Finally True Sender/Subject Exchange Email Support for the Sony & MetaWatch Smart Watches

Outlook.com Email

• Use Root option to get sender/subject and preview on every email! (Version 4.9.9h or later)

Enhanced Email

• Use Root options to get sender/subject on every email (on the older enhanced version)
• Or use Enhanced Email Tablet version to get sender/subject on every email (and email preview on the first email)

Touchdown

• If running Android 4.0, enable Touchdown under optimized notifications AND use the latest version of Touchdown to get sender/subject on every email.
• If running < Android 4.0, use EA with Touchdown as described below.
• Instructions for first time user:
  • Pebble App – enable 3rd party notification
  • Augmented app – enable Pebble, enable Touchdown under Optimized Notifications
  • Ensure Test notification works (Menu in Augmented will show option).

GMail and Exchange Users:

• If running Android 4.0 or higher – disable options for email under optimized notification settings and enable under all other notifications and turn on Alt Info check box.
• If running Lower than Android 4.0, for GMail and Exchange try the root options described below else if you are not able to root, then enable optimized notifications (for reduced information).

AquaMail Users:

You can get Aquamail working as follows if you are willing to use Executive Assistant (in addition to aquamail).

You need to enable Executive Assistant (EA) via optimized notifications (not all other notifications).

Also you need to enable notifications and uncheck notify once (these are not set properly by default) within EA.

Disable aquamail notifications in augmented also

Updated Jan 6: Augmented SmartWatch 3.3 now supports Rooted devices to provide WhatsApp chat message details for every chat message, Sender/Subject/Preview for GMail and Sender/Subject/Preview for Exchange (selected devices only):

• GMail to show sender, subject and preview for all emails and for multiple accounts
• Exchange email to show sender, subject and preview for all emails (com.google.android.email)
• Root support is required – tested with SU Pro (suggest setting default access to grant – otherwise you must manually grant access)
• Sqlite3 is required (install under /system/xbin) and chmod to 777 (enable execute permissions) – note some people report success using SQLITE3 Installer from the Market
• • • sqlite for Android 4.4 (rename to sqlite3)
    • sqlite for Android 4.3 (please rename to sqlite3)
    • sqlite3 for Android 4.0 (must rename to sqlite3)
    • sqlite3 for Android 4.1/4.2
    • Alternatively you can extract sqlite3 using the Android emulator (adb pull /system/xbin/sqlite)
    • Use Root Explorer to move files (to /system/xbin/) and chmod

Press on the sqlite3 file and select move

Move to the /system/xbin directory  (by selecting .. parent folder to move up one level)

When you get to the /system/xbin directory, select mount r/w (button at the top) – this allows you to write to the directory then select paste to copy the file here.

Press on the sqlite3 file and select permissions – ensure read/write/execute are enabled (selected) for owner group and others – hit OK.

These root options are disabled by default. Can enable via settings:

Updated August 13: Augmented SmartWatch Pro 2.3 will have sender/subject “at a glance” support for Exchange emails (using the Samsung Client) – for the Sony and MetaWatch Smart Watches (and for the Pebble in the future). Note this is for Samsung phones only.

Alternatively (for all other Android phones) Touchdown can be used in combination with Executive Assistant. The touchdown app (by itself) has an inherent limitation with notifications for new emails:

• Specifically the sender/subject is only displayed on the Android notification bar for the very first email message received since the last time the Touchdown notification was cleared.
• Subsequent new emails will only show the # of unread email messages (and not the sender/subject for these subsequent new emails).
• The only way for the sender/subject to be displayed on the notification bar is for the user to manually open the Touchdown app (and the notifications disappear).

Hence applications for SmartWatches (like the Metawatch) are inherently limited to showing only the sender/subject for the very first email after a notification being cleared. This was also the case for Sony and any other app that intercepts this notification data – until now…

The Touchdown integration with the  Executive Assistant app (as hinted by this post),  shows the sender/subject for every email regardless if the user cleared the notification bar or not!

• Hence with this solution, the Augmented SmartWatch app can now display the sender/subject for Touchdown emails automatically on a Sony SmartWatch!

Note to properly enable this:

• The notifications in the Touchdown app should be disabled (otherwise you will get double notifications)
• Enable notifications for emails within the Executive Assistant app and disable the notify only once option (so it will notify on every incoming email)

• Ensure Executive Assistant notifications are enabled within the Augmented SmartWatch app

• GMAIL: Using this Hint it is possible to have sender/subject for every email using GMAIL! You will need to grab the appropriate sqlite3 using the emulator (ADB) for the version of Android you are running and you need Tasker and you need to enable root on your android. Here is an example sh script & Tasker task that works for me (note you will need to modify for your real gmail account name) – this example works with two accounts:
  • Shell Script (replace xxx with your actual gmail account name). Place this file as /sdcard/mailsender

sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.gm/databases/mailstore.xxx@gmail.com.db “select FromAddress from messages ORDER BY ROWID DESC LIMIT 1”
sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.gm/databases/mailstore.xxx@gmail.com.db “select Subject from messages ORDER BY ROWID DESC LIMIT 1”

sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.gm/databases/mailstore.xxx@gmail.com.db “select snippet from messages ORDER BY ROWID DESC LIMIT 1”

• Tasker Task – refers to mailsender (as above) for one account and mailsender1 (for a 2nd account) – you will also need this Tasker plugin to execute the shell scripts (if you only have one account you can simplify the Tasker script):

Description:

Gmai (32)
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:1 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Execute [ Configuration:!sh /sdcard/mailsender > /sdcard/gmailal Package:de.elmicha.app.LocaleExecute Name:Execute ]
A3: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:1 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A4: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:1 To Var:%Alkgmail1 ]
A5: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:2 To Var:%Alkgmail2 ]
A6: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:3 To Var:%Alkgmail3 ]
A7: Goto [ Type:Action Number Number:9 Label: ] If [ %Alkgmail1save ! Set ]
A8: Goto [ Type:Action Number Number:13 Label: ] If [ %Alkgmail2 ~ %Alkgmail2save ]
A9: Variable Set [ Name:%Alkgmail1save To:%Alkgmail1 Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A10: Variable Set [ Name:%Alkgmail2save To:%Alkgmail2 Do Maths:Off Append:Off ]
A11: Send Intent [ Action:com.alk.k9.action.add Cat:None Mime Type: Data: Extra:sender:%Alkgmail1 Extra:subject:%Alkgmail2 (%NTITLE) %Alkgmail3 Package: Class: Target:Service ]
A12: Stop [ With Error:Off Task: ]
A13: Execute [ Configuration:!sh /sdcard/mailsender1 > /sdcard/gmaila Package:de.elmicha.app.LocaleExecute Name:Execute ]
A14: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:1 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ]
A15: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:1 To Var:%alkgmail3 ]
A16: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:2 To Var:%alkgmail4 ]
A17: Read Line [ File:/sdcard/gmailalk Line:3 To Var:%alkgmail5 ]
A18: Send Intent [ Action:com.alk.k9.action.add Cat:None Mime Type: Data: Extra:sender:%alkgmail3 Extra:subject:%alkgmail4 (%NTITLE) %alkgmail5 Package: Class: Target:Service ]

XML:

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