with spotify, only with the music player.
Also the default musicplayer shows up when playing a song and waking up the phone, not like spotify where u directly see the lockscreen. Is there at least a way to make this possible for spotify?

Xanger said:
I tried a xposed module and it doesnt worked with spotify, only with the music player.
Also the default musicplayer shows up when playing a song and waking up the phone, not like spotify where u directly see the lockscreen. Is there at least a way to make this possible for spotify?
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Try XTouchwiz or Physical Button Music Control.
The first should work in theory if you freeze stock music app, and the second used to allow (it's been a couple months since I used it) to select which app would the "next/prev" action be directed to.

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Try XTouchwiz or Physical Button Music Control.
The first should work in theory if you freeze stock music app, and the second used to allow (it's been a couple months since I used it) to select which app would the "next/prev" action be directed to.
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Thank You, both moduls are working now :good:
Never though i have to freeze of select something

I know it's not the best nor ideal, but since I'm stock I'm currently using Samsung Music player and the latest update offered a new feature when not fully unlocking the device but just waking it up shows a full screen cover art with tags and the option to either Skip tracks and Play/pause, not much but better than unlocking the phone whilst driving lol.

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I know it's not the best nor ideal, but since I'm stock I'm currently using Samsung Music player and the latest update offered a new feature when not fully unlocking the device but just waking it up shows a full screen cover art with tags and the option to either Skip tracks and Play/pause, not much but better than unlocking the phone whilst driving lol.
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This is what i want for Spotify...
With root and xposed u can use a module called xposed additions and use the capacitive buttons for next/previous Song on the lockscreen, thats the best solution for the car i found

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When i was at the Samsung Note 7 Launch in NYC ? they told me the Note 7 international version had this and other cool things but the USA version could not because of infringement reasons. I wonder if anyone figured out how to put it in the USA version and the S7E.

note 7 has that option with samsung music, along with a much usefull AOD so i guess we will eventually get it as well once nougat arrives.

You can control any music player from AOD
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you can control any music player from always on display :good: .
My friend discovered this option.
you need to double tap.
this video posted by him shows the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUpIitwYzlc
Please like the video if you find it helpful:angel:

^^^ You are on Nougat though. Many people aren't, and without Nougat and the updated AOD, you can't control the music player from the AOD screen. It is actually a Grace UI AOD thing, but Grace UI is not on the S7E unless you have Nougat of course. My N7 has Grace UI and it has the much better AOD options you just showed.

Using the device almost a year and never heard of it before. I wonder what else I haven't explored yet
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Just being able to play the next track would be and awesome feature in aod

Double Tap in Song title in Samsung Musical Player opens up a control Pad

Samsung Gear Sport (or S3) compatibility with 6t

I have a 6t and love it and looking to add a smart watch . I really a leaning towards the Samsung Gear Sport (or possibly an s3) over a Wear OS watch. I'm concerned over compatibility with it being a non Samsung phone and certain functionality not working . The main things i'm wondering about is SMS messages, Call info, email coming to the watch. The compatibility page for the Sport shows not compatible with non-samsung android for messaging specifically but i've read others say they had luck w/ it. (although i'm not certain if thats w/ the S3 or Sport). I'm curious if anyone w/ a 6 or 6t has had any experience w/ the Gear Sport (or s3) w/ those features specifically.
Beyond that the big things i am wanting to use is standalone GPS and offline music but dont think i'd have an issue w/ that
any feedback would be awesome! thank you!

i have 6t and gear s3. it works like any other android phones.
havent had any issue yet.

Awesome thank you. So if you get a text or email can you read it on the watch and reply? Incoming call info good too? I wonder if the same works on the sport too since it shows slightly different info on it's compatibility chart compared to the s3

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Awesome thank you. So if you get a text or email can you read it on the watch and reply? Incoming call info good too? I wonder if the same works on the sport too since it shows slightly different info on it's compatibility chart compared to the s3
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yes, yes and yes
everything works as it should. I have S3 and absolutely no problems pairing and using it with 6T

Everything works as expected
I changed my S8 for an 6T and I don't have any problems with my Gear Sport. If you didn't bought a watch yet, I would suggest to go for S3, as Gear Sport doesn't have a mic and a speaker. Not heaving a speaker means that the watch will not ring on i coming calls and messages, it will only vibrate.

thank you both for your input on this! so i was partially hopeful that this would all work w/ the S3 since that compatibility chart shows "limited availability" for non samsung android for messaging and the Sport chart shows "not supported". so maybe its just an outdated chart or we're just getting lucky i guess. Support told me yesterday that w/ a non samsung android and the Gear Sport you'd get a notification that you have a SMS but you wouldnt be able to see who it was from or read it. hoping what you guys reported is the actual norm though! w/ SMS can you read the whole string of text convo or just the new message that arrived? not a big deal but was curious. I like the look of the S3 better but really like the waterproof part of the Sport. i'm not sure the speaker/mic is a big thing for me or not as i'd be fine w/ just vibration (as long as its sufficient)

I'm using Gear sport with OP6T and I don't have any issue.

I have the Gear S3 and everything works fine, but I should mention that I use Textra for SMS, not the crap default messaging app. I can read the full message and reply with quick replies or voice to text.

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I have the Gear S3 and everything works fine, but I should mention that I use Textra for SMS, not the crap default messaging app. I can read the full message and reply with quick replies or voice to text.
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Same using S3 with Textra.

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thats a good thing to note....i remember someone else saying they use textra too. would anyone be willing to test using the default messenger to see if that works as well? no biggie if you dont want to mess with it
and just to make sure i'm on the same page you get gmail notifications and you can read them as well? (thats not as big a deal really as reading an email on a watch might be annoying). the sms and phone is bigger i think
thank you again for everyones help!

No issues with the OP6T & my gear 3 frontier.
Samsung pay, all functions I use work perfectly.

Awesome thank you everyone! And I assume you just needed the gear app to make it work? Is anyone willing to test with the standard Google messenger just to see if that works?

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No issues with the OP6T & my gear 3 frontier.
Samsung pay, all functions I use work perfectly.
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How do you use Samsung Pay on OP? When I click install, it downloads it but then nothing happens.
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Awesome thank you everyone! And I assume you just needed the gear app to make it work? Is anyone willing to test with the standard Google messenger just to see if that works?
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I use Google messages and it works great.

nikosrs4 said:
How do you use Samsung Pay on OP? When I click install, it downloads it but then nothing happens.
I use Google messages and it works great.
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It never installs? Afterwards for me it popped up to install, then you go back to Samsung pay in the Galaxy wearable app and launch it to set it up

fiffan86 said:
It never installs? Afterwards for me it popped up to install, then you go back to Samsung pay in the Galaxy wearable app and launch it to set it up
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Yeah nothing happens but I found it in apkmirror and installed it but then again it's not available in my country..lol
Thanks!

nikosrs4 said:
How do you use Samsung Pay on OP? When I click install, it downloads it but then nothing happens.
I use Google messages and it works great.
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awesome thank you for the update!
i dont have a spotify account but does anyone use the option to transfer music to the watch if i have the mp3's on my phone? a coworker has the s3 watch and said thats an option but hadnt tried it

agresbach said:
I have a 6t and love it and looking to add a smart watch . I really a leaning towards the Samsung Gear Sport (or possibly an s3) over a Wear OS watch. I'm concerned over compatibility with it being a non Samsung phone and certain functionality not working . The main things i'm wondering about is SMS messages, Call info, email coming to the watch. The compatibility page for the Sport shows not compatible with non-samsung android for messaging specifically but i've read others say they had luck w/ it. (although i'm not certain if thats w/ the S3 or Sport). I'm curious if anyone w/ a 6 or 6t has had any experience w/ the Gear Sport (or s3) w/ those features specifically.
Beyond that the big things i am wanting to use is standalone GPS and offline music but dont think i'd have an issue w/ that
any feedback would be awesome! thank you!
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I have the Galaxy Watch (46mm version) and the OP 6t McLaren Edition and both are working well together with no issues. As long as you install Galaxy Wear App and use it to sync to the watch it will all work correctly. Good luck.

DarkAce5691 said:
I have the Galaxy Watch (46mm version) and the OP 6t McLaren Edition and both are working well together with no issues. As long as you install Galaxy Wear App and use it to sync to the watch it will all work correctly. Good luck.
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perfect thank you! i think i'm going to go with the Gear Sport which is tizen 3.0 vs 4.0 thats on the galaxy watch but sounds like that should work ok too hopefully. I knew i'd need to do the gear app on my OP so no biggie there. I wonder why Samsung has not supported for messenging for the sport for non samsung android. maybe just outdated info

I got my Gear Sport and working great with my 6t! one thing missing is the Messenger app on the watch. I do get notifications for new texts and i can reply but cannot see past messages or the whole thread like it supposedly let you do w/ the messenger app. From what i gathered a lot of others are having the same issue and they used to have it sounds like. I'd bet its because its not a samsung phone so they stripped that feature from non -samsung which is super lame. is everyone else seeing the same thing?

dying4004 said:
i have 6t and gear s3. it works like any other android phones.
havent had any issue yet.
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Do you use Android Auto in your vehicle? Sometimes when I receive a call, my Gear s3 will take the call instead of my vehicle. Then in the speaker menu I can only see Bluetooth of my Gear s3, but does not show more that one Bluetooth option. It's frustrating. If I turn my watch off, it goes back to my vehicle. Once in a while it works fine, but I can't rely on it working.