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GPS acquisition times...

Hi Guys
Got my new Smartwatch 3 today but impossible to have a GPS acquisition.
Connected in BT to the phone, MyTracks app start from the watch but once disconnected, the app launch but won't start: no starting clock when clicking the red button on the watch.
Tried outside during 15mn and impossible to start MyTracks when clicking on the red button.
In developper mode / manufacterer, i can't see any GPS information: only have
Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetometer, Vibrator, Ambient light sensor, Compass, Touch, Product id, Step counter.
Tried to restart, tried to reset the smartwatch but always no GPS acquisition.
Is there an icon when GPS is activated ?
Smartwatch software: 4.4.W.1
Build week 42
BUILD KKW60C
Android wear: 1.0.5.1630507
Thanks

dougi83 said:
Hi Guys
Got my new Smartwatch 3 today but impossible to have a GPS acquisition.
Connected in BT to the phone, MyTracks app start from the watch but once disconnected, the app launch but won't start: no starting clock when clicking the red button on the watch.
Tried outside during 15mn and impossible to start MyTracks when clicking on the red button.
In developper mode / manufacterer, i can't see any GPS information: only have
Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetometer, Vibrator, Ambient light sensor, Compass, Touch, Product id, Step counter.
Tried to restart, tried to reset the smartwatch but always no GPS acquisition.
Is there an icon when GPS is activated ?
Smartwatch software: 4.4.W.1
Build week 42
BUILD KKW60C
Android wear: 1.0.5.1630507
Thanks
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>.In developper mode / manufacterer, i can't see any GPS information: only have
IN my case there is GPS (last entry) and within 30sec I get a lock (it gives long/lat and altitude)....
However, I am on SW version: 4.4W.2....does this explain why you cannot see the gps?

I agree that its your software version. GPS was not supported on the version of android wear that was shipped with the watch. 4.4W.2 is the latest, at least until we get lollipop in a few days.
In my experience on the build with GPS support, if the watch is connected to phone at all, GPS is useless. If I disconnect it, it works and locks on in 30s to 2 mins.

:good: Many thanks... but my SW3 doesn't update to 4.4W.2 even with the reset/unpair trick seen on Youtube
Reset the watch
While the watch is resetting, unpair watch in phone via bluetooth settings
Uninstall and re-install the Android Wear app
Pair normally
Once paired on watch, before even doing tutorial, go to Settings and check for updates

Try Sony PC companion

Finally updated 2 days ago in 4.4W.2 after reading your [Guide] Soft unbrick/reflash stock firmware
Power Off the SW3 normally
Download and install PC Companion
click on "Support Zone", it will be downloaded,
click on "Accessories software update" and then you can choose SmartWatch 3 and PC Companion App waiting for a SW3 connected in USB
Start the SW3 by a long press on the power button until an image saying "connect USB"
Connect the SW3, the driver will be automatically installed.
Sony Companion App will detect that an update is available i.e 4.4W.2
Download start and the SW3 is updated in less than 5mn
This morning updated automatically in 5.0W.1
My GPS is fully functionnal and acquisition times : from 15 to 30 sec :good:

Hello,
I've a problem with my SW3. The GPS doesn't work at all in offline mode (Mytracks, Runkeeper...). No problem in online mode, with my phone.
What is weird is that it has sometimes worked before. So I decided to uninstall just a few applications, in vain. Then all, in vain. So I tried to reinstall SW3 software (5.01) with PC Companion 2 but it didn't change anything.
I tried to obtain GPS signal for around 30 minutes many times, in vain. My localisation is obviously activated. I tried in airplane mode on and off.
Do I have a defective sample ? What would you suggest ?
After that I reinitialised the SW3, it seems to work fine outside. So I guess that I had an application compatibility issue.
Thanks

Topforum said:
Hello,
I've a problem with my SW3. The GPS doesn't work at all in offline mode (Mytracks, Runkeeper...). No problem in online mode, with my phone.
What is weird is that it has sometimes worked before. So I decided to uninstall just a few applications, in vain. Then all, in vain. So I tried to reinstall SW3 software (5.01) with PC Companion 2 but it didn't change anything.
I tried to obtain GPS signal for around 30 minutes many times, in vain. My localisation is obviously activated. I tried in airplane mode on and off.
Do I have a defective sample ? What would you suggest ?
Thanks
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Have you looked at sony's developer apps? Go to settings, tap about, tap the build number 7 times (will tell you developer mode activated), swipe away the about screen, scroll to the bottom, choose developer options, scroll to the bottom, choose manufacturer menu-launcher.
Run the gps one. If you are outside and don't get any satellites (see the last line), I'm guessing you've got a bad watch.

sirrelevant said:
Have you looked at sony's developer apps? Go to settings, tap about, tap the build number 7 times (will tell you developer mode activated), swipe away the about screen, scroll to the bottom, choose developer options, scroll to the bottom, choose manufacturer menu-launcher.
Run the gps one. If you are outside and don't get any satellites (see the last line), I'm guessing you've got a bad watch.
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Thanks for the tips. It worked perfectly well. 5 satellites in my room, with my arm outside the window. And my position is correct.
I guess I had an application compatibility issue. I will install each application alone to identify the faulty one.
Do you know how I turn of the developper mode ?
Thanks a lot !

Topforum said:
Do you know how I turn of the developper mode ?
Thanks a lot !
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Reset the watch? AFAIK there's no harm in leaving it on, it just shows the dev options in the menu.

Moto 360 does not notify incoming calls

Hi
My moto 360 (1st gen) does not notify incoming calls since yesterday, but notifies other notifications perfectly.
Whats wrong?

First step try rebooting your watch and phone, see if that sorts it.
Have you changed any settings since yesterday, or upgraded to Marshmallow? I found that Marshmallow and more specifically Doze really messed with notifications on my watch, in the end I had to switch off Doze to fix the issues.
If all that fails do a factory reset on your watch.

Zammo76 said:
First step try rebooting your watch and phone, see if that sorts it.
Have you changed any settings since yesterday, or upgraded to Marshmallow? I found that Marshmallow and more specifically Doze really messed with notifications on my watch, in the end I had to switch off Doze to fix the issues.
If all that fails do a factory reset on your watch.
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I'm having the same problems as well following update to Marshmallow (Moto 360 1st Gen). I've already restarted watch and phone with no success. On a side note I note that there is no longer an option to restart on the watch only power off (am I missing something here?) Similarly not seeing the factory reset option either. You mention that you had to switch off Doze to fix the issues. Sorry if I sound naive, but I'm not seeing how to do that either. My phone is a Galaxy S3 on Android 4.4 which obviously doesn't have dose so I'm not familiar with that feature otherwise. Any help would be appreciated as incoming phone call notification is one of the 'must have' features in a smart watch for me.
Regards.

Doze is part of the Marshmallow update, on phones. Its conserves battery by putting applications into sleep mode, which basically stops them being able to communicate with the phone unless you authorize it or the phone has been woken up. For me this was stopping a lot of Android Wear functions from behaving properly, namely call notifications.
If your S3 isn't running Marshmallow my fix, doesn't really apply to you.
Restart and Factory reset are under Settings on the watch.
If your still having issues email Motorola customer service, I've found them to be quite helpful.

Mine started doing that BEFORE the Marshmallow update. It would ring AFTER I got the call.

I have same problem (the calls appears in the watch as "unknown caller")
The phone operator (TIM) send number info of local calls in this format: XXXXX-XXXX
I already modify my phonebook, I used all possible number formats...
Moto Maxx: 5.0.2
Moto 360 1gen: 6.0.1
Android Wear: Latest
Brazil

sforde said:
On a side note I note that there is no longer an option to restart on the watch only power off (am I missing something here?) Similarly not seeing the factory reset option either.
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Zammo76 said:
Restart and Factory reset are under Settings on the watch..
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I have the same issue, after the 6.0.1 update I no longer have a "Restart" or a "Factory reset" option under settings. It was suggested in another thread that using the "Unpair with phone" option will perform a factory reset. I'm going to try that tomorrow.

Zammo76 said:
Doze is part of the Marshmallow update, on phones. Its conserves battery by putting applications into sleep mode, which basically stops them being able to communicate with the phone unless you authorize it or the phone has been woken up. For me this was stopping a lot of Android Wear functions from behaving properly, namely call notifications.
If your S3 isn't running Marshmallow my fix, doesn't really apply to you.
Restart and Factory reset are under Settings on the watch.
If your still having issues email Motorola customer service, I've found them to be quite helpful.
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alryder said:
I have the same issue, after the 6.0.1 update I no longer have a "Restart" or a "Factory reset" option under settings. It was suggested in another thread that using the "Unpair with phone" option will perform a factory reset. I'm going to try that tomorrow.
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Thanks Zammo for the info.
Calls started to appear on the watch once more after a couple of days. Didn't do anything else, so I can't say why.
May try suggestion to unpair phone soon. Phone itself is taking very long to respond to basic operations and battery life is getting pathetic. Going to do a factory reset, clear cache etc (may even try another ROM).

alryder said:
I have the same issue, after the 6.0.1 update I no longer have a "Restart" or a "Factory reset" option under settings. It was suggested in another thread that using the "Unpair with phone" option will perform a factory reset. I'm going to try that tomorrow.
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Just to confirm, using the "Unpair with phone" option does perform a factory reset.

Hi alryder,
Just wanna know "Unpair with phone" fix the call notification issue you had?

Bluetooth "Phone Audio" turns off and cannot turn back on

I believe I have narrowed it down to the phone as the feature works after I reboot the phone. I noticed this when I got in the car and only the Media Audio led was lit on the receiver. When I go to the bluetooth menu on the phone and select the paired device (car receiver), Phone Audio is unchecked and I cannot re-check it. I have tried deleting the phone from teh car receiver and also the device from the phone and repairing and setting it up. It will connect and cannot select 'Phone Audio'. I also noted that after a reboot, bluetooth feature is turned off and needs to be turned back on. Once I turn it back on and click the gear on the BT device, I can turn on and off the Phone Audio and it will work for a while.
This is an 'all of a sudden' development as I have been running the same firmware and ROM for 9+ months. I am S-off and am running firmware 3.35.401.12 with the ViperOne 4.3 ROM. I have upgraded programs from the play store, but cannot figure out what might be causing this. Can anyone here help me fond a solution?
Thanks!
Keith

So just to clarify, you're using BOTH phone and media Bluetooth connections to the one single bluetooth media AND voice enabled head unit in the car?. One receiver?.
Do you have any apps running that will disable things when battery power gets low, like snapdragon battery guru?. Does your rom have any such features built in?.
Make sure both devices bluetooth lists are clear of old devices that no longer have access on resonable terms. Just to make sure its not scanning for another device as a primary.
Make sure you car audio system is running the latest firmware. It can usually be updated via cd/dvd/sdcard.
As mad as it seems, make sure the time is correctly set on both devices.
Beamed in by telepathy.

Yep, yep and yep.
Battery is full , I do not have battery guru installed. I did not change anything. It just now needs to be rebooted before it will connect to BT Phone Audio. Medial Audio connects and works properly, just as it always has.
I have a single Pioneer Premier head unit that I have used for years with multiple phones. If I reboot the phone before it tries to connect, it will connect and Phone Audio works. When it is 'locked out' (my term), I cannot select the block on the that is labeled 'Phone Audio' to check it. As the screenshot shows, it is 'unchecked' and no amount of touching it will check it. The only way to 'check' it is to reboot the phone. Oddly, it reboots with bluetooth turned off and when I turn it on, usually, it is already enabled (Phone Audio).
Thanks for the help,
Keith

After a little research it would appear that, apart from being right about the max enroled devices allowed is 3, "discoverable mode" is required.
Did you connect the phone to the radio or the radio to the phone?. Which discovered which for pairing?. Try pairing the other way from the way you did.
Can you access any options by holding or tapping on any of the fields in the picture above. Something to do with pbap if you can find it and turn it off, most likely under contact sharing. If not, dont worry.
Try turning contact sharing off or see if the stereo will copy them and store them so you can turn that feature off.
Other than that it could just be an incompatibility between the devices. It is not unknown for car audios to be crap hardware.
Beamed in by telepathy.

I am on teh same page of keithspg
I recently resetted my HTC M9 and as coinsequence I have been obligated to reinstall all BT devices (car, 2 headest, laptop)
It worked well (as in the past) for few days but now I have the same issue : I cannot switch on the audio phone !!!
Below the picture:

I could not find any other solution than to wipe the ROM and reinstall. I am now running viper 6.0. no problems. If you are not soff, you may want to ruu it. If you are soff you may want to wipe and install again whichever ROM you are running.
Keith

keithspg said:
I could not find any other solution than to wipe the ROM and reinstall. I am now running viper 6.0. no problems. If you are not soff, you may want to ruu it. If you are soff you may want to wipe and install again whichever ROM you are running.
Keith
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I am S-On and completely stock
I cannot wipe my smartphone (it is a company smartphone)

I fixed the problem with a simple soft reboot
Inviato dal mio HTC One M9 utilizzando Tapatalk

I am also having the exact same issue. I still have not been able to track down which app is the one causing this conflict. I have also done a factory restore and that seems to have worked for a time but the issue started again. It may be unrelated but... Have you changed the themes? I think that's one of the last things I did before it stopped working. Also restarting the phone "fixes" the issue for one connect/disconnect, but after the bluetooth is disconnected it will no longer allow to use phone audio. I have gone into the settings for the "Paired Bluetoth devices" and I am unable to check "Phone audio". It is not grayed out but it doesn't work either. This issue is driving me crazy, I hate to have to restart the phone every time I get in and out of the car just because the bluetooth wont sync. That being said, I have another clue into the issue. Today I was using the bluetooth in the car while on a phone call and transitioned to my Jawbone Icon when I exited the car flawlessly. I turned off the car, turned on Jawbone (so there wouldn't be a conflict of the Jawbone trying to connect to the phone while it was still connected to the car) Immediately the Jawbone connected and I was able to carry on with the conversation. I was really happy about this. However, when I was done with my phone call I turned off the Bluetooth and turned off the Jawbone. About an hour later I received a video through Whatsapp and when I played it there was no volume. When I pressed the volume button on the phone the volume bar had the Bluetooth symbol!!! The Bluetooth had been off for quite a while now and there where no Bluetoth devices present.
Hopefully this gives some insight into this issue that will help resolve it. Thank you very much!
I have also tried the soft reset and the issue persists.
HTC One M9 Not Rooted
Android 6.0
Patch Lvl Dec 1, 2016
Sense 7.0
Software # 3.37.605.19

This is currently happening to me too. No fix yet. I tried this on other bluetooth devices that are hands-free capable like my portable speaker, and the same issue occurs.
HTC One M9
Android Revolution HD 20.0
Android 6.0
Sense 7.0
S-off

I am having the same issue
HTC One m9
Viperonem9 5.1.0
I have tried wiping / reflashing and still haven't resloved the issue.
this is super annoying I hope someone finds a fix soon

The issue is randomically annoying me too but , as I said few time ago, fortunately I am fixing always doing a restart
Inviato dal mio HTC One M9 utilizzando Tapatalk

I have recently had this problem on my stock ROM HTC 10. The HTC Australia website online chat actually gave me a solution which worked (!)
Settings > Apps > ... (menu) > Show system > Bluetooth Share > Storage > Clear Data

New findings on my phone.
I have an M9, rooted, unlocked and s-off. It has a stock ROM. I have had this issue for a while now. I don't know when or how it started. Everything used to apparently work fine. Could have been some update or an app I added at some point in time that possibly we all share. I had been restarting the phone as well to get the "phone audio" to work. That became excruciatingly tedious. I did find that, on my phone at least, placing the phone in airplane mode, waiting a moment for that to kick in, then starting up the Bluetooth, brought it up with "phone audio" checked. Then I would just turn airplane mode off.
Still a ridiculous way of getting it to work correctly. However, if this technique works for others as well, then I am thinking that airplane mode is disabling a service or something that is keeping it from connecting correctly. I will be looking into this as I hope some more savvy folks will be as well. If someone does figure it out, please share.
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I found another thing that might be causing the issue by reading other forums. I made the adjustment on my phone this morning and I believe it to be working at this time. (For now anyway). I think it might be related to location services accuracy settings. There are a couple of ways to get there. In Bluetooth settings when the Bluetooth is off, you might see a link to it on the initial Bluetooth page. Otherwise, I found them under, Settings/Location. I have my mode set to "Battery Saving". But under the triple dot should be Scanning. Here I turned off Bluetooth scanning and things seem to be doing okay thus far. Just seems like it takes a few seconds longer to connect to my devices. However, so far, no issues. I may be speaking too soon. If I find it didn't work, I will correct myself in another post.
Best Regards,
Lyndon

Same problem. Either after using my Fiat Car bluetooth system, or after my BLT bluetooth headset, my Phone audio stops and I have to restart my phone.
On my bluteooth headset I only use the "media" audio.
I am using a Samung galaxy 3 watch also.
Huib

Thank you!
[/COLOR]I found another thing that might be causing the issue by reading other forums. I made the adjustment on my phone this morning and I believe it to be working at this time. (For now anyway). I think it might be related to location services accuracy settings. There are a couple of ways to get there. In Bluetooth settings when the Bluetooth is off, you might see a link to it on the initial Bluetooth page. Otherwise, I found them under, Settings/Location. I have my mode set to "Battery Saving". But under the triple dot should be Scanning. Here I turned off Bluetooth scanning and things seem to be doing okay thus far. Just seems like it takes a few seconds longer to connect to my devices. However, so far, no issues. I may be speaking too soon. If I find it didn't work, I will correct myself in another post.
Best Regards,
Lyndon[/QUOTE]
Thanks - I believe this has fixed the issue for me!
Brett

Late post, but just ran into the same problem with my One M8 with final Viper ROM and my newly installed Pioneer BT head unit. Turning off BT scanning on the M8 worked for me as well.

Bluetooth audio and or media check boxes can't be checked
I was able to resolve the issue on my HTC One M9 by turning WiFi scanning and Bluetooth scanning off, updating the Bluetooth checkboxes for audio and media (both of which were unchecked and wouldn't allow me to check them), and turning the scanning back on.

Andriod Auto on a Head Unit

Anyone have android auto working with a head unit?

Yes. It was working fine, then Waze started presenting a screen with only the buttons in the bottom row. After trying a variety of things, like uninstalling Waze, and Android Auto, it has eventually settled down again and I haven't had problems for the last several days. This was on a Pioneer AVH-4200NEX headunit.

...and this morning the problem with Waze returned. But the fix is simple, just go into Settings, Apps, find Android Auto, Force Quit it, and go to the Storage settings for the app and do a Clear Data (which also clears cache I think). Then launch Android Auto, answer the prompts to give it access to contacts/location/etc, plug it in and you should be back in operation.

n9yty said:
...and this morning the problem with Waze returned. But the fix is simple, just go into Settings, Apps, find Android Auto, Force Quit it, and go to the Storage settings for the app and do a Clear Data (which also clears cache I think). Then launch Android Auto, answer the prompts to give it access to contacts/location/etc, plug it in and you should be back in operation.
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Thanks, I had an issue with it not working. It took clearing Google Play Services cache to get it to connect.

How to automatically turn on GPS with the screen locked, no root

Ok, this will be a guide how to turn on GPS with the screen locked, without rooting the device.
Short story, just go down to the numbered section.
As I got my self a new car with android auto (through cable) but no built in GPS, I was interested in getting the phone to turn on the GPS automatically when I steped in to the car. I have serached a lot and only found that it wasn't possible due to security reasons. I meen if I have android auto I don't want to fibble with the gps-settings every time I'm in the car, and I don't wan't it on otherwise to save battery. When I got my self an Galaxy S20 FE last week I tried out everything in the built in systems as I thought that if it would be possible it would be with a built in system to pass the security demanded by Android/Google.
I know you can do it rooting the phone, but as I use it for security apps that will stop working if I do that, it wasn't an opption.
And yesterday I found the way, using the built in Bixby Routines. It might be possible with other Samsung Galaxy models as well with Bixby, haven't tried.
1. Go into Bixby App (there is two ways getting into Bixby, through the app and through phone settings, but you do different things depending on how you enter).
2. Go to settings
3. Turn on "Use while phone locked"
4. Go out of the App
5. Go into the phone settings
6. Go into "Advanced features"
7. Turn on "Bixby Routines"
8. Go into the submeny "Bixby Routines"
For me, I wanted the GPS to turn on when the phone automatically connected to the cars Android Auto system through bluetooth, so that is the routine I will describe here.
9. Set up a new routine with the "IF-section" defined to "Connected to the Cars bluetooth
10. Define the "Then-section" to Location-On
11. Don't do any changes to "When routine ends". That will reverse the Location to off when the phone disconnects from the car.
12. Click next end name your routine end click Done.
Some times, especially when I connect the phone to the usb-cable from the car before the phone has connected to the bluetooth system, the routine doesn't execute. Time will tell if it will happened a lot. Of course you should be able to switch the IF statement to anything that fits you.

go paste this into other forums too. (I don't even drive, but I like helpfulness)

Joelbit said:
Ok, this will be a guide how to turn on GPS with the screen locked, without rooting the device.
Short story, just go down to the numbered section.
As I got my self a new car with android auto (through cable) but no built in GPS, I was interested in getting the phone to turn on the GPS automatically when I steped in to the car. I have serached a lot and only found that it wasn't possible due to security reasons. I meen if I have android auto I don't want to fibble with the gps-settings every time I'm in the car, and I don't wan't it on otherwise to save battery. When I got my self an Galaxy S20 FE last week I tried out everything in the built in systems as I thought that if it would be possible it would be with a built in system to pass the security demanded by Android/Google.
I know you can do it rooting the phone, but as I use it for security apps that will stop working if I do that, it wasn't an opption.
And yesterday I found the way, using the built in Bixby Routines. It might be possible with other Samsung Galaxy models as well with Bixby, haven't tried.
1. Go into Bixby App (there is two ways getting into Bixby, through the app and through phone settings, but you do different things depending on how you enter).
2. Go to settings
3. Turn on "Use while phone locked"
4. Go out of the App
5. Go into the phone settings
6. Go into "Advanced features"
7. Turn on "Bixby Routines"
8. Go into the submeny "Bixby Routines"
For me, I wanted the GPS to turn on when the phone automatically connected to the cars Android Auto system through bluetooth, so that is the routine I will describe here.
9. Set up a new routine with the "IF-section" defined to "Connected to the Cars bluetooth
10. Define the "Then-section" to Location-On
11. Don't do any changes to "When routine ends". That will reverse the Location to off when the phone disconnects from the car.
12. Click next end name your routine end click Done.
Some times, especially when I connect the phone to the usb-cable from the car before the phone has connected to the bluetooth system, the routine doesn't execute. Time will tell if it will happened a lot. Of course you should be able to switch the IF statement to anything that fits you.
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A while ago i needed to do something similar and used Automate.
Have you tried this app;
Automate - Apps on Google Play
Automate almost any task on your device
play.google.com

3mel said:
go paste this into other forums too. (I don't even drive, but I like helpfulness)
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Thats why I wrote it here, google indexes this forum very well. So if anyone google it in a while, they will find the way in here.

kuri_2k said:
A while ago i needed to do something similar and used Automate.
Have you tried this app;
Automate - Apps on Google Play
Automate almost any task on your device
play.google.com
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I have Automate, but haven't tried it on my new phone. But as I understand it, you will have to root the phone to make it work with Automate?

Joelbit said:
I have Automate, but haven't tried it on my new phone. But as I understand it, you will have to root the phone to make it work with Automate?
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Off memory, only for certain permissions requiring root. For what you want to do I don’t think its root required.