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Apple Watch: All the Little Things! [watchOS 4.3 beta]

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JXShine said:
Is beta 5 stable enough for daily use?
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I just today finally decided to go through with the upgrade after reading all the positive comments and realizing general release of 2.0 is likely just a month or so away. I also have a paid developers account FYI

So far, very impressed. Install was without drama though slow. Multicolor modular is a huge step up and looks great. Seems very stable thus far.
 
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ericgtr12 said:
I really hope it has an option to always stay on while being plugged in, without that it's just a novelty. Who has a nightstand clock that turns itself off?
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Except that will cause increased wear/degradation of the OLED screen...Unfortunately that just doesn't seem to be an option technically.
 
ericgtr12 said:
I really hope it has an option to always stay on while being plugged in, without that it's just a novelty. Who has a nightstand clock that turns itself off?
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Totally disagree. I've got that watch on my bedside table about a foot and a half from my head and when the clock is on it's BRIGHT. I don't need that glaring at me all night. It's super responsive to tuning on with any touch and suits me great!
 
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Sorry if this has been asked already. But have I missed the Activation Lock that was promised ?
 
Thanks, it's seems to be on but I was kind of looking for this screen.
 

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Hello!!

Any idea why i can't sync weather in my beta 5???? I repair and nothing...
 
I am having issues installing watch os2. I am not a paid developer, but I have a registered UDID and Ios9 beta 5 installed on my phone. Even with beta profiles installed on the phone and the watch, my watch does not update, it says 1.0.1 is the most recent. When I try to install the configuration profile it says unauthorised (I assume because im not a developer). Does anyone know what I can do here?
 
Enygmatic said:
"Always-on" OLED, huh... you crazy kids.
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I always use my watch in nightstand mode and over the last week or so I've woken up in the night a couple of times to find the display on. I thought maybe I'd knocked the bedside table but the display remained on. I had to disconnect/reconnect the charger to get it back to normal. The first time it happened the display was on full brightness too.
 
BaggieBoy said:
I always use my watch in nightstand mode and over the last week or so I've woken up in the night a couple of times to find the display on. I thought maybe I'd knocked the bedside table but the display remained on. I had to disconnect/reconnect the charger to get it back to normal. The first time it happened the display was on full brightness too.
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That's a problem that needs to be fixed, then... likely (hopefully) just an early quirk of watchOS 2 - and there are many.

The point remains that an "always-on" OLED screen would be both damaging and counterproductive to just about having an OLED screen brings in the first place.
 
I've been out of the country for a few weeks for work, and I am still on watch os beta 3. I've been trying to install beta 5 to my watch, but I always receive the message that my software is up to date. I am on the latest beta of ios9 on my iphone 6 and I have reset/repaired my watch. I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone offer any help??

Edit: Nvm, I found out I have to download the watchos beta config profile to my phone again
 
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Tylervit said:
I've been out of the country for a few weeks for work, and I am still on watch os beta 3. I've been trying to install beta 5 to my watch, but I always receive the message that my software is up to date. I am on the latest beta of ios9 on my iphone 6 and I have reset/repaired my watch. I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone offer any help??

Edit: Nvm, I found out I have to download the watchos beta config profile to my phone again
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There are instructions for installing os beta 5 on YouTube. Do a search for Apple Watch os 2 - install beta for free.

Very simple instructions :)
 
Enygmatic said:
That's a problem that needs to be fixed, then... likely (hopefully) just an early quirk of watchOS 2 - and there are many.

The point remains that an "always-on" OLED screen would be both damaging and counterproductive to just about having an OLED screen brings in the first place.
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Counterproductive? Every nightstand clock since its invention has always been displayed prominently and always visible. I love how all of a sudden something is wrong with us for wanting such basic functionality.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Counterproductive? Every nightstand clock since its invention has always been displayed prominently and always visible. I love how all of a sudden something is wrong with us for wanting such basic functionality.
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Were many of those "every nightstand clock(s) since [their] invention" using OLED screens? I'd bet they weren't... which was the entire point.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Counterproductive? Every nightstand clock since its invention has always been displayed prominently and always visible. I love how all of a sudden something is wrong with us for wanting such basic functionality.
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i think counterproductive is in terms of the abilities of the OLED screen and them being diminished in the medium term by damage if it is left on?


i've had a couple of travel alarm clocks and neither had an always-on backlight.

i also had an iphone dock/alarm clock where the minimum brightness of the backlight was "brighter than the sun" and couldn't be disabled (i stopped using that one pretty quickly). so i'd rather it be the way it is, than always on.

that said, an option is an option and i can't see why apple couldn't let people choose. unless it is worried about screen damage. they're not really the "it's your choice to break it, go ahead and do what you want" type of company.
 
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Enygmatic said:
Were many of those "every nightstand clock(s) since [their] invention" using OLED screens? I'd bet they weren't... which was the entire point.
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Yes, had they only had such pretentious insight back then. BTW, last line of your signature, nailed it.

FYI, even OLED can utilize basic screensaver functionality.
 
nicho said:
i think counterproductive is in terms of the abilities of the OLED screen and them being diminished in the medium term by damage if it is left on?


i've had a couple of travel alarm clocks and neither had an always-on backlight.

i also had an iphone dock/alarm clock where the minimum brightness of the backlight was "brighter than the sun" and couldn't be disabled (i stopped using that one pretty quickly). so i'd rather it be the way it is, than always on.

that said, an option is an option and i can't see why apple couldn't let people choose. unless it is worried about screen damage. they're not really the "it's your choice to break it, go ahead and do what you want" type of company.
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Seems like this would be a pretty basic configuration, set backlight options, brightness, etc., at the very least show a clock. It sounds like I'm the outlier here but until now, there's never been a nightstand clock that you've had to reach over and touch just to get the time. This seems more like a step back than forward.
 
Any reason why watch wouldn't connect to wifi on its own? I have a wifi connection in range but never see the cloud icon
 
nick0 said:
Any reason why watch wouldn't connect to wifi on its own? I have a wifi connection in range but never see the cloud icon
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is your wifi a 802.11AC only network? or running at 5GHz not 2.4GHz? apple watch can connect to neither of those.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Yes, had they only had such pretentious insight back then. BTW, last line of your signature, nailed it.

FYI, even OLED can utilize basic screensaver functionality.
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Yes, it is called wake on movement....That is your screensaver functionality! Woohoo!
 
nicho said:
is your wifi a 802.11AC only network? or running at 5GHz not 2.4GHz? apple watch can connect to neither of those.
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No my wifi is 2.4 and n. Do I have to turn on an option somewhere? Or does it pull the settings from the phone?
 
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