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Gear 2?

Hi guys ive heard that gear 2 is coming in january!
Does anyone have any info or leaks about it?
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halaletarian said:
Hi guys ive heard that gear 2 is coming in january!
Does anyone have any info or leaks about it?
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It was released on the 25th of this month.

But like gear 2 was apparently started on I want to know if its true or not
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halaletarian said:
But like gear 2 was apparently started on I want to know if its true or not
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Do you really think Samsung would release the gear 2 3 months after releasing the original gear? I say AT LEAST 6 months before another one is released.
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Yes , apparently Samsung is working on another.
Either rumor can be true or false.
A. A cheaper version without the camera and maybe other sacrifices.
B. Another version with an updated UI possible flexible display.

Yeh they though it was flop
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The fact that they are working on a gear 2 means nothing in terms of launching date. It can be starting the design for all we know. No reason to believe on a jan launch. At least I don't think it's going to happen.
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I also heard they are planning to release one not too far off the original's launch. I don't remember where I saw that tho.

They always overlap development to allow regular releases. But the Gear is still their "first"
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Stupid rumors going around about S5, Note 4, Gear 2... they're not releasing new stuff just a few months later, not happening. The nearest blip on the radar is probably S5 with a Spring 2014 release.

There was a rumour a few weeks ago where a Samsung source said they were looking to move the Gear 2 release up to January in response to the negative feedback on the Gear.
Whether that's true or not remains to be seen.
I'm keen to get the Gear, but the recent issues with moisture in the camera lens is putting me off. I live in Thailand, so humidity is an issue, plus I'm frequently going from humid outside to cold air conditioned indoors.
Plus, I sweat a lot...
I think I'll wait to see whether the lens moisture is a problem in more humid climates and if it is, wait for Gear 2.
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Apps (or lack of)

Are any fellow Gear users slightly disappointed by the lack of new apps appearing in the official Samsung store? Like, I'd love a Spotify app that showed the name of the track/album art etc...
I know unless I can program (which I can't), it's not going to happen. It seems the update for dev's is really slow :/

I was just thinking that today. I am less impressived now that the excitement of a new device is over
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I just got the gear 2 days ago and I expected much more from sammy. Altho I should have learned my lesson getting the note 1 opening day and I was in this very same situation, awesome new device that might as be a paper weight. The few apps there are are littered with bad reviews or they are the pointless. Sucks
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samsung store has been empty since day one. i do not expect it to change anytime soon. there is still no official SDK available to developers. we can make apps for android that will work on gear by sideloading, but we can't use all of it's features..

An SDK will not come any time soon.... Only to selected partners Sammie choose...
It is Sad but it is how it is ...
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Jeshter2000 said:
An SDK will not come any time soon.... Only to selected partners Sammie choose...
It is Sad but it is how it is ...
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I love samsung products, although hate there attitude..
SDK is the last piece of the puzzle.

fOmey said:
I love samsung products, although hate there attitude..
SDK is the last piece of the puzzle.
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Considering how powerful the hardware is, Sammy should be really pushing this with an SDK. Unless they are planning to load the gear up with missile blasting codes, they should cut the secrecy and get everyone to start developing, or hang around while iWatch or Pebble 2 or Google Watch or whatever comes and takes away the advantage.

Who received the gear for Christmas

Who received the gear for Christmas. Please share. If you have any questions or just need help. Please post.
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I got my Gear just under 2 weeks ago, free gift with my new contract, so I guess that kind of counts

Just got my gear this morning from the mrs!! I was wondering if I want to root it, should I not update it? Or what should I do
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Jaybenosa said:
Just got my gear this morning from the mrs!! I was wondering if I want to root it, should I not update it? Or what should I do
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Root it. Then use null latest rom.
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freefalling0411 said:
Root it. Then use null latest rom.
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Will do!! Thanks for the quick reply!!!
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Got the gear yesterday, waiting for sdk! great potential for this watch once the sdk is up
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freefalling0411 said:
Who received the gear for Christmas. Please share. If you have any questions or just need help. Please post.
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I got one for Christmas and am kinda disappointed so far. Got it connected but the functionality sucks without all of Samsung's bloatware. Lack of weather no camera uploads no extra apps. Whatnot.
I'm not sure if I want to ROM the watch it give it the full android feel. Plus I love gear managers watch faces.
Is there way I can give the full functionality on 4.4? I'm even willing to download a little bit of bloat.
I just found a ROM that really works for me and it makes me sad to have to lose it.
Please help. I need some direction!

Got one from my wife for Christmas... Haven't really had any time to set it up... Any pointers? (I will read the forums a little later)

Got one from my father for Christmas. Really happy with it so far. Used the camera a lot
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Jokerslie said:
I got one for Christmas and am kinda disappointed so far. Got it connected but the functionality sucks without all of Samsung's bloatware. Lack of weather no camera uploads no extra apps. Whatnot.
I'm not sure if I want to ROM the watch it give it the full android feel. Plus I love gear managers watch faces.
Is there way I can give the full functionality on 4.4? I'm even willing to download a little bit of bloat.
I just found a ROM that really works for me and it makes me sad to have to lose it.
Please help. I need some direction!
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It's not the most advanced watch in the world. But works wonders.
jjenkins2005 said:
Got one from my wife for Christmas... Haven't really had any time to set it up... Any pointers? (I will read the forums a little later)
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Give it time. Once you float around the forum. There is many options for it.
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I'm loving mine, had it 4~5 days. I'm not sure I want to run null. #1, my eyes are too old to make it worthwhile, xda or g+ on that screen...really?
So while I'm not opposed to rooting and I'm amazed with what Fomey has done with null, can you give me a good reason for null? I'm looking for a good reason, lol.
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tkjeeper said:
I'm loving mine, had it 4~5 days. I'm not sure I want to run null. #1, my eyes are too old to make it worthwhile, xda or g+ on that screen...really?
So while I'm not opposed to rooting and I'm amazed with what Fomey has done with null, can you give me a good reason for null? I'm looking for a good reason, lol.
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How about this? I'm also too old to read "fine print" without glasses. But w/Null and Freefalling's theme we've achieved superior battery life and an awesome look!
I use TW instead of Nova but still have Nova installed.
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ebay still has that $200 deal for a refurb
without bluetooth tether (AT&T Note 3), is the null rom still useful?

Still syncs with the phone but no internet
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Still syncs with the phone but no internet
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Call me crazy, but I'm one of those guys who likes tw, I was a long time before flashing a rom to the n3. I rooted fast, but with wanam, I saw no need.
So since I'm able to receive and reply to email, texts, calls, I'm not sure what I'm missing, honestly, I'm looking for an excuse to flash it
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Got it for Xmas from My girlfriend..
Rooted and working with my SG4. Still working to make it stable to last longer. But i have internet and trying all options that i dont make it past thr regular 8-10 Hour... Tomorrow i gonna give it the basic setting to try and get the best juice out it.
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Gear for christmas
My wife gave me mine yesterday.
I am so happy )
Nice watch
rui

tkjeeper said:
Call me crazy, but I'm one of those guys who likes tw, I was a long time before flashing a rom to the n3. I rooted fast, but with wanam, I saw no need.
So since I'm able to receive and reply to email, texts, calls, I'm not sure what I'm missing, honestly, I'm looking for an excuse to flash it
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what do you like about touchwiz? everyone use their gear differently, but i really hated these black and white icons, and you couldn't change how many icons at the same time are displayed.. so if you want to go to voice memos for example, you had to swipe so many pages just to get to that app. i can't stand that. to this day, there is only one custom rom by fomey (bless you). i wouldn't even consider keeping the gear if not the custom ROM. samsung ****ed up big (not the first and not the last time).

As for the face and font colors, I'm sure Samsung will update it with more colors in customization in the future.
Adding more color plates....it is a piece of cake from the technical point of view! :silly:

I got mine a week early and have been loving it since I got it. I think more would get it, if it cost less. It is a very cool and useful watch.

Could this be ported to work on the gear?

Watch "Introducing Android Wear Developer Preview" on YouTube
Introducing Android Wear Developer Preview: http://youtu.be/0xQ3y902DEQ

I came to this form for the exact question. It does look like android wear is just Google now.

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I came to this form for the exact question. It does look like android wear is just Google now.
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As soon as I heard about it the first thing I did was to search if anyone had given it consideration.
I just ordered a Gear for the Modding ability (and one to sell) and this would be very cool.

Seeing as how they are aready planning on releasing the SDK to developers, I dont see why this wouldn't be possible. Google wants this on as many devices as they can get to expand the ecosystem of custom apps, to include thier own AWD Google Play.
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I would love to try this out. I love the gear with null but would be awesome
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This would be awesome

Alright, well first this is running Android 4.4.2 not 4.2.2 like the gear. If that issue was gone it would be possible.
I already have the "watchface" app running on a Nexus 5. http://i.imgur.com/waaU8Y1.png
Other than the API issue it seems like it would be fairly easy.

Would it be classed as aosp?

This I am interested in, is there enough source and resources to port Android Wear to the Galaxy Gear and bring it up to 4.4.2?

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Would it be classed as aosp?
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Hope so But doesn't that depend on whether they release a sort of Nexus watch too?
Btw Google announced that they are working with Samsung too. Makes you wonder why Samsung is also releasing a Tizen Watch...

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Btw Google announced that they are working with Samsung too. Makes you wonder why Samsung is also releasing a Tizen Watch...
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Perhaps in the same way as nexus was made by Samsung, but not officially a Samsung device?

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Perhaps in the same way as nexus was made by Samsung, but not officially a Samsung device?
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Well it are two different ecosystems in this case. If they knew about this new Android ecosystem they must have realized that they were going to compete with a pretty large ecosystem in the end. I truly doubt that Tizen is going to get much developers love now.

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Well it are two different ecosystems in this case. If they knew about this new Android ecosystem they must have realized that they were going to compete with a pretty large ecosystem in the end. I truly doubt that Tizen is going to get much developers love now.
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I kinda agree, Tizen was primarily developed as a contingency plan agaist Google.
As you make know, Google and Samsung had a big squabble that now seems to have smoothed out with them coming to agreements on market territory related to patented manufacturing technologies and licensings. This all came to head with Google agreeing to sell off Motorola and loosing a ton of money in the process.
I cant imagine a 100% Touchwiz smartphone running Tizen but that was the worst case scenario plan, if Google and Samsung temporarily parted ways. I think Samsung is just sticking a toe in the water with Tizen since they already spent the money developing it and if successful, can be rolled out on cheaper tablets and handsets likely destined for emerging markets.

I thought, maybe the Android Wear "os" isn't really a specialized firmware, but just a core android os + a "Google Now watch launcher".
Like the new launcher on Nexus Smartphones, that first was Google Experience Launcher on Nexus 5, then become Google Now Launcher for all Nexus.
Maybe we just need to retrieve the launcher apk and install it on Gear, and then run it as any other launcher, as we can still run "Touchwiz Home" with Null_Rom on Gear ?

Gonna see what this looks like on the gear.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/themes-apps/app-android-wear-launcher-ported-t2687092/post51213522

sdrewh said:
Gonna see what this looks like on the gear.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...id-wear-launcher-ported-t2687092/post51213522
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How is it?
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Kept getting errors. Give it a try see if it works
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Was just thinking about this today.. just like the htc hd2 the first gear I think has the potential to be more...
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Kept getting errors. Give it a try see if it works
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It's cause the gear is running API 17 (4.2.2) while this has a minimum API of 19 (4.4.2).
The app, for example, runs perfectly fine, even unedited, on a phone running 4.4.2 (nexus 5 for me).

fodawim said:
It's cause the gear is running API 17 (4.2.2) while this has a minimum API of 19 (4.4.2).
The app, for example, runs perfectly fine, even unedited, on a phone running 4.4.2 (nexus 5 for me).
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yeah I thought about that this Am.
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Ordered Gear 2 Neo from AT&T

Ordered the Gear 2 Neo from AT&T. I skipped the first generation. Eventually got a pebble and kind of liked it except for lack of color and the light plastic feel. Supposedly they will ship on the 8th.... hope so. I will give my initial unboxing impressions when I receive it. I will be curious what custom things can be done after a few devs get a look at it.
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I've had mine since Friday and had the pebble before that. Night and day difference between the pebble and this. Loving it (so far)
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Oh, just a quick note, it's officially called the Samsung Gear 2 Neo. Samsung dropped the Galaxy branding for this device.
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Thanks for the info. Can't wait to get my hands on it and I adjusted the thread title accordingly.
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Just bought mine also
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AT&T sent me my tracking info last night. My Gear 2 Neo will be here Wednesday. ....
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Can you receive pictures or email attachments
Can you receive pictures or email attachments?
ash99 said:
I've had mine since Friday and had the pebble before that. Night and day difference between the pebble and this. Loving it (so far)
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Oh, just a quick note, it's officially called the Samsung Gear 2 Neo. Samsung dropped the Galaxy branding for this device.
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No. For emails it only shows the first line or two of the message, and then you have the option of getting it to open the rest on your phone.
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Got my neo today. I have a mega and the latest gear manager wouldn't connect. Same problem note 3 is having. I goggles it and there is a fix until they update the manager. Downloaded s5 version on xda. It is working great now. Really like it.
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azpatterson3 said:
Got my neo today. I have a mega and the latest gear manager wouldn't connect. Same problem note 3 is having. I goggles it and there is a fix until they update the manager. Downloaded s5 version on xda. It is working great now. Really like it.
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Looking good. Where did you get that clock from? I'm sure it's not available or mine or even download able
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It was on the s5 gear manger I ended up using until the update the great manager for my phone.
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azpatterson3 said:
Got my neo today. I have a mega and the latest gear manager wouldn't connect. Same problem note 3 is having. I goggles it and there is a fix until they update the manager. Downloaded s5 version on xda. It is working great now. Really like it.
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I ordered the Gear 2 Neo in black as well - looks nice in that pic! Does the heart-rate sensor work decently? I kinda got it for the fitness aspects, even though I'm not sure how often I will use them or how useful they will be :silly:

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I ordered the Gear 2 Neo in black as well - looks nice in that pic! Does the heart-rate sensor work decently? I kinda got it for the fitness aspects, even though I'm not sure how often I will use them or how useful they will be :silly:
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I've tested it a couple of times seems spot on.
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How is the remotr
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I've tested it a couple of times seems spot on.
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Woot! That's awesome to hear. Thanks Mine will be here next week.

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How is the remotr
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Remote is good. As far as can tell all I can do is power, volume and change channels (up/down). Don't think I can bring up the directv Guide or dvr but still messing with it.
Update: Threw is a keypad when you swipe the remote so you can key in channel number.
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azpatterson3 said:
Got my neo today. I have a mega and the latest gear manager wouldn't connect. Same problem note 3 is having. I goggles it and there is a fix until they update the manager. Downloaded s5 version on xda. It is working great now. Really like it.
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Ahhhhhh!!! 2 days won't pass fast enough! I'm going to best buy to buy my neo Friday on my lunch break. I can't wait. Why can't stores sell it early like they did in the UK???? The suspense is killing me!!
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Joell27 said:
Can you receive pictures or email attachments?
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I have recieved a couple of pictures, via text that is, and they pull up on the Neo just fine.

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