The following are my questions:
1. Will the galaxy gear pair with lower end device?
2. Will the galaxy gear pair with devices without bluetooth 4.0 le? (Such as bluetooth 2.1+ edr only)
3. Will the galaxy gear pair with devices that doesnt have jellybean 4.3 and kitkat (jelly bean 4.2.2
4. Can the galaxy gear work as a standalone no paired phone? Just for taking pictures.
Thanks.
1. Yes it will work on older devices, but not all. (See note 3)
2. Yes, I've paired with a Bluetooth 3.0 myself. Not sure about 2+
3. I've paired with 4.1.2 on an original Galaxy note. Not all functions worked. Just about any device with 4.3 can enjoy the galaxy gear. However you need to jump thru some hoops in order to get everything working.
4 The galaxy gear 3 is a stand alone device. The gear 1 and 2 are not. It won't work out of the box until you pair, or install null rom. Then you can use the camera by itself. The time might not be correct though.
440bro said:
1. Yes it will work on older devices, but not all. (See note 3)
2. Yes, I've paired with a Bluetooth 3.0 myself. Not sure about 2+
3. I've paired with 4.1.2 on an original Galaxy note. Not all functions worked. Just about any device with 4.3 can enjoy the galaxy gear. However you need to jump thru some hoops in order to get everything working.
4 The galaxy gear 3 is a stand alone device. The gear 1 and 2 are not. It won't work out of the box until you pair, or install null rom. Then you can use the camera by itself. The time might not be correct though.
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Sooo if the gear 2 isnt paired it cant take pictures? All i need is for it to take pictures and take the captured pictures via connecting it to the pc. Can u install android on gear 2?
Hi Guys any of you encountered getting stuck on Samsung Gear manager when tryin to connect to Samsung gear 1? Im on DN3 V5 Rom with Agni Kernel and I have Samsung gear 1 running Tizen. I tried clearing Rom/Cache/Dalvic, reinstall gear manager app a couple of times including from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686. I reset my gear which makes it unusable it can pair through bluetooth.
Before reinstalling gear manager did u try force closing it and reconnecting? That usually fixed it for Me. Worth a try it. Sometimes it takes a couple tries to connect to my phone
Thanks for your suggestion. Ive tried that already but it just stays connecting.My bluetooth detected and paired my Gear with no problem.
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Make sure your build.prop DOES NOT claim your device is a Samsung. (and reboot for reverted build.prop to take an action) That fixed an issue for me
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Hi Guys any of you encountered getting stuck on Samsung Gear manager when tryin to connect to Samsung gear 1? Im on DN3 V5 Rom with Agni Kernel and I have Samsung gear 1 running Tizen. I tried clearing Rom/Cache/Dalvic, reinstall gear manager app a couple of times including from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686. I reset my gear which makes it unusable it can pair through bluetooth.
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I have the same issue with a BQ M5, and One Plus One too. The gear manager was working before with both phones, but when I upgraded gear firmware with first the BQ , gear manager doesn't connect anymore. Then I reset my watch, delete apps, clean mobile... restart... etc with no luck. I try to install old firmware and an old gear manager app (the one that worked before with this phone and gear firmware) and same result, stuck on "connecting...". This has happend with both phones after they both upgraded firmware on the gear s2 using gear manager. I think it's something with the upgrade process, that makes the gear manager unusable on the phone that downloads and performs the upgrade on the watch. I have to initialize the gear with a friends phone so that I can almost see the time...
searched the internet for a solution but same issue is happening already with Samsung phones to some people.
If someone have any clue on how to debug or try to trace this bug, any suggestion will be appreciated.
hello everybody,
untill last week my gear was working fine, but 2 days ago i wanted to flash null_rom because i was interested in the function on internet bluetooth tethering
i flashed the rom, i connect the gear to my note 3 ( rom s5 ported) and all was working fine, except for the fact that i couldn't use bluetooth tethering.. i don't know why!
so i decided to wipe all and reflash the rom from recovery. Then i reboot the watch and i tried to reconnect phone and gear, and i couldn't! i opened gear manager, find my gear e and paired with my device: the phone said "connecting to gear" and on the watch there was the symbols of connction between the devices.. the gear stuck on this but my phone said that was connected, but i couldn't use the watch beacuse i had always the animation of connecting devices on the gear!
i didn't know what to do, so i decided to reflash the last firmware for gear (android 4.2.2 nc1, not tizen, i don't want it!). Now the problem is worse, i think, because the gear and phone try to connect but the phone says that "the base that i tried to connect could be wrong :/ , while the gear doesn't show nothing! i have always the 2 icon of demostration of connection by bluetooth or nfc: when i try to pair the devices, both phone and watch vibrate and show the code of pairing, i accept in both of device but nothing happens! could someone help me? i also tried to unpair the devices and downgrading the gear manager to reconnect devices, but the older gear manager says that i have to upgrade the software of the gear, but i don't want tizen at all! i like android
Help me please!!
Did u use custom rom on your note 3 ? If yes try to reinstall back that rom and if still cannot then u must use original stock rom before can sync with your GG.
Hope this can give u little bit idea..... peace
Please comment if you can't connect gear 2 neo to phone any thanks!!
got a Samsung J3 Luna pro(SM-S327VL) the other day, cant connect gear 2 neo to it, it will pair Bluetooth, but when you start to connect through gear manager you get a "check if phone is compatible or if gear manager needs to be updated" or "failure to download"
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got a Samsung J3 Luna pro(SM-S327VL) the other day, cant connect gear 2 neo to it, it will pair Bluetooth, but when you start to connect through gear manager you get a "check if phone is compatible or if gear manager needs to be updated" or "failure to download"
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Solution: Download a old Android Wear, the lastest version wont work.
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Solution: Download a old Android Wear, the lastest version wont work.
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I tried that. The app had to update, before it would go to the pairing screen.
Yeah I just flashed android wear to solve my problem, I held off as long as I could cause I know the difference in OS. I might have compatibility that teizen didn't have, but now I have the battery drain that comes with wear.
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Please comment if you can't connect gear 2 neo to phone any thanks!!
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First of all, please excuse my English...
I want to connect my Gear2 Neo to my "Huawei P20 lite" (Android 8 not rooted). Unfortunately, on my search in Google I only found very old instructions, which didn't work for me. I suspect it is because these instructions use an older Android version and the apps included do not work on my device. Unfortunately, I haven't taken care of such things at all in the last few years, but I can still remember that the XDA developers always had a solution for almost everything.
Can you help me out here?
MacGyver_MZG said:
First of all, please excuse my English...
I want to connect my Gear2 Neo to my "Huawei P20 lite" (Android 8 not rooted). Unfortunately, on my search in Google I only found very old instructions, which didn't work for me. I suspect it is because these instructions use an older Android version and the apps included do not work on my device. Unfortunately, I haven't taken care of such things at all in the last few years, but I can still remember that the XDA developers always had a solution for almost everything.
Can you help me out here?
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While Tizen is on your watch it is not possible to pair it. You should install android wear to your watch, then you will be able to pair it with your Huawei phone.
TacoNikky said:
While Tizen is on your watch it is not possible to pair it. You should install android wear to your watch, then you will be able to pair it with your Huawei phone.
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I do have WearOS by Google on my Moto G6 Plus and can't connect, I had done almost everything that was recommended but nothing any tips on this one? (Old phone died on me Moto G4 Play and it worked flawlessly)
It has the Android OS 6.0.1 and wear version is 1.5.0.2884951 if that can help you guys at all.
Cheers
Almost same problem here. Have Gear 2 with the latest software on it(the BOA). It won't pair neither with Samsung or other manufacturer. The only time that pairs is when i've tryed with an older version of android wear on my sony z1 but when showing the updating message, it freezes like that. Pls help people!
Hey, I just got an LG Stylo 3 and cant get my gear 2 neo to connect. I can connect via phone bluetooth, but wear cant find phone and the when I try to connect from the watch the watch wont find the phone. I can answer calls through the watch only. I have the old patch for gear version 2.1.14052101. Any help is appreciated.
Any backdoors to get this smart watch to work with newer Samsung phones yet? Or a way to use an older Samsung gear on newer Samsung's without being forced to update? Have a note 9 I want to use this watch with but thus far no luck
i have a Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra
i have no idea how to use my Samsung Gear 2 Neo with my Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra,can anyone help me
newtoallthis101 said:
i have no idea how to use my Samsung Gear 2 Neo with my Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra,can anyone help me
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You can not (or flash with an old Android Wear version, not easy and not really good)
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i have no idea how to use my Samsung Gear 2 Neo with my Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra,can anyone help me
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Yeah, there is an old version of Android Wear that works with the Gear 2 Neo. I installed it twice this week. A lot of stuff works, some doesn't.
Some big stuff that works:
• Google Fit App
• Heartbeat
• Pedometer
• Google Authentication
• media controls (I've used Spotify, TuneIn, Google Music), volume control
• notifications, app options (example, delete an email)
• speaker (tested with Google Music → Play on Wear → Sync)
You'll need Samsung Odin, just search and download from whichever site.
I rooted before installing AW. Not sure if I needed to do that but it took 2 minutes.
Go to watch settings and see if you have firmware ending in NE5. If you have any other version, you need a stock NE5 firmware. One of mine had NE5 and one did not. If you have trouble finding a copy that isn't behind a paywall or something else stupid, just send me a message and I'll upload it to Google Drive (I can't post links yet).
Once you have stock NE5 firmware flashed to the device, download the file "R381XXU0BNE5rootfs_root.tar" from this thread and flash it also - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2773803
Then download the Android Wear file from this post and flash it last - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73542831&postcount=4
The watch will boot into a menu. Select "reboot" and then "system". Give it a few minutes and you should be good to go.
For each file you need to install (stock NE5, root, AW 1.5), follow these steps.
Flashing firmware with Odin:
1. Connect the device to your PC and open Odin.
2. Hold down the button until the watch restarts (the menu will appear, don't select reboot just keep holding the button).
3. When the logo appears, tap the button 5 times.
4. Tap the button once to select "download" and long press the button. The device should be in "download mode".
5. In Odin, click "AP" and select the firmware file.
6. Verify the default options "auto reboot" and "f. reset time" are enabled. Press start.
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You can not (or flash with an old Android Wear version, not easy and not really good)
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I disagree. Biktor's AW ROM worked great on my Neo, for years. I had the best luck using the Beta 3 version.
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mcclellandk said:
Any backdoors to get this smart watch to work with newer Samsung phones yet? Or a way to use an older Samsung gear on newer Samsung's without being forced to update? Have a note 9 I want to use this watch with but thus far no luck
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I reverted my Neo to Tizen from AW, last night and paired it with my Verizon branded, Snapdragon Note 9. No pairing issues. I used the same Samsung Wearable app that I used to pair the Fit2 Pro, Sport and S3. It's seriously old school, compared to the Gear Sport or Gear S3, but works fine.
Can not connect gear 2 neo to huawei p30 android 9.
Even i flash with custom android rom in my gear but no luck can not detect gear on my p30.
Any expert here who can do it..
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I just dug out my Neo, and I was all set to enjoying my watch until I ran across Google Wear. I am running on a Nexus 6p and Android Gear worked just fine. Not so much with Google Wear. So where can I find a apk that will put me back to being able to make use of the Neo. Not ready to invest in a new watch, and Tizen is not feasible since I am not playing with a Sumsung phone.
I have a gear 2 neo running Android wear 1.5.0.2884951 and Google play services 8.7.01. It connects nicely for notifications and Spotify/media controls for my LG v40.
Unfortunately only one phone app was able to push it's extension app over to the watch. I have been trying to adb sideload (install not push) some older APK files, that appear to complete 100%, but never showup on the watch.
Any ideas?
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I disagree. Biktor's AW ROM worked great on my Neo, for years. I had the best luck using the Beta 3 version.
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I reverted my Neo to Tizen from AW, last night and paired it with my Verizon branded, Snapdragon Note 9. No pairing issues. I used the same Samsung Wearable app that I used to pair the Fit2 Pro, Sport and S3. It's seriously old school, compared to the Gear Sport or Gear S3, but works fine.
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do you have the apk for it or even the version please?
EDIT: DW i just noticed it's a note, i have the new 1+8pro
dladz said:
do you have the apk for it or even the version please?
EDIT: DW i just noticed it's a note, i have the new 1+8pro
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For a non- Samsung phone, you should use the Beta 3 version of Biktor's Android Wear ROM.
Beta #3 (Zenwatch based): https://mega.nz/#!FFYjQCxR!Et4bc8QSX...cKsj5tnBNLPZog
from this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/gear-2/please-help-kernel-compiling-android-t2992953