Is there any way to equip the LG G Watch with WiFi, like the Samsung Gear Live. I have read that the G Watch lacks WiFi because it does not have a WiFi antenna. Can a WiFi antenna be added to the watch? Or, what about connecting the G Watch to a WiFi chip via Bluetooth? Would any of these work? Thanks!
i dont think so, wifi has to be built in on the rom, a simple bluetooth wifi wont work, but modifying hardware may work but its more difficult.
Jaocagomez said:
i dont think so, wifi has to be built in on the rom, a simple bluetooth wifi wont work, but modifying hardware may work but its more difficult.
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@Jaocagomez Thanks for your help. How would I add WiFi into the rom programmatically? Also, what would the hardware modifications be like? Also, couldn't I create an app/client that uses a WiFi chip attached by bluetooth to update notifications? Thanks!
You would need to add the drivers built specifically for the Android kernel. The ROM would need to be built with WiFi support enabled in Android (which currently I believe is impossible as you cannot procure the source code to Android Wear atm). A Bluetooth WiFi adapter would not work because Android wouldn't know how to deal with it at all, The reason that the GWR was able to enable WiFi was because support was already built into Android as it was part of their hardware base. It was simply missing the drivers for the kernel.
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You would need to add the drivers built specifically for the Android kernel. The ROM would need to be built with WiFi support enabled in Android (which currently I believe is impossible as you cannot procure the source code to Android Wear atm). A Bluetooth WiFi adapter would not work because Android wouldn't know how to deal with it at all, The reason that the GWR was able to enable WiFi was because support was already built into Android as it was part of their hardware base. It was simply missing the drivers for the kernel.
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Also the Wear app on the phone wouldn't allow the watch to use WiFi, as the model doesn't have it as a standard.
kokesh said:
Also the Wear app on the phone wouldn't allow the watch to use WiFi, as the model doesn't have it as a standard.
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It probably would actually, I've been given the option to use Cloud Sync my gWatch connected.
ShadowEO said:
It probably would actually, I've been given the option to use Cloud Sync my gWatch connected.
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I saw it there also, but someone said it just broke the connection with the watch and required to do a Factory reset. Read it sometime last year, when WiFi for Wear rolled out.
The watch contains no WiFi radio so obviously it cannot use wifi. The only wireless technology it uses is Bluetooth 4.1 LE.
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Is it possible to have wifi direct on our phone?
Your question not clear.
anyway there is software connectify http://connectify.me/
It has has the feature of wifi hotspot that can be enabled on any pc or laptop having wifi and win 7 OS, so that you can connect any wifi enabled phone to wifi network you created.
ashishv said:
Is it possible to have wifi direct on our phone?
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wat do u mean??
With wifi direct,we can transfer files between two devices without connecting to internet,just like bluetooth.Take a look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEawDprnOQ
ashishv said:
With wifi direct,we can transfer files between two devices without connecting to internet,just like bluetooth.Take a look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEawDprnOQ
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hmm.....no idea if it will work on p500 as it requires adhoc network but it is supported on ICS so i guess we will have to wait for our awesome developers to port ICS to our phone and then only we can use it...
optimus black has wifi direct tho... http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/2313/
You can make a WiFi hotspot either on your computer or your Optimus, connect them and then configure a FTP Server. I think SwiFTP should work fine (It works for me and it's free on the market). As for the computer - search DMOZ.com or see this.
Ianis G. Vasilev said:
You can make a WiFi hotspot either on your computer or your Optimus, connect them and then configure a FTP Server. I think SwiFTP should work fine (It works for me and it's free on the market). As for the computer - search DMOZ.com or see this.
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complicated much??? but yeah thats a pretty gud idea
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for phone to comp file transfer there are tons of solutions to try out
Aha, I was reading the ICS features and about to poke around the ICS porting thread to see if anyone mentions this. It'd be nice to have something that functions like "Chrome2Phone" without going through 3rd party.
woudnt it b easier to port wifi-direct from the optimus black???
i know this is a very old post but since it was unanswered i thought id respond.
Wifi Direct(As far as i know) is a hardware feature and hence cannot be ported and since our phone does not have that hardware it is not possible to use this tech even with ics.
Its great to see this stuff rolling out finally.
http://ers.hclblogs.com/2011/08/war-of-connectivity-wi-fi-direct-vs-bluetooth/
To answer questions and dispel myths. This is not hardware based, but software based. Plus only one device in the pair needs to have the software.
Basically, Bluetooth will be a thing of the past very soon. This is a software implementation that anything with a wifi can do.
eigokyoukan said:
Its great to see this stuff rolling out finally.
http://ers.hclblogs.com/2011/08/war-of-connectivity-wi-fi-direct-vs-bluetooth/
To answer questions and dispel myths. This is not hardware based, but software based. Plus only one device in the pair needs to have the software.
Basically, Bluetooth will be a thing of the past very soon. This is a software implementation that anything with a wifi can do.
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Actually,me and my friend transfer files over wifi by turning on tethering on one device(xperia x8,without enabling data) and i connect to the hotspot(O1).Then we use a software called ip messenger on market to transfer files over wifi and we get speeds over 8mbps.This isnt wifi direct but adhoc can do almost the same thing.And yes wifi direct is software based but afaik,it needs wifi n standard to work,which our phone doesnt have.Correct me if i'm wrong.
All,
I'm running the beta cm11 on my YPG70 (US) so far this has been fantastic.
I have one feature not working that it seems has also been an issue for others.... Bluetooth tethering does not work.
I am able to get the device to connect to my main phone (a Moto X) with bluetooth tethering enabled on both AND it seems like the devices are able to change data across bluetooth, however, now Internet or WAN traffic gets to the YPG70.
I know there was a bug fix in an older version of Cyanogenmod to some networking routing table config files (I belive) so maybe this is related to that cropping up again.
I also found a post to check for /system/bin/pand which DOES NOT exist on this build from Jan 13.
Any ideas?
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All,
I'm running the beta cm11 on my YPG70 (US) so far this has been fantastic.
I have one feature not working that it seems has also been an issue for others.... Bluetooth tethering does not work.
I am able to get the device to connect to my main phone (a Moto X) with bluetooth tethering enabled on both AND it seems like the devices are able to change data across bluetooth, however, now Internet or WAN traffic gets to the YPG70.
I know there was a bug fix in an older version of Cyanogenmod to some networking routing table config files (I belive) so maybe this is related to that cropping up again.
I also found a post to check for /system/bin/pand which DOES NOT exist on this build from Jan 13.
Any ideas?
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Afaik, bluetooth tethering is not enabled in CM11 for YP-G70...
hi wanted to know if there is a similar app for android to wifi but bluetooth hack.
I say come from my phone to another phone with wifi.
thank you very much
nadales said:
hi wanted to know if there is a similar app for android to wifi but bluetooth hack.
I say come from my phone to another phone with wifi.
thank you very much
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Nope the hardware is not enough!
For the sake of space the wifi modem was slimmed off so a key component which was used in pc to hack wifi in pc is missing. so its nearly impossible
however you can still use brute method which will take days or may be weeks together to complete!
There is no Hack with wifi currently . But I think you can hack through bluetooth
I'm planning to buy a G Watch but i heard it doesnt have wifi, so, can i pair my phone with the smartwatch via bluetooth to get wifi on it?
The watch does not have wifi but you can pair it with your phone via bluetooth.
You will not be able to use the connected features of the watch if it is not in bletooth range of your phone.
Watches with wifi can communicate with the phone remotely, using wifi for the watch and wifi/3G on the phone.
(I'm not really sure to understand your question so I hope I answered)
supermamie said:
The watch does not have wifi but you can pair it with your phone via bluetooth.
You will not be able to use the connected features of the watch if it is not in bletooth range of your phone.
Watches with wifi can communicate with the phone remotely, using wifi for the watch and wifi/3G on the phone.
(I'm not really sure to understand your question so I hope I answered)
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Yeah, you kinda answered, so if my watch is paired via bluetooth and i open chrome (or any browser) the connection will work?
Syzew said:
Yeah, you kinda answered, so if my watch is paired via bluetooth and i open chrome (or any browser) the connection will work?
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That's pretty much it good luck browsing on such a small screen though
No. You will not be able to open Chrome at all. The best you'll get is sideloading Firefox for Android over to the /system/priv-app folder. You do NOT get an internet connection in standard sideloaded applications unless you have them in priv-app.
Other than that, Applications have no internet access unless the application on the phone-side preforms the functions that require networking and send resulting data over through the Android Wear application.
EDIT: I wanted to clarify. Chrome does not run at all on Android Wear because of the ActionBar it uses for it's address bar and menu button. It will crash upon attempting to start it, as will most standard Android applications that use said ActionBar.
that's true but there exists a browser for wear
nicolahaye said:
that's true but there exists a browser for wear
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There does indeed. I found it's performance to be lacking however. As opposed to using the same amount of controls and having multiple tabs inside Fennec for Android (which does run and it runs well as long as you have a keyboard. You just don't get add-ons, favorites or a back button unfortunately because Android Wear refuses to render the menu.
Hi All,
I am wondering if anyone can take a look at a keypad (tablet) that runs on Android 6.0. It has no WiFi, just works over POE w\Injector. Wondering if we can WiFi to this Androind build. You can PM me for details.
thanks
Bump.. Anyone interested? The issue is since the tablet is hardwared the apps need WiFi to connect. Not sure why the apps need WiFi, since the tablet is already online, can browse internet, etc. IE; If I launch the Sonos App, it ask me to enable WiFi. It wont connect using the hardware POE connection.
Here is the build info to this device.
http://specdevice.com/showspec.php?id=b4e2-54ec-0033-c5870033c587
@sweethip
PoE is Ethernet and not Wireless ( Wi-Fi ): Your tablet does't support Wi-Fi connection because it hasn't an inbuilt Wi-Fi antenna .
@jwoegerbauer
Thanks for the response.. Yes it does have it built in.. it's just disabled or removed from the latest build.
I am asking to see if someone can take a look and see if they can re-enable it since I am not familiar with android devolpment.
Is that a limit on android apps not working over Ethernet ? Don't get why the apps won't work even though it's connected online.
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