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GN3 isn't connecting to Gear after gear manager update

Okay, so I'm running X-note (on the latest RED Saber Kernel) on my (Canadian Variant) SM-N900W8 and my Gear worked just fine, until about 10 mins ago when the Samsung App store told me there was an update, I updated and now it's saying my phone is not compatible with the Gear... which is impossible....
Attached is a screen shot of the message I get when I open up Gear Manager to connect my watch.
Does anyone else have this problem???
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c_est_la_vie said:
Okay, so I'm running X-note (on the latest RED Saber Kernel) on my (Canadian Variant) SM-N900W8 and my Gear worked just fine, until about 10 mins ago when the Samsung App store told me there was an update, I updated and now it's saying my phone is not compatible with the Gear... which is impossible....
Attached is a screen shot of the message I get when I open up Gear Manager to connect my watch.
Does anyone else have this problem???
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I got this same message after I completed the update. I reset the gear and still got this same message. Finally I uninstalled Gear Manager and redownloaded a full install of the updated Gear manager. This worked.

I think the new gear manager is comoatible with devices on 4.3 not too sure... I have a GS4 and could access the app but with the new update it shows the same pop up msg... Revert back to the previous version...
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There is another thread, where is same message mentioned, look for "cannot connect rooted devices" or so. Anyway, can I ask you about battery life on Note III with Gear connected? I using X-Note too with stock kernel and its very poor. And I have prevous version of Gear Manager.

big samm said:
I think the new gear manager is comoatible with devices on 4.3 not too sure... I have a GS4 and could access the app but with the new update it shows the same pop up msg... Revert back to the previous version...
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What version of gear manager are you referring to? I'm running 1.4 on 4.3 (PACman which is AOSP, CM, Paranoid Android). I have a few issues both nothing major. Pairing was tricky but it worked once I figured out the dependencies and tricks.

Refer to my thread: HERE.
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What version of gear manager are you referring to? I'm running 1.4 on 4.3 (PACman which is AOSP, CM, Paranoid Android). I have a few issues both nothing major. Pairing was tricky but it worked once I figured out the dependencies and tricks.
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No notifications tho right ?

fOmey said:
Refer to my thread: HERE.
No notifications tho right ?
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Correct. Also no Weather or SVoice. I'm guessing that they are relying on resources from their own framework.
As much as I like this thing, I think I'm going to have to return it out of principle. They're trying to drive sales of specific devices with this approach and that's an Apple thing to do; not in the spirit of Android and I don't want the device enough to allow that kind of behavior. Anyway, this will likely just prompt a competing company to release an even better piece of hardware that won't pull such a stunt with the software and I'd rather put my resources there.

Same for me using x-note firmware
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Lumen Smart Watch Bracelet Watch (perfect Gear 2 Clone)

just ordered this watch for my lg flex my friend has it for is g2 it is a amazing clone of gear 2 plus more. Bought it on amazon for $105 has anyone else had this smart watch watch
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCo2PSdUTMI

nothing at all on the web about this thing; let us know how it is when you get it...
normally I would avoid something like this at all costs, since there is nothing anywhere about it, but buying it through Amazon is about as safe as it gets, so you should be ok even if it is bogus..

coolkid893 said:
just ordered this watch for my lg flex my friend has it for is g2 it is a amazing clone of gear 2 plus more. Bought it on amazon for $105 has anyone else had this smart watch watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCo2PSdUTMI
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I'll admit I was pretty interested in this when I saw it. So I watched the video and it looks pretty good, really in depth actually so when he skips over anything to do with the dialer
or doesn't bother to show it in action either from the watch dialing or receiving a call I got pretty skeptical. Then the specs listed on the website and in the video state 4GB of storage (like the GEAR) but he then states it only has 1.16gb available? While scrolling thru the settings you clearly see it says 2GB of storage. One cool thing was remote Bluetooth access to the watches camera or the phones camera thru the other device i.e. you can look at the phones screen and see what the watch camera sees. I'd love to hear your experience when you get it. Thanks, good luck!
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nothing at all on the web about this thing; let us know how it is when you get it...
normally I would avoid something like this at all costs, since there is nothing anywhere about it, but buying it through Amazon is about as safe as it gets, so you should be ok even if it is bogus..
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Any info yet?

well like i said my friend has this watch so i already have used it . its in every way like the gear yes the res of the screen on the gear is better (not much better but still it is )but were talking a $350 watch vs a $100 watch the clone is just a fast and smooth to slide threw apps as the gear but the clone is easly pared to any phone and can phone apps this watch is running full android jellybean 4.2.2 so even if i had the gear i would still use this watch but when i get this watch in next week i make my own video to demo it ok peoples

Bought one Amazon will be here tomorrow
I'm pretty stoked about this watch, especially coming from moto actv. I plan to root and make it my own I'll keep it up to date.

joshohmy said:
I'm pretty stoked about this watch, especially coming from moto actv. I plan to root and make it my own I'll keep it up to date.
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ya its a nice watch but it has flaws
1 military time only (unless u use the analog clock)
2 watch doesnt always answer phone calls even tho it says your swipe answered it phone still keeps ringing
3 watch dies very very fast with normal use you need to charge twice a day
4 has gps yes can you use it NO!
5 play store app crashs phone everytime
6 skype fully works with onboard cam but once installed skype with make the contacts app in the watch break untill skype is uninstalled
7 can only turn watch on and off with a very frangile button so within a year it will be so warn out so hopfully some one roots and makes a kernel so we can knock on and off on the watch

2 words G Watch!!!!!

[app] Samsung Game Tuner 1.0.10

Game Tuner is an app to keep your phone cool and save battery life by tuning resolution and frame rate of games.
Supported Devices
- Galaxy S6
- Galaxy S6 edge
- Galaxy S6 edge +
- Galaxy Note 5
Link => Samsung Game Tuner 1.0.10
proof that it works on my G920f => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5USKYgmWQ
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wow looks nice mate , cheers

Not work for my galaxy s6 g920f vodafone italy

work for me and G920f xef

not work for me

Not working for me on a UK H3G S6.
Surprised pleasantly at this as I've been after an app which can control this stuff since I got the phone as 1440p is debateable for most games and even 1080p could be sacrificed in some cases to optimise performance and power consumption.

Doesn't work on 920i. Samsung is still working on support for galaxy s6 and edge

proof that it works on my G920f => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5USKYgmWQ

Someone should mod this to support all apps not just games.
Id love to enable black and white mode and 720p on apps and in turn make them a sort of "reader mode"
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naudmick said:
proof that it works on my G920f => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5USKYgmWQ
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I got a G920F aswell, doesnt work lol

Not working! !
G920F
It states in the app description that GameService is needed? ?
Anyone that knows what this "GameService" is??
My Google play service is running if that's what they mean....

Working for me. Doesnt work on all games though but I tested real racing 3 by putting fps at 15 and it was indeed 15, put it back to 60 and it was smooth as butter. Resolution scale though doesnt work on most apps
Edit: just Tested on dead trigger 2 and Resolution Scale+framerate work fantastic. Idk what gameservice is but it may either be samsung push service or Google play games.

Hdfxsts said:
Not working! !
G920F
It states in the app description that GameService is needed? ?
Anyone that knows what this "GameService" is??
My Google play service is running if that's what they mean....
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You might have frozen it or it might got disabled by your custom rom.
But doesn't work for her for my 920f. It states not compatible with the phone. Maybe rom related. Dunno.

Incompatible with G920i as well! It's the S6 hype which convinced Samsung to extend the design to Note 5. Appreciated that they left exynos 7420 to avoid making s6 irrelevant, but I don't like the favoritism that newer apps are 1st available to Note. Lol!

Whoever got U3 update..it will work !
U2 update does not include gameservice.apk !

sarvesh563 said:
Whoever got U3 update..it will work !
U2 update does not include gameservice.apk !
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U2 U3 what do you mean?

Check in your build number if its something like 920fxxu2**** then it won't work. .
It might work if it's U3!
Samsung made only 2 changes in U3 update for s6. One being game service other is doze mode!
U1,u2,u3 are major updates in update lineups!

Hell yeah...
It working on U1 roms, 5.0.2 on my side...
First update "Galaxy Apps" and install "Game Tuner" (even from Google Play Store)... run it... then "Samsung Game Services" will be available - install it to... at last all working great!

It's working on my Galaxy S6.

Samsung official app？
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Amazon prime video not working

Hi Guys,
For an unknown reason, Amazon prime video doesn't seem to want to work on my Note 8 (works flawlessly on other android and Samsung devices I have). Everytime I start a video I get an errorstating "Decryption failure".
Another thread in the S7 forum suggested renaming a system file but I'm not rooted and don't intend to for the moment.
Anybody else seeing the same behaviour ?
Any solution not requiring root ?
Thanks

Manumanu787 said:
Hi Guys,
For an unknown reason, Amazon prime video doesn't seem to want to work on my Note 8 (works flawlessly on other android and Samsung devices I have). Everytime I start a video I get an errorstating "Decryption failure".
Another thread in the S7 forum suggested renaming a system file but I'm not rooted and don't intend to for the moment.
Anybody else seeing the same behaviour ?
Any solution not requiring root ?
Thanks
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Mine works just fine. Was watching the Tick.
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Hi Tidbits
Thanks for the fast reply.
Do you use latest version ? I had to revert to an older version to finally have it work

Manumanu787 said:
Hi Tidbits
Thanks for the fast reply.
Do you use latest version ? I had to revert to an older version to finally have it work
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I have the one that is in the Play Store which should be the latest available as I always have it to update auto.
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Works fine on mine, prime video ver 3.0.211.123021. Maybe you should try to go to settings/apps/primevideo/storage and clear cache and data and force close the application. You will need to sign in again and redo amazon settings.

Manumanu787 said:
Hi Tidbits
Thanks for the fast reply.
Do you use latest version ? I had to revert to an older version to finally have it work
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Current version.
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Try the one from the samsung store instead.
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The version from the Google Play store worked fine for me.

I noticed that my Amazon prime video worked for normal viewing but while in VR headset, some videos are black screen with sound only...

Seems to be working fine .
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
After several tries with the old Amazon apps, I tried with the latest from Samsung's App (3.0.212.4821 from... today apparently !!) and it works so far.
Google Play suggests updating to 3.0.212.4841 (22nd of september) but i'll keep with the Samsung approved one until I figure out why it didn't function properly.

Manumanu787 said:
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the replies and suggestions.
After several tries with the old Amazon apps, I tried with the latest from Samsung's App (3.0.212.4821 from... today apparently !!) and it works so far.
Google Play suggests updating to 3.0.212.4841 (22nd of september) but i'll keep with the Samsung approved one until I figure out why it didn't function properly.
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Still not working with the suggested version ( 3.0.212.4821 from Samsung App Store). Any ideas?

androcton said:
Still not working with the suggested version ( 3.0.212.4821 from Samsung App Store). Any ideas?
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Did you try with older versions?
check here: https://amazon-video.en.uptodown.com/android/old

Hi Guys,
After a month of testing, I isolated my problem : Amazon Prime Video works perfectly well on my Galaxy Note 8 alone. Problems start when I try to use the HMDI connection : I want to watch my movies on a big screen using the USB-C to HDMI cable. It works perfectly well with everything else, but systematically causes an error with Amazon Prime Video latest updates. Only by reverting to very old apk versions am I able to use it with HMDI connection.
Any ideas ,
Thanks

I tried everything and downloaded one from Galaxy app store as well. It still doesn't work on my note 8. Please help. I just bought a one year subscription

Just checked casting, get sound but no video. b.s. copyright sh*t !?
Older version worked casting to chrome cast. But using screen mirroring to Samsung TV got video, but audio on phone not tv, which might be nice for night time viewing.
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Works fine on my Note 8.

I just got the Note 8 and Prime Video only works about half the time. The other half, it spins like it's loading but never loads. The interesting thing is that all other video streaming apps become unresponsive as well (Hulu, YouTube, ect) after Prime Video. Any solutions so far? I'm using version 3.0.205.34141

I'm in the same situation as the OP. I eventually got HDMI-out working on my Galaxy S8 (5-yr old phone) with a very old prime video APK, and possibly (I can't remember) doing the file rename mentioned at this XDA thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/amazon-prime-video-decryption-failure.3603573/page-2
2 problems:
A.) When mirroring to a TV via HDMI on the Galaxy S8 (phone), the resolution and color of the video playing are worse on the TV than on the phone (example, I'll have downloaded full HD content, like 4GB for a movie, and it will look fantastic (like 1080P or better) playing on the phone, but looks noticeably worse (like 240p or maybe 480) on the TV. .... because of this, I purchased Samsung's newest tablet, with confirmed HDMI-out ability.
B.) So, on the Galaxy Tab S8 (Tablet --latest samsung tablet in 2022), I'm getting the "decryption_error" message as soon as I connect to a TV via HDMI cable. I don't plan to root it, so can't rename that file referred to in the other thread..
Questions:
1. Are others seeing the poor resolution after going to the trouble of getting HDMI-out working? (as in #A above).
2. Did others have any luck fixing the "decryption error" by changing to a newer HDMI cable? (changing cables sounds fishy, and this answer found elsewhere on the internet is the amazon helpdesk equivalent of 'reboot the computer')
Please let me know. I may go to the trouble rooting the tablet, but only if others have gotten HDMI-out at full, HD/UHD resolution to a TV.

Missing camera modes

I have been a Samsung users for over 6 years. I've notice that the camera app is missing some of the modes that I uses.
Brust
Shot&More
Live Broadcast
and I cant remember what this one was called
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tinkertron said:
I have been a Samsung users for over 6 years. I've notice that the camera app is missing some of the modes that I uses.
Brust
Shot&More
Live Broadcast
and I cant remember what this one was called
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You can find apk here https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/ :highfive:

tinkertron said:
I have been a Samsung users for over 6 years. I've notice that the camera app is missing some of the modes that I uses.
Brust
Shot&More
Live Broadcast
and I cant remember what this one was called
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That picture is crazy, what mode was that ?
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Limeybastard said:
That picture is crazy, what mode was that ?
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If I am note mistaken it's either Shot&More or another version of the Burst Mode.
I remember seeing this function in action, at their Live Broadcast Release Preview Introduction for either the Note 5 or the S6, but I cant find any youtube video of it.

calatino said:
You can find apk here https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/ :highfive:
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I was only able to find one of the MODE apk that work, the rest of them won't install

The mode I finally found for my photo that I posted is called Surround Shot that has several other features.
I found a youtube video about it and I am sharing a link.

https://youtu.be/_Z943NlJ64g?t=2m4s

OK found out alittle more about the app in reference to my photo that I post. The app was release back when S6 was release. The app was called Shot and More that was under the Surround Shot app. So it was an app within an app within another app. Crazy. I was able to install the app but it not functional. The phone or app freezes for about 15 seconds and gives you an option to send a notification about the failure to Samsung. I went ahead and just beg Samsung to bring that app and Live Broadcast back!!! I'm sure i'm not the only one missing these apps.
Funny thing is that Samsung beg for us to stay with them after the failure of the Note 7, and said they made the Note 8 better.
In my eyes, removing some of the great software apps is not making me happy either. I think it's time for me to dump Samsung and just go with Google Pixel 2 XL....
Them removing these software is a deal breaker for me.

Here's a better youtube video of the "Surround Shot > Shot & More > Drama shot" that was added into the phone. https://youtu.be/TwKJttyNGss?t=3m12s

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...rama-shot-on-the-galaxy-s4-and-note-3-1191465

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http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...rama-shot-on-the-galaxy-s4-and-note-3-1191465
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Unreal how they got rid of those jazzy modes on the Note 8. :crying:

Limeybastard said:
Unreal how they got rid of those jazzy modes on the Note 8. :crying:
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You can always buy a Note 3 if this function is so important !!!

calatino said:
You can always buy a Note 3 if this function is so important !!!
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But those jazzy modes all gone what's up with that ?
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