hi all,
a bunch of my friends have Garmin watches and trackers and are able to setup challenges that the all work towards but now that Samsung took it away from the Health app I have no way of partaking in that too. Is there any way to make it so that I can share my data with the Garmin Connect app? The watch isn't appearing on there either and it's a shame not to be able to partake in the challenges
kostas90 said:
hi all,
a bunch of my friends have Garmin watches and trackers and are able to setup challenges that the all work towards but now that Samsung took it away from the Health app I have no way of partaking in that too. Is there any way to make it so that I can share my data with the Garmin Connect app? The watch isn't appearing on there either and it's a shame not to be able to partake in the challenges
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You can use third party apps to sync data from Samsung health to Garmin connect. But it won't sync the steps though. It can sync the activities like running, walking, cycling etc. If I remember it correctly, it is called sync my tracks app.
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Hi I know this sounds like a broad idea so ill get straight to the point.
I have a front door lock. I will lickley be getting the August lock or a Kevo. I have wireless lights and a NEST thermostat in the house also, the idea is that I want to create one app to control all my home wireless devices. I might use a rasberry pie which would act as some sort of repeater to link all my IR, RF, Wireless, devices to the Internet so I can use the app from anywhere in the world.
Is this possible? How difficult?
I found a device that can act as the controller to all the individual things in the house and links them to the internet however it uses its own app. any way to override the app with my own design?
Thanks!
Yes it is possible
We used to have a college thesis like this one back in the day. One solution that I can think of right now is you need to have the following:
1. Google App Engine to host a web app that connect your phone and a computer in your home
2. A custom mobile app that will communicate with the web app.
3. A computer / rasberry pi that will query the web app to know which switch to turn on / off. You'll need a USB relay to connect the computer with an appliance or a light bulb.
These are the three things I would start if I was to build one again. Good luck
Hey thanks for the reply.
That is reassuring. I will be communicating wirelessly to the lights however ( or the dimmable wall switch I should say).but that's the least of my concerns.
The main part is what you discussed. Any ideas how much I would need to pay someone to make the app? At there templates? I have some friend who are fantastic programmers however they have not touched apps b4.
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cowwalk said:
Hey thanks for the reply.
That is reassuring. I will be communicating wirelessly to the lights however ( or the dimmable wall switch I should say).but that's the least of my concerns.
The main part is what you discussed. Any ideas how much I would need to pay someone to make the app? At there templates? I have some friend who are fantastic programmers however they have not touched apps b4.
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No idea how much for the custom app but it cost me about 100 dollars (hardware and software) when I was in college to build the whole thing. Back then I only used SMS to communicate and not the internet. It would be fun building it your self.
If you want a ready made one, there are available ones in the market, and it would cost you about $50. Try searching for Belkin WeMo switch
Hey Everyone!
I just bought a Moto 360 even though I have an iPhone. Through the use of a trusty old Xperia U I managed to do the first configuration and update to the latest O.S. on the watch, adding the Wi-Fi standalone connectivity.
The use I want to do of the device is the following:
Occasionaly, through the Android phone, add watch faces
Siply use the watch standalone for Steps, Heart Rate, and notifications maybe with Aerlink
At this point I would like to set the watch to connect to my home wifi network, and simply upload the fitness data to Google fit in the cloud, without ever using my old android phone (except for new watch faces or changing configuration or updates). Can anyone help me out in achieving this??
Thanks to all!!
Hi!
Someone tried to connect SW3, or another smartwatch with android wear OS, with an blackberry phone?!
I would like to return at BB, but at the same time i don't want to lose my Sony SW3.
Thanks!
P.s. I am sorry for my English! :crying:
If this is a relatively new BlackBerry, I think someone got android apps to run on the OS. I would start by trying to sideload the wear app.
Edit: here is a link.
https://supportforums.blackberry.c...want-to-run-Android-Apps-on-Your/td-p/2784957
I searched and i found that , for now, problem is that google play service isn't supported by BB os, so Android wear not work...
Yeah, I was worried about that. I do not know much about BlackBerry, but on locked devices, people have found a way to add Google play services, but it is a pain. What would be more likely is either a native port, or android port of the Apple apps. That is much more doable. Does your phone support bluetooth low energy? If not, it won't happen at all. Sorry.
spoky27 said:
Hi!
Someone tried to connect SW3, or another smartwatch with android wear OS, with an blackberry phone?!
I would like to return at BB, but at the same time i don't want to lose my Sony SW3.
Thanks!
P.s. I am sorry for my English! :crying:
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I have a Blackberry Passport and a SW3, and while the Passport can pair with the watch, I haven't been able to get the Android Wear app to run on the phone (requires Google Play Services). Keep in mind, I haven't spent much time trying - user Cobalt on Crackberry has a patch that might work (http://forums.crackberry.com/androi...lts-official-google-apps-landing-page-965257/)
As a workaround, I leave an old Android phone sitting at home on Wifi and the watch is able to connect to Wifi hotspots and get notifications. Doesn't work with calls or texts, but I am happy enough to keep the watch.
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I have a Blackberry Passport and a SW3, and while the Passport can pair with the watch, I haven't been able to get the Android Wear app to run on the phone (requires Google Play Services). Keep in mind, I haven't spent much time trying - user Cobalt on Crackberry has a patch that might work
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Thanks for reply but i search a method to connect the wear directly to the phone, even if I lose some functions like google voice, wifi or many other that for me aren't important.
I want that wear shows calls, sms, mail, tabs of runtastic or endomondo and so on.
spoky27 said:
Thanks for reply but i search a method to connect the wear directly to the phone, even if I lose some functions like google voice, wifi or many other that for me aren't important.
I want that wear shows calls, sms, mail, tabs of runtastic or endomondo and so on.
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Hi spoky27, would you kindly tell me the method you found to connect the wear directly to the blackberry?
I appreciate it even with some limitation.
Thank you.
I've had the SSW2 for a while, and it worked with the Samsung Galaxy S4 that I had (I think I used it with one other device, but I can't quite recall). I had some connectivity issues, but none of them stopped the function of the watch. However, when I got the S6 (LL 5.1, then updated to M6.0), it outright stopped working. It's being recognized through Bluetooth, but I'm not receiving any notifications, nor are any of my apps coming through onto the watch (Watchify, Find Me, GPS, etc). I'm getting the standard set of apps (settings, calculator, etc.).
Any ideas on what the issue might be? I've reset the watch a number of times, uninstalled and reinstalled both the Smart Connect and SSW2 apps as well, and as far as I'm aware, I've got the latest firmware on the watch installed too. What am I missing?
I don't know if it is related, but what I'm experiencing is somewhat similar. I use my SW2 for controlling music and a sports app during cycling or running. Endomondo or Runtastic are the sports apps I use, both have SW2 extensions. They appear to work fine when I'm trying it with the phone in front of me, but more often than not when starting my run (with my phone in a small backpack) it seems to have a connection, but neither Endomondo or Runtastic respond to the watch. I feel it might have something to with the power save modes on Android 6, perhaps Doze?
After googling a bit I think I have fixed the issue I had with my sports trackers. In the Battery use settings page you can add apps to the 'not optimized' list. I've added Smart Connect and Smartwatch 2 to this list. Now I seem to be able to interact with both trackers even if my phone is in deep sleep... This has to be tested during actual cycling yet, but it appears to be working.
Nevermind, tried it this weekend with a mountainbike ride and when I wanted to start neither Runtastic or Endomondo responded to the smartwatch... The smartwatch indicated an active connection, but that's it.
I just bought this smartwatch but unfortunately my phone died and had to replace with an iphone and discovered that if you sideload apps and faces you can get almost all of the third party faces from the google play store. But read that since many of these faces neet connectivity (weather, news, etc) they may not work since the iphone doesnt work like that
But since this watch has wifi integrated, i was wondering if they could work on this and many other watches that have the same chip.
Any thoughts? I really want to install watch faces with weather and similar
WiFi is used to sync the watch with the cloud, not for receiving data for the weather etc.
The watch still needs to use phone's connectivity to load such data...
But, well, you can still try, there's Android Wear app for iOS, maybe the sideloaded apps will work anyway.
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WiFi is used to sync the watch with the cloud, not for receiving data for the weather etc.
The watch still needs to use phone's connectivity to load such data...
But, well, you can still try, there's Android Wear app for iOS, maybe the sideloaded apps will work anyway.
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Yeah i can use it with Android Wear and receive notifications but many of the manuals for sideloading watch faces say that if the watch has wifi you may have that functionality
To be honest, that's the first time I hear about that the watch's WiFi itself may be used to update weather data etc without the use of the phone...
It's worth trying but I already did a simple test and it didn't work for me using stock "Weather" app on the watch and the weather service in Minimal & Elegant watchface. They both require the watch to be connected with the phone.