This developer is an absolute superstar. He really has helped improve my quality of life as his app has enabled me to reintroduce a blood glucose monitor watch face on my Android watch which Google rather cynically took away. To any type 1 diabetics out there it really is a vast improvement to quality of life to be able to have glucose readings on your wrist. Thank you barely says enough but thank you anyway.
@Malcolm Bryant Thank you for your reply but please believe me I have all the thanks from you that I need. I get this every time I use your wonderful app which really gives me freedom from constant fingerprick blood testing.
@@tonyragano3695 I replied to your other message as well. The latest version of Wear Installer doesn't need to be installed on your watch, only your Android phone. So this video is a little out of date but everything else should work as before.
Lifesaver, its RIDICULOUSLY frustrating when you lose Dexcom for no good reason! I'm feeling very tech wizard having followed all the steps and it's now back as a watch face!! The second kick in the teeth when you lose it is that the main reason I got this specific watch was to get the Dexcom face and trust me I've been through so many watches that ought to fit the spec but then don't! I wish Dexcom would make it easier to figure out exactly which smartwatches will allow this without the faffing about!! Thank you SO much for this fabulous video. Amazing!
Amazing developer. A true saviour to this flawed OS. Now if you could just create an app to regain use and help use assistant to launch and play RU-vid Music on our phones you would have single handedly cured Wear OS! 👏
A tip: if you exit (swipe away) Developer options and come back, the text that currently reads "Unavailable" will list the IP addresses that you watch has.
Sir I am from India first of all I have subscribed and pressed the bell icon button as a sign of respect, U truly are a Genius it's perfectly working fine for me u are a saviour I was worried cuz this option was not working cuz I bought gen 5 by investing so much amount finally u paved the way I truly salute your work and please I request u to give this type of update thank you so much again sir love you from bottom of my heart.
Hi @Messiah2048, my wechat on the wear OS cannot log in? I have yet to subscribe to LTE on the watch but it connected to wifi. Is it because of that? Maybe others can help as well? Thanks!
Malcolm - thank you for providing this solution. I just applied it to my TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE and so far it works really well. I realize the solution is a watch face of its own and works well, though it would be nice to be able to add it (or parts of it) as a complication to other watch faces. Good stuff though. Thank you.
Hi Tom, I'm pleased it is working for you. I don't have any affiliation with Dexcom, so unfortunately I can't influence how they further develop their app/watchface. Thanks for the feedback :-)
I'll have you know, it is only because of Wear Installer that I am able to get xDrip+ complications on my watch faces. These show me a live reading of my blood glucose level, information that is critical to me as a type one diabetic. You, sir, are a hero.
Hello Malcolm, thank you for your work. I want to use xdrip or Tomato for diabetes management. Unfortunately, Wear Installer cannot connect to my watch (last Step before installing...) Is this due to my watch? I use a Ticwatch C2+.
@Malcolm Bryant I'm having this same issue. Wear Installer is installed properly on my phone and the watch. I see the watches IP address properly and have filled in the app properly as well. ADB is turned on, and set to over WiFi. When I try to add the Fit Strength Training, it keeps saying error and timed out/cannot connect. Any advice/help!!
Hi mr Malcolm, just wanna check if perhaps you know this and might be able to help me out. I have a fossil gen 6.. apparently I have been able to transfer music and files to the watch internal storage.. and there is also a root folder for the watch which consist of all the factory default ringtones/notifications/apps etc…. As I wanna use my own music as the watch ringtone which was possible in my previous gen 5 using an app call Navexplorer. But somehow now I can’t seem to copy or paste any type of files even music files into the root folder of the watch. Is there any chance that you might know the way around. As the watch is separate between internal storage and root storage(a which I can’t access)
Just waiting for my first Wear OS phone to arrive tomorrow. Wear OS was a smartwatch OS I had kept away from till now, given bugs and mainly battery drain. However, always fancied the Google maps app on a watch and getting this watch as a real baragin. Anyway, reading more on Wear Os 2 and 3 and came across this video. Will prove very useful. Thank you.
Brother help me please everything I made the same video but I do not accept the call When connected, the following tag appears no debugging possible on ip address please help me bro
Hello Malcom I am currently learning how to make watch faces for wear os and I'm coming into a problem which is really hard to side load a watchface I make to test out and I'm finding this is the easiest way to do it. Or am I wrong.? When I use Android studio debugging over Bluetooth I have to type a whole bunch of things in the terminal just to run my watch face. Is there and easier way. Cause I'm considering just downloading the APK and installing it how you said in the video. Any information is much appreciated. Robert
If you enable developer options on your watch and then adb debugging and debug over wifi then your watch should come up as a device in Android Studio. You can then directly install and run the apk on your watch from there.
Hi Malcolm, I really appreciate the app and the tutorial. I hope you can help, I don't get a pop up on my watch or phone once I click on the app I'd like to send. The app does work with Wear OS - it worked on the same watch, I just got a new one since and now I don't have the "apps on my phone feature" anymore. I am using the Fossil Sport Watch and trying to install xDrip+, a diabetes control app.
Malcom your apps are incredible! I just got the heart rate monitor app. I was wondering if there is a way to add it as a complication? I ask because the built in one my gen 5 is problematic and I am looking for an alternative. Cheers!
Hi Dante, thanks for the kind words. Wear Heart Rate gives your heart rate 'on demand' whenever you run it via the app or a tile. A complication which constantly shows your heart rate would be a different proposition because it would always be showing your current heart rate. That has implications for battery life etc. It is not possible with my app at the moment, but I will keep the suggestion in mind for the future.
Hi there, you might try Wear Installer 2 which is the new and improved version, available from freepoc.org/downloads/. See also the updated video and the help page in case of difficulties.
Thank you very much for your work. A question to make sure I don't waste money. I have the Samsung Fold 4, if I get the new Samsung Galaxy 5 or 5 Pro, will I be able to send commands, etc. to the aaps and have also watchfaces etc?
Hi Dimitris, that's a broad question that goes beyond the scope of Wear Installer. There are a lot of resources on the internet with information that can help you make a decision. For example, there are Reddit subgroups for WearOS and GalaxyWatch.
Does 'Debug over wifi' not appear in the Developer Options? Or does it appear but say 'unavailable'? I'm 100% sure the Gen 6 supports debugging over wifi.
Hi Mr Malcolm, I followed exactly the way you've shown in the video. But I'm still unable to install the side apps in my Galaxy watch 4. Specifically apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Wechat or Instagram. Any advice or suggestions you could provide? Much appreciated. Thank you 😊
Hi there. Wear Installer is intended for installing watch apps which have been included by their developer(s) in the corresponding phone apps. Wear Installer does not install phone apks directly to WearOS devices. So apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram can't be installed. I believe an old version of Wechat is available but I don't have it.
Thank you so much. This app is great. Edit: It doesn't seem to work, it gets stuck on the allow debugging. I don't get any request on my watch. Weird. It worked once but now it stopped. Second edit: Got it working after a factory reset
Thank you so much for this, will a new version of fit strength training be available on your website? I had to do a factory reset on my watch and lost your amazing app.
Hi there. Please update to the latest version of Wear Installer, and use it to re-install Fit Strength Training from your phone to your watch. Please see here: freepoc.org/wearos-apps/
Very nice! - many apps don't have a Wear OS component; I was wondering, is it possible to add an option/menu to attempt installing anyways, even if unsupported? (As in, just sideloading the phone version, and letting the user determine if it works or not.)
@@Freepoc I second this request for allowing sideloading of phone apps to the watch. This app is very handy, but allowing installation of phone apps would make it even better.
@@reichstein011 There is already an app Easy Fire Tools which will install any apk (including phone apks) via ADB. It doesn't however extract watch components like Wear Installer.
this app sounds really amazing, I'm very new in the field of wear app development and it's very frustrating to connect the smartwatch with adb and fastboot. I followed your instruction but keep getting this message "Connection Failed". note that the IP address is correct and the adb debug options are selected and your app also showing the same IP I entered on the phone, It would be very kind of you if you help me. Thanks for the app anyway
The page in Google Play says Wear Installer will be installed soon but I don’t see it anywhere. I have iPhone 11 and trying to get text back feature in Michael Kors Gen 6. Please help.
Hi Malcolm, is it possible to enter the strength training settings via the smartphone? For example, the exercise, weight or number of repetitions? For me, it only works via the watch itself.
I can’t seem to install Navexplorer into the watch as it says not supported even if I downloaded the version for the watch. And also there is a root folder and an internal storage for the watch. But there is no way I can change copy cut or paste anything in the root folder of the watch which is the most important thing to get things running or be seen in the watch
Hi there. I believe the developer has withdrawn NavExplorer from the Play Store. I don't know the reason for sure, but perhaps it no longer works correctly.
Hi Malcolm. Many thanks for creating Wear Installer. Would you be able to write an app for a watch face for Dexcom G6 so that the only things on the screen is the Glucose reading, the arrow indicating the direction the glucose is going, and the time. At the moment most of the watch face is filled with the graph (which is not needed), making the glucose reading and time small. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Rachael, I'd like to help but I have no association with Dexcom and I don't use the Dexcom app myself. Wear Installer is a completely stand-alone app and, again, not associated with Dexcom. You should be able to find contact details for the Dexcom developer(s) in the Dexcom G6 app listing on the Google Play Store.
Hi, thanks for your work. Unfortunately, wearinstaller on phone remains with message "Now installing APK on your watch" but the selected app never appears on watch. Eventually, I have clicked finish, but still no luck.
Can't get this app to work with my fossil watch. It never actually sends anything to the watch, so I am never prompted to install anything. I have followed all steps, enabling ADB over wifi, etc. It just doesn't work with my samsung s10 plus and fossil watch
Hi, which watch app are you trying to install from the corresponding phone app? I would suggest restarting both your watch and your phone to see if that helps.
EUC world has a Wear OS app and I went through all this process and when I select EUC World in the app list on the phone it says "Wear component not found" but the app supports Wear OS? Am I doing something wrong? I am also getting a "please check your watch and accept connection request" on my phone but nothing is popping up on my watch?
Hi Casey, yes the EUC World does not seem to offer a separate WearOS app on the Google Play Store, and the watch component isn't bundled in the EUC World phone app so Wear Installer can't help. Please contact the EUC World developer to check if WearOS is still supported. Thanks.
I have a Galaxy Watch (One UI 2.0), and I see nothing in the developer options tab, other than 'on pixel ratio', and 'turn off developer mode'. In the 'about watch tab, I am able to turn on debugging. however, I don't see any of the debugging options anywhere. Can you guide me in the right direction?
Wonder if you can side load an old version of google that would make wear os usable again. Like the version on my 1st gen Moto 360. Allowing me to text and call and navigate again.
If you are on a WearOS 2 device then you can't sideload an older version of the Google app - it gives an error. You can uninstall all the updates and this has been known to work. If you are on a WearOS 3 device (currently only Galaxy Watch 4) then you are out of luck I'm afraid - it doesn't work at all.
The latest version of Wear Installer doesn't need to be installed on your WearOS watch, only your Android phone. Please see this video for instructions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-abgN4jQqHb0.html
After listening and doing exactly what was shown in the video it always ends up saying "connection failed. No route to host." Is there any idea what I did wrong?
I have a oppo watch Chinese ver 46mm, It doesn't have adb debugging, it only has debug over usb, I can't drag any files over to the root of the watch in the computer, it just won't copy over at all. Do you have any ideas???
Hi Malcolm, my IP addresses do not match. The watch shows a 9 digit number and the phone shows an 8 digit number. Whether I add that number or not, it will not connect. I'm not sure what to do. I know it's supposed to be a 10 digit number. Can you help?
Hi Keri, the ip address could be 8, 9 or 10 characters. If you open Wear Installer on your watch it will show you the correct ip address to use (if it says 0.0.0.0 then you aren't connected to wifi on the watch). Take whatever ip address is shown on the watch and enter it in the Wear Installer phone app. If you are still having problems then let me know.
Where can we find apps with watch component? I'm curious if I can install a Google dialer app on my Ticwatch e2 and make calls directly to phone. (Could help me much if you know)
Most watch apps are now on the Play Store, so can be installed directly. Wear Installer can help for any legacy apps where the watch component is bundled with the phone app. And for sideloading watch apks. BTW, my Wear Text app can help start a call from your watch using voice commands.
Hi there, if you are referring to the original Moto 360 then it doesn't support ADB debugging over wifi, so I'm afraid Wear Installer won't run on it. Sorry :-(
Hi there. I have just find out your video, but is it possible with my Wear os 2.33 ? When i go on the Google play Store, i don't find the Wear Installer.
Doesn't work on Galaxy watch 5. There's no way to get the wear component installed. There is no "apps on phone" option in the watch play store any longer and a search won't show it. Hopefully somone sees the comment and doesn't waste time like I just did.
The latest version of Wear Installer doesn't need to be installed on your watch, only your Android phone. But it still works, actually better than before!
Hello. Do you know if there is a Google Assistant with a wear component? I have the Galaxy Watch 4. I was able to sideload Google Assistant go. It works but not well.
Malcom - I tried to add Dexcom G6, but I just got a message that it was sending to the phone but nothing showed up. I never got the prompt to connect. I have debugging over wifi on. Can you let me know what I'm doing wrong?
Hi Malcolm, 1st time I used your instructions it worked perfectly. 2nd time around I can't find Dexcom watch face on OS Wear. I have a Fossil Gen 4 watch. any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Hi there. You won't find the Dexcom watch face in the list of apps on the watch. But if you long-tap on your current watchface, it should bring up options for other watchfaces and hopefully Dexcom will be there.
Please go to About watch > Software and tap on Software version 5 times to turn on developer mode. Please note that the latest system update to the watch 4 has broken the previous way of using Wear Installer. Here is an alternative method: freepoc.org/installing-legacy-watch-apks-alternative-method/
I'm not familiar with the issue you mention but at face value it seems unlikely that Wear Installer would help, unless it involves helping to install a specific legacy WearOS app.
Because some users would like to install full apks just for fun or other purposes, and you may put this option behind a toggle which is off by default for safety purpose
@Malcolm Bryant I'm having this same issue. Wear Installer is installed properly on my phone and the watch. I see the watche's IP address properly and have filled in the app properly as well. ADB is turned on, and set to over WiFi. When I try to add the Fit Strength Training, it keeps saying error and timed out/cannot connect. Any advice/help please!!
Hi, please make sure that both your phone and watch are connected to the same wifi and are reasonably close to the wifi router. If necessary please restart both your phone and your watch and try again. Note: unfortunately Google made a change that stopped my little Fit Strength Training app from working, so probably not worth you trying to install that app :-(
The latest version of Wear Installer doesn't need to be installed on your watch, only your Android phone. Still works though, actually better than before :-)
Hey! I think your app is amazing, but you can't install phone apps, yes, I know those apps aren't intended for wear os but I also think that maybe you could let install them either way so you can at least see if them work. Anyway thanks for your app, it is still very good.
@@Freepoc oo having fun playing "what will install, fail, open, crash at launch, or hit the jackpot of hilarious size issues"! Open, readable: Survival Manual and Gobandroid, Zarf Icon pack (can't apply but lol) Crash/blank: Steam What Size: NT Calculator
