Hi
I have just sent the U18 watch back to gearbest because the bluetooth was terrible!
It was random, I had so much trouble paring the watch and phone together, and when i finally did it would work any further away from the phone than about 3 inches!
So now I have a credit with Gearbest and would like some idea's of what this community thinks would be the best for me to get?
I want bluetooth to my phone.I dont need it to have a a sim card.I would like to be able to send and receive text messages, and to receive emails or email notifications. GPs would be nice but not a must.
Facebook notifications would be good also.Then all the usual other things such as the media player and fitness things.
Ive been looking at a ZGPAX S8 & a no1 D5, but open to suggestions. The credit i have to spend is approx $120 usd.
Your advice would be appreciated.
Greg
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Anyone know how this handles incoming text messages. Does the watch vibrate and are texts easy to read in day light or nightime? They seem to get, unlike many reviewers, that one killer app is not having to take your phone out of your pocket to answer calls. That function is also important to anyone bombarded with incoming texts. It is odd that Mota's description makes no mention of text messanging. This is the main way I use my current device, an ancient sony liveview (given new life for reading incoming texts by excellent openliveview software).
Given pricepoint, novel functionality and stylishness clearly deserves its own thread.
I would steer clear of this device. Very, Very limited functionality, poor build quality- my battery was DOA, When I finally reconditioned the battery, it had constant connection issues. Got rid of it quickly.
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Guys, this look any other cheap $40-$50 bluetooth bracelet I have seen being sold on ebay, amazon, or chinese retailers (like dx.com) for the last 2-3 years. Its just a bluetooth caller id notifier that vibrates on calls, shows who is calling, and plays music from your phone like a remote bt speaker. It's no different than this $40 feature watch I reviewed here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435751) but in a bracelet format.
If you ask me, this is no different than all those scams trying to sell already existing products on KS or IGG lol!!! They just got clever and doing it through Groupon to attract more suckers, I mean buyers
This is not a smartwatch, it doesn't show emails or txt msg or anything else, and it only supports BT 2.0.
Thanks for info
Thank-you to the previous posters for saving me some money.
Hey, I just bought a nice S18 smartwatch. The guts are the same as the LEMFO and ZGPAX models so I guess at least someone has tried this device. I quite like it - The display is nice and sharp and it's comfy to wear. However, I just CANNOT get this thing to connect to my LG G3. It pairs straight away but that's as far as I get. The box gives a username and password to a website that does supply apk downloads for all their products - except the s18. There is a download for a U8 device, which I gave a go but to no success.
Can anyone help? This fairly decent smartwatch is looking very likely to end up in a drawer next to my old nokias, digi cameras and earphone nests.
Just ordered this watch. I have an LG og pro. 7-10 days and I'll post how I make out.
I believe the Flylink S18 (ZGPAX S18) is a standalone phone. I don't believe it supports smartwatch (called Smart Bluetooth Sync by ZGPAX) functionality in terms of pairing with a phone to get notifications. The ZGPAX S12, S15, S28, MQ588, and S19 support Smart Bluetooth Sync.
That's the case. No sync. But calls are clear. Text are a pain but work. Guess next ill put some music on it.
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Hi I thought I would give a quick review of my gv18 smartwatch purchased for £28 from ebay uk seller so here goes.
The item arrived via Argos click and collect which I was very happy with as I don't drive and work 9-5 and hate receiving royal mail undelivered cards.
The watch is packed in a rather generic looking box with aplus watch printed on the box.
Inside I found the watch and a usb cable along with a User manually with a poorly translated english section so I decided to just charge and test the watch. A full charge took just over an hour. Startup was quick a few seconds really and then I was ready to go. I scanned the mediatek app from the qr code but it wouldn't install on my xperia z3 so downloaded and installed via playstore. Within seconds I was receiving all of my notifications. I could even play music through my watch from my phone using xperia z3s throw feature and was pleasantly surprised by the volume and quality of the watch speaker. If I turn off the throw feature I can control the phones audio via the watch through the phones speaker. I promptly tested the calling and was pleased to note that the caller could hear me very clearly as well as me hearing them albeit in a similar way to hands free on my phone but a lot clearer. Sadly I do not believe there is a way to link the watch directly to bluetooth headset which is a shame as this was my main hope for this watch with the expandable memory. Battery life is good at about 2-3 days limited use with backlight on medium. Regarding the phones other features I can say the pedometer works although I'm unsure of the accuracy, texting even with the keyboard options is pretty much pointless due to the size of the keyboard and poor autocorrect word options. Along with this I have noticed that from time to time my bluetotth disconnects and when on a non silent profile rings continuously and on silent the has a verry week vibration. That said though for a nice looking comfortable watch with easily replaceable bands ( about £6 on ebay for 24mm straight end strap, however you will lose nfc) that is a great handsfree device and receives all notifications and for £28 this watch is deffinately worth the money but I'm thinking of looking at the k8 or s8 now for gps and hope of bluetooth headset when free of phone. UPDATE I have now established that you use bluetooth dialler app to use bluetooth headset however with one headset I use connection strength is almost non existent as unless the phone is touching the headset it disconnects and now with my boudoir earphones I get a connection but with wrist at waist I get drop outs both headsets have good range when paired with my phone.
Looks like someone stole my review lolhttp://mobilevsandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/gv18-quick-review.html?m=1
How long is the strap that comes with it?
I just ordered one, since I use a waterproof zip bag for my phone when hiking.
If you still need to know I will measure at some point.
I got the watch, but theres no screw on the back of the gv18 case.
I can see a small circle in the plastic, but not cutout.
in softweare the build time is 24-7-2015. Managed to connect phone and a bt headset to play music. But will probably not use that option all that much.
Mine didn't have the screw either I'm wondering if bluetooth connection is a bit ropey due to changing to metal strap.
well, I tested the bluetooth quicly with sonyericsson mw600 headset. I tried dialing with the mw600 inside the jacket and it seemed to work. Just a quick test over lets say 1m distance.
I am thinking of putting some cling film on it or something else for water\moisture protection when hiking.
GV18 or DZ09? which one is better? Which one do you prefer?
What about internet connection? when i have sim in watch, can i connect to internet using phone?
or when i have sim in phone, can i connect to internet using watches?
Couldn't get sim card working
I tried my phone's sim card in the watch, found AT&T's network configuration page, and attempted to get the watch connected. After many unsuccessful attempts, I gave up. Theoretically, the watch gives you a browser, facebook, and whatsapp apps if you're connected with sim card.
just bought it from amazon, will use it primarily to listen to music via bluetooth headphones while jogging. hopefully it works great for my purpose
First time poster and hoping someone with a zen watch and a iPhone can help me
My watch is paired and working fine with my phone I just can't get emails to appear on the watch and I would like to be able to reply to them as well from the watch.
I understand I can't send texts from the watch and that's fine.
I have turned on the rich email thing under Google app and I have connected my live.ca account to my google but I'm still unable to get them to the watch. If anyone knows if there is a way or if it's just impossible that would be great help.
Thank you!
Blake Cooper
I'd like to buy a smartwatch, however all that meet my requirements (AMOLED, waterproof) are stand-alone versions, with SIM card slot. I've notice that most of these watches do not support full phone synchronization. I'd like my watch to have functionality like: phone camera trigger, answering phone calls, answering SMS or WhatsApp messages...
If some of you can advice me how can I achieve that by external software, or what kind of smartwatch should I buy to meet those requirements, it would be great.
None of them will be able to make or receive calls properly through Bluetooth if that is what you are asking.
There is a reason for this. Google owns the api that allows this kind of interaction with Android. They will never allow it to be used on these watches. To google, these watches go against everything they are working on with Android Wear. They also protest that it is a security issue.
So, long story short - if you want full Bluetooth interactive mode you will need a Wear watch.
Not one of these Bluetooth pairing watches you find on Aliexpress. They also are not allowed to use these api's and cannot make or receive calls over Bluetooth.
If you find one that really works (a lot of them claim to but don't) I'd be interested ?
You might look at the Ticwatch 2. Nice looking watch and is licensed by Google - kind of......
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Have you looked at the Imacwear M7? It might be what you're looking for.
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Thanks @pablo11, however I can't say that I'm happy with what I've just read So it is not possible to implement this functionality in ROM or with the App?
Samsung watches overspend my budget
I completely don't get it! A 10$ smartwatch (like DZ-09) can answer phone calls and push notification two-way, and 100$ can't?