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Is Sony SmartWatch compatible with Galaxy Note 2? Has anyone tried using it? I'm planning to buy one, is it worth or not?
Thanks!
Yeh I'm using it, it works great, fully compatable.
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jadaress1 said:
Yeh I'm using it, it works great, fully compatable.
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Hi,
Do you have standard or custom rom installed?
I use the omega (3.0), no connection possible (not detected in BT).
nevermind the above.
I reset the watch (15 secs button press) reinstalled all smartwatch software and it works perfectly
Sony Smartwatch MN2 call handler app issue
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My friend bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and i tried to connect the Sony SmartWatch MN2 of mine with it, and its paired perfect, every thing is fine with it but when there is a call i can only find the decline button in smartwatch no Answer button, so is the same thing happening with you ??
Is there any option to make the answer button activate, or it is not working only for me ??
And what about the music App ??
Please Help me !! as i wanted to buy Note 2, but dont want to waste my SmartWatch MN2
ShawkatAlam said:
Hi
My friend bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and i tried to connect the Sony SmartWatch MN2 of mine with it, and its paired perfect, every thing is fine with it but when there is a call i can only find the decline button in smartwatch no Answer button, so is the same thing happening with you ??
Is there any option to make the answer button activate, or it is not working only for me ??
And what about the music App ??
Please Help me !! as i wanted to buy Note 2, but dont want to waste my SmartWatch MN2
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if the sony smartwatch is anything like my motorola motoactv, then the answer button only pops up if you have headphones connected to the watch itself. if no headphones detected, it will default to decline.
ngr.hd said:
Hello,
Is Sony SmartWatch compatible with Galaxy Note 2? Has anyone tried using it? I'm planning to buy one, is it worth or not?
Thanks!
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It works, but not flawlessly. There's an issue with the OS that can activate talk-back (or parts thereof). It only comes into play if you install some of the third-party notification apps, like Watch It (really good). It can be fixed permanently (in a non-ideal why) or temporarily fixed (less convenient but does not require disabling Engines). You'll know when you've got this issue, because your phone will unexpectedly say to you "the folder is opening..." when you open a folder. It's a minor irritation, but it gets on your nerves very quickly.
The watch itself works very well with my Note 2. Never dropped connection so far, seems to reliably get notifications (I have actually started to turn some off - as I get more than I thought I did!).
I like how it works with my phone. I see the Smartwatch as an evolutionary step to a decent version, which hopefully Sammy or Google will release. And at $100, you can't really go wrong.
Quite a few apps, and one or two of the paid ones are worth it, but mostly the free ones will do you just fine.
Hyppy New Year
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It works, but not flawlessly. There's an issue with the OS that can activate talk-back (or parts thereof). It only comes into play if you install some of the third-party notification apps, like Watch It (really good). It can be fixed permanently (in a non-ideal why) or temporarily fixed (less convenient but does not require disabling Engines). You'll know when you've got this issue, because your phone will unexpectedly say to you "the folder is opening..." when you open a folder. It's a minor irritation, but it gets on your nerves very quickly.
The watch itself works very well with my Note 2. Never dropped connection so far, seems to reliably get notifications (I have actually started to turn some off - as I get more than I thought I did!).
I like how it works with my phone. I see the Smartwatch as an evolutionary step to a decent version, which hopefully Sammy or Google will release. And at $100, you can't really go wrong.
Quite a few apps, and one or two of the paid ones are worth it, but mostly the free ones will do you just fine.
Hyppy New Year
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Actually i just wanted to know that the apps for smartwatch are perfectly working with Note 2 or not, as i tried the call handler app in smartwatch with note 2, then i find that there is no accept button on smartwatch to accept the call only decline button is there and also find the issue with the music app. So the issue is just with mine or every one facing the same . If you are facing the same issue then is there any way to get rid of this.
Please please please reply.
ShawkatAlam said:
Actually i just wanted to know that the apps for smartwatch are perfectly working with Note 2 or not, as i tried the call handler app in smartwatch with note 2, then i find that there is no accept button on smartwatch to accept the call only decline button is there and also find the issue with the music app. So the issue is just with mine or every one facing the same . If you are facing the same issue then is there any way to get rid of this.
Please please please reply.
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The SmartWatch is not fully compatible with the Note 2 for the phone answering App. It only works fully with Sony phones. There is no accept-call option in anything other than Sony phones.
Regards.
Considering you probably will want to take the phone out of your pocket before answering it, I don't see that as a real issue. "watch it" (and other programs that use accessibility settings) clashes with some other settings on the phone causing unexpected voice feedback and disabling the continuous input on the stock keyboard.. Other than that its fine..
joshofbass said:
Considering you probably will want to take the phone out of your pocket before answering it, I don't see that as a real issue. "watch it" (and other programs that use accessibility settings) clashes with some other settings on the phone causing unexpected voice feedback and disabling the continuous input on the stock keyboard.. Other than that its fine..
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Can we control our music player functions like play/pause,next,previous,forward-rewind also how is the battery backup with continuous use. I am also thinking of buying this product. Also does it have a earphone audio out port?
liondroid said:
Can we control our music player functions like play/pause,next,previous,forward-rewind also how is the battery backup with continuous use. I am also thinking of buying this product. Also does it have a earphone audio out port?
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Yes you can control music: start/stop, last/next, volume up/down.
No, there is no earphone port (use bluetooth headphones - who needs cables?)
I have found the watch controls music flawlessly, albeit not very conveniently in all honesty. Personally, I use the watch more to screen incoming messages and notifications. I don't try to do anything too fancy as it's easier to just use the phone.
On the subject of incompatibility with the TTS engines, there's no doubt this is an inconvenience, but not a great one. What happens is that the Note II (and I think other Android phones) starts talking to you when you don't want it to. For me, the biggy was it speaking out aloud "the folder is open..." (or "...closed") whenever I opened/closed a folder containing Apps. To say the least, it's distracting. If you disable the TTS engines (as I have done, undone, redone etc.) to fix the "folder is open..." issue (which fixes it for me, anyway) then you lose "DRIVING MODE" capability (which I rarely use) at least, and probably other speech apps too. The good news is that Navigation still works fine, even with the Samsung and Google TTS engines disabled. This is clearly not ideal, but only Google can fix it at the OS level, and they seem to be in no hurry at all.
I still think the Sony watch is a good product, as it allows me to receive and screen emails, RSS, tweets and to read them discreetly. It's much less distracting (and much less obvious, e.g. at meetings) than trying to read a phone.
I do still hope Samsung looks at this market though, as they will clean Sony's clock if they ever launch a similar product.
wizlon said:
It works, but not flawlessly. There's an issue with the OS that can activate talk-back (or parts thereof). It only comes into play if you install some of the third-party notification apps, like Watch It (really good). It can be fixed permanently (in a non-ideal why) or temporarily fixed (less convenient but does not require disabling Engines). You'll know when you've got this issue, because your phone will unexpectedly say to you "the folder is opening..." when you open a folder. It's a minor irritation, but it gets on your nerves very quickly.
The watch itself works very well with my Note 2. Never dropped connection so far, seems to reliably get notifications (I have actually started to turn some off - as I get more than I thought I did!).
I like how it works with my phone. I see the Smartwatch as an evolutionary step to a decent version, which hopefully Sammy or Google will release. And at $100, you can't really go wrong.
Quite a few apps, and one or two of the paid ones are worth it, but mostly the free ones will do you just fine.
Hyppy New Year
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I have this exact issue and its driving me nuts!!!!
How do I turn off the 'open folder, close folder' talk back setting??
I am so glad someone else has this problem, thought i was going crazy.
BazzaR22 said:
I have this exact issue and its driving me nuts!!!!
How do I turn off the 'open folder, close folder' talk back setting??
I am so glad someone else has this problem, thought i was going crazy.
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Heh. No it's very common. I know of two fixes: one is TEMPORARY, but does not require you to disable any apps; the other seems to PERMANENTLY fix the problem, but it results in disabling TTS apps. You have to figure out which of these two evils is the lessor:
Temp fix - go to setting-> applications and find the two TTS Aps (Google and Samsung). Clear the cache on both. It temporarily fixes the problem (on my Note II anyway). Bad news: it comes back, seems to be random. I have never figured out why, and now I don;t even try...
Permanent fix (the one I have today). Go to settings->apps and DISABLE said google and Samsung TTS engines. Problem goes away, but you may lose some important functionality (I haven't - Driving Mode is killed, but I don;t use it anyway). You can always re-enable these apps, by going to settings->apps, scrolling all the way to the bottom and re-enabling them. I have tried re-enabling, but this little bug comes right back after a random delay, so now, I just accept it.
Regards,
Andrew
PS - don't blame Samsung, blame google. This is their problem.
PPS - all SonyWatch notification apps seem to trigger this - on my Note II anyway. I tried 'em all.
Had to resurrect this thread, are you guys talking about the smart watch 2 or 1? I am thinking of buying smart watch 2 atm.
After my nexus 7 2013 got the OK google everywhere feature i have to say OK Google like 10 times in order to activate it from the home screen or anywhere else while in the past it was working good from the home screen .. the mic seems to work well even when i press the mic button on the search bar and start to talk it recognizes my words well . the problem seems to be not being able to recognize the ok google that fires up the voice commands. any one have this problem?
On my N5 I noticed today the same thing, "Ok google" is working 1 on 5. Although I'm on the French language. In the past it was working 90% of the time
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Thank you for validating my sanity! I thought my tablet mic was on the fritz or something. To say nothing about what my roommates must have thought hearing me scream Ok Google in my room like 35 times for the "training" portion of Ok google everywhere.
Any ideas what is going on here? Because once Google Search is listening, it usually doesn't have an issue hearing whatever command I am trying to issue.
So, Ive done the training and ticked off, the right boxes for ok google to kick in, when I say the phrase, and after the first training it worked the first time or two I tried it. Then after waiting ten minutes from the screen being turned off, nothing. The funny thing is I did exactly the same thing on a nvicia shield tablet and that works every time. Now, I dont know as ive read that " hi galaxy" if that is set on can interfere, but since ok google doesnt work from my off screen. I've found that " Hi galaxy seems to work each and every time. The interesting note here is that if im on a screen that shows the google mic icon, if i say ok google it responds normally. Im just trying to figure out why its working for some and not others loke myself. Anyone else having issues with this command or know how to fix it???
I'm having the same issue. I've retrained the voice model a few times. I installed GNL and had absolutely no issues with it working then which leads me to believe it's something to do with the Touchwiz interface and not Google Now settings.
--UPDATE--
I went in to S Voice and disabled the Voice Wake Up command and this has helped. Now Google Now responds even with the screen off.
I'll try that...thx...but i'd like to have both working....if anyone figures it out.
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I'll try that...thx...but i'd like to have both working....if anyone figures it out.
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If your screen is turn off, and you say Ok Google, and hear the noise but the screen stays off and you can't really do anything, ENABLE the lockscreen, then it will work from screen off, apparently currently you have to have the lockscreen enabled for it to wake up to a normal Google Now screen like the Moto X does
OK Google functionality on the Note 4 is completely borked. This is because system wide OK Google works though S Voice. If you disable S Voice, you disable functionality of OK Google. When it is activated, it's really hit or miss. Extremely hit and miss in fact. So much so that it renders Ok Google pretty useless. This is really frustrating for those of us who rely on it in their day to day lives.
If I'm on my home screen in Nova Launcher with Ok Google detection activated it works 99% of the time, and INSTANTLY. On my S3 with a stock android rom it also worked instantly and 99% of the time. S Voice cripples Google Now voice detection and it's completely unacceptable.
Not only that, sometimes it will just completely stop detecting alltogether. If this is the price a Note 4 user has to pay to have "always listening even with screen off" functionality, I'd rather not.
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried Open Mic Plus but it's kinda iffy. Is there a way to install a different version of Google Search?
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OK Google functionality on the Note 4 is completely borked. This is because system wide OK Google works though S Voice. If you disable S Voice, you disable functionality of OK Google. When it is activated, it's really hit or miss. Extremely hit and miss in fact. So much so that it renders Ok Google pretty useless. This is really frustrating for those of us who rely on it in their day to day lives.
If I'm on my home screen in Nova Launcher with Ok Google detection activated it works 99% of the time, and INSTANTLY. On my S3 with a stock android rom it also worked instantly and 99% of the time. S Voice cripples Google Now voice detection and it's completely unacceptable.
Not only that, sometimes it will just completely stop detecting alltogether. If this is the price a Note 4 user has to pay to have "always listening even with screen off" functionality, I'd rather not.
Anyone have any suggestions? I tried Open Mic Plus but it's kinda iffy. Is there a way to install a different version of Google Search?
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Have you seen this thread? http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4/452230-note-4-ok-google-not-working.html
Seems people are having various results with different S-voice settings, uninstalling android wear, or random rogue apps.
I have S Voice disabled. OK Google works just fine. I'm also running Nova Launcher (doubt this is relevant to this functionality). AT&T Note 4. No issues.
I ordered my Note 4 today and should be here Wednesday. I can let you know if I have any issues.
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OK google works 9 times out of 10 for me. Seems basically perfect. Did you train it?
I have the opposite problem
Jennygirl said:
OK google works 9 times out of 10 for me. Seems basically perfect. Did you train it?
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OK google worked the first time i tried it. Ten minutes later nothing. Retrained, worked once, then nothing. OK google six. 9 out of 10 doesn't work. However Hi Galaxy which to me does the same thing and more works 9 out of 10 times:cyclops:
I also completely turned off the Hi Galaxy functionality. Maybe that makes a difference. I don't see why it would though
Jennygirl said:
I also completely turned off the Hi Galaxy functionality. Maybe that makes a difference. I don't see why it would though
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I too have turned off S Voice. Maybe I should experiment with it.
Interestingly, if I do the Ok Google with the screen off, it beeps and loads, does not turn on the screen, and does not perform the task I speak to it.
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Interestingly, if I do the Ok Google with the screen off, it beeps and loads, does not turn on the screen, and does not perform the task I speak to it.
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I have that problem when I have my S view case closed. No real surprise to me that google hasn't written in support for the s view. Minor inconvenience to me, I'm already used to it
Got my phone earlier today. Installed all my apps, disabled most of the bloat, left Svoice enabled, and no issues getting "OK google" to work with screen off. Using nova launcher
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Hi Everyone. I hope you could help me with my situation.
I had the watch about a month now. It was working nicely till a couple of days ago, the ok google stopped working.
When I tap the screen twice, there is a red G speak now. I cant tap on that icon. When replying a sms, the watch doesn't go into the voice recognising mode. I also tried sync with another phone.
I tried resetting to factory default. Reinstalling android wear and moto connect. Still doesn't work. I even tried the settings in Google settings, re recognising the ok google..
Running out of options.. Please help
When the red G Speak now appears do the following:
Speak.
This is the new design since Wear 2.0 Update
I spoke ...
but nothing happens...
Ferderico said:
I spoke ...
but nothing happens...
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Strange, could your microphone have something in the little hole?
i doubt that something is stuck in the little hole at the 9 o'clock position.
cos if i tap on Speak Now - it should have some bars which emulates a sound equaliser... but in my case, there isnt.
So i suspect is a setting. ... sigh..~ btw i am using Samsung Note 4
Ok, excuse me for my upper post.
But without the further infos you have now given, i could not resist to write this.
Test the microphone with an other app.
SleepAsAndroid, LED Music Controller or any soundrecorder which uses the moto360 microphone.
Have you rooted your Samsung and are you restricting apps with xprivacy or a similar program?
If the sound test fails I think your microphone is broken...
Try this. My problem was that "OK Google" only working from Voice Settings Screen using Moto 360 with my Samsung Galaxy S4 running Lollipop. I could not get the "OK Google" feature to work anywhere EXCEPT when I had the SETTINGS/MY DEVICE/LANGUAGE AND INPUT/GOOGLE VOICE TYPING screen open on my phone. Turns out that you have to have the GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER as the home screen software. It will not work with the TOUCHWIZ HOME as the home screen software. To change this, go to SETTINGS/MORE/DEFAULT APPLICATIONS/HOME and select GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER.
Static sound coming out
I am having the same issue. Also I am using a custom rom for note 4. I have tried the solution above and it doesnt work. I installed the "wear audio recorder" app and I only hear static sound... Is there an app or something to see if the communication between components working?