Hey guys,
Just got a Gear and trying to get it working with my Nexus 5.
I have read through the guides and always get stuck with connecting Gear Manager;
Flashes installing 0/2
Connect Manually; if I am already connected via Bluetooth it disconnects and never finds the device
Connects, takes me to a restore option.
Selecting either Restore or Reset will fail and start the process over.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Soursamo said:
Hey guys,
Just got a Gear and trying to get it working with my Nexus 5.
I have read through the guides and always get stuck with connecting Gear Manager;
Flashes installing 0/2
Connect Manually; if I am already connected via Bluetooth it disconnects and never finds the device
Connects, takes me to a restore option.
Selecting either Restore or Reset will fail and start the process over.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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I had that previously too. Thats because you have previously made a backup using Galaxy Manager.
Delete the backup file on your phone and factory reset your gear, it should work
That did it!
Thanks for your help.
wanted to advise where the backup file is but I couldn't remember so perhaps you can post it here for others to reference
Root of your SDCARD, .bs_backup or something.
Right now trying to get the latest Gear Manager to work so I can use Watch Styler but the phone won't seem to sync.
Soursamo said:
Root of your SDCARD, .bs_backup or something.
Right now trying to get the latest Gear Manager to work so I can use Watch Styler but the phone won't seem to sync.
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I don't think any apps work if gear manager doesn't work. And gear manager doesn't work (fully) if not on a touchwiz rom
Gear Manager 1.6.111801 works fine on my Nexus 5 but I can't get Watch Styler to work.
Well, I actually got it updated to the latest Gear Manager release by just updating after the previous version worked.
Reinstalled Watch Styler and Force Stopped Gear Manager but still no luck; I cannot see Watch Styler Clock under Gear Manager > Clocks as an option
Soursamo said:
Well, I actually got it updated to the latest Gear Manager release by just updating after the previous version worked.
Reinstalled Watch Styler and Force Stopped Gear Manager but still no luck; I cannot see Watch Styler Clock under Gear Manager > Clocks as an option
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Yes, gear manager will work on any phone, it just won't work as a middle man if not a touchwiz rom
It's working fine for calls contacts and logs, using ATNotifications for everything else!
Soursamo said:
It's working fine for calls contacts and logs, using ATNotifications for everything else!
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Yeah, but they are just standard Bluetooth functions that don't require any 3rd party stuff
This is the issue we've always had since the start
Watch Styler works on my Gear Manager in NEXus 5
I CAN change watch faces from there
You need to instal Watch Styler if that helps?
I can do some s voice commands on my sony z ultra with GPE rom I can takes pictures by saying snap etc or start video recording answer calls and reject pretty cool hey I am using the latest everything.
sion hambout
gooiee said:
Watch Styler works on my Gear Manager in NEXus 5
I CAN change watch faces from there
You need to instal Watch Styler if that helps?
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How did you make it work?
Anyone have working links to gear manager stub apk? The one on media fire is dead.
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Dude how?
gooiee said:
Watch Styler works on my Gear Manager in NEXus 5
I CAN change watch faces from there
You need to instal Watch Styler if that helps?
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How did you make it work?
GabrielLouis said:
How did you make it work?
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You need to install watch styler on phone version 1.0.9 during installation keep paired the phone and gear manager status connected... After that you can change style clock, after installing it. Close all. Close hear manager and open again and going to the application menu and go back. Open clock and appear watch styler clock.
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Help For watch styler
gooiee said:
Watch Styler works on my Gear Manager in NEXus 5
I CAN change watch faces from there
You need to instal Watch Styler if that helps?
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Dear i have galaxy manager installed on my nexus 5 and also have watch styler installed. But when i try to change face using watch styler it take me to the galaxy manager but i can't see the watch styler in the galaxy manager. Please guide me how i can use it
hello guys
today i bought a galaxy gear. Previous i read that it is possible to connect the gear with my nexus 5. But i tried many gear managers but by version 1.2 ans 1.6 connections fails by higher versions the app crashes.
I hope you can help me. Please give me the link to the gear manager that you use maybe a an ibstruction too.
Thanks
Related
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:
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
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
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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.
ive updated my gear to tizen and I love it, watch styler works very well and the interface is clean
only 1 problem I think
I goto gear manager ,then Samsung apps,
completely nothing there, no apps at all
has this happened to anyone else
forshaw said:
ive updated my gear to tizen and I love it, watch styler works very well and the interface is clean
only 1 problem I think
I goto gear manager ,then Samsung apps,
completely nothing there, no apps at all
has this happened to anyone else
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How did you get watch styler to work after the upgrade? I also confronted Samsung about the lack of apps for Gear 1 owners now running Tizen (14 available for me), and they said that unfortunately only a few Gear 2 apps are currently compatible for Gear 1 owners- even though internal specs of the 2 watches are nearly identical (not to mention OS is the same).
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How did you get watch styler to work after the upgrade? I also confronted Samsung about the lack of apps for Gear 1 owners now running Tizen (14 available for me), and they said that unfortunately only a few Gear 2 apps are currently compatible for Gear 1 owners- even though internal specs of the 2 watches are nearly identical (not to mention OS is the same).
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goto gear manager
goto Samsung apps
click the 3 dots for the menu, then purchased
update watchstyler
that's how it works for me
im running Nordic NEE 2.2
my Samsung apps has not even got any catagrys for me
found the solution to my proble, I uninstalled gear manager
then installed the updated gear manager
bingo ive got apps now
but no watchstyler, and can not install watch styler
poo
Same thing for me. And using the 3 dot method to find watchstyler comes up with nothing.
lazer9 said:
Same thing for me. And using the 3 dot method to find watchstyler comes up with nothing.
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first time I installed tizen,it asked me to restore, I restored and everything worked good, ,just no apps in Samsung app store
watch styler worked and it was the last opion in clocks
it worked with all my rolex watches, analogs, I never tried digital ones before
then I found someone else had the no apps problem, I uninstalled gear manager, then installed the new version....then it told me it will restore my watch to factory settings, it did it,and then I lost everything
watchstyler everything
but now im thinking in the next few weeks there will be a watchstyler for tizen
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first time I installed tizen,it asked me to restore, I restored and everything worked good, ,just no apps in Samsung app store
watch styler worked and it was the last opion in clocks
it worked with all my rolex watches, analogs, I never tried digital ones before
then I found someone else had the no apps problem, I uninstalled gear manager, then installed the new version....then it told me it will restore my watch to factory settings, it did it,and then I lost everything
watchstyler everything
but now im thinking in the next few weeks there will be a watchstyler for tizen
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That makes sense since I was in the process of installing a fresh ROM on my S4 at the time also and started out completely new with BT pairing to the newly flashed Tizen Gear and let it download Gear Manager from there.
Oh well, goodbye Watchstyler for now. :crying:
I have a samsung gear 2 neo.I want to install apps in it,i have no samsung mobile compatible with my gear.But my gear is activated.Please tell me how to install apps in samsung gear 2 neo without a samsung mobile.A video will help me more easily.Thanks in advance.
im wondering the same im still searching
I think u can try samsungappsDOTcom
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Use your PC.... go to gearfaces.com.... the how to section ... there is a program called sdb.exe they use to load their watch faces (it works) I believe you can load apps the same way, but do some research first....
well I tried
Gage_Hero said:
Use your PC.... go to gearfaces.com.... the how to section ... there is a program called sdb.exe they use to load their watch faces (it works) I believe you can load apps the same way, but do some research first....
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I had a go at gearfaces , im using watch styler to apply the themes but they dont appear on my gear 2 neo just the blue image saying watch styler once I tap that option the face does not appear just a basic digital clock ie black background and white letters