From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:42:11 -0500, micky   
    wrote:   
      
   >I can't completely connect my smart watch to my android phone.   
   >   
   >The message is "please pair the phone call bluetooth" but I've done   
   >that, afaik, since the app says it's connected and it will make changes   
   >to the watch, but the watch wants more.   
   >   
   >Details   
   >I bought a no-name smart watch and everything about it and its app seems   
   >nice.   
   >   
   >It said to pair it with the phone using the Dafit app and not the phone,   
   >and I did that. (Actualy I first paired it using Settings/Bluetoth and   
   >had to erase that after I read the directions, which I have no read   
   >fully.)   The little manual says "After the Blutooth connection between   
   >the APP and the watch is completed, the call function is automatically   
   >connected."   
      
   Well, all is well. I looked at more Amazon reviews and one guy had a   
   similar problem, but he gave no details on how he solved it.   
      
   I, otoh, had tried 8 or 10 times to make a call from the phone and got   
   the message in the subject line every time. It pays to wait a day. Today   
   I tried twice and on the second time I was looking at the phone's app   
   instead of the watch, and first it asked Do you want to pair? (which   
   clearly is not the same thing as being connected, even though they both   
   involve Bluetooth!!!!!!!)  and when I said Yes, something blinked on the   
   other part of t he screen about Invalid Pass Key. That didn't help me   
   since I had no idea wha tthe passkey should be or where to enter it.   
      
   I couldn't get that question again, even by closing the app and reopeing   
   it.  In fact, tapping the Back arrow at the bottom must not have closed   
   it at all because when I "reopened" it was on the same page as when I   
   closed it, no matter what page.   
      
   There probably is a way to close an app, while using the phone,   
   right????   
      
   Instead I restarted the phone, and that worked. It asked if I wanted to   
   pair, and then nonthing.   But then when I tapped Call, it offered me 3   
   things including my contact list.  Had never gotten that far befoe, and   
   indeed the whole thing works now. .   
      
   I haven't tested its range, but if I can leave the phone downstairs and   
   still use it from the bathtub upstairs, I will tell you what it is.   
      
   Other than that question, and one other thing***, it works great. Bright   
   screaen, Option for low power use. Only used 3% in the first 24 hours,   
   even though I was doing far more fiddling with it than I normally would.   
   ***Like many or all??? of them it says it's IP68, and 8 is supposed to   
   be either a) 1 hour under 1 meter of water, or b) acc wikip, better than   
   7, which is 30 minutes under 1 meter of water.  Instead the little   
   manual printed in grey, instead of black so I can easily read it (as are   
   many things these days) says "only for light rain, splashes, and   
   hand-wasing scenarios.  Don't use for swimming, diving, sauna, or a hot   
   shower"   
      
   I bought this mainly because of an earlier fall where it took me hours   
   to get back up, so I can call a neighbor or the police.  I planned to   
   wear it when I took a bath, with my hand underwater up to a foot for   
   short periods.  IIUC, they're saying it will leak if I do that.   
      
   Do other phones renege on their IP68 rating once you've bought it and   
   red the instructions?  They rate their own products, right?   Few are   
   sant to UL or any place else to be tested, right?   
      
   I'll let  you know if it works from upstairs to downstairs.   
      
      
      
   >I had already enabled Hey Google on my phone, and it will call a phone   
   >number when I tell it to -- although I had to change my name from Me to   
   >Me for sure.   
   >   
   >It warns you that the Call function uses more power and urges you to   
   >turn it off when not using it, but it has a way to turn it on, I presume   
   >when you are waiting for a call, because even if it's not on, when you   
   >try to place a call, it seems to provide a screen that easily turns it   
   >on, but I have tested this having turned it on separately, and I just   
   >did again.   
   >   
   >And every time I get "please pair the phone call bluetooth" even though   
   >the app says I'm connected and it will do other app things to the watch   
   >   
   >FWIW, the phone is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro   
      
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