I was wondering if anyone could help? I am trying to root my Samsung Galaxy Gear but am having issues that I can't find an answer to anywhere else on the internet.
Firstly, I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (GT-N7100) and the Samsung Galaxy Gear came with it, I paired them with each other whilst they where both stock. I then rooted the Samsung Note 2 so I could flash an AOSP 6.0.1 ROM onto it which I have done so with no issues.
Obviously I can't now pair the two together as the Samsung gear manager won't work on a non stick device.
So I am looking to root the Samsung Galaxy Gear. I have followed the rooting instructions on every site I could find (XDA, theunlocked.com, etc). I have installed the Samsung driver.exe from the Samsung Development webpage. I have then enabled USB-Debuging on the watch, put it in its cradle and plugged it into the computer. The computer has then detected it and installed the drivers.
So now at this point the computer has found the watch and if I go to "my computer" I can see it listed and I can access it's SD card and all that.
Now I move onto the next step which is using cydia impactor and this is where my problem begins. I opened up cydia impactor without running it as an administrator and clicked run (the correct SuperSU option was listed in the drop down menu). After clicking run I get a prompt saying "requires android device" even though my Gear is detected by the computer.
I have then tired everything I can think of, I've tied all the different USB leads I have, I've tried all the different USB ports on my computer, I have tried doing the whole process again on a different computer. I can't think of what else to do.
I've tried putting the watch in download mode and downloading SDB drivers but to no affect.
I also never got the USB-Debuging pop up on the watch that unusually says "allow connection to this computer".
Does anyone have another ideas as to how else I can root my Samsung Galaxy Gear or how I can resolve this issue.
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Hi guys
Just purchased Galaxy Gear and done the Tizen upgrade.
When connected to my iMac using Kies, for some reason whenever I try to put music on the device, it simply tells me that theres not enough storage on the device??
I have nothing but the stock Apps, so I'm a little stuck!
Any ideas?
I'm using it with my iPhone 5S....yes I know it's not a samsung, but the purpose for me is the bluetooth functionality for calls/FaceTime audio etc (which works perfectly without any jailbreaking), using the fitness apps on it and for the music storage being connected to my bluetooth headphones
Any ideas would be awesome
thanks all
pglandscapes said:
When connected to my iMac using Kies.
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I never used Kies when my Gear was on Android but on Tizen it now says "Currently, Gear only support the firmware update feature of Kies) ." Whether that's temporary or permanent remains to be seen.
But, where the Gear didn't show up via USB as storage on Android it does now on Tizen. What that means to Mac users I have no clue.
BarryH_GEG said:
I never used Kies when my Gear was on Android but on Tizen it now says "Currently, Gear only support the firmware update feature of Kies) ." Whether that's temporary or permanent remains to be seen.
But, where the Gear didn't show up via USB as storage on Android it does now on Tizen. What that means to Mac users I have no clue.
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Many thanks
I updated through Kies, so that's fine
The bizarre part is it won't let me add files using Kies as it simply states "currently not enough memory on device"
Any body else having this issue??
I guess I can stick my music on a USB and find a windows machine... but I can't understand why it won't show up as a device on my iMac
I apologize if this isn't the proper forum.
I had a Samsung Galaxy S3 (The non LTE version) with T-Mobile. I have used the KIES 3 software to backup my phone.
I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 (the M919 model) with T-Mobile.
First, I connected the phone to my Win7 64-bit Home Edition pc with the same Galaxy S3 USB cable. It charges, and I hear the "boo-beep" and Windows 7 says it's installing device software and then comes back and says "unknown device" installation failed. In Device Mangler, it shows up under USB controllers, for some reason as "unknown device".
Okay, so I reinstalled the Samsung USB drivers.
No go
I used the actual S4 cable that came with the phone.
No go.
I have done the debug USB mode. No go.
I have verified that the MTP protocol is used (vs. Camera) and that it's set to MTP+ADB
I've switched back and forth to camera vs. MTP
Windows seems to detect the USB signal in that it knows when it's plugged in and when it's not, but it seems to IMMEDIATELY (and I mean very very fast, like under 1 second) "find" it always as a USB controller -> Unknown Device
So, I've tried my laptop. windows 7 64-bit. Same thing.
I had a spare pc around, so I even reformatted the drive and put a fresh copy of windows 7 on it. Same thing.
I've manually installed the Samsung drivers (without KIES). Still no go.
So I guess my questions:
1) Is there some other method to verify USB port is working properly? (like can you connect it to something else and have it work)? I'm assuming it's good since not only does it charge, but it at least is attempted to connect with Windows 7
2) I've got 2 more cables ordered --official Samsung ones--just in case
3) Can you root and unroot a phone without USB? It seems they all require USB drivers, and ODIN to work. I ended up having to manually backup the S3 via GCloud or whatever to get my stuff transferred over.
Oh, I also have an SD card in the phone.
Yes, I tried unmount it, and even removing it, rebooting, etc. Still no go.
I am trying to find an XP machine to see if that works any better.
thank you.
Have you tried the stuff from this thread?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...49-oh-look-another-unknown-device-thread.html
Looks like they are wrestling with the same issue.
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Technically you should be asking your question in the Q&A section of the tmobile galaxy s4.
Wrong forum. But sounds like the s4 guys can help
BAD ASS NOTE 4
So I was happy remaining on stock with my watch until a number of things happened: I flashed stock lollipop on my note 3, expecting a few things to break with android wear, and sure enough, the watch has problems reconnecting to the phone after it has been out of range for a few minutes (fixed only by restarting the phone). This annoyed me, but there was no going back on my note 3. So I thought to hell with it .... I'll root the watch and flash the urbane port, which should give me wifi, maybe that will help.
I haven't had to use adb in 5 years, so I'm a bit rusty, and android sdk kind of scares me now.
But I marched on. I got hold of the google usb drivers and got my watch detected. Or at least so I thought. I downloaded "fastboot+adb.zip" from somewhere so as to avoid messing with the full sdk, and tried "adb devices". Device detected, but "offline". Every guide I read mentioned that when the watch is plugged in after the drivers are installed, the phone should prompt you to enable wear debugging. That never happened. And I've removed the drivers and reinstalled them countless times now (but I don't see why the driver pack from android sdk website wouldn't work). The watch is listed as "Android Composite ADB Interface" in Device Manager. Oh, and I'm running windows 8.1
ANY help at all would be greatly appreciated. I realize this is extra noobish but I'm just out of practice, honest. And I'm kind of suspecting that the watch just isn't playing nice with the note 3's new lollipop. In which case I'm kind of screwed.
Had the same strange problem, took it to the service centre and they changed the logic board. When you connect it to the computer via usb does it recognise it as watch or unknown device ?
So my wife just got me the Gear S watch but I have a Nexus 5. I don't want to return the present if possible so I'd like to get it working. I followed a guide that was meant for the original Gear I believe, but it doesn't seem to work for me right now. The managers install but I can't seem to pair it up with my phone. I have only been successful in even detecting the watch 2 times and no dice. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also to pair it up manually (since NFC doesn't seem to work), do I need to do anything special to get it to detect my watch?
Good Day, I'm New here
I tried so much to get my Samsung Gear 1 SM-v700 to work with my Huawei p20 pro or my Samsung Tablet s2.
First I tried with the Samsung Wearable app from the Google Play Store, but it can't find the watch and when i trie with NFC it opens the app but closes again.
Second I tried the older Gear Manager with every other plugin and than its saying "Connecting" but it don't connect its stuck in the Connecting screen.
3rd I tried to use the Gear without Phone and install apps on it with ADB but ADB don't find the Watch and there isn't any USB-Debugging Popup showing on my Watch to allow my PC but the Windows Explorer finds the watch and the folder.
Strange is that in the Bootscreen its says Samsung Gear 2 but i know its the Samsung Gear 1.
Nothing Works with my Gear.
Does someone know how to make the Gear work with my Phone or that the watch works without any Phone but the USB debugging works ? and yes USB debugging is enabled but the pc still don't find it. I'm using a Samsung Cable for the Watch.
Hope someone can Help.
Informations:
Samsung Gear: SM-V700 in Gear Infos it's says "SM-R380".
Phone, Huawei p20 Pro with android 8.1
PC has the Samsung Phone Driver and see the gear in Device manager, Samsung Kies (Smart Switsch) sees the Gear too and connect's with it.