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ALERT! make sure you download the new gear manager update from Samsung store!

I was bored yesterday and wanted to see if there were any updates, to my surprise there was a update for the gear manager. I installed it last night and apart from the updating process totally bugging out and freezing my phone needing a battery pull to fix....after the restart it installed fine.
I am now getting much better battery life out of the gear...it's at 99% after 3 hours off charger and moderate use. And that's with a watch styler face! So definitely worth doing this upgrade. Also...I would highly recommend uninstalling watch styler prior to the update. Then 're download a new one from the store.

I hope that I see some differences in power management.. So far what was the main issue for me is EXACTLY the same-
1. no change in contacts => they are still listed BY THE FIRST NAME - for me useless as I have a lot of contacts (In CONTACTS - GEAR Watch displays contact names listed by first name – even if they are listed on the NOTE3 by last name - this is true bug)
2. Still no way to see "contacts" and "favorite contacts" => You can only see one OR the other - I need BOTH!
Please list here things You would like to get - maybe SAMSUNG guys are reading this forum... for me:
- predefined SMS answers for the incoming calls
- battery level on the main screen (can be done through watch styler)
- ability to display temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity… (all of those sensors are in NOTE3... but maybe some of them on the watch as well?)
- seconds on the main screen
- calculator
- compass

when going to the Samsung store it prompts to install on device.
On device it does nothing when trying to update. Anyone else getting this same issue?

|oLo| said:
when going to the Samsung store it prompts to install on device.
On device it does nothing when trying to update. Anyone else getting this same issue?
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I just installed on phone, then had to re pair and restore to the gear.
If your having issues, uninstall gear manager and 're install

Saknice20 said:
I just installed on phone, then had to re pair and restore to the gear.
If your having issues, uninstall gear manager and 're install
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Well that worked and fixed alot of the problems i've been seeing (Contact sync, Call history, etc)
I think i lost my root though. It did a reset of the gear. I probably could have stopped it but before i realized what i did...it was too late.

I just lost root as well, it tried to restore but got to 94% then error.
Sent from my hacked Galaxy N3!

I've found that un-installing Gear Manager and resetting the Gear is the most reliable way to do the update.

mhoepfin said:
I've found that un-installing Gear Manager and resetting the Gear is the most reliable way to do the update.
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Anyway I can get an apk of this somewhere? Still waiting for them to update my Mega to 4.3 and so far haven't gotten my brick watch to work properly on the older gear manager apps.

Can someone please upload the newest update. It would be greatly appreciated

stu5797 said:
Can someone please upload the newest update. It would be greatly appreciated
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v1.2.131013 (23 Oct): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46754713&postcount=10

I'm seeing v1.2.131013 (23 Oct) (This is the regular Samsung app store (search for Gear) not the gear app store (LOL so confusing)
The install hung on me at 3 of 19 but rebooted my phone and it installed fine over the other version when it came back up,

sliblue said:
I'm seeing v1.2.131013 (23 Oct) (This is the regular Samsung app store (search for Gear) not the gear app store (LOL so confusing)
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Interesting. They must've updated the app version number, but not the store version number. I just checked my app (the apk I posted before) and it is actually the 131013 version!

Brendo said:
Interesting. They must've updated the app version number, but not the store version number. I just checked my app (the apk I posted before) and it is actually the 131013 version!
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For some reason I get this when trying to open the file. Any thoughts
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E3SYLER said:
For some reason I get this when trying to open the file. Any thoughts
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We have seen this before
Perhaps it only works on 4.3 roms?

Brendo said:
We have seen this before
Perhaps it only works on 4.3 roms?
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That makes sense. Thanks bro
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V1.5.121601 issue
so I woke up this morning all happy about the latest Gear Manager update and the fact that going into notifications and selecting more notifications showed the texting app I use Textra. Selected it and tested and sure enough it worked just fine, now that part happened on the 26th. Back to this morning (27th) and there is another update version 1.5.121601 and without asking me the little beastie proceeded to update. We all know the routine after the update, comes the restore question I answered 'yes' finished. Went into gear manager (yes the watch did install) and selected Notification > More Notifications, and that where the program froze. after about 2min it came up with an informational prompt "Gear Manager isn't responding. Do you wish to close it?" elections were Wait and OK. choosing Wait gets a 2min wait time and then the same message, OK closes out the program and then restarts it.
I have,
set everything back to factory resulting in same result
reset the watch and the note 3 resulting in same result
uninstalled/reinstalled Gear Manager same result
any ideas or is there a way to roll-back to the previous version
thanks for reading :fingers-crossed:

[Q] Notifications for Nexus 5 / Non Samsung Devices and Gear Manager.

So now most of us have got gear manager running on the Nexus 5 / Non Samsung Devices. Has anyone had any success getting the notifications to work? I have notifications on and more notifications on but using the stock notifications app for the Gear, finds no notifications. I also ran a logcat to see if any errors come up when sending notifications like a SMS / skype message through and could not find any errors..

Maybe offer a bounty to get "stock notifications" from Gear Manager?
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DreddJudge said:
So now most of us have got gear manager running on the Nexus 5 / Non Samsung Devices. Has anyone had any success getting the notifications to work? I have notifications on and more notifications on but using the stock notifications app for the Gear, finds no notifications. I also ran a logcat to see if any errors come up when sending notifications like a SMS / skype message through and could not find any errors..
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I haven't even managed to instal gear on my nexus 5, do you have any solution to that? i would apreciate any help . I have tryed form diffrent post but nothing work,what did you do to make it work?

+1
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Install Gear Manager stub and then Gear Manager.
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Someone help me. I reset the gear and now I'm stuck at the screen with the gear telling me to dock the device with the phone. I don't have the note 3, so how can I get this going? Can I root the gear as is or do I have to have access to setting to enable USB debug?
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Im in the same position as Ben. No Samsung device and need to enable adb.

Futureon said:
Im in the same position as Ben. No Samsung device and need to enable adb.
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I took it to bestbuy lol. I waited for help, but no one replied to my post
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You probably needed updated Gear Manager
ben503 said:
I took it to bestbuy lol. I waited for help, but no one replied to my post
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I was stuck in the same situation... only difference I am running a Note 2 with cm11.
I figured out that the version of Gear Manager I had was too old and was my problem. After removing all traces of the older version and updating to 1.5.120903 I was able to successfully pair my devices together and I was then able to get into settings to enable USB debugging and continue the process of installing this fine ROM.
The only thing I am still unable to get working is notifications.

Anyone pair iphone with the gear?

There should be a step by step guide to get gear manager to work with Nexus 5. I installed gear manager stub and gear manager and still stuck at the setup connect.
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ben503 said:
There should be a step by step guide to get gear manager to work with Nexus 5. I installed gear manager stub and gear manager and still stuck at the setup connect.
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Enable bluetooth on nexus 5 and then tap install manually and follow the prompts.

DreddJudge said:
Enable bluetooth on nexus 5 and then tap install manually and follow the prompts.
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Tried that no dice. Kept trying to connect and a message with unsupported device
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You can't use notifications if you don't have a 4.3 rom installed. Is built into the framework as of now

techgov8 said:
You can't use notifications if you don't have a 4.3 rom installed. Is built into the framework as of now
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I know. I'm trying to get contact sync to work like some one did with the Nexus 5
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Had the same problem go into the settings on the watch and go to blue tooth on the watch and enable it to be seen by the phone and try to re sync the device.. that worked for me hopefully it'll work for you..
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My NEXUS5 with KITKAT 4.4.2 and GEAR(null_17 ROM)
hi to all, i want to share my experience (sorry for my english, i'm italian)
i have Nexus 5 phone and galaxy Gear(null_17 ROM).
Nexus 5 with KitKat 4.4.2
Galaxy Gear with V700XXUAMK7 with NULL_17 ROM
and watchstyler 1.0.9 (working) with Casio Skin :good:
At first i installed gearmanagerstub.apk
after i just bring "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk" and renamed to "gear manager 1.6 111801.zip"
opened and bring all file in the folder "preinstalledapk"
and run all one by one excepted for "samusic" and "saweather" because fail to installing(but is ok).
after all manual apk installed also installed "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk"
and opened gear manager and start the gear and pairing it. (2 or 3 time but making same test and check and at final running)
if you come from old pairing with other gear manager version example 1.5 or 1.4 etc... just from your sdcard delete the folder ".BManager_backup"
for fix the notification i also installed ATNmanager 1.2.2.apk on the phone, and in the gear i already sended the version of "ATNmanager 1.2.3.1_pre"(only the watch.apk file inside) and i receive all notify on gear by this apps and working fine.
remeber to go in setting->security->allow ATNmanager to read notification
up to now
work:
contact :good:
logs call :good:
gallery :good:
camera(make and send directly to the phone in gallery) :good:
call and receive it. :good:
voice record (record and send on phone, but play with file manager in "sdcard/Sounds/Galaxy_Gear/your recording file"
notification(ATNmanager APP) :good:
no work:
weather :crying:
s voice
For me is a good Result
Domenico.

pcelli said:
hi to all, i want to share my experience (sorry for my english, i'm italian)
i have Nexus 5 phone and galaxy Gear(null_17 ROM).
Nexus 5 with KitKat 4.4.2
Galaxy Gear with V700XXUAMK7 with NULL_17 ROM
and watchstyler 1.0.9 (working) with Casio Skin :good:
At first i installed gearmanagerstub.apk
after i just bring "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk" and renamed to "gear manager 1.6 111801.zip"
opened and bring all file in the folder "preinstalledapk"
and run all one by one excepted for "samusic" and "saweather" because fail to installing(but is ok).
after all manual apk installed also installed "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk"
and opened gear manager and start the gear and pairing it. (2 or 3 time but making same test and check and at final running)
if you come from old pairing with other gear manager version example 1.5 or 1.4 etc... just from your sdcard delete the folder ".BManager_backup"
for fix the notification i also installed ATNmanager 1.2.2.apk on the phone, and in the gear i already sended the version of "ATNmanager 1.2.3.1_pre"(only the watch.apk file inside) and i receive all notify on gear by this apps and working fine.
remeber to go in setting->security->allow ATNmanager to read notification
up to now
work:
contact :good:
logs call :good:
gallery :good:
camera(make and send directly to the phone in gallery) :good:
call and receive it. :good:
voice record (record and send on phone, but play with file manager in "sdcard/Sounds/Galaxy_Gear/your recording file"
notification(ATNmanager APP) :good:
no work:
weather :crying:
s voice
For me is a good Result
Domenico.
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have two links atn? Thanks

AxelCM1 said:
have two links atn? Thanks
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Yes. Soon i upload it.

Notifications solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455

gear manager update v1.5.121601

just installed new update cannot see what changed.??
(...gear manager v1.5.121601 ) see attached

make available for download the apk
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Can I install this update . I am running Null16 and the last time I gave to reinstall evetything .
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BRRRZ said:
Can I install this update . I am running Null16 and the last time I gave to reinstall evetything .
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I updated while running Null_16 all apps and Null working fine no loss of anything (Rooted stock Note 3)

I got the update through Samsung app store this morning. Don't see any difference. However, I did notice that two version previous fixed S-voice on the Note 2. The last update made s-voice worse and now with this most recent one, S-voice is again improved. Maybe its a bug fix? idk.

I've updated but... am i wrong or in "old" versions of Gear Manager we had Gmail notifications as primary and not under other notifications? I'm not sure...

rafalfalfa said:
make available for download the apk
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Yes, please. The APK would be very helpful.

willcor said:
just installed new update cannot see what changed.??
(...gear manager v1.5.121601 ) see attached
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Only an additional app in the utility called Sogou Voice Assistant, which is only usable if you are chinese ... However, that does mean it would be possible to perhaps integrate other voice assistants including Google Now at some point.
Other than that it might be more of a bug fix. I wish we could get a changelog though.

What I observed in the last update is the gmail notification rollup all pending mails when a new one arrive instead of showing last one only.

Took the update and now my gear running null 15 will not connect to my Note 3.
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It's been on this screen for 20 minutes now
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the death of me said:
It's been on this screen for 20 minutes now
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mate I had this with the last update... make sure you have a nandroid backup if on null_rom, if on stock it should restore...
I had to wipe cache and Data on Settings, Gear Manager to get to reconnect
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kashortiexda said:
mate I had this with the last update... make sure you have a nandroid backup if on null_rom, if on stock it should restore...
I had to wipe cache and Data on Settings, Gear Manager to get to reconnect
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Looks like it is deleting all my apps right now... this sucks
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the death of me said:
Looks like it is deleting all my apps right now... this sucks
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just restore your backed up data from recovery once reconnected (I hope you have a nandroid?)
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Nope... should have known. Guess I'll flash 16 now and start over. Oh well
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GMail Notifications
After the update I am able to receive notification for only one gmail account. I have multiple gmail accounts setup and was able to receive notifications for all the accounts before the update. Is there any solution to this?

getting a notice/error
I just put nullgear_16 on the gear this morning, i had a hard time getting gear manager installed. I ended up using the earliest version i could find 1.2.131013. the watch paired and everything was good. then i installed 1.5120903 over top of it. I got the message that it needed to update with samsung apps. which i didn't have installed. so i found an old apk, installed it, updated it to the newest version. installed Gear Manager 1.5.121601 and now I get a notice that says:
Unable to connect to the Gear.
Connecting to the Gear is not supported by your mobile device, or your software needs to be updated.
Check that your mobile device is able to connect to the Gear, then update your mobile device software.
I'm on 4.3 eclipse, I don't know what it could be complaining about.
Updated to an MK2 rom (Eclipse) Works perfectly except for weather settings aren't available on the watch or Gear Manager.

Yeah this gear manager update is also broken. I was missing notifications from gmail again. It was nice for a bit and then stopped. I liked that I separated the subject line but would not notify on the 2nd email if I didn't clear the notification on my phone like atn did.
I really wish they would fix this foreclosed app issue when connecting to wifi on the note 3

The annoying change on this update is that once I get one email through Gmail, it sometimes will renotify me as soon as a new email comes in. So I could have it go off 5+ times from prior email notifications. Hopefully it's a bug.
Update also made me do a restore of my Gear and I'm running stock. It's a mess.
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I wish there was a way to undo the update and go back to the previous gear manager version. Does anyone know how I can get back the USA gear manager version right before this new update this evening. I want the one that came out by samsung two weeks ago.
Also, my speakerphone is horrible with this update. Is anyone else experiencing the same problem
Like someone said this is a total mess!!!

Notification Favorite Is Gone?

i am getting notifications on my Gear and can tap them when they popup to see the message or whatever. all i have changed is i switched to Watch Styler and now i no longer have the "Notifications" favorite?
when i had it until just a few minutes ago i could tap it and see Gmail, FB, G+ etc... and view previous alerts.
i looked in Gear Manager and it is not listed anywhere to add it to favorites or anything and its just there.
any thoughts as to something i may have done and how to get it back?
thanks

Which firmware? Others had noticed this too

Brendo said:
Which firmware? Others had noticed this too
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NULL_18 with Aroma mainly stock setup with no Nova on 1.6 Gear Manager.
maybe i have to wipe and re-install?
weird it was there all day.

tried wiping cache and dalvik and no luck

reset without restore was only solution and now its back.

Anyone else resolve this? I prefer not to restart
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Sepharite said:
Anyone else resolve this? I prefer not to restart
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Reset without restoring does the job.
Had the same issue.

Sadly had to reset. So anytime I change the icons in the settings will delete Notifications? I can't even access Notifications in the Gear Manager My Apps. Quite sad.

Sepharite said:
Sadly had to reset. So anytime I change the icons in the settings will delete Notifications? I can't even access Notifications in the Gear Manager My Apps. Quite sad.
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You should not have any problems with notifications tab now. I haven't since I reset.

Sepharite said:
Sadly had to reset. So anytime I change the icons in the settings will delete Notifications? I can't even access Notifications in the Gear Manager My Apps. Quite sad.
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I don't think it ever existed in gear manager?
Just one of those things that requires a reset to appear (usually because of permissions). Not uncommon for android

I had the same problem running Null 18 and GM 1.6. Resetting was the only way to fix. EVERYTIME you try to modify your favorites apps on GM Notifications icon will disappear again and again the only fix is resetting your Gear. I did it three times just to be sure
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Notifications are missing. Galaxy Gear with Nexus 5

Ok, So I have have a Galaxy Gear and Nexus 5, I can answer phone calls, change my clock, etc. I have enabled Gmail, Facebook notifications on in both ATN Notifications and Gear Manager 1.6.132701 but nothing is coming through. Any suggestions.
Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455

Brendo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455
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Those are the exact steps I did but I still can't get notifications to work.

I'm in the same boat. Followed the directions 100% and all I can do is call.
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Could be that Samsung patched the vulnerability
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crazyjimbo said:
I'm in the same boat. Followed the directions 100% and all I can do is call.
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I've spent hours and hours trying to get things right on the n5 and gear. No such luck. Was able to connect and receive calls and transfer images sometimes. Notifications never worked unless using a third party app like tablet notifier. With tablet notifier using null ROM, I didn't need to use any gear manager to get that to work. The answering calls and transferring photos won't work. Just notifications do.
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My gear works perfectly with Nexus 5. I followed the instructions here (http://pocketnow.com/2014/02/07/galaxy-gear-with-the-nexus-5) and it works. make sure you dont miss step 12 (and follow all steps in order). also use the ATN Manager from post #13 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455&page=2

Have you set the security setting allowing ATN manager to receive notifications?

I had to use the .111801 version to get calling, contacts and photo transfer to work. Also i got Atn manager 1.2.2 to work, not 1.2.3
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WORKING!
For those that are using other device and not Samsung Devices....
OK I was able to get this working and I will try my best to explain it for everyone so you can understand:
Uninstall any versions of ATNManger you already have installed
Install ATN Manager 1.2.2 on your "Phone" (In my case, Nexus 5), apk HERE
Install the "Watch.apk" inside ATN Manager 1.2.3.1_pre.apk on your "Galaxy Gear", apk HERE
Go to settings on your "Phone" and find security, inside there find "Notification Access" make sure ATN Manager is checked
Open ATN Manager on you "Phone" and check all apps that you want to get notifications from (example: Gmail, Hangouts, Google+, Facebook)
You should now get notifications on all of your apps that you checked, my wife even gets them for all her games.
Too bad it only lets you know you got a message and then you have to go to phone to see it, but you still get the notification if say your phone is on silent. Would be great if we could make this work from Nexus 5 through GearManager as it is better but no luck there for me.
Also while I am at it, here is how to get the WatchStyler app working so you can change your watch faces:
Open GearManager on your "Phone"
Connect to your Galaxy Gear
Click on Clocks to see the list of clocks
With Clocks open hit your home button to minimize Gear Manager
Install latest WatchStyler app (1.1.00) from HERE
Open WatchStyler app
Now open GearManager (that is still running) and you will then see the WatchStyler option, choose it
Make a new watch face in WatchStyler and then open GearManager
Choose the Gear next to WatchStyler and choose the watch face you just made and choose apply
You should now see your new watch face on your Galaxy Gear
Hope this helps everyone.