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A rooted device would basically let the user do what they want with the watch. Basic annoyances could be corrected. Things like getting rid of pre installed apps/watch faces you don't use, get rid of standalone icon on watch faces, being able to re arrange ALL icons to where you want etc could...

If you are worried about burn in use faces that don't have a lot of colors that include blue( purple, white, etc). The lifetime of the blue emitter on OLED is the least by far and is most susceptible to degradation (burn). The lifetimes of red and green emitters are much longer so colors that...

I don't use AOD as all it does is drain the battery too fast and burn-in the OLED screen. I found that the wrist motion to turn on screen works fine, I don't need it on when I am not looking at it. So for me it effects the display 99% of the time. Even then the AOD is a simplified face, if I...

That is why it should be an option. If you like it keep it, if you don't disable it. It shouldn't be forced on whether you want it or not. Not everyone uses the watch the same way. For me the only way to get rid of it is BT and phone connection. Even cellular connection shows icon. It is...

I made a thread about this too. It is pretty annoying, I don't see how they think having a white icon plastered over watch faces is a good idea, it is worse you can't disable. Maybe if we can root it we can go in and at least delete the icon graphic so it doesn't show? I don't know if that...

I wonder if we can root the device if that icon could be killed? Maybe I could go to where that image is and replace with a blank image. That may work too eventually. Hopefully it will be possible to root the device.

I was wondering if there was a test procedure to see exactly how good the battery in your watch is. There are threads about battery life but with so many variables it is almost impossible to judge, unless you really have a bum one. What I am thinking is to shut off all connections to phone...

I can't get it to remote connect. It is either connected to phone or shows like the second one "stand alone t-mobile". Oh well.

Annoying bright white OLED burning watch icon at 12:00 overlaying and spoiling watch face when in standalone mode with no option to shut it off. The only situation it goes away is when connected to phone with BT. Cellular connection doesn't make it gone. Can't re-arrange/delete bloatware...

No the problem is not solved because even when remotely connected it shows for me. I turned on LTE then enabled blue tooth on the phone. It connects and the icon disappears, but as soon as I shut off BT on the phone the icon pops up again instantly. So no matter what mode I use I MUST be...

Has nothing to do with making someone think it is a real watch. It has to do with nicely done beautiful watch faces all having this white "wart" spoiling the look of it. It is ok to have it for those that want it but it should be able to be shut off with an option.

I know it may be obvious but did you try to shut down the watch after disabling everything then restart and have autostart apps option off?

Has anyone tried it i wonder? I just want to get rid of most as you have to scroll through all of them to get what you want and it can get tedious when you have a lot of faces.

Unfortunately it is not just Samsung that does crap like that (forced apps etc). Even Pebble had watch faces that you couldn't remove if you wanted. Most every phone/tablet has bloat you can't remove. I don't understand this mentality and why they won't let the user make their own decisions...

Can you use this method to nix unwanted faces that come with the watch? Are there files in multiple places to delete or are all files in that dir you mention?

The purpose is battery life and/or bulk. Sometimes I just don't want the bulk of the phone, and this watch is good enough to leave phone behind for a time. I am not that heavy of a phone user that I always need the phone. It tells time and many apps work fine without the phone. That was a...

How do you run in remote connect mode?

So I got one of these S3 watches. Nice for the most part. There are times when I do not want to be always connected to the phone. It is nice they have this LTE version that can be used standalone without your phone BUT. Some genius thought it would be a good idea to plaster a nice big white...

Is what is shown on the face customize-able? I don't use any of that s health stuff so HR, steps is a waste for me. Could those be swapped out for altimeter etc or just be chrono timers or even be removed for a less busy face? I am not sure how much can be customized and how much is hard...

If the watch is basically a phone then why couldn't I directly install apps/faces etc from the watch? It doesn't make much sense to me. If I install apps on a phone I do't need another phone to install things on the first one. It seems like Samsung is just too lazy to make an app on the watch...

Are these stand alone functions also available if you have the wifi version and no LTE?

I find it quite annoying these days how manufacturers of these devices including phones force you to have apps you don't want. It is like you really don't own it, they just let you use it, as long as you use it the way THEY want. I can see including by default but if a user doesn't want the...

So unlike a tablet Samsung locks you out of the app store on the actual watch even if LTE if you don't have a phone connected? That seems kind of dumb and limiting especially since the supported phone list is so small. Is it just because browsing apps on the watch is too difficult maybe? I...

I was looking to get an S3. What I wanted to know is can the watch be connected to the app store and download faces/apps without a phone either over wifi or if an LTE version over the network? Such as if you get a tablet, you can use it fine with just a wifi connection, you don't need to pair...

Hi, I was wondering what this little thing can do if not always connected to phone? I know most/all of the fitness functions will not work. I was wondering if it can display time/date, run a simple calculator app and simple calendar (no schedules etc, just dates and days in a grid)? With...

Hi, In the instructions it said something to the effect of "look in the about phone section for device model" which is what I did. It just said "Nexus 7" and nothing else so that is what I selected. You are right, that is the wrong model, so the instruction there was a bit confusing to...

I tried to use this tool but no go. I have a new N7 with the latest OTA update. It unlocked the bootloader fine, then rebooted into fastboot (says bootloader: unlocked"). Then at the stage "Booting modified boot.img to enable.." it just hangs forever (the first time the HDD was accessing but...

One issue with the pad is that is gives too easy. It needs to be a little stiffer. Since you need twice the pressure to do a diagonal, the stiffer you get, the harder it will be to hit a diagonal. Right now the pad is so easy that the pressure needed to do a single direction and one needed...

I have tried various emulators with my rooted 4.04 GN7000 but there is so much input lag that many games are unplayable. It can lag at almost 1/2 a second! Is there some way of replacing the Samsung BT driver with something that is faster?

I am trying to get the Galaxy Note to work with the iControlpad and MAME4 all. I pair the device with the phone through bluetooth which it says it did. Then I load the emu, select "iCP", then start a game. It will not recognize any input from the contoller AT ALL. Nothing, not a single...

I tried to set the e-mail sound on the S3 by placing an MP3 file into a directory on the phone. Then in settings I switched to that sound under the notifications tab. The problem is that it still plays the old sound that I had set from the factory choices for e-mail. It uses my new sound...

I would just like to have a clean stock ROM, meaning stock EXCEPT for all of the bloatware. I really don't want to mess with custom ROMs and the sometimes compatibility issues they might have but the stock ROM is so loaded with bloat that it kills memory and battery life. Is there a such...

Yes I would like to remove all of that bloatware including the sprint stuff. . I saw that guide, a wall of text that sounds confusing especially that wire trick thing. I didn't think you needed to do that with hboot 1.4 ? That guide also seems to assume you have ICS and an hboot over 1.5 , I...

I assume some kind of root access is needed to zap the crap. I don't know how deep it needs to be though. I have a couple of 3Ds bought used cheap. One is hboot 1.5, and the other is 1.4 . on Sprint. The phone part is not even used, it is just used as a 3D viewer for movies/pictures now...

Don't put words in my mouth, never said US is the only country on the planet. Apple has been running around the WORLD having Samsung phones and tabs blocked everywhere. The Galaxy tab 7.7 has been banned in all of Europe. Who knows what will be next.

Who will get the Note 2? No one, Apple will block it because it is a rectangle with rounded corners and has icons, Apple now owns the right to all rectangles and icons! Sorry guys for the bad news.

Actually the impact on all Android devices will be quite severe. If they force them to remove features such as double tap (ridiculous since Windows tablet computers did this before there even was an iphone) and pinch to zoom, the Android interface will be quite awful. Can you imagine zooming...

I don't see any US GB ROMs there. What would I use?

android version is 2.3.5 baseband is n7000xxkj4

model GT-N7000, What indicates firmware version, I see three entries at the bottom which look like they could be it? Is the build number I listed above it?

It is crush or clipping. The settings of the screen are set by Sammy to pull all values to zero after a certain threshold like 4 in that pic. They do this because they think it improves contrast. It is stupid, and even more stupid on an OLED screen that has good black levels anyway. It is...

OK if I do this it gives me a "sales code KOR" then install or cancel. The build number is gingerbread.xxkj4 I am on GB, should I change this? I really don't have much set up on this yet to worry about wipe, as long as it doesn't brick.

I am already on GB so I guess I don't need to worry yet. If I go to ics will I then have brickbug? Is there a way to avoid this bug?

Ok but the app you mention seems to be to enable paid apps. I can't even access the store at all, free or paid, it won't even connect. I used to be able to do it. As I said I am fully stock GB, no root. Does anyone know why this happens?

Ok so I have this import Polish note that won't allow me to update to ics over the air or over kies. It also now won't connect to the google play market over wifi. I just get a message "no connection". I don't have any phone service with this. I can connect to the internet though over wifi...

Ok thanks, What do you mean"changing it on ics kernal? Changing what on ics kernal? You mean changing imei number? or do you mean typing in that code? I am not sure what you mean.

I dialed *#272*emei* But it doesn't give me the CSC. It does nothing when I type in all of that plus my imei. Yes I checked the number a few times to make sure I didn't get it wrong. How else can I find it? I need it to upgrade I guess as it won't update OS through kies or OTA.

It doesn't give me the CSC. I got the other but it does nothing when I type in all of that plus my imei. Yes I checked the number a few times to make sure I didn't get it wrong.

A US service center will update a device I am not supposed to have(import)? Something tells me no. They will just tell me to get the authorized device (crap slow ATT version) for my region. So I guess there is no way to do it at all? I guess that is what we get for importing, they refuse to...