Help "Connected, running sync loop"

[drexappeal]

Just noticed this, this morning. I see a ton of threads discussing it on different forums, but haven't found any that really had a solution. I've powered off, restarted, disconnected the 360. Basically, anything I could think of, I've tried and still get that message on the notification drop down.

Anybody else experiencing that and/or know the solution?

Before today, it would just say "Connected".

 

[lunatic59]

I haven't seen it. Does everything still work?

 

[drexappeal]

I'm pretty sure everything works the same. Just in case someone else runs into the issue, I found a solution that seemed to work for many people (myself included)

https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/android-wear/Dm62UKfemIs/lUMDvJl4dAwJ

The solution was posted by Brian Keefer

I was also having this problem, but I have solved it, at least on my phone. On my Nexus 6, I turned off "Developer Options" (which I had enabled), turned off Bluetooth on my phone, turned Bluetooth back on, and the "sync loop" message went away. Now my phone just says "Android Wear Connected" and my Moto 360 is working fine.

 

[lunatic59]

Good to know. I'll keep this handy in case it pops up. Did you turn debugging back on?

 

[nickdalzell]

i have seen the notification at random times for seemingly no reason since the first day i got my G Watch. but i never experience any problems when it displays the 'sync loop' message, so i am not sure if it's an error, a bug, or if i should leave well enough alone. i am curious, however, what the different message actually means?

I've never messed with any settings, am not rooted, or running a ROM. everything is stock on my phone.

 

[lunatic59]

I've never messed with any settings, am not rooted, or running a ROM. everything is stock on my phone.

Do you have USB Debugging enabled?

 

[marctronixx]

Did the developer fix and the sync message went away.

I didn't see this until Google updated Google play services (last night) on my nexus 6.

For now I'm keeping dev options disabled...

 

[nickdalzell]

No Dev options either. Like I said it has randomly shown the sync loop status off and on since I bought my watch. Never has caused noticeable problems and the status goes back to normal connected in a few minutes. I just assumed my watch was busy.

 

[frodub]

I'm pretty sure everything works the same. Just in case someone else runs into the issue, I found a solution that seemed to work for many people (myself included)

https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/android-wear/Dm62UKfemIs/lUMDvJl4dAwJ

The solution was posted by Brian Keefer

Thank you! This error has been bothering me for days! I'm glad there's finally a solution. I feel like it was draining my phone battery terribly, or my MAXX is just dying on me, ha. Thanks again!

 

[nickdalzell]

But is it an error? Before we jump to conclusions and fix things that aren't broken why not first find out what the message actually means? It might just be an indication of the watch being busy with background tasks and we all are killing those tasks which if anyone has any experience with android knows is bad!

It never causes any noticeable issue they I'm aware of so I highly doubt its an error. A status message maybe but I'd rather know what it means before fixing something that might not be broken!

 

[lunatic59]

Since it only rears its ugly head when developer options are enabled, I'd assume it's a developer message. There may well be a non-critical error occurring. It might be in Google's camp to solve or it might me a specific Android wear setting or app. If it doesn't cause an issue, then i'd say not to worry (too much).

 

[marctronixx]

according to these cats, its not a bug at all. rather its a part of the dev options setup

http://www.androidcentral.com/what-does-connected-running-sync-loop-mean-android-wear

 

[nickdalzell]

My Dev options have never been enabled on my G3 yet it happens at random anyway. Some blame a recent update to Play Services while others place blame on a custom ROM and last blame developer options. Aren't we simply guessing here?

It could simply mean the watch is just busy. Could be checking for an update to the software, doing a lot of catching up notification wise, who knows. Until we know from Google what exactly the status actually means we are only guessing.