So I purchased the Galaxy Gear on amazon.com and probably made a huge mistake my taking the cut rate route by purchasing the watch from Amazon Warehouse Deals. The watch came in pristine condition, no scratches at all, but the probable reason why the watch was returned became evident after my initial start up.
The main problem that I am having with the watch is that the device will automatically power down after a short period of time after entering 'dim' mode. I factory reset the device, and even entered recovery to perform a factory reset, but the problem still persists. I don't have much more information other than that. I tried changing the mode to having the screen turn off instead of entering dim mode, but instead of entering a standby mode the watch simple turns all the way off.
I do not think it is a battery issue (or hardware) because if I use the device normally it functions perfectly fine.
I called Samsung, after convincing the rep that the watch was new, she told me the only possible problem was that the internal settings within the watch were bugged or not set properly, and my only solution was to either exchange the product, or bring it to a Best Buy and ask the samsung rep there to reflash it. i wanted to ask here first to see if anybody knew any software tricks that could possibly fix the device.
Normal for the Galaxy Gear, there is a forum for the Galaxy Gear not this one.
The Gear Live, allows you to select "always on"
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Hi I am not sure what happened but I found someone locally selling a Galaxy Gear for $200.00. I thought that was a pretty good deal so I met up with the person today and got the watch. He showed me it working on his Note 3. He breezed through the screens with his finger. I called him...he took the call on the watch...I mean everything looked fine. Now I must mention I already bought a Galaxy Gear and love it. Been side loading apps and really having fun with it. I thought for this price I could play around with rooting and try some things that I did not want to on my existing gear because I am happy with the way it is working. Figured if I sold it on Ebay eventually I would still make possibly $50.00 when it was all said and done. So the first thing I did was charge up the new Gear ..it was at 87% already but thought it could not hurt. I was trying to figure out how to link TWO gears to my Note 3 and you pretty much just add a new gear and unpair or disconnect the other. So far so good...so I get the option to restore my data....I'm like sweet! Goes through the entire process including with even watch styler. I push a recently configured watch face to the gear. And that's as far as I got. I tried to swipe left and right with no luck. no up or down either. Ok, I figure maybe the buggy watch styler hung up the gear. Hold the power button down on the side and I get the reboot or shutdown...go to hit shutdown and the screen does not sense I am touching it. I tried it over and over and still nothing. Finally my only option was to hold the side power button in....says rebooting...actually comes up shows the time but I still cannot swipe in any direction. I even went as far as to go into the system menu by pushing the side button over and over after the reboot and I did a reset in there but still no touch response. Now If I had not actually seen it working I would have thought the dude pulled a fast one on me and who knows maybe he still did but it WAS working. Out of desperation I called Samsung and gave them my serial number and they told me it is eligible for warranty return...but watch them find it was previously wet or dropped somehow. I do not know if it has been but that would just suck. So much for my good deal. Do any of you extremely smart folks know what I can try or do you think it and I are hosed? I did try USB to see if that made a difference and if I go into the download mode I could launch ODIN and it shows it is detected. I am trying not to totally reset my other gear by uninstalling anything on the phone but I trust you guys so what do think I should do?
I have had this galaxy gear for about a week now, and since new the camera has been extremely glitchy. Sometimes it will work no problem, but very rarely. Most of the time when I swipe down to use the camera the screen goes black and stays that way for almost a minute sometimes, before a message comes up saying "warning camera failed" . I have done a hard reset twice now, and made sure I had the latest software update, yet still haven't had any luck. I can still return it to the store for an exchange but best buy where I purchased it from is currently sold out and I am waiting. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and it might be fixable? I have read through a lot of forums but haven't found any information on this.
I have recently been trying to root, and install a custom rom hoping that would solve the problem. I follow the directions exactly from the forums in this site, it roots no problem, and I get the custom rom transferred to the galaxy gear sdcard using wondershare. But every time I get in recovery mode, and select recovery, it reboots and resets my gear. I don't get any options to install in twrp.
Can anybody help?
Gear camera problem
Walker1985 said:
I have had this galaxy gear for about a week now, and since new the camera has been extremely glitchy. Sometimes it will work no problem, but very rarely. Most of the time when I swipe down to use the camera the screen goes black and stays that way for almost a minute sometimes, before a message comes up saying "warning camera failed" . I have done a hard reset twice now, and made sure I had the latest software update, yet still haven't had any luck. I can still return it to the store for an exchange but best buy where I purchased it from is currently sold out and I am waiting. Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and it might be fixable? I have read through a lot of forums but haven't found any information on this.
I have recently been trying to root, and install a custom rom hoping that would solve the problem. I follow the directions exactly from the forums in this site, it roots no problem, and I get the custom rom transferred to the galaxy gear sdcard using wondershare. But every time I get in recovery mode, and select recovery, it reboots and resets my gear. I don't get any options to install in twrp.
Can anybody help?
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I facing the same issue also..Which "camera has stopped" problem. i had also send back to service center once and return back with a functional one. But today i once again had this problem and i try to remove out from my hand and twist abit on the belt and the camera able to function. i believe this is hardware problem and this was due to the belt problem. I think i going to send back to service center once again.
ongtinghou said:
I facing the same issue also..Which "camera has stopped" problem. i had also send back to service center once and return back with a functional one. But today i once again had this problem and i try to remove out from my hand and twist abit on the belt and the camera able to function. i believe this is hardware problem and this was due to the belt problem. I think i going to send back to service center once again.
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Ya that's what I am thinking it must be, I will return mine too as soon as they get some more in stock. But I still haven't been able to figure out why I can root mine, but I cant install the custom recovery so I can install a new rom..
Mine just started doing this, anyone have a resolution other then returning it.
Never mind, i found the issue. The band has separated from the face and cut the cable to the camera.
how long did it take samsung to send you a new one.
After returning my watch to bestbuy I exchanged it for a new one. The new one the band is different and the hole in that was behind eh camera is now gone. I really think samsung is reading these forums
raiu said:
After returning my watch to bestbuy I exchanged it for a new one. The new one the band is different and the hole in that was behind eh camera is now gone. I really think samsung is reading these forums
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can you post pictures?
I had the same problem.. did a fresh watch reset/recovery, and its fixed the problem.. not sure if it will for everybody, but in my case it did. My Model# is SM-V700
Step 1: Make sure Gear is powered off
Step 2: Press and hold the power key until you see either the Galaxy Gear rebooting… screen or a blank white screen.
Step 3: Release the power key and then continuously tap the power key until you see the Reboot Select Mode screen.
Step 4: Tap the power key to highlight the "recovery" option.
Step 5: Long press the power key (5-8 sec) to select it.
Solution to camera stopped problem
I hope this helps others. I had not used the watch in many months. I couldn't get it to turn on after a whole day of charging. Read a tip off an Amazon review and it worked -- if your watch is "dead" plug the charging cable into your computer USB port and not the AC outlet. It charged just fine then and works.
Now to the camera problem. I reset the watch and reinstalled. Got the "black screen" and after so many seconds, a message 'camera stopped'. Reset again. Still the same problem.
But I got into the GEAR MANAGER , selected MY APPS and noticed that there was a "+" sign on the top right of the screen. Touched that and it brought up an additional list of apps. At the top it said I has "11/14" apps turned on. I found I could click on the CAMERA and it went to 12/14. Picked 2 more things. Now the Camera is one of the 14 apps on the device. Guess there's a limit
THE CAMERA WORKED PERFECTLY AFTER THAT.
Hello,
A couple of months ago, my LG G Watch R's screen died out on me. It started with a weird distorted display issue that would come and go, displaying black lines and torn textures on the screen for a few minutes and then returning to normal. This would happen a few times a day for almost a week. Suddenly, the watch would display nothing but static for hours, completely eliminating usage. Every now and then, the watch would work somewhat normally. I used this time to reset my device, however, this has not fixed the issue, rather, made it worse. I get to the language selection part of the factory reset and the device begins displaying static again. Originally, I figured I would call up LG and get the device repaired, but since I bought the device through amazon (not an approved LG retailer, I guess), they absolutely refuse to touch it. Now, the only way I can even see the LG boot logo is to let the device completely discharge and the put it on the charging mount. Without doing this, the device displays nothing but static, even after a hard reboot. So without the help of LG, I attempted to debug. However, since I essentially have zero access to my watch's systems, I can not use the ADB software, because I have no way of authorizing debugging mode. I have attempted to boot into recovery mode by swiping from 11 oclock to 5 oclock on the LG boot screen, but this seems to do nothing but display the LG logo indefinitely (I'm not sure if this is normal or not), and I am too inexperienced to know how to even use recovery mode.
I appear to be in quite the bind, does any one else have suggestions on what I can do?
LG G Watch R screen static
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Hello,
A couple of months ago, my LG G Watch R's screen died out on me. It started with a weird distorted display issue that would come and go, displaying black lines and torn textures on the screen for a few minutes and then returning to normal. This would happen a few times a day for almost a week. Suddenly, the watch would display nothing but static for hours, completely eliminating usage. Every now and then, the watch would work somewhat normally. I used this time to reset my device, however, this has not fixed the issue, rather, made it worse. I get to the language selection part of the factory reset and the device begins displaying static again. Originally, I figured I would call up LG and get the device repaired, but since I bought the device through amazon (not an approved LG retailer, I guess), they absolutely refuse to touch it. Now, the only way I can even see the LG boot logo is to let the device completely discharge and the put it on the charging mount. Without doing this, the device displays nothing but static, even after a hard reboot. So without the help of LG, I attempted to debug. However, since I essentially have zero access to my watch's systems, I can not use the ADB software, because I have no way of authorizing debugging mode. I have attempted to boot into recovery mode by swiping from 11 oclock to 5 oclock on the LG boot screen, but this seems to do nothing but display the LG logo indefinitely (I'm not sure if this is normal or not), and I am too inexperienced to know how to even use recovery mode.
I appear to be in quite the bind, does any one else have suggestions on what I can do?
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I have exact the same problem, butI'm still in the stadium of the distorted display, black lines and torn textures...
Please keep me informed about solutions, thx.
Pictures may help. Are you guys referring to something like what's described in this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2953800
If so, it seems like it's affecting a fair few people. Contact LG and ask for an RMA.
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I am having a boot loop issue. I have T-Mobile G4 that is NOT rooted. I bought it on release day. I too would get random reboots, particularly after the recent security update. I also noticed that the operating temperature was really high, a lot lately. I thought it was a rogue app (clean master). Anyway, I updated a few apps and installed a few watch faces. Suddenly, my phone was drained prematurely. Plugged it into a quick charge charger when all the fun begins. Early on it would boot to the home screen but would reboot a minute or two later. Then it stopped booting to home. On two occasions that I caught, it was starting up like a firmware update just installed with the "Android is starting 1 of 143 apps" type of line. After seeing that and still not getting to home, I figured I might as well factory reset it. Well I was amazed to discover that a factory reset yields the same boot loop. All I get is the LG logo.
Defeated. I go to my local TMo retailer where I bought the phone only to find out that I have to wait for delivery of a replacement( I smell refurb). I'm in Jump btw. I did notice that when the phone will boot to home screen for whatever length of time, the LED would work. The LED does not work during a boot loop. My research on this issue uncovered an alarming trend on the Internet. No solutions other than replacement. No cause has been identified either. Without proof, these are my top suspicions: Quick charge, 128G SD, apps moved to SD. My hunch is quick charge. All of my chargers are Qualcomm certified quick chargers. and I use them 95% of the time. I would hate to add LG to my list of boycotted Android vendors under Samsung.
Things I tried:
Recovery mode
Download mode
No SIM, Battery and/or SD
Swapping batteries
Safe mode (once)
This happened to me yesterday. I was listening to music through the bluetooth at the gym and it stopped playing. When I walked over to the phone it was already in a boot loop.
Reflashing does nothing nor does a factory reset. They are sending me a new one as well.
Funny thing is once it did make itself passed the boot screen to: "updating apps" This smells like an update is bricking phones. I went to the store and the agent said he couldn't find any data on a recent update but I think he wasn't looking at the right place. If there's an update bricking phones I will be livid. I'm 40 days away from a Jump upgrade and they said I can't exchange it early anyway because it "has to be in working condition." Well no ****, YOU can do the warranty replacement...give me a new phone! I too abandoned Samsung after the Lollipop Note Edge upgrade made the phone discharge in 3 hours or less and run as smooth as gravel. LG has suddenly made me sour too.
Same exact issue as you described.
Also tried everything you did. I went with TMO's replacement, and to my surprise, it was a new phone rather than a refurb.
Quick back story, bought ZW3 and turns out it never made any sounds. Purchased a second one while the first went back to Asus for repair. When I got it back, I confirmed that it was working fine and then I shut it down, out it back in it's original box and put in closet.
After spending the normal time getting the watch and the phone to work as I wanted, I believe everything was working as it should. Then AW 2.0 finally came, and a little more learning, no problem. But then the phone goes to Android 8.0.0 and and I'm back to frustrations, such as no longer when you select your watch in the BT list of paired devices, does it say "connecting" or does the BT icon ever show it's connected, battery life now sucks, blah blah blah.
About 4 weeks ago, ZW3 #2 half the time the sound is low in volume and distorted like a severely blown speaker. So I shut shut it down and pull out ZW #1 and it doesn't want to connect to AW. Eventually I end up defaulting it but holy shizzle sticks! It takes forever to load ll apps and finally update to AW 2.0.... like more than half a day!
Now I bring you to yesterday and ZW #1 stops making sounds altogether AGAIN and on top of all that, I can't get either watch to be seen or therefore connected to AW on the phone. I have repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled the app on the phone and 90% of the time it opens and sits on a white screen with the logo. Other times it goes to the "Set Up" screen and the first time I set the permissions and such, and after that it goes to the "Select your device" screen but never sees either one.
Now, if I "forget" the devices on the BT setting screen, it pops up with the request to pair and the code, but that makes no difference in AW functioning.
So, What little hidden step am I missing? I should be able to switch back and forth between to identically set up devices, or at least connect to one. So frustrated, plus now I have to figure out how to get Asus to realize that they didn't fix sh!t.
send all three in and tell them to give one good one.
You know you have to have both watches paired to phone, You cant just take second zw3 out and try to use it like it was the first one, do you? Yes? Ok.
Now if there is still problem:
1.Factory reset watch (unpair from phone from within the watch settings)
2.reset wireless connections on phone (will loose all wifi networks and BT paired devices)-but this helped me get rid of wear app misbehaving (like you wrote-forever sitting on splash screen,etc.),
3.clear data and cache of Wear app and then uninstall it
4.Restart phone.
5.Pair the watch.