as above, how do i monitor the battery level of my phone on the watch?
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Find a watchface that has that info.
http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=U1buYqN5qZ
Nevermind the poor reviews. As long as you install the companion app which allows phone battery communication to be sent to the watchface, this should work (at least it has for me). The ones which show phone battery on the display through Facer will not likely work.
If you swipe up-down, you will see shortcuts menu. At 12 o'clock it shows battery level.
try this watchface... completely free and great reviews
http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=NV2IvtPjbx
Use watchface with Watchmaker and you can add this info. You can also use app like "Toggle Gear".
jemfalor said:
as above, how do i monitor the battery level of my phone on the watch?
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I use Facer and there is many watchfaces there that do show the phone battery no problems.
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Anybody tried this app from the appstore?
Would like to know how true is this app.
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Anybody tried this app from the appstore?
Would like to know how true is this app.
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used it - froze up my phone , un installed
The reviews on play store are quite mixed, some claim doubling the battery. Others say worsen.
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Tried it wasn't impressed. I prefer green power to it.
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what this is app does is reduce bakground and hence will help you if you experience unexplained standby drains, once it's done learning your most used apps, it will control background activity sync
so yes you will notice great improvements if you you have lots of accounts draining your standby times
I currently am on day 6 using the app (actual use, its not including the 2 days of hiding in background watching me). Haven't really noticed a huge difference but I probably get another hour or so of battery life.
I think the trial was pretty lame. After it finally got the thing to start, I like how you can block apps from refreshing in the background. The list is not very big however and I am curious as to what other apps do the same thing but have more options.
All in all, I'd give it a thumb up as it is not hurting my phone's performance and a little battery savings
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I have used this snapdragon app, their is a thread about it somewhere, i removed it as it was giving me thousands wakelocks with the app, i used wakelock detector to see them.
John.
It just blocks apps from syncing if you use your phone auto sync on all the time so it's not like greenify which completely stops background process of a specific app until you open it. If you don't keep auto sync on then it's a waste of time and makes battery even worse.
It's a placebo, don't use it.
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No, it is not a placebo. Yes, it does block apps from syncing in the background. So what? You guys are missing the point.
They are not claiming to possess some magical powers that will double your phone's battery life. The main difference from this app and similar others in the market, is their learning algorithm. It learns from "watching" you use your phone for a couple of days and then controls what is going on in the background to help you save battery without you doing much on your end. It's actually a pretty genius idea. I'm trying it out for the first-time (thanks OP for mentioning this app) and will post back with my results later this week. I'm not expecting wonders, but maybe I'll learn a thing or two about my daily use that I might be able to incorporate into my setups.
I would really appreciate you get back to use with your results, i pulled the plug after a couple of hours because of the high number of wakelocks.
John.
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No, it is not a placebo. Yes, it does block apps from syncing in the background. So what? You guys are missing the point.
They are not claiming to possess some magical powers that will double your phone's battery life. The main difference from this app and similar others in the market, is their learning algorithm. It learns from "watching" you use your phone for a couple of days and then controls what is going on in the background to help you save battery without you doing much on your end. It's actually a pretty genius idea. I'm trying it out for the first-time (thanks OP for mentioning this app) and will post back with my results later this week. I'm not expecting wonders, but maybe I'll learn a thing or two about my daily use that I might be able to incorporate into my setups.
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No problem. Honestly, people freak out too much about wakelocks. You can have 50 simple events waking your device that will consume 10% of a single wakelock event from another app. Google's new play services that have been announced at I/O are wakelock-fiends, but surprisingly, their effect on battery life is very minimal.
Basically, it's about quality and not quantity of the wakelock that matters.
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No problem. Honestly, people freak out too much about wakelocks. You can have 50 simple events waking your device that will consume 10% of a single wakelock event from another app. Google's new play services that have been announced at I/O are wakelock-fiends, but surprisingly, their effect on battery life is very minimal.
Basically, it's about quality and not quantity of the wakelock that matters.
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Indeed, 1500 wakelocks but less than two minutes awake time.
It doesn't work. plain.and.simple.
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A rep from HTC told me the battery Guru was bad and would mess up the phone
I was wondering if itll affect instant messaging app, like whatsapp.
Will I still receive the messages instantly or battery guru will refresh my whatsapp periodically based on my usage?
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installed it. doesn't work. after a few weeks, installed it again, still doesn't work. it seems to just kill running apps. not great if you use whatsapp or viber, you won't be receiving any messages with the battery guru on.
I'm using this but I don't feel that the battery is very good anyway. Is this app working just like greenify?
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I see this option in screenshots all over the internet, yet it's not in the options in my android wear app. My 360 is on 5.0.1, and my wear app is version 1.0.5.1630507.
Is there a newer wear app version or something? I've restarted my phone, and cleared the cache in the wear app and no joy.
Much better yet though, would be an option to INCREASE THE SCREEN TIMEOUT!!! How is this not an option yet?!?!?!
Come on Google - wake up!!
TIA!
Swipify has an always on option and a brightness slider .... When used with theater mode ...all is good
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I see this option in screenshots all over the internet, yet it's not in the options in my android wear app. My 360 is on 5.0.1, and my wear app is version 1.0.5.1630507.
Is there a newer wear app version or something? I've restarted my phone, and cleared the cache in the wear app and no joy.
Much better yet though, would be an option to INCREASE THE SCREEN TIMEOUT!!! How is this not an option yet?!?!?!
Come on Google - wake up!!
TIA!
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Use watchmaker app for watch faces... It has adjustable screen on time up to 30secs
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siciliano777 said:
I see this option in screenshots all over the internet, yet it's not in the options in my android wear app. My 360 is on 5.0.1, and my wear app is version 1.0.5.1630507.
Is there a newer wear app version or something? I've restarted my phone, and cleared the cache in the wear app and no joy.
Much better yet though, would be an option to INCREASE THE SCREEN TIMEOUT!!! How is this not an option yet?!?!?!
Come on Google - wake up!!
TIA!
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check this for screen timeout increase, http://youtu.be/aKNJeqU5eww
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check this for screen timeout increase, http://youtu.be/aKNJeqU5eww
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Thank you!! Well worth the $1.
I tried watch maker, but I couldn't find a nice watch face.
I seriously can't understand why Google hasn't added this feature by now. It's a no-brainer, and wear has been in development how long now?! It's mind bogglingly stupid.
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Thank you!! Well worth the $1.
I tried watch maker, but I couldn't find a nice watch face.
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Lol...
You can import any .face or .watch watch face file to watchmaker
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Two very disappointing things. I got the mesh band watch and noticed right off the bat that the watch is very poor at recognizing wrist gestures. It does not show the main watch face unless the wrist is flicked strongly.
Is there any way to keep the main watchface on all the time instead of it being replaced when the watch is not being looked at? What's the point of these fancy watchfaces if they do not stay on?
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1. I've heard gesture control is spotty on these things.
2. I think you're talking about ambient mode. It kicks in after 10-15 seconds to save power, otherwise, the screen will drain quite quickly. You can also tap the screen or use the button on the side to return to the normal watch face. I don't know of a way to disable this but I know I wouldn't want to.
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Is there any way to keep the main watchface on all the time instead of it being replaced when the watch is not being looked at? What's the point of these fancy watchfaces if they do not stay on?
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Some 3rd-party watch faces offer options to disable the minimal ambient mode, so the "main" watch face is displayed all the time, even when the screen dims. This will definitely drain battery quicker though.
agentdr8 said:
Some 3rd-party watch faces offer options to disable the minimal ambient mode, so the "main" watch face is displayed all the time, even when the screen dims. This will definitely drain battery quicker though.
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Since my OP, I've discovered Android Wear more and settled on the watchfaces: Ranger, Skymaster and Odyssey. I think those are the best watchfaces out there and it's disappointing that there aren't many well-designed watchfaces even after a year of Android Wear.
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Since my OP, I've discovered Android Wear more and settled on the watchfaces: Ranger, Skymaster and Odyssey. I think those are the best watchfaces out there and it's disappointing that there aren't many well-designed watchfaces even after a year of Android Wear.
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Apparently you've done a lot of research. Lol ?
vvveith said:
Apparently you've done a lot of research. Lol ?
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Indeed.
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I have not done the Nougat update yet and was wondering if anyone can comment on how the new doze features do, or do not, possibly interfere with apps that use GPS to track activities. These would be apps like Strava, RideWIthGPS, RunKeeper, etc. I use RideWithGPS and simply start it, put my phone in my pocket and let it track me with screen off the whole time. My understanding of the new doze is that it might kick in and stop the tracking whereas MM doze does not because of motion. So if anyone on the official (not beta) 7 uses these kinds of apps with screen off all the time I'd appreciate it if you could comment. Does doze interfere and stop the tracking? Did you need to exclude the app from battery optimization? Other issues/comments?
I'm not rooted (and not looking to do so) so experience/solutions/comments that refer to rooted options are interesting but aren't really what I'm after.
Tracking apps will not be affected.
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Tracking apps will not be affected.
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Have you used any on 7? I tend to think they will be ok too but an looking for real world feedback.
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Have you used any on 7? I tend to think they will be ok too but an looking for real world feedback.
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I haven't. I use a GPS watch now that syncs with Strava so I have no need to use it on my phone.
It worked fine on MM which also used doze (though a less aggressive version). If it were an issue tracking apps would be getting terrible ratings on the Google Play Store right now. If you really want me to test it I can run one of the apps for you on my ride tomorrow.
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Wow. That's a really kind offer. If you track it with ridewithgps that would be awesome. It's free but you will probably need to set up an account. So I understand if you don't want to do that.
Enjoy the ride!
adobeman said:
Wow. That's a really kind offer. If you track it with ridewithgps that would be awesome. It's free but you will probably need to set up an account. So I understand if you don't want to do that.
Enjoy the ride!
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This one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ridewithgps.mobile
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Yup. That's the one. It doesn't have all the social aspects of Strava but it's been solid for my needs. Thanks again.
adobeman said:
Yup. That's the one. It doesn't have all the social aspects of Strava but it's been solid for my needs. Thanks again.
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Rode with the Ride with GPS app and it went well. I don't know if the phone ever dozed. In fact the battery stats show it was awake the whole ride. I doubt that the app will allow the phone to sleep or doze.
Thanks. I appreciate your doing this for me.
Somewhere in the Settings?
I didnt find any battery health indicator. There is a lot info about battery profiles, how much you have charged battery during day, week and so on
These kind of details are not available in the Samsung device care app.
You'd need to get a 3rd party app for that, I use AccuBattery Pro and it displays all kind of stats.
I think feature is there and it just waiting for a talented developer to come out.
https://9to5google.com/2020/01/03/samsung-camera-features-battery-health-teardown/
perfect_ said:
I think feature is there and it just waiting for a talented developer to come out.
https://9to5google.com/2020/01/03/samsung-camera-features-battery-health-teardown/
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But until that happens, you will need a 3rd party app for that, as @TiM3SH1FT said.
use this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
Tap on usage history twice or thrice to appear .
Strange
May I also add a plug for Gsam? Great app, and I'm not a dev or anything. I love it coz with a little adb usage it can track your worst battery hogs and let you target them. Great app.
Dude I can't even attach a screenshot. Sad. Just sad.
San Diego said:
May I also add a plug for Gsam? Great app, and I'm not a dev or anything. I love it coz with a little adb usage it can track your worst battery hogs and let you target them. Great app.
Dude I can't even attach a screenshot. Sad. Just sad.
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Looks like there's a Phantom in your Opera using a lot of battery.
San Diego said:
May I also add a plug for Gsam? Great app, and I'm not a dev or anything. I love it coz with a little adb usage it can track your worst battery hogs and let you target them. Great app.
Dude I can't even attach a screenshot. Sad. Just sad.
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Whatcha hiding there buddy? Seems like it's killing your battery
Ha. Work related apps. Proprietary
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use this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
Tap on usage history twice or thrice to appear .
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This app gives me different percentage every day 46% one day the 98.3% day after. My phone is 2 days old
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