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Hi, I got the new Galaxy Gear for my brother. He has a SGS III with the latest official update (4.3) and the Gear App is on the phone, the gear is paired and it (almost) works.
That means - he can do calls (call/receive), he has weather there and stuff like that, you can configure the Gear from the phone, no problems. The Gear is, as far as I know, updated to the latest firmware version as well.
The problem is, no matter what we try, the Gear doesn't display any notifications from the phone. They are properly configured in the Gear App (even tried turning it off and on again). I also found a mention about the screen of the phone, that when off, the phone has to be locked at least with a swipe. I even configured a gesture for unlocking, just to be sure I understood the instruction correctly or in case the instruction meant that and said something else. I guess there was something else mentioned as well somewhere, I don't exactly remember what it was.
Anyway, all the instructions I've found looked mostly like applying black magic...
Of course, the next step could be factory reset of both the phone and the gear (well, the gear first, but I'd like to do FR of the phone as the last option as it is a pain in the ass in case you don't have the device rooted and backed-up completely).
So, here are my remarks/questions
I googled quite a lot about this issue (which is hard because Google returns a lot of irrelevant crap). Is there something obvious I could have missed?
Has anyone had encounter a similar issue? And resolved it?
elxel said:
Hi, I got the new Galaxy Gear for my brother. He has a SGS III with the latest official update (4.3) and the Gear App is on the phone, the gear is paired and it (almost) works.
That means - he can do calls (call/receive), he has weather there and stuff like that, you can configure the Gear from the phone, no problems. The Gear is, as far as I know, updated to the latest firmware version as well.
The problem is, no matter what we try, the Gear doesn't display any notifications from the phone. They are properly configured in the Gear App (even tried turning it off and on again). I also found a mention about the screen of the phone, that when off, the phone has to be locked at least with a swipe. I even configured a gesture for unlocking, just to be sure I understood the instruction correctly or in case the instruction meant that and said something else. I guess there was something else mentioned as well somewhere, I don't exactly remember what it was.
Anyway, all the instructions I've found looked mostly like applying black magic...
Of course, the next step could be factory reset of both the phone and the gear (well, the gear first, but I'd like to do FR of the phone as the last option as it is a pain in the ass in case you don't have the device rooted and backed-up completely).
So, here are my remarks/questions
I googled quite a lot about this issue (which is hard because Google returns a lot of irrelevant crap). Is there something obvious I could have missed?
Has anyone had encounter a similar issue? And resolved it?
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hi,
first of all,
On watch do you have a section ...Notifications..? (if you swipe /scroll on your watch, from watchface ) ?
and what version of Gear manager ,(do yo have on phone ?)
and what version software do you have on watch ?
(eg ..i am currently on/using GM 1.5........( on phone ) ,and the software version of watch. V700XXUBML1 ( leaked software ROM......not rooted and have a Note 3 phone )
(No problems at all !! battery is excellent and i receive all my notifications .)
I know that in general GM (Gear manager) Version 1.6.....
( it is also some leaked Gear manager software, that is supposed to be used, if your phone software, is ugraded to Kitkat ) )
I noticed and also read on this forum , the notifications sections is missing completely ( in most cases )
This was also my experienced when I was using GM 1.6...!
otherwise ..suggestion ..
uninstall GManager( make a backup of apk before from /in your phones file explorer ..
i use es file xplorer to ussually do this ,saving me from re downloading apk again ?
or just download apk again and do another clean install from Samsung app stores )
when installing GM, don't restore setting/backups etc .. do clean install from scratch !
good luck
post note ,
your watch does not have to be set/ locked at all ,as long you have received notification on the phone and not read it !
eg..your phone is in sleep mode ,and your watch also ...connected bluetooth
it will then wake up watch and you will see the notification displaying on watch and after a few seconds it will disappear and to view again scroll on watch to notifications on watch and read from there if you want to. !
Make sure you have set up the notifications you want in Gear Manager.
Also your phone screen needs to be off, ie Lock Screen or Sleep
Hey guys,
For some reason my Gear dies in half a day and I can't work out why. I'm using Skin's modded Tizen ROM but have been doing so for months and this has just started to happen.
- I have no apps installed;
- I don't have auto on when I raise my wrist, although I've tried it with this on and makes no difference;
- I've reset the phone to factory settings. It was actually fine during the day. Put it in my drawer over night, woke up 7 hours later and it had gone from 75% to dead!
- Reset it AGAIN and it's still muffed!;
- Uninstalled the Gear s/w and reinstalled to no avail.
I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it seemed to coincide with the orange coloured version of the Gear manager. Does anyone have the apk for the previous version where it was all white with a colourful top border please? Or failing that, have any idea what the hell my watch thinks it's up to?
Thanks!
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Solution
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
Did you try resetting watch? Check link in my sig for older versions of gm
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Did you try resetting watch? Check link in my sig for older versions of gm
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Yep I've also reset the watch on two occasions. Still dying within 9 hours Cheers for the apk's though, I'll see if that makes any difference. Otherwise I may have to ditch Skin's ROM and try the official - see if that helps.
I am getting almost the same thing over the last few days. My Gear Manager updated to a newer version and I have had the issue ever since. Idk what about updating that on my phone would have to do with the Gears battery life but I have changed a few settings on my notifications to see if that is going to help. I also keep getting "saproviders has stopped" CONSTANTLY. Was popping up every 3 seconds and I could not do anything with my phone. Finally got into Titanium and froze that app and I have had no more issues with that on my phone but I don't think that is cause my Gear to have poor battery life would it? I may have to go back to a older version of Gear Manager.
Similar thing for me with saproviders although it was happening because I had disabled Unified Daemon (EUR) process. Reenabled it and that went....although sometimes the UD(EUR) drains my phone battery and is really only used for weather updates.
As for the draining issue, I'm having a go with Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 and seeing if it makes any difference. So far it is, but I will report my findings back in 24hrs!
jonboyuk said:
Similar thing for me with saproviders although it was happening because I had disabled Unified Daemon (EUR) process. Reenabled it and that went....although sometimes the UD(EUR) drains my phone battery and is really only used for weather updates.
As for the draining issue, I'm having a go with Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 and seeing if it makes any difference. So far it is, but I will report my findings back in 24hrs!
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That is exactly the version I downloaded also. Gonna have to figure out how to get it to stop wanting to auto update to the newer versions. Just gonna set my settings and not go back to gear manager for awhile. See if it makes a difference for my Gears battery life before I go looking at anything else.
Okay that has fixed it, going back to Gear Manager 2.1.14071502! The watch has been on for 3.5 hours and is still at 100% rather than 55% as it was yesterday!!!
WTF Samsung?!?!
What the hell have they done with their latest Gear app? It must be causing some sort of wakelock on the watch itself.
Guess I'll wait for a month for newer releases.
jonboyuk said:
Okay that has fixed it, going back to Gear Manager 2.1.14071502! The watch has been on for 3.5 hours and is still at 100% rather than 55% as it was yesterday!!!
WTF Samsung?!?!
What the hell have they done with their latest Gear app? It must be causing some sort of wakelock on the watch itself.
Guess I'll wait for a month for newer releases.
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Good to know about the Gear Manager, I was gonna suggest a reset , but doing the reset via "recovery" , instead of selecting "download" like when using Odin, you select "recovery" and it resets also. I've done the reset that way in the past and it fixed my issues. I had looked all over the Tizen OS for battery stats with no luck. Maybe the Gear somehow stash's the stats or something on the phone instead...? Hmm, I'm gonna dig around in gear manager..
Chris
noellenchris said:
Good to know about the Gear Manager, I was gonna suggest a reset , but doing the reset via "recovery" , instead of selecting "download" like when using Odin, you select "recovery" and it resets also. I've done the reset that way in the past and it fixed my issues. I had looked all over the Tizen OS for battery stats with no luck. Maybe the Gear somehow stash's the stats or something on the phone instead...? Hmm, I'm gonna dig around in gear manager..
Chris
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Yea have a look Chris. Actually I did reset via the GM first time, the second time I did it via the hardware...as in hold power, keep tapping it and reset that way. Both ways made little unfortunately.
My watch was still on 97% after 8 hours of none use over night so I'm pretty sure it's GM. However, now it wants to update and I literally cannot stop it If I say no, it exits the app, if I say yes the obvious happens. How can I block it?
Also, just for fun I've let it run the update. I know the first version of the 'orange GM' had issues and Samsung updated that immediately. I'm speculating over whether that first cocked up version brought over an issue into the latest one. Thereby if I go from an even older version to the latest, the issue may disappear... as always, I'll keep posting results.
after downgrading GM to previous version, my battery life also improved, after 9 hours of having it at work, taking some pics, sync to internet i had 70% left. gorgeous!
i will never ever press update again. each update only brings more bugs and no new functionality.
Well now I want to potentially throw a curve ball...although we'll see by tomorrow. After downgrading to 2.1.14071502 then upgrading to the latest my gear has been sat idle for 2 hours and sits at 100% battery life.
If this works, it means the previous version of the latest software created some kind of bug and carried itself through to the latest revision. So - this *may* have sorted it. I'll have to keep an eye on it for now but it's looking promising.
i did downgrade but it force app to upgrade or it will stop
Well I've never double posted before in my life! Not sure how that happened - apologies
Right it appears to be fixed (finally).
24 hours - 8% battery use - using the latest Gear software...GREAT!
Theory
The first version of the new batch of gear software had some weird bug causing a wakelock on the watch. Upgrading the app didn't remove it.
What I did
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
All of that said, you may be able to skip steps 3-5 and directly install the latest version....but I tried that and for some reason I still has horrendous battery life.
I'm not sure why the steps above fixed it, but they did. So have a go if this is pi**ing you off as it may just work.
Cheers!
@jonboyuk I've done what you did ,didnt work , even downloaded latest version 2.2.14092299 from @Brendo but still keeps the going to 2.2.14090599 and saprovider FC , i did clean data saprovider and uninstall it worked , but after restarting gear and re-connect it back as it was even uninstalling saprovider wont help anymore.
so now its draining battery so quick. and media control not working.
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Yea have a look Chris. Actually I did reset via the GM first time, the second time I did it via the hardware...as in hold power, keep tapping it and reset that way. Both ways made little unfortunately.
My watch was still on 97% after 8 hours of none use over night so I'm pretty sure it's GM. However, now it wants to update and I literally cannot stop it If I say no, it exits the app, if I say yes the obvious happens. How can I block it?
Also, just for fun I've let it run the update. I know the first version of the 'orange GM' had issues and Samsung updated that immediately. I'm speculating over whether that first cocked up version brought over an issue into the latest one. Thereby if I go from an even older version to the latest, the issue may disappear... as always, I'll keep posting results.
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I ran the same previous version of GM you did. I got GREAT battery life with it. Completely fixed my problem. Now I do have that stubborn update that keeps popping. This is what I do. I click GM app. Update popup comes up and says Cancel or Update. I click the update and when the DL starts, I hit the home button on my GS4 to minimize the app and then i hold the Home button to clear all apps which shuts down the GM app and kills the update. Then I go back to GM app and it does not ask me to update any more. It stays away until I reboot the phone normally. Temp fix i guess but Ill look into it more and see if there is a way to completely stop it.
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@jonboyuk I've done what you did ,didnt work , even downloaded latest version 2.2.14092299 from @Brendo but still keeps the going to 2.2.14090599 and saprovider FC , i did clean data saprovider and uninstall it worked , but after restarting gear and re-connect it back as it was even uninstalling saprovider wont help anymore.
so now its draining battery so quick. and media control not working.
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I had this issue. I went into Titanium Backup and froze the SAProviders app. Stopped the popup because it was constantly popping up and was very annoying and could not use my phone at all. Frezzing the app solved the pop up but the bad battery life still stayed until i reverted back to a older version of the GM app like I said in the comment above this one. Still looking for a way to perm stop the update from popping up.
Downgrde to previous GM
jonboyuk said:
Hey guys,
For some reason my Gear dies in half a day and I can't work out why. I'm using Skin's modded Tizen ROM but have been doing so for months and this has just started to happen.
- I have no apps installed;
- I don't have auto on when I raise my wrist, although I've tried it with this on and makes no difference;
- I've reset the phone to factory settings. It was actually fine during the day. Put it in my drawer over night, woke up 7 hours later and it had gone from 75% to dead!
- Reset it AGAIN and it's still muffed!;
- Uninstalled the Gear s/w and reinstalled to no avail.
I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but it seemed to coincide with the orange coloured version of the Gear manager. Does anyone have the apk for the previous version where it was all white with a colourful top border please? Or failing that, have any idea what the hell my watch thinks it's up to?
Thanks!
EDIT
Solution
1. Deleted the Gear software (and checked for any remainders in the file manager...although personally I found none);
2. Hard reset the watch, just in case;
3. Installed Gear Manager 2.1.14071502 (courtesy of Brendo);
4. Paired and got it all working well. This alone sorted the battery life which was nice.
5. I let the software update automatically; (obviously bypassing the dodgy version)!
6. Boom! It works fine with the latest app!
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Every time I try to go back it re-installs 599. Even if I stop it by holding down the home button and close all apps. I re-open GM and it goes right back to downloading additional software. Has anyone figured a way around this? My watch is dead in 6 hours the way it is now so it's basically useless...
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Every time I try to go back it re-installs 599. Even if I stop it by holding down the home button and close all apps. I re-open GM and it goes right back to downloading additional software. Has anyone figured a way around this? My watch is dead in 6 hours the way it is now so it's basically useless...
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first you need to uninstall new Gear Manager, then disable Samsung Apps (Settings->Apps), and then install older GM, you choose. That helped me to disable auto GM update from Samsung, what was very nervous...
Guys, I removed with Titanium all the Gear stuff and installed the 14071502 version without a problem. Freezing SAProviders stopped the update notification from showing up. But my Gear still uses around 10%/hour of battery Anything else I can try?
Sent from my SM-N9005
Daved+ said:
Guys, I removed with Titanium all the Gear stuff and installed the 14071502 version without a problem. Freezing SAProviders stopped the update notification from showing up. But my Gear still uses around 10%/hour of battery Anything else I can try?
Sent from my SM-N9005
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I have also installed the 2.1.14071502 version. To prevent forcing to upgrade to 2.2, I just disabled Wifi and 3G.. so, it only installs the software of this version. When I got paired, I go to Gear Manager Setup and uncheck the Automatic Update .. so, I only have that version. For goprovider FC, I installed the version from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2758364 (goprovider-signed-20140529.apk )
And that's all! I have a working goprovider, with 2.1 Manager.... BUT, this version doesn't allow the notification from any app! So, I don't get notifications from WhatsApp, FB, skype.. none! So, do you have another later version (not 2.2)? or any other way to get Whatsapp,etc notifications?
Here's the main issue with this new Gear that I'm trying to test:
After I pair the Gear V700 /w a Galaxy S4 (matching the codes and whatnot), both devices seem to think they are paired. However, the Gear just shows a screen that has the Gear on the left, a spinning thing in the middle, and a phone on the right. I can get to the volume/brightness screen by double tapping, and can ask it to restart/power down, so it's not actually stuck.
The other problem is that on the Gear App on the S4, if I go to Paired Gear > Software update > Update, it doesn't actually seem to do anything. Perhaps I've somehow disabled the Updater? I looked to make sure this was not the case. The software version is JDQ39.V700XXUAMII.
mainhigh said:
Here's the main issue with this new Gear that I'm trying to test:
After I pair the Gear V700 /w a Galaxy S4 (matching the codes and whatnot), both devices seem to think they are paired. However, the Gear just shows a screen that has the Gear on the left, a spinning thing in the middle, and a phone on the right. I can get to the volume/brightness screen by double tapping, and can ask it to restart/power down, so it's not actually stuck.
The other problem is that on the Gear App on the S4, if I go to Paired Gear > Software update > Update, it doesn't actually seem to do anything. Perhaps I've somehow disabled the Updater? I looked to make sure this was not the case. The software version is JDQ39.V700XXUAMII.
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I'm having the exact same issue. Were you ever able to get it figured out?
I had same problem as i am using sony z ultra, i downloaded 1.2 gear manager and touched the back of phone with charger whilst i had NFC on, worked
Using null rom or stock android doesn't work correctly with my note 4. Here are my issues.
1. Text notification doesn't clear on my watch even though I've already viewed them on my phone.
2. I set up a pattern lock via gear manger setting and it no longer auto unlock when the watch is near my phone.
So far those are the 2 I've noticed.
I'm on stock Android (NA6) with the Note 4 and haven't had problems clearing text notifications.
The problem I do have, however, is that Gear Manager hides the third-party apps I've sideloaded to the Gear as soon as it connects.
JasW said:
I'm on stock Android (NA6) with the Note 4 and haven't had problems clearing text notifications.
The problem I do have, however, is that Gear Manager hides the third-party apps I've sideloaded to the Gear as soon as it connects.
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Thanks for the info. So you dont have any of the above issues I mentioned? But I think if I go stock I might as well go tizen. I'm gonna miss the 60 seconds recording on Null rom though. I use it a lot. How come you haven't ugpraded to Tizen if you're running stock anyway?
aznmode said:
Thanks for the info. So you dont have any of the above issues I mentioned? But I think if I go stock I might as well go tizen. I'm gonna miss the 60 seconds recording on Null rom though. I use it a lot. How come you haven't ugpraded to Tizen if you're running stock anyway?
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No, I haven't had any problem with removing the notifications, though I can't speak to the pattern lock issue because I've never used the lock feature. After way too much time spent trying to figure out what was going on with my issue, I finally had enough of the time sink and upgraded to Tizen just an hour or so ago. I had been holding out on that move because I'd been undecided about whether to get the Nexus 6 or the Note 4, and wanted to keep the option of (somehow) using it with the Nexus. Now that I've chosen the Note 4 and sold my soul to Samsung for another year, though, there was really no reason not to upgrade, save for losing the ability to sideload Android apps.
aznmode said:
Using null rom or stock android doesn't work correctly with my note 4. Here are my issues.
1. Text notification doesn't clear on my watch even though I've already viewed them on my phone.
2. I set up a pattern lock via gear manger setting and it no longer auto unlock when the watch is near my phone.
So far those are the 2 I've noticed.
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I have problem 2 and its driving me nuts.
Whats the longest recording time on Tizen ? I hate the 15 second restriction.
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I have problem 2 and its driving me nuts.
Whats the longest recording time on Tizen ? I hate the 15 second restriction.
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Thanks. Good to know I'm not the only one. 15 seconds is the limit on stock and Tizen. Thats why I'm still on Null.
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No, I haven't had any problem with removing the notifications, though I can't speak to the pattern lock issue because I've never used the lock feature. After way too much time spent trying to figure out what was going on with my issue, I finally had enough of the time sink and upgraded to Tizen just an hour or so ago. I had been holding out on that move because I'd been undecided about whether to get the Nexus 6 or the Note 4, and wanted to keep the option of (somehow) using it with the Nexus. Now that I've chosen the Note 4 and sold my soul to Samsung for another year, though, there was really no reason not to upgrade, save for losing the ability to sideload Android apps.
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I sideloaded apps too but I find I dont use them as much anymore so I don't mind losing that feature. Might just do tizen for now and lose 60 second recording.
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I sideloaded apps too but I find I dont use them as much anymore so I don't mind losing that feature. Might just do tizen for now and lose 60 second recording.
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Can you report back if that works ?
I'm having issues with the pedometer syncing with S Health on my Note 4....
This doesn't sound very good. Hope my Gear will play better with the Note4 when it arrives...
Any update by OP ? Rooted my note 4 as well same stupid issue.
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Any update by OP ? Rooted my note 4 as well same stupid issue.
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Haven't done anything yet. But it seemed to have fixed the notification thing. Sometimes it just takes a while but when I view the text on my phone, it eventually goes away now on my watch. I did upgrade to Null 23 since I was only on null 21. But I can't get myself to upgrade to Tizen. I want to keep my 60 seconds recording. I still have the unlock via gear issue and have just disabled locking on it completely.
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Haven't done anything yet. But it seemed to have fixed the notification thing. Sometimes it just takes a while but when I view the text on my phone, it eventually goes away now on my watch. I did upgrade to Null 23 since I was only on null 21. But I can't get myself to upgrade to Tizen. I want to keep my 60 seconds recording. I still have the unlock via gear issue and have just disabled locking on it completely.
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In the meantime you may wanna try the xposed module "no lock home" it will stop lockscreen around trusted access points and BT devices. Just tried it if it doesnt work Ill update.
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In the meantime you may wanna try the xposed module "no lock home" it will stop lockscreen around trusted access points and BT devices. Just tried it if it doesnt work Ill update.
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I would but I'm not rooted. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I will try it when I decide to root.
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guys.. I just updated my gear into tizen..
and when I paired it with Note 4 there's no Runtastic pro apps nor Runkeeper in the Samsung gear Apps...
tried with my Note 3 and I can found the Runtastic Pro there... backed the apk up and pushed it to Note 4 and failed..
this is driving me insane.. is there anyway I can install those apps in the Gear Tizen?
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guys.. I just updated my gear into tizen..
and when I paired it with Note 4 there's no Runtastic pro apps nor Runkeeper in the Samsung gear Apps...
tried with my Note 3 and I can found the Runtastic Pro there... backed the apk up and pushed it to Note 4 and failed..
this is driving me insane.. is there anyway I can install those apps in the Gear Tizen?
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Maybe try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/general/runtastic-finally-tizen-t2863431
So I just bought a Gear 2 and it also has issue #2 where the phone won't unlock if the Gear 2 is near it. This seems to be an issue with the note 4. Hopefully it can be fixed via software.
UPDATE: I uninstalled GM and reinstalled it again but downloaded from Samung app store. Also once connected, I had GM reset the gear instead of restoring. It also did do 2 small software updates during connection setup. I'm not sure which made the difference but the gear 2 is unlocking the phone ok now.
Just for the heck of it, I then unpaired the gear 2 and repaired my gear 1. It didn't ask for me to restore or reset and it just did the 6 digit confirmation code. It did the 4 small updates during connection setup. After connection, I checked and auto lock was still set in GM setting for the Gear 1 as well as all other settings being unchaged. And now it works! WTH. I tried moving the gear away and it locked. Moved closed and it auto unlocked. Also works if I power down the gear and power it back up. I've tried uninstalling GM so many times before and let it reset my gear1 but that didn't do anything. Maybe the gear 2 triggered something in the phone for it to work right? I have no idea. But I'm glad it's working now. Now I just need to decide which I want to keep. But I'm probably leaning towards the gear 1 with null 2.
UPDATE 2: Restarted the phone and issue came back.
UPDATE 3: So if I walk away and come back near the phone it works 1 time. I will try it with the gear 2 and see if I have the same issue. I didn't restart the phone when I had it connected to the gear 2.
This thread's kind of surprising to me. I had a ton of problems with my Note 3 and Gear that all went away with the Note 4. Everything just works - auto unlock, BT connect/re-connect, Gear Manager. When I was having problems with the Note 3 I installed the Canadian ROM (vs. U.S.) on my Gear and just stayed with it even though it didn't help anything. Its method of rebooting or recovering is easier to use than the U.S. version. Maybe there's something in the Gear's U.S. ROM causing it to misbehave? The only downside between Note 3/4 is that a bunch of apps I previously had installed don't show up any more either in my "purchased" apps or in the Gear App Store. Why Samsung keeps playing with what apps are available based on host device is beyond me.
BarryH_GEG said:
This thread's kind of surprising to me. I had a ton of problems with my Note 3 and Gear that all went away with the Note 4. Everything just works - auto unlock, BT connect/re-connect, Gear Manager. When I was having problems with the Note 3 I installed the Canadian ROM (vs. U.S.) on my Gear and just stayed with it even though it didn't help anything. Its method of rebooting or recovering is easier to use than the U.S. version. Maybe there's something in the Gear's U.S. ROM causing it to misbehave? The only downside between Note 3/4 is that a bunch of apps I previously had installed don't show up any more either in my "purchased" apps or in the Gear App Store. Why Samsung keeps playing with what apps are available based on host device is beyond me.
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Hey Barry whats up. Thanks for the input. That's interesting as I'm the complete opposite with the gear and note 3. But I am using null rom so I'm not sure if that makes a difference from the US version. Did you go back to US rom and which version?
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Hey Barry whats up. Thanks for the input. Did you go back to US rom and which version?
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Nope. I'm on the Canadian ROM. Can you look in the Gear App Store with a U.S. ROM'd Gear and see if Direct or PayPal are in there? I don't think the Gear's region restricts app but it would be nice to know for sure.
http://samsung-updates.com/details/29833/Galaxy_Gear/SM-V700/XAC/V700XXUCNF1.html
I own a Tmobile Note 4, I installed all the Occulus Apps after it was all completed i put the glasses on and its just a solid blue screen, anything i need to change to fix this? besides a restore?
*UPDATE*
I have reflashed Nk4 and still all i get is the blue screen, i see notifications but the occulus store never opens , what am i doing wrong?
I had that happen to me as well. I flashed the newest stock samsung rom with odin (leaving data intact) and things reverted to normal with oculus working
Indeed that worked perfect I just used my vr on my last flight n it was heavenly with my noise canceling headphones