Hi, I got the new Galaxy Gear for my brother. He has a SGS III with the latest official update (4.3) and the Gear App is on the phone, the gear is paired and it (almost) works.
That means - he can do calls (call/receive), he has weather there and stuff like that, you can configure the Gear from the phone, no problems. The Gear is, as far as I know, updated to the latest firmware version as well.
The problem is, no matter what we try, the Gear doesn't display any notifications from the phone. They are properly configured in the Gear App (even tried turning it off and on again). I also found a mention about the screen of the phone, that when off, the phone has to be locked at least with a swipe. I even configured a gesture for unlocking, just to be sure I understood the instruction correctly or in case the instruction meant that and said something else. I guess there was something else mentioned as well somewhere, I don't exactly remember what it was.
Anyway, all the instructions I've found looked mostly like applying black magic...
Of course, the next step could be factory reset of both the phone and the gear (well, the gear first, but I'd like to do FR of the phone as the last option as it is a pain in the ass in case you don't have the device rooted and backed-up completely).
So, here are my remarks/questions
I googled quite a lot about this issue (which is hard because Google returns a lot of irrelevant crap). Is there something obvious I could have missed?
Has anyone had encounter a similar issue? And resolved it?
elxel said:
Hi, I got the new Galaxy Gear for my brother. He has a SGS III with the latest official update (4.3) and the Gear App is on the phone, the gear is paired and it (almost) works.
That means - he can do calls (call/receive), he has weather there and stuff like that, you can configure the Gear from the phone, no problems. The Gear is, as far as I know, updated to the latest firmware version as well.
The problem is, no matter what we try, the Gear doesn't display any notifications from the phone. They are properly configured in the Gear App (even tried turning it off and on again). I also found a mention about the screen of the phone, that when off, the phone has to be locked at least with a swipe. I even configured a gesture for unlocking, just to be sure I understood the instruction correctly or in case the instruction meant that and said something else. I guess there was something else mentioned as well somewhere, I don't exactly remember what it was.
Anyway, all the instructions I've found looked mostly like applying black magic...
Of course, the next step could be factory reset of both the phone and the gear (well, the gear first, but I'd like to do FR of the phone as the last option as it is a pain in the ass in case you don't have the device rooted and backed-up completely).
So, here are my remarks/questions
I googled quite a lot about this issue (which is hard because Google returns a lot of irrelevant crap). Is there something obvious I could have missed?
Has anyone had encounter a similar issue? And resolved it?
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hi,
first of all,
On watch do you have a section ...Notifications..? (if you swipe /scroll on your watch, from watchface ) ?
and what version of Gear manager ,(do yo have on phone ?)
and what version software do you have on watch ?
(eg ..i am currently on/using GM 1.5........( on phone ) ,and the software version of watch. V700XXUBML1 ( leaked software ROM......not rooted and have a Note 3 phone )
(No problems at all !! battery is excellent and i receive all my notifications .)
I know that in general GM (Gear manager) Version 1.6.....
( it is also some leaked Gear manager software, that is supposed to be used, if your phone software, is ugraded to Kitkat ) )
I noticed and also read on this forum , the notifications sections is missing completely ( in most cases )
This was also my experienced when I was using GM 1.6...!
otherwise ..suggestion ..
uninstall GManager( make a backup of apk before from /in your phones file explorer ..
i use es file xplorer to ussually do this ,saving me from re downloading apk again ?
or just download apk again and do another clean install from Samsung app stores )
when installing GM, don't restore setting/backups etc .. do clean install from scratch !
good luck
post note ,
your watch does not have to be set/ locked at all ,as long you have received notification on the phone and not read it !
eg..your phone is in sleep mode ,and your watch also ...connected bluetooth
it will then wake up watch and you will see the notification displaying on watch and after a few seconds it will disappear and to view again scroll on watch to notifications on watch and read from there if you want to. !
Make sure you have set up the notifications you want in Gear Manager.
Also your phone screen needs to be off, ie Lock Screen or Sleep
So I got a gear manager update today and it seemed to be a substantial one. So I decided to wipe my dumb TW rom off and go back to an AOSP rom and maybe gear manager would work then. Well I got farther than I did before but it kept popping up hostmanager forced close error. Seems like that is the one thing now keeping me from going back to my beloved AOSP roms. Any help to figure this out would be amazing.
neonymbus said:
So I got a gear manager update today and it seemed to be a substantial one. So I decided to wipe my dumb TW rom off and go back to an AOSP rom and maybe gear manager would work then. Well I got farther than I did before but it kept popping up hostmanager forced close error. Seems like that is the one thing now keeping me from going back to my beloved AOSP roms. Any help to figure this out would be amazing.
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Yeah on my Hyperdriven 18.1 S4 I was running the new update for the gear manager and kept getting "SAprovider has stopped" over and over and I just went into the application manager on my phone and removed the application for it. Currently idk what the issues will be with me doing this but I'm currently about to reboot my gear 2 neo back into stock.
im looking for the APK to the previous version as when i try and open gear manager now on my Stock S5 it comes up Gear Plugin has stopped and i cant open the app.... any help please? thanks
I'm very hopeful that a resolution could be found, AOSP roms are my roms of choice for any device....but I do like using my Gear 2 Neo
Yeah I can't stand being on touchwhiz, I really hope someone can figure this out, but the support doesn't seem to be to good for this device.
Sent from my WO3 SlimKat powered Note II
Yeah this suck latest gear update keeps crashing. Uninstalled and re-installed - factory reset watch!
Still doesnt resolve. Now I have a non linked no so smart watch.
Anyone got the old apk to put back on?
1-2-Hak said:
Yeah this suck latest gear update keeps crashing. Uninstalled and re-installed - factory reset watch!
Still doesnt resolve. Now I have a non linked no so smart watch.
Anyone got the old apk to put back on?
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me too
http://www.mediafire.com/?ex3ddaf7q4q9f1g
so... the Gear Manager updated last night and now I'm NOT getting any notification... I've reset the watch, and still nothing... any advice? (I'm on Note 3)
OK so after all day of tinkering I finally got my g2n fully functioning on the new update with my note 2. So the only rom I could get it fully functional on is mean bean, which for a tw rom it isn't that bad. Did a full wipe, installed, set up and, then installed galaxy apps, then installed gear manager. It came up saprovider force close, so I uninstalled just that, then rebooted, then opened up gear manager and proceeded to set up my watch the way I like it. Think I had to do it twice, but I just kept uninstalling that saprovider and eventually it just worked. Svoice, weather, everything
trainerKEN said:
so... the Gear Manager updated last night and now I'm NOT getting any notification... I've reset the watch, and still nothing... any advice? (I'm on Note 3)
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What about it isn't working? The gear manager app, the watch, notifications?
Sent from my WO3 SlimKat powered Note II
trainerKEN said:
so... the Gear Manager updated last night and now I'm NOT getting any notification... I've reset the watch, and still nothing... any advice? (I'm on Note 3)
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What about it isn't working? The gear manager app, the watch, notifications?
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What about it isn't working? The gear manager app, the watch, notifications?
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Seems like a lot of people are having problems... The phone side gets FC's (mine is SAProviders) and messages aren't going to the watch. I found a way around it by using Hangouts. But also after the new update the watch battery is shocking. I used to get 6-7 days, but since the update I barely manage the day with minimal use.
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OK guys, we have a guy who has helped me with the problems after the update... Shocking battery, FC's and no notifications.
Grab the last working version of GM you had before the update, uninstall all GM from your phone and install the last working version with NO internet connection.
Then use xprivacy (xposed module) and block all GM from using internet.
So far iI have got my gear 2 neo back to full working order and no constant update reminders on GM.
(Thanks to labellord for this from gear 2 forum)
So has anyone figured out a way to make it work with AOSP roms
kdogguk said:
Seems like a lot of people are having problems... The phone side gets FC's (mine is SAProviders) and messages aren't going to the watch. I found a way around it by using Hangouts. But also after the new update the watch battery is shocking. I used to get 6-7 days, but since the update I barely manage the day with minimal use.
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OK guys, we have a guy who has helped me with the problems after the update... Shocking battery, FC's and no notifications.
Grab the last working version of GM you had before the update, uninstall all GM from your phone and install the last working version with NO internet connection.
Then use xprivacy (xposed module) and block all GM from using internet.
So far iI have got my gear 2 neo back to full working order and no constant update reminders on GM.
(Thanks to labellord for this from gear 2 forum)
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I too am faced with the SAproviders errors and getting no notifications but gmail, i am currently downloading my stock rom and putting everything back to stock to see if its a Samsung "custom rom prevention" issue.
i have tried older versions of the gear manager software but it keeps telling me that it cant connect to the watch.
my watch doesnt even last a day now :-/
ill post what i find tonight.
Danh2009 said:
I too am faced with the SAproviders errors and getting no notifications but gmail, i am currently downloading my stock rom and putting everything back to stock to see if its a Samsung "custom rom prevention" issue.
i have tried older versions of the gear manager software but it keeps telling me that it cant connect to the watch.
my watch doesnt even last a day now :-/
ill post what i find tonight.
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Go to app manager and uninstall saproviders it will reinstall itself. Sometimes I have to do it twice maybe with a reboot here and there but it always comes out working.
Sent from my WO3 SlimKat powered Note II
neonymbus said:
Go to app manager and uninstall saproviders it will reinstall itself. Sometimes I have to do it twice maybe with a reboot here and there but it always comes out working.
Sent from my WO3 SlimKat powered Note II
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too late!
I have reverted back to stock on my devices, all is working ok.
I probably will put a custom rom back on over the weekend as I cant stand the slow-bloaty rom!
Ill look back at it then, this is the 3rd time this week I have wiped/flashed and re-set-up my device because of this issue!!
I uninstalled all software about gear, then reinstalled gear manage, it became Ok.
I'm getting notifications. Some work and some don't. Gmail and hangouts work, but pushover for one does not notify me, however if I look in notifications on the watch, it is there.
Update: I followed the instructions above (installed xprivacy, installed the older host manager in airplane mode, then restricted it inxprivacy). Everything is back to working like before.
Thanks Samsung.
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Anyone having an issue with not being able to install apps to your watch with this issue. My issue is the on going saprovider. The apps I'm having an issue with are Yotta watch, The Weather Channel, and Smart IR Remote. I have been able to install other watch faces and also multi watch to my gear 2 neo. I'm on the galaxy s4 with Hyper drive 18.1 and Gear 2 Neo stock.
Just recently, when I try to invoke S-Voice on my gear, it both gives me and reads me the message: "It looks like another application is using the mic. Please close it and try again".
Gear is running Tizen OS.
Phone is a GS4 running latest Hyperdrive Rom RLS19
Have not recalled adding any new apps that would effect this to my phone and certainly haven't added anything to the Gear.
Any ideas on how to troubleshoot? I assume this is related to the phone and something being open mic on it?
A side note: S-Voice via my phone works flawlessly and does not report this message.
Update: Ok, so I have determined that the 'sa-providers' fix eluded to on here for those of us afflicted with the massive force closes since Gear Manager updated last is the culprit. If I remove it with TIBU on phone and let Gear Manager re-install the latest version of it, I can get s-voice to function from Gear to phone again.
Major problem is, After about 30 seconds, sa-providers continuosly force closes every 2 seconds thus making the phone un-usable until you kill the BT connection to stop it. Tried clearing data for sa-providers, that fixes things for another 30 seconds to a minute and problem persists.
Any ideas folks?
Thanks
I am getting the same message when I try to use the s-voice on the watch to respond to a text. It has worked in the past.
I am not running any special rom nor have I rooted my phone or the gear
I have a Sprint Galaxy S5
Hey guys,
I just got the gear vr today, and I plugged in my rooted S6 Edge (On a custom rom), and upon plugging in the screen just shows my blank wallpaper along with no setup instructions at all. Is there an apk file I can download somewhere for the vr manager? I realize this is probably due to the custom rom I am on, however I would hate to have just bought a 100 dollar paper weight. Any help / suggestions are appreciated.
EDIT: Just realized the title was messed up, sorry about that.
Quick update, Ive borrowed a friends note 4 and copied all of the apps i think i would need (see screenshot). Unfortunately the screen now comes up black, with an x in the top corner. I now can hear the sound you are supposed to hear when you plug in the vr headset. I've tried installing the default apps in the oculus home setup with the headset disconnected, however they all fail installing after I get done downloading it.
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Quick update, Ive borrowed a friends note 4 and copied all of the apps i think i would need (see screenshot). Unfortunately the screen now comes up black, with an x in the top corner. I now can hear the sound you are supposed to hear when you plug in the vr headset. I've tried installing the default apps in the oculus home setup with the headset disconnected, however they all fail installing after I get done downloading it.
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It's probably your kernel. You need a kernel that is permissive, which stock kernel is not. I'm on FireKat (which uses stock kernel), and I have to flash AEL kernel when I want to use the VR.
Watch updated to the latest version (1.5.0.3269884) but since then I have to restart my phone to get notifications working. Once the phone has been restarted it works fine until I turn the watch off. Turn the watch back on again and I have to restart my phone to get the notifications going again.
I've reset and repaired the watch but no difference. Any suggestions?
Phone is HTC 10 running stock 1.95.401.3
I had the same issue and samsung stock sms app stopped issuing ANY notifications factory reset clearing android wear cache first still no luck. I thought it may have been some legacy from my Samsung Gear S2 3G and associated Gear Software so even factory reset my phone. The only way I can get SMS notifications was by installing Google Messenger on my phone and setting as default SMS app (funnily enough the Urbane 2nd Edition lists this as its default SMS app) since doing this I know get all my SMS notifications. Just as a side notr I also installed (on my phone) 'Feel The Wear' app, not sure if this helps push the notifications but at least you can set 2 or 3 strong vibrations so you don't miss them