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Galaxy Gear won't charge or turn on

I've seen several threads about this in the past month on other websites with no solutions so it seems to be a common issue.
The problem I'm having is that after not using my gear for a few days it refuses to charge or turn on. Not even a flicker when the charger is attached. Tried two different cords. Pins are clean and lined up. Left it plugged in overnight several times. Anyone else having or had this issue? Thanks

I don't have an answer for the problem at hand but I would like to stay updated with this thread. I'm looking into getting one very soon.
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Had not heard of issue before. Did you try holding down power button for 10secs+?

Brendo said:
Had not heard of issue before. Did you try holding down power button for 10secs+?
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Yes but since the unit is completely dead it has no effect
Here are some other threads where users are having the same issue:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch/345647-gear-wont-power-charge.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...watch/348248-gear-watch-wont-charge-turn.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...watch/323132-galaxy-gear-will-not-charge.html

After trying a third cord for a Samsung blue tooth headset I finally got the gear to show it is charging and states 60% battery. Very strange. Tried turning it on and resetting it several times beforehand too so even though it had charge it was temporarily bricked. Hope this doesn't happen again

I had an similar experience the other day, the clock wouldn't start/charge or react to the power button. After i repeatedly tried to hold the powerbutton i finally rebooted. I suspect the gear was actually on, but that the system froze. Was about to do the surgery to remove the battery to check when it booted up
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I recently had this issue with one of my gear.this problem comes when you leave you watch on and battery drains and you don't charge for couple of weeks.I think it has something to do motherboard.only way to fix this is to replace battery which has juice in it.that's how I got mine working.I replaced the battery from my working watch and it started working and the dead battery I took out put in my other watch also started charging and working.this is a factory defect and Samsung should replace it free lifetime of watch instead of one year.

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bladerealm124 said:
I've seen several threads about this in the past month on other websites with no solutions so it seems to be a common issue.
The problem I'm having is that after not using my gear for a few days it refuses to charge or turn on. Not even a flicker when the charger is attached. Tried two different cords. Pins are clean and lined up. Left it plugged in overnight several times. Anyone else having or had this issue? Thanks
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I found that if you take the Galaxy Gear apart and disconnect the power from the motherboard then plug back in and put the gear back together has got them to turn back on almost every time just give it a charge for a few minutes. This will fix it as long as the issue was not due to rooting to trying to put a custom ROM on the Gear. There is a few videos on YouTube that can help you take it apart.
- I work for Samsung experience shop and i have run into this issue often and just about every time this has fixed it.
- sorry for late response hope your back in the business with the Gear.

I've had this issue with wall chargers and did some reading online. Someone suggested to plug it into a computer/laptop usb port.
I plugged it into the laptop and walked away and guess what? It's charging. I tried many different chargers varying in ratings but nothing worked
Try leaving it plugged into the pc for a good while. After two days of trying various chargers, my gear is back up and running

Had this issue as well. I tried a series of taps to the power button followed by a hold and it eventually turned on and has been working fine since.
tap - hold
tap tap - hold
tap tap tap - hold
eventually it will come on, i cant remember how many taps it was when it finally reset.

Hi had this issue also spent 3 hours trying to figure it out as had just got gear out of its box at very first plugging charger in a quick image appeared on screen then off after that nothing. Eventually being as carefully as possible while gear was in charging dock still plugged in i opened the lid not once did i move gear off contacts but did give sight wiggle then it came to life appears to me its a docking problem of some sort. of course I DON'T RECOMMEND opening lid while charging but thought id pass on what i figured out do at your own risk, I hope this helps others with this issue

Thanx
robfarley772 said:
I found that if you take the Galaxy Gear apart and disconnect the power from the motherboard then plug back in and put the gear back together has got them to turn back on almost every time just give it a charge for a few minutes. This will fix it as long as the issue was not due to rooting to trying to put a custom ROM on the Gear. There is a few videos on YouTube that can help you take it apart.
- I work for Samsung experience shop and i have run into this issue often and just about every time this has fixed it.
- sorry for late response hope your back in the business with the Gear.
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I was suffering from this issue for days.. Finally made it.. Thank you buddy... Now working like charm!

Gear Watch Charging FIXED!
Thanks to this thread I am very happy!
Just bought a 2nd hand Gear Watch at auction. No idea about how they work and wondered why it wouldn't switch on or respond when charging. Just a black screen regardless of which charger or cable was connected. Read above about disconnecting the power from the motherboard so watched this youtube video on tear down ( won't let me post the full link but this is the video number... v=5WzGC0786U0 )
Luckily had a small 'star' toolset available. Pulled the watch apart... disconnected the power...reconnected the power...reassembled the watch... plugged into the charger and voila! Instantly showed up on the screen with an orange timer and then went black (held my breath) then came on with the battery symbol with 0% charge. Looking at it as I write...touched the screen and now has 10% charge (only been about 5 minutes).
Looking forward to playing with it when fully charged Thank you to the contributors to this thread. I thought I'd been ripped off...but now it seems I'm the one who has scored a working Gear Watch for £20 )))

mine started working on its own... strangely enough.
taking the advice from this thread, i looked into alternate ways to get my Galaxy Gear up and running. I tried cleaning the metal tabs that connect, tried opening the holster while it was plugged in, nothing. i didn't have a star kit to take it apart, so i left it on the charger while i could go find one. thing is, i completely forgot about it, since i've got the Gear 2 for my S5. i was cleaning around my desk and bumped into the gear which fell over and showed that it was at 100% charged capacity. beforehand, it was completely dead, despite the fact that i left it on the charger for a solid 24 hours and no response. maybe it just needed a little more time on there, who knows. but i powered it on, and it's fully functioning. the only drawback is that it needs a factory reset since it was without power for so long. i could connect it as an accessory to my S5, but i couldn't use it in the place of my Gear 2 as it's been rooted/running a _null ROM, and the Gear Manager software has been updated a few times. i'm going to factory reset it and pair it with my Note 3, and see if _null has an updated version of his ROM out there. but i figured i'd let someone know my experience in case it might help in some way.

Fixed it !
terryzzz said:
Thanks to this thread I am very happy!
Just bought a 2nd hand Gear Watch at auction. No idea about how they work and wondered why it wouldn't switch on or respond when charging. Just a black screen regardless of which charger or cable was connected. Read above about disconnecting the power from the motherboard so watched this youtube video on tear down ( won't let me post the full link but this is the video number... v=5WzGC0786U0 )
Luckily had a small 'star' toolset available. Pulled the watch apart... disconnected the power...reconnected the power...reassembled the watch... plugged into the charger and voila! Instantly showed up on the screen with an orange timer and then went black (held my breath) then came on with the battery symbol with 0% charge. Looking at it as I write...touched the screen and now has 10% charge (only been about 5 minutes).
Looking forward to playing with it when fully charged Thank you to the contributors to this thread. I thought I'd been ripped off...but now it seems I'm the one who has scored a working Gear Watch for £20 )))
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Just to share my experience, I left my gear about 2 months discharged, today I tried to charge it and nothing. I tried everything, clean, connect, disconnect etc, so, I pulled the watch apart and disconnected the power etc and everything is working fine now, charging as usual.

Here's what worked for me
I read on another site to try a piece of paper folded and put next to the on button so when the charging cradle is snapped closed it pushes it down. I just tried it and after many days of a dead gear watch....ta da! Success. Now it's on and charging. Take the paper out once it starts to reboot otherwise it will just cycle over and over. Hope this helps someone else. It's tricky to fit just right...i folded a tiny piece of post it note ...good luck. Penelope

ph00ny said:
I've had this issue with wall chargers and did some reading online. Someone suggested to plug it into a computer/laptop usb port.
I plugged it into the laptop and walked away and guess what? It's charging. I tried many different chargers varying in ratings but nothing worked
Try leaving it plugged into the pc for a good while. After two days of trying various chargers, my gear is back up and running
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I had the same problem: the gear is dead and not charging with a wall charger after leaving the gear for more than 1 month unused. I followed ph00ny's advice and tried to charge it via usb and it immediately started to charge. So before taking it apart I suggest try it out with usb charger.
Cheers

Stopped my gear update by shutting off my phone and now gear wont power on
I have been trying everything to get it to turn on.... (holding down the power button, tap and hold, charging with USB) nothing is working. Don't have a star driver to open it up, but may have to invest in one.
Anyone have the same issue? This is driving me crazy!

Galaxy gear charging
itisagoodname said:
Had this issue as well. I tried a series of taps to the power button followed by a hold and it eventually turned on and has been working fine since.
tap - hold
tap tap - hold
tap tap tap - hold
eventually it will come on, i cant remember how many taps it was when it finally reset.
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Bingooooooo, It's paradoxal All you have to do when the battery is left drained for a couple of days is to start charging on a Laptop or a desktop with a s4 usb cord for about 10 mn then you continue charge if you like with à wall charger
Regards

tarhounir said:
Bingooooooo, It's paradoxal All you have to do when the battery is left drained for a couple of days is to start charging on a Laptop or a desktop with a s4 usb cord for about 10 mn then you continue charge if you like with à wall charger
Regards
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Oddly enough this is nothing but the truth. Funny enough. I lost my charger dock thingamajig recently and not one hour ago i started making my own out of a 2x4, and a few bits laying around. Was sad to see gear wouldnt charge or boot. tried different chargers and nothing. I read everything and saw this and didnt think to try as im only running two wires to charge my gear, as those with homemade chargers know. Plugged it into a laptop and boom. charging... please someone explain to me the theory behind this. and dont say the current as i even tried 500ma and 250ma chargers to no avail. how does a pc usb magically do it without data lines connected.... so confused..

[Q] Gear won't charge.

Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy Gear won't charge after a month of empty battery. Have tried to charge it about 22 hours now, but no success. The charging symbol is not displayed either.
A voltmeter shows that the charging cover gives power out to the gear, but it seems like the gear won't accept charging.
Using the original charger and charging cover.
Some knows what I could do about it?
EDIT: Also tried multiple chargers, and tried to plug it in the computer, also tried to reset it by holding the power button for 10+ seconds.

Tweekaz said:
Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy Gear won't charge after a month of empty battery. Have tried to charge it about 22 hours now, but no success. The charging symbol is not displayed either.
A voltmeter shows that the charging cover gives power out to the gear, but it seems like the gear won't accept charging.
Using the original charger and charging cover.
Some knows what I could do about it?
EDIT: Also tried multiple chargers, and tried to plug it in the computer, also tried to reset it by holding the power button for 10+ seconds.
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check if its in the charger backwards
it should charge in about 1 hour fully

forshaw said:
check if its in the charger backwards
it should charge in about 1 hour fully
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Have checked, its the right way.

Help me
Tweekaz said:
Have checked, its the right way.
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find the solution? I have this problem and not try to do as many things ...

problem solved, connect your Laptop and Gear to wait, wait 6 hours, others 15 minutes, so there is no specific time, I hope you serve!

Mine does that from time to time. I simply use a Q-tip to clean the contacts on the watch and the cradle, and all is good.
Sent from where the wind begins....

The actual problem is the fact that the craddle does not have direct connection to the battery, it has to go through the mainboard first. In some cases, if battery is completely empty, mainboard wont recognize the cradle and thus not charge or boot up. This happened to a friend of mine and he gave it to me to tinker with it. What finally worked was this: put the gear in its cradle (ofc cradle connected to power supply), but did NOT close the cradle cap. Instead I pressed on the gear to have connection and with a flat screwdriver i held the power button for about 10 seconds, while in the cradle and getting power. Aaaand it booted. Afterwards all charging was fine, no more problems.
The moral of the story, in my opinion, is to never let your gear discharge completely. When at less than 10%, shut it down yourself until you can charge it

broken galaxy gear :(

Hello,
I have an original galaxy gear that has worked problem free. It never drains completely (is at about 60% every night i put it on the charger) and I wear it daily.
This morning (i work nights, so it had been on my wrist for about 12 hours) i got a text message and felt the phone virbate. Look at my watch and got nothing. The watch wont turn on wont reboot wont do a damn thing!
Most people reporting this issue had a dead watch that lost all battery juice.... this was over 50% charged. I have checked the prongs on the charger, pressed and held the button for 10 seconds to 60 seconds, plugged it into a computer, tried to reconnect manually.... nothing.
Any idea on how to get this working? I feel odd wearing a 'real' watch now, but am extremly dissapointed that a 300$ watch will just stop working for no reason.
I need another watch... but it wont be samsung if this is what i can expect.
Any advice would be appreciated

drocksmash said:
Hello,
I have an original galaxy gear that has worked problem free. It never drains completely (is at about 60% every night i put it on the charger) and I wear it daily.
This morning (i work nights, so it had been on my wrist for about 12 hours) i got a text message and felt the phone virbate. Look at my watch and got nothing. The watch wont turn on wont reboot wont do a damn thing!
Most people reporting this issue had a dead watch that lost all battery juice.... this was over 50% charged. I have checked the prongs on the charger, pressed and held the button for 10 seconds to 60 seconds, plugged it into a computer, tried to reconnect manually.... nothing.
Any idea on how to get this working? I feel odd wearing a 'real' watch now, but am extremly dissapointed that a 300$ watch will just stop working for no reason.
I need another watch... but it wont be samsung if this is what i can expect.
Any advice would be appreciated
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this is a major problem with the galaxy gear 1
there is a thing you can do but in involves opening the gear up ,taking the battery off and then putting it back on
there is a video on you tube showing an easy way to do it
it will come back to life

forshaw said:
this is a major problem with the galaxy gear 1
there is a thing you can do but in involves opening the gear up ,taking the battery off and then putting it back on
there is a video on you tube showing an easy way to do it
it will come back to life
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I cant seem to find the video specific to this issue - do you have a link?
If it is really simple enough ill just do it... was going to try and send it back to samsung otherwise.
Thanks in advance
Derek

drocksmash said:
I cant seem to find the video specific to this issue - do you have a link?
If it is really simple enough ill just do it... was going to try and send it back to samsung otherwise.
Thanks in advance
Derek
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So just do what this guy does?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WzGC0786U0
pop the battery out and put it back in?

drocksmash said:
So just do what this guy does?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WzGC0786U0
pop the battery out and put it back in?
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yes brother
or just unclip the battery wires thing and connect it back up

Questionable Charge
Ok so I got this from Amazon today and it has yet to power on. I researched and found that if i take it apart and unplug the charging port then plug it back in it should fix it. I did that but when i plug it into the charger i get a battery icon with a circle inside it. Does anyone know if they can help me? https://www.dropbox.com/s/5et4nv9dxxjt52x/Screenshot_2014-05-16-18-36-03[1].png

chrisradcliffe23 said:
Ok so I got this from Amazon today and it has yet to power on. I researched and found that if i take it apart and unplug the charging port then plug it back in it should fix it. I did that but when i plug it into the charger i get a battery icon with a circle inside it. Does anyone know if they can help me? https://www.dropbox.com/s/5et4nv9dxxjt52x/Screenshot_2014-05-16-18-36-03[1].png
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you have to completely unplug the battery from the main board
can you get in the bootloader mode
press and keep your finger on the power button until you see galaxy gear rebooting
can you get in this mode

forshaw said:
yes brother
or just unclip the battery wires thing and connect it back up
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So i took the watch apart twice with no success after putting it back together.
Do i need to physically take the battery out? I disconnected the screen from the entire watch and then re connected it. This should have sufficed no?

drocksmash said:
So i took the watch apart twice with no success after putting it back together.
Do i need to physically take the battery out? I disconnected the screen from the entire watch and then re connected it. This should have sufficed no?
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no that's not the part you need to do
take out the battery totally, unclip the battery from the main board,,
if you disconnect the screen,the battery is still connected to the Brains of the watch

Wireless Charging Issues (S6 Edge + New Charger)

Hello,
Wondering if any body else has been experiencing this and has come across a solution. When I put the S6 Edge on the charging pad (new one that came with the phone at Best Buy) it either works without issue 25% of the time, or the phone will say wireless charging paused after about 30 seconds and then the charging pad will flash 75% of the time. I am being sure to place the phone centered on the pad and on its back. Sometimes it will happen so many times in a row that I try unplugging the pad and restarting the phone and then it works, but I do not want to have to do this every time.

A lot of people are having the same problem and so was I.
Grab your phones charger and base and use that.
I think the long cord that comes with the wireless charger is causing the issue.

I have the same problem,,,half the time I put the phone on the charger and it works and the other times it doesnt.
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Hello,
Wondering if any body else has been experiencing this and has come across a solution. When I put the S6 Edge on the charging pad (new one that came with the phone at Best Buy) it either works without issue 25% of the time, or the phone will say wireless charging paused after about 30 seconds and then the charging pad will flash 75% of the time. I am being sure to place the phone centered on the pad and on its back. Sometimes it will happen so many times in a row that I try unplugging the pad and restarting the phone and then it works, but I do not want to have to do this every time.
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I've had similar behavior although not as bad as you are reporting.

P30 Pro | Galaxy Watch Active and reverse charging

Hi all
Got today the P30 pro after the OP6T, happy with the change
One of the reasons i've switched is for wireless charging and the reverse wireless charging - but even after I turn this option on (wish there was a shortcut) it won't seem to charge my Galaxy Watch Active.
Someone here knows what to do? I tried it on an S10 and it worked flawlessly
Thanks a lot

BSav said:
Hi all
Got today the P30 pro after the OP6T, happy with the change
One of the reasons i've switched is for wireless charging and the reverse wireless charging - but even after I turn this option on (wish there was a shortcut) it won't seem to charge my Galaxy Watch Active.
Someone here knows what to do? I tried it on an S10 and it worked flawlessly
Thanks a lot
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I also want to try that out, when I get my P30 Pro today I will update my comment and let you know if mine works!

There has been several reports about galaxy watch not being able to reverse charge on a mate 20 pro (and even some third party wireless charging pad)although technically the watch should charge on any qi standard charger. Not sure what the culprit is but the watch seems to only work on samsung own devices.
I just bought a p30 pro as well and is holding back buying the galaxy watch exactly because of this reason. I wasn't sure if it will work.
Have you tried moving the watch around the back of the phone to find the "sweet spot"? I'm very interested if you will be able to make it work eventually because this could be a deal breaker for me.
Please do keep me updated if possible. Cheers!

Not woking for me

Can confirm that it does not charge a Galaxy Watch active, however it does charge galaxy buds...very strange

@gravityz3r0 I've tried several times .. with/without a case, on any place on the back of the phone. Simply not working. It's a definitive bummer since the watch is very good

Galaxy Watch works only with the original Samsung charger!

mexusbg said:
Galaxy Watch works only with the original Samsung charger!
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Which is bull****, it works with other Qi chargers and reverse-charging enabled phones (like iphone etc.) but not with Huawei. Fu*** huawei for makind half-baked decisions.

t.kijas said:
Which is bull****, it works with other Qi chargers and reverse-charging enabled phones (like iphone etc.) but not with Huawei. Fu*** huawei for makind half-baked decisions.
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Except its not.
As I can not get the Galaxy Watch to charge with anything other than Samsung chargers/devices.

It's working. My Mate 20 Pro can charge Galaxy Active 2. Just move it around the back of the phone and wait for a few seconds at each spot

something weird happened with me.. i've tried many times t reverse charge my watch but nothing happened then i have read here that i have to wait a little seconds then after 10 seconds it get lights on with charging sign then 3 minutes a pop up appeared that the watch is getting high temperature and stopped charging and phone also got hot .... any one faced that before ??

karimgalal89 said:
something weird happened with me.. i've tried many times t reverse charge my watch but nothing happened then i have read here that i have to wait a little seconds then after 10 seconds it get lights on with charging sign then 3 minutes a pop up appeared that the watch is getting high temperature and stopped charging and phone also got hot .... any one faced that before ??
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Yes, i jumped and wrote yesterday that its working but after more testing i get the same issue as you. Phone to hot and it just stop charging. Looks like they made it only for samsung phones.

mirkoviczor said:
Yes, i jumped and wrote yesterday that its working but after more testing i get the same issue as you. Phone to hot and it just stop charging. Looks like they made it only for samsung phones.
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its really disappointing