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Video Call PC - WTF, this must be a conspiracy!

I have searched the net for hours, and I cannot find any easy method to make a Video call from my Galaxy S to my PC via the net.....
Why the heck is this so difficult? The main result I get is Fring, which used to work with Skype, but doesnt any more, so that is useless. They dont even have a PC Client, which is beyond me!
Then there is Qik, but that is useless as well. Either can be used Phone-Phone, but I want Phone - PC so I can video chat with family while I travel.
I am not very experienced with this, but apparently Fring can be configured for SIP services.... but when I looked these up, they are require payment.
Can anyone help me out???? The phone has a front facing camera and can connect to wifi, there is no reason I can see that it shouldnt be an easy thing to do - it seems like all the big telcos are holding back the technology so they can charge their huge rates, hence why I think its a conspiracy!!!!
Cheers!

Yes, I too think the biggest reason for not having video calling over a data connection is due to the telcos' influences. Technically i see no limitation, Fring already did this and showed that it is possible. Skype IMO has the infrastructure but they are more interested in pleasing Verizon than their own customers .

Sipdroid, works with any sip client and trunk that supports video calls.

i tried sipdroid, but i couldn't get it to work, and when i searched somebody said you needed to pay for the account.
but if you say it works, i'll give it another go. so does it work phone to pc or phone to phone or both?

Bump. I've been wondering the same. My small research also seamed to indicate that sipdroid was the way to go.

i've been trying to find a popular video calling App that works with the PC
so far Sipdroid seems to be the only one

"iMovachi"
Ugly as hell and it doesn't support die front camera of the Galaxy S, bit it is the ONLY video chat software that works from android to pc and vice versa.

skyworxx said:
"iMovachi"
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Can't find this anywhere on Google...

movicha (dot) com

Try IMSDROID app

im surprised theres no official google video chat yet. its in gmail. come on google!

sturmeh said:
Sipdroid, works with any sip client and trunk that supports video calls.
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Hi, I am trying my hand at getting Sipdroid setup. I have got my pbx account setup.
Can someone tell me which trunks support video calls ?
Thanks

skyworxx said:
"iMovachi"
Ugly as hell and it doesn't support die front camera of the Galaxy S, bit it is the ONLY video chat software that works from android to pc and vice versa.
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Not compatible with Galaxy S and the software is a totally mess. Force closes every few seconds, horrible resolution, etc...

Has anyone tried ooVoo yet ?
The single user is free (3 user free for 30 days) and it seems to work perfect with the front camera. It was also a doddle to set up.

I use Yahoo Messenger video chat.

I tried Yahoo Messenger but it didn't support the front camera

Tehpriest said:
Has anyone tried ooVoo yet ?
The single user is free (3 user free for 30 days) and it seems to work perfect with the front camera. It was also a doddle to set up.
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Hey.. ooVoo works! Thanks for the advice. Front camera works perfect. I didnt test the voice calls yet... but its free to call phone - PC through wi-fi... its still beta.. hope they improve its quality soon.

another good one is Tango works great between phones
but no PC support yet

Skype app on iPhone already supports video - shame the Android version is still in the dark ages

[News] Skype now has video...but not SGS? (link to something may work pg2)

I'm updating Skype now on the market. Says has video now. But says only for selected handsets and SGS is not one of them.

ye, sucks typically skype

This is baffling. If the Nexus S can support it without a front-facing camera, why not the SGS?!

Oh crapas. Its bad enough that they decided not to support one of (if not the most) popular android phone running 2.3 now. What's worse is...
a. DOES NOT SAVE PASSWORD. UGH.
b. I personally think the UI is worse. At least the "Sign-Out" is on the menu bar instead of buried in the "status" menu. But because it does not save password, this really sucks. Would it kill them to put a big red "Turn Off" button somewhere?
c. Seemed less stable, but that might be my phone.
d. I thought that the new "SMS" functionality would mean that Skype is now an SMS client, which would combine messaging functions into one program. Add a dialler into it, and it could be kick-ass. But this is NOT SMS. This is a text message sent over Skype's network to an SMS gateway to a phone. It costs much more than my SMSs through my carrier, which are true SMS.
I only use Skype on my phone when I'm travelling and need to call international. If this program was better, I would not mind leaving it on all the time. Now, google talk is starting to look better vis-a-vis Skype. If only I could call phones from Google Talk, like I can on my computer...

i hope anyone can hack this and enable video for sgs

x10isrooted said:
i hope anyone can hack this and enable video for sgs
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+1
10 char

not only does it not save your password but it also now has a running service that doesn't let u close the app.
going back to the old version

Use gtalk if you have root and 2.3.4
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Skype sucks anyways. Do you really think it will become better with MS?
What we really need is open standard video conferencing protocols.

zorxd said:
Skype sucks anyways. Do you really think it will become better with MS?
What we really need is open standard video conferencing protocols.
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Its one of those things in which the network is the value. Skype is used for international business and communication. It works better than Google Talk (which also is not open I believe) for talk between China and USA. It works for making cheap international computer to phone calls.
But yes...the company does suck. They can't provide chat customer service...and they're a communications company. Also interface is only so-so.
I NEED Skype on my phone...if no Android version I would get an iPhone. Only other way to call USA from China (without paying huge rates) is to activate VPN and use Google Talk. And that option only started 2 months ago. And I can only call a computer, not a phone with Google.
Fring and Nimbus, IMO, are no better than Skype and don't have desktop clients.

ogami_ito said:
Fring and Nimbus, IMO, are no better than Skype and don't have desktop clients.
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I hate it when people suggest Fring as a replacement for Skype. Give me a software to video chat between Android and PC seamlessly and then I'll call it a replacement for Skype.

onetik said:
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I hate it when people suggest Fring as a replacement for Skype. Give me a software to video chat between Android and PC seamlessly and then I'll call it a replacement for Skype.
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it's ironic, cause fring used to be like that, it did support video between mobile (syambian i guess for instance) and pc skype seamlessly. but because of skype they had to remove this option.

I patched skype apk and video call seems to be fine.
Haven't tried it on real use, because i dont use skype but seems ok to me (preview)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15227716&postcount=148

theos0o said:
I patched skype apk and video call seems to be fine.
Haven't tried it on real use, because i dont use skype but seems ok to me (preview)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15227716&postcount=148
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LOL! That was quick.

Not working for me here.... I'm just trying with Skype Test Call user, which video is not showing up as an option... Perhaps it would work with a real contact? not sure.

Ok, I guess i should read more closely... I uninstalled first, then reinstalled your patched version. I get a video call option now, but the video preview on my side is really messed up.... running Darky's 10.1 (JVH base)
I see 4 pictures of my self from the front facing camera, all on the horizontal view screen... each picture is distorted in shape and has white lines running horizontally through it..

Redth said:
Ok, I guess i should read more closely... I uninstalled first, then reinstalled your patched version. I get a video call option now, but the video preview on my side is really messed up.... running Darky's 10.1 (JVH base)
I see 4 pictures of my self from the front facing camera, all on the horizontal view screen... each picture is distorted in shape and has white lines running horizontally through it..
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That's a front-cam bug on some ROM/kernel combination.
Not problem of my apk, you can try front cam @ samsung's camera app. Should be messed up there too.

theos0o said:
I patched skype apk and video call seems to be fine.
Haven't tried it on real use, because i dont use skype but seems ok to me (preview)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15227716&postcount=148
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can you patch it to shut off the running service?
(and maybe the yahoo mail app while you're at it?)

ogami_ito said:
Its one of those things in which the network is the value. Skype is used for international business and communication. It works better than Google Talk (which also is not open I believe) for talk between China and USA. It works for making cheap international computer to phone calls.
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How exactly is it better for talk between China and USA? It's just like any video call software out there. Windows live messenger/yahoo/google/apple/logitech all work, to name a few.
And for phone calls, it's about the most expensive VoIP solution out there.
I use voip.ms, which is cheaper and works with open protocols. With my ATA I can call with a real phone, with my computer turned off. Works on android too.

tmzbeme said:
can you patch it to shut off the running service?
(and maybe the yahoo mail app while you're at it?)
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PM me with your exact requests, so I can try when I get more time.
But I don't promise anything, I'm not 100% good at it

Moto Connect doesn't have Chrome Extension

Is it just my device? I have tried uninstalling updates and re-installing them. yet, no luck.
I have been using Moto X 2013 since Oct 2013 and this is one of the features I really like as I have my phone completely muted when I'm home.

Doesn't work for me either.
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I am very disappointed that this feature is not currently working as well. I use MightyText but i was looking forward to using an official moto app.

According to Matt on the support forum, Motorola has no plans to update the app to support the Chrome extension either.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/4beec59771?commentId=982636#982636
MOTO X PURE EDITION!

YankInDaSouth said:
According to Matt on the support forum, Motorola has no plans to update the app to support the Chrome extension either.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/4beec59771?commentId=982636#982636
MOTO X PURE EDITION!
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And with that, the app has become total bloat.

Yeah, I disabled it. But I guess it useful to folks that have compatible devices to use it with.
MOTO X PURE EDITION!

That bites! I was looking forward to this since it is the only Chrome texting app I can get to work at my office.

Can I ask, what exactly was / is the Moto Chrome extension you're talking about? It sounds like it could be useful. I'm at my computer a LOT and was using a Google Voice number integrated into Hangouts on the desktop but Google Voice has been quirky lately so I'm switching back to using just my cell number from now on.
I have the Moto Surround and it's nice with Connect, and I would consider the Moto 360 but that stupid flat black sensor bar at the bottom... If Huawei can do a full circle display with the same sensors the Moto 360 has... why is Motorola incapable of going with a full circle display too? Ugh.

I may be returning the phone then, I have come to like this feature on both my X1 and X2. I also don't like the fact there is no email app either, it's on x2 which is running 5.1

ERROR!
Got this in my email today:
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But still not working

CJ-Wylde said:
Can I ask, what exactly was / is the Moto Chrome extension you're talking about? It sounds like it could be useful. I'm at my computer a LOT and was using a Google Voice number integrated into Hangouts on the desktop but Google Voice has been quirky lately so I'm switching back to using just my cell number from now on.
I have the Moto Surround and it's nice with Connect, and I would consider the Moto 360 but that stupid flat black sensor bar at the bottom... If Huawei can do a full circle display with the same sensors the Moto 360 has... why is Motorola incapable of going with a full circle display too? Ugh.
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Two Things :
1. For texting from your desktop, I'd recommend PushBullet (https://www.pushbullet.com/). Android app, Chrome extension, does what you want it to do and more. I did hte same thing with Hangout / Google Voice but Voice just has so many quirks (esp iwth MMS and group messages) that it was untenable.
2. The Huwai watch does NOT have all the sensors that the 360 has -- in particular, no ambient light sensor. I notice the flat tire precisely zero percent of the time i'm using my watch. (I notice the ****ty battery life quite a bit, tho... )

thebobmannh said:
... For texting from your desktop, I'd recommend PushBullet (https://www.pushbullet.com/). Android app, Chrome extension, does what you want it to do and more...
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Yeah but I cannot get pushbullet to be reliable for sending text. Sometimes when sending a new text it just sits there "sending..." then the message just disappears as if I never typed it. I am ok because Verizon has a desktop app that allows the texting from my PCs and it is a really good program. I am disappointed that Moto is spamming me with this feature from my phone (see my previous post), yet it is not there at all.

Got the same email and the same empty feeling when I tried to connect. And for the next person that says; "just use pushbullet". I would if I could, but it doesn't work at my office and this one has in the past, that is why I am on this thread.

Ah, sorry, didn't know people had issues with PushBullet.

If Motorola updates their Connect App to support the Moto X Pure, that'll be a nice solution for all of us without having to go 3rd party and possibly deal with additional battery draining.

Pushbullet is working ok for me.

Got Huawei M3 today something does not like

1. Scrolling speed very slow, need to flick finger very hard to get it fast.
2. UI is phone UI not Tablet UI

If you have LTE, do you know if it can make phone calls? Also, if you are in USA, do you know if you can use T-Mobile as a phone. Also, if anyone may know this answer, please let me know because I want to be able to use it as a phone. Thank you for your help.
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1. Scrolling speed very slow, need to flick finger very hard to get it fast.
2. UI is phone UI not Tablet UI
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kenshin6767 said:
If you have LTE, do you know if it can make phone calls? Also, if you are in USA, do you know if you can use T-Mobile as a phone. Also, if anyone may know this answer, please let me know because I want to be able to use it as a phone. Thank you for your help.
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I am from Europe, have the LTE model and use it a phone on the T-Mobile network.
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1. Scrolling speed very slow, need to flick finger very hard to get it fast.
2. UI is phone UI not Tablet UI
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I have noticed this as well. It's not that the phone is generally slow, on the contrary, but the slow scrolling of long pages is annoying.
The DPI is 400 for the Display View Mode Setting Small, 440 for Medium and 480 for Large.
What is worse, in Small the Switch Tabs function in Chrome does not work anymore so you cannot switch or close tabs!
I tried changing the DPI with the adb shell wm density command but this has no effect.
Another annoying thing is that I cannot change fonts easily from Display Settings as I could on older Huawei phones. I have to use a Huawei Theme editor to change a theme every time I want to change fonts. This in itself is not a problem but this App shows multiple(!) ads of Mobile Strike when using it, absolutely annoying!
Overall I do like the M3. Battery life seems noticeably better than my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 2016 and that is the main reason I switched. The narrower size also makes it easier to hold than the Samsung.
I have managed to unlock the bootloader but have not found a working root solution yet.

Got mine too, i like it overall, but what was annoyed about soundquality over headphones.
tested it between onplus2,... oneplus headphones quality are way better.
@ Flavio
how do you unlock the bootloader?

fritzeman said:
Got mine too, i like it overall, but what was annoyed about soundquality over headphones.
tested it between onplus2,... oneplus headphones quality are way better.
@ Flavio
how do you unlock the bootloader?
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http://www.stechguide.com/unlock-bootloader-of-huawei-devices/
Use the Chinese language of the Huawei page to get the unlock code because the Captcha function on the English page does not work. Use the English and Chinese pages next to each other so you know which button to press.
Instead of the adb command you can also use the SRK tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9/...ool-huawei-bootloader-root-t3374068?nocache=1

parnunu said:
1. Scrolling speed very slow, need to flick finger very hard to get it fast.
2. UI is phone UI not Tablet UI
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Can confirm that scrolling speed is a bit too slow. Hope they fix this via update.
Otherwise I really like the tablet

Problems w. Chrome & YouTube, Call feature not so good
I can confirm the open/switch tabs button in the preinstalled Chrome does not work at all. If I reset the whole tablet it sometimes works, but as soon as I sign-in into one of my Google accounts in chrome the tabs are dead. This is annoying, as soon as you open a new tab there's no way you can get to the old tabs…
AND: The Youtube app crashes as soon as I load the subscriptions tab. Can anybody else confirm? This is annoying too.
AND: The call feature was the main reason I bought this. BUT: You can make calls with it (even GSM and 3g), BUT: It does NOT have a dedicated speaker for your ear. It uses one of the (great!) standard media playing speakers on the side. So everybody around you (even on the quietest setting) can hear what the other person on the call is saying. So you must use a headset…
Any ideas on getting root or solving Chrome/YouTube?

By the way: I just did a small review of the M3 and put it up on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYN1lqADJWs

Hello,
Unfortunately, I confirm having the same problems.

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I can confirm the open/switch tabs button in the preinstalled Chrome does not work at all. If I reset the whole tablet it sometimes works, but as soon as I sign-in into one of my Google accounts in chrome the tabs are dead. This is annoying, as soon as you open a new tab there's no way you can get to the old tabs…
AND: The Youtube app crashes as soon as I load the subscriptions tab. Can anybody else confirm? This is annoying too.
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I can't confirm that. Using Chrome and YouTube without any problems.

I got mine a couple days after the release date in a huawei pro shop in China. It came with Chinese ROM so none of the Google stuff is pre installed. I got my Google play store from their own app store and everything else from play store after that. YouTube and chrome works fine. The overall speed is a bit slower that expected. What bugs me is the wifi connection, seems to be quite slow and unstable. Lte wise seems to be OK overall. Battery life and general speed are way better that my tab s2 8.0 tho. What Roms are you guys running?

getoliverleon said:
I can confirm the open/switch tabs button in the preinstalled Chrome does not work at all. If I reset the whole tablet it sometimes works, but as soon as I sign-in into one of my Google accounts in chrome the tabs are dead. This is annoying, as soon as you open a new tab there's no way you can get to the old tabs…
AND: The Youtube app crashes as soon as I load the subscriptions tab. Can anybody else confirm? This is annoying too.
Any ideas on getting root or solving Chrome/YouTube?
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I only have the Chrome Tabs and YouTube issues in View Mode set to Small (400DPI). In the View Mode set to Medium (440DPI) everything is fine. What setting do you use?
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king tsoi said:
I got mine a couple days after the release date in a huawei pro shop in China. It came with Chinese ROM so none of the Google stuff is pre installed. I got my Google play store from their own app store and everything else from play store after that. YouTube and chrome works fine. The overall speed is a bit slower that expected. What bugs me is the wifi connection, seems to be quite slow and unstable. Lte wise seems to be OK overall. Battery life and general speed are way better that my tab s2 8.0 tho. What Roms are you guys running?
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I have the B003 ROM, Android 6.0.
I can concur that the speed and battery life are better than on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0.

I just dug out my 2 years old z3 tablet compact since game streaming with moonlight on the m3 is totally unbearable. The z3 did a better job on streaming,general performance wise, I'm surprised how little the difference is between these two tablets since there's a two years gap. The m3 got a much newer processor as well as an extra gb of ram, I think the 2k screen is the one to blame, although I did turn it down to 1080 in settings. Battery life, m3 wins hands down.

Flavio said:
I only have the Chrome Tabs and YouTube issues in View Mode set to Small (400DPI). In the View Mode set to Medium (440DPI) everything is fine. What setting do you use?
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I have the B003 ROM, Android 6.0.
I can concur that the speed and battery life are better than on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0.
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I can confirm all of you the long battery life comparing to Tab S2.
to be honest, I don't have the same feeling about this tablet.
I've a good experience with smoothly and general speed but of course depends of what you are looking for, in my case, for work is perfect due to:
1. Phone/MTM function
2. SD Card slot
3. Battery Life
4. Screen inch resolution
5. Light and slim for portability
for gaming I'm going to wait the root if it's possible and why not, I guess and hope in a custom rom that I think it will solve all lags that other users got because from hw specs, it's really good to run all we want to have on this tab.

No problems buying LTE version in China and use in Europe right? And can those on screen buttons be taken away?

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No problems buying LTE version in China and use in Europe right? And can those on screen buttons be taken away?
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I don't know if the China versione is compatible with European LTE bands... I think so but I really don't know.
Regarding the screen buttons the answer is no. At least on mine there's no option to hide them.
Regards
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I've tried the 400dpi setting and can confirm that chrome tab and YouTube issue exist in the Chinese rom as well. Got the latest OTA today and it didn't fix the issue.
Not sure about Europe lte but I guess it will work, there is a option to turn on screen buttons on and off in my ROM, not sure about if it's for Chinese rom only or not.

Solved! Chrome Tab Switching and YouTube Subscriptions work again.
Solution: I had the "view mode" (Settings/Display) set to "small", so I can use as much screen estate as possible. Sadly this makes Chrome and YouTube unusable. Switched this view mode to medium and everything works (after a forced reboot by the settings app).
Strange:
I can not set the dpi via ADB. Via ADB i always get 480 dpi, no matter what setting I have set in view mode. And I can not change this dpi setting, it always stays on 480 dpi. I have the feeling the adb shell command doesn't work or is ignored. This is a bit sad, because I was hoping for the widgets and fonts and interface being as small as possible. But it's still a great device and I am happy.
Now Root is missing. Any ideas?

king tsoi said:
I've tried the 400dpi setting and can confirm that chrome tab and YouTube issue exist in the Chinese rom as well. Got the latest OTA today and it didn't fix the issue.
Not sure about Europe lte but I guess it will work, there is a option to turn on screen buttons on and off in my ROM, not sure about if it's for Chinese rom only or not.
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Ahahah wtf I don't have the same option to hide the bar.
Really sad.
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My mother is in China now and will bring a 64gb lte for me. ? let's hope I can turn off navigation bar. ?
@king tsoi
Can you please check if Swedish can be choosen as language in the Chinese version mediapad?
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galaxy wearable related apps

Hi guys i bought today a gear s3 and i have a galaxy s8. So till now i didnt use galaxy wearable app and today i wanted to connect the watch with my phone but the app "galaxy wearable" crashes! I habe BK package disabler and i disabled some system apps! I got it and wearable was installed but when i open the app it crashes! What apps are realated to the galaxy wearable app so i dont need to activate every app in my package disabler! thanks

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Hi guys i bought today a gear s3 and i have a galaxy s8. So till now i didnt use galaxy wearable app and today i wanted to connect the watch with my phone but the app "galaxy wearable" crashes! I habe BK package disabler and i disabled some system apps! I got it and wearable was installed but when i open the app it crashes! What apps are realated to the galaxy wearable app so i dont need to activate every app in my package disabler! thanks
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Try clearing wearable app data.

it worked thank you i have one more question! When i connect the watch with my galaxy s8 when someone calls me on viber i dont get the notification on the watch and the rington on the phone is very low it comes from the small speaker near the front camera! When someone text my on viber i get the notification! Hope someone can help me

DangerousB said:
it worked thank you i have one more question! When i connect the watch with my galaxy s8 when someone calls me on viber i dont get the notification on the watch and the rington on the phone is very low it comes from the small speaker near the front camera! When someone text my on viber i get the notification! Hope someone can help me
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You have to go into notifications on wear app and turn it on i think

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You have to go into notifications on wear app and turn it on i think
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it is on thats something with bluetooth! because when i deactivate bluetooth the sound comes from the bottom speaker only when im connected with the watch the viber sound comes from the earpiece

DangerousB said:
it is on thats something with bluetooth! because when i deactivate bluetooth the sound comes from the bottom speaker only when im connected with the watch the viber sound comes from the earpiece
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Thats weird all mine came from my wa5ch but i have all mine on vibrate. And never used your app either