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Does the Galaxy Gear work with the Galaxy S4 Zoom??

Hi,
I have the chance of buying a Galaxy S4 zoom but need to know whether it works with the Galaxy Gear or not? I have a Galaxy Gear (Original Galaxy Gear 1) already and don't want to render it useless should I chop in my Galaxy S3 for the S4 zoom!!
Thanks

zim_zimmer said:
Hi,
I have the chance of buying a Galaxy S4 zoom but need to know whether it works with the Galaxy Gear or not? I have a Galaxy Gear (Original Galaxy Gear 1) already and don't want to render it useless should I chop in my Galaxy S3 for the S4 zoom!!
Thanks
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The S4 Galaxy Zoom came with android version 4.2.2. On this version it "might" work if you jump thru some hoops. It is able to be officially updated to 4.4 on some carriers. If the Zoom is on 4.4 stock firmware it will work. If your able to get to a retail store and test drive the device, open samsung apps application and search for gear manager. If it's there, your 100% good to go!

440bro said:
The S4 Galaxy Zoom came with android version 4.2.2. On this version it "might" work if you jump thru some hoops. It is able to be officially updated to 4.4 on some carriers. If the Zoom is on 4.4 stock firmware it will work. If your able to get to a retail store and test drive the device, open samsung apps application and search for gear manager. If it's there, your 100% good to go!
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So its all based around whether the device can download the Samsung Galaxy Gear Manager then rather than hardware capabilities?

zim_zimmer said:
So its all based around whether the device can download the Samsung Galaxy Gear Manager then rather than hardware capabilities?
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Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!

Thanks for the quick reply. I guess that answers my question!! The S4 zoom only has Android 4.2.2 and no upgrades to it so I'm not going to run the risk!
I might wait for the rumoured Galaxy K Zoom just to be sure!
I also don't think that the S4 zoom can run S Health either so the integration between the watch and S Health won't exist either!?

440bro said:
Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!
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Is this a fact? Well, if that's right, I know why my Galaxy Note 1 does work very well with a force installed Gear manager, but calling is silent and with no mike working... Bluetooth 2.1 here... In that case, be sure that your device supports more than mine ^^

emuandco said:
Is this a fact? Well, if that's right, I know why my Galaxy Note 1 does work very well with a force installed Gear manager, but calling is silent and with no mike working... Bluetooth 2.1 here... In that case, be sure that your device supports more than mine ^^
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The original Galaxy note has Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR. I use to have one and didn't have mic problems with my gear. You might want to reinstall gearmanager and all the apks individually again.

440bro said:
Hardware requirements for the gear are a bluetooth v4 connection. But users with v3 have it working properly. The S4 Zoom has v4.0 with A2DP, LE so it's good to go hardware wise.
Software wise the gearmanager requires an android version of 4.3 or higher that's based on Samsung's touchwiz framework. If your on anything different you have to do some modifying and tweaking. That's where xda can help!
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That's not right!!!! I use gear with S4 mini dual sim from November 2013 and it has 4.2.2. Samsung implemented the necessary files in earlyer version of android. If you could update your phone with a 2014 firmware it is a very great possibility to work. (99%)
Anyway, gear manager works just fine with devices from other manufacturers, I reccomand you to read on the gear forum some more.
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440bro said:
The original Galaxy note has Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR. I use to have one and didn't have mic problems with my gear. You might want to reinstall gearmanager and all the apks individually again.
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Which ROM? Omni KitKat ROM does not work.

I don't suppose anyone is able to definitely confirm that the Galaxy Gear works with the Galaxy S4 Zoom?
I've double checked today and its actually the SM-C101 model I have a chance of getting... OR I can now get a Galaxy S4. So I need to be absolutely sure that I can use my Gear with the Zoom, otherwise I'll go for the S4

zim_zimmer said:
I don't suppose anyone is able to definitely confirm that the Galaxy Gear works with the Galaxy S4 Zoom?
I've double checked today and its actually the SM-C101 model I have a chance of getting... OR I can now get a Galaxy S4. So I need to be absolutely sure that I can use my Gear with the Zoom, otherwise I'll go for the S4
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As stated in your other thread in the s4 zoom thread, yes the gear version one works fine with zoom s4 SM-C101 running 4.2.2 c101xxuamk4
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Wanting to buy Gear 2 Neo then root it

Hello xda, I really enjoy looking at the Gear 2 Neo so think i'll buy one, however the only Samsung device in our household is a Galaxy s3, could I pair it to that and then proceed to rooting the gear 2 neo? The s3 does have a bad imei but thats beside the point.
Once I have a custom rom the gear 2 neo from my understanding all we can do is connect it via bluetooth but I should be able to all the fancy stuff like Android wear has? Such as incoming calls, texting friends etc...I was also wondering if the IR blaster would still work after root?
Cheers for answering these questions.
Oh I'll be pairing it with a lg g2 after root, I may end up getting a s5 after though so would going to be stock rom be a simple process?

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kennethk1 said:
Hello xda, I really enjoy looking at the Gear 2 Neo so think i'll buy one, however the only Samsung device in our household is a Galaxy s3, could I pair it to that and then proceed to rooting the gear 2 neo? The s3 does have a bad imei but thats beside the point.
Once I have a custom rom the gear 2 neo from my understanding all we can do is connect it via bluetooth but I should be able to all the fancy stuff like Android wear has? Such as incoming calls, texting friends etc...I was also wondering if the IR blaster would still work after root?
Cheers for answering these questions.
Oh I'll be pairing it with a lg g2 after root, I may end up getting a s5 after though so would going to be stock rom be a simple process?
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Hi, I have a gear 2 neo and it is paired to my galaxy s3 and all functions work perfectly.
You mentioned it being able to do all the fancy stuff that android wear does after a custom rom is installed?
You can do the things you listed like incoming calls and texting friends without rooting your gear 2 neo, those functions work on stock ROM so essentially there would be no need to put a custom ROM on your watch
Hope this helps

Sjharrison said:
Hi, I have a gear 2 neo and it is paired to my galaxy s3 and all functions work perfectly.
You mentioned it being able to do all the fancy stuff that android wear does after a custom rom is installed?
You can do the things you listed like incoming calls and texting friends without rooting your gear 2 neo, those functions work on stock ROM so essentially there would be no need to put a custom ROM on your watch
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Sorry if you misunderstood, I'll be pairing this device to a lg g2, I just wanted to know if I could pair it with a s3 then proceed to rooting the neo 2 so it can work with my g2.

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kennethk1 said:
Sorry if you misunderstood, I'll be pairing this device to a lg g2, I just wanted to know if I could pair it with a s3 then proceed to rooting the neo 2 so it can work with my g2.
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Hi sorry my mistake, as to my understanding you don't need to root your watch to achieve this, you just need to root your phone (LG) here is a link for you to follow, proceed at your own risk however
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723862
Hope this helps

Sjharrison said:
Hi sorry my mistake, as to my understanding you don't need to root your watch to achieve this, you just need to root your phone (LG) here is a link for you to follow, proceed at your own risk however
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723862
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So any android device can be rooted to pair with the gear 2 neo?
I do better learning by video so hopefully I can find some guys who have done it on youtube?

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kennethk1 said:
So any android device can be rooted to pair with the gear 2 neo?
I do better learning by video so hopefully I can find some guys who have done it on youtube?
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Hi, I'm assuming so yes, I previously put a custom ROM on my GS3 and manager to get Gear Manager back onto my phone, however it wouldn't connect it would say its connecting and do nothing so I reverted back to stock firmware, however since then if you look on the link I provided there is a fix for the problem I had.
However, like most things I'd say its hit and miss, what works for one person might not work for the other. Another thing I should have mentioned was that using the steps in the link above not all functions of the watch may work. If you read through the comments I'm sure somewhere people are saying what's working and what is not.
Hope you manage to get what you want done!

Galaxy Gear 1

Does anyone know if the Gear 1 works with our Note 4?
Been looking around and it seems it doesn't, but wanted to double check.
I can but one from a friend for $80 right now, but it doesn't do me any good if I can't link the two.
Thanks

Working perfectly here, Bluetooth tethering from my note 4. Running Null 23.

getbuzzin said:
Working perfectly here, Bluetooth tethering from my note 4. Running Null 23.
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Huh? Can you explain that lol. What's Null 23?

Oh ok, nvm. So your gear is rooted...
And null 23 is the rom. So stock I can't, but rooted I can correct?

Null 23 here too. Works great. Never tried with the stock ROM, sorry. Might ask in the Gear forum too.

Running my Gear 1 (with Tizen) with my Note 4 (stock ROM unrooted). I got my Gear 1 after I had my Note 4. The Gear 1 stock ROM was Android and would not pair with my Note 4. After flashing Tizen, I've had a flawless experience.
My recommendation: if you are willing to flash the Gear 1 with Samsung's Tizen ROM, definitely go for it.

Working perfectly for me and my gear 1 isn't rooted.

jrocks213 said:
Working perfectly for me and my gear 1 isn't rooted.
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So it's working stock for you?

I had null rom 23 on mine and even with stock rom the auto unlock feature doesn't work. So I upgraded to tizen and now everything is working. Also battery last longer on tizen.

Totally stock on both, works fine for me. I never did the Tizen upgrade though but it shouldn't make a difference.

ThC23 said:
So it's working stock for you?
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Yes it was working stock. I rooted my note 4 and works as well. No problems here. You can see my watch paired.

I have both, stock, and they connect fine...
Kinda sorta unsatisfied with some of the options, though. The lack of app variety (paid and otherwise, there are a metric ton of clock faces and, apparantly, not much else that I could work with), is leaning me heavily towards Android Wear at the moment. (Especially considering Tockle, which can interact with Tasker, doesn't seem to have an equivalent on the Gear's ecosystem. With the Gear, I'd likely have to use LaunchGear or Wearable Widgets for a similar effect.)
Still doing research on that, though.

I screwed up. I bought the Gear 2 Neo & thought it would work with Nexus 5 Lollipop

I screwed up. I bought the Gear 2 Neo & thought it would work with Nexus 5 Lollipop
There is no option to return it because I bought it from another country.
Do I have any recourse or way to use the device? Even with limited functionality?
Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Are there are foreseeable plans of a Samsung update to allow pairing with Nexus 5 Lollipop?
Thank you.

carpediem said:
There is no option to return it because I bought it from another country.
Do I have any recourse or way to use the device? Even with limited functionality?
Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Are there are foreseeable plans of a Samsung update to allow pairing with Nexus 5 Lollipop?
Thank you.
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Use the gear manager v1.2. Some reported that it works with lollipop. But I have not tried it.

crime_of_heart said:
Use the gear manager v1.2. Some reported that it works with lollipop. But I have not tried it.
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I tried 1.2 but it didn't seem to connect to the Neo. BT connected, but the manager timed out.

TeaPotDev said:
I tried 1.2 but it didn't seem to connect to the Neo. BT connected, but the manager timed out.
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Wait for Gear Manager Lollipop edition. Starting this month, it will come to S5, so automaticaly will update Gear Manager. Be patient, it will work soon. Worth a try...

merlin2578 said:
Wait for Gear Manager Lollipop edition. Starting this month, it will come to S5, so automaticaly will update Gear Manager. Be patient, it will work soon. Worth a try...
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How likely is it? Is using Gear Manager a compromise compared to Android Wear?
Would it be better to just sell the watch and get one that is more compatible?

carpediem said:
How likely is it? Is using Gear Manager a compromise compared to Android Wear?
Would it be better to just sell the watch and get one that is more compatible?
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For now does't work, i must back to 4.4.4 becouse with S4 5.02 not work. Terrible

carpediem said:
There is no option to return it because I bought it from another country.
Do I have any recourse or way to use the device? Even with limited functionality?
Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Are there are foreseeable plans of a Samsung update to allow pairing with Nexus 5 Lollipop?
Thank you.
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I tried it on a very early alpha version of lollipop on my Samsung device and it worked. But I hate to burst your bubble, it will be at least another couple of months until it is stable and more generally available. It relies heavy on gear manager which relies on the touchwiz environment. Why, for Pete's sake, this route was chosen is maybe one of Samsung's downfalls. Within two years they will be out of the market if they keep going with their business model, this consumer market does not care, but like you, will remember. Examples of such electronic giants reduced to rubble? Nokia, Nortel, Blackberry
Consumers want stuff to work, simple without all these prerequisites that are in fine print.
Tbh you are best of selling or donate it to a family member with a Samsung phone that has to be running Jellybean 4.3 or KitKat. Preferably a galaxy phone so S4, Note3, ß5 or Note4. Others.... Will not work without breaking their OS
Sad but true

Anyone tried Gear 2 Neo to see if it works with the newly pushed Android 5.0.1 on i9500 and i9506?
I'm curious if it will work from day 1 on i9505 when 5.0.1 will be pushed to these devices.
Thanks!

I have i9506, nordic edition and gear 2 neo, and they work together. Even better than on Kitkat, as s health was not receiving the Gear data for pedometer and such.
Now even that works. My s4 on the otherhand is laggy as hell with 5.0.1 , but that is not the issue here

I've installed i9505 5.0.1 and Samsung Gear doesn't work anymore. When started, it blinks a 1-2 times and crashes silently. I cannot connect to the watch with anything else (Android Wear for ex.) either.
Any ideas?
Later edit: I enabled bluetooth debug in Android Wear and tried several more times to connect through S-Gear and now it seems it connected and is trying to install additional software... hope it works out.
Haha, phone did a factory reset on the watch and now I'm trying again to connect to it .
Later edit: after managing to soft brick my phone, I reinstalled the 5.0.1 and this time, amazingly enough, Samsung Gear worked as it was supposed to so my watch is back to normal functions again.

nexus 5
so is it possible to pair gear2 with nexus 5 on android 5.1.1?

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so is it possible to pair gear2 with nexus 5 on android 5.1.1?
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I'd also like to know this? I see the posts on this thread were few months ago, so I wonder if within these months there is any solution for this?
Also wheret o get the said gear manager app? How about the android wear app?
Thanks in advantage.

KassieMB said:
I'd also like to know this? I see the posts on this thread were few months ago, so I wonder if within these months there is any solution for this?
Also wheret o get the said gear manager app? How about the android wear app?
Thanks in advantage.
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Hello,
I tried every possible thing I found on the internet. Even went to change the name of the phone and model in /system files, without any success. I did manage, after downgrading to 4.4.4 to connect to the gear 2 neo, but I couldn't use any of it's features except answering the phone via the watch. I'm thinking maybe I can change the ROM of the watch to tizen and then make a connection with android wear. I searched but didn't find anyone who did this on gear 2 neo. Theoretically, it should work. I will post if I manage to do something.
Cheers,
Alex

hashde said:
Hello,
I tried every possible thing I found on the internet. Even went to change the name of the phone and model in /system files, without any success. I did manage, after downgrading to 4.4.4 to connect to the gear 2 neo, but I couldn't use any of it's features except answering the phone via the watch. I'm thinking maybe I can change the ROM of the watch to tizen and then make a connection with android wear. I searched but didn't find anyone who did this on gear 2 neo. Theoretically, it should work. I will post if I manage to do something.
Cheers,
Alex
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Answering calls work with Lollipop too,just pair watch in Bluetooth settings. Second... You should install Android rom on watch,not Tizen. There is also Android Wear mod possibility... Roms for Gear 2 should also work on Neo (except camera)
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Gear Manager finally doesn't require Touchwiz!!!

Hi all,
Samsung have finally released a version of Gear Manager that doesn't require Touchwiz to be installed.
Version is 2.2.15100741N is out and even shows up on the Google Play Store. Installs fine on a Nexus 6 with 6.0 and a Oneplus One running 5.1.1
At the moment it only works with the Gear S2, but i wonder if Samsung will release a version compatible with our watch??
If not, do you think this version could be modified to work with our old watch???

Not showing on my google play.
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Search from Samsung Gear in the Play Store...

I am on cm12.1 based rom with gear s2 but unfotunately the app fails to start saying the os has been modified in an unauthorized way. Ugh.

rootuser11 said:
I am on cm12.1 based rom with gear s2 but unfotunately the app fails to start saying the os has been modified in an unauthorized way. Ugh.
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The same here, Galaxy Gear 1

I see it on my play store but that's for the new S2 watch. I would update to it to see if it works with my Gear 1 but it was already a pain in the ass getting it to work correctly with my LG G3, and I don't wanna screw it up lol

754boy said:
I see it on my play store but that's for the new S2 watch. I would update to it to see if it works with my Gear 1 but it was already a pain in the ass getting it to work correctly with my LG G3, and I don't wanna screw it up lol
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Everything works for u? Logs, sms, etc?

AmbiorixMateo said:
Everything works for u? Logs, sms, etc?
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Yeah everything works. Have to sideload apps because samsung app store doesn't work. Also, svoice doesn't work either.

754boy said:
Yeah everything works. Have to sideload apps because samsung app store doesn't work. Also, svoice doesn't work either.
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For me doesn't work, i dont know how to do this

Nope
Anyone ever figure this out? I'm running CM12 on a Galaxy 3 phone. Not able to install any of the Samsung apps. Just got my Gear Classic yesterday. Can't even use it.