Hi people,
I am facing a problem that is driving me crazy and i need all the help i can get.
I have flashed my Gear 1 with TizenMod v2.0, but what i am saying also applies to stock Tizen versions NF1 and 700XXUCNE9.
I have set up the watch by connecting it with an HTC One running the GearManagerStub as we all as the Gear Manager according to the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780493
Everything (that can work on an unrooted HTC One) is indeed working.
However, i want to use the Tizen Gear 1 with my iPhone 5S.
So i go to BT settings on the Gear, turn BT off (so that it disconnects from the HTC One) and then make it visible.
I then search (and find) the Gear from my 5S settings and when i try to pair the two the Gear pops up a message saying that it need to reset to factory defaults before it connects to another device. If i let that happen and then try to connect the iPhone, it does indeed connect as a Handsfree device but other than that i am locked in the video splash screen with directions on how to connect. That means that i cannot use the watch at all, apart from the basic handsfree functionality.
The odd thing is that i have been using the watch (stock Tizen 700XXUCNE9 ROM) with my iPhone 5 and a 5S in the past (meanwhile i downgraded to Android for some tests) and i cannot remember having that problem.
I also tried to connect the Gear (after being set up with the HTC One) with an iPhone 4 (no BLE support) and it DOES CONNECT without presenting that God damned "reset to factory defaults" message!!!
I know that the Gear (Tizen OS) does indeed work with the iPhone 5S. I have done it myself (see this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789095) and there is a thread on the Gear 2 forum where member @skeamznz claims the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722069), therefore i am not (completely) crazy and imagining things.
Can someone help regarding my issue? Could someone with a Tizen running Gear try to connect to an iPhone > 4S and get back?
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance!!
Anyone?
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Found it at last! I had installed the Air Blue Sharing Cydia tweak which is apparently somehow messing with the BT stack. After I uninstalled the tweak, I was immediately able to connect to the watch.
Just in case anyone is interested.
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Hello,
As other messages I ve read around, I ve been given a Samsung Gear 1 as present for Xmas. The problem is that I dont have a Samsung phone, I ve got a Sony Xperia S instead. After googling a lot, I have learnt you can make it work in many no Samsung android devices, but unfortunately I havent seen any example for my phone. I cant even activate it. When I connect both the phone and the Samsung gear, it seems they connect by bluetooth at first, but after a while the watch displays "bluetooth disconnect". Cant understand why... In short:
Does it worth to even try to make it work (if it is even possible) on my Xperia? What Samsung gear features am I going to lose without a Samsung phone including updating issues? (I have read you miss S-voice and weather..) I need to make up my mind whether keeping it or returning it.
Thank you very much in advance!
Hi all. I just bought a Galaxy Gear cheaply and it has the latest (MK7) Android revision on it. I downloaded some Gear Manager and other APKs on here to my Nexus 6 and managed to get it to pair, but I do not get weather or dual city clock face functionality. Also some app keeps crashing on my phone after certain events, like hanging calls up. I think it was called GoManager. My phone is rooted but my watch is fully un-modded.
Which OS is the best thing for me to get the most functionality out of this watch given that I do not use a Samsung device, and especially that I use a Nexus 6? I heard of Null, and of course Tizen. Also TizenMod. What should I do to have the best experience & where can I find an up to date guide on what to do with my watch, phone, & PC? I was hoping to have at least a watch face with the weather, my notifications, & syncing of camera snaps from the watch over to my phone (bare transfer every X minutes is fine).
Thanks so much.
Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
I use gear s2(predecessor) with Nokia 8 and don't have any issue so far. Software wise it should be similar to gear s3
Stringy said:
Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
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Same here... I bought Gear S3 a week ago but I can't complete the pairing process with my Nokia 8. I tried every method and solution I could find but still no success :crying:. I hear there are issues with car bluetooth conectivity as well. I just hope that Pie will fix this. I am getting very frustrated with this phone!
hvlav79 said:
Same here... I bought Gear S3 a week ago but I can't complete the pairing process with my Nokia 8. I tried every method and solution I could find but still no success :crying:. I hear there are issues with car bluetooth conectivity as well. I just hope that Pie will fix this. I am getting very frustrated with this phone!
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sucks that you're having the same! I'm going to hold out for Pie to see if it helps (should be here very soon!) And if it doesn't help trade up to a Galaxy S8 for guaranteed compatibility!
Stringy said:
Has anyone had any success using a Samsung Gear Sport/S3/Frontier with their Nokia 8? I bought a Gear Sport without realising that this Nokia flagship phone, only to find it will not complete the pairing process with the watch. Plenty of other non-Samsung Android phones work the Samsung Gear devices, yet Nokias sit in an odd niche that does not support them.
Really annoying because the device is really quite nice, just the odd idiosyncrasies of the Nokia 8 stopping it from working. Must be something to do with the Bluetooth implementation (where else have we see corner cutting in that department...AptX anyone?)
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Hello @Stringy I wanted to buy a gear s3
Can you please tell me how its working on nokia 8 after official pie update?
Also can you tell me about gear s3 functionality like notifications,apps etc are woking exactly same as on our device as compared to a samsung device.
If you have a video demo kindly send it because I am a bit nervous
zia.sohal said:
Hello @Stringy I wanted to buy a gear s3
Can you please tell me how its working on nokia 8 after official pie update?
Also can you tell me about gear s3 functionality like notifications,apps etc are woking exactly same as on our device as compared to a samsung device.
If you have a video demo kindly send it because I am a bit nervous
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Since Pie beta OTA update everything is working as it should. Watch automatically reconnects to phone after time away from it, all notifications are seamless and it functions perfectly! Setup worked first time after the update.
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Since Pie beta OTA update everything is working as it should. Watch automatically reconnects to phone after time away from it, all notifications are seamless and it functions perfectly! Setup worked first time after the update.
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What about the app support?
Does it have apps like in wear OS?
zia.sohal said:
What about the app support?
Does it have apps like in wear OS?
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Has Spotify with offline music support (unlike WearOS) so it can play directly to headphones.
It also has Strava, which is good for workout tracking.
This is where my app usage ends!
It does have apps, but I'd recommend reading/watching reviews to see if it has what you need as I think it has fewer than WearOS. What it does have, however, is far better battery life than any current WearOS device could possibly hope for.
Hi guys,
So, the point of the question would be to somehow use the watch with an iPhone.
Can’t use the Galaxy Watch iOS app (or at least not the latest version of it). So I was thinking since the watch runs Wear OS, if there’s a way to flash stock Wear OS to maybe make it run with Google’s Wear OS app for iOS. Cause right now, there’s no way to use the watch for anything other than calls. And even that is a stretch.
I know Samsung watches were always more limited on iOS than Android, but this is seems a bit too much for me.
So…is there a way?