Why update gear manager - Samsung Galaxy Gear

I was using the latest GM version until this morning when it told me to update.
I cancelled out of the update as I am running Null 22.1 (with a bunch of side-loaded apps) and everything has been working absolutely perfectly & I figure there is no reason to change anything.
Am I wrong to stay with this version or is there some cool new feature I'm missing out on ??

jmorton10 said:
I was using the latest GM version until this morning when it told me to update.
I cancelled out of the update as I am running Null 22.1 (with a bunch of side-loaded apps) and everything has been working absolutely perfectly & I figure there is no reason to change anything.
Am I wrong to stay with this version or is there some cool new feature I'm missing out on ??
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Absolutely do not update if everything is working for you the way it is. As far as I know some of the bugs has been fixed but zero new functionality.

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Google Maps 4.1

I just picked up 4.1 from the market on my G1. For some reason it kept force closing and saying I was 70000meters away from where I am. I even uninstalled it and rebooted. What I ended up doing was running RA recovery, entering the utility area and then using the experimental permissions fix.
Walla it runs smooth and seems to load up pretty fast. I'm on my phone and on the run. Just wanted to let others know that it does work despite all the rambling in the comments on the market.
It worked for me too, not much of an improvement if you ask me....
FC all the time and a lot slower than the old one (I'm using CM4.2.15.1)
It works great for me. I have no idea what everyone else is complaining about.
Agreed works well for me too i'm on CM 4.2.15.
It actually seems faster than before as far as scrolling around the map
Could someone post a link to the apk?
shamo42 said:
Could someone post a link to the apk?
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what he said...
shamo42 said:
Could someone post a link to the apk?
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no access to market. can somebody help us?
Pulled off my phone after updating: Maps 4.1
Does this one have international navigation enabled or is it just the plain version?
plain ver. no international nav.
Shame
Don't suppose you know where there's a tutorial on how to edit the maps to add these features in like Brut does?
(Still looking for one but no luck yet)
just wait for brut to release it.
Chahk said:
Pulled off my phone after updating: Maps 4.1
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Thanks. Works fine on Dwang 1.17.1
Did anyone else get another update today? The Market said there was an update available, even though I already had 4.1.0 and the new version was also identified as 4.1.0. Strange.
TeeJay3800 said:
Did anyone else get another update today? The Market said there was an update available, even though I already had 4.1.0 and the new version was also identified as 4.1.0. Strange.
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yes I got this too, it crashes my phone
Yup, tried it 3-4 times and it completely resets the phone.
Had this too. Logcat said that the package manager crashed with an uncaught exception and the phone will therefore reboot.
I solved the problem by uninstalling + re-installing Maps instead of updating directly.
how do you reinstall it?
uninstall. install.
where do you go to install it?
sorry i'm new to this phone

No notifications on Sprint S4 on 4.3 Please Help

I couldn't wait to get my hands on a 4.3 S4 rom so I could have fully functioning Galaxy Gear. I am currently running Sacs 4.3 v3. I am currently not receiving any notifications. I have read and searched many threads and forums. I have lock screen on so that is not an issue. I have all the notifications turned on under settings in Gear manager. I have factory reset my Gear multiple times. I have completely uninstalled gear manager and reinstalled. None of the changes have done anything for me and I am frankly getting irritated. On Sac v8 4.2 i was getting gmail and facebook alerts but even those are not functioning now. I was able to go into Samsung apps and download the latest version of Gear manager so at least the Samsung app store is recognizing 4.3. In short I'm not sure if there is something wrong with my Gear, the rom, or more than likely my self!!!!! The only thing I can think of is that one of the tweaks to the rom may have broken the passing of notifications to my Galaxy Gear. My next step Will be to install a stock rooted rom and see if that works, but haven't had the time and really really don't want to go with out Sacs Rom. Is there anything that needs to be left alone in a rom in-order to keep Gear function? Any help would be grateful.
Thanks.
I posted a message for sacs with this thread. Hopefully he will look into it.
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primo523 said:
I posted a message for sacs with this thread. Hopefully he will look into it.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks.....I have been in contact with Sacs, he doesn't have a Gear for testing (wish I could just buy him one LOL), and I know he is so busy hate to bother him. I was hoping some one else that has a Gear and does rom development might be able to shed some light as to what may need to be added removed or left alone in order to have Gear compatibility in a rom. Again Im not even sure it is the rom. I will try to install stock this afternoon and see if that fixes things for me. This way I will know if it is the rom or something else.
primo523 said:
I posted a message for sacs with this thread. Hopefully he will look into it.
Sent from my SPH-L720 using xda app-developers app
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Let me know if stock works. I too was waiting for 4.3. It was the only thing holding me back from buying it. I will wait to see.
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I'm running Sacs 4.3 v3 on Sprint GS4, notifications work fine on my Gear. Have you tried complete wipe and reflashing 4.3? Just about to load v3.1, I'll let you know how that goes.
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I'm running Sacs 4.3 v3 on Sprint GS4, notifications work fine on my Gear. Have you tried complete wipe and reflashing 4.3? Just about to load v3.1, I'll let you know how that goes.
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Please do.....I wonder if I have some app that is messing things up then?
Johnday29 said:
Please do.....I wonder if I have some app that is messing things up then?
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Okay I'm running Sac's 4.3 v3.1, with Gear Manager v1.4.102802 and Gear ROM ver. V700XXUAMII.
Tested these notifications and they work as expected:
-Incoming calls
-Missed call
-SMS
-Gmail
-Hangouts
Although I do disable these and use ATN Manager for the detailed Hangout and Gmail messages.
imdbui said:
Okay I'm running Sac's 4.3 v3.1, with Gear Manager v1.4.102802 and Gear ROM ver. V700XXUAMII.
Tested these notifications and they work as expected:
-Incoming calls
-Missed call
-SMS
-Gmail
-Hangouts
Although I do disable these and use ATN Manager for the detailed Hangout and Gmail messages.
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Great I will do a clean install and see what I can figure out......like I said I knew it was probably me. Does the weather work on yours?
Ok reinstalled sacs 4.3 v3 from scratch and installed samsung apps, then gear manager before restoring anything. Everything on the Gear works perfect.......so I deceided to test and see if it was the kernel. I installed KT's kernel and gear is still working. So in short I must be stupid because I am not sure what I did last time when I installed sacs 4.3. The only thing left to try is to reinstall my apps and see if that breaks the notifications. I will let you know how it goes.......Thanks for all your help.
Johnday29 said:
Ok reinstalled sacs 4.3 v3 from scratch and installed samsung apps, then gear manager before restoring anything. Everything on the Gear works perfect.......so I deceided to test and see if it was the kernel. I installed KT's kernel and gear is still working. So in short I must be stupid because I am not sure what I did last time when I installed sacs 4.3. The only thing left to try is to reinstall my apps and see if that breaks the notifications. I will let you know how it goes.......Thanks for all your help.
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Glad you got it figured out. When all else fails... just wipe and reinstall from scratch.

[q] miui 2.40 gt-5570i

Installed and working fine except Google+ app and some others that doesn't work during Google Service Framework incompatible. Will it be fixed soon? and what about a working rom over Android 2.3.7 for this device? i mean full working.
Alfred Doyle said:
Installed and working fine except Google+ app and some others that doesn't work during Google Service Framework incompatible. Will it be fixed soon? and what about a working rom over Android 2.3.7 for this device? i mean full working.
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Download the apk, install it. Avoid play store, it's going pointless crap errors. As for the second part. I heard that Broadcomm released some drivers, so there is a chance, but I might be wrong, or even if I'm not, it can take quite some time to start working with them.
ast00 said:
Download the apk, install it. Avoid play store, it's going pointless crap errors. As for the second part. I heard that Broadcomm released some drivers, so there is a chance, but I might be wrong, or even if I'm not, it can take quite some time to start working with them.
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Not working, tried whith single APK latest version and also with GB Google apps from goo.im

Neo and lollipop

Hello,
I updated my S5 to lollilop and now theres no gear manager available to download from the galaxy apps. this means the watch is pure uselles now.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks.
yea i get that too. didn't expect that to happen. anyone can post the latest gear manager apk?
how long does it take for samsung to release the apk for lollipop.? all we have now is dead watch
I managed to install the latest app on a 4.4.2 S5 and exported its apk. seems to work fine for me.
https://mega.co.nz/#!mlJXiCDb!Nswrq5NV0GEOJEW7e4mNcv1vjRMJwBNxBZshCnRmrQU
For reference, an older (but working perfectly, including with Watch Styler) is linked in this blog post:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/09...092299-do-you-still-have-problems-need-a-fix/
Gear manager is available from samsung apps
Yes, now it is available. Previously it could not be found when using stock tw lollipop.
What lollipop rom are you running? I was running fusion. But had to revert back to stock to keep my neo in use..
Lollipop is running art and gear manager isn't able to work with art just yet

[Q] [Q & A] Gear Manager and Nexus 5 Kitkat/lollipop

Hi there, i got it work with kitkat. I only install that one gearmanager1_2.apk file. Then it worked. I was very happy. Now i updated nexus 5 to lollipop and that gear manager isnt working anymore. It crashes. Have anyone else got same problem? How can we make it work?
Vihru said:
Hi there, i got it work with kitkat. I only install that one gearmanager1_2.apk file. Then it worked. I was very happy. Now i updated nexus 5 to lollipop and that gear manager isnt working anymore. It crashes. Have anyone else got same problem? How can we make it work?
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I have the same problem... I can only pair my gear s with my nexus for the phone and that s it.
Can someone give the entire tutorial to do it, I am quite lost with all the available version of the .apk, don't know wich one will works.
Vihru said:
Hi there, i got it work with kitkat. I only install that one gearmanager1_2.apk file. Then it worked. I was very happy. Now i updated nexus 5 to lollipop and that gear manager isnt working anymore. It crashes. Have anyone else got same problem? How can we make it work?
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anrois said:
I have the same problem... I can only pair my gear s with my nexus for the phone and that s it.
Can someone give the entire tutorial to do it, I am quite lost with all the available version of the .apk, don't know wich one will works.
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Best I have been able to figure out is gear manager isn't compatible with Lollipop as of yet.
Ducter said:
Best I have been able to figure out is gear manager isn't compatible with Lollipop as of yet.
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New 5.0.1 update did it change something?
I can't speak for the Gear S, but I have a Gear 1 and it works well with my S5 running on Lollipop.
So Gear Manager is actually LP compatible.
And if it works on an old smartwatch like the Gear 1, I assume it would work (or otherwise very soon) for a completely new smartwatch too.
speedme said:
I can't speak for the Gear S, but I have a Gear 1 and it works well with my S5 running on Lollipop.
So Gear Manager is actually LP compatible.
And if it works on an old smartwatch like the Gear 1, I assume it would work (or otherwise very soon) for a completely new smartwatch too.
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what is the version of Gear Manager you have installed in s5?
speedme said:
I can't speak for the Gear S, but I have a Gear 1 and it works well with my S5 running on Lollipop.
So Gear Manager is actually LP compatible.
And if it works on an old smartwatch like the Gear 1, I assume it would work (or otherwise very soon) for a completely new smartwatch too.
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Mind uploading your version of gear manager, or at least posting which version you are running?
Ducter said:
Mind uploading your version of gear manager, or at least posting which version you are running?
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I have version 1.7.112899 running on my S5 with Lollipop, which is (according to Galaxy Apps) the latest version.
Dated 10 december 2014
On my Gear 1 I have Null_23 rom running.
Not all notifications are showing with full preview (like Whatsapp or Gmail), but some apps show more info (like Facebook and LinkedIn)
speedme said:
I have version 1.7.112899 running on my S5 with Lollipop, which is (according to Galaxy Apps) the latest version.
Dated 10 december 2014
On my Gear 1 I have Null_23 rom running.
Not all notifications are showing with full preview (like Whatsapp or Gmail), but some apps show more info (like Facebook and LinkedIn)
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Mind uploading it? That version isn't listed on Brendos post, might be of help.
Thanks
Ducter said:
Mind uploading it? That version isn't listed on Brendos post, might be of help.
Thanks
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Here it is :
https://mega.co.nz/#!9AA3AJwI!vxBqFE5a2D4B5KvLUU7F4HlYXxQk9W4dp0Alq43WAMc
speedme said:
Here it is :
I have installed the gear manager regarding your link, it find my pari device but when I choose it I have the following message:
Download faile. try later
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anrois said:
speedme said:
Here it is :
I have installed the gear manager regarding your link, it find my pari device but when I choose it I have the following message:
Download faile. try later
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Gear Manager used to be a full package installer.
Since a few months, the initial package is way smaller.
When the installation starts, it downloads other apps and installs them.
Which packages exactly, I don't know.
So you need to have the full package of apps which are installed by Gear Manager.
I don't have those for you, I'm sorry.
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I'm using Galaxy S4 with GPE ROM lollipop 5.0 and I can't pair my galaxy gear 2 neo watch :/ I get message HostManager stopped working.....
speedme said:
I can't speak for the Gear S, but I have a Gear 1 and it works well with my S5 running on Lollipop.
So Gear Manager is actually LP compatible.
And if it works on an old smartwatch like the Gear 1, I assume it would work (or otherwise very soon) for a completely new smartwatch too.
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Do you mind sharing with us.. how you install this?
thanks
zelduy said:
Do you mind sharing with us.. how you install this?
thanks
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It's actually quite simple :
1, First I removed all apps that was Gear related.
2. Secondly I removed my Gear BT connection, both on phone and on the Gear.
3. Put the phone in Airplane mode or disable internet connection completely (both wifi and mobile data).
4. Then I installed an earlier version op Gear Manager (2.1.14071502) which was one of the last "full" installes before Samsung decided to remove the additional apps in the installer. Also in this version the full preview still worked.
5. Once installed, turn on BT and connect to the Gear. NOT ENABLE INTERNET YET !
6. When it has found the phone and Gear Manager is working, set up the notifications the way you want it. It won't tell you to update to newer version as it doesn't have any internet connection yet. Also make sure you disable automatic update in Gear Manager
7. When everything is set up completely, you can turn on internet connection(s)
8. When opening Gear Manager, it will most likely ask to update (as it now sees that an update is available). It's up to you if you want to update.
The older version has worked on my S5 for some time, but suddenly it stopped transferring the notifications to my Gear.
That's why I updated to latest version.
I hope this works on a Nexus 5, but it did work on my S5.
EDIT : screenshots of Gear Manager (latest) working on my S5 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57727795&postcount=8
speedme said:
It's actually quite simple :
1, First I removed all apps that was Gear related.
2. Secondly I removed my Gear BT connection, both on phone and on the Gear.
3. Put the phone in Airplane mode or disable internet connection completely (both wifi and mobile data).
4. Then I installed an earlier version op Gear Manager (2.1.14071502) which was one of the last "full" installes before Samsung decided to remove the additional apps in the installer. Also in this version the full preview still worked.
5. Once installed, turn on BT and connect to the Gear. NOT ENABLE INTERNET YET !
6. When it has found the phone and Gear Manager is working, set up the notifications the way you want it. It won't tell you to update to newer version as it doesn't have any internet connection yet. Also make sure you disable automatic update in Gear Manager
7. When everything is set up completely, you can turn on internet connection(s)
8. When opening Gear Manager, it will most likely ask to update (as it now sees that an update is available). It's up to you if you want to update.
The older version has worked on my S5 for some time, but suddenly it stopped transferring the notifications to my Gear.
That's why I updated to latest version.
I hope this works on a Nexus 5, but it did work on my S5.
EDIT : screenshots of Gear Manager (latest) working on my S5 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57727795&postcount=8
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Confirmed.
Thank you Sir
speedme said:
It's actually quite simple :
1, First I removed all apps that was Gear related.
2. Secondly I removed my Gear BT connection, both on phone and on the Gear.
3. Put the phone in Airplane mode or disable internet connection completely (both wifi and mobile data).
4. Then I installed an earlier version op Gear Manager (2.1.14071502) which was one of the last "full" installes before Samsung decided to remove the additional apps in the installer. Also in this version the full preview still worked.
5. Once installed, turn on BT and connect to the Gear. NOT ENABLE INTERNET YET !
6. When it has found the phone and Gear Manager is working, set up the notifications the way you want it. It won't tell you to update to newer version as it doesn't have any internet connection yet. Also make sure you disable automatic update in Gear Manager
7. When everything is set up completely, you can turn on internet connection(s)
8. When opening Gear Manager, it will most likely ask to update (as it now sees that an update is available). It's up to you if you want to update.
The older version has worked on my S5 for some time, but suddenly it stopped transferring the notifications to my Gear.
That's why I updated to latest version.
I hope this works on a Nexus 5, but it did work on my S5.
EDIT : screenshots of Gear Manager (latest) working on my S5 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57727795&postcount=8
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PLEASE give gear manager apk for instal manualy
speedme said:
It's actually quite simple :
1, First I removed all apps that was Gear related.
2. Secondly I removed my Gear BT connection, both on phone and on the Gear.
3. Put the phone in Airplane mode or disable internet connection completely (both wifi and mobile data).
4. Then I installed an earlier version op Gear Manager (2.1.14071502) which was one of the last "full" installes before Samsung decided to remove the additional apps in the installer. Also in this version the full preview still worked.
5. Once installed, turn on BT and connect to the Gear. NOT ENABLE INTERNET YET !
6. When it has found the phone and Gear Manager is working, set up the notifications the way you want it. It won't tell you to update to newer version as it doesn't have any internet connection yet. Also make sure you disable automatic update in Gear Manager
7. When everything is set up completely, you can turn on internet connection(s)
8. When opening Gear Manager, it will most likely ask to update (as it now sees that an update is available). It's up to you if you want to update.
The older version has worked on my S5 for some time, but suddenly it stopped transferring the notifications to my Gear.
That's why I updated to latest version.
I hope this works on a Nexus 5, but it did work on my S5.
EDIT : screenshots of Gear Manager (latest) working on my S5 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57727795&postcount=8
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It's not this simple.
You're running the latest S5 SAMSUNG 5.0, so you have lots of stuff in place that others don't. I tried your steps and it failed, it wouldn't even load Gear Manager for me.
For instance, I'm running a Note 4 (T-mobile US) on CM12... There's a big difference in Lollipop on your device and others'. I believe you have the only device that runs official Samsung Lollipop. I've tried loading Galaxy Apps, other touchwiz stuff, and installing Gear Manager many many different ways with no success.
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slom33k said:
I'm using Galaxy S4 with GPE ROM lollipop 5.0 and I can't pair my galaxy gear 2 neo watch :/ I get message HostManager stopped working.....
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This is pretty much as far as you can get without an official Samsung Lollipop
Ok
Here is the latest version of the GM 2.2.141128 and apk 's all of them, even Saproviders and samsung store pay apk. I used build.prop twicks for S5 and tizen gear1 on a 5.0 lollipop gpe rom.
Unfortunately although GM didn't crash, it got stuck on the hostmanager apk fc.(haven't tryied null rom that uses the older host providers).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrlb2o4n0g92y6g/gear.zip?dl=0
Hope it helps.
Pavlos
pavlos46 said:
Ok
Here is the latest version of the GM 2.2.141128 and apk 's all of them, even Saproviders and samsung store pay apk. I used build.prop twicks for S5 and tizen gear1 on a 5.0 lollipop gpe rom.
Unfortunately although GM didn't crash, it got stuck on the hostmanager apk fc.(haven't tryied null rom that uses the older host providers).
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrlb2o4n0g92y6g/gear.zip?dl=0
Hope it helps.
Pavlos
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I just wanna try your .zip but I have a question: should I install all apps or copy them to system folder?
Galaxy S IV @ GE 5.0

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