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[Q] New Gear User: Can't find installed apps

Hi XDA, I'm new to the gear and new to the forum. I just followed a guide on how to sideload apps using ADB. I am able to successfully install these apps, but am not able to see them on the list of apps on my phone or on my Gear when they are paired. If I disconnect the gear from my phone and reset the gear, I'm able to see these apps. Does anybody have any idea?
I also installed NOVA and then changed the default of the home button to always be touchwiz (since I want my Gear to be more like a watch and not a mini tablet), but have no way to go to Nova unless I disconnect and reset my Gear. Any ideas or help? Thanks.

I've noticed this too. My gut feeling is that its going into gear manager on my phone that does it as that only lists the conventionally installed apps rather than the side loaded ones.
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I'm having the exact same issue.
If I reboot my watch with bluetooth off, my sideloaded apps show up with no issues. The second I enable bluetooth and my watch and phone connect, the apps get hidden. Are there any solutions to this problem?

No settings app?

It would appear that I am not the first to ask this question and from the threads that I have found so far, there is no answer.
I have rooted with Null 23 and launch with the stock software. However when I scroll the apps (S voice, pedometer, apps etc) there is no settings icon any more. What to do next?
If there is a thread that I have missed which explains this, I would appreciate a link unless this has stumped everyone.
Any help would be appreciated.

Do not select restore when reconnecting to gm. Select reset

You should be able to select the Settings app to be viewable again from Gear Manager -> My Apps
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Add the Settings App to your favorites again for it to be viewable when you scroll side to side on your watch.
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Thanks.
1. Tried 'adding settings', but it is not listed in the apps section in GM to be added to favourites
2. Went in to GM and selected disconnect, then reconnected, but no option to reset or restore.
3. Uninstalled then reinstalled GM, connected with NFC.
- Notice said "backup data has been deleted from mobile device, gear to be reset to factory settings".
- Selected OK for reset, was asked for NFC again.
- NFC was "device not recognised". Connected manually instead.
- Selected Touchwiz launcher (not Nova)
- SETTINGS is now listed on the GG but NOT in GM as either favourite or in apps.
- I then removed a couple of favourites from GM and when GG updated, no settings app again.
Circle completed (from point 1 above), I need to find a way to get the settings app to appear on the GM otherwise no settings on phone.

i have this problem too What I noticed is if the gear manager is open on your phone this will remove the icon from the GG. I just use GM to sort what I need out then back out so it because minimised (but still running) then restart my GG

ratcom said:
i have this problem too What I noticed is if the gear manager is open on your phone this will remove the icon from the GG. I just use GM to sort what I need out then back out so it because minimised (but still running) then restart my GG
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Interesting, thank you :good:
So if I understand this correctly, if I set up what I need in GM such as adding apps and reorganising them etc, then minimising GM... all I need do is restart (not reboot) the GG and my latest GM settings will be applied... PLUS the settings icon will be present?

INTJ said:
Interesting, thank you :good:
So if I understand this correctly, if I set up what I need in GM such as adding apps and reorganising them etc, then minimising GM... all I need do is restart (not reboot) the GG and my latest GM settings will be applied... PLUS the settings icon will be present?
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yep just press the power button for 3 seconds and select restart

ratcom said:
yep just press the power button for 3 seconds and select restart
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I'll give it a go

UPDATE: Issue is with Gear Manager no longer having the 'SETTINGS' option for a rooted Gear
Unfortunately the problem did not resolve itself, so I went back to basics and tested a number of options out and what I have diagnosed is that it is an issue with Gear Manager on a rooted device.
To re-cap: Initially, I had the settings app (through Touchwiz) on the GG, but this disappeared when I synced with GM after rooting and adding Null 23 custom ROM. If I re-flashed Null 23, 'settings' would appear until I started fiddling around with GM options. You may have noticed yourself that GM will not let you update its software if GG is rooted.
- I decided to then take the GG back to stock, reinstalled GM on my Note 3 and 'settings' was listed on both the Note and GG. This remained on both when I synced and edited through GM.
- Next I rooted and added Null 23 again while leaving the GM installation alone and then connected through bluetooth (not NFC). The GG had the Touchwiz 'settings' app, but GM DID NOT.
- Fortunately GM was already set up with a couple of custom notifications (GO SMS etc) so I have not needed to sync GG with GM.
- I am now convinced that if I were to rearrange "My Apps" on GM and sync, 'settings' would disappear as it is no longer listed on GM.
- I have not used GM for anything other than connecting to my Note 3 and so far so good. Whether accessing Samsung Apps would result in it also changing My Apps, I do not want to chance.
If someone finds a way of getting the 'settings' app to appear on GM with a rooted GG, I would be interested to try it out.

what version of gear manager are you using?

V1.6.132701. This was the latest update in-app two days ago. I did read elsewhere about a V1.7 that some were having issues with.
Also: changed a setting in custom notifications on GM and the 'settings' icon is still present on the GG. I am still not convinced that it would remain if I reordered the icons on the My Apps section though.
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[Q] Notifications and Samsung Apps not working on Gear and Kitkat LG G2

Hello.
My gear is set up using Null 23 and Triangulum Kernel 1.0.1
I am using Gear Manager 1.6.132701.
My LG G2 is using android version 4.4.2. It is using a stock rom.
I installed the gearmanagerstub, gear manager, the 21 (19 really) APKs, and I used the Samsung apps that have the touchwiz requirements removed.
The only thing that's working properly is making phone calls using the gear, the camera, and the voice memo.
No notifications are working. SMS isn't working. Samsung Apps shows "No data" on my phone.
I tried to sideload the Gear version of the Kakaotalk app and it isn't showing up anywhere on the gear even though it says it is installed.
I would really like to get SMS notifications to work. I'd also like to get Samsung Apps working. Does anyone know what I may have done wrong?
Edit: I downgraded to gear manager 1.5. The Call Log now works, but notifications still dont seem to work. I'll update with more details later if I get anything working.

Missing Apps Upon Restart

i installed a calc.apk manually via adb push. i see the app in my app list on the watch, however when i restart the app is gone. i also have nova launcher installed, and can see the calc app is actually still installed, it's just not showing anymore on the touchwiz launcher. is there something i can uncheck, or check from my phone that is screwing it up from a sync or something?
** i actually tested turning off the bluetooth on my phone so it wouldn't pair with watch. and i rebooted phone after re-pushing the calc file. the file stays in my app list. so somewhere something is unsyncing information from phone to watch when it pairs. i just dont know where to look.

xirnibor said:
i installed a calc.apk manually via adb push. i see the app in my app list on the watch, however when i restart the app is gone. i also have nova launcher installed, and can see the calc app is actually still installed, it's just not showing anymore on the touchwiz launcher. is there something i can uncheck, or check from my phone that is screwing it up from a sync or something?
** i actually tested turning off the bluetooth on my phone so it wouldn't pair with watch. and i rebooted phone after re-pushing the calc file. the file stays in my app list. so somewhere something is unsyncing information from phone to watch when it pairs. i just dont know where to look.
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***further testing - i installed gear manager v1.6.132701 - phone said i had to update to use samsung gear manager. i did. as long as i dont show the device *paired in samsung manager, all side loaded apps seem to work fine. if i pair it in manager, poof the app disappears until i disable pair and restart watch.

Known issue (feature?) of later versions of gear manager. Sideloaded apps will disappear from touchwiz launcher (you need to downgrade gm or install another launcher)

Brendo said:
Known issue (feature?) of later versions of gear manager. Sideloaded apps will disappear from touchwiz launcher (you need to downgrade gm or install another launcher)
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how do i load another installer? i tried an old version (16) and as soon as i opens, it forces me to update?

Broken notifications in Gear Manager ? Here's the solution

I've spent a lot of time to figure out how to get full notifications back on my Gear 1.
Since the last few updates, Samsung screwed us over by updating Gear Manager and mess with the notifications in the process.
For a lot of apps, the full notifications were removed now only showing the app that triggers the notification and for instance the sender of an email.
This is what I did to get it fully working again.
1. Remove everything Gear related on the phone (my case it's a S5).
2. Download earlier version of Gear Manager where full notifications still worked and put it somewhere on your SD card where you can find it.
( I downloaded version 2.1.14071502 from here https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi/Gear_Manager )
3. Make sure the phone doesn't have any internet connection anymore, disable wifi and mobile data connection.
4. disable Bluetooth, so that you don't have a connection with the Gear smartwatch.
5. Install the Gear Manager earlier version you downloaded
6. reboot phone
7. open Titanium Backup and freeze "samsung gear automatic update" (or something simular, I'm translating is from Dutch).
8. open Gear Manager, it shouldn't ask to update (as the internet connection is still not active).
9. disable automatic updates in Gear Manager
10. Set up Gear Manager as you like
11. Connect phone to smartwatch by enabling Bluetooth again
12. Enable wifi and/or mobile data connection
On my S5 it works perfectly like this, no messages about updates and whatsapp and gmail notifications are coming in again with preview of the text.
UPDATE : I don't know if it is related to my "workaround" but I don't receive WhatsApp notifications anymore on the watch, although it is checked in Gear Manager and I do receive notifications on my phone.
UPDATE 2 : decided to give it another try today and I followed again the same steps. At step 7 there was no "Samsung Software Update" in TB, so decided to freeze "Samsung Account" in TB. This worked very well.
Tested my findings by sending myself multiple notifications (Gmail, SMS, Whatsapp, etc) from my company S3 Neo and it worked !

Does this also solve certain apps not installing when installed from phone and not galaxy store?

diamantericos said:
Does this also solve certain apps not installing when installed from phone and not galaxy store?
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No, not that I know of.
This "workaround" is only to get back more text in the notifications, which are gone after the last few updates that Samsung forced upon us.

uhm... 1.7.071502 version can not be found in the link provided?

Henkl said:
uhm... 1.7.071502 version can not be found in the link provided?
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My bad, I ment 2.1.14071502 which is there.

speedme said:
My bad, I ment 2.1.14071502 which is there.
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sorry.. does not work for me ... "Gear manager stopped working"

Henkl said:
sorry.. does not work for me ... "Gear manager stopped working"
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Have you followed the steps exactly ?
I've performed them twice and it worked

speedme said:
Have you followed the steps exactly ?
I've performed them twice and it worked
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trice already....