Smartwatch sync app

jiho

@sandworm88 I'm sorry, I should have added it to the first post also.
With the updated BlueZ version in the Dev (and I think RC) channel, I stopped using gattool, as it made things a lot more difficult.

Instead I'm using bluetoothctl. Unfortunately the current BlueZ version in stable is not able to use GATT commands to fetch the information. This includes paired devices.

arubislander

@jiho it was decided at the last moment to revert the bluez stack to the one in stable, as the new one caused too much breakage.
How will this decision impact your app?

jiho

@arubislander Even though I understand the decision, I was hoping the updated version would stay.

In the long run probably/hopefully not at all. I expect that we'll have a new version in focal which would make it work as I'd expect it to.

For xenial I can bring back support for gattool to at least make it work again, but it is old and already deprecated. There would also be a bunch of limitations by how it works.

sandworm88

Welll, so what package I can use in my stock stable OTA-23 phone?
I'd just tested two latest builds. One does not work, next does not install.
Too bad you'd deleted old builds which work.

jiho

@sandworm88 As I wrote in my last post, I can bring back gattool support. But the functionality will be limited.

If you take a look at the CI builds, then you'll notice that one (the working one) is a build from the branch for xenial. The other one (not functional one) is for focal and therefore won't work at all on xenial.

sandworm88

@jiho Just installed https://gitlab.com/jiiho1/uwatch/-/pipelines/699847107/builds . No luck.
Please make and keep in repo the last working version for stable OTA. It can be feature freezed. It can do less. But it will do.

jiho

@sandworm88 Here you go, that version should work again in xenial: https://gitlab.com/jiiho1/uwatch/-/jobs/3377320141/artifacts/download?file_type=archive

After pairing the watch via system settings, disconnect it and disable auto connect. Gatttool can't enter existing connections. The app will connect to the watch automatically.

sandworm88

@jiho Ok, thanks, this version had found.
Wait for system update

sandworm88

Hi! Is this project abandoned?

Moem

@sandworm88 said in Smartwatch sync app:

Hi! Is this project abandoned?

It seems to be. But there are other options. There is a new UT version of Amazfish for Focal, which supports a nice lineup of smartwatches, and for Pebble watches we are expecting a new Focal version of RockWork any day now!

sandworm88

@Moem said in Smartwatch sync app:

There is a new UT version of Amazfish for Focal, which supports a nice lineup of smartwatches

I know and had tried it but i see focal is not ready for daily driver At least on miatoll.

and for Pebble watches we are expecting a new Focal version of RockWork any day now!

And I have no pebble and no way to order it

Also we have Asteroid OS project. I have android wear watches, but Telescope app is abandoned too.

Other ideas?

Moem

@sandworm88 said in Smartwatch sync app:

I see focal is not ready for daily driver At least on miatoll.

If there is someone working on it, that is just a matter of time.

I have no pebble and no way to order it

I found mine second-hand. Maybe you can get lucky, too.

sandworm88

@Moem said in Smartwatch sync app:

If there is someone working on it, that is just a matter of time.

Its just a matter of time but I'm talking about here and now.

I found mine second-hand. Maybe you can get lucky, too.

I had checked everything near me. All my current hardware is second-hand (excl. pinetime). And zero pebbles available.
Well, I just bought Ticwatch catfish for Asteroid OS. Asteroid OS is nice, telescope app is not. Will sell after some experiments.

beyolf

@sandworm88 said in Smartwatch sync app:

I know and had tried it but i see focal is not ready for daily driver At least on miatoll.

Why? Many people use it as daily driver on miatoll including me? What is the problem which you are facing with miatoll?