As funny as this sounds one of the important reasons I chose this phone was the or blaster or I should say one of the primary reasons I switched from the s6 to this instead of an s7. However I seem to not really be able to use it. I have to be about 3 feet from the tv before it can reach. So I cannot adjust the volume unless I walk to the tv. I cannot sit on the couch and adjust volume. Can a few of you tell me how far away you can be from the tv and still get the ir to reach?
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Same thing here. Went for the G5 instead of the S7 because of the IR blaster. Range is absolutely awful compared to the S6. Probably my only problem with the phone at the moment.
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duckysempai said:
Same thing here. Went for the G5 instead of the S7 because of the IR blaster. Range is absolutely awful compared to the S6. Probably my only problem with the phone at the moment.
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Yea only issue I have. But I am one of the fee people that use it all the time. I noticed when I was buying the g5 that the ir port is probably 10% the size of the one on the s6. Hopefully software may be able to fix it?
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No idea how to check. I think it may be part of android system.
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I found that the SURE remote app works way better than the built-in remote app. Works from about 10 feet away for me, with no issues.
Hmm. Works the same for me. Can you verify that the built in remote app has same range for you? I tried peel to as it has a lock screen remote but I have the same results with it.
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I found that the SURE remote app works way better than the built-in remote app. Works from about 10 feet away for me, with no issues.
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Using LG app I managed 10 ft as well
Well it looks like mine may be faulty then. I cannot manage more than 3 feet.
Try Anymote,that's what I use for my M9 and its fantastic. I won't have the G5 until tomorrow, so I'm not saying it will give you more range. It doesn't hurt to try though
I too get at least 10 feet range from my G5. It works from the same spot in the bedroom equally as well as my G4 did.
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Try Anymote,that's what I use for my M9 and its fantastic. I won't have the G5 until tomorrow, so I'm not saying it will give you more range. It doesn't hurt to try though
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Anymore allows me to sit on my couch at least and use it. I do have to lean forward a bit but not a biggie. I get about 5 to 6 feet now.
Aiming is a big thing with the small blaster so make sure you are aiming at the right spot
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I keep wanting to turn off teachers projectors tv's! But on a serious note. Does anyone else really use the infrared blaster? I do a lot at home...and school
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I use it at home. Thought about using at the gym.
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I use it with most of my tvs but the living room is annoying bc the DTV box is far back and up high so you have to stretch your arm and move forward to get any chance changing channels lol
It's not AS directional as people say but it's definitely not just click the button.
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I use a Roku for all my TV watching needs. It's great to finally have one device that can control the Roku and adjust the volume. It is fairly directional, but it works. I'm happy.
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I figure it will work great at bars where all the TVs are running the same damn football game I don't give a damn about.
Yeah, I've used it a few times, mainly to mess with old people.
My mother-in-law still can't figure out why her tv turns off out of nowhere. Well, that's when you'd see me pointing my phone through her bedroom window.
Don't worry, I know when she's clothed (thank God).
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Yeah, I've used it a few times, mainly to mess with old people.
My mother-in-law still can't figure out why her tv turns off out of nowhere. Well, that's when you'd see me pointing my phone through her bedroom window.
Don't worry, I know when she's clothed (thank God).
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Couldn't help but to laugh at that!
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Any news on ones that have been updated and recognize this phone?
All the ones that I have on S4 and HTC One won't work on this phone.
I'd love an app that would let me program a series of blasts. It takes about 6 steps to turn on pip in my samsung tv.
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I emailed the universal remote dev and he said lg isn't opening up the api for devs to make apps for it.
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I emailed the universal remote dev and he said lg isn't opening up the api for devs to make apps for it.
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That's really unfortunate. IR on these phones is really a useful feature unlike gimmickry such as a fingerprint reader.
That's one thing I miss about the gs4. The remote app was much better. It combined all 3 remotes into one where I didn't have to switch tabs to control cable or tv power or volume on my A/V system. The channels controlled the box, volume av and power all 3
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I emailed the universal remote dev and he said lg isn't opening up the api for devs to make apps for it.
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Lg already released SDK for remote app. I emailed the developer but he mauled that only few people interested in this app.
I also noticed that my s4 remote works better. I have to have my g2 pointed directly and at the right angle to get it to work properly. I was hoping it was an app issue and could just replace the app.
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That's one thing I miss about the gs4. The remote app was much better. It combined all 3 remotes into one where I didn't have to switch tabs to control cable or tv power or volume on my A/V system. The channels controlled the box, volume av and power all 3
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Have you made a custom remote in the app? I did and built it exactly how I wanted it. I made it learn each button and now it controls each device in my entertainment center on one remote. It's awesome! Pic attached.
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I tried to make a custom remote for my TV/HTPC, and teach it from my harmony. But this was not working good. Sometimes it didn't register button press, but biggest issue it refused to send same command twice. So impossible to use volume and navigation buttons.
So I tried to setup my PJ, facing the phone agains my gain 1.1 screen nothing worked, then I found out I had to point it directly at my PJ for it to work (all my other remotes work facing the screen, and all my equipment is behind me). At that point I gave up rather disapointed.
Is this a software issue ? Is the IR too weak ? IR uses so little power, it seems stupid to save battery on a weak IR.
I'd be willing to say it depends on the physical aperture size. The HTC One has great range and tolerance to off axis use, for example.
Look at the opening. (power switch) The S4 is much more directional, for example.
I've done the learning thing from another remote, and it's learning it correctly... but the button doesn't do anything. like power won't work even though it learned power. weird.
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I've done the learning thing from another remote, and it's learning it correctly... but the button doesn't do anything. like power won't work even though it learned power. weird.
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Hmm, that's weird. On the custom remote that I attached earlier, I taught it functions from 3 different remotes which included a Harmony and it works perfectly. Power (from TV), volume (from av receiver), channel (from dish network dvr), guide (from dish network dvr), etc.
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For some reason I never investigated the remote app further, can't wait to add a custom remote and see how it works.
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jayochs said:
I've done the learning thing from another remote, and it's learning it correctly... but the button doesn't do anything. like power won't work even though it learned power. weird.
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I thought the same thing when I did mine. But I think I was covering the IR with my hand or something. The remote works good but the IR signaql isn't very strong. maybe a firmware update will fix it
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Have you made a custom remote in the app? I did and built it exactly how I wanted it. I made it learn each button and now it controls each device in my entertainment center on one remote. It's awesome! Pic attached.
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i never even thought of doing that, thank you for the idea
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I thought the same thing when I did mine. But I think I was covering the IR with my hand or something. The remote works good but the IR signaql isn't very strong. maybe a firmware update will fix it
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eh..mine is for an RCA surround unit that literally no remote is able to control except for this ONE i found for my PS3 that does bluetooth. that remote works fine, but there;'s something wrong wtih it and it eats batteries in like a day, so i don't use it. i get up and control the entertainment system lol old school style...
but from that remote i had my G2 learn the basics..volume, power, etc...and it says "okay, learned, on to next button" but it just won't work when i use the G2.
In my opinion, the HTC One has the best TV/IR app. I didn't like the S4's app but in comparison to what we currently have, I guess it's not so bad.
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i never even thought of doing that, thank you for the idea
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No problem bro, it's actually a really great feature and has gone mostly unnoticed. :thumbup:
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It works great for me. I had to move some of my equipment to the same height level, but after that it works flawlessly. If even got multiple rooms of my house set up to work.
I even set it to control the television at my local TGI Friday's.
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I am confused, build or configured? Building is coding compiling etc...
I just got one of these in the mail. Does anyone else have one?
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this is after I put nova launcher and some other apps on it too and customized them.
it wont show the status bar properly now tho :s but its a compromise until someone makes better firmware for it as the current firmware/launcher are buggy and not good.
LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
Better yet have Bell & Ross make you a custom watch face and strap.
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LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
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no i have it on my wrist right now. i'm not impressed tho in that the software is crap it has some bad bugs that being said tho if it didnt have the bugs it would be pretty cool (the truesmart I've pre-ordered will be better tho)
I think that the bugs are coursed by them trying to mix elements from the app drawer and the home screens together. it has no homescreens or widgets but has folders were you can put 3 yes only 3 apps per folder how useless. and sometimes apps show multiple icons per app installed worst i've gotten is 3 for one app install and only uninstalling it will remove it. also after you've filled so meny pages of apps it starts not showing some of them so you have to do a device search to find/open them. and if i try install say nova or next 3d instead of the usless default launcher they would be fine but. the notification bar totaly vanishes and stops working. so until someone makes better firmware for it or maybe the omate firmware will work on it ? it has omate firmware on it now and the model number also says omate. i'd just be worried about breaking it by doing that and couldn't anyway unless someone makes a root hack for this? so atm its not as good as it could be.
Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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there will if you buy more then one,
works out too £190 per watch
Do they ship in India
Thanks
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Do they ship in India
Thanks
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At the moment only Europe, my mate bought 3 so there sent it through DHL,
you can email or call them but I don't think there will send just the one,
best wait till November as more online sites will be selling them,
http://www.merimobiles.com/omate-truesmart-smartwatch_p/meri8080.htm
plus price will be cheaper once more online stores have them
You could always buy it directly from China. Just look around at Alibaba.com.
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LOL. I thought you were joking when you said you were getting one. Maybe you can bug Omate for a "spare" case.
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the photo above is what i did to it until someone makes better firmware that isnt buggy.
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Did you buy it directly from China? As far as I know, PEARL isn't shipping the AW-414.GO yet.
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I got it from someone in uk on ebay as i also thought they didn't sell them yet.
thats mine with non default launcher and some customised apps and custom icons.
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there will if you buy more then one,
works out too £190 per watch
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I'm doubting you can buy this one from china as its not a generic watch device its omates prototype.
I'm going to be making a review/over view? video of this device sometime soon
so I'm wondering if anyone who commented in this thread would like to know or see anything specific about it?
Show us some play store downloads and apps commonly used, maybe demonstrate different launchers, Google maps, GPS features.
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I'm going to be making a review/over view? video of this device sometime soon
so I'm wondering if anyone who commented in this thread would like to know or see anything specific about it?
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I would like to see how it works as a smartwatch All these discussions about various android watches got us far away from the original concept of smartwatch, to be a remote display for your smartphone where you get your notifications upon which you decide if you want to take out your smartphone to proceed That's how it works with MetaWatch and Pebble, a simple notification smartwatch. As much as I'm looking forward to Omate and other android smartwatches, these crossed the threshold of smartphone on your wrist which is an overkill for a lot of people. So, I would really like to see how this AW-414.Go will be able to deliver notifications about incoming calls, text messages, Gmail, and POP/IMAP/Exchange emails.
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Show us some play store downloads and apps commonly used, maybe demonstrate different launchers, Google maps, GPS features.
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What apps would you like to see more then others?
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I would like to see how it works as a smartwatch All these discussions about various android watches got us far away from the original concept of smartwatch, to be a remote display for your smartphone where you get your notifications upon which you decide if you want to take out your smartphone to proceed That's how it works with MetaWatch and Pebble, a simple notification smartwatch. As much as I'm looking forward to Omate and other android smartwatches, these crossed the threshold of smartphone on your wrist which is an overkill for a lot of people. So, I would really like to see how this AW-414.Go will be able to deliver notifications about incoming calls, text messages, Gmail, and POP/IMAP/Exchange emails.
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I am not sure if you can use it like the pebble it errored when I tried bluetooth it to my phone with the app that seems to be the one that does that and It didnt come with any instructions/manual.
I will try again tho also is their anything else you would like to see?
I disagree in the sense that having a full android os means you can do a lot more with it and customise it however you want plus you dont have to use its built in phone/3g if you dont want to. I mostly use mine at home on wifi. The battery life is a joke on 3g and exstremely bad if you actualy actively use it with 3g/phone enabled and not just with those on in standby mode. But thats to be exspected due to the size of the batterys in these kinda devices.
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I am not sure if you can use it like the pebble it errored when I tried bluetooth it to my phone with the app that seems to be the one that does that and It didnt come with any instructions/manual.
I will try again tho also is their anything else you would like to see?
I disagree in the sense that having a full android os means you can do a lot more with it and customise it however you want plus you dont have to use its built in phone/3g if you dont want to. I mostly use mine at home on wifi. The battery life is a joke on 3g and exstremely bad if you actualy actively use it with 3g/phone enabled and not just with those on in standby mode. But thats to be exspected due to the size of the batterys in these kinda devices.
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How bad is battery life on 3g? Because if it truly is that bad it kind of makes it pointless even using as a standalone, if it won't even make it through the day. And if it won't work as a companion,well...
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How bad is battery life on 3g? Because if it truly is that bad it kind of makes it pointless even using as a standalone, if it won't even make it through the day. And if it won't work as a companion,well...
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I went out for 3-4 hours and hardly touched the watch and it pretty much ran out of charge. I am going to fully charge it and time it tho to make sure as part of my review im doing soon but w/e I use wifi/3g I end up charging it at least 3 times a day x.x
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I went out for 3-4 hours and hardly touched the watch and it pretty much ran out of charge. I am going to fully charge it and time it tho to make sure as part of my review im doing soon but w/e I use wifi/3g I end up charging it at least 3 times a day x.x
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I'm not surprised. I assume all your radios were on? Now imagine if you would have to make a call? Or run an app requiring wifi?
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I'm not surprised. I assume all your radios were on? Now imagine if you would have to make a call? Or run an app requiring wifi?
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That was with 3g and 2g only
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I just picked one up today at best buy today to scratch the itch that I've had for a while now. Idk if many like the idea but I'll give my initial impressions.
First off pro and con
* the band it comes with. Reason being is the one I got(which surprised me since I thought it would come with the rubber one) is metal and no one could get the links out. I am the definition of a skinny person. I had to buy the tool which arrives tomorrow.
Pros
* I like the screen size and being touch. (I was debating between the pebble also) looks good enough to satisfy.
* the notifications work better than I thought. The vibration when you get a text fb or any sort of notification is nice since I rarely feel it in my pocket.
*can control the play music app through the watch so I don't have to mess with the phone wile driving
Con's
* Facebook extension if you just choose the ppl you want it to show up doesn't seam to stay logged in.
*still skeptical since I was on the fence about getting one. Maybe a few days with it I'll start to enjoy it.
If you have questions I'll try to answer them for you
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So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Jocelyn said:
The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Ehhhh I think it's more of a vanilla feel, meaning obviously no TouchWiz stuff. I'm trying to find direct xda links, but here you go for now...
http://theunlockr.com/2013/11/27/use-galaxy-gear-android-devices/
http://androidlegend.com/connect-samsung-galaxy-gear-to-any-phone/
http://androidlegend.com/how-to-root-and-install-twrp-recovery-samsung-galaxy-gear/
Edit - Sorry for not posting the original story links. I've had a long day, I'm tired, and I posted the first ones I could find lol.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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Yes this one work with all androids. I like the fact that I don't have to go to my pocket to check to see about a message. I don't always feel it when it vibrates since I don't like the sound. Its really easy to see it sun light just not in the dark with out turning on the back light
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Letting y'all know I'll be returning the smart watch just the few days I've had it the watches battery got better but my phones battery dropped from 5 hours of screen on to 1-1/12 hrs. I'm not around a charger that often. I can't have it die on me that quick. I loved it just thought it would help battery life since I wouldn't be turning the screen on that often
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It's a hardware button that slots into your 3.5 mm headphone socket and can be used as a shortcut for a number of apps like camera shutter or flash.
May be useful to some.. Can't go wrong for 24p delivered..
Here's a LINK on how it works..
Smart Shortcut Dustproof Plug for Android Phone f…: http://youtu.be/n3vPWGoXi8Y
Buy from here using this promo code GBSMR.
http://www.gearbest.com/cables-adapter/pp_58618.html
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Very interesting... But it would make every case useless.
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Very interesting... But it would make every case useless.
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It's no bigger than the cutouts for the headphones on most cases so this should be fine to use on a phone with a case. It is in fact the same size as most headphone connectors so if a headphone fits so will this. Just an excuse to spend 24p really lol that's why I bought one, no reason to.. No reason not to. Although I do think being able to activate the flash with one click even with the phone in standby is pretty useful for me personally.
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Does it work with BlueTooth headphones ?
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Does it work with BlueTooth headphones ?
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Yes it it works with BlueTooth. That's the only problem with this.. If you want to use wired headsets you need to take this out.
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I got mine this week using it on my g3 now
has been using it for long time
after long trial and error, I've found best app for this thing
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oz7fs9fwwyese5s/klick_20140412.apk
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I got mine this week using it on my g3 now
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Cool.. I'll keep it handy, pretty useful as it can be used to open 3 shortcuts.. So I'll use it to open the flashlight and messaging app and media.
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Any effect on battery life?
My G3 (D855) seems to be having issue detecting anything that I plug in the headphone jack other than the stock headphones that came with it. I tried plugging in the pressy button and a portable speaker on separate occasions but they were only detected momentarily. The button works fine on my old phone which is a galaxy note n7000 so I'm pretty sure it isn't spoilt.
Anyone has any clue about this issue? Otherwise I'll probably send my G3 for repair since it's still obviously still under warranty.
I am having issue with Pressy on g3 and my other phone so it's not the phone it's Pressy.
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My G3 (D855) seems to be having issue detecting anything that I plug in the headphone jack other than the stock headphones that came with it. I tried plugging in the pressy button and a portable speaker on separate occasions but they were only detected momentarily. The button works fine on my old phone which is a galaxy note n7000 so I'm pretty sure it isn't spoilt.
Anyone has any clue about this issue? Otherwise I'll probably send my G3 for repair since it's still obviously still under warranty.
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Sounds like a software problem with compatibility? I don't see why some work and some don't.. Hopefully gets fixed with an update.
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ziggazee said:
It's a hardware button that slots into your 3.5 mm headphone socket and can be used as a shortcut for a number of apps like camera shutter or flash.
May be useful to some.. Can't go wrong for 24p delivered..
Here's a LINK on how it works..
Smart Shortcut Dustproof Plug for Android Phone f…: http://youtu.be/n3vPWGoXi8Y
Buy from here using this promo code GBSMR.
http://www.gearbest.com/cables-adapter/pp_58618.html
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do they send to UK?
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do they send to UK?
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Yep.. Free delivery to the UK, and the world for that matter.
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not sure how they can even afford to post it out and make any money on it!
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not sure how they can even afford to post it out and make any money on it!
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I really don't know if they are making any profit at all.. Using the discount code the item costs 24p delivered.. the delivery alone should be more than £1.50
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