HI there, I have the dreaded 'unable to scan networks' wifi problem- it started after I set up a mobile AP (I didn't turn the AP service off after I'd finished with it- I wonder if that's what caused it?)...
Anyway, I've since learned via this board that I can fix my wifi by 2 methods: 1) performing a reset (would rather not) and 2) editing a line somewhere, root access is required.
I do have a third option- waiting until the 2.2 OTA update comes through, which I understand will require (and perform) a reset anyway.
However, I'm sick of waiting for 2.2.
What I'd like to know is: If I root my phone & fix my Wifi, will I still receive the OTA update?
Anybody?
TIA.
the 2.2 froyo is not OTA
it is OTK (over the kies)
just turn off your phone, then turn it back on, that should reset your WiFi stuck i/o
some times the GPS does that too, just turn off the phone, turn it back on and they work right away.
in contrast to the HTC Windows Mobile phones, the SGS is much much much better, i barely have to do any restart of the phone with Android
with Windows Mobile it was at least 10 reboot a day
Restart doesn't fix it... Tried removing battery, etc. etc.
The 'unable to scan networks' problem is a known issue- at least to this board, If not to samsung.
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Im in the same boat as you mate with my Samsung galaxy s, i have tried turning it on and off with alternate battery in and out methods, my wi-fi just wont work now, it turns on, comes up saying "Unable to scan networks" and turns the wifi off.
I have read on many posts about the issue and the best fix appears to be here:
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8062313
*Sorry its not linked, this is my first post so i assume it wont let me post links until im roughly around the 25th post mark.
The issue i find with using this method is that in order to browse the phone at a root level to get to that file, you need to pay for the App in the android market to do it.
I have rooted my phone already and already applied the lag fix (boy did that change things), but im more contemplating doing the upgrade to 2.2 than buying the app just to fix a wifi issue. Im hoping this gets fixed in 2.2, or at least a more easier solution / fix.
My question is, if i did buy the app to browse the phones file system and i fix the wifi, does it fix it permanently or just until it happens again and i will have to follow the same process again... ?
did you both turn off Bluetooth when using WiFi?
you can't use BT when using WiFi
I've never had to turn off bluetooth to use wifi before...
However: PROBLEM IS NOW FIXED!!
Here's how I did it:
First, bluetooth was off.
Tried to upload a video shot on the phone to youtube. Got message along the lines of 'will only upload video over wifi'
Next message pops up: 'waiting for wifi'
THEN message box saying' signal strength excellent' & asking for my wifi password!
I've been without wifi for 2 weeks, this is brilliant. Give it a go, try uploading a video to youtube.
I reckon it overwrites the bad line, but who knows. Maybe its a bluetooth thing. I don't care, it worked for me.
Spread the news!
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how would I go about updating, when 2.2 is official, without kies or rooting? I've lost patience with kies!
This was mentioned on another topic already but here it is again:
Heimdall, Odin, Rom Manager Clockwork just to name a few, there are many other ways to go about this even without Kies
AllGamer said:
This was mentioned on another topic already but here it is again:
Heimdall, Odin, Rom Manager Clockwork just to name a few, there are many other ways to go about this even without Kies
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cool, cheers! I think I will try Odin!
For those of you who have this problem, here is a potential band-aid:
When I installed the Galaxy Gear apk on my phone and tried to connect it to the Gear it would try to install 19 items / fail then try to connect to the watch, pair and then disconnect never actually finishing.
I finally got it working by going into the Gear Directory on my phone and running the APK's in that Directory using a file manager, the one which seems to have done the trick is "SAccessoryService_signed.apk", after running that it finally allowed gear to connect and stay connected.
Once you get gear connected you'll likely want some new apps, I installed several from here
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/m6ldp4k0d9xrq/GearApp
Hope it helps
Thanks!
You sir, are a lifesaver! I will test this in the morning, but I can confirm the Signed.APK installs. Thanks!
I installed the signed.apk, but how do I actually run it? Mine still doesn't connect :/
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got it to work. All I need now is notifications to work and I'll be golden
Great. Thank you. I starting doing this. Then gave up.
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Still having issues
SO, I got to my Gear this morning and tried this solution, but I am still having issues. I cant get through the setup and I keep getting "connection failed" even after I run the Signed APK. Anyone have any idea? I see others have it working so I must be doing something wrong.
I am on CM 10.2-20130920 which is Android 4.3.
senator32 said:
SO, I got to my Gear this morning and tried this solution, but I am still having issues. I cant get through the setup and I keep getting "connection failed" even after I run the Signed APK. Anyone have any idea? I see others have it working so I must be doing something wrong.
I am on CM 10.2-20130920 which is Android 4.3.
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Check in your phones settings. In all application for the SAccessorries_service.signed. and run it.
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No Luck
starscrean said:
Check in your phones settings. In all application for the SAccessorries_service.signed. and run it.
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Can't see that program even after I install the APK in the Gear folder. The only things I see that may be relevant are The Gear Manager APK and the Samsung Accessory Service in the All programs list in settings. I keep getting Bluetooth to connect on the watch (says connected for a second then goes to the spinning watch/device animation), but after a while of the animation on both the phone and watch a message on the phone comes up with "Can not connect". After that point the bluetooth connection seems lost and the Gear Manager asks to connect with the watch again.
SO, I figured it might be my CM 10.2 nightly build on my phone and installed the stable CM 10.1.3 build. Sadly, the same error is happening,:crying:
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?
gregkeys said:
For those of you who have this problem, here is a potential band-aid:
When I installed the Galaxy Gear apk on my phone and tried to connect it to the Gear it would try to install 19 items / fail then try to connect to the watch, pair and then disconnect never actually finishing.
I finally got it working by going into the Gear Directory on my phone and running the APK's in that Directory using a file manager, the one which seems to have done the trick is "SAccessoryService_signed.apk", after running that it finally allowed gear to connect and stay connected.
Once you get gear connected you'll likely want some new apps, I installed several from here
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/m6ldp4k0d9xrq/GearApp
Hope it helps
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Does everything work.. Even notifications?
Thanks
How do you run the signed apk, I've installed it from gear directory using astro file manager , do you need to do anything else.
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gregkeys said:
For those of you who have this problem, here is a potential band-aid:
When I installed the Galaxy Gear apk on my phone and tried to connect it to the Gear it would try to install 19 items / fail then try to connect to the watch, pair and then disconnect never actually finishing.
I finally got it working by going into the Gear Directory on my phone and running the APK's in that Directory using a file manager, the one which seems to have done the trick is "SAccessoryService_signed.apk", after running that it finally allowed gear to connect and stay connected.
Once you get gear connected you'll likely want some new apps, I installed several from here
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/m6ldp4k0d9xrq/GearApp
Hope it helps
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Could your post SAccessoryService_signed.apk Im unable to locate it in my directory. Want to try to upgrade to 4.3 Liquid Smooth and see if installing this APK would do the trick because previously I was getting device not supported, but working on 4.2.2 ROMs
Hey guys just wanted some clarification before I go out and purchase one of these beautiful gears !
I own a Galaxy S4 currently running cm10.2 built from source.
Can anyone verify that using the supplied .apk from the OP, you have had success pairing up your gear with your S4 running cm10.2 and have all the main functions working ?
Can anyone please reply with a detailed response on what type of function's are working and what is not.
The only thing that work was making phone call. Notification, Weather, and svoice does not work.
Now if you install a stock 4.3 rom, everything works.
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gregkeys said:
For those of you who have this problem, here is a potential band-aid:
When I installed the Galaxy Gear apk on my phone and tried to connect it to the Gear it would try to install 19 items / fail then try to connect to the watch, pair and then disconnect never actually finishing.
I finally got it working by going into the Gear Directory on my phone and running the APK's in that Directory using a file manager, the one which seems to have done the trick is "SAccessoryService_signed.apk", after running that it finally allowed gear to connect and stay connected.
Once you get gear connected you'll likely want some new apps, I installed several from here
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/m6ldp4k0d9xrq/GearApp
Hope it helps
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Can you post the apk, " SAccessoryService_signed.apk" please.
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Hi Guys,
First to find SAccessoryService_signed.apk it is in the /sdcard/Gear directory.. It is downloaded by the gear manager software
Anyway I have found something else out too... once you run that apk, if you re-open the gear manager, it will download the next app and put it into that gear directory (it also deletes the old one)... if you keep doing this, you get through mose of the providers necessary. As of writing I have got through to SAmusicprovider_signed.apk which fails install and has left me stuck here.
I have tried this on a HTC One X running CM10.1 and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running stock AOSP 4.3.
If I have an s4 with stock 4.2.2 which installs all ofthe apps automatically which means it is something that sammy has added to their version of android to get the stuff to install.
Will post logs if anyone is interested...
Cheers!
thegatsbylofiexperience said:
Hi Guys,
First to find SAccessoryService_signed.apk it is in the /sdcard/Gear directory.. It is downloaded by the gear manager software
Anyway I have found something else out too... once you run that apk, if you re-open the gear manager, it will download the next app and put it into that gear directory (it also deletes the old one)... if you keep doing this, you get through mose of the providers necessary. As of writing I have got through to SAmusicprovider_signed.apk which fails install and has left me stuck here.
I have tried this on a HTC One X running CM10.1 and a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running stock AOSP 4.3.
If I have an s4 with stock 4.2.2 which installs all ofthe apps automatically which means it is something that sammy has added to their version of android to get the stuff to install.
Will post logs if anyone is interested...
Cheers!
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Same issue with a Note 2 running an unofficial CM11. :crying:
And also with the s4. No touchwiz no gear. Dont know what the first poster made there...
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hey guys! i just bought a gear and everything is working fine except for notifications and bluetooth... the bluetooth part, it connects to the gear.. tethering works.. i hear notifications.. but i cant seem to hear anything on speakers of the gear when i make a phone call.. is that like a bluetooth profile missing in cm or a bug? i dont know anything about BT but if anyone could shed some light that would be great.. btw connected gear w/ tw and confirmed that speakers work fine during calls... thanks! also i already asked this question in cm thread already but no one has replied to it.. hopefully someone can answer this here..
Gear
SnMSlrC said:
hey guys! i just bought a gear and everything is working fine except for notifications and bluetooth... the bluetooth part, it connects to the gear.. tethering works.. i hear notifications.. but i cant seem to hear anything on speakers of the gear when i make a phone call.. is that like a bluetooth profile missing in cm or a bug? i dont know anything about BT but if anyone could shed some light that would be great.. btw connected gear w/ tw and confirmed that speakers work fine during calls... thanks! also i already asked this question in cm thread already but no one has replied to it.. hopefully someone can answer this here..
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Gear Needs touchwiz elements in order to operate all functions such as shealth svoice and other elements. I have saw where others have got it to work somewhat but not fully. I can confirm with Gear 1 all hyperdrive roms work extremely well with gear.
hope this helps!!!
Im on null 07 and when I reconnect the gear through gear manager it wipes all the apps off my watch even when i tell it not to. Is there any way to stop this?
billymaloney3 said:
Im on null 07 and when I reconnect the gear through gear manager it wipes all the apps off my watch even when i tell it not to. Is there any way to stop this?
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Do you mean when it tries to connect to the gear manager initially (setup)? Or when it tries to do reconnect after loosing Bluetooth connection? Because that is the way it works by design
Brendo said:
Do you mean when it tries to connect to the gear manager initially (setup)? Or when it tries to do reconnect after loosing Bluetooth connection? Because that is the way it works by design
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its when it connects initially, but sometimes I just get disconnected from the manager out of nowhere and then i have to wipe.
billymaloney3 said:
its when it connects initially, but sometimes I just get disconnected from the manager out of nowhere and then i have to wipe.
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Well, setting up in gear manager always requires a reset - nothing can be done about that
I get this error only on WiFi. (probe finished nxdomain)
The weird thing is that I only get this error after a while. I disable WiFi and enable it again and it works. Tried resetting the WiFi connection and reboot.
I also have tried to completely reinstall my phone and the problem went away for a week or so.
It's not present on mobile network.
Please help. About to throw my phone at the wall. So many bugs with Samsung...
I just upgraded from a Samsung S5 to a Nexus 6P and wanted to pair my Gear 2 Neo with my 6P for whatever limited functionality I could get from it. I went through the pairing process and the watch said that it would reset all user data and off it went.
It's been hours and the watch just boots up, shows the logo and goes blank... if I hold the home button again, it shows the logo plus "Rebooting..."
I tried getting into the boot menu and choose Recovery, but that does nothing. :crying:
Any way to salvage this?
Thanks!
I managed to finally get it to accept an older firmware download and now it's working, then Keis saw it and I upgraded it to the latest firmware but it Gear Manager won't see it (even though the bluetooth on the Nexus 6P will).
Any way to get Gear to recognize it?
ookami007 said:
I managed to finally get it to accept an older firmware download and now it's working, then Keis saw it and I upgraded it to the latest firmware but it Gear Manager won't see it (even though the bluetooth on the Nexus 6P will).
Any way to get Gear to recognize it?
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I have this problem too. Did you managed to make it work?
timandrei12 said:
I have this problem too. Did you managed to make it work?
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Sadly no. Although the 6P and Gear 2 Neo can connect through Bluetooth, there seems to be no way to get the Gear app to recognize it, thus it is of limited usefulness.