Hi all,
I am after a smart watch, but primarily to use different watchfaces with it. I am not after all notifications, calling and other features. Initially wanted to get a known Android Wear brands but the cost put me off.
So I went with a D5 initially but soon realized it limits me to use watch faces ( watchmaker and Facer Pro) as those are only for Android wear and they need to be mutilated and converted to a format the watch can recognize and etc.
Now I am trying to find a cheap Android Wear (or whatever watch supports watch maker faces), and I am not keen to pay $200-300 mark for just that feature. Have Chinese managed to up their games and make a real AndroidWear at low cost?
I saw there will be ELE watch but not sure when it is released.
Any help is appreciated
There's at least one I know of but the Chinese Wear based smartwatches are Chinese only language with mostly Chinese only apps.
Lokifish Marz said:
There's at least one I know of but the Chinese Wear based smartwatches are Chinese only language with mostly Chinese only apps.
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Thanks, Apparently they released an English version, but I believe it is not Android Wear but some dedicated OS by the company, I might be wrong
The tic watch recently had an ota update that now has English language as an option. If you look at what the watch offers for the $150 price its a pretty good deal. The only thing I hope is that Google now services will be an option hopefully in the future.
The OS is a bases in android 5.1 to look like android wear but optimized for the watch with an option to load and use android wear apps which is pretty cool.
primod808 said:
The tic watch recently had an ota update that now has English language as an option. If you look at what the watch offers for the $150 price its a pretty good deal. The only thing I hope is that Google now services will be an option hopefully in the future.
The OS is a bases in android 5.1 to look like android wear but optimized for the watch with an option to load and use android wear apps which is pretty cool.
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So ticwatch will be able to run for instance WatchMaker on it without any issues?
Don't know info was base on what I read on the web.
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So ticwatch will be able to run for instance WatchMaker on it without any issues?
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yes it do support watchmakers but with conditions:
1. you need to switch on the AW compatible mode (which is now AWC compatible mode)
2. you need to manually extracted out the android wear apk from watchmaker apk and sideload it to your watch
First off, I've done about a day of research and I'm amazed by the sheer number of Chinese smartwatches there are on Aliexpress.
Back story: I came from an Apple watch which I bought with the idea "function over form". Soon enough, the square shape started to bother me so I sold it. Also, the fact that you can't choose custom watchfaces on a $700 watch is just plain ridiculous.
I kinda thought I was going to stick to plain watches (I'm somewhat of a collector), but I miss the notifications. So I started looking for a round alternative that works with my iPhone and supports custom watchfaces. I first checked out Android Wear (I like the look of the Huawei Watch), but quickly learned that you can't load custom watchfaces by default on iPhone. I know there's a huge workaround for that, but I don't want to bother with that honestly.
So I started looking into these Chinese smartwatches. The problem is, that you either seem to have a companion watch (without SIM) where you can't change watchfaces, or you have a phone watch (with SIM) with customizable watchfaces. I don't need nor want a watch with a seperate SIM card. My requirements are simple: round shape, no sim, notifications, customizable watchfaces. Siri & calling from the watch would be a big plus. I don't want to spend more than $100 on the watch though.
I already ordered a No. 1 G5 since I liked the look and read somewhere that you can indeed change the faces (limited to 2), but the resources are so damn limited that I'm not so sure anymore. Officially, No. 1 says that custom watchfaces aren't supported. And then there's the question of getting extra data in the faces, like date etc. It doesn't seem the G5 supports this, if it supports custom faces at all. At this point, I'm utterly confused.
So is there somebody who can help a poor soul out?
Hello my Friends,
i am want to buy an smartwatch. My maximum Price is 350€ (or round about 400 Dollars).
I dont now wich one i should buy. I want an large, round (!) OLED Display, good Hardware, Google Assistant and circa one day runtime. IP68 (or better) and ROM possibility would be very nice but it is not necessery. I want an Android Wear/Wear OS (2.0) Watch, no Tizen (i have a old V700 and i haved learned to hate Samsungs own Apps and OS, sorry about that, but i am a "Googleguy" ). Okay if you think Tizen is much better than Wear OS then let me now and why. We can talk about everythink. I have looked much on the internet, The Ticwatch Pro is my first choise, but eventually you have a better one? Let me know what you think is the best Smartwatch to buy in 2018. Greets from Germany and sorry for my bad Englisch.
I just got the Ticwatch Pro and am enjoying it so much. The only issue I could find is ROM support, since it doesn't look like a popular choice (yet).
I also just got the TicWatch Pro. Right now it's an Amazon PRIME exclusive and I believe sometime next month it's generally available to any Amazon user. It's only been available for a week or so, so hopefully we'll see some development for it in the coming weeks/months.
Is there any way to flash the Wear OS global onto the Chinese Oppo Watch? Love the watch but not need wear OS
Nope, it has different hardware.
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There will be a way - technically it's the same hardware, only the model number is different.
The issue is that there is no fastboot, OEM unlock or root available. Once we can write to the system volume, we can put the WearOS apps in there just as we can with the Mobvoi.
I've been searching the Chinese forums and there is no unlocked bootloader yet, once this happens - we are golden.
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There will be a way - technically it's the same hardware, only the model number is different.
The issue is that there is no fastboot, OEM unlock or root available. Once we can write to the system volume, we can put the WearOS apps in there just as we can with the Mobvoi.
I've been searching the Chinese forums and there is no unlocked bootloader yet, once this happens - we are golden.
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Chinese version use Snapdragon wear 2500 which doesn't support wearos (Qualcomm decition), Global version use Snapdragon wear 3100 which natively supports wearos.
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Qualcomm changed the naming conventions when the launched the 4100 series chips.
The actual processor core in the 2500 & 3100 is the same. The difference is that the 3100 uses its a Qualcomm low power co-processor (QCC1100 / Blackghost) where the 2500 can be paired with any micro controller. It's all about marketing and product management decisions, there is not technical differences.
Oppo watch comes with the Apollo 3 co-processor which is the same that powers their stand alone fitness bands.
I expect we will be able to flash a WearOS ROM to the Chinese hardware, or at least - once bootloader is unlocked - put the WearOS / Google apps into the system volume.
That would be amazing, my understanding is the hardware is essentially the same as well. Hopefully will have a bootloader unlocked soon
i got also the chinese oppo watch 46mm here in austria ... really great looking watch!
Hopefully someone can figure out how to get wear os running on it ?
I just bought mine here in China and at the moment it is one of the few if not the only Chinese smart watch from big brands that can actually reply to wechat messages here in China. Apart from the apple watch or course.
I'm also looking up to the day when we can start installing wear os and custom apps. I only have a Chinese assistant breeno and that doesn't help me out very much atm
That would be amazing, my understanding is the hardware is essentially the same as well. Hopefully will have a bootloader unlocked soon
I would also be quite interested in flashing a wearOS version onto the ColorOS 46mm edition. Happy hunting for an effective method!
Hopefully, we'll able to...
I linked this discussion over to a thread in the WearOS subreddit with the same title, so hopefully that will bring in some participation and interest as things move along.
41mm here in Canada also scrubbing the web for methods.. hopefully something comes out soon! Overall awesome watch, but now I really want the 46mm
Just curious if anyone has gained any traction on this topic since it was last discussed. Happy upcoming new year!
Hello everyone and happy new year. Stay safe..
According to Oppo...
"the Oppo watch has the security boot function, so even if the kernel is compiled successfully, the unsigned kernel cannot run directly on the watch".
I am thinking to retur my Oppo watch 46mm back. I can't get the compiled kernel to run on this watch. No custom kernel, twrp for this device.
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Hello everyone and happy new year. Stay safe..
According to Oppo...
"the Oppo watch has the security boot function, so even if the kernel is compiled successfully, the unsigned kernel cannot run directly on the watch".
I am thinking to retur my Oppo watch 46mm back. I can't get the compiled kernel to run on this watch. No custom kernel, twrp for this device.
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Hi, thanks for the info.
I'm just thinking tho, oppo wouldn't exactly promote any kind of boot loading or hacking so isn't it normal that they said that there's a security boot function to prevent unsigned code to run?
Just thinking that no company would out right say it's ok to do it unless it was open sourced right?
Of course correct me if I'm wrong cos I ain't a hacker or developer haha, just a tech lover
I actually have a couple things in the works. I have two OPPO watches. You can actually get into EDL mode by turning the watch off, holding the secondary button while connecting it to the cradle when plugged into the computer. Im just trying to find the right bootloader file to be able to modify the system and dump the filesystem. Any help is appreciated
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I actually have a couple things in the works. I have two OPPO watches. You can actually get into EDL mode by turning the watch off, holding the secondary button while connecting it to the cradle when plugged into the computer. Im just trying to find the right bootloader file to be able to modify the system and dump the filesystem. Any help is appreciated
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This is exciting, and I think you're right about the EDL mode. I was able to engage that on my oppo watch (Chinese version). Just hoping for a way to get wear os flashed next. Thanks for sharing this info.
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Is there any way to flash the Wear OS global onto the Chinese Oppo Watch? Love the watch but not need wear OS
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with a bootloader maybe we can
shanicejohnson said:
with a bootloader maybe we can
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You already know how to get into the bootloader?
enable usb debugging, comnect via adb and run command "adb reboot bootloader"
Hello everyone. im new here on XDA. As of recently i acquired a Citizen CZ Smart and i really do love the watch. However, i recently found out that this device has no planned updates to WearOS3. I know there are programs that allow you to boot into the bootloader and recovery, so im wondering if there is any way to flash a custom version of wearos3 to this watch. The Fossil Garret HR Gen 5/CITIZEN CZ Smart Gen 1 are the same watch Spec for Spec just in a different case so i wanted to list that in the title for anyone looking to the Fossil.