My S4 alerted me to a gear manager update last night- it connects to Samsung apps to update and then fails. Still failing today when I try it. I have the original Gear.
If it still works, don't worry about the update. If it's not working try uninstalling everything gear related from the phone and use the cradle to get it to install.
Or get latest version by following download link in my sig
I think it stopped working as it was attaching itself to the new gear fit manager. Should be fine now
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Hi
Just updated my Tab after Kies informed me that there was a new version, but after the update, Kies is bluntly refusing to connect to the tab. Just says 'Connecting...' forever.
I'm guessing that Samsung has stupidly managed to update the firmware in the device to a version that Kies cannot talk to.
Anyone else have this issue. Until I get it resolved there will be no further updates on my GT.
The build no post update is: FROYO.XWJJ3
I've done all the usual things: restart pc, restart tab, reinstall kies, install kies on fresh machine, blah, none of which have helped.
Any idea's?
Interestingly, post update, the only thing that I see thats different is that Samsung has installed 'The Dark Knight' and 'Clash of the Titans' trailers on my tab (now deleted). Those two files make up the lions share of the 'update' that I downloaded. Cheeky blighters. 'Sky News' and Whsmiths 'eBooks' apps have also appears - very very cheeky - enough rubbish on the tab beforehand without Samsung adding more. The new 'Apps' cant be deleted either...
Nigel
Hi all,
Just got my gear installed latest firmware & Null 23.
Also latest Gear Manager from the Samsung store.
My phone is Note 2 Android v4.3
Phone connects via Bluetooth to watch with no issues, Bluetooth tethering working OK.
But when I open the Gear Manager I get a "Unable to connect to gear" so basically I have no notifications on the watch.
Tried to search the forums and go over the stickies for the error or a Gear Manager tutorial, but found nothing relevant.
Tried repairing the devices, but did not help.
Will be happy for any advice.
Thanks!
Installing version 1.7.... solved issue.
tirano said:
Installing version 1.7.... solved issue.
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Same issue, here, but 1.7 has terrible battery life. Anyone actually get 1.6 to work from the samsung store?
EDIT: Ended up flashing alliance and now all is well with 1.6. Seems some ROMs have issues with 1.6, and 1.7 has TERRIBLE battery life.
I've been wanting to upgrade my Gear to Tizen ever since I heard it was coming out. May 30th comes and goes and it seems that every country in the world except the US received the update via Samsung themselves. Fast-forward a month and a half and I'm getting impatient.
I have a Mac. I downloaded the BTU firmware from SamMobile.com. I tried flashing the update using Heimdall without any luck. I decided to use my mom's PC to try flashing it via Odin (using v3.09, if it's relevant), except because I'm so used to Mac, I didn't think to update her USB drivers. Needless to say, things didn't go smoothly.
Now, I'm stuck with a Gear that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Kies is stupid and won't give a stock recovery unless Kies itself tried installing the upgrade.
So, how do I get my Gear working again? At this point, I'd just like my Gear to be functional again and I appreciate all help anyone can give, though if anyone can help me out with getting the Tizen update as well, that'd be great.
EDIT: Read the rules, did a search. Seems the problem could be that I used a NL1 ROM instead of an NE9. I'll try that again when the file downloads. Now, my bigger question is, do I need to go through any recovery procedures before trying again?
EDIT 2: Looks like the NE9 ROM did the trick. Sorry for wasting anyone's time. That said, all of SamMobile's firmwares for the Gear are NL1, so anyone else looking to update, be sure to find a NE9 ROM.
What is the latest official firmware for the Samsung Gear Live?
I've been searching all over these forums for the Samsung gear live, and all over the internet also. I just bought a gear live off of Amazon for $100 and it's supposedly new. It currently has:
Software version: 5.0.1
Build Number: sprat-userdebug 5.0.1 LWX48P 1627902 dev-keys
Android Wear: 1.0.5.1627902
Google Play Services: 6.5.90 (1610726-534)
1) Is this the latest firmware?
2) Is this official firmware? Developer Firmware?
3) Will I get Updates on device? (Says up to date currently on the watch when I try to update on the watch)
Thank you so much for any help you can give me!
If you didn't figure out till now then read below
No this is not the latest firmware
The latest is 5.1.1
Connect the watch to your smartphone and then check for update on your watch(your phone should have internet connection)
You may need to use the gear live restore tool to change to non dev firmware (read the thread, don't use the latest version of tool)
Current:
Wear: 1.3.0.2160025
Play services: 8.3.01 (2385995-534)
Os: 5.1.1
LCA43
Thank you so much guys for all your posts. I used version 2 of the Samsung Gear Live Restore Tool to flash my watch back to stock settings, then used the normal updates via OTA on the watch.
I used the download link and the video from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/development/utility-gear-live-watch-tool-t2846696
The video was step by step and super easy to follow ( Thanks Tom! )
I was in the same exact boat. $100 new from Amazon and had the same exact Software version, Build Number, Android Wear, and Google Play Services as the original poster. Went through the same steps, however I had to fight my computer a bit on the drivers.
In case this helps anyone else: I'm on Win7 64-bit. The first hurdle was getting a microUSB cable that worked (the USB multi-dongle I was trying to use turned out to be crap). Until I got a better cable, the Gear Live was not getting recognized by my computer at all. When it finally did, the drivers weren't getting set up correctly. I went to Device Manager, found the unknown device, right clicked and hit Update Driver Software (see about the 5:30 mark in Tom's video). I had two problems here:
1) My computer initially recognized the device as "Android Composite ADB Interface". That doesn't seem to work, make sure sure it's just "Android ADB Interface", NOT Composite. When I ran the driver check in the Gear Live tool, the device was now finally showing up for the ADB check.
2) But it wasn't showing up for the Fastboot check. To fix that, I had to GO BACK INTO DEVICE MANAGER after the ADB check, while the watch was in bootloader mode, find Android Device (or something like that, I forget what it was called), and again hit Update Driver Software and select the Android ADB Interface again. Once I did that, everything else in the video and Gear Live tool worked flawlessly.
I also wound up restoring the Gear Live watch to stock (option 6 in the tool), and it's downloading the OTA software update now. I'll post here if I hit any other snags.
Thanks again for posting this. Definitely helped me out.
EDIT: Note that if you go the OTA route, you're going to have to do multiple updates to get from the stock version up to the most current version. For example, stock starts out at 4.4W. It won't update from that all the way up to 5.1.1 in one shot. It'll do it in increments and take 3 or 4 updates. A little time-consuming, but otherwise I've had no further issues.
ROM History: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Gear_Live
EDIT: Updating finished, here's the result:
-- Build Number LCA43
-- Android Wear 1.3.0.2160025
-- Google Play services 8.4.89 (2428711-534)
-- Android OS 5.1.1
I've never used my mac to do anything like this. What program do I need to open the gear live tool in, it's a .sh file and just opens in notepad. Thanks
would this lack of OTA updating ability cause the basic programs (Maps, google play music, etc.) not to work? Why is Samsung completely oblivious to this issue?
I have the sprat-userdebug 5.0.1. I'll be using this thread to fix it, I hope. But I cant get most of my apps to work on the watch. Hoping this will resolve it.
Thanks.
OTA now provided to convert from dev-keys to release keys
Today we are rolling out an OTA update to "sprat" Android Wear devices from Samsung that were stuck on a very old LWX48P firmware and old Google Play Services. These devices were sold with a non-standard "dev-keys" firmware, whereas normally devices use "release keys" firmware. dev-keys devices do not receive updates for anything. We have added a special OTA update that converts the LWX48P devices from dev-keys to the proper release keys LWX48P, and that will then allow the OTA update system to bring the watch completely up to date.
For users, it will take a few days for the update to be made available to everyone. After applying the update, you will need to factory reset and pair the watch up again, and then it will apply the latest updates that were previously skipped.
For developers, you will need to wait for users to apply the update and then you should see a drop in the number of old sprat devices showing dev-keys and old versions of Google Play Services. With this update, any user will have an easy to use path to get back to receiving regular updates.
See more discussion about this in my G+ posting ... plus.google.com/+WaynePiekarski/posts/izipAZnd56C
Okay so I have a Gear VR I think the 2015 version and a S6 EDGE PLUS (G928F) recently when I plug my phone into the vr I get nothing not even black screen it just stays on whatever screen I was on and when i unplug it I get 'Gear VR service stopped' or Gear VR Service keeps stopping'
I have tried uninstalling updates of all gear vr apps
I have tried factory reset
Even when I try to open any vr app without the headset I still get 'gear vr service stopped' straight away the error comes up, no blank screen or insert headset screen
Please can someone help me with this issue, contemplating downgrading to marshmellow
Please note I am running Super fast and famous 3 nougat rom
**Also my phone continues to bootloop when installing a stock rom, the only way I fix this is by flashing supersu zip file, my phone will not boot any version of stock roms without installing supersu for some reason, that also maybe my problem, when I do full unroot on supersu I get bootloop again, possibily the gear vr wont run with root but as I have stated my phone wont boot without root either I get the usual fail drk check error until I root it
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Okay so I have a Gear VR I think the 2015 version and a S6 EDGE PLUS (G928F) recently when I plug my phone into the vr I get nothing not even black screen it just stays on whatever screen I was on and when i unplug it I get 'Gear VR service stopped' or Gear VR Service keeps stopping'
I have tried uninstalling updates of all gear vr apps
I have tried factory reset
Even when I try to open any vr app without the headset I still get 'gear vr service stopped' straight away the error comes up, no blank screen or insert headset screen
Please can someone help me with this issue, contemplating downgrading to marshmellow
Please note I am running Super fast and famous 3 nougat rom
**Also my phone continues to bootloop when installing a stock rom, the only way I fix this is by flashing supersu zip file, my phone will not boot any version of stock roms without installing supersu for some reason, that also maybe my problem, when I do full unroot on supersu I get bootloop again, possibily the gear vr wont run with root but as I have stated my phone wont boot without root either I get the usual fail drk check error until I root it
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hey there, did you ever manage to find a fix? I have the exact same problem and was hoping to get it sorted.
many thanks
Anybody got a solution for this???
Still facing same problem.
nothing yet?
same problem here