Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy Gear can do real work ... - Frandroid

Interesting facts discovered by our colleagues at Ars Technica, the watch connected Samsung Galaxy Gear is capable of launching and running real Android applications on the small screen of 1.63 inches with 320 x 320 pixels.

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To accomplish this feat, we had to start installing Nova Launcher. Once installed, Nova Launcher transform the Samsung Galaxy Gear into a real miniature device capable of running Android imported hand applications. Of course, without root privileges, it will be impossible to native applications (gallery, music, video, and camera company) run Google applications, for example, though they will be used on no problem with this Android miniaturized interface .

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In terms of graphics performance, the Samsung Galaxy Gear relies on a touch screen of 1.63 inches 320 x 320 pixels, a single heart processor clocked at 800 MHz, followed by 512 MB RAM and 4 GB internal data memory (not expandable). By comparing it to a T-Mobile G1 has a processor running at 528 MHz and 192 MB of RAM, the Galaxy Gear itself as a racing machine capable of running the greedy little 2D games like Candy Crush, where games like Angry Birds prove too heavy.

X If you want to try on your Galaxy Gear, you should know a minimum tweaking. Here are the instructions to follow:

  • install the Android SDK
  • enable “USB debugging” option in the settings of the watch
  • connect your Samsung Galaxy Gear USB to your computer to use ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
  • once the Galaxy Gear is recognized, you will need the APK file of the application to be tested
  • when you have the APK file, open a command line and type “ADB install [lenomdufichier]”
  • after a few seconds, the application appears on the screen of your Galaxy Gear ready to use

Finally, here’s a video demonstration:

For further details, visit the blog Ars Technica .

Tony Balt

Like many others, in 2009, I fell in the bathroom Android. For 4 years, I managed to acquire a broad knowledge about several mobile operating systems, I’m trying to relay as much as possible on a daily basis through Humanoid sites.

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