I’ve always purchased my many watches from China with an open mind. #1 I don’t trust everything the post in their listings. #2 I consider it sold as is with no warranty so If I couldn’t really afford to waste the money I wouldn’t buy it. # 3 I do a lot of research on them before buying and over all have had a positive experience. I find them extremely useful for what they are a good watch with a lot of features, I expect no more than that from them.
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@fuuz Oh, it is always a great joy when you leave your thron after many months of absence to share your thoughts with us. I find it interesting that you are still hanging around here - even though you swore over a year ago to turn your back on the full android watches. Anyway, welcome back, please have a look around. But please try not to break anything and not to annoy anyone too much. 
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thanks man.
you’re right, but I’m still looking (and have been ever since) for that one cool full android watch if there is ever gonna be one that gets made during my life time. doesn’t seem to be very promising at the moment though, but still worth taking a look every now and then, ay?
have a good one
I understand what fuuz is talking about.
Got my Oukitel z32 (100% similar to LEMFO LEM12) which is “IP67 certified” last July.
First of all, it requires quite a lot of tinkering to make it work OK. At least, side load Google Play Store. Then it took a couple of months to adjust it in a way that I’m not missing any WhatsApp calls. And it works only with all the battery saving tricks totally off. Making it an exception for Background cleaner and stuff was not reliable. Then moths later I’ve figured out that Wi-Fi goes to sleep with the screen by default. So you miss all the WhatsApp calls while on Wi-Fi.
What still does not work reliably (and I tried hard) is Bluetooth headphones that are kind of necessary. The mic connection gets lost after a phone call. You hear through the headphones but the mic doesn’t work. Only full reboot helps. So basically you have to reboot after every call.
I’ve experiences several hardware issues too. The power button got let reliable a couple of months in. It is somewhat stranglely angled, not perpendicular to the watch body. The charging cable is already broken even though I used it only at home carefully (looks OK and clean but does not charge). The battery capacity is down to 450mAh. And well - the generous external battery included is actually a must, it is a crutch to get this thing through a full day of light use. And the black paint chips out slowly.
This device has never enjoyed a software update. I was hoping for it to resolve the bad Bluetooth connectivity issue but it didn’t come. And yes, the heart rate sensor is kind of fake, shows pretty random values no matter what I do.
But I’m happy overall. I knew it is an interesting toy and I wanted to buy it as a toy. Bought shortly after watching a video from Mr. Ticks. I’ve never expected any Customer support here and happy that it even got delivered after 1 month of waiting. And again I’m happy with it as a toy. And I satisfied that I bough it. Very interesting stuff, very interesting forum. Like a hobby. But next time I will buy something really IP67 waterproof, with apps designed for round screen (if this next thing has a round screen), with decent battery life, no quality issues and Customer support.
Thank you!
Best Regards,
Stepan
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Thats why we dont support Oukitel watches . As you have experienced there is zero support . Unlike Lemfo and Kospet .
Good luck with your next purchase
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I am also facing issues with missing whatsapp calls in my watch. How did you adjust your watch so that it does not miss Whatsapp calls?
Have made sure whatsapp is " not optimized " and has " unlimited data " . This prevents the app from sleeping
Well, I’m also affected by “fake” IP68.
After a afternoon in a swimingpool my watch had water inside. Visible in cameras. And now after dry it with rice, screen is blurry. Here is a video: https://youtu.be/-QBShsKE30U
Anyone know how to disassembly the watch? any service manual or video tutorial?
Cheers.
Its a long shot after water ingress but have you tried a factory reset . Probably wont do a thing but you never know . Maybe worth trying to dry for longer . You wont find a tutorial to take it apart here . Good luck with this
Yes, already did it and same thing.
I think that the screen connector was affeted by water and I need to clean it and fix it if neccesary, but I don’t know how to open the watch since it’s IP68 and don’t have any screws. I think that I need heat gun (already have it) but I don’t know if I need to open from screen or from bottom.
Cheers.
Can you not return it ? Thanks
Yes I can return it to repair, but 35€ to send it back to China and another 50€ more or less to return it to my country (VAT+fees) and I don’t know if the seller would ask my to pay return shipping cost.
Total 90 - 100 € to repair.
Watch cost me 139€ not worth it…
This is why I need to know how to disassembly the watch.
I am a sysadmin and computer technician and I am used to repairing computers, tablets, mobile phones, etc.
Cheers.
Thats fair enough
If you decide to disassemble it, can you share picture/video of you process? I hope I wont have to do this in a near future!
Yes, I’ll do it, but first I need to know how to disassembly the watch.
I don’t want to break it.
Another watches are easy to open because screws, but this don’t have.
Cheers.
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The problem with this is that the screen glass, lcd and touch panel are all bonded together and also bonded to the watch.
Unlike a mobile phone, these are not designed to be serviceable (the screens).
Did you purchase it from the lemfo official store?
And how long ago did you buy it.?
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Yes I bought it from lemfo Official store from AliExpress in March 2021.
Also I only need to know how to open it, I don’t want to change the screen, I only want to clean all water, connectors, etc.
Cheers.
So you don’t want to exchange it?
I was going to offer to talk to Lemfo management for you…
But if you want to try and open it instead - fair enough.
The reason why it is so difficult to open is because the factory were desperate to try and meet the waterproofing criteria.
It is not possible but they tried.
Sadly it makes it almost impossible to open and service it.
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Many thanks @pablo11
Yes , of course I would love to exchange it, but I don’t want to pay more or less 100€ to send it back to China, then resend and pay VAT+fees. Now in UE all foreign products must pay VAT+fees.
What we can do?
Thanks again!
Cheers.