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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

spinedoc said:
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.

hurdlejade said:
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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[Discussion] Would you buy the Galaxy Gear again or buy another smartwatch?

Those of you that purchased the Gear (whether recently, or right around launch).... would you buy the Gear all over again if you had the chance, or would you buy a different smartwatch (Sony, Pebble, etc.)? Also, would you recommend it to a friend that was looking to buy a smartwatch? Just wondering, so discuss!

At $300, no. At $150, yes.

Very good question, $300 for a watch is cheap for me.. so pricing is such a big deal.
I would have to see some new worth wild features to be brought to the table to justify the price...

I'm saying... if you could go back in time to when you purchased the Gear, would you still chose the Gear knowing what you know now, or would you buy a different one (Sony, Pebble, etc.)?

At $150, i would buy it again, and again, and again..
At $300, I would have a tough decision between the Gear and a Toq/Neptune.
Either way I am happy with my Gear.

if i could not put null rom on it, i would not buy it again. stock experience is terrible imho, and there is no real competitor on the market right now..

I have the Galaxy Gear, the Pebble, the Martian, the metawatch and the Sony 2. I have played with all of them for a while now. Although each has its good points, I prefer the Galaxy Gear. Price wasn't an issue for me, I wanted the best experience. The Gear has been the best for Bluetooth range, ability to reconnect after loosing a connection and features. It just works well period. Of course I will try the iwatch and the Gear 2 when they come out. For now I prefer the Galaxy Gear.

Nope. Doesn't do enough
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Would buy again!
I bought the Gear and the Note 3 for $300 each and am still very happy with both. I run it stock and sideload some apps for fun, like MX Player and Apollo, but the stock apps work well for me. I think Samsung should have had out more apps and better apps by now, but I know that will come when the Gear 2 is out and the SDK. People in the wild do not have issues with the reviews and everyone just thinks it is really cool that i show what it does.

Yes at $150. I was already in the market for a non-smartwatch that would have set me back $500. So when bestbuy had this on sale I jumped saved me a bunch of money.....for now.
Even though I dont have a samsung device it does enough for me right now. Its stylish and doesnt look too bad.
Like someone else said the price doesnt really matter when compared to other watches out there.
Now as for other watches I am woman and none of the other smart watches appealed to me as the rose gold color samsung has. The Iwatch when it comes out MIGHT appeal to me but I doubt it. I think men have a easier time as far as looks go in the smartwatch department.

I had a pebble, bought gear at release for $300. Never looked at my pebble again. Would buy it again
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Had a Sony smartwatch 2 for a few weeks and best buy ran the 150$ deal. Haven't thought much about my Sony since. Especially after null rom. GG+null FTW!
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I have had a bunch of smart watches. Being a kinda early adapter, I even had a Sony Liveview, Burg 12 and several Motorola's Motoactv with custom roms. Now I have a Burg 16 and a ZGPAX and the bottom line is standalone smartwatches may be more powerful and more feature packed, but they dont make sense for most people due to build quality. Most are made in China and the quality is horrible, not to mention, most arent even splash proof to water intrusion. Where the Gear shines is its exceptional build quality. Yes, it lacks hardware like a larger battery, wifi, actual micro usb connection but those are all trade offs to improve the watches water resistance, battery life, and overall size. In my opinion, to date, there is nothing on the market that beats the Gear in this very important area.

I bought mine for $200, but $150 really seems like the right price point for an impulse buy that I might consider buying the next Galaxy Gear - otherwise my current Gear will do just fine for a while.

Just got it
I just got mine @ $150 the other day, it seems like the right price, anything over <$200, is not worth it.
However, I was originally waiting for the Gear 2 but pulled the trigger on the Gear, couldnt resist the $150..
Its a cool device, still running stock, but the rooted/flashing a new rom looks way worth it..but im still contemplating on returning it and waiting for the Gear 2, since it will be debuted this Monday 2/24.

Couldn't justify buying it at $300, but pulled the trigger for $150 and I love it. I had a liveview back in the day and loved it other than the fact that you had to take it off the strap to charge, which let to it's demise. I'm not even planning on rooting right now, the stock gear does pretty much everything I want.

Got the Sony SW2 for Xmas, then saw the Gear advertised for £183, so returned the Sony and bought the Gear. Never regretted it for a second.
The Sony was a nice watch, but seemed a bit flimsy - I was worried it was going to break anytime soon.

Hmm...just picked up mine for $99 and I'm not sure it was a good idea... I'll try it for the 15 days and see if I can make use of it.

I'm just gonna say that I love it! wont change not even for the gear 2 since it doesnt even run android. I'm sure we will get android wear roms once those watches come out, since our gear runs android.

I've had the gear from day 1 but I personally can not wait for the moto 360

[Q]Gear 2 Neo w/Android Wear?

My wife just purchased a Gear 2 Neo for me and I love it. BUT there is a severe lack of apps...
Do you think someone will port Android Wear to the Neo? On top of a ton of developer support, I very much prefer Google's voice recognition over Samsung. The LG G Watch has the same ram and storage, but a different processor.

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My wife just purchased a Gear 2 Neo for me and I love it. BUT there is a severe lack of apps...
Do you think someone will port Android Wear to the Neo? On top of a ton of developer support, I very much prefer Google's voice recognition over Samsung. The LG G Watch has the same ram and storage, but a different processor.
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I'm sure once people get their hands on the SDK we will begin to see ports of the wear OS. Keep in mind the dev preview was just released yesterday. I have a neo as well and would like to check out wear on it.

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.

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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.

xile6 said:
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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dwertz said:
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

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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
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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!

DAvid_B said:
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.