In the Gear Manager app on the phone, under Settings, second option from the bottom is "Unknown sources". Underneath it says, "Allows apps to be installed from sources other than Samsung apps." So, after I check that box, allowing non-Samsung apps to be installed, how do I put non-Samsung apps on the watch? It seems like I should be able to do it without rooting it.
download wondershare mobile go and side load any app you like on to watch without root, there's a thread on it somewhere
Press thx if i help you
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I downloaded it, but how do I search for an app by name? It has a link to the Google Play store, so I can browse through there, but just browsing through categories. WonderShare MobileGo for Android on my computer cuts off Google Play store below the search bar.
as title, I have just installed wondershare on my pc and sideloaded mx player, angry birds and a couple of other apk files. my watch and phone (s4) are both stock unrooted and running the latest gear manager and watch software.
now after about 5 minutes I get a notification on the gear that it has disconnected from the phone and the sideloaded apks have gone. they still show up on wondershare but have to be uninstalled and reinstalled to show on the gear.
The installed apps work fine after installing them, and I didnt I have this issue when I 1st played with it at Christmas on my wondershare trial , but the trail ran out and I updated things.
So is this a problem with the gear manager software? or the gear itself? or me?
Use an older version of gear manager
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delboydell said:
as title, I have just installed wondershare on my pc and sideloaded mx player, angry birds and a couple of other apk files. my watch and phone (s4) are both stock unrooted and running the latest gear manager and watch software.
now after about 5 minutes I get a notification on the gear that it has disconnected from the phone and the sideloaded apks have gone. they still show up on wondershare but have to be uninstalled and reinstalled to show on the gear.
The installed apps work fine after installing them, and I didnt I have this issue when I 1st played with it at Christmas on my wondershare trial , but the trail ran out and I updated things.
So is this a problem with the gear manager software? or the gear itself? or me?
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hi ,
first ,it is not a Wondershare "problem "but i think its just "Sammy" that not to happy to let us sideload on Gear ??
As this issue with apps, worked 100% on previous rom and Gear Manager software untill a" few " versions" back .
yes ,i have same problem ( using rom NA6 and Gear Manager v1.6.132701 )
but it does not worry me ,as i know apps are working ..etc
i use a workaround , Thus having benefits of latest software /ROM and gear manager (unless its really buggy )
if you want to ,all you have to do is reboot Gear and if you look in 'apps 'section on your Gear ,
all your sideloaded apps should show ( before they evenually disappear from "apps " section.)
i launch each app once and close it straight away .( the reason is that it is in memory of recent use app )
if i need to launch a sideloaded app i tap screen with 2 fingers on screen , and hold to bring up all recent used apps and select relevant app ?
(No need to reinstall etc .)
also yes,
you should get it right, with previous version of Gear manager
but you would have to go back 2 ..3 versions mabe to vers .1.5......?
(but you are going to lose other" improved benefits eg. like better bluetooth stability between phone and Gear ? etc.
just an alternative suggestion if you interested
Previous posters solution works however.....I have experienced the same issue tonight after the most recent upgrade to Gear software. Rebooting worked also. My fault as I wanted to restore to factory settings to remove QuickTwit from Notifications (a bug). The upgrade did offer a restore which I didn't take D'Oh!! I then did a restore via Wondershare.
I found that the approved Samsung apps like eBay for Gear and RadiOn although restored to the Gear via Wondershare had to be installed to Gear Manager by installing the apps from scratch.
Now all the apps don't disappear after 5 mins. Co-Incidence?
However, they do not appear on the list of downloaded apps, as they did with the previous version of Gear Manager.
Do also make sure the 3rd party app permissions box is ticked on the Gear Manager too.
willcor said:
hi ,
first ,it is not a Wondershare "problem "but i think its just "Sammy" that not to happy to let us sideload on Gear ??
As this issue with apps, worked 100% on previous rom and Gear Manager software untill a" few " versions" back .
yes ,i have same problem ( using rom NA6 and Gear Manager v1.6.132701 )
but it does not worry me ,as i know apps are working ..etc
i use a workaround , Thus having benefits of latest software /ROM and gear manager (unless its really buggy )
if you want to ,all you have to do is reboot Gear and if you look in 'apps 'section on your Gear ,
all your sideloaded apps should show ( before they evenually disappear from "apps " section.)
i launch each app once and close it straight away .( the reason is that it is in memory of recent use app )
if i need to launch a sideloaded app i tap screen with 2 fingers on screen , and hold to bring up all recent used apps and select relevant app ?
(No need to reinstall etc .)
also yes,
you should get it right, with previous version of Gear manager
but you would have to go back 2 ..3 versions mabe to vers .1.5......?
(but you are going to lose other" improved benefits eg. like better bluetooth stability between phone and Gear ? etc.
just an alternative suggestion if you interested
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thanks for the reply, however your method does not work for me, after a reboot of the watch the sideloaded apps are not there??
looks like I am going to have to root the watch.
delboydell said:
thanks for the reply, however your method does not work for me, after a reboot of the watch the sideloaded apps are not there??
looks like I am going to have to root the watch.
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Did you make sure the 3rd party app permissions box is ticked on the Gear Manager too?
Going back from Gear Manager v1.6 to v1.5 fixed issue for me. There's a nice collection of Gear Managers in this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593066
I hope it was just a bug in Gear Manager v1.6, and Samsung is not really trying to prevent sideloading.
Samsung has screwed us, early adopters again and they disabled certain apps to show notifications (Gmail being one of them).
Phuck them! Not the first, not the last time... but if you want to get your notifications back, just uninstall gear manager and install this file - Gear Manager_2.1.14071502.apk - i did it, and now i have my notifications back.
NEVER EVER AGAIN perform any updates to gear manager.
This is not a fully solution, day later, the Gear Manager shows up a notification, make update.
I deleted my Manager, and install again 502 version*, then I try to block connection by AFWall+ for Samsung Apps aka Galaxy Apps (anyway, this is a only place where we can find Gear Manager) and when I start a Gear Manager, I see black screen for 1,5s and then "set your personal....."
* and he ask me to upgrade a Watch, so I pressed YES and later I just got a naked Apex
Later I try do this again on my other gear
my fix
I kept getting unfortunately saproviders has stopped also no notifications so i found saproviders in app mangers and cleared the cache and now my notifications are working again.
Hi,
So recently, I have been using a package disabler called ultimate tool for samsung. Everything worked fine, as I was able to disable the gear vr service and run cardboard apps on gear vr. Today, I wanted to use my gear vr again, since I hadn't used it in a long time. So I put my S6 in my gear vr, and noticed the gear vr menu didn't launch. So I of course thought the package was disabled, which I found out it was. However, I was unable to enable it. So I tried package disabler pro, but I couldn't enable it on there either. I decided to uninstall all gear vr/oculus apps and put the phone back in the gear vr, but still no result. Would like to get some help.
Thanks in advance.
Using the disabler apps for Cardboard mucked up my phone too. The only way to get things working again I found was a factory reset. I just got a cheap VR Box viewer for Cardboard.
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Computeraar said:
Hi,
So recently, I have been using a package disabler called ultimate tool for samsung. Everything worked fine, as I was able to disable the gear vr service and run cardboard apps on gear vr. Today, I wanted to use my gear vr again, since I hadn't used it in a long time. So I put my S6 in my gear vr, and noticed the gear vr menu didn't launch. So I of course thought the package was disabled, which I found out it was. However, I was unable to enable it. So I tried package disabler pro, but I couldn't enable it on there either. I decided to uninstall all gear vr/oculus apps and put the phone back in the gear vr, but still no result. Would like to get some help.
Thanks in advance.
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Try enabling it through the native application manager in settings.
Then wipe the data for all of the apps related to gearvr.
Than lastly, make sure facebook app manager and Facebook app installer are enable too. They are both required for gear vr
Nye-uhls said:
Try enabling it through the native application manager in settings.
Then wipe the data for all of the apps related to gearvr.
Than lastly, make sure facebook app manager and Facebook app installer are enable too. They are both required for gear vr
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Problem is, the Gear VR Service isn't listed on the app manager, since its more of a service/package than an app.
Computeraar said:
Problem is, the Gear VR Service isn't listed on the app manager, since its more of a service/package than an app.
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Pardon, i shouldve clarified that when in application manager, you need to press "more>show system apps"
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Try enabling it through the native application manager in settings.
Then wipe the data for all of the apps related to gearvr.
Than lastly, make sure facebook app manager and Facebook app installer are enable too. They are both required for gear vr
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Pardon, i shouldve clarified that when in application manager, you need to press "more>show system apps"
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Alright, Facebook app manager and Facebook app Installer are enabled. Gear VR SetupWizardStub and Gear VR Shell were already enabled and also cant be disabled. When I put my phone into the Gear VR, the Gear VR menu still doesn't open.
Computeraar said:
Alright, Facebook app manager and Facebook app Installer are enabled. Gear VR SetupWizardStub and Gear VR Shell were already enabled and also cant be disabled. When I put my phone into the Gear VR, the Gear VR menu still doesn't open.
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Okay so I'm thinking when you uninstalled the gear vr apps, 1 of 2 things probably happened.
Either you accidentally got rid of one of the important gear vr apps like gearvr installer, or the gearvr apps think you already installed everything gearvr related so they aren't trying to re-install.
And just to clarify, when you put your phone into the gearvr, NOTHING whatsoever happens right? There's no downloading symbol in the status bar, the blue or gray intallation window doesnt open up? The screen doesn't get glitchy or start flashing?
IMPORTANT: Make you restart your phone in between EACH attempt to get gearvr working. You need to reset the active processes and make sure any changes go into effect.
Heres what you should try, my mind will be blown if it doesnt work (if it doesnt, i could link you the gear vr apks so you can reinstall them from scratch manually... but that's last resort method)
1. Settings>applications>application manager>more>show system apps
2. Go through the entire list and open any thing that says Gear, Gear Vr, Oculus, Facebook, App manager, or app installer in the name and ensure that its enabled. When you open each of those apps after you confirm theyre enabled, tap "storage" and clear data. You might not be able to wipe data on all of them, try to clear cache.
3. This might not be a factor, but wouldn't hurt... go into settings>battery>battery usage>more>optimize battery usage... the drop down menu near the top will say apps not optimized, tap that and select "all apps" then go through the lengthy list and find all of those apps from step 2, and move the switch to "off" so they are NOT optimized to save power.
3.1 after you do that, restart your phone.
3.2 If your model has Smart Manger, it wouldn't hurt to go in there and make sure nothing gearvr ir oculus related is set to save power (not all models have smart manager, for example verizon doesnt have it)
4. Plug your phone into the gear vr. At this point, SOMETHING should happen. If the screen opens and that voice tells you "remove your device from Gear Vr to install required applications" thats a good sign, even if the install fails!
If still NOTHING at all happens, then most likely whatever hapened to screw up the gearvr apps can't really be undone without a factory reset, or manually installing the packages (which can be kinda glitchy)
It's also possible that something happened to the port on the gearvr to damage it. But we can cross that bridge if none of the above works.
Nye-uhls said:
Okay so I'm thinking when you uninstalled the gear vr apps, 1 of 2 things probably happened.
Either you accidentally got rid of one of the important gear vr apps like gearvr installer, or the gearvr apps think you already installed everything gearvr related so they aren't trying to re-install.
And just to clarify, when you put your phone into the gearvr, NOTHING whatsoever happens right? There's no downloading symbol in the status bar, the blue or gray intallation window doesnt open up? The screen doesn't get glitchy or start flashing?
IMPORTANT: Make you restart your phone in between EACH attempt to get gearvr working. You need to reset the active processes and make sure any changes go into effect.
Heres what you should try, my mind will be blown if it doesnt work (if it doesnt, i could link you the gear vr apks so you can reinstall them from scratch manually... but that's last resort method)
1. Settings>applications>application manager>more>show system apps
2. Go through the entire list and open any thing that says Gear, Gear Vr, Oculus, Facebook, App manager, or app installer in the name and ensure that its enabled. When you open each of those apps after you confirm theyre enabled, tap "storage" and clear data. You might not be able to wipe data on all of them, try to clear cache.
3. This might not be a factor, but wouldn't hurt... go into settings>battery>battery usage>more>optimize battery usage... the drop down menu near the top will say apps not optimized, tap that and select "all apps" then go through the lengthy list and find all of those apps from step 2, and move the switch to "off" so they are NOT optimized to save power.
3.1 after you do that, restart your phone.
3.2 If your model has Smart Manger, it wouldn't hurt to go in there and make sure nothing gearvr ir oculus related is set to save power (not all models have smart manager, for example verizon doesnt have it)
4. Plug your phone into the gear vr. At this point, SOMETHING should happen. If the screen opens and that voice tells you "remove your device from Gear Vr to install required applications" thats a good sign, even if the install fails!
If still NOTHING at all happens, then most likely whatever hapened to screw up the gearvr apps can't really be undone without a factory reset, or manually installing the packages (which can be kinda glitchy)
It's also possible that something happened to the port on the gearvr to damage it. But we can cross that bridge if none of the above works.
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I trief all this, and it still doesn't work. I think the problem is that the package Gear VR service is disabled. This is the process that makes sure the oculus apps launch when putting it in a gear vr. I think its a service thats already present when you buy the phone, even if you dont have the gear vr. This is the package I disabled in order to use Cardboard apps, and i cant enable the package anymore, so I doubt a reinstall from an apk will fix this. As you can see in the screenshot I added as attachment, the gear Vr service is disabled
Android 7 is coming to my S6 soon. Would it be a good idea to wait for that and see if I can then enable the package again?
Hi, same problem here. I have changed the phone, changed the USB-C connector, and I think I already tried a factory reset.
Sorry to insist, but can the gear itself be the problem ? Just to know if I have to replace it with the warranty or if there is another solution...
I actually completely forgot this topic still existed. I have already fixed this issue by doing a factory reset on my phone. This seems to be the only way to fix this. I also recommend to not use a package disabler for the Gear VR service.
Well, I already tried factory reset and it still doesn't work. It must be the headset. Thanks anyway
Hello everyone
I have a quick solution to this problem
You don't have to factory reset your phone or Uninstall any app
The only thing you need to do is go to apps >then click in the right upper corner and select "special access" then go to "device admin apps" and disable package disabler.
I hope it helps someone in the future [emoji2]
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Nye-uhls said:
Okay so I'm thinking when you uninstalled the gear vr apps, 1 of 2 things probably happened.
Either you accidentally got rid of one of the important gear vr apps like gearvr installer, or the gearvr apps think you already installed everything gearvr related so they aren't trying to re-install.
And just to clarify, when you put your phone into the gearvr, NOTHING whatsoever happens right? There's no downloading symbol in the status bar, the blue or gray intallation window doesnt open up? The screen doesn't get glitchy or start flashing?
IMPORTANT: Make you restart your phone in between EACH attempt to get gearvr working. You need to reset the active processes and make sure any changes go into effect.
Heres what you should try, my mind will be blown if it doesnt work (if it doesnt, i could link you the gear vr apks so you can reinstall them from scratch manually... but that's last resort method)
1. Settings>applications>application manager>more>show system apps
2. Go through the entire list and open any thing that says Gear, Gear Vr, Oculus, Facebook, App manager, or app installer in the name and ensure that its enabled. When you open each of those apps after you confirm theyre enabled, tap "storage" and clear data. You might not be able to wipe data on all of them, try to clear cache.
3. This might not be a factor, but wouldn't hurt... go into settings>battery>battery usage>more>optimize battery usage... the drop down menu near the top will say apps not optimized, tap that and select "all apps" then go through the lengthy list and find all of those apps from step 2, and move the switch to "off" so they are NOT optimized to save power.
3.1 after you do that, restart your phone.
3.2 If your model has Smart Manger, it wouldn't hurt to go in there and make sure nothing gearvr ir oculus related is set to save power (not all models have smart manager, for example verizon doesnt have it)
4. Plug your phone into the gear vr. At this point, SOMETHING should happen. If the screen opens and that voice tells you "remove your device from Gear Vr to install required applications" thats a good sign, even if the install fails!
If still NOTHING at all happens, then most likely whatever hapened to screw up the gearvr apps can't really be undone without a factory reset, or manually installing the packages (which can be kinda glitchy)
It's also possible that something happened to the port on the gearvr to damage it. But we can cross that bridge if none of the above works.
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This worked for me. Have a Note 8 and bought the new headset for it and it stopped working a few months after buying it. Couldn't find a fix anywhere. Was going to reset it but the screen broke and had to get a new phone anyways, still wouldn't work though. I think it's one of the updates.
Anyways, I deleted cache and data from the mentioned apps in the instructions, restarted phone, connected to headset and it asked to reinstall apps. After doing so it still wouldn't work.
I then went to battery settings and under optimization I turned off everything related to the mentioned apps in the instructions, restarted the phone and voala, it's finally working again. Thank you kind sir.
There may be other ways but this was the first to work for me.