LiveView reverse-engineering effort

[lauticol]

I installed the OpenLiveView with colors and everything's working just fine, but I really think it could get better

Sent from my HTC One

 

[AdamCompedia]

Hi all

Just got a quick question about this, if i flash the custom firmware (would need to find how to download it first) would that then allow the watch to work as an analogue watch?

I switched from Android to Windows Phone so obviously at the moment i cant use APKs or the watch with the official Sony app. I would be happy to use it just as a watch for the moment so that i am still getting some use out of it. I might go back to Android in the future, i havent really decided yet which i prefer.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

 

[SammysHP]

Yes, that should be possible. The battery will be empty after about 2 or 3 hours.

 

[AdamCompedia]

Yes, that should be possible. The battery will be empty after about 2 or 3 hours.

Ah i see, so not much practical use as a watch yet then. I suppose if it turned the screen off unless touched then it would last longer but i dont know enough about how it all works to know for sure.

Thanks for the reply though

 

[renzenicolai]

Ah i see, so not much practical use as a watch yet then. I suppose if it turned the screen off unless touched then it would last longer but i dont know enough about how it all works to know for sure.

Thanks for the reply though

Pressing the power button does turn the screen on and off (I don't know how long the battery lasts though)

 

[Candy-men]

Hey Folks,

first i want to thanks archivator so much. I´ve got my liveview a long time ago, and i dont used it anytime because it was useless. I had so much connection errors that it wasnt useful.

But now it is revived!!! I use my LiveView again....

Cant say how glad i am

Just few Ideas:
Batttery status of LiveView
Signal strenght of Phone
Weather app
Facebook App
whatsapp app (appappappap )

But this actual work is awesome and crazy!!!

You are a Livesaver of LiveView

 

[Machaira]

Does anyone have a base to spare? My LV no longer stays snapped into its base that works with the watch band, and I can't seem to find a replacement on Amazon....

 

[joshcrumley100]

Does anyone have a base to spare? My LV no longer stays snapped into its base that works with the watch band, and I can't seem to find a replacement on Amazon....

You'll probably be better off doing what i did, follow this guide to make your own band connector for the watch band so you can charge while its in the base, and then superglue it in.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1926897

makes it so you can no longer use the other base, but i only use mine as a watch anyway.

 

[Candy-men]

Now the LV is stable, i recognize how bad the Bluetooth reception is.

Does anyone tryed to enlarge the antenna?

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[Machaira]

You'll probably be better off doing what i did, follow this guide to make your own band connector for the watch band so you can charge while its in the base, and then superglue it in.

Thanks, I'll give that a look. Right now I'm using the metal clip to hold it to the band, but I'm not sure it's a long term solution. Thanks again!

 

[aragorn21]

I just discover your work on Open Liveview and installed the Color version

and WOW ! how amazing it is ! I forgot my liveview in a corner of my house, and with the buzz of Smartwatch, I wonder if something is possible...and yes it is !

(also find some post with interaction with Tasker)

anyway, despite the extra work you did, I have some remarks, wishes...
(also posted on issue 37 in https://code.google.com/p/openliveview/issues/detail?id=37&thanks=37&ts=1378324196)


Problems :
- "Wifi toggle" make the liveview crash, and connect no more

Questions :
- Plugins are working on this OLV version, but what/where are plugins ?

Wishes :
- Possibility to select which notification icon to show
(available are Sms - System - All but not possible to select which to show) --- Miss Email Category for instance...
- Possibility to select from the phone which app is related to which category (I personnaly use Handcent for SMS and Gmail for Emails)
- Facebook (or in general Social Media) category
- Possibility to choose icon for Category


What are the next steps on your side ?

 

[tvall]

I just discover your work on Open Liveview and installed the Color version

and WOW ! how amazing it is ! I forgot my liveview in a corner of my house, and with the buzz of Smartwatch, I wonder if something is possible...and yes it is !

(also find some post with interaction with Tasker)

anyway, despite the extra work you did, I have some remarks, wishes...
(also posted on issue 37 in https://code.google.com/p/openliveview/issues/detail?id=37&thanks=37&ts=1378324196)


Problems :
- "Wifi toggle" make the liveview crash, and connect no more

Questions :
- Plugins are working on this OLV version, but what/where are plugins ?

Wishes :
- Possibility to select which notification icon to show
(available are Sms - System - All but not possible to select which to show) --- Miss Email Category for instance...
- Possibility to select from the phone which app is related to which category (I personnaly use Handcent for SMS and Gmail for Emails)
- Facebook (or in general Social Media) category
- Possibility to choose icon for Category


What are the next steps on your side ?

yes, wifi toggle crashes. this is the first time i ever wrote any kind of code for android. it WILL crash.
my version is just a crappy fork. the original version is much more stable.

 

[aragorn21]

yes, wifi toggle crashes. this is the first time i ever wrote any kind of code for android. it WILL crash.
my version is just a crappy fork. the original version is much more stable.

Keep going on

 

[aragorn21]

What are the next steps ??

If you need beta tester or french translator, I can be

Thanks for what you're doing !!

 

[Nachtwind]

HI,
After my LV was sitting on my desktop for ages with no use (the original liveview software sucks and OLV was, yet not what i looked for :/) i wanted to give it a try to connect it to my computer.

Is there any good documentation on the protocol? Like what serial parameters (baut, stopbits etc) are used? I have found various constants in the OLV code, yet since i am not the best java programmer i didnt get how to make the connection.

Cheers
Nachtwind

PS: Nice to see that OLV is still under development.. seems to become way more useful now

 

[couillu44]

Thank you for the software.

Now everything's working great but not SMS.

I have a Motorola Razr maxx with MIUI V5.

 

[basty149]

Hi,

Could you explain what's the problem with SMS?

Thanks

 

[couillu44]

Hi,

Could you explain what's the problem with SMS?

Thanks

Now fully working, I didnt have notifications of SMS. Just change something in Messages App and now it works (don't know which option but it's in there)

Thank you :good:

 

[ruebarb]

I've had problems with the SMS, I was using chomp, then removed it back to the stock Samsung SMS on 4.1, tried all options in the SMS app, still no luck.

The SMS will not appear on screen when received, I assume it should work like sending a note, though it will be in the list of messages

 

[jkok]

I've had problems with the SMS, I was using chomp, then removed it back to the stock Samsung SMS on 4.1, tried all options in the SMS app, still no luck.

The SMS will not appear on screen when received, I assume it should work like sending a note, though it will be in the list of messages

with 4.0-4.1+ u need to do the accessibility options and allow OLV Notifications, it will do it then =)