ASUS ZenWatch2 update to Android Wear 2.0
By Sachin
October 11, 2017
Update ASUS ZenWatch2 to Android Wear 2.0
The post assumes that
adb is
installed on a system. On Fedora it comes
with android-tools
package and can be installed using
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sudo dnf install android-tools -y
Setup ASUS ZenWatch2 debug mode
Make sure ADB debugging is enable under Settings -> Developer options. Enable Developer options by tapping Build number 5 times under Settings -> System -> About on watch.
On the system make sure you are able to access ZenWatch shell using
adb shell
. You may have to add
udev rules as
below
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# file: /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="7770", GROUP="plugdev"
Sideload OTA package
- Download OTA from here and connect the watch to system via USB and run
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adb reboot recovery
watch should boot into recovery mode.
- Swipe down to get menu options. Select Apply update from ADB and swift right. The watch is now ready to accept sideload
- On system run
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adb sideload f0095b7e9162d37af8f00140aea38d7922887a0a.zip
and you should see something like below on watch. Wait till the upload is complete.
Finally on system you should see
loading: 'f0095b7e9162d37af8f00140aea38d7922887a0a.zip'...
connecting...
Total xfer: 2.01x
- Once upload is complete select Reboot from the menu and swipe right. Complete setup should take around 15 minutes