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Galaxy Gear with Galaxy S4

I just got the Gear and saw a video online showing someone using it with their S4. I couldn't get the app. Its not available on the Samsung apps store or Google Play. Anyone else get it working?
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I just got the Gear and saw a video online showing someone using it with their S4. I couldn't get the app. Its not available on the Samsung apps store or Google Play. Anyone else get it working?
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I have it with my S4 and can find and download the Gear Manager in Samsung APPS. Search for Gear and find "Samsung GALAXY Gear Manager".
Not everything working but ok.
Cheers, Jorge

I'm using Gear with my Galasy S4 and already when i was on 4.2.2 i found Gear manager at Samsung Apps.but now with leaked firmware 4.3 all works like a charm.

[Gear with Galaxy S4 or Any Galaxy Series] ... First of all, Galaxy Gear will only works with Galaxy (with Android 4.3), but at the moment they are with Android 4.2.2, so ... you will check out the apps for Gear and your Galaxy HERE below :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476319
You will find all the apps (at the moment), and the main app to connect your Device with Gear is ... GEAR Manager (you need to download this first.
Good luck!

big_pongo said:
[Gear with Galaxy S4 or Any Galaxy Series] ... First of all, Galaxy Gear will only works with Galaxy (with Android 4.3), but at the moment they are with Android 4.2.2, so ... you will check out the apps for Gear and your Galaxy HERE below :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476319
You will find all the apps (at the moment), and the main app to connect your Device with Gear is ... GEAR Manager (you need to download this first.
Good luck!
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If your rooted and have the 4.3 leak everything works most of the apps work on 4.2.2 roms

cruckus said:
If your rooted and have the 4.3 leak everything works most of the apps work on 4.2.2 roms
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Yes, I'm waiting for it ... I'm using S4 I9500 (not I9505 with 4.3 leak.)
Thanks.

4.2.2 no go for S-Voice
Guess, this what shows up when your phone isn't on 4.3 JB, right?

Onyok said:
Guess, this what shows up when your phone isn't on 4.3 JB, right?
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Does your battery drain fastest on your phone while connected to the watch?
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cruckus said:
If your rooted and have the 4.3 leak everything works most of the apps work on 4.2.2 roms
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Are you sure in 4.3 everything works. Because I tried 2 different touchwiz 4.3 roms. And none of them worked. Gear manger said device was not supported
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I'm running Hyperdrive on my s4 and the svoice notification is as far as I get too. I'm tempted to try a 4.3 and see if anything works better

starscrean said:
Are you sure in 4.3 everything works. Because I tried 2 different touchwiz 4.3 roms. And none of them worked. Gear manger said device was not supported
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It works but not everything. S VOICE, weather, txt and email alert doesn't work on me using a 4.2.2 rom.
Media control, answer/make calles, change watch face, install apps via apk not using thw samsung app store all work. I'm sure that are other things that work and other things that don't work. I just can't remember all right now
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dmoney94 said:
Does your battery drain fastest on your phone while connected to the watch?
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Not that I notice anything monumental on saving juice. Maybe, there would be a significant change once my S4 is on 4.3 JB cuz I know I can check notifications, use S-voice as it's meant to be and what not so less time unlocking the phone and screen usage... although phone's BT is running all the time so Gear could remain tethered to it but i believe it's BT 4.0 LE*, right?
*LE, Low Energy... though am not sure it's got a real world impact or just a marketing scheme...

dmoney94 said:
Does your battery drain fastest on your phone while connected to the watch?
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Nope I didn't see any faster battery drain on my note 3 9005

Alright, so I have been tinkering with my watch and have a few questions. I have rooted my watch and installed busy box, and all is going well so far. Additionally, I am using my watch with my S4, rather than my Note 3. I wanted this topic to be more of a few questions and general discussion/clarification.
I have installed the newest Gear Manager and when I go to Weather on the watch I get "Add city to weather widget on mobile device" but it never seems to sync. I have added a location to the weather widget. Is this by chance just a feature thats not quite working on the S4 yet, or am I missing something?
Pedometer - When I try to send my steps to SHealth it fails to sync. Also, known S4 issue, or missing something?
Gear Manager - Unable to install apps - When I navigate to My Apps > Featured > MyFitnessPal for Samsung Galaxy Gear (or any other app), I select Install, and I get "Product does not exist in this store(4002)". Im guessing this is because the Samsung store is reading my S4 build.prop and determining there are no compatible apps.
In re the last topic, could someone send me the APK from their watch for this app, Ill side load it.
I am at the office and want to install some apps via ADB, but don't have my cradle handy. Is there any way to get an APK to the watch that anyone can think of?
I am working on recompiling the stock camera app that does not have the shutter sound. Ill share when I get it done.
Update: Here is a thread with all of the APKs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468522
Thanks!

I got every thing working on my gs4, including svoice, text notification, and weather by using the 4.3 rom. I also downloaded the latest gear manager from a post in this forum and ot seems to work great, including allowing me to download apps from samsung.
Gear is rooted, running smart launcher, a few games, camera silent hack, and everything is still working.
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Android-hotness said:
I got every thing working on my gs4, including svoice, text notification, and weather by using the 4.3 rom. I also downloaded the latest gear manager from a post in this forum and ot seems to work great, including allowing me to download apps from samsung.
Gear is rooted, running smart launcher, a few games, camera silent hack, and everything is still working.
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Which 4.3 ROM are you using? Looking for support on a 4.3 ROM for a Sprint GS4

The 4.3 Rom im using is here. Not sure if it will work for sprint.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467693
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My brother just brought galaxy gear but he's on att with an s4 what 4.3 s4 roms works best with the gear also with almost a stock feel. I need help answering this as I have a note 3. Hopefully someone on here has an att s4 and a working galaxy gear
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randy2 said:
My brother just brought galaxy gear but he's on att with an s4 what 4.3 s4 roms works best with the gear also with almost a stock feel. I need help answering this as I have a note 3. Hopefully someone on here has an att s4 and a working galaxy gear
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i have an S4 and cannot get weather or texts to work! Samsung needs to give us 4.3 on the ATT i337 now!

Any cyanogenmod S4 users have any success using the gear ?

Changing the reply text templates

hey guys,
Not sure if this ha been covered I can't find anything on Google
is there a way to change the text replies (no s voice) I would like to change the 10 responses that are currently on the watch "where are we meeting' 'sorry im on the phone" things like that. to lol or on my way things to that tune.
Has anyone done this?
cheers
84DGR
Currently
Stock Galaxy Note 3
Stock Galaxy Gear
Previous
Rooted Galaxy S4
Rooted Galaxy Note II
Rom'd and Rooted Galaxy Note
Overclocked HTC Sensation XL
Asus TF201 Running Ubuntu
Galaxy S running 4.1
HTC HD2 Android 4.2 (long live the LEO Legend)

They're at the bottom of the notification screen in Gear Manager. Not the best place for them, but I imagine they'll get their own category at some point.
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hausman said:
They're at the bottom of the notification screen in Gear Manager. Not the best place for them, but I imagine they'll get their own category at some point.
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+1 yes what you said

Awesome. Thanks guys
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I changed mine in the gear manager...but on the gg they're the old ones....it won't update
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TopDogg1 said:
I changed mine in the gear manager...but on the gg they're the old ones....it won't update
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I had that problem too; the second time I edited them it worked. I don't know if rebooting the phone and gear helped. I'm not sure what I did but now they are edited to match what I have on the phone.

TopDogg1 said:
I changed mine in the gear manager...but on the gg they're the old ones....it won't update
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I had this same issue on the Gear 2 Neo and the updated templates did not push to the watch until I modified ALL of the templates. Initially, I only wanted to edit a few of them and nothing changed on my watch...even after restarts. After going back to edit the others as well, the watch was immediately refreshed with the new templates (with no restart or any further action). Odd, but it is what it is.

My Sony Z Ultra with GPE KITKAT 4.4.2 & Samsung gear watch

Ok so it seems to be working same as the nexus but still have a few problems to iron out if anyone can help out with a similar setup I would appreciate it.The pictures from the watch do not transfer to the phone not sure why pedometer don't work so uninstalled it and the usual voice and weather apps.I hope we can get all bits working I made this thread pacific for z ultra owners of the GPE rom and gear watch setup hope we can fix things here thank you in advance.

Not going to happen unless you can figure out what parts of touchwiz are required, and then port it
(Or maybe sdk if it is ever released)
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Brendo said:
Not going to happen unless you can figure out what parts of touchwiz are required, and then port it
(Or maybe sdk if it is ever released)
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To be honest I can live without the voice and weather my calls and notifications work and a load of other stuff very happy that it's even working and that samsung deprived us of being able to use other devices with their gear watch.

jutley said:
To be honest I can live without the voice and weather my calls and notifications work and a load of other stuff very happy that it's even working and that samsung deprived us of being able to use other devices with their gear watch.
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Yep, I felt the same with my nexus 5, but then went back to my s4 for full compatibility
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Stock Kit Kat 4.4.2 Issues on Sprint S4

I'm on stock Kit Kat for my sprint S4. I noticed that now when I wirelessly charge my phone it gets extremely hot. Also one it gets to 94% it stops charging. Not sure of it stops due to heat or the new software doesn't like to do wireless charging. I have an aftermarket qi charger and peice for my phone. They worked perfect until I updated last week . Is anyone else having this problem. The other thing I noticed is Google hangouts emoticons when entered in a chat come out looking diffrent. Looks like Samsung emoticons. I checked this on my wife's note 3 after updating to stock kit Kat and the emoticon icon disappeared. So not sure if this is another issue with it may and Samsung phones.
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Sorry for the typos but I can't edit my post from my phone. Keep getting force close when trying to edit.
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Don't know much about charging...but did see in another post that some of the parts of NAE(4.4) are written differently than MJA..MK2(4.3) so maybe that's why???
I saw a few say there chargers were not working at all with the newest update...fwiw
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4.4.2
If I have the mk9, will I get the update?

There is another important issue in kitkat update
Many apps doesn't detect extSD card .

stick with stockish v6 or negalite....kitkat from sprint is useless garbage like thier passed updates... just in a hurry to beat verizin and att
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There is another important issue in kitkat update
Many apps doesn't detect extSD card .
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This is not an issue, it is a new security policy implemented by Google in Kit Kat. You can add a line to platform.xml and return functionality. But it is not a bug, Google did it on purpose.

Culprit maybe the charger I've got 2 out of 4 that will not charge my phone and they are all Samsung chargers. I think some are just temperamental.

chris-allen said:
stick with stockish v6 or negalite....kitkat from sprint is useless garbage like thier passed updates... just in a hurry to beat verizin and att
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I disagree with this. I for one like the new update.
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daniel4653 said:
I disagree with this. I for one like the new update.
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I, too, am loving the new NAE update. It's snappier & great on battery life.
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Thanks for the replies, I like the new update as well. Just a few things that are annoyances. Just wanted to see if anyone else has the same problems or any other that I have not come across yet.
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Couple of issues
Sometimes i get an error on the oem clock/weather widget that says "restart widget" Then it is fine again. Also if i am on wi-fi the voicemail app will not connect and download the voicemail if one is waiting. Once it gets to good signal and isnt using wi-fi then the message comes through.

cruise350 said:
This is not an issue, it is a new security policy implemented by Google in Kit Kat. You can add a line to platform.xml and return functionality. But it is not a bug, Google did it on purpose.
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Do you have a modified platform.xml, or can you tell me the line to add.me and root explorer aren't getting along right now.root browser in rom tool box works good, but I prefer the layout of root explorer.
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pgriffinsc said:
Do you have a modified platform.xml, or can you tell me the line to add.me and root explorer aren't getting along right now.root browser in rom tool box works good, but I prefer the layout of root explorer.
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You need to go to platform.xml in the system/etc/permissions folder with root explorer. Open it with a text editor. Look for the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission line and add this line under the 2 permissions that are already listed. Follow the same formatting as the other permissions.
Add this: <group gid="media_rw" />
Save and exit, then reboot your phone. It's a good idea to back up the file before editing which root explorer should automatically do for you. Good luck.
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how?
I have checked several times, and my sprint galaxy s4 is "up to date" but im still on JB. Could this be due too the fact that i bricked my phone and had to use odin on my pc to basically wipe everything including root? But i dont see that being the problem since i stayed on stock while i was rooted. I just rooted for the hotspot mod for mk2

In find that Samsung wires for charger breaks fast..I change both my wife wire to another and works fine...KitKat update the best..no issues except for transition animation bug is still there.. After a few times opening camera it defaults back to 0 when I had it set to .5...great battery snappier less ram..consumption...my phone doesn't get as hot anymore...
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heichou456 said:
I have checked several times, and my sprint galaxy s4 is "up to date" but im still on JB. Could this be due too the fact that i bricked my phone and had to use odin on my pc to basically wipe everything including root? But i dont see that being the problem since i stayed on stock while i was rooted. I just rooted for the hotspot mod for mk2
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It takes over a month for everyone to receive the OTA, be patient and you will get it. Also, if you still have the hotspot mod, the ota will fail so you need to Odin the stock mk2 tar again.
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It takes over a month for everyone to receive the OTA, be patient and you will get it. Also, if you still have the hotspot mod, the ota will fail so you need to Odin the stock mk2 tar again.
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Thank you, is there anyway to check if i still have the hotspot mod?

heichou456 said:
Thank you, is there anyway to check if i still have the hotspot mod?
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Yes, turn it on, and if it works you still have it. If it nags you about paying for it then you don't.
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heichou456 said:
I have checked several times, and my sprint galaxy s4 is "up to date" but im still on JB. Could this be due too the fact that i bricked my phone and had to use odin on my pc to basically wipe everything including root? But i dont see that being the problem since i stayed on stock while i was rooted. I just rooted for the hotspot mod for mk2
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I just found the zip file online and ran it from my SD card in Stock recovery.
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Connected Gear to any Android

It seems nobody has noticed new Gear Manager connect to any Android 4.3 on. I test with Xperia Z1 updated with Kitkat and tested with HTC Butterfly 4.3. Calls and notificatications work fine

Want to elaborate a bit more on your setup?
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Yes please, I'm on cm 11 beanstalk note 3 and I can't even get it to connect and I don't want to use a touchwiz Rom
Note 3 Beanstalk 4.4

Yes I got it going on my nexus 4 running pa 4.4.2 beta 3 no problem didn't have to manually load apk couldn't get notifications until I loaded atn manager but there seems to be more compatibility???
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imsiin said:
Yes please, I'm on cm 11 beanstalk note 3 and I can't even get it to connect and I don't want to use a touchwiz Rom
Note 3 Beanstalk 4.4
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I believe it's tw only brother. My son was on cm 11 and had to bounce back to tw to install gear manager.
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Gear Manager
Just downloaded new Gear Manager and installed on Xperia Z1. Everything works fine, notifications and calls. I tried to do samething with LG G2 and it connects but not notifications are received. I have a Gear Neo

mig1401 said:
Just downloaded new Gear Manager and installed on Xperia Z1. Everything works fine, notifications and calls. I tried to do samething with LG G2 and it connects but not notifications are received. I have a Gear Neo
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Ya I had it installed and working once by installing apks from different versions but I could not get notifications to work including using atn. The watch is just sitting here until I can find a fix
Note 3 Beanstalk 4.4

I have a Galaxy S4 but would love to not have this TW Rom anymore and move to Cyanogen or something. So....it's still not possible to have all the features working on the Gear if I move from TW? I really want to keep my watch stock.

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I have a Galaxy S4 but would love to not have this TW Rom anymore and move to Cyanogen or something. So....it's still not possible to have all the features working on the Gear if I move from TW? I really want to keep my watch stock.
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Correct. Although wether watch is stock or not makes no difference

yeah, could you elaborate ? I got a replacement phone (a xperia sp) which is up to date. So I think that it should be quite similar to your z1. I'm on 4.3 too. How did you get it work ? I only managed to have a full connection with v1.6.111801 of gear manager, and still notifications weren't working.
How did you do with latest gear manager ? I tried by installing only, or everything... and can't get it connecting to the gear. Just stays on first screen "connecting to gear..."
Any help ?

I'm interested to know as well.. I'm looking at getting the Z2 and would love it to work with my Gear

great
You make my day mig1421, I`m finally no need to replace my moto g with any Samsung.
Loving this.

Anyone care to tell me the latest version of gear manager version and a link possibly? Just ordered a gear 1 yesterday for $99. Don't have it yet but doing my homeworl
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So the gear will work on any device running the touchwiz launcher and Gear Manager or just Gear Manager? I use Nova Launcher and would prefer to stick with it especially if I change to a non-samsung phone
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gumbyx84 said:
So the gear will work on any device running the touchwiz launcher and Gear Manager or just Gear Manager? I use Nova Launcher and would prefer to stick with it especially if I change to a non-samsung phone
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Launcher has nothing to do with gear manager, touchwiz framework is necessary although in this topic people are saying the new update is less dependant on touchwiz.. you can use any launcher you want it has nothing to do with the files needed to run gear manager..
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ozzmanj1 said:
Anyone care to tell me the latest version of gear manager version and a link possibly? Just ordered a gear 1 yesterday for $99. Don't have it yet but doing my homeworl
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You can find it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573200

Where can I get the framework?
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gumbyx84 said:
Where can I get the framework?
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You definitely don't need a Samsung phone to have the phone work with the Gear. I've had my Gear running with a Moto E and a Moto G - neither of them were rooted or modded in any way. I just installed the latest Gear Manager from a link on here after updating my Gear to Tizen. It's worth mentioning that I was running an old version of Gear Manager originally and my battery wouldn't even last half a day. Since I installed the latest version I'm getting days of use out of it -- having activated only Tweeting, Hangouts, WhatsApp and Gmail for notifications and turned off the auto activate backlight feature. It's four days since I charged and I'm still on 72%
None of the Samsung apps show up on the phone if it isn't Touchwiz based - so there's no S-Voice or Weather. I can use the Bluetooth Trusted Device feature on my Moto to have my phone turn PIN off when my Gear is connected to it.

leoni1980 said:
You definitely don't need a Samsung phone to have the phone work with the Gear. I've had my Gear running with a Moto E and a Moto G - neither of them were rooted or modded in any way. I just installed the latest Gear Manager from a link on here after updating my Gear to Tizen. It's worth mentioning that I was running an old version of Gear Manager originally and my battery wouldn't even last half a day. Since I installed the latest version I'm getting days of use out of it -- having activated only Tweeting, Hangouts, WhatsApp and Gmail for notifications and turned off the auto activate backlight feature. It's four days since I charged and I'm still on 72%
None of the Samsung apps show up on the phone if it isn't Touchwiz based - so there's no S-Voice or Weather. I can use the Bluetooth Trusted Device feature on my Moto to have my phone turn PIN off when my Gear is connected to it.
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Good to hear. My last question: Will you still be able to use the speakerphone to make and answer phone calls with a non-Samsung phone?

gumbyx84 said:
Good to hear. My last question: Will you still be able to use the speakerphone to make and answer phone calls with a non-Samsung phone?
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Yes. I do it all the time. The only difference between doing it on a non Touchwiz phone compared with a Touchwiz phone is that the phone sees it as a handsfree device so will answer on the Gear by default, even if you hit the answer button on the phone. You just need to tap the little icon next to the 'End Call' button on the Gear though and it will route the call back to the handset. You can also tap the bluetooth icon on the dialer and switch the source to earpiece or speakerphone. Bit of an annoyance but not a particular problem.