Is this realistic ?

[miroul]

Hello,

Just snatched up the Omate Truesmart Dev edition (1GB/8GB) on Ebay for a nice price. I got it more as a curiosity for now since i have a working Pebble Steel/Iphone 5s combo that fits well in my life.

But, the prospect of having a real Smartphone in a watch kind of design made me curious. The fact it's running Android got me in since i do like to tinker with ROMS and new i could do it with the Truesmart.

My planned use case for this watch is as follow:

1) Use the Omate as a always on communication tool for messaging, email and important infos notification and consultation tool. I need to be able to send small replies to messages using preferably, voice to text.
2) Use the Omate as a phone on my wrist using bluetooth or the speakerphone
3) Use the Omate as a network hub and tether a tablet to it

It should also be able to provide me with a decent battery life (a day at the minimum, i don,t mind charging every night).

That being said, am i overly optimistic or is this feasible ? Should i move to a different ROM ( i am running the original one, latest update appears to be 20140527-1733)

If i need to root and update the firmware... Can anyone guide me in which preferred rooting method and best battery friendly firmware available today ?

Thanks for your help,

Max

 

[death_entry]

Nope, the hardware is pants... nothing works properly, if it did this would be an amazing watch....

You might get lucky and get something with working GPS and bluetooth but these watches have far too many problems to be anything more than a short curiosity, you certainly can't rely on them, saying that I do want to try out Viber on these things...

 

[phirephoto]

Hello,

Just snatched up the Omate Truesmart Dev edition (1GB/8GB) on Ebay for a nice price.

How much did they pay you to take the watch off their hands?

 

[speedyink]

Mine seems to work good. I'd say if everything is working on the watch then yes you could do those things. In fact I've used it for most of the things you listed.

I'd recommend using the ensec rom by kuronosan.

 

[miroul]

Mine seems to work good. I'd say if everything is working on the watch then yes you could do those things. In fact I've used it for most of the things you listed.

I'd recommend using the ensec rom by kuronosan.

Thanks, i will try that.

I've been running it on 3g and Wifi for a few days now. Battery life is awful, i can squeeze out 9-10 hours at best, so not enough to last my whole day. I would be ok with at least 16-18 hours (which is what i get from my Iphone 5s anyways..). Does the ensec ROM provide a bit more battery life than the original one ?

 

[speedyink]

Yes, I usually charge it every 2-3 days using 3G, but could probably squeeze 4 days if I wanted. Even when I use it a little more heavily it still lasts me through the day.

 

[miroul]

Yes, I usually charge it every 2-3 days using 3G, but could probably squeeze 4 days if I wanted. Even when I use it a little more heavily it still lasts me through the day.

Hey thanks Speedy. I think i don't have other choices then try the Ensec ROM. I have been trying the last 2 days to get those damn USB drivers working on my Windows 8.1 laptop (and on another desktop running Windows 7 64 bit) withouth success. I can't get both computers to recognize the $?%&? watch. I am thinking about installing Windows 7 32 bits in a VM and try it this way but geez.. Do you know of any way to get the Omate recognized under Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 64 bits ?

Thanks

Miroul

 

[speedyink]

Weird, I used my windows 7 x64 computer to install all the stuff on my truesmart. I can't think of anything off the top of my head as to why it wouldn't work though..

 

[nrseife]

You did turn on usb debugging, right?

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