S13 Watch / Vwar core 5. With Android 13 and AMOLED screen

I think they sent the wrong watch?
SIM card not being detected, no back camera, ZW703_S10?

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The camera is visible ?

nope, that is just a cut-out on the plastic peel. there is no camera on the back.

after a factory reset, when opening “About watch” for the first time it says X16, and if I close it or let the screen turn off, it will say S13 again.
tried two different SIM cards and they are not detected at all. I can call emergency services so at least it does have a modem.
there is no way to turn on developer options or ADB.
does not see my WiFi7 SSID.

This is a fake, i suggest you to return it to the seller.

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At least not a S13 watch. For sure.

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the back of the watch was glued by a 7 year old child, I was able to pry it off with my fingernails

Yep, it’s a Unisoc device according to the pdf you shared. Definitely a pile of trash if they didn’t even bother screwing the rear cover on. It looks like a used one that was returned and made to work again and then sold. But yes, definitely not ASR S13.

I would warn anyone who wants to buy the S13, to be extremely careful. I say this because as far as I know, they are not even making anymore. It was pulled out of production due to the issues with the solution.

This situation above is a very bad sign indeed. @bsdinis can you share the link to the seller Web page please?

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Aida 64, device info hw etc have no use in these device, they also get tricked, use my developer helper or use this https://epcdiy.org/

HW info will work, but still shows incorrect fake ram and storage details. Apart from that, it works on the S13. Looking at the pics of the board, I can see already that it’s not an S13 anyway.

So, sadly they did sell him something incorrect.

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Ok, thanks for sharing so others can avoid it.

I take it you will send them the details from your earlier post and open a dispute with them?

Actually, ignore me…

No point in talking to them now you have opened it up etc…

the back of the watch was almost coming off when I received it, I could see the battery wires even before I opened it. I am definitely returning this junk, I opened a dispute as soon as I received it.
the watch was full of smudges when I took it out of the box, even though the box was sealed with plastic.
SIM cards are not detected, so fake or not, it is defective.

feel free to move my posts into a separate thread “fake S13 watches”

No, it’s fine.

This is exactly what we want to see. Any bad stuff needs to be noted - along with everything else.

Transparency is the key to people making decisions. :+1:

Cheers

I can’t find a single S13 on Aliexpress that isn’t a “Choice” item, when I try to contact those sellers I get sent to a different page where all I get is a chat bot, instead of the good old “Message center” where you are able to chat with an underpaid Chinese worker that uses a bad translator to communicate with you.

I’m going to risk buying an S13 again but from a different seller as soon as they approve the return/refund for this first one.
if the second one turns out to be another fake, what watch would you recommend buying? is it worth paying ~110€ for the Vwar Core 5?

the fake is even better then real at least its w377, althoughw377 is not very stable is better then asr

Vwar Core 5 uses ASR8601C, not W377

yes, so i say the fake is even better
the build quality is not but the stability of system is allot better