What does your Bluetooth setting list for your phone?

[FitzAusTex]

Under the "Bluetooth devices" setting under Settings ON YOUR WATCH, is your phone listed as "Connected" or "Disconnected"? And are you using a sim in your watch?

Mine has only ever listed "Disconnected" ON MY WATCH since Friday when I got it, and tapping it does not change it to "Connected". I think that's weird, but what do I know...

 

[foxbat121]

Mine can be connected or disconnected depending on if I want my home BT device to be the headphone or watch be the headphone. But there can only be one device connected as phone audio.

Actually, on my phone, if it is not connected to the watch, it does not show disconnected status.

 

[FitzAusTex]

Mine can be connected or disconnected depending on if I want my home BT device to be the headphone or watch be the headphone. But there can only be one device connected as phone audio.

Actually, on my phone, if it is not connected to the watch, it does not show disconnected status.

Interested in what the BT setting status shows on the WATCH, rather than what the BT status is on the phone. On my WATCH, Bluetooth devices setting lists my Nexus 5 at the top, but has only ever said "Disconnected", even when the BT setting for "LG Urbane xxxx" on my phone says Connected. Guess it doesn't matter, but curious if anyone sees "Connected" on their watch...

 

[foxbat121]

Ok. You must mistakenly paired your phone to your watch some how. My Nexus 5 doesn't show up on my watch at all. That status screen is meant to show BT stereo devices to playback audio to the listed device. I found I can pair a BT headset (HFP, no BT stereo) to it but it will never connect (always show disconnected as your phone does). I have another BT headset that supports both HFP and Stereo. It will connect but only stereo audio part work. Phone calls are still going through watch speaker, even if the watch is disconnected from the phone.

 

[FitzAusTex]

Ok. You must mistakenly paired your phone to your watch some how. My Nexus 5 doesn't show up on my watch at all. That status screen is meant to show BT stereo devices to playback audio to the listed device. I found I can pair a BT headset (HFP, no BT stereo) to it but it will never connect (always show disconnected as your phone does). I have another BT headset that supports both HFP and Stereo. It will connect but only stereo audio part work. Phone calls are still going through watch speaker, even if the watch is disconnected from the phone.

I didn't mistakenly pair my phone to my watch, it was quite intentional, lol. I want them paired, particularly since I'm not currently using a sim, but even then I'd want them paired. And my ear bud BT headset is listed under my phone in the U2LTE BT settings, and is either paired, or not, depending on whether I need my headset paired to my phone (since I can't "connect" both my headset and the U2LTE simultaneously). But I can connect my mono ear bud bt headset to the watch, and sounds and music will play through it, but not calls, ever.

 

[foxbat121]

There is zero need to intentionally pair your phone to the watch. It won't do anything

BTW, mono earbud can support A2DP profile as well. It is the HFP profile that won't work. HFP is for phone call studio. Rest of them go to A2DP.

 

[FitzAusTex]

Ok. You must mistakenly paired your phone to your watch some how. My Nexus 5 doesn't show up on my watch at all. That status screen is meant to show BT stereo devices to playback audio to the listed device. I found I can pair a BT headset (HFP, no BT stereo) to it but it will never connect (always show disconnected as your phone does). I have another BT headset that supports both HFP and Stereo. It will connect but only stereo audio part work. Phone calls are still going through watch speaker, even if the watch is disconnected from the phone.

There is zero need to intentionally pair your phone to the watch. It won't do anything

BTW, mono earbud can support A2DP profile as well. It is the HFP profile that won't work. HFP is for phone call studio. Rest of them go to A2DP.

I appreciate all your answers this past week, I really do.

I do need to point out that, of course, you need to do an initial pair as part of the setup. To my knowledge, I never did any other pairing. That being said, I did a factory reset due to a bunch of funky issues like the watch going through a boot up three times in a row every single time after turning it off and back on. That's now stopped, and my phone isn't showing up any longer in Bluetooth settings (and it wouldn't delete prior to the factory reset).

So I'm good now, other than these things I'd like to see, or wish the watch had included (some are watch specific, some are Android Wear) :

1. Option for stronger vibration
2. Sounds option for all notification types (like texts)
3. Auto brightness
4. A dark UI theme (too much blinding white)
5. A less finicky charger
6. Ability to answer a call on the watch and transfer to a BT headset
7. Ability to change how long before watch face dims
8. Ability to set always-on watch face dimmer than current
9. Ability to assign whatever we want to the two buttons
10. A search option in the phone app
11. Bring back the Restart setting
12. Option to decide/hide apps from watch
13. A watch face that allowed us to assign up to three complications (included) from LG

 

[foxbat121]

5. A less finicky charger

You must haven't seen Samsung Gear S' charger yet Compared to my Gear S, this charger is like godsend.

 

[foxbat121]

Well, my Nexus 5 shows up as disconnected on my watch after I rebooted the watch. So it looks like a software bug. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[FitzAusTex]

You must haven't seen Samsung Gear S' charger yet Compared to my Gear S, this charger is like godsend.

ha! I have a Gear Live, so I know pretty well the problems of clicking and breaking it (although I never have cause I learned to be really gentle due to other people's pain), but I think I still prefer it as I know it will stay clicked compared to the U2LTE. Also have an S2 which I just drop on the magnetic charger, so I'm probably a bit jaded by how wonderful that one is.

 

[FitzAusTex]

Well, my Nexus 5 shows up as disconnected on my watch after I rebooted the watch. So it looks like a software bug. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Stop pairing your phone to your watch! There is absolutely no need to do so! Lol. Just checked, and mine is listed as disconnected again, too. Kinda funny cause you at least caused to think about why I would have paired it.