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Will the Gear get ROMs? Use with other phones?

I know it's VERY early, but that 30% discount at Tmobile is tempting me. But I don't plan on getting a Note 3 or a S4. Currently I'm very happy with my LG G2, although I am considering swapping out to a Nexus 5 depending on what that ends up being.
Anyway I'm trying to find a use for the Gear without a S4/N3. Is there ANY functionality that would prove useful just running it by itself?
Do you guys anticipate any ROMs released in the future to have it work with other Android phones, or just to add stand alone functionality to it? Or is it a totally closed system and hopeless?

Right now it's an n3 or nothing. Have not heard of any roms really

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I know it's VERY early, but that 30% discount at Tmobile is tempting me. But I don't plan on getting a Note 3 or a S4. Currently I'm very happy with my LG G2, although I am considering swapping out to a Nexus 5 depending on what that ends up being.
Anyway I'm trying to find a use for the Gear without a S4/N3. Is there ANY functionality that would prove useful just running it by itself?
Do you guys anticipate any ROMs released in the future to have it work with other Android phones, or just to add stand alone functionality to it? Or is it a totally closed system and hopeless?
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Right now without a compatible device to pair it to you can't even use it as a watch, as the pairing process is what sets the time etc, and there is no way to bypass the screen instructing you to pair it with your device. After it's paired it will function as a watch, camera and pedometer without being connected to the phone but that's about it. No idea on roms but I have heard Samsung will be releasing an SDK for developers to create apps for it.
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Right now it's an n3 or nothing. Have not heard of any roms really
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The app was updated so it can be installed on an S4 from the Samsung store yesterday I believe. Pretty sure it doesn't support all the functions on the S4 tho until it gets 4.3.

Could always get a gear and go into a carrier store and sync on of the GN 3 on display... Jk... Then again it may work. Lol
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Could always get a gear and go into a carrier store and sync on of the GN 3 on display... Jk... Then again it may work. Lol
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It will work :laugh::good:

Galaxy Gear 2

Say what? Already?
Built in Gps & 4Gb....why must they do this to early adopters (and so soon). I can't complain, mine was free with my Note 3, but I still feel a bit...meh.
"The Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 will reportedly launch as an all-Android device which means you won't have to own either the Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 3 or Galaxy S3.
According to Pocket-Lint, Samsung's next-generation Smart Watch will come sporting in-built GPS along with 4GB of onboard memory, it'll also come with running and music apps straight out of the box, something which the original Galaxy Gear was criticised for not having.
It's not clear whether Samsung will keep the same design as the original Galaxy Gear or whether the company will decide to make some changes there as well in light of the fact that it would work with any Android smartphone.
Whilst it may seem as though this is a very short turnaround for a company to be releasing an update it's actually something Samsung has plenty of practise at with the Galaxy range being constantly updated throughout the year."
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we don't need that. galaxy gear is perfectly capable of running internet browser and navigation apps, it just need custom rom for that.
they need to update the software and get rid of touchwiz, it will never be usefull.
Galaxy range being constantly updated throughout the year.
say what? they barely make updates, and when they do they do not work properly leaving the user with broken software for MONTHS.

CES 2014 does not mean they will start selling it it the middle of January either.
I like two things,
A display that does not need to time out in 5 seconds
Double the battery life (even though the gear has great battery life now)

They better make the first gear, compatible with all phones so at least we can get some resale value.
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Nah, Samsung is going to build the first Nexus watch that will be introduced at CES 2014 Or... whatever

Wow, only ordered one last night. Now question is, do I cancel and wait six months? Now I have typed it out in front of me I say hell no...

Why?
With the work that FOmey and others are doing, why go for 2.0. I have a browser, Nova Launcher, etc. Does far more than my Pebble and getting much more every day. This is what I bought mine for. Other than a few minor thing, it is doing more than I thought it could less than 6 weeks after release. I'm sure we will get TWRP or CWM soon, so we'll have all we need. The hardware is already great, so I'm enjoying it. I'll be buying 2.0 down the road, being a hardware junkie, but this has been so much fun already.

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Galaxy range being constantly updated throughout the year.
say what? they barely make updates, and when they do they do not work properly leaving the user with broken software for MONTHS.
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Yea I think they were referring to hardware updates rather than software ones. I agree though, bar lack of rich notifications over most apps, I love mine too

We all know were going to buy it as soon as it hits the shelves.. or atleast I am
I look forward to it ! Would be nice if they offered trade in's if its such a short period of time after the initial release date.

Yeah.. will buy the next gear if it hit the store.. But I will still keep my gear tho..
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fOmey said:
We all know were going to buy it as soon as it hits the shelves.. or atleast I am
I look forward to it ! Would be nice if they offered trade in's if its such a short period of time after the initial release date.
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Only if the Screen does not time out........ At screen on 24/7
Who am I kidding if it came out next week, I likely would buy it

i'm tired of being an early adopter and then left for loong time with barely to no support at all.
they will have to make more improvements if they want my money again.

Early adopter with no support? Really? With the frequent updates samsung provides...i think they are doing a stand up job.
The gear is in constant development and improvment. That's why we all buy samsung. What other company provides as many updates across their Android portfolio as they do?
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Early adopter with no support? Really? With the frequent updates samsung provides...i think they are doing a stand up job.
The gear is in constant development and improvment. That's why we all buy samsung. What other company provides as many updates across their Android portfolio as they do?
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+1 - Also if the phone is not getting the updates thats due to the cel company's not pushing them out, Because Samsung is.
Also if it was to come out soon I would keep my current Gear. and get the new one. But what if it does not have all that I want and have to wait for cool roms again to make it mine. (OK, OK, I could just do it the old fashioned way) But this is why I love being Married, Her wife have my Gear, Dang now I need one, Time to get the Gear 2. LOL Did that with the Note 2 to the Note 3, gave her my note 2 and got me then note 3. I love my understanding wife.)

From what I read, the first great was to test the market. I was about to buy one but now I will wait a few months. It's hard to keep up with innovation and technology and Samsung is at the forefront. Very similar to what the did What the s3 to the s4.. I believe it was 9 months between them.
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You gotta watch out for the word "reportedly"...some of these "reported" stories are bs
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Little help with tablet purchase...

Hi all. I'm looking to buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" tablet. Just needed a couple questions answered.
One... I notice in development that there is SM-T700, SM-T800, SM-T805 and so on. The one I'm buying says SM-T800. What's the difference between the others?
Two... My aunt got me an iPad Air but I never told her my hatred for Apple products. Would Best Buy take the iPad Air for money or exchange? I don't have the receipt. Just the box it came in.
Three... Is the Tab S the newest product by Samsung even though I see it was released last summer?
Four... I can't tell which product has had better reviews between the Tab Pro, Tab S and Note. Are more people on the Tab S than the other 2?
Five and last question... I bought the Note 4 a couple days ago and I have seen people talking about buying tablets that pair up better with what phone they have. Will the Tab S and Note 4 go together well?
Thanks for any insights.

1.) SM-T800 is your model (wifi version). The SMT805 is lte, Smt700 is the 8.4 tab s model and SMT705 is the 8.4 lte tab s.
2.) Probably not... Idk different stores have different things
3.) Its the newest. But the Tab S2 will be coming out this summer
4.) Less people I have seen on the tab s idk. Tab pro threads are kinda dead since the tab s release. Not sure about the tab note.
5.) I dont own a note 4 sorry. Side sync did work with the s5 so my guess is that it should work woth newer models. Best to ask bestbuy/samsung support for that.
Hope thos helps!
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
1.) SM-T800 is your model (wifi version). The SMT805 is lte, Smt700 is the 8.4 tab s model and SMT705 is the 8.4 lte tab s.
2.) Probably not... Idk different stores have different things
3.) Its the newest. But the Tab S2 will be coming out this summer
4.) Less people I have seen on the tab s idk. Tab pro threads are kinda dead since the tab s release. Not sure about the tab note.
5.) I dont own a note 4 sorry. Side sync did work with the s5 so my guess is that it should work woth newer models. Best to ask bestbuy/samsung support for that.
Hope thos helps!
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Thanks for your input. It helped a lot. I had to dig in more about if Best Buy would take the iPad. They will as long as iCloud Activation is disabled and everything wiped off. Doing that right now. They will give me $115 for it. I'll use that towards the Tab S 10.5" tablet.

heXacode said:
Thanks for your input. It helped a lot. I had to dig in more about if Best Buy would take the iPad. They will as long as iCloud Activation is disabled and everything wiped off. Doing that right now. They will give me $115 for it. I'll use that towards the Tab S 10.5" tablet.
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I'm not a lover of Apple products either. But I'm betting you could sell the iPad Air for significantly more than Best Buy is offering. Assuming its the Air and not the Air 2, Apple is selling new 16 GB WiFi only models for $399.00.
http://store.apple.com/us/buy-ipad/ipad-air
Bet you could get at least $200 for it and possibly more on a private sale vs the trade in.

ratman6161 said:
I'm not a lover of Apple products either. But I'm betting you could sell the iPad Air for significantly more than Best Buy is offering. Assuming its the Air and not the Air 2, Apple is selling new 16 GB WiFi only models for $399.00.
http://store.apple.com/us/buy-ipad/ipad-air
Bet you could get at least $200 for it and possibly more on a private sale vs the trade in.
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Yep its an Air. Not Air 2. Its exactly what I would do what you said. More money is better but the issue is I have only one day to do this. It would take a considerable amount of time trying to sell it for more.

I want to buy t700 or t800. Have 2 doubts: which screen is better , is there any significant difference? Second, I saw friends t700 , stock dpi is to bad for me- everything is too small. Which is stoch dpi on t700 and t800?
Thanks
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heXacode said:
Thanks for your input. It helped a lot. I had to dig in more about if Best Buy would take the iPad. They will as long as iCloud Activation is disabled and everything wiped off. Doing that right now. They will give me $115 for it. I'll use that towards the Tab S 10.5" tablet.
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I have Tab S 10.5 wifi and love it! Also, I have a Note 3 and it works very well with Sidesync for the Tab S.

Hey guys. Just reporting in that I bought the Tab S 10.5" tablet today. Got a great deal on it. Best Buy bought the iCrap iPad for $201. Only downside is the store didn't have any new Tab S in. They did have a used one that somebody bought and returned it the same day. I asked all kinds of questions why they brought it back. They never mentioned that the touch screen calibration was messed up. I found that out when I got home to sign into it. I did a simple factory/data reset and cache wipe and all is good. The Tab S is listed at $499 not including tax. This one was $349. I only paid $148 for it. There is no scratch and no issues with it at all. Guess the previous owner got fed up with the touch screen issue and returned it for an iPad. Oh well. Time to root it and try out ROMS and other stuff. I'm in love with it already!

As much as we hate iPad Air, I think most of us would have been more than happy to buy the iPad Air off you for more than $201 when we could easily resell it for double the price...

G Watch R in 2017

Hey guys,
I'm looking forward to buy my first smartwatch and I like the design of the G Watch R a lot? Is it still a good option to buy a used G Watch R?
I'm using a Oneplus 3T.
Greetings

Passi0509 said:
Hey guys,
I'm looking forward to buy my first smartwatch and I like the design of the G Watch R a lot? Is it still a good option to buy a used G Watch R?
I'm using a Oneplus 3T.
Greetings
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I like mine a lot. But tbh, it's an aging piece of tech. Better you bought something newer if you can afford it. If it's a budget buy, go for it.
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Zzz73 said:
I like mine a lot. But tbh, it's an aging piece of tech. Better you bought something newer if you can afford it. If it's a budget buy, go for it.
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Can you name me some aspects which have improved in newer smartwatches? Thanks

Passi0509 said:
Can you name me some aspects which have improved in newer smartwatches? Thanks
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Honestly i haven't researched specs in a while. but i would imagine after 2 years processor, amount of storage, and battery life would be noticably better in a new gen device. larger storage will be a bigger deal on 2.0 with some apps being stand-alone on the watch.
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Zzz73 said:
Honestly i haven't researched specs in a while. but i would imagine after 2 years processor, amount of storage, and battery life would be noticably better in a new gen device. larger storage will be a bigger deal on 2.0 with some apps being stand-alone on the watch.
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I see. But I think that the smartwatch does not need that much power, does it? I don´t want to play games on it haha.
With custom roms it is also up-to-date?
I´m just not able to pay 250+€ for a smartwatch, I would be able to get a G Watch R for like 100€.
Greetings

Passi0509 said:
I see. But I think that the smartwatch does not need that much power, does it? I don´t want to play games on it haha.
With custom roms it is also up-to-date?
I´m just not able to pay 250+€ for a smartwatch, I would be able to get a G Watch R for like 100€.
Greetings
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Yes i buy today this watch and its perfect mate and watch will get android wear 2.0 which is nice.
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Passi0509 said:
Can you name me some aspects which have improved in newer smartwatches? Thanks
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Zzz73 said:
Honestly i haven't researched specs in a while. but i would imagine after 2 years processor, amount of storage, and battery life would be noticably better in a new gen device. larger storage will be a bigger deal on 2.0 with some apps being stand-alone on the watch.
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Android wear smartwatches actually haven't come very far at all. With some of the newer smartwatches you'll get GPS and speaker functionality. Apart from that battery life will be roughly the same or worse(due to gps etc) and the processor is identical just physically smaller so devices can be thinner. If you want a smartwatch now choose one based on aesthetics and capability to run android wear 2.0 (which the G watch R will).

For now, I think the G Watch R and the newer smartwatches are not so different. Same cpu, same memory same batteries... But the next gen should bring important improvements such as speakers and nfc, at least.

Passi0509 said:
Hey guys,
I'm looking forward to buy my first smartwatch and I like the design of the G Watch R a lot? Is it still a good option to buy a used G Watch R?
I'm using a Oneplus 3T.
Greetings
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There is no doubt about LG G R one of the best watches released so far. But i would rather recommend Asus zen watch 3 or any other watch release recently.
This is to make sure that you get update at least for next 2 to 3 years. And also i would recommend watches with speaker.

Got a used one for 85 euros now

I bought mine about 3 months ago. There isn't any recent custom roms for it. That kinda sucks but for a smartwatch, it seems fine especially for the difference in the amount of $ you'll spend on something new. Its even still receiving updates as of the other day. Go for it!!!

i just miss a speaker on the g watch r.. you dont hear alarms or anything else if you dont wear the watch.

Hi guys, I've just received update to M1D65H...just wondering what's new, because watch doesn't let me update them for low battery . I assume it is not already a Wear 2.0 update as build number still starts with "M" letter.

I don't get any update :crying:

Meh...just February security update

fimfadimpa said:
Hi guys, I've just received update to M1D65H...just wondering what's new, because watch doesn't let me update them for low battery . I assume it is not already a Wear 2.0 update as build number still starts with "M" letter.
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Its not 2.0, just updated mine

Anybody in EU selling theirs R watch?

robimarko said:
Anybody in EU selling theirs R watch?
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my friend is selling in Finland. i can ask him

igni.selvaraj said:
my friend is selling in Finland. i can ask him
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Which Gear VR fits the Note 8?

I noticed when I ordered my Note 8 that there was a link for a new Gear VR Note 8 Edition. Does this mean that the prior versions will not work? I've seen posts where some users state that the 2017 edition fits the S8+, but am not sure if it will fit the Note 8.

advocate2 said:
I noticed when I ordered my Note 8 that there was a link for a new Gear VR Note 8 Edition. Does this mean that the prior versions will not work? I've seen posts where some users state that the 2017 edition fits the S8+, but am not sure if it will fit the Note 8.
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On launch day it was said a brand new Gear VR is coming out that will fit the Note 8, the current version will not work with the Note 8.
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/23/16193690/samsung-new-gear-vr-note-8-announced

That makes no sense. Why does samsung keep on doing that.
They know there going to make another phone they should think ahead and make a bigger adjuster for different size phones.
I got one in all the promos and had one for each different phone. Ended ip selling them all off and just keeping the s8 one

I pre-ordered the new vr with my phone order on samsung for $20 off

there is a new model on the sammy site for the note8. i have an employee discount so i picked it up. looking forward to it and the free 360 camera...

xile6 said:
That makes no sense. Why does samsung keep on doing that.
They know there going to make another phone they should think ahead and make a bigger adjuster for different size phones.
I got one in all the promos and had one for each different phone. Ended ip selling them all off and just keeping the s8 one
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Totally Agree with you.

xile6 said:
That makes no sense. Why does samsung keep on doing that.
They know there going to make another phone they should think ahead and make a bigger adjuster for different size phones.
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No one is going to disagree.
I think the launch product design wasn't finalized until after the launch of the s8+
I am racking up those friggen VRs as well.

So I get the Samsung Gear 360 VR Camera on promotion with the Note8, but I can't watch VR videos that I make with it on my current Samsung VR Headset that I got with the S8+. Would've been nice to offer the new VR Headset that fits the Note8 as one of the new promotion options.

I wonder if it will be possible to mod the S8/S8+ one to fit. Otherwise I guess I'll see if they offer a % off coupon for accessories like they have with previous S and Note models.

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I wonder if it will be possible to mod the S8/S8+ one to fit. Otherwise I guess I'll see if they offer a % off coupon for accessories like they have with previous S and Note models.
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Thats what I am thinking, should not be too much to mod but might be off center since one side is the plug and can not be adjusted. I don't know if I will do another VR unless we get really good deals. I have 3 VR's sitting here collecting dust now. I can't believe they did not plan for device adjustments for the note 8.

I just got off of a chat with Prasanna N. at Samsung Technical Support who said that they will have a port/adapter of some kind that will allow the Note8 to work with the previous model of the Gear VR. So maybe we'll be ok and not have to buy the Gear VR Note8 Edition.

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That makes no sense.
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Planned obsolescence.

The Note 8 version will be my first...never got to try the previous ones.

nicholb said:
I wonder if it will be possible to mod the S8/S8+ one to fit. Otherwise I guess I'll see if they offer a % off coupon for accessories like they have with previous S and Note models.
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Thats what I am thinking, should not be too much to mod but might be off center since one side is the plug and can not be adjusted. I don't know if I will do another VR unless we get really good deals. I have 3 VR's sitting here collecting dust now. I can't believe they did not plan for device adjustments for the note 8.
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the good news: i went to town on it with a dremel this morning and it worked out great.
the bad news: i think i inhaled some of my gear vr
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-gear-vr-vs-note-8-dremel-op-success-t3669507

doblebo said:
the good news: i went to town on it with a dremel this morning and it worked out great.
the bad news: i think i inhaled some of my gear vr
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-gear-vr-vs-note-8-dremel-op-success-t3669507
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That's good news. I will have to give it a go when I get mine. Thanks for the update

dwertz said:
That's good news. I will have to give it a go when I get mine. Thanks for the update
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It's a tight fit,but,you shouldn't have to do any modifications to the older VR Gear:
FF To about the 12:30 mark
https://youtu.be/wvhWHvyppfg

The Note8 fits in the most recent Gear VR headset. No modifications are required. I have a very difficult time understanding why anyone has had difficulty with this.

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The Note8 fits in the most recent Gear VR headset. No modifications are required. I have a very difficult time understanding why anyone has had difficulty with this.
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Does not fit in the one I bought a month ago. The note8 will not sit flush on the snap in end.
And the text on vr boot up is not centered.

Daydream fits and is compatible day 1. Works great!

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Does not fit in the one I bought a month ago. The note8 will not sit flush on the snap in end.
And the text on vr boot up is not centered.
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Then you're doing it wrong. Sorry, I can't help you. There are numerous YouTube videos demonstrating that it fits and works properly.