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wishlist for this phone...

i love this new phone and new os but some things are really annoying and i hope they will be fixed in a future software update
no custom ringtones and no seprate volume control for ringtones this really sucks cause if i turn down the game or music volume it turns down the volume for everything.
playing a game like need for speed and hitting that stupid search button will kick u out of a game ur playing.
setting wallpaers u cant set a full wallpaper u always got to crop the image first i hate this.
no turn by turn directions for maps.
the dialpad and message theme kind of sucks i hope this can be changed
i would like to be able to set a wallpaper for the main screen just not the lockscreen
headphone volume output need to be way louder
the phone tile when u miss a call or get a message would be cool if it would show u who u missed a call from and if u got a text message it would show who text u and half of the message or something like that kind of like what the me tile does when u post something new
putting contact tiles if it would show messages and misssed calls alerts on there tiles that would be great
the top menu bar should always show battery lift signal if u get a txt message etc.
improvment on loading time for games etc..
cant think of anything else i want changed right now
other then that i love this new os i been using iphone since the 2g iphone and this is just way diffrent i also use a android device

I'd like more options within text messaging. I'd like the ability to initiate a call from a text message, and the ability to add a contact from a text message.

I've been a Windows mobile user for quite a while, and made a switch to Android, now to Windows Phone 7, it's great, but I agree with everything you posted, but adding a file explorer it a must. The ability to select or hide different photos that show on the picture tile, an option to hide/show the keyboard while typing (so you can see the whole screen), and the ability to turn on/off wifi, Bluetooth from the main screen instead of digging into the settings each time. Plus a few more settings, like wifi rules, (turning off Wifi automatically after unused, if you like). It would also be nice to be able to remove that little white arrow in the upper right corner of the main screen, it takes up so much real estate on the main screen. Landscape mode on more screens would be nice too.
Oh, and the option to remove an account, I already have a Windows Live account that I don't use stuck on the phone. I don't see a way to remove it, and cant' change the email address or log in id info, only the password.
I'm sure updates will be rolling out to resolve some issues, or possibly apps.....??

surround
you can just add a second windows live acccount and disable the first one by unchecking everything effectively disabling it. I wish you could delete the main one too. However, I posted this somewhere else, the phone got corrupted and after i did a hard reset and connected to my computer, the Zune software restored all my programs (in the backgrouind without my knowledge) and all was good again. There are some bad reveiws of this phone on youtube, but some of the reviewers got it all wrong. For instance the screen resolution for movies is EXCELLENT. It takes the zune software a long time to convery and copy some movies but worth the wait. There are some bugs and some things could use improving. I would say the one thing that bugs me the most is when you zoom in on a net page...the text could be sharper. But I can live with it. All in all the phone is a pleasure and I look forward to the updates.

Thing i dont like about video watching is Netflix over 3G is good quality.. but youtube is crap over 3G. There NEEDS to be a setting for this. Its just a hub extension, but hopefully something gets fixed.

A lot of your suggestions are for the OS, not the physical phone.
It would be nice if the OS could utilize the awesome speaker on the phone a bit more. For example, speaker phone is pretty weak. I also dislike how if the speaker is not slid out, everything is muffled. I guess they expected the sound to reflect better, but it just doesn't.
That's really all I can think of besides the lack of a microSD slot that's visible anyway. I'd take my phone apart to see if there is one, but I don't have a torx bit small enough.
Besides the OS limitations, I think the phone is awesome.

I want to be able to set the notification LED to blink for new texts, emails, etc

dccorona said:
I want to be able to set the notification LED to blink for new texts, emails, etc
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I second this. One of the things I miss most from my Tilt2 and all other winmo phones have been the blinking notification light.

Need more from microsoft
I want to be able to block unwanted call, more options in the settings menu and better functions for the camera.

definitely need to be able to explore the phone. more wifi options would be nice as well. also the speaker seems to be a bit lacking. ( sure thumps when i hook it up over the cd deck in my truck though!) I had the htc tp2 prior to this and i became completely addicted to the wifi router utility, so for me personally that would be the most important thing. if anyone knows about anything like this under development let me know. i'm always willing to donate to a good cause.

One of my teens got his old LG upgraded to a Surround for Christmas yesterday. I'd been thinking when my Tilt 2's upgrade time comes this summer I'd do the same -- but not after spending a frustrating afternoon helping him with it!
We played with it in the store several weeks ago. I think the slideout speaker is a gimmick but he's 16 and thinks it's great. We both agree the WinMo 7 tile thing is a bit silly but is FAST, and he loves the HTC Hub UI. The hardware is very good (though I'm not sure I agree with no micro-SD slot).
But using Zune software to sync is a PAIN!!! My Vista laptop took 1/2 hour to download the device drivers, then insisted on a reboot before downloading the Zune software (another 20 minutes). Then the Zune install insisted on checking for an upgrade (yet another 20 minutes) before going thru a rather painful 10 minute install.
Once installed, it was very unhappy when I changed the monitored folders, and took several attempts before it would sync with the folders I'd copied off the kiddos old micro-SD card. Of course what I was most amazed about was the lack of drag-n-drop support in Windows! What kind of lame-brained, Steve Jobs-style of engineer would nix that? (I did find the reg hack to renable that just a few minutes ago, but haven't verified it yet.)
Lots and lots of lockdowns in WinMo 7 that I don't like, as have been mentioned by previous posters. This whole thing reminds me why I disklike the iPhone's OS so much!
Maybe my next phone is gonna have to be an Andriod phone instead...

I kind of agree with all of you. Microsoft might have come into this having windows phone shut a little too tight.
However, that only means that there is more room for improvement.
Multitasking would be nice, especially ones that resonate when you dont have to see them, like streaming music. or at least faster app switching.
File Explorer is kind of important and Bluetooth file sharing too.
Tethering is not that important, but on my fuze I used to use it whenever I went on trips and the hotel tries to give me wifi for $30 a day...but eh... the screen is so much bigger, and it goes a lot faster too that I dont see any need for it, (besides plugins like java, or flash)
Oh and a definite must is the camera settings STAYING THE WAY I LEFT THEM. Whenever you exit the camera, it goes back to default. and on my phone at least, video recording goes to vga, so i would have to set it to 720p if i wanted it.

would love the call blocking and please a flash player!!!!!!!

Improvements
After Multi-tasking and copy and paste are added in the soon to be released update, I would like to see a few more additions. Flash player, Pandora, LED indicator light options for notifications, ringtone options beyond what they have allowed so far, the ability to send videos as MMS messages and a battery % remaining would make me ecstatic.

heh.... guys you will never see multitask like it was on 6.5 ..
as multitask they say - future CLOUD infrastructure update .. which will allow run signed apps on cloud infrastructure .. that means = you will be allowed to create ICQ client .. part of client will run on MS servers . that part will collect ALL YOUR ICQ EVENTS .. and then send to phone via PUSH notify .. on phone side nothing will be rly changed ..coz multitask goal does not collaborate with main WP7 idea - ISOLATED ENVIROMENT FOR APPS

Keyboard directional arrows
Is anyone missing keyboard up, down , left and right arrows? I sure miss them. Lifting your fingers off the keyboard to position the cursor on a particular spot in the sentence is really time consuming and not very precise.

Correct, I will really appreciate arrows in the keyboard
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My only feature request for all WP7 devices is gapless music playback. I really, really hate the two seconds silence between tracks, especially on electronic music or The Dark Side of The Moon (man, I love that album.)

Wi-Fi Router
The most important thing that is missing on Windows Phone 7, no doubt, is the wi-fi router function. Today I have to walk with two phones, because of the missing of wi-fi router.
Another important things are:
- File Manager
- Send photos/files via bluetooth
- Outlook Notes synchronization
- Office docs synchronized on the Windows Live could be open on a computer and vice-versa
Main software that I wish to be developed for WP7:
- Log Me in
- SQL Server Client
- Olive Tree Bible
- Google Maps (Oh Google Maps, you don't know how I miss you and your amazing Latitude)
- Auto CAD WS
- Skype
- MSN Messenger
I agree with everything else you published.

MMS Settings
Be able to customize the MMS Settings, some carriers have differnt tier's of internet with different APN's and it is a Necessity to have that option!!!!

On the fence, can you help me decide

I don't know about ideal but I have my own personal requirements.
1. Notifications for Text messages, Phone Calls and Emails. I don't use Facebook or Twitter anymore but I do understand lots of people still do so those would be important as well.
2. Ability to dismiss incoming calls or answer. I hate those bluetooth headsets so talking directly into the watch would be better for ME. Don't know how well that would work but if the call is important enough or private than have the ability to swap over to just the phone.
3. The screen is so small games really won't matter to me but the ability to go to Playstore and download various Apps would be ideal. Don't really know what I would really need on my watch as any Apps I use regularly I would rather see on my 5" screen.
4. Calendar with Notifications would be great as I could set dates and times on my phone and be alerted thru the watch.
5. Not much else is really required besides changing watch faces to different designs and the occasional trip to the internet on the fly with readable screens. Sometimes I need to google something and it would be great to be able to do this at random.
Currently I am looking at the SmartQ Z Watch and the ZGPAX S5 Smartwatch

I have had this watch for 2 days, comments as below:-
1. This works perfectly.
2. I haven't figured out how you can talk directly into the watch. I do not think this is possible yet although you can plug in a headset and has a built in microphone. With the updates coming in weekly I assume this might be possible through an update.
3. Playstore is not pre-installed. Anyways I do not think most of the apps would work in Playstore since they are not tailored for the screen size.
4. No problem with this either.
5. No inbuilt web browser but I assume you can install one, some of the custom roms has this I have read.

coolface said:
I have had this watch for 2 days, comments as below:-
1. This works perfectly.
2. I haven't figured out how you can talk directly into the watch. I do not think this is possible yet although you can plug in a headset and has a built in microphone. With the updates coming in weekly I assume this might be possible through an update.
3. Playstore is not pre-installed. Anyways I do not think most of the apps would work in Playstore since they are not tailored for the screen size.
4. No problem with this either.
5. No inbuilt web browser but I assume you can install one, some of the custom roms has this I have read.
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What watch do you have???

All-Or-Nothing said:
I don't know about ideal but I have my own personal requirements.
1. Notifications for Text messages, Phone Calls and Emails. I don't use Facebook or Twitter anymore but I do understand lots of people still do so those would be important as well.
2. Ability to dismiss incoming calls or answer. I hate those bluetooth headsets so talking directly into the watch would be better for ME. Don't know how well that would work but if the call is important enough or private than have the ability to swap over to just the phone.
3. The screen is so small games really won't matter to me but the ability to go to Playstore and download various Apps would be ideal. Don't really know what I would really need on my watch as any Apps I use regularly I would rather see on my 5" screen.
4. Calendar with Notifications would be great as I could set dates and times on my phone and be alerted thru the watch.
5. Not much else is really required besides changing watch faces to different designs and the occasional trip to the internet on the fly with readable screens. Sometimes I need to google something and it would be great to be able to do this at random.
Currently I am looking at the SmartQ Z Watch and the ZGPAX S5 Smartwatch
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I have ZGPAX - they haven't released software for the notifications and call handling options, like the Galaxy Gear has... but it's a great device for sure!

All-Or-Nothing said:
I don't know about ideal but I have my own personal requirements.
1. Notifications for Text messages, Phone Calls and Emails. I don't use Facebook or Twitter anymore but I do understand lots of people still do so those would be important as well.
2. Ability to dismiss incoming calls or answer. I hate those bluetooth headsets so talking directly into the watch would be better for ME. Don't know how well that would work but if the call is important enough or private than have the ability to swap over to just the phone.
3. The screen is so small games really won't matter to me but the ability to go to Playstore and download various Apps would be ideal. Don't really know what I would really need on my watch as any Apps I use regularly I would rather see on my 5" screen.
4. Calendar with Notifications would be great as I could set dates and times on my phone and be alerted thru the watch.
5. Not much else is really required besides changing watch faces to different designs and the occasional trip to the internet on the fly with readable screens. Sometimes I need to google something and it would be great to be able to do this at random.
Currently I am looking at the SmartQ Z Watch and the ZGPAX S5 Smartwatch
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I have zgpax.
Mine came with playstore preinstalled. Can run most ICS compatible applications, oddly though launchers ie Nova Launcher do not work. There is no home button anyway. Switching between programs involves using the back button a lot and switching from the home screen/watch launcher. ADW launcher works but every time the phone is turned on the clock launcher starts instead. Don't know how to switch default.
Google calendar is preinstalled.
I use MySMS to mirror text messages from my main phone, and use a prepaid sim with cheap data just for notifications, ie gmail, ebay.
Do not get SmartQ Z watch if running apps is important to you. It runs a MIPS cpu instead of an ARM cpu, and most apps will not run on MIPS by default.
ZGPAX is not rooted by default but can be very easily.
No volume buttons, volume is best controlled by quick volume profiles from notification tray. Four profiles are set by default, general, silent, meeting (vibrate mode), and outdoor (loud mode).
Only buttons are power and back. Menu button is soft button in notification tray next to clock.
Wifi reception has been excellent for something of this size, though understandably a little slowish.

alcuin said:
Do not get SmartQ Z watch if running apps is important to you. It runs a MIPS cpu instead of an ARM cpu, and most apps will not run on MIPS by default.
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Actually on the smartq z watch most apps excluding a lot of games work just fine without MIP compatibility or MIPS conversion . some have screen issues but that problem lies with any smartwatch .
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Elegance u8 watch

this is a cheap watch, do NOT expect support from the manufacturer
there is also a cloned version, sold as a real u8, no way to tell the difference until you receive it
DO NOT FLASH YOU WATCH!
it might be a clone and render it USELESS
CONS:
-there will never be apps developed for it
-you have to have phone or media audio sent to the watch, otherwise it can't connect
-crappy rubber band, attracts dust likecrazy
-the watch screen is off when in standby, so you have to press the button to see anything
-call quality through it's sucks, both microphone and speaker
-display is unreadable outdoors
-NO support from manufacturer
-NO central location for firmware updates
-NO decent companion app, only generic notifications, no filter possible, only based per app
PROS:
-cheap
-doesn't look too bad
stay away is my advice

interesting, the UI very close to i'm watch, home screen anyway.

removed

the manufacturer sent me the BTNotifier app, so i've been able to try out some stuff
sadly, all isn't well
the notifier app is very generic, you can make a selection from all your apps, but all that does is show a generic message on the watch, not the content of that message (like "new tweet" but not the tweet itself)
that's the whole reason i have my smartwatch, to see messages at a glance, dismiss whatever is not important and grab my phone when it is
will send feedback to the manufacturer, but am not expecting much...

Hi,
I just bought this model. It seemed beautiful and with many features.
The screen is not in color? In the photos seems to b/w.
The battery can stand how long? The bluethoot not fail?
You are not satisfied with him?
How much was yours? In the link you placed it very very expensive...
Reg,
FB

the link i shared was for 2 watches, not for 1, what did you pay for it?
yes the screen is color, look at the analog clock face, the seconds hand is red
and no i'm not impressed with this watch
haven't tried it for long, so no idea how long the battery lasts or how stable the bluetooth connection is
it does not have (native) support for facebook/twitter/whatsapp/gmail, something my Sony Smartwatch 2 does have
it does support sms and has a general "catch all" option for any app you choose, but for twitter it will just say "you have a new tweet" and not the message content
the screen is hardly readable outside, i have to admit Sony did a pretty good job with their transflective display
it also times out too quick, dims the screen in about 4,5 seconds and goes totally black after another 5,5 seconds
all notifications, not matter the application, are grouped together and you can't swipe to see them, you have to use the touch buttons at the bottom
if you disable both phone and media audio, the watch disconnects completely, at least one needs to be enabled

Hi,
I bought here
How works the function "Answer or Dial calls from your wrist"...has good sound?
...and a remote control camera of your smartphone works?
One thing I don't like in the Sony Smartwatch, if you disconnect (BT) of your samrtphone it off the clock, this is bad ...in the U watch does not happen...it's truth?
...I see, this is not the smartwatch announce in the description of sale
Reg,
FB

fbhtc said:
Hi,
One thing I don't like in the Sony Smartwatch, if you disconnect (BT) of your samrtphone it off the clock, this is bad ...in the U watch does not happen...it's truth?
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Hi,
No, in Sony Smartwatch 2 Hour Watchface is still displayed and always ON even without phone. Many app can run without phone : stopwatch, timer, alarm, many note like SmartNotes, Evernote, GMail Note, Notification historic : Gmail, K9Mail and all others received before no connection.....

OK...
...so, you're not using the U8...you use the sony Sony Smartwatch 2 :good:
...I will wait for my U8 and I'll see if I solve the problem of messages.
Reg,
FB

fbhtc said:
OK...
...so, you're not using the U8...you use the sony Sony Smartwatch 2 :good:
...I will wait for my U8 and I'll see if I solve the problem of messages.
Reg,
FB
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I have also a SmartQ Z-Watch with android 4.4 for $99 wich work well

JarlSX said:
Got my watch today...
Language selection is limited to chinese/english, no other options.
Build version of the firmware: M28_KHR.CN1.V007
Will add more info when i know more!
(any questions are welcome)...
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I've got the same watch few days ago too,
The initial version of firmware is M28_KHR.CN1.V008
And then, I ask the 2 different versions of firmware from the vendor to see if any new feature or improvement,
The only difference I've found so far is the backlight timeout value can be changed,
Are you interested to take a look?

thanks @alexcc59 for those files!
will have a look, being able to set the screen timeout it the first of many changes this watch needs
did you also get a newer version of BTNotifier?
i have v1.3.21 right now
edit: there's two versions of the firmware? one chinese and one english? or what is the difference?
and how do i get this thing to go into flash mode?

JarlSX said:
thanks @alexcc59 for those files!
will have a look, being able to set the screen timeout it the first of many changes this watch needs
did you also get a newer version of BTNotifier?
i have v1.3.21 right now
edit: there's two versions of the firmware? one chinese and one english? or what is the difference?
and how do i get this thing to go into flash mode?
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Yes, I already got that APK too.
As I tried,
The M28_KHR.FN2.V002 firmware support English, French...ETC, total 13 languages, build date: 2014/4/2,
And the M28_KHR_CN1_V011 firmware only support English & Simplify Chinese, build date: 2014/4/9,
But I don't exactly know what's the difference except language support.
I figured out the flashing procedure by myself,
If you want to try, you can follow the steps below~
1. Install driver.
2. Switch on and connect the watch with standard micro-USB cable.
3. Run the "Flash_tool.exe" as administrator.
4. Loacate the 2 files then press the "Download" button as the attached picture.
5. Swith off the watch then it will start to flash automatically.
6. Do not interrupt the process until it finished.

so which version of the btnotifier apk do you have?
managed to update the firmware, thanks!
i'm fine with english, so i picked the CN V11 version
noticed these changes:
-2 extra clock faces, 1 digital and 1 analog
-as you already mentioned, the screen timeout setting
-interaction with phone seems quicker, like loading the phone book and accessing the camera
sadly the screen timeout setting only adds more time to the period where it's in power save mode, the time it's in full brightness is still only 4.5-5 seconds, that should be selectable as well
a real deal breaker is that i can't dial out with my phone and have audio on my phone, i should be able to choose by dialing/answering with either watch or phone
it's like hands free always on, unacceptable
it also still disconnects if i switch off both phone audio and media audio
so will wait for another firmware to try again

JarlSX said:
so which version of the btnotifier apk do you have?
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The same as yours
---------- Post added at 06:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------
JarlSX said:
a real deal breaker is that i can't dial out with my phone and have audio on my phone, i should be able to choose by dialing/answering with either watch or phone
it's like hands free always on, unacceptable...
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Which phone do you use?
In my case, I use HTC One M7,
I can choose which device to call/answer in dialer,
Just press the same button as speakerphone then choose while calling,
And I also unchecked the audio streaming option in bluetooth setting on my phone,
Then it will not playback via the poor speak of the watch

see sig, HTC Butterfly s
so you can choose audio on the watch, but i want audio to be on the phone if i use the phone's dialer
they really need to add native facebook/twitter/gmail/whatsapp support to the BTNotifier, useless otherwise, i want to see content on the watch

first smartwatch
Hey guy's I was thinking about buying this watch as well. I have never had one before.
I would love to easily change the song, which my phone is playing through my earbuds. Is this possible with this watch? or can I only change songs and play them from the speaker? Also I don't really get if you guys already solved the fact that you could not pick up your normal phone while the watch is connected?
but most important of all I wan't to be able to have both my phone and my smartwatch on vibrate/silent. I am a student and can't have my phone making any sounds during class.
Is there someone who can answer these questions for me? I have found a good deal for this watch on internet and want to order quick
thanks in advance!!
peace:good:

well, the Smartwatch 2 does all that, and has a way better screen, AND displays content of messages, which this one doesn't, for most things anyway
the SW2 is a lot cheaper now, so i would advise buying that one
or if you're not in a hurry, wait a couple of months a see what's available then

JarlSX said:
well, the Smartwatch 2 does all that, and has a way better screen, AND displays content of messages, which this one doesn't, for most things anyway
the SW2 is a lot cheaper now, so i would advise buying that one
or if you're not in a hurry, wait a couple of months a see what's available then
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thanks for the advise! The sony watch is to expensive for me tough.
Is the smartQ Z1 a good alternative? As far as I can see it looks similar as the SW2 and is cheaper. less than €70,- including shippingcosts to holland. it is 12.2mm thick which is quite ok as well.

yeah the Z1 is a good alternative, runs android so has all kind of options, they even managed to run Android Wear on it
check the Z1 topics in this subforum
i was going to buy The Z1 as well, but as i have already preordered the HOT Watch as well, i thought it was a bit overkill
this U-watch is a waste of money, that's for sure

*LEMFO LEM5* smartwatch

Hi all !!!
I have decided its time for a smartwatch but all big companys like LG MOTOROLA and SAMSUNG have BIG or TOO BIG PRICES for my budget so i started looking in other markets and found this watch with pretty badass specs:
LEMFO LEM5
1.39 inch Android 5.1 3G Smartwatch Phone MTK6580 1.3GHz Quad Core 1GB RAM 8GB ROM Pedometer Heart Rate Monitoring
Display: 1.39 inch 400 x 400 pixels screen
CPU: MTK6580 Quad Core 1.3GHz
System: Android 5.1
RAM+ROM: 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM
Bluetooth: V4.0
SIM type: single nano SIM
Functions: pedometer, heart rate monitoring, GPS
Network:
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
WCDMA: 850/1900/2100MHz
here is a link on gearbest: http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watch-phone/pp_590091.html
and here little video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dav5dqvzR0w
i want to know what u guys think and if someone already bought it and can share some info......
i started this thread coz there is no info on this watch here on xda .
bgood
f

noone bought this watch yet? it looks great and has specs like a mid range smartphone...IMHO its a beast i just want some user experience and opinions
tnx
edit:
just saw on website that its not released yet...release date is 26.12.2016 meh....

Hi,
i got it last month from Aliexpress for 110$. display is nice and lot of watch faces to choose from. aslo you can download more..

shoiebarshad said:
Hi,
i got it last month from Aliexpress for 110$. display is nice and lot of watch faces to choose from. aslo you can download more..
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Hi,
Did you use it paired with celular phone (bluetooth) or with a SIM installed ?
If paired, how notifications happen in watch ? Whatsapp and Social Network apps (Facebook, Twitter, ...) appears fine ?
I had a Moto 360 and purchased a Lemfo Lem5 last week.
Best regards.

dobrun.franjo said:
Hi all !!!
I have decided its time for a smartwatch but all big companys like LG MOTOROLA and SAMSUNG have BIG or TOO BIG PRICES for my budget so i started looking in other markets and found this watch with pretty badass specs:
LEMFO LEM5
1.39 inch Android 5.1 3G Smartwatch Phone MTK6580 1.3GHz Quad Core 1GB RAM 8GB ROM Pedometer Heart Rate Monitoring
Display: 1.39 inch 400 x 400 pixels screen
CPU: MTK6580 Quad Core 1.3GHz
System: Android 5.1
RAM+ROM: 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM
Bluetooth: V4.0
SIM type: single nano SIM
Functions: pedometer, heart rate monitoring, GPS
Network:
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
WCDMA: 850/1900/2100MHz
here is a link on gearbest: http://www.gearbest.com/smart-watch-phone/pp_590091.html
and here little video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dav5dqvzR0w
i want to know what u guys think and if someone already bought it and can share some info......
i started this thread coz there is no info on this watch here on xda .
bgood
f
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Actually there many threads about the LEM5 on XDA.
My suggestion to find a lot of useful info about it, some of them not even supposed here on XDA, is to look at this G+ community and this dedicated forum:
Round Android Smartwatches- Custom Faces & Apps
Round Android Smartwatch Forum

cyrux75 said:
Actually there many threads about the LEM5 on XDA.
My suggestion to find a lot of useful info about it, some of them not even supposed here on XDA, is to look at this G+ community and this dedicated forum:
Round Android Smartwatches- Custom Faces & Apps
Round Android Smartwatch Forum
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Sorry man but the only good that happend to this forum was eric launcher
And first time produce his work you snob him
Corvus supported him and change your oppinion about
The only uou do is to ban members if post links like you do now
And accuse people that envolve with watch companys and support these companys with launchers and apk
I believe developers should envolve with companys is the natural way
But accuse all the other as something bad is ipocritic
Like your Credits

gersonstandke said:
Hi,
Did you use it paired with celular phone (bluetooth) or with a SIM installed ?
If paired, how notifications happen in watch ? Whatsapp and Social Network apps (Facebook, Twitter, ...) appears fine ?
I had a Moto 360 and purchased a Lemfo Lem5 last week.
Best regards.
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i am using it Bluetooth, and in my opinion the battery is not that big to handle the 3G network for complete day without charge.
pairing works fine, but notifications are one-way only. you read the notification on the watch but can't reply. Actually the way notifications are pushed is like the lock screen, i.e. for whatsapp if it's the one notification you can read the message otherwise it'll just say two new messages.
for me the biggest disappointment was not able to sync the fitness data to cell phone. Do you know any apps which can do that?

geowolf1000 said:
Sorry man but the only good that happend to this forum was eric launcher
And first time produce his work you snob him
Corvus supported him and change your oppinion about
The only uou do is to ban members if post links like you do now
And accuse people that envolve with watch companys and support these companys with launchers and apk
I believe developers should envolve with companys is the natural way
But accuse all the other as something bad is ipocritic
Like your Credits
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I completely disagree with you, but this is not the point.
Despite what you and me think of them, that G+ community and that forum are plenty of users who share their experience about LEM5 and many other round android smartwatches.

2 - way Notification App for Lemfo Lem5? SwappLINK?
Hi all
I was wondering if there is an alternative to the Lemfo notification app that you can recommend? One that supports sending message replies, using the watch speaker and mic to make and answer phonecalls via bluetooth from the phone and choosing which phone apps can send notifications. Swapplink used to do all of that but is no longer on google playstore. I am sure I can download the APK but it looks like it hasnt been updated since 2014. Any suggestions? I can only seem to find BTNotifier or Android Wear apps...

My number is through Google Voice, so I text and call using Hangouts. Is Hangouts usable on the LEM5 and does it fill the display, or am I going to have a tiny little square I have to deal with?

I have mine since 15 days ago, well my opinion is the following, before this use a pebble time, I would not catalog the LEM5 as a smartwatch, it is more a smartphone that is worn on the wrist, smartwatch applications do not They work correctly, but the smartphone if they work correctly, you can have whatsapp independent of the phone and because it has a simcard slot, and so for all applications in the store, whether games or others, the negative point is that Are not optimized for round screen, and in some cases can not be used, virtual keyboards do not show all keys, fleksy and minuum (the complete) work well, touchpal is the best.
*The notifications of the phone to the clock, in case of whatsapp only show the text of the message, and not who sends it. The battery does not last more than 20 hours using it in airplane mode, under normal use 15 hours maximum.
To summarize, is a small smartphone that receives notifications from another smarphone, its worth the price and the screen is beautiful and there are many themes to download and it is fun to use, and try to run applications in round screen when they are designed for rectangles

dimex said:
My number is through Google Voice, so I text and call using Hangouts. Is Hangouts usable on the LEM5 and does it fill the display, or am I going to have a tiny little square I have to deal with?
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That you choose the one that suits you in the configuration of the equipment, the round only cuts the image but does not optimize it
I attached an image of the store page in both formats

puddleglum81 said:
One that supports sending message replies, using the watch speaker and mic to make and answer phonecalls via bluetooth from the phone and choosing which phone apps can send notifications.
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@puddleglum81, Have you found the solution for this? I would like to buy this smartwarch, but I need this functionality...

ilgincix said:
hi watch face, launcher and app archive
click and download
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What you have done here is collected just about all the copyright protected faces and launchers ever made and distributed them without permission.
You do not own any of them. You did not make any of them and you have been reported - not just to the XDA admin team but to outside agencies as well.
What did you think you were doing ? It's a blatant act of piracy .......

Hi all i am not able to connect lemfo lem5 smart watch with android phone (HTC desire 10).I tried many BT notification app but not able to pair .
Can any buddy tell me which app needs to be installed.

You need a LEMFO App in your phone:
Just open LEMFO watch App in your watch, down to the "Download Mobile app" with the QR image, capture the QR image with a QR App in your phone. You will be redirected for downloading and installing the app

Very detailed review
Hello all,
I have a Lemfo lem 5 for about one month now and i think i can do a detailed review of it, maybe will be useful for some people.
On the first day i became very disappointed with the battery, even without turn the wifi of 3g , the clock worked for about 4 or 6
hours, but after some time i've done a factory reset and discovered that some apps that i've installed , consumes battery even with the wifi
turned on, like skype for example, and other apps that give symlinks on the launcher for fast productivity. The best i could do, was using
apps tested for using on it. So now i can have one or two battery charges on a day. The charge otherwise is very fast, in one hour it is
fully charged. I've liked a lot of the tip for the touchpal keyboard that i 've read on the forum, so i 've entered here to add my
experience and ask other questions too.
I've installed the sim card on it, the quality of the call is good, the microphone is very good but the sound of the speaker is a
little ugly. The contacts for the call, the volume button and the keyboard on the call, i've liked. The SMS app is beautiful and work well.
The 3g works well (I had to add the APN from my pstn country) but drain a lot of battery, so i turn on the 3g, do what i have to do, and turn
it off (And turn battery economy on again).
It has some apps that came with it like a file manager (Simple but works), video player (Plays the normal mobile codec videos, fits
well but do not play external .srt subtitles) and the Music player (Simple but works well, even in background).
Using it paired with the phone was not a good experience, it is better standalone, more like a mobile phone watch.
Android apps that i am using:
Mobizen Mirroring - Can control the watch on the windows desktop screen, it worked very good, you can see the watch screen and control it.
Youtube : The clock give you 2 options to handle android third apps, you can use it in square screen (Becomes small to see, but you
have the full view and full control of the app) or you can use it like a Rounded view (That is the default, the problem is that you can lose
some parts of the view). The problem with this app is that on full screen, the video play on the wrong side of the screen.
Netflix: using the square view , it is usable, but like the youtube, it plays on the wrong side of the view. If you take the watch off
of the pulse, the video becomes good to see (But obviously very small).
Touchpal: Tip from someone on this forum, the keyboard becomes much larger so you can type better on the small screen, until now i
couldn't see any unnecessary battery drain.
Whatstablet: That app is like a whatsapp web, because i want to see the whatszap on the watch only once in a while, i didn't want to
have the original whatsapp installed on it because of the battery drain, so i've installed my original whatsapp on a old mobile (With a
battery problem) so it stays at home in the internet all the time, and i use this whatstablet app on the watch, that is like a whatsappweb
for mobile that could fit on the watch (Very small but usable), using the square view only. This app i am using just for the moment, i am
trying to find something that fits better using the Rounded view.
Games i've installed that was very good : Make 7 and Sonic Dash. It is playable. Not every android game works on this watch, a lot
of then, are opened on the wrong side of the screen, or do not open at all.

Issue after updating firmware Lemfo LES1
I just finished updating the firmware of my Lemfo LES1 (051517) and everythings seemed to have worked out OK.
I can see the new firmware version in About Watch. I can also see the new "clockskin" folder added when checking under File Manager, but when I connect the watch via USB to my laptop, I can't see that folder; all the other folders listed in File Manager, are visible in the indows File Explorer. Any idea as of why this is happening and how to fix?

asiapac.oscar said:
I just finished updating the firmware of my Lemfo LES1 (051517) and everythings seemed to have worked out OK.
I can see the new firmware version in About Watch. I can also see the new "clockskin" folder added when checking under File Manager, but when I connect the watch via USB to my laptop, I can't see that folder; all the other folders listed in File Manager, are visible in the indows File Explorer. Any idea as of why this is happening and how to fix?
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This is a known issue, wrong folder permissions.
You should copy the files in a different folder, then move them with the file manager on the watch
Inviato dal mio MI 5s utilizzando Tapatalk

Claysongomes said:
Hello all,
I have a Lemfo lem 5 for about one month now and i think i can do a detailed review of it, maybe will be useful for some people.
On the first day i became very disappointed with the battery, even without turn the wifi of 3g , the clock worked for about 4 or 6
hours, but after some time i've done a factory reset and discovered that some apps that i've installed , consumes battery even with the wifi
turned on, like skype for example, and other apps that give symlinks on the launcher for fast productivity. The best i could do, was using
apps tested for using on it. So now i can have one or two battery charges on a day. The charge otherwise is very fast, in one hour it is
fully charged. I've liked a lot of the tip for the touchpal keyboard that i 've read on the forum, so i 've entered here to add my
experience and ask other questions too.
I've installed the sim card on it, the quality of the call is good, the microphone is very good but the sound of the speaker is a
little ugly. The contacts for the call, the volume button and the keyboard on the call, i've liked. The SMS app is beautiful and work well.
The 3g works well (I had to add the APN from my pstn country) but drain a lot of battery, so i turn on the 3g, do what i have to do, and turn
it off (And turn battery economy on again).
It has some apps that came with it like a file manager (Simple but works), video player (Plays the normal mobile codec videos, fits
well but do not play external .srt subtitles) and the Music player (Simple but works well, even in background).
Using it paired with the phone was not a good experience, it is better standalone, more like a mobile phone watch.
Android apps that i am using:
Mobizen Mirroring - Can control the watch on the windows desktop screen, it worked very good, you can see the watch screen and control it.
Youtube : The clock give you 2 options to handle android third apps, you can use it in square screen (Becomes small to see, but you
have the full view and full control of the app) or you can use it like a Rounded view (That is the default, the problem is that you can lose
some parts of the view). The problem with this app is that on full screen, the video play on the wrong side of the screen.
Netflix: using the square view , it is usable, but like the youtube, it plays on the wrong side of the view. If you take the watch off
of the pulse, the video becomes good to see (But obviously very small).
Touchpal: Tip from someone on this forum, the keyboard becomes much larger so you can type better on the small screen, until now i
couldn't see any unnecessary battery drain.
Whatstablet: That app is like a whatsapp web, because i want to see the whatszap on the watch only once in a while, i didn't want to
have the original whatsapp installed on it because of the battery drain, so i've installed my original whatsapp on a old mobile (With a
battery problem) so it stays at home in the internet all the time, and i use this whatstablet app on the watch, that is like a whatsappweb
for mobile that could fit on the watch (Very small but usable), using the square view only. This app i am using just for the moment, i am
trying to find something that fits better using the Rounded view.
Games i've installed that was very good : Make 7 and Sonic Dash. It is playable. Not every android game works on this watch, a lot
of then, are opened on the wrong side of the screen, or do not open at all.
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Hello,
Thanks for your excellent review.
Do you Know if it's possible to keep le clock on the screen, with less Light when the watch is on sleeping mode ? Because it switch Black when sleeping and need to push button to see the hour.
Thanks
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[SMARTWATCH]Finow X5 AIR Discussion

Hi lets help each other here about finow x5air

my problem are
1)i live in India and my watch says no network each time i call it just dont register ,have tried airtel idea etc ant suggestions
2)my weather dont show me anything y ?
any help is appreciated:fingers-crossed:

I got my x5air a week ago and had problems with watch helper software it's keep disconnecting from my galaxy s8plus.
I installed different app and so far it's working
App name is watch droid assistant

how many storage will it remain?

FumiJ said:
how many storage will it remain?
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16 Gb is on board and app is take around 2-3 Mb
Also I disable Most google apps and some other stuff which I am not using for now

New problems with Finow X Air
I also just recently got my Finow X air. I love it so far, the problem are just...
apparently the X Air it's the only model in the Finow X 5 linee which doesn't turn screen on automatically when you look at your watch.
I fixed this problem by installing th app "gravity screen" and set it so, that if you turn your watch in special angle away from you, it turns off and if you turn watch to you, the screen automatically turns on, so you have both hands free and can see the time (which is core aspect of any watch!)
the problem now is that, x air seems to automatically turn off gravity screen and any other apps opened before in background after 1 minute and resets every setting (I also hate that stock android keyboard, you can hardly write with it on small watch)
So in summary my problems are:
1. We should have an auto turn off and turn on screen by looking at the watch feature
2. Let us change freely keyboards!
3. Both settings should remain, and not just stay for 1 minute.
Do any of you know a fix or solution for this or experience same problems? Thank you for your answer in advance.

I install this launcher http://roundandroidwatches.proboards.com/thread/758/universal-launcher-new-generation-2
And also use Debloater to freeze some apps
Keyboard is ok but aldo you can install Google handwriting keyboard which will aloud you to write 1 letter at the time but it's working fine for me
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Also I use some of this faces
http://www.watchfaceup.com/android.php

Regarding the auto turn screen on off problem I found
The app "shake screen on off " from play store works even better than "gravity screen".
You shake your wrist and your watch goes on.
Shake wrist again or just wait a Iittle and it turns off.
Problem is that system still automatically closes every app including "shake screen on off" in background in standby mode..
So I tested it with a stop watch and *after exactly 3 minutes in standby mode the watch closes every open app.*
Can someone confirm this or knows how to fix the autoclose problem?

Raaik said:
Regarding the auto turn screen on off problem I found
The app "shake screen on off " from play store works even better than "gravity screen".
You shake your wrist and your watch goes on.
Shake wrist again or just wait a Iittle and it turns off.
Problem is that system still automatically closes every app including "shake screen on off" in background in standby mode..
So I tested it with a stop watch and *after exactly 3 minutes in standby mode the watch closes every open app.*
Can someone confirm this or knows how to fix the autoclose problem?
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Check Power saving it should be like on my first picture for wrist shake work properly
and also go to more settings, about phone, developer options and on very bottom part check what you have , like on my second picture

Zenia said:
Check Power saving it should be like on my first picture for wrist shake work properly
and also go to more settings, about phone, developer options and on very bottom part check what you have , like on my second picture
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HEUREKA! NO PROBLEMS ANYMORE! I LUVE YOU, THANKS YOU SOOO MUCH!!
PS. i'm not a robot

Hơ can I type STATIC IP in Wifi setup networking cause it have no Advance Setting?
Harbir said:
Hi lets help each other here about finow x5air
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I can not input STATIC IP because it have no Advance Setting after Show Password as same as Config Network Setting in Adroid Phone. Pls help me cause my wifi netwoking cannot using DHCP but STATIC IP. Thanks!
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Harbir said:
my problem are
1)i live in India and my watch says no network each time i call it just dont register ,have tried airtel idea etc ant suggestions
2)my weather dont show me anything y ?
any help is appreciated:fingers-crossed:
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I cannot input STATIC IP because it have no Advance Setting after Show Password as same as Config Network Setting in Android Phone. Pls help me cause my wifi netwoking cannot using DHCP but STATIC IP. Thanks!

It seems the watch will close Apps once the screen is turned off. Then there are no notifications at all until you re-open the app. For example, Gmail will not inform me the arrival of new emails, even if it is set up as a push email. Only when I re-launched Gmail, then suddenly a bunch of emails come in. I am not able to use the trick mentioned above to enable push notifications. Are there any other options? Thanks.

Gmail were? watches or phone
I use my watches like a assistant to phone and it's push all notification to watch from phone.
I disabled Watch Assistant and install Watch Droid Assistant it's working great for me

I need to clarify that I am using the watch as a standalone device. It has a SIM and not connected to a phone. I would like to get notifications of emails. But it does not work that way. On an Android phone, I would imagine there is a battery optimization setting that I can uncheck to keep the app alive. I am not sure whether there is something like that on the watch.

Heart rate
Can Strava or similar apps use the built-in hear rate sensor?

Hi people,
Whenever I tried to add new faces by clicking on " + " or when i try to load the Finow Appstore, after some time loading, i get a black screen. Yesterday it worked though. As if it couldn't reach Finow server.
I tried resetting, but it didn't change anything.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks!

Hi, I also faced same problem and have fixed it without installing any third party application. Try this .. press center button -> gesture up from bottom -> genture right to left -> genture right to left -> here select the center icon it looks likes torch light.. that’s it .

Thanks for your help, I already tried it, it didn't work.
But today everything works fine, so i guess there wasn't an error on my side, but either on the server's side.

Hi Folks,
I've got the phone for 3 days now and I'm fiddling around with it to see what it can do and what not. I had an Omate derivate with rectangular screen (512MB/4GB, replaceable battery 600mAh) which I found much better to use and which had an sdcard slot. I'm pretty much p...d off that it is impossible to find anything like it with more memory. I found one phone with 320x200 screen in landscape, but only with Android 4.4 and no card slot and not enough memory. So finally, I bought the X5 Air which is not ideal for me, because of too small a battery and the round screen that makes a lot of problems. 2 GB Ram is good, but 16 GB Flash without the possibility to expand is rather mediocre for my purposes aside of the weak battery .
But here I am, and willing to give it a try.
Here is what I did so far:
Rooted with Kingroot
Works, but installs bloatware.
Tested a few launchers:
From the ones I tested I like Evie the most. It works nicely and works quite well with the round screen.
Installed Linux Deploy
Works perfectly. I just copied my installation file from the old phone and can now access the desktop via VNC from any device in the network. Only drawback is that swapoff doesn't seem to work, and obviously it is not a good idea to have a swap space on the internal flash memory of the phone. Defects are prone to happen. With 2 GB, swapping is not necessary, that's why I wanted more memory. More work needed here.
Installed Crono Surf
Looks good, but if I could combine an alternative launcher like Evie with the generic watch face engine, that would be nicer.
Installed Ki4a
Works perfectly, but to access settings, the screen has to be set to the smaller size (rectangular) and it is better to open it in parallel on a normal phone because you cannot read all descriptions.
Installed HERE We Go
Seems to work, but due to the limited flash memory, you cannot download all the maps you would like to have for offline navigation.
Installed Titanium Backup
Works, but some buttons seem impossible to access.
Removed Kingroot
Kingroot installs too much bloatware for my liking. And it cannot be uninstalled via the normal app management (system app). Maybe there is an uninstall routine via the settings in Kingroot, but it cannot be accessed on that stupid round screen. So I used Titanium Backup to uninstall it. Restart after that and Kingroot and Root seem to have gone without trace. Additionally, I reset the device. Until there is a proper way for rooting the X5 Air, I will stay with Kingroot, but it is good to know that I can revert it.
Basically, I can more or less do with the phone what I intended, but one important thing is missing, standard bluetooth tethering. The menus for setting up a hotspot are completely missing. Anybody knows a way or a tool for that?
When I have time I want to try out xposed framework, maybe that can solve the missing options problems, but so far, I really find it annoying to have hardware that is limited by the software. What is this, Apple? Even my 4 yrs old Omate derivate could be easily converted to a fully working android device with homescreen, notification bar etc. And above all it had only 2 buttons but still all the phone navigation actions were possible, incl. a working running-apps list.
Kind regards,
Felix

Do smartwatches support master bluetooth?
Do smartwatches have master bluetooth? I would like to connect speakers or heart monitor strap (I do not like light based ones) to it, and I do not know will it work as it works with a normal android phone.