Apr 5, 2019 15:51:26 GMT 2 wreps86 said:
Hi marioerased I've the same problem! I cannot connect to my smartwatch because in my office there is a colleague with the same BT MAC address!
Top tier manufacturers have all the needed certifications and such, but it’s not the case with most of the lower tier manufacturers like KingWear (Kospet).
It’s not that difficult to manufacture a device with amazing specifications, the difficult part begins when the device is ready to manufacture, but you have to get the FCC, CE… certifications before it hits the global market. We knew that the Kospet Hope isn’t for the global market, although we could easily buy it.
When you have all the needed certificates, you can be sure that each MAC address will be unique, just like the IMEI and the serial number of the device. All of the Kospet Hope watches have the 1234567890ABCDEF “serial” - it’s a lot more convenient to flash exactly the same FW that having to alter a few variables.
That’s why you should never buy cheap fingerprint reader locks, cheap Chinese “security” devices, home security sets made for the Chinese local market. They are cheaper than their global versions, but you would never know if that particular device has a built-in chip to follow your steps or not. China likes to rank their people, so they just can’t opt-out from things like this. A global version is 99% safe.
The Kospet Hope is - as somebody stated on the forum back then - a muscle car with a 125ccm 10bhp engine.
It easily could have been the best smartwatch everybody wants to own, but KingWear chose to keep their kernel closed. Why? Because of the built-in spy components they just can’t do this. They would sell at least 10x to 50x as many watches as this way, because with a custom ROM this watch would be hands down THE BEST out there, but this won’t happen.
I love the HW of the Hope, it’s an amazing piece of tech, but the FW is just sub-par. Is there an app to keep track of your heartrate? Yeah, there is. Is there an app to let you use the Hope as a fitness watch with GPS tracking? Yeah, there is. Is there some kind of sleep tracking app out there in the Play Store? Yeah, sure. But none of them is built-in. No heartrate tracking, no fitness with GPS tracking, no sleep tracking. The FW is the same sh*t most cheaper generic Chinese smartwatches has novadays.
As I said many times earlier (but since KingWear / Kospet doesn’t follow this forum, shame on them!, it doesn’t really matter), with a bit more love the Hope could easily be the best smartwatch hands down.
That won’t happen.