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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?

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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.
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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

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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:

FB Quickview updated

I just noticed the FB Quickview app has been updated.
It now has a blue and white icon instead of the previous black and white one.
I still have the same problem as before. The first time you run it, it loads current notifications and messages.
But, then the notifications and messages never update on the watch.
You can have new FB notifications and message on your phone / FB account, but the watch never retrieves them or updates them on the watch app.
The notifications I can see are good. You can see pictures and you can even like posts.
But, I can only see the list that was there a few hours ago when I installed the app. Nothing since then.
Anyone get the app to work properly?

Works fine for me. The old version never displayed anything. The new version does (although seems a little slow at times). Wish it displayed more info though. It's useless showing exactly what Facebook notification show me anyway (which is limited in the same way)

Just updated I havent noticed anything new

Mine never shows anything at all. Nothing under notifications, friend requests, or messages.
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New version works great for me. Old version never did anything but really please with this update.

Just freezes for me
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Where can you download facebook quick view from?

theonlymac001 said:
Where can you download facebook quick view from?
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From Samsung app store or check the threads here for apps (I have latest in my mediafire folder linked in one of the threads)

Brendo said:
From Samsung app store or check the threads here for apps (I have latest in my mediafire folder linked in one of the threads)
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And what's your mediafire link because i can't find it in my local samsung apps store.

theonlymac001 said:
And what's your mediafire link because i can't find it in my local samsung apps store.
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Check the All Gear Applications thread
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Check the All Gear Applications thread
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I downloade it, installed it on the gear but i can't find it in the menu nor in the application manager tab of astro file manager.
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theonlymac001 said:
I downloade it, installed it on the gear but i can't find it in the menu nor in the application manager tab of astro file manager.
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You need to install on your phone. It then installs the gear app as well
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THANK YOU!!!! Works great!

Don't like the way this app needs to use accessability in order to push notifications. Turning this on usually screws other features up such as air view and causes stupid announcements like scan finished when turning wifi on.
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Oh my gosh, me either!!
ardsar said:
Don't like the way this app needs to use accessability in order to push notifications. Turning this on usually screws other features up such as air view and causes stupid announcements like scan finished when turning wifi on.
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AND...when you enable FBQuickview Accessibility the stock browser gives you an annoying play by play of everything it's doing..."page loading"..."page loaded". I'm pretty sure that to receive notifications you have to enable this. So after finding this out I decided that having the freedom to use the stock browser (because sometimes it's the one that I wish to use) without the play by play was more important to me than having this crappy app so I uninstalled it. Well, almost...now I have FBQuickview category stuck in my notification archives because it had received them. Because I uninstalled the app the actual notifications are gone, but the category is still there. I am currently trying different ways to get that to go away but I may just have to reset the Gear and re-set it all up again. Sure, it's not THAT big of a deal to have this legacy category there, but it just bugs me. And I'll never get the 45 minutes of my life back discovering that FBQuickview Accessibility was the culprit of the sudden an mysterious verbal browser feedback.
If I am wrong about needing to enable FBQ Accessibility and or if anyone knows what I can do to make that damn FBQ notification category go away...please let me know.

Isn't this app a bit redundant now that GM pushes all notifications to the watch?

Redundant
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Isn't this app a bit redundant now that GM pushes all notifications to the watch?
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Yeah, I think so...but I thought that it gave more info than the stock notification. Maybe I'm wrong. I was just so desperate to find any app that is worthwhile for the Gear. Pretty slim pickins so far. I'm really anxious for more development.

App has been updated. It now uses notification access rather than accessibility
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I just installed it again.
It still has the same problem where it loads all notifications the first time you run it, but after that the notifications and messages never get updated on the Gear.
In the phone, the app seems in gear manager still say that the security settings needs to be ticked.
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Hello! new here..
This app has worked pretty well so far, but today i rooted my Galaxy Gear and installed Nova Launcher.. now this app no longer pushes new notifications to the gear.. i have no idea what has happened, i uninstalled and re-installed the app, but at best all i can have it do is that initial load up of the latest notifications, messages or friend requests... but it does not push anything new. that happens. basically get the same as richlum above here by the sound of it.. i first thought it may be some issue with Nova Launcher, but i get the same with the stock launcher as well..

No more sms notifications

Hello, as of this morning i no longer get sms notifications on my gear...all other notifications as email,incoming call, missed calls,etc still work...i already reset the gear and removed and reinstalled the manager software...still no luck...anybody any ideas?

I was fine until I updated the gear manager. When I had the same problem as you. I used Titanium Backup to restore the previous version, no luck

jesax said:
Hello, as of this morning i no longer get sms notifications on my gear...all other notifications as email,incoming call, missed calls,etc still work...i already reset the gear and removed and reinstalled the manager software...still no luck...anybody any ideas?
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any updates installed?
Try lockin your phone (no delay), that did it for me, Too bad cause i don't like lockscreens

Hmmm ...
Same thing happened to me! I've been trying to figure out what's going on all day!
I don't recall having received any updates for the Gear or Gear Manager ...

make sure your screen is off

Screen off and device auto locked doesn't help.
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I find a quick disconnect and reconnect fixes this....(in Gear Manager). Shouldn't have to do it though...I agree.

Is it possible because of the hangout update? Coz the
Latest update makes hangout do the sms...
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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!!!

S-Health Lite (APK)

Hi,
Just found a new app called "Fitness With Gear" on Samsung Store and it states in the package name as "S-Health Lite". It can help to sync perfectly all fitness info from Gear 2 or Fit to your device.
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This app might also work with non-Galaxy phones too. You can try out to see if it works. (Then there's no more the need of waiting for a properly ported of S-Health for non-Galaxy phones)
Download:
S-Health Lite: http://www.mediafire.com/download/hbycvq5br1qbbly/com.sec.android.app.shealthlite-1.apk

khoaitaychienvn said:
Hi,
Just found a new app called "Fitness With Gear" on Samsung Store and it states in the package name as "S-Health Lite". It can help to sync perfectly all fitness info from Gear 2 or Fit to your device.
This app might also work with non-Galaxy phones too. You can try out to see if it works. (Then there's no more the need of waiting for a properly ported of S-Health for non-Galaxy phones)
Download:
S-Health Lite: http://www.mediafire.com/download/hbycvq5br1qbbly/com.sec.android.app.shealthlite-1.apk
S-Health Service: (Optional) http://www.mediafire.com/?wr3t5fm5uwj8hr4
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Is this some sort of scam. I see no mention of this app on Samsung store. Do you have a link of the actual app in the store?
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Hey.
Have you gotten this to work on a note 3 + fit? I can't seem to login to my samsung account nor can i sync my info from my gear fit?

PhilPan said:
Is this some sort of scam. I see no mention of this app on Samsung store. Do you have a link of the actual app in the store?
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Nah, I don't have that much free time.
Jimmy2k3 said:
Hey.
Have you gotten this to work on a note 3 + fit? I can't seem to login to my samsung account nor can i sync my info from my gear fit?
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I got it working on my Galaxy S4. So it should work on your Note 3.

Nah it doesnt work. Every time i open it it asks me to login to my samsung account. When i press on sign in, it won't do anything.-
Edit: I got it to work after uninstalling health service. But then again without that S health wont work XD
But the fitness app seemed to work only once after in uninstalled health service. I checked my pulse on my fit and it didnt update on the fitness app :/

Jimmy2k3 said:
Nah it doesnt work. Every time i open it it asks me to login to my samsung account. When i press on sign in, it won't do anything.-
Edit: I got it to work after uninstalling health service. But then again without that S health wont work XD
But the fitness app seemed to work only once after in uninstalled health service. I checked my pulse on my fit and it didnt update on the fitness app :/
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You have to Sync it once you've done anything then it will show. In Fitness for Gear, Top Right Menu, Settings, Samsung Account, Top Right Menu, Sync

fitness with gear not linking with samsung account
admisi said:
You have to Sync it once you've done anything then it will show. In Fitness for Gear, Top Right Menu, Settings, Samsung Account, Top Right Menu, Sync
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fitness with gear not linking with samsung account
i'm having the same problem as the user above, it shows my account with the "Link" button on the bottom but when you click it, nothing happens, well, actually, it goes to privacy policy but there is no accept button or anything, just back, no top right menu.
if anyone else finds a fix for this, please post here

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You have to Sync it once you've done anything then it will show. In Fitness for Gear, Top Right Menu, Settings, Samsung Account, Top Right Menu, Sync
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Hey man are you even reading what I am saying? I cannot log into my samsung account from fitness for gear app. WIth the latest S health update i cannot even log into it there either. Because the damn Healthservice crashes. I have searched and checked out the s5 apps thread for note 3. So far no fix yet. That is why I am asking you how you got it to work. I am running stock rom with basically everything installed. And cannot for my life get this to work. Which Rom are you running? are you on kitkat?

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Hey man are you even reading what I am saying? I cannot log into my samsung account from fitness for gear app. WIth the latest S health update i cannot even log into it there either. Because the damn Healthservice crashes. I have searched and checked out the s5 apps thread for note 3. So far no fix yet. That is why I am asking you how you got it to work. I am running stock rom with basically everything installed. And cannot for my life get this to work. Which Rom are you running? are you on kitkat?
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Maybe S-Health is interfering with Fitness For Gear. I uninstalled S-Health and the Health Service and just use Fitness for Gear.
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admisi said:
Maybe S-Health is interfering with Fitness For Gear. I uninstalled S-Health and the Health Service and just use Fitness for Gear.
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Ya it worked after uninstalling s health and healthservice I can get the info from my fit now, but I am still not able to log into my samsung account. Even on samsung apps everytime i sign in, it seems to auto sign out after i close the app. Do you have that problem?

Jimmy2k3 said:
Ya it worked after uninstalling s health and healthservice I can get the info from my fit now, but I am still not able to log into my samsung account. Even on samsung apps everytime i sign in, it seems to auto sign out after i close the app. Do you have that problem?
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Nope. Signs in first time and then never need to again.
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Hi, Thanks for sharing, unfortunately this does not work on my sony z1.
The apk launch well but does not sync with my gear neo, no numbers showing . When clicking on connect to samsung account nothing happens.
I guess we non samsung users will have to wait a little more...
Edit: someone with a g2n fw higher than R381XXU0ANCD should test, as mine does not have sleep tracker which could explain I was not able to sync

gled said:
Hi, Thanks for sharing, unfortunately this does not work on my sony z1.
The apk launch well but does not sync with my gear neo, no numbers showing . When clicking on connect to samsung account nothing happens.
I guess we non samsung users will have to wait a little more...
Edit: someone with a g2n fw higher than R381XXU0ANCD should test, as mine does not have sleep tracker which could explain I was not able to sync
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Did you try with the new Gear Manager 2.0? http://www.mediafire.com/download/a4rr3878676hrt6/com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager-1.apk

khoaitaychienvn said:
Did you try with the new Gear Manager 2.0? http://www.mediafire.com/download/a4rr3878676hrt6/com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager-1.apk
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I'm using the one you posted There http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713446 (no samsung phone).
I'll try with the other manager,after. Work, but S5 one was not working when I tried, only yours allowed me to use my g2n
Did the test and new manager fails to connect to the watch. I had to downgrade...

admisi said:
Nope. Signs in first time and then never need to again.
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Hey. I found out my problem. its the rom i am using. Appareantly if i dont choose Samsung apps etc on aroma installer it breaks the samsung login. I found that out after 3 factory resets lol. After that i did not install the new S health. Instead the one that comes with the phone and fitness with gear. I can sign in and out no problems now. And sync my info. And yes new shealth and healthservices also breaks fitness with gear app.

Jimmy2k3 said:
Hey. I found out my problem. its the rom i am using. Appareantly if i dont choose Samsung apps etc on aroma installer it breaks the samsung login. I found that out after 3 factory resets lol. After that i did not install the new S health. Instead the one that comes with the phone and fitness with gear. I can sign in and out no problems now. And sync my info. And yes new shealth and healthservices also breaks fitness with gear app.
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Congrats on sorting it out!

So we must make a choice between all the functionalities of S Health or the ability to sync Gear with our phone ?
Why ?? ?
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I tried this and it worked:
Go to setting > app manager and delete goprovider. Wait for a couple of minutes and allow gear manager to reinstall the apk. Sync your G2 to your mobile phone. Good luck!
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