Got a Gear Live! - Samsung Gear Live

Hey guys! I've got a few questions about this watch.
1) I have an iPhone. Can I side load apps like Google Maps, Sleep as Android, etc. with a computer?
2) I bought it on eBay and its the debug refurbished one. Whats the best tutorial for someone who hasn't used ADB recently?
3) Do I need a screen protector?
4) Did the battery life improve at all?
5) Can I use wifi even though its an iPhone?
Thanks guys! Sorry if these questions were asked before .

1. Install android wear from app store and see what you get
2. There are a few threads here. I suggest read up on them. Use gear live restore tool v2
3. Up to you
4. I generally get 2 days. Slightly more than when it was originally released
5. 95% sure the answer is no

Brendo said:
4. I generally get 2 days. Slightly more than when it was originally released
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Now that I've been using it, is it normal to drain 50% in 2 hours when connected to my phone? I used Gear Live restore tool, then I updated it to 5.1.1.
Do I need to calibrate the battery?

skyegreen424 said:
Now that I've been using it, is it normal to drain 50% in 2 hours when connected to my phone? I used Gear Live restore tool, then I updated it to 5.1.1.
Do I need to calibrate the battery?
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Any help on improving battery life?

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[Q] Problem with my new Vietnamese galaxy note battery!

Hello everyone, yesterday i figured a big problem with the battery of my 3 Weeks note.
I'm so upset and its driving me crazy.
I screen captured this. Battery life became so short it hardly works for 10 hours maximum if i don't use it much. Thanks
might want to get rid of that any.do app or change the settings. .
No i don't think any do is the problem as i downloaded it about 2 Weeks ago, and the problem started just yesterday.
what settings do you think i should modify?
well maybe any do wasn't the problem 2 weeks ago.. but it is the problem now.. why ask if u aren't going to take advice?
do you have the original samsung batterie? or an cheap rebuilt one? I've made some bad experience with cheap chinese batteries...
Do you have the stock kernel? In some old versions of Abyss Kernel i had bad batterie lives...
Dear bambo i did take advice and deleted the app. I've formatted the device 30 minutes ago as well.
Still having the same problem.
Mr David its the phone's original battery made in Japan finished in China
I took a screen shot after the formatting. Its just getting worse.
Thanks for helping guys
tap on the graph to expand it and post that.
Try badass battery monitor pro and see what may be keeping the phone awake, or waking it up often.
what graph?
I've had loads of batt drain problems, and found the batt stats app to be really misleading.
In nearly all cases a random app 'appeared' to be the culprit but further investigation yielded it as being some other app filling the system log (logcat). Try looking at something you installed more recently. Uninstall them one by one and check foe when the batt drain stops. That'll be your culprit I reckon.
The more complicated approach is to install something like catlog from Google Play and read through the system log and try to work it out that way. I used his approach to discover WidgetLocker was capping my juice even though AVG was being reported as the battery hog!
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salahayano said:
what graph?
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the graph at the top of the screenshot in your first post
salahayano said:
Dear bambo i did take advice and deleted the app. I've formatted the device 30 minutes ago as well.
Still having the same problem.
Mr David its the phone's original battery made in Japan finished in China
I took a screen shot after the formatting. Its just getting worse.
Thanks for helping guys
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Go to market and install Better Battery Stats. It will give you all the wakelocks and the culprit apps and kernel that might be eating your battery and not allowing the device to go into deep sleep and conserve battery !
Thanks for helping guys, I formatted the phone yesterday.
I‘am afraid the battery has a hardware problem. I'll have to contact the store I think, thanks to ALLAH I have 1 year full warranty. But I've got 2 questions for you guys:
1- I charge the phone while sleeping, so it stays plugged about 4 hours after its fully charged. Does that shorten the battery ‘a life?
2- Does the Android get viruses? Cuz if its not a battery problem, it might be a virus though.
salahayano said:
Thanks for helping guys, I formatted the phone yesterday.
I‘am afraid the battery has a hardware problem. I'll have to contact the store I think, thanks to ALLAH I have 1 year full warranty. But I've got 2 questions for you guys:
1- I charge the phone while sleeping, so it stays plugged about 4 hours after its fully charged. Does that shorten the battery ‘a life?
2- Does the Android get viruses? Cuz if its not a battery problem, it might be a virus though.
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-1- No, dont worry about your batt if u plugged more.
-2- I dont know about virus, but what i know if u install crack apps its maybe a virus.

galaxy gear null rom dislike

so I got null rom but my google manager doesn't work on it and if u press the side button on the watch it shuts off the screen. so really I just don't like it how can I restore my gear to factory software I dont care if I dont have root I just want my watch back to originalc
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Download the original firmware for your watch and flash it through Odin and you should be good !!
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Where
Where can we find the original stock rom images so that we're able to reflash them if we happen to not like the other alternatives?
My model says its an SM-V700!
Thanks!
luisfaceira said:
Where can we find the original stock rom images so that we're able to reflash them if we happen to not like the other alternatives?
My model says its an SM-V700!
Thanks!
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I would say the best place to look is the sticky on these forums. But since you cant find it by looking here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2463743
The sticky is simply named [18.11] SM-V700 (Galaxy Gear) STOCK ROMS COLLECTION (Newest: V700XXUAMK7). Notice STOCK ROMS COLLECTION
You can also just change the button mapping (or just not select it in aroma). You'll find the instructions in several threads here
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The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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+9000
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fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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I was thinking the same thing........LOL
fOmey said:
The title of this thread cracks me up :laugh:
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just another THANKS to you for Null 21, battery life has gone though the roof. YOU ROCK MY WATCH!!!
hollandipiranha said:
just another THANKS to you for Null 21, battery life has gone though the roof.
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My battery life is amazing also.
I have always disabled the wrist turn-on action in the past as it absolutely DESTROYED my battery life (the damn thing would go dead in like 5 hours). I hated to turn it off however because it is just so darn handy and I don't want to wear out the tiny hardware button.
With Null 20/21 I have been experimenting with different combinations for battery life. I could care less about bragging that my battery lasts 4 days etc. with all the features turned off, but I do need it to make it through a 12 hour work day before it dies.
For the last two days, I have left the motion on and the only thing I have done to increase life is leave the top clock speed set to 1200 with both cores enabled (on demand governor) and it has made it through both days with still a little spark left.
This was with blu-tooth tethering connected all day also with gmail/weather syncing (even though I could certainly live without that).
jmorton10 said:
My battery life is amazing also.
I have always disabled the wrist turn-on action in the past as it absolutely DESTROYED my battery life (the damn thing would go dead in like 5 hours). I hated to turn it off however because it is just so darn handy and I don't want to wear out the tiny hardware button.
With Null 20/21 I have been experimenting with different combinations for battery life. I could care less about bragging that my battery lasts 4 days etc. with all the features turned off, but I do need it to make it through a 12 hour work day before it dies.
For the last two days, I have left the motion on and the only thing I have done to increase life is leave the top clock speed set to 1200 with both cores enabled (on demand governor) and it has made it through both days with still a little spark left.
This was with blu-tooth tethering connected all day also with gmail/weather syncing (even though I could certainly live without that).
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do you take pictures or record with your gear? what about phone calls?
hurdlejade said:
do you take pictures or record with your gear? what about phone calls?
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I don't video with it but I do grab an occasional still shot.
I answer call with it all the time.

S5 battery life sucks. gpsd task

Hi there,
I wanted to check if there is any solution to the ****ty battery life the S5 have. I don't know why Samsung talks **** about iPhone if they can't have a good battery life without the U saving mode.
I've tried everything even turned GPS off. Disabled Samsung remote location. Please help.
I used to achieve 14 hours on my nexus 5... Yes the N5, come on!
That's rough my battery usually lasts me 14 hours ish
JamesIsNinja said:
That's rough my battery usually lasts me 14 hours ish
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How many % the gpsd task shows in yours? Also is it the G900H?
Mine one lasts for 1 complete day with 4g on most of the time.. Screen time is around 4 to 5 hours
If you're coming here to find a solution then use a program to diagnose the issue like wakelock detector or better battery stats. This post lacks information and does not allow us to help you.
you can try to download wake lock detector or better battery stats from the play store to monitor your battery usage
danfalcas said:
Hi there,
I wanted to check if there is any solution to the ****ty battery life the S5 have. I don't know why Samsung talks **** about iPhone if they can't have a good battery life without the U saving mode.
I've tried everything even turned GPS off. Disabled Samsung remote location. Please help.
I used to achieve 14 hours on my nexus 5... Yes the N5, come on!
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Your problem might be due to any of these 2 reasons
1 app that uses the network is misbehaving
If this is the case than Uninstalling the misbehaving app.
2 the radio control interface
Sometimes the signal from Tower is not that good in your area so setting the network settings to AUTO mode, the phone keeps switching between GSM, WCDMA AND LTE. try setting your phone to GSM ONLY or WCDMA ONLY. it will most probably solve the issue.
Hahaha. I can't believe to see this post. That's the problem dude. I've 5-6 sot on TW with usage all day long, data all the time. And I got 5 sot on cm. Believe me as heavy user here ?
from SM-G900F / SM-N9005
[QRCODE][/QRCODE]
Hellscythe said:
If you're coming here to find a solution then use a program to diagnose the issue like wakelock detector or better battery stats. This post lacks information and does not allow us to help you.
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Ok I will use the wake lock app today the whole day. At the end of the day will post the results. Also I will make the suggested changes to the network to see if it helps. Thanks. Will post the results in 10-12 hours.
what rom or you running? stock samsung?
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Ok I will use the wake lock app today the whole day. At the end of the day will post the results. Also I will make the suggested changes to the network to see if it helps. Thanks. Will post the results in 10-12 hours.
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my battery lasts almost a day each time..
Omri76 said:
my battery lasts almost a day each time..
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Stock samsung, no root. I flashed the factory image to see if that helped. But no. I cannot use battery tracker apps cause no root :/
I think I will go for a LG G3, not even the SGS4 running stock samsung firmware drained the battery this much.
danfalcas said:
Stock samsung, no root. I flashed the factory image to see if that helped. But no. I cannot use battery tracker apps cause no root :/
I think I will go for a LG G3, not even the SGS4 running stock samsung firmware drained the battery this much.
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Model:?which model are you using?)
ROM:? (which build?)
Any Recent Changes:? (have u installled anything recently)
How often do you use device: ? (how many hours per day do you do certain tasks)
they key to asking for help is offering enough information for us to assist you
posting in the correct forum may have helped too mind you
-PiLoT- said:
Model:?which model are you using?)
ROM:? (which build?)
Any Recent Changes:? (have u installled anything recently)
How often do you use device: ? (how many hours per day do you do certain tasks)
they key to asking for help is offering enough information for us to assist you
posting in the correct forum may have helped too mind you
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Model: SM-G900H (Sucks not to have the snapdragon)
ROM: KOT49H.G900HXXU1ANG3
Any Recent Changes: No, using the same apps since Nexus 5. I had Nexus 5 then a Note 3 then an S3 mini then a Note then a Nexus 4 then an S4, running the same apps no issue with this.
How often do you use device: I am at work, so I use mostly for whatsapp, and at lunch to check the social networks.
I have great signal from the network, and I always use my phones with everything on except the bluetooth, I have never had this issue. I left the phone one day on stand by, and it only held the battery for 11hours, with 20minutes of on screen use. And the GPSD task was the only one that was using the battery.
What I've done so far:
I turned samsung remote location off
Factory reset
Removed google location services
Disabled all the apps that uses location like twitter or facebook
Turned the GPS off
Root the device and deleted all samsung apps (the ones that can be unisntalled)
Use the GPS on Low battery usage
Disabled the pedometer
Nothing seems to work.
I am not a really Samsung fan, but I was giving a try to the S5 because the water resistant thing, but if my S3 mini can hold up more battery than this device, for me its a crap. More if they make a lot of fun of apple iphone, and the battery life of the S5 is WORST!
danfalcas said:
Model: SM-G900H (Sucks not to have the snapdragon)
ROM: KOT49H.G900HXXU1ANG3
Any Recent Changes: No, using the same apps since Nexus 5. I had Nexus 5 then a Note 3 then an S3 mini then a Note then a Nexus 4 then an S4, running the same apps no issue with this.
How often do you use device: I am at work, so I use mostly for whatsapp, and at lunch to check the social networks.
I have great signal from the network, and I always use my phones with everything on except the bluetooth, I have never had this issue. I left the phone one day on stand by, and it only held the battery for 11hours, with 20minutes of on screen use. And the GPSD task was the only one that was using the battery.
What I've done so far:
I turned samsung remote location off
Factory reset
Removed google location services
Disabled all the apps that uses location like twitter or facebook
Turned the GPS off
Root the device and deleted all samsung apps (the ones that can be unisntalled)
Use the GPS on Low battery usage
Disabled the pedometer
Nothing seems to work.
I am not a really Samsung fan, but I was giving a try to the S5 because the water resistant thing, but if my S3 mini can hold up more battery than this device, for me its a crap. More if they make a lot of fun of apple iphone, and the battery life of the S5 is WORST!
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Id have a shot at using the debloater. its in the dev forums afaik.
My stock S5.. only changed from "Dalvick" to "Art" and using Greenify for the wakelocks.
Sent from my SM-G900F.
basboy33 said:
My stock S5.. only changed from "Dalvick" to "Art" and using Greenify for the wakelocks.
Sent from my SM-G900F.
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Didn't knew we could change to ART in the S5! Already rebooting to ART, I hope this give me at least 14 hours of battery life! :good: Thanks.
I'll let you know what happened.
I can tell the results tomorrow night when I get home after work to check if the battery life is awesome now.
Definitely some app misbehaving there. I never switch anything of - sync, wifi, GPS always on. On average 6-7 hours screen time. If doing low cpu tasks like reading a book I have got to 12 hours screen.
Worth doing a root and see what the problem is.
Okey! Well i tested the ART for two days now and got no problems so far.
Got WiFi, Bluetooth, Sync, 3G and Location on.
I hope the ART works for you, let me know.
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Didn't knew we could change to ART in the S5! Already rebooting to ART, I hope this give me at least 14 hours of battery life! :good: Thanks.
I'll let you know what happened.
I can tell the results tomorrow night when I get home after work to check if the battery life is awesome now.
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basboy33 said:
Okey! Well i tested the ART for two days now and got no problems so far.
Got WiFi, Bluetooth, Sync, 3G and Location on.
I hope the ART works for you, let me know.
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I doubt that an unstable runtime will make your battery better. Check my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55250809&postcount=1309
Using a custom kernel and with a few apps frozen I get this awesomeness.
Enviado do meu Galaxy S5
basboy33 said:
My stock S5.. only changed from "Dalvick" to "Art" and using Greenify for the wakelocks.
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@basboy33 THANKS, ART seems to solved the issue, I have to wait until tomorrow to say that this really solved my ****ty battery life issue :laugh: hopefully it did!
gpsd = gps dalvik, is not draining my battery this far.
I will report the full battery life tomorrow, with screenshot, to check if this is really the solution for stock S5 it appears to be.

New firmware R381XXU0BOA2

Got OTA update today for new Gear 2 Neo version R381XXU0BAO2. Not sure what is new. Anyone else get it?
kbboykin said:
Got OTA update today for new Gear 2 Neo version R381XXU0BAO2. Not sure what is new. Anyone else get it?
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So all I could find so far is that it is Tizen 2.2.1.2, released 3-1-2015 (from SamMobile.com website)
About time
kbboykin said:
So all I could find so far is that it is Tizen 2.2.1.2, released 3-1-2015 (from SamMobile.com website)
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Wahoo...downloading as I type this. Finally, a change
Hope it's for the better ...
I don't see any visible difference, if anything it seems the battery life is VERY little bit worse (used to drain 4-5% overnight, this morning I got 7% drop). Could be a million factors, but the watch was NOT used all these 12hrs.
Was hoping for a bit of better interop with S Health and Gear Manager, I guess we shall see.
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I don't see any visible difference, if anything it seems the battery life is VERY little bit worse (used to drain 4-5% overnight, this morning I got 7% drop). Could be a million factors, but the watch was NOT used all these 12hrs.
Was hoping for a bit of better interop with S Health and Gear Manager, I guess we shall see.
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Yes, I have noticed an increase in battery drainage. And for no apparent reason. But have noticed my battery drain sucked since my S5 was updated to Lollipop (Sprint, LP 5.0 <- sucks)
kbboykin said:
Yes, I have noticed an increase in battery drainage. And for no apparent reason. But have noticed my battery drain sucked since my S5 was updated to Lollipop (Sprint, LP 5.0 <- sucks)
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I'm still on KK 4.4.2 (not by choice) but yeah, seeing the whole Lollipop debacle (for some users) I'm not in a rush to upgrade. Mind you, I have a Nexus 4 as a backup, and LP has give it a new lease on life.
Just wanted to add here that in fact I believe the battery life on my Neo has IMPROVED if I stick with a widget watch face - when I saw higher drain I was using Watch Styler. With "Desk clock" face now I get <0.5% /hr overnight. I guess Styler comes with a price...
Hope this helps.
I don't have this firmware yet on my Gear 2 Neo. If I try to manually update it the Samsung Gear tells me I have latest firmware.
I am on the R381XXU0BNL2 firmware still.
dsecareanu said:
I don't have this firmware yet on my Gear 2 Neo. If I try to manually update it the Samsung Gear tells me I have latest firmware.
I am on the R381XXU0BNL2 firmware still.
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This is the US version as far as I know. What is your country?
Watch was bough in Easter Europe, but it had Vietnamese as default language.
Have you tried through Kies?
Sent from my SM-G900P using XDA Free mobile app
If you want newest firmware, download here (vietnamese)
root access
Can this F/W still be rooted????

Epic drain.

Hello my dear OP3T users. Ive got the phone as of 4th of may (may the 4th be with you), and the battery life was alright (4/5 sot). Its not my first op3, my last op3 fell into a lake the week before that. So here's the problem: suddenly the battery drains epicly. 2 hours sot and i need to recharge again. Android-system + android operating systems are the 2 biggest users. This didnt happen last week. And yes I managed the google play services thing as everyone suggests!
Now what?
Thank you and im sorry for the somewhat crappy English ^^
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Hello my dear OP3T users. Ive got the phone as of 4th of may (may the 4th be with you), and the battery life was alright (4/5 sot). Its not my first op3, my last op3 fell into a lake the week before that. So here's the problem: suddenly the battery drains epicly. 2 hours sot and i need to recharge again. Android-system + android operating systems are the 2 biggest users. This didnt happen last week. And yes I managed the google play services thing as everyone suggests!
Now what?
Thank you and im sorry for the somewhat crappy English ^^
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Are you rooted, get wakelock detector and see what's going on when your phone is locked and screen off
sakumaxp said:
Are you rooted, get wakelock detector and see what's going on when your phone is locked and screen off
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Oh no! Completely stock. Wanted to install community build but haven't done anything to the phone yet
Sean9319 said:
Oh no! Completely stock. Wanted to install community build but haven't done anything to the phone yet
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Well for starters, try going in to the recovery and clear Cache and Dalvik Cache. See if that works. And if that doesn't, then you always have the nuke option, download a full ISO for OOS and flash it to fully reset your device. (You can also simply reset through the recovery but flashing OOS all over again might fix any faulty firmware)
Check out the link in my signature. It should give you some ideas.
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Download wakeup detector lite it have a non root mode but before you need to connect phone to pc and install the app and give it permissions to access battery stats

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