Showing posts with label Android Wear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android Wear. Show all posts

October 30, 2014

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How to Factory Reset Your Android Wear Smartwatch

Whatever the reason may be, sometimes you have to perform a factory reset on a device. Whether you are sending it back to the manufacturer or possibly selling to a friend, it is always good to know how to wipe all of your personal data from a device.

With folks buying and receiving their Android Wear smartwatches, now is the perfect time for you to learn how to perform this task. Luckily for the beginners among us, Android Wear is a very easy OS to navigate, so learning these tricks is easy as pie.

Android Wear Factory Reset

Below, we take you through how to perform a factory reset using just your fingers, and also how to do the same thing using your voice a little bit.

Voice Instructions 

  1. From the home screen, say “Ok Google.”
  2. When you see the visual prompt to begin your query, say “Settings.”
  3. Once in the Settings menu, scroll down until you see “Reset device.”
  4. After confirming the reset, the device will power off and perform a factory reset.
  5. Once booted back up, you will have a clean Android Wear device with no user data attached.
Android Wear Factory Reset

Manual Instructions

  1. From the home screen, tap on the display to begin a Google search.
  2. Without saying anything, scroll down on the display. A list of options will appear.
  3. Scroll to the bottom until you see “Settings.”
  4. Once in the Settings menu, scroll down until you see “Reset device.”
  5. After confirming the reset, the device will power off and perform a factory reset.
Also See: How to Enable Developer Options and Debugging on Android Wear

If for some odd reason you ever need to perform another factory reset, now you know how to do it like a pro.
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How to Enable Developer Options and Debugging on Android Wear

What kind of Android device would an Android Wear watch be without the ability to enable developer options? Not much of one, that’s for sure. Thankfully, you can enable developer options and ADB debugging pretty easily, just like you would on a regular Android phone or tablet.

Once you have ADB debugging setup, you can do fun things like take screenshots, unlock the bootloader, think about rooting your Android Wear watch, and almost anything else that comes along, like a ROM (yes, there are ROMs for these watches already).

Debugging on Android Wear

Step by Step Instructions:

Debugging on Android Wear

Step 1 : Say “OK, Google” to your watch, then “settings” to bring up the settings menu.

Step 2 : Scroll down to About, and tap on it.

Step 3 : Find the build number and tap on it multiple times.

Step 4 : A countdown will tell you that you are becoming a developer.

Step 5 : Once tapped enough, you will unlock the developer options menu.

Step 6 : Swipe back once (a swipe to the right) and you should see a new option under About for Developer options.

Step 7 : Tap on Developer options.

Step 8 : Find ADB debugging, tap on it, then tap the green check to enable it.

Debugging on Android Wear

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