Recent content by mdw1995

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    Wear OS 2.16 Update

    Not bad after almost three years with this watch. I got the update a couple days ago and I like the changes.
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    Replacement band from taobao.com

    Based on the user name, it appears to be the same company that sells the band on eBay for $59 plus shipping. https://m.ebay.com/itm/LG-Urbane-2nd-edition-w200-Korean-Edition-Band-Genuine-Leather-Ruber-/263735875359 I purchased one from taobaoage.com for $31 with shipping included but it's not...
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    Replacement band from taobao.com

    Success. I finally received my new band today and replaced the side that was cracked (the long side). I enabled cellular and received a LTE signal as before. I disabled bluetooth on my phone and successfully connected through cellular. Not a quick process to obtain the band but glad it's...
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    Replacement band from taobao.com

    Still waiting on the band. Looks like there is some news on possible future releases.... https://www.xda-developers.com/pixel-smartwatch-qualcomm-snapdragon-3100/
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    Replacement band from taobao.com

    I ended up buying a band for the Urbane 2 at taobaoage.com. It's also an agent site that buys from taobao.com for you. They use Amazon gift cards as payment (one for the initial purchase and one for shipping once they have it in hand). It cost me $17.99 for the band (with their small fee...
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    Replacement band from taobao.com

    Hey Xendula, see if this works... https://www.superbuy.com/en/page/buy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fitem.taobao.com%2Fitem.htm%3Fspm%3Da230r.1.14.7.46a7517d06ojQm%26id%3D549595140604%26ns%3D1%26abbucket%3D18%23detail I'm thinking of ordering one myself. My original band has finally started to crack.
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    Surprise Surprise

    I think the black background for notifications started with 2.8. I'm currently on 2.8.0.182823779. Yep I believe the Sport has two models, W280 for the US and W281 for international. The US model does not have the 2100 band like the Urbane 2, allowing it to work overseas and the W281 doesn't...
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    Surprise Surprise

    Hello hello, still wearing mine as well. I still have the original band and I'm also seeing those horizontal lines. Mine started not long after it was updated to 2.0. The notification and play control screens seemed to cause them. It's not noticable most of the time. If the recent AW update...
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    Transfer pictures, music and docs...

    You could try Wear Media. It can transfer files to the watch and the watch app has a music player as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=qubin.de.wearmedia
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    New firmware on firmware finder (mha-l09)

    C432 is the Europe model. The US model is C567. There is also a new C567 release on firmware finder. MHA-L09C567B360 / MHA-L29C567B360 (8.0.0.360). I'm new to the Mate 9, had it a few weeks, so I'm not an expert but I believe these are beta versions of Oreo and not the official releases.
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    LGU2... Still the best Android Wear watch.

    Not sure why it wouldn't work in Verizon. I believe it's only the antenna in the band. The seller in the link I posted is the same one I've seen selling it for the last couple of years. There have been other posts about it and people seem to be ok with it...
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    LGU2... Still the best Android Wear watch.

    Sorry for the ugly link..... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575095911&toolid=10001&campid=5337543237&customid=UUacUvbUpU6132660&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F263422456235%3Ful_noapp%3Dtrue
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    Open SIM cover

    I've never tried but read that you can use something like a rubber ball (racquet ball) to turn the back cover. Also, you can find a cheap backup charger that includes a tool on Amazon like this one...
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    Current security patch level?

    Received an update today with the November 6, 2017 security patch.