I turned it off. Don't really need it. Dialing seems to work ok. Need to test it to a mobile number
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I love this thing!
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After reading this thread, I'm confused. Will this watch work as a standalone phone without being tethered in any way to a smartphone? Can it make and receive phone calls and texts, basically function like a flip phone? In other words, can this serve as someone's only phone?
Long story short, yes. But you will still need a phone with the Android Wear app installed in order to get all of the function out of it. Without a phone you will be able to use the watch's SIM to make phone calls and send texts, but all of the OK Google functions will not work without the phone. So that's where you'll be severely limited...
If all you need is a watch phone, there are other cheaper options out there. If you need AW features, it requires a phone to tether with.
Yeah unfortunately it's scarce to find standalone android wear apps for now. This is the first (I believe) android wear app with cellular connection so the people who bought it are stuck until the developers enable this feature. All I really want is a streaming music app like panadora that works as standalone but I don't even thing that's possible right now.
You can try to root the device to install regular android apps if you like but that's also unreliable at this point.
You can try to root the device to install regular android apps if you like but that's also unreliable at this point.
So I want to ditch my smartphone... I have an iPad that does everything (with one obvious exception) I would use a smartphone for. Can the U2 fill this gap and serve as my only phone? Are there any shortcomings/obstacles I may be overlooking in this setup?
No, it should work. If I were in your place, I would however get a cheapo Android phone, pair it with the watch, and leave it connected to your network at home.
That way you have all the functionality you'd be missing by using it paired to the iPad only, including installing apps (and more and more apps will work in stand-alone mode going forward), using Google voice, using apps that are not stand-alone (e.g: some messaging apps like watsappp do not yet work in stand-alone mode, but will work on your watch if your watch is somehow (BT/Wifi/3G) connected to your cell. If someone sends you a message, your phone receives it and sends it to your watch.)
So, yes, out of the box, you can make calls and text with the watch, but it would be a bit sad to use it without any third party apps on it.
Not sure it would work connected to your iPad. I returned my watch because I was told by Verizon,now, that the watch needs to be paired with an android device. I have an iPhone. Also the manual says for the calling features to work the watch must be paired with an android device. However to make it more confusing I emailed LG and they said that yes the watch will work when paired with an iPhone. Well I can say it didn't work for me. Amazing the amount of mystery around this
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Provided you have something you can connect a Wear device to that will get it set up, once that's done the watch will work on it's own via Cellular when disconnected from Bluetooth, While it's connected via BT it's going to want to do everything through the device it's connected too, it's essentially just a bluetooth speaker and mic at that point.
So, if the device it's connected to doesn't make phone calls, it can't make calls period. You'd need to turn BT off on the host device, wait until it activates and connects via Cellular (which can take a minute and you might also need to be out of wifi range....) before you can use the watch to place a call.
So, if the device it's connected to doesn't make phone calls, it can't make calls period. You'd need to turn BT off on the host device, wait until it activates and connects via Cellular (which can take a minute and you might also need to be out of wifi range....) before you can use the watch to place a call.
Wouldn't you still be able to make a call through the watch's SIM? When I'm connected by bluetooth and I dial a number it asks me to choose the calling device, phone or watch. If I select watch, the call is connected using my watch's SIM and phone number. (Of course I don't have number sync enabled, maybe that makes a difference)
So since the iPhone has an android wear app I would need to set the watch up by pairing to my iPhone and android wear app. Then disconnect the BT, get out wifi range and let the watch establish a cellular connection?
When I had the watch, before I returned it, in settings it showed the watch was on the cellular network but calling was still
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When I had the watch, before I returned it, in settings it showed the watch was on the cellular network but calling was still
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That is probably because you are on Verizon. The primary cell network for Verizon voice and SMS is CDMA. Verizon version of the watch does not have CDMA radio however, LTE only. So it will rely on VoLTE and some Verizon black magic to make it work. Hence the requirement for pairing with a Verizon Android phone so that the phone can set up the watch properly.
So basically if i were to repurchase the watch, do the initial set up with someone's android phone it would work with my phone number, not so much any kind of pairing or association with my iPhone.
Not so sure. Also, I won't pair with some one's phone because once you did that, all his contacts and notifications are synced and constantly send to your watch. You can't unpair it (it will factory reset the watch if you try to unpair).
I love mine. Have had the original since November.
I only hope that we can find a way to change the default apps top and lower buttons open!
I only hope that we can find a way to change the default apps top and lower buttons open!
Once AW starts to support more than one button, you will be able to change it. Right now, all AW watches seem to only have a single button.
No. I don't. iPhone is better paired with Apple Watch (which my wife uses for her iPhone). AW watches are best used with Android phone. Even though Google created AW app for iOS, it is not as useful as on Android. On the same way, Samsung Gear S/S2 are best paired with Samsung phones.
You better hope next version of Apple Watch can do it. These things are not designed to be cross platform. I had all three: Apple Watch, Urbane 2 and Samsung Gear S. All only works best with with their own platform.
That being said, I have AT&T version and it is much more straight forward to use than Verizon version because it contains GSM radio that will work with any GSM carrier if bands fit. Verizon is not a GSM carrier.
That being said, I have AT&T version and it is much more straight forward to use than Verizon version because it contains GSM radio that will work with any GSM carrier if bands fit. Verizon is not a GSM carrier.
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