Galaxy Watch Active 2 Features - (SpO2) - Measure Blood Oxygen - Samsung Galaxy Watch

I had previously left this issue in the form of a comment Here, but I think that considering solved the issue of BP/ECG, it is better to have a separate thread for this issue.
It may have been forgotten, but according to previous samsung's announcements about regarding the ending of the ability to measure blood oxygen in the previous phone models, Samsung uses a blood oxygen sensor to measure stress level right now whether on cell phones with this sensor or on the galaxy watch /GW active/GW active2 / or other Models.
So we can be sure that this sensor is already embedded on the watches!
another reason is the measurement of blood pressure by the watch because the method of measuring blood pressure is obtained by combining the measurement of heart rate and blood oxygen with special formulas based on my research!
So it is clear that "samsung" will not enable this feature right now (or maybe never) (Remember: like enablting touch bezel on galaxy watch Active!) to sell more galaxy watch 3 !
because in the galaxy watch active 2 sales advertisements, there was no claim by Samsung to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood, and only the ECG was mentioned that now launched!
From now on, friends who are active in this field may be able to port this feature to galaxy watch/GW active/GW active 2/other models/ by extracting related files and create moded shealth tpk or creating a moded ROM.
I hope and thank them in advance for their efforts
sorry for bad english because i am from "iran" that NOT Terorist :laugh: just oppressed

Blood Oxygen is NO Stand Alone App like BP and/or ECG...
It is inside Samsung Health TPK...
Many unknown things...
Activated/deactivated by Samsung Health (Phone APK)
And/or Plugin
Samsu.g spent so much time to kick customers between legs...
I have no GW3, otherwise research could be faster...
I am working on this,, but no ehm slow progress...
For instance I am waiting for CTH8 Firmware for Rooting...
Best Regards

Dear friends
It finaly done by @adfree in this post

Tiny correction.
We removed few Security "locks" to make Blood Oxygen "visible"...
But Measurement NOT work yet.
Best Regards

hamid.seyedani said:
Dear friends
It finaly done by @adfree in this post
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I could also enable the widget thanks to @adfree 's post you mentioned.
But measurement is not working.
As I see in your attached picture it was working for you. Did you do anything else this to work?
I can see the red light using the redbutt.bat, I can see the widget, but when I start measure, I don't see the led and after a while if just quits and measure nothing.
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I guess this will be the problem:
sensor_internal.cpp: sensord_get_default_sensor(206) > Invalid type(SPO2_MONITOR_SENSOR)
From /opt/var/log/dlog/system

@sixtybi
Only 1 user is doing hard research...
No final Solution...
Tests are only possible on rooted Watch...
Because Security and "Driver" related "things" missing/disabled...
"We" could increase speed and chance... if somebody with GW3 would support our Research...
THe main sensor handler is ;
/usr/bin/sensord
All sensor activation from shealth , hr, etc are passed through that sensord process.
Upon startup, sensord loads every lib files you drop at /usr/lib/sensor/* which include libsensor-hal.so
libsensor.hal.so defines / creates all sensor activation of the watch. But technically there is no RED LED definition inside that file.
There is a small program inside to test sensor;
/usr/bin/sensorctl
This can be ran manually ran using shell
/usr/bin/sensorctl test hrm_led_red
/usr/bin.sensorctll test hrm_led_green
The green test activates the green led, red test returns an error because there is no definition of red led inside libsensor-hal.so thus cannot activate red led
Maybe there is libsensor-hal.so file somewhere out there with red led routines inside ....
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Only as info...
Best Regards

adfree said:
@sixtybi
Only 1 user is doing hard research...
No final Solution...
Tests are only possible on rooted Watch...
Because Security and "Driver" related "things" missing/disabled...
"We" could increase speed and chance... if somebody with GW3 would support our Research...
Only as info...
Best Regards
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I kept your rooted ROM, most for these optional features.
But I am very happy with it as BP, ECG, Samsung pay, SHM to SH sync, all of these are working fine. Thanks!
This Blood Oxygen would be really great! Unfortunately I only have GWA2, not GW3, otherwise I would do some research for us.

I see the blood oxygen widget on the phone app. When I add the widget to my active 2 watch and save it, it doesn't show up on my watch and the widget is again available to add (showing a green plus sign by it). I'm not sure how I can this widget but I would like to see if it actually works.

gman901 said:
I see the blood oxygen widget on the phone app. When I add the widget to my active 2 watch and save it, it doesn't show up on my watch and the widget is again available to add (showing a green plus sign by it). I'm not sure how I can this widget but I would like to see if it actually works.
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Which firmware is on your watch?could you make a screenshot and post it?
L got the same thing for the first when upgraded to 5.5 tizen...l was unable to replicate that after l reset the watch..even l also downgrade and update again...l think they forgot to remove it from the firmware..there may be a way to activate it..l mean in this firmware. @adfree may be the redsensor is activated in this firmware..

Attached is the watch version

Below is my watch app showing available widgets. In the middle is the Blood Oxygen widget which the watch won't let me add. I believe my watch is fully updated. Also, I am missing my Stair widget. Where did that go?

Hey galaxy active 2 has the red led sensors. Just go to test mode by dialing *#0*# then go to HRM than go to EOL. As soon as you touch EOL . All the sensors at back will start blinking including the Red led .

Techsect said:
Hey galaxy active 2 has the red led sensors. Just go to test mode by dialing *#0*# then go to HRM than go to EOL. As soon as you touch EOL . All the sensors at back will start blinking including the Red led .
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Yes, but it is still not working from the application. Or do you have any solution for that too?

Is it possible to install the apk widget from active 3 on active 2?
After test, red led lights...

treffech said:
Is it possible to install the apk widget from active 3 on active 2?
After test, red led lights...
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Good question!
I would be interested in that too.

Hi,
I'm a complete noob to rooting and hacking a device in general, but I'd LOVE to have oxygen saturation on my Galaxy Watch Active 2, especially since it's definitely possible (as tested before). If I may be of any service in providing information about the Galaxy Watch Active 2, since I own one, I'd be more than happy to do that. I will check this page once every week or so to check the progress on getting the apk/hack-file for the oxygen saturation on the Galaxy Watch Active 2. I really, really hope someone figures that out.
Cheers,
Jack

سلام دوست من راه انداختی قابلیت اندازه گیری اکسیژن رو؟

Hi to all,
I have an Active 2 and also interested on SPo2.
Does the Samsung Watch 3 hardware the same of Samsung Active 2?
I mean, if the hardware is the same, maybe it could be possible to have also SPo2.
Who knows?

It seems to have become pretty quiet regarding this topic. I guess it's not possible?

Yes the Active 2 has the same hardware as watch 3. You can even test the SpO2 sensor in the test menu in the Active 2.
Samsung has done some hard work to make watch 3s SpO2 software to not work on Active 2 though

Related

[APP][WIP] ISeeYou

Hi guys! My name is Mirarchi and i'm an italian software developer that comes from Windows programming. Recently i bought a fantastic Galaxy Nexus and i started a project called "ISeeYou". This program recognizes your face while you seeing the phone keeping on the screen. When you don't look the phone, the screen will go off after a specified timeout. So this is similar to a popular app integrated in the new Galaxy S III.
Developed for device targeting Android SDK rel 9-14 (Android 2.3 and later)
No 3rd party libs. Uses only integrated system libraries(so it SHOULD work on every Android 2.3/4.0 based device).
Detectes the face, not the eyes(for now).
Customizable timeouts and app starts.
Requirements for using the app
Android 2.3 or later.
Front facing camera that detects your face. You can use the integrated Camera app to verify if the camera can detect your face (this app uses the same face detection system)
Known Issues
While using the app you can encounter the "Failed to connect to camera service" error. This is ok because you can't use the camera while the service is scanning your face. You can simply resolve by retrying to open the Camera app.
Cheers!
When the app detects your face, an "eye" icon will appear on the left side of the status bar such as a notification.
Enjoy the app and let me know the results.
Suggestions are also appreciated.
NOTE: UNISTALL ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE APPLICATION OTHERWISE YOU CAN HAVE STRANGE ERRORS!
Edit 20120616: Upped a new version that should be compatible with devices other than the GNex. Now the app doesn't use constantly the camera, but now polls the camera every N seconds where N is a custom parameter. Also you can specify the maximum scan rate that is the maximum time that the camera is occuped by the ISeeYouService. In the next few days i will releasea FREE version with reduced features. Enjoy!!
Edit 20120617: Released the "free" version based on build 20120616. This version hasn't the 5 minutes limit, but there is no possibility to change settings. This will be available in the "PRO" version and i will sell it in the next few days. Stay tuned!
Edit 20120617-2: New version available! Added a persistent notify icon that links directly to the app. Now when the service is running, will show a "closed eye" icon. When the service detects your face, the eye will "blink" for a split second. Now the service runs in foreground mode. This will prevent undesidered closes of the app by the android system and should solve the FC issues. Cheers!!
Edit 20120617-3: Link for PRO version. Enjoy!!
Edit 20120621: v1.2 available for download on google play. Cheers!
Edit 20120630: v1.4 available for download! Added the exception list feature. With this mode you can "Blind" the i seeyouservice for certain applications. The keepOn button will let you to keep the screen on for exceptions apps. Also now you should be able to run the service on 2.3 devices. Enjoy!
Edit 20121021: v1.4.3 available for download! Enjoy and sorry for delay!
I look forward to this. What help do you need to get it out?
Thanks subvertz, for now no help is needed, but your attention is very appreciated! I only need to wait that google activates my developer account for distributing the app on play store.
Why don't you post the app in the xda developers for testing and people can provide you feedback on the same.
This way you will help the community n also gain some beta testers for your app.
Regards,
Kailash
kailashnj said:
Why don't you post the app in the xda developers for testing and people can provide you feedback on the same.
This way you will help the community n also gain some beta testers for your app.
Regards,
Kailash
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Thanks Kailash, I didn't know the possibility to post the app directly in xda. I will make a sort of demo version and post here for testing.
Regards
kailashnj said:
Why don't you post the app in the xda developers for testing and people can provide you feedback on the same.
This way you will help the community n also gain some beta testers for your app.
Regards,
Kailash
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+1 would love to test this out. : )
Wow, dude you are the man. i've been searchign for something like this for the past month to use on my Gnex. I hope everything goes smooth and when you need testers, i'll be glad to support.
Looking forward to this. Best of luck!
very good project,love only that features in sIII,hope to see that on gnex too.personally i'd want an app similar to that,keep up the good work,i'll follow the development very closely to finally try yours creation.cheers italian friend.
Edit.. *Obvious stuff*
I was actually thinking about making this myself, do it right so I don't have to
Added a demo link on the first post. Enjoy!
The service started but I didn't see any "eye" icons in my stat bar. I then opened the app and it forced closed endlessly
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Working great galaxy nexus liquid
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theROMinator said:
The service started but I didn't see any "eye" icons in my stat bar. I then opened the app and it forced closed endlessly
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Sorry dude, fc was my fault. Upping a version that corrects this bug.
For the "eye" icon it should appear when detects your face.
Firstly try with the default android camera application to find the optimal conditions (distance and lighting) to ensure that the device can recognize your face.
Wouldnt it waste the battery constantly checking for the face?
It would seem better to launch the service when the screen is going to time out, check for the face and if seen reset the timer
BlackDino said:
Wouldnt it waste the battery constantly checking for the face?
It would seem better to launch the service when the screen is going to time out, check for the face and if seen reset the timer
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Right! I will consider this option and i will work to add this feature to the app.
Thanks for the suggestion!
BlackDino said:
Wouldnt it waste the battery constantly checking for the face?
It would seem better to launch the service when the screen is going to time out, check for the face and if seen reset the timer
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This is a great idea
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Thank you for the demo. This is quite an awesome idea for my girlfriend, as she constantly resets the display timer on her phone while doing homework, and forgets and when she goes out her battery dies. Can't wait for the full product!
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This is awesome man, the demo worked just as it should, I can't wait for the final product. Thanks!
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So is this just like SmartStay from Samsung's Galaxy S3?
You should look up the code for that app and see if you can get some ideas from that, I feel like that would be a better start point than coding from scratch.

[Q] Note 2 : Street view jitter in compass mode ?

Hi
I bought the Note II 2 days ago, and I ended trying Google Street View in compass mode... Nice software...
As probably you know, in this mode the orientation of the handset controls what you see on the screen, offering a better 3d experience than simply sliding your finger on the screen to change the viewpoint (try it: maps --> select a place with street view available --> enter street view mode --> press "menu" left virtual touch --> select compass mode, and play with it!).
This is all nice and well, except that I experience on my phone a serious random jitter (mostly azymuthal) in the street view: a few degrees more or less, not much but enough to make you dizzy after a while. This happens also in Google Skymap.
I tried to recalibrate the gyroscope, also had a look in the hidden "test" menu (dialed *#0*#), and installed marketplace compass apps which offer calibration tools... to no avail. I also changed position in my flat to check for stray magnetic fields effects, but nothing new.
I know there are other devices forum threads where this type of problems is explored (not much as far as i know), the point here is I would like people with Note 2 at hand to check if they experience the same type of problems: I'd like to know if this could be related to a hardware problem, or if it is another screw up by Google/Samsung ...! :silly:
What do you think ?
Same thing here, I've had my T-Mobile GNote2 for just under two weeks and when I tried the compass this am I found the same jitter you describe, using GPS Test app and the diagnostic mode you found. Started a thread in T-Mobile GNote2 here, looks like it wasn't a priority for Samsung.
I'm getting gitter in Street View too. Damn annoying.
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Bad jitter here too .... and this was one of the features that seemed best to try out on the larger screen... Hopefully there will be a software fix. If some people would post that they have no jitter in street view compass mode, then I'd go see if it was just my/some units with the defect and exchange while in my 14 days.
I can confirm the jittering on my Note 2. It's pretty annoying. Calibration hasn't worked for me.
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In other compass apps, I can't experience any jittering. So I think it must be directly related to Street View and how they read/process the values from the compass. Maybe the interpolation is wrong?
Well, I can tell you that I exchanged TWICE my Note II since I posted the problem on the forum (one was exchanged for another reason)... and the jitter was and is here on the three handsets.
The last one I got works marginally better, but the effect is still quite annoying.
mc-garry said:
I can confirm the jittering on my Note 2. It's pretty annoying. Calibration hasn't worked for me.
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In other compass apps, I can't experience any jittering. So I think it must be directly related to Street View and how they read/process the values from the compass. Maybe the interpolation is wrong?
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I tried a few compass apps. They mostly had the jitter as well... and the *# test menu showed the same jitter back and forth on the compass :=/
Are you all running on stock rom and kernel? So maybe we can isolate the source for the jittering.
Jittery here too... On stock rom/kernal
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Hm, stock rom/kernel...why doesn't Samsung test this stuff before releasing. Now we need to find out, if it's a software failure or a hardware problem. I have tested this compass app and there is no jittering. Can anyone confirm this?
Search for "com.apksoftware.compass" in the play store. Cannot post external links, as I'm quite new.
I have slight jitter in compass mode on street view too.
Stock ROM, no root.
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I've tried several other stock/non-stock roms and kernels. All have the same problem. Has anyone contacted Samsung about this?
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Hm, stock rom/kernel...why doesn't Samsung test this stuff before releasing. Now we need to find out, if it's a software failure or a hardware problem. I have tested this compass app and there is no jittering. Can anyone confirm this?
Search for "com.apksoftware.compass" in the play store. Cannot post external links, as I'm quite new.
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That's exactly what I'm saying! I actually called Samsung's main technical services department and the person I spoke to didn't have a clue what I was on about, so I had to describe it to her carefully. And by the way, yes I've tried it on all the available compass apps on the play store and they all have the same issue. To compare, I used my dad's S3, totally fine. This is one of the reasons I bought the phone in the first place, to use the street view in compass mode after seeing it on the S3 but its a total letdown, which leads me to believe that its very likely a hardware issue, and that's what I'm dreading.
Ilker123 said:
That's exactly what I'm saying! I actually called Samsung's main technical services department and the person I spoke to didn't have a clue what I was on about, so I had to describe it to her carefully. And by the way, yes I've tried it on all the available compass apps on the play store and they all have the same issue. To compare, I used my dad's S3, totally fine. This is one of the reasons I bought the phone in the first place, to use the street view in compass mode after seeing it on the S3 but its a total letdown, which leads me to believe that its very likely a hardware issue, and that's what I'm dreading.
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Maybe it also could be a software problem. I don't think that Samsung includes defect hardware sensors in all of their Note 2 devices (therefor they have extensive hardware tests). I hardly believe they hadn't had the time to write a proper kernel driver with interpolation for the magnetometer. And probably all other kernels base on the kernel sources, Samsung has published. So this could be an inherited problem. Would be interesting if the Note 2 and the S3 share the same magnetometer sensor. Can somebody elaborate on this? If so, then we need to compare the kernel sources for both sensors and try do debug the problem step by step.
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why doesn't Samsung test this stuff before releasing.
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they were probably too busy making the rest of the phone as awesome as it is :laugh: ps - im getting the jitter as well
mc-garry said:
Maybe it also could be a software problem. I don't think that Samsung includes defect hardware sensors in all of their Note 2 devices (therefor they have extensive hardware tests). I hardly believe they hadn't had the time to write a proper kernel driver with interpolation for the magnetometer. And probably all other kernels base on the kernel sources, Samsung has published. So this could be an inherited problem. Would be interesting if the Note 2 and the S3 share the same magnetometer sensor. Can somebody elaborate on this? If so, then we need to compare the kernel sources for both sensors and try do debug the problem step by step.
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So you're telling me this problem may be fixed with either a 4.2 or 5.0 update? One can only wish right now.
Jitter here too. Very annoying. Quite shocked this got past QC.
Tried multiple roms and kennels, always the same.
Well I'm now on stock 4.1.2, and sad to say its the same problem. Absolutely nothing has changed. I think we're stuck with this issue guys, such a shame
it is a big samsung problem. it is on the S3 as well...
I had the same problem. I tried several compass applications from the market and celebrated the compass several times. The only thing that really helped to get the digital compass get stable is to turn off all wireless functions, including the phone, as well as the phone sound and power saving functions. I turned off anything that might produce a megnatic field in the phone, and then calebrated the compass again. Now the compass works fine after turning on everything.
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[Q] Google fit periodically heart rate check

hello world ,
first of all I'm really happy with my moto 360, but one thing bothers me . It is the Heart rate moniture . I'm searching and looking around for a app That atomatically checks my heart rate every 5 minutes and uploads the data to google fit. but in the past two weeks I couldn't find anything...
I know that moto body does this but I deactivaded it because I use google fit and think moto body is worthless. I hope someone knows a way or I inspire someone to programm it (in that case I devenetly wanna be a alpha tester : o)
hope to hear soon of you!
I use the moto 360 on Android 5.0.1 and a sony xperia Z3 compact on 4.4.4
u rooted?
how u deactivated the stock moto body app?
I'm not rooted.
First of all when moto body is activated it check your heart every 5 min (so every 5 min it turns on the green led.) if you go to the moto body app and scroll to the settings menu than turn of all the notifications and than it is deactivated. You can check it by looking for 5 min at the heart rate monitor!
nielsbrakel1998 said:
I'm not rooted.
First of all when moto body is activated it check your heart every 5 min (so every 5 min it turns on the green led.) if you go to the moto body app and scroll to the settings menu than turn of all the notifications and than it is deactivated. You can check it by looking for 5 min at the heart rate monitor!
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Lies. I tried it doesn't work
Spark1223 said:
Lies. I tried it doesn't work
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I tried it again and sorry it doesn't work any more..
But does anyone now how to get it work for google fit?
(how can i move this treat to the android wear forum not the moto 360)
shoot, I cant even get heart beat to register when the 360 is set to check for it through googlefit.... if i change it to motobody then it returns results in the guage but never get a reading when set to google fit.
But is there a way to make a app or anything for this?
nielsbrakel1998 said:
hello world ,
first of all I'm really happy with my moto 360, but one thing bothers me . It is the Heart rate moniture . I'm searching and looking around for a app That atomatically checks my heart rate every 5 minutes and uploads the data to google fit. but in the past two weeks I couldn't find anything...
I know that moto body does this but I deactivaded it because I use google fit and think moto body is worthless. I hope someone knows a way or I inspire someone to programm it (in that case I devenetly wanna be a alpha tester : o)
hope to hear soon of you!
I use the moto 360 on Android 5.0.1 and a sony xperia Z3 compact on 4.4.4
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This would be awesome. I am looking for this also. I don't want to use multiple apps to track my fitness.
Found it!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.heartsync&hl=en
nielsbrakel1998 said:
Found it!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.heartsync&hl=en
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Thanks!
I needed that so much i was almost trying to write it myself!
nielsbrakel1998 said:
Found it!
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This is perfect, thank you!!
I tried this app for the same exact reason, however, you need to pay to get the features that you want. Also its a huge battery hog. Im really surprised that these features haven't been thoroughly implemented in Android Wear yet. Im really hoping that we can get the moto wellness tracker a backup and restore feature, as i enjoy flashing roms and requires a 360 reset which in turn, erases all moto data.
thanks, great app
*bump*
Since the App got deleted on the Play Store.. Is there any other way to get the Heart Rate from the 360 into Fit?
Ultimately i was thinking about doing it with AutoWear and Tasker to use the Rates also for other things, like checking if you still wear the Watch or combine the Rate with the Active Tasker Profile. Things like that...
I just did'nt found a way to insert data with Tasker into fit yet.
Keichi-chan said:
*bump*
Since the App got deleted on the Play Store.. Is there any other way to get the Heart Rate from the 360 into Fit?
Ultimately i was thinking about doing it with AutoWear and Tasker to use the Rates also for other things, like checking if you still wear the Watch or combine the Rate with the Active Tasker Profile. Things like that...
I just did'nt found a way to insert data with Tasker into fit yet.
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I now use this one works even better starts on boot. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwork.wearable.heartratesync
Does'nt work on my phone.. The App times out every time while trying to get the Heartrate... Also it crashed Android Wear on the Watch oO
Keichi-chan said:
Does'nt work on my phone.. The App times out every time while trying to get the Heartrate... Also it crashed Android Wear on the Watch oO
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The app just got updated to 0.4 maby your bug is fixed
nah, i'm doing it with Tasker and AutoWear right now.. The only thing that still bothers me is that i can't turn off the screen while Fit is measuring the Heartrate (or at least turn it off, after he executed it) because &screenoff& somehow doesnt work. But at least he also sends the Rate back to Tasker, so that i could interact with it. And this way i can easily check if it is Working, which is the Problem with Clinche which did'nt got my heartrate for 4 hours without me noticing it.
But i still don't like the Fact that i need to use an App on the Watch
Can someone upload heart rate os apk, its no longer available on google store

New amazing feature I found after Marshmallow update !!!

So, I found this feature by mistake and I have been looking for something about it on the Web and can't find anyone talking about it.
After the Marshmallow update (coincidence or not, someone tell me) I have been able to dim the screen manually whenever I want by covering the whole of the watch screen! It's an amazing feature and doesn't require any proximity sensor or whatever.
Is this really new or am I telling you something so "known" that I should hide myself? :angel:
Nevertheless, I felt I should open this thread so that anyone who didn't know it until now, like me, gets to know this amazing feature.
And who already knew, how did huawei manage to do this? The screen must support multi-touch so that it feels several fingers covering the whole screen huh? I've made some tests and it is actually really really accurate.
Try it for yourself :highfive:
This feature worked for me from day one on Huawei, even before the new Marshmallow update.
Cool feature, but been there previously...
-___-
nunoovidigal said:
So, I found this feature by mistake and I have been looking for something about it on the Web and can't find anyone talking about it.
After the Marshmallow update (coincidence or not, someone tell me) I have been able to dim the screen manually whenever I want by covering the whole of the watch screen! It's an amazing feature and doesn't require any proximity sensor or whatever.
Is this really new or am I telling you something so "known" that I should hide myself? :angel:
Nevertheless, I felt I should open this thread so that anyone who didn't know it until now, like me, gets to know this amazing feature.
And who already knew, how did huawei manage to do this? The screen must support multi-touch so that it feels several fingers covering the whole screen huh? I've made some tests and it is actually really really accurate.
Try it for yourself :highfive:
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Yeah, it's been around for awhile. I guess you didn't go through the introductory demo. I believe the feature has been around since the beginning. I remember seeing it on my old Moto 360 1.0.
On mine it doesn't work? Does it have something to do with the fact that the watch is connected with the iPhone?
Sorry to rain on your parade but as I recall, that was right in the intro tutorial!
Is there a setting to turn this off and on? I can't seem to get this to work. My watch is paired with a Nexus 6.
this feature will work when you have ambient sensor like the 360
noobandroid said:
this feature will work when you have ambient sensor like the 360
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This feature uses multiple touch points and does not need an extra sensor. It worked on the Huawei from day one.
Got it to work! Thanks for the insight.
It has been like that before MM.
Lol got all exited
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mine does not work..
any setting should be set ?
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MuF123 said:
You have to get your whole palm touching the touchscreen. Push it against the screen, don't just lightly cover your watch.
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i tried by touching whole of my palm into the screen, then it vibrate and the screen is off.
is it work like that ? it's just go into standbye mode, not decreasing the brightness
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MuF123 said:
Weird, maybe it is your watchface. I've tried this with pujie black, go to launcher(menu) and covered the screen.
Watch went to standby, lower brightness, exactly as if it just timed out by itself.
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i tried to set always ON = ON, and covered the screen with my palm..
then the screen goes to standbye mode with dim watchface as seems like when the screen time out..
but when setting always On=Off, the screen goes off when covered with my palm. like this ?
hendry yes it supposed to behave like this
I'm pretty sure this function was in the tutorial before marshmallow even.

customize ambient display?

any way to edit what's on the ambient display?
would love to get a battery% on there.
Agreed. That would be nice.
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I don't understand why Google doesn't put battery percent on the screen I would also like to be able to adjust the size
Have there been any updates on this subject now that we have the working root and TRWP?
Really love to have options to change clock colors and display battery percentage.
mngdew said:
Have there been any updates on this subject now that we have the working root and TRWP?
Really love to have options to change clock colors and display battery percentage.
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Nope, not yet...
I want to know why the font changes. Sometimes its tall & skinny other times, short & fat.
winstonbyrd said:
I want to know why the font changes. Sometimes its tall & skinny other times, short & fat.
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In order to prevent burn-in.
mngdew said:
In order to prevent burn-in.
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Isn't that (also?) why it moves around?
It would be nice if Google could do something simple like say, have an automatic off setting so it's not wasting power during the night.
Must Samsung lead the way with everything Google does? Seriously?
TokyoGuy said:
It would be nice if Google could do something simple like say, have an automatic off setting so it's not wasting power during the night.
Must Samsung lead the way with everything Google does? Seriously?
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So you'd like to see ambient display start but only run for a set amount of time? I know I've seen it get really dim, dimmer than when it starts
winstonbyrd said:
So you'd like to see ambient display start but only run for a set amount of time? I know I've seen it get really dim, dimmer than when it starts
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Yes. It's something Samsung has had for ages now. I mean Google took the time to create a scheduled system for blue light reduction, yet couldn't bother to do the same with Ambient Display. It's either on 24-7 or off.
The best solution I've found is to put a piece of paper or such over the top sensor at night so the phone will think the device is in a pocket and turn off the screen.
TokyoGuy said:
paper or such over the top sensor
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The best ideas are the easiest sometimes. I stay away from Samsung. I can't stand trying to figure out where they put stuff at. Why change menu structure even. I've tried several times because of the awesome hardware but never make it past about 2 months.
byproxy said:
any way to edit what's on the ambient display?
would love to get a battery% on there.
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Want Ambient Display to show battery level? Star this issue and let Google know (but don't comment)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/1...how-battery-level-star-issue-let-google-know/
If you comment you *will* get spammed by Google notifications, just Star, do NOT comment. (don't ask how I know )
Google Issue Tracker
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62319884
Pkt_Lnt said:
Want Ambient Display to show battery level? Star this issue and let Google know (but don't comment)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/1...how-battery-level-star-issue-let-google-know/
If you comment you *will* get spammed by Google notifications, just Star, do NOT comment. (don't ask how I know )
Google Issue Tracker
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62319884
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Cheers for the tip! :good::good: We've done my part now let's wait
I just got my pixel 2 XL and can't believe google has not enabled this already, it's a very basic item and a must have for many.
Pretty pathetic, hopefully once roms start dropping this will fix many shortcomings on the device.
As mentioned in an different thread, using Accubattery will display the battery level on the AOD. In my brief testing, Google reported the app as not consuming any measurable amount of power overnight, so no appreciable battery draw. Also, there is a root app from an XDA RC that displays the music you are currently playing/streaming on to the AOD. This is different from the existing "now playing" feature already built in, and at the end of the article HERE it says that almost any "text" can be displayed on the AOD. It's not the built in Google controls for the AOD we are expecting, but there is hope for customization for those with root, and in the coming ROMs.
Well, got this notice, just don't know what "Changed" (shrug)
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/62319884
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Pkt_Lnt said:
Well, got this notice, just don't know what "Changed" (shrug)
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It just means there was another comment left. You will be spammed eternally! :silly:
v12xke said:
As mentioned in an different thread, using Accubattery will display the battery level on the AOD. In my brief testing, Google reported the app as not consuming any measurable amount of power overnight, so no appreciable battery draw. Also, there is a root app from an XDA RC that displays the music you are currently playing/streaming on to the AOD. This is different from the existing "now playing" feature already built in, and at the end of the article HERE it says that almost any "text" can be displayed on the AOD. It's not the built in Google controls for the AOD we are expecting, but there is hope for customization for those with root, and in the coming ROMs.
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After I read your post I downloaded accubattery and it works quite well. Thanks for the heads up
I hope they enable the ability to keep the icon on the lockscreen while removing it from the notification panel.. that would be perfect.
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