I've got two smart watches, one is a standard watch. The other is a medical device I wear under a shirt.
Is anyone aware of a way to restart the medical wear device via my phone either with an app, Tasker or any other way?
I'd have to target the right watch, but honestly if it was a general reboot both connected devices. That's not the end of the world.
Thanks in advance, this has had me scratching my head for a while. If it's through a console, how would I get Tasker to open/type/run via a task?
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I have an arduino project I am working on that combines the arduino with GPRS, relay, and camera attachments (shields) to act as a smart alarm for a car. Essentially extending the range of functionality (remote starting, lock/unlock/ alerts etc...) to my smartphone.
Since car alarm sirens are annoying and useless, I would rather be called if my car is being "violated". The GPRS and arduino could easily handle phone call or text message notifications. It could also receive texts and turn on relays etc...
One feature I think would be great would be the ability to send a MMS message with a picture of the inside of the car. This would be difficult and probably more expensive to do (needs stronger arduino board, good camera etc...)
Then I thought why not just hack up an "old" ($50 used android phone that can take really good pics etc...) They are just built a lot better and more compact than the hack job I would end up piecing together and cost a lot less. There is only one thing I can think of... see below.
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1) Is there any way to interface or control an android phone through the serial communication connector (ie usb plug hole) using commands from a device such as a raspberry pi, or arduino or similar.
What I would want to do is have a trigger (arduino monitor the dome light voltage line) to signal the arduino to control the phone to do the following:
--Call me
--take picture inside car
--send said picture via mms to me
I would also like the arduino to be able to read the sms messages I send to the phone in my car to do things like roll windows up, remote start etc... (arduino can do this last part with the gprs) as long as the arduino can read the text message it can perform something.
I am not looking for a remote client (like VM whatever its called).
If this isn't the place for this, please let me know where to start looking.
There is a product called mimic USB from customgadz.com that makes me think that sending commands through USB must be doable, but they are expensive and I don't know enough about it to help you do it well.
My first instinct would be bluetooth. I am not especially versed in arduino, but I know you can get a bluetooth shield for about 20-30 bucks. If you could make your dome light "trigger" tell the arduino to turn ON its bluetooth or send the equivalent of a button-press from a bluetooth headset (if the shield is always on). Then use Tasker on the phone! Create a task that when the phone senses bluetooth (either the new connection or the button press) then it snaps the picture, texts you, and calls you etc.
AFTERTHOUGHT: tasker can also detect charge state, to change settings when phones are plugged in/unplugged... So if you got the arduino to flip a relay, when triggered, that turned the port that charges the cell phone off... Then tasker could read that change in charge state and activate the steps you wanted. Then after a preset delay, or once the dome light went back out, you could have the USB turn back on to keep the phone charged. It is a little more circuitous work-around, but it would effectively be a command from the USB, like you asked for
Is there any way to turn an old Android phone into an Android Wear device?
Is it possible to make any of my old phones think they're a watch for example? Then pair it via BT with my main phone and get all the benefits of Android Wear but on another device?
have you worked out anything on this? I have been searching high and low for this type of functionality to use on an old android device (would use in the car)
Android Wear itself is not currently open source. The kernel is, however many parts needed to build a working Wear system are not available.
How would this be useful. I thought the whole point of AW is not the have to take you phone out.
It might be useful on a bike computer.
Mount an old smaller phone on the handlebars.
Sorry mate, Android Wear is made for watches and small devices like accessories. I'm afraid you can't run it on a smartphone.
Also, as @ShadowEO said, some parts of the OS are not available.
i'd love this myself. I could have an old tablet in my car mounted and it would basically be android auto but not cost me a thousand dollars.
I'll be buying my first Android Wear watch soon (a Huawei Watch) and I have a question... Is it possible to pair android wear to two device, like a phone and a tablet, and then set one as the preferred device? I know you can't connect to two devices simultaneously, but this is what I would like to do: Pair the watch to my phone and my tablet, and set the phone as the preferred device to connect to. Then, anytime my phone is within Bluetooth range the watch will automatically connect to it, but if I walk away from my phone and I have my tablet with me, the watch will automatically connect to the tablet. But also, since my phone is the preferred device, if I walk back in range of my phone the watch should then automatically switch back to the phone (even if it was still connected to the tablet). The reason I'd like to be able to do this is because I always have one of the devices with me at all times, either the phone or tablet, but I don't always have both with me.
Android Wear pairs with only 1 device, but I have both an Android Phone and Tablet and would like to get notifications from both. I have my wear device paired with my phone, but there are notifications on my tablet that I would also like to somehow get on the watch. Is there an app that can mirror notifications across devices? I've tried Pushbullet but it only mirrors from device to computer and not from device to device.
I use Pushbullet.
I've done some Google-ing and can't seem to find what I am looking for. Is there anyone that makes a headless Android phone? I keep coming up with project ideas where it would be nice to run an Android app remotely, without a display. It should reduce the size of the formfactor if there wasn't a display, camera, and case and could even use an external battery.
Latest thing I would like to try: mount headless device on drone and remote control it with VNC over LTE.
I also keep coming up with ideas that would use Bluetooth hardware but would like to access it beyond Bluetooth range.