I have a 3g tablet that I'm using as my primary device. However, I'd like to make/receive calls using a smaller device that fits in my pocket. I could buy a bluetooth handset for around $50, but I'd rather use a spare android phone I have if possible.
I did some research, looks like there's no way to use the phone as a bluetooth headset. But...couldn't I use it via wifi? I'm thinking...enable the wifi hotspot on the tablet, so the phone connects to the tablet via wifi. Tablet receives a call. Somehow it magically forwards it via voip to the android phone. Ideally I could also make a call via the phone, though that's not necessary.
No, google voice won't work, as it's an Australian number.
And I do know about Tablet Talk. I need something for voice calls though, not texts.
It'll probably be suggested that I simply put the sim in the phone and use the hotspot featue on it to share with the tablet. Good idea, but the battery life on the phone is less than stellar. It might last an hour or two in that mode; the tablet can last all day.
Thanks for any help!
Why can't you put another SIM card in your phone and enable call forwarding from the SIM that you use in your tablet to that in your phone? But first check whther there is any call forwarding charges impossed by your carrier.
amith007 said:
Why can't you put another SIM card in your phone and enable call forwarding from the SIM that you use in your tablet to that in your phone? But first check whther there is any call forwarding charges impossed by your carrier.
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Yup, it costs to forward calls. I could just give two numbers out, but that'd be a hassle for those calling me.
josetann said:
Yup, it costs to forward calls. I could just give two numbers out, but that'd be a hassle for those calling me.
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Hmm.. I see .. .. I am not sure whether there is an app which forwards voice call via VIOP.. another suggestion is put your primary SIM card (the one in tab now) in your phone and get a spare SIM card for your tab for data connection..
Cos SMS'es are not forwarded, and that is a not trully-carrier free solution.
amith007 said:
Hmm.. I see .. .. I am not sure whether there is an app which forwards voice call via VIOP.. another suggestion is put your primary SIM card (the one in tab now) in your phone and get a spare SIM card for your tab for data connection..
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I've thought of that too. What I'm aiming for is to have one primary device. I don't want to need to carry a tablet and a phone. So...tablet is primary, it handles all data and voice. Phone would serve same purpose as a bluetooth headset; if it's there, it could handle voice calls. If not, then calls still go through the tablet as usual.
I know the hardware is more than capable of doing this.
I may just end up getting one of those bluetooth headsets that act like a regular phone. Would (should?) double as a bluetooth audio receiver. Just hate spending more money when I already have something (spare android phone) that should do the job.
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Now that we have s-off and root, is a solution yet to get the phone and dialer to work on the View?
I'll look into it. Have you tried clubtech's patch?
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No I haven't tried it. I will try it tomorrow before I flash my rom.
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No I haven't tried it. I will try it tomorrow before I flash my rom.
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Let us know if you get it running. I'm interested in this too. Thanks.
It may turn out that you will not be able to use your present SIM card as with some dongles, the carrier may only allow data (no voice calls) through it. Test the SIM in a standard phone for calls.
It'll be interesting to see if another carrier's SIM works in it also.
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It may turn out that you will not be able to use your present SIM card as with some dongles, the carrier may only allow data (no voice calls) through it. Test the SIM in a standard phone for calls.
It'll be interesting to see if another carrier's SIM works in it also.
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There is no sim in the view. I'm not aware of any sprint device with a sim card.
Yes the sprint phones do not use a sim card. I added the lines to my build.prop file that are listed in the clubtech hack. Although the line
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Was already there. I was able to place a call. The person could hear me and I could hear them although the volume was kind of low. I have not tested it with a bluetooth headset yet. Also keep in mind that I don't know but I believe any calls you make will count as data on your tablet data plan.
My concern was with upsetting sprint... you have your view on a regular view plan and not a phone plan right?
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T120ted said:
There is no sim in the view. I'm not aware of any sprint device with a sim card.
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Ah, OK, not actually seen one physically.
It must be a surface mount pre-programmed version locked to Sprint.. I can foresee difficulty in getting the phone to work then if it is set to data only on the network.
Edit: Just seen his success...
I'll be following this thread closely as I am on the fence for picking up a Sprint View. If phone calls are somehow enabled on this device then I will most likely pick one up.
As far as upsetting Sprint, that is the question mark. As far as I know they do not offer phone plans for the view, only data plans.
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As far as upsetting Sprint, that is the question mark. As far as I know they do not offer phone plans for the view, only data plans.
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You will probably find calls suddenly being blocked at the network then once they find out users are able to make them. They will not give anything for free!
If you want to use the view to regularly make calls, I would advice looking for the thread that tells you how to do this using a market app groove ip and gtalk and gvoice. That is your best bet. While using the view as a phone is possible, DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. This means if you use it and sprint blocks your account don't blame xda nor the members here.
I'm just interested in getting rid of groove ip. I would rather have a phone function than another app running in the background. I actually went from a phone plan to straight tablet plan with groove ip. I only need phone functionality incase the school needs to call me about my kids.
With all of the files on the the tablet but hidden and the fact that the only thing needed to enable the phone was a couple of lines in the build.prop makes me wonder if maybe sprint had looked at possible phone plans. Then either decided against or possible a future offering.
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With all of the files on the the tablet but hidden and the fact that the only thing needed to enable the phone was a couple of lines in the build.prop makes me wonder if maybe sprint had looked at possible phone plans. Then either decided against or possible a future offering.
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This is what I thought, too. I think they left it out until they could come up with a good game plan for it. It's inevitable that tablets will be phones as well. The asus memo is going to help usher it in. I'm just not an att fan and that's more than likely where that one is going to hit.
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This is what I thought, too. I think they left it out until they could come up with a good game plan for it. It's inevitable that tablets will be phones as well. The asus memo is going to help usher it in. I'm just not an att fan and that's more than likely where that one is going to hit.
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I don't know, I think there is more to it than that, or HTC would have enabled phone calls on the WWE Flyer for all others to use.
I still think HTC had some problem gaining approval with this design from Google for GB and had to leave out the phone function.
Why else disable fitted hardware when it would be a bigger selling point if working? It makes no sense!
For the time being I'm using nettalk. I had to install it on my evo first then copy and send the apk to my view via dropbox. Once it was installed I was able to make "data" calls with my view with no bt headset...mic and speakers worked just fine. This was done before clubtech posted his patch.
So has anyone been able to get the phone function working with clubtech's work around?
I've done exactly what he advised, added those lines to my build.prop and even added unlimited mobile to mobile minutes to my tablet plan (yes it exists, I work at a Sprint store and added it myself) but I'm not able to dial out or receive incoming. The phone service doesn't run, ever, even when trying dial out a call.
I know the GVoice method works but I'd really like to be able to open this up without having to use extra apps.
yes theres a way. I did that on my HTC FLYER 3G. I created a full detailed document on how to do that on HTC FLYER but I used some sources on xda developer forum in order to do that. Here is the document I created, the sources with links are available at the very end of the pdf file. (one of the sources is for evo view)
http://bit.ly/r6x82t
There are gimmicks, like the http://www.skygmate.com/18-gmate-plus-white.html Gmate plus, that allow having a second SIM card for your Android or iOS device. They get your second SIM and connect to your main device with Bluetooth; with the appropriate app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simo.simomate you can place and receive calls and SMS messages and also do gprs connections.
My question is, could we do the same with a regular phone instead of a Gmate? I mean, connecting your Android smartphone to a second, Bluetooth-enabled phone, and placing and receiving calls through its SIM card?
I have found nothing like that in Play Store, but I guess it's possible and also useful.
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Bump, maybe someone is interested. I am confident it is possible.
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I'm also looking for the same thing from a long time and from time to time I do a search thinking I would find something
R: [request] using a 2nd phone SIM card through Bluetooth
Going bump again. I guess it can be done.
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Maybe if I go on bugging people on this, some developer will do the miracle!
I just want to use my Android phone to control by bluetooth another (Android or not) phone, to place and receive calls, using the first phone for loudspeaker and mic. Like it had 2 sim cards. Can it be done?
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debernardis said:
Maybe if I go on bugging people on this, some developer will do the miracle!
I just want to use my Android phone to control by bluetooth another (Android or not) phone, to place and receive calls, using the first phone for loudspeaker and mic. Like it had 2 sim cards. Can it be done?
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I m looking for something very similar. I have a OEM sat nav/car phone thats pre bluetooth so has it's own sim slot. Its a pain to keep taking out the sim every time I get in and out the car, so I d like something that I can slot into the carphone's sim card slot that connects via bluetooth fo my phone. It would have to make the carphone think its just a normal sim, when in reality it would actually be remotely accessing my phone's sim card. Its perfectly possible, you d just need a bluetooth dongle, a small chip to convert the info from bluetooth to something the other phone thinks is a sim. Woudlnt have to be a smartphone, could work with any phone with bluetooth to control another phone, no need for apps or anything. trouble is, whilst all the components exist for it to be possible, no one actually comdines them into a product.
I'm searching for this since a long time. Do you find something ?
Should I feel bad about bumping this thread because I'm looking for the same thing?
I have an ATT Samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 SGH-i497. I am trying to see if I there is a ROM that I can install on my device to make the GSM calls functioning just as in the Samsung tab 2 10.1 GT-P5100.
Please help...
Same problem with me.
Its hurting that even loading data packages becomes tedious.
I have to remove the sim card and insert it into some phone to do that since here in Uganda, Africa, we use codes to do that eg *100#
then reinsert it back into the tablet to use the data.
Kabbak said:
Same problem with me.
Its hurting that even loading data packages becomes tedious.
I have to remove the sim card and insert it into some phone to do that since here in Uganda, Africa, we use codes to do that eg *100#
then reinsert it back into the tablet to use the data.
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Add me to this request to see if we can make this Samsung Tab2 gsm calling capable.
Thanks
Voice Call Workaround
Sorry I'm late to this party. I recently purchased this tablet on eBay in pristine condition, and it is amazing. I started right away experimenting with voice calling. I purchased a SIM from Straight Talk with the usual unlimited plan (just like I would for a cell phone) and popped it in. The tablet had no problems recognizing the SIM and the phone number on it. Based on the hardware, at least from what I can see, the tablet seems to have the physical ability to handle calls so I suspect the inability to do so is software-related. However, I'm not a ROM expert (nowhere near - just a noob who knows enough to be dangerous), so I didn't feel like taking that risk. So, I found another solution - VOIP.
Since the tablet supports both WIFI and 3G/4G/LTE, a VOIP number that can be carried on those data streams would work. I tested this by creating a Google Voice number, and downloading the new Hangouts dialer app and got everything set up. Sure enough, I am now able to make and receive voice calls using this method. The SIM would ensure that I have data when no WIFI is available. Per the specs, this tablet should support HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100, so T-Mobile's $30/mo 5gig plan seems like a good cheaper option as I don't need the talk minutes anyway.
I know that a native voice solution would be preferable, but, in the meantime, this is a decent workaround that solved my problem, and hopefully could prove useful to someone.
SGH-1497
DO I hate this Tablet?
I got it mainly for the sim. slapped a ST sim in and away I go. See a phone app in ROM Manager See all the would leave me to believe I can make in and out calls on this thing. As of Jan 15 is this a forgotten relic and a crock of stewed crap to mess with to get working? If so Im heading for ebay or so,ewhere I want a 10.1 that I can use ST on and have 4G LTE. Can anyone reply to me where and what I need to make this happen. I just bought this for 100 bucks and I wont smash it into the wall but not real interested in it. With GO SMS it gives me a Straight Talk number and I can text with it but no dialer with a phone app running in the background? geez kick in the purse anyone?
Pls i need custom recovery for samsung tab 2 sgh i497
wondering what difference is running the watch via Bluetooth and running it sim card , aside of course the fact that you don't need to have your phone within proximity.
also wondering how this would work with a sim card when you leave your phone at home , does the sim have the same phone number as your current cell number ? kinda weird almost like a cloned sim card no ?
ex-28 said:
also wondering how this would work with a sim card when you leave your phone at home , does the sim have the same phone number as your current cell number ? kinda weird almost like a cloned sim card no ?
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I was kinda wondering about how that works myself. I wouldn't want another line or number for my watch, but an extension of my phone. One number, 2 devices, is that possible?
b.huss2 said:
I was kinda wondering about how that works myself. I wouldn't want another line or number for my watch, but an extension of my phone. One number, 2 devices, is that possible?
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I'd like to know this also. I'd imagine it'll belike the PS Vita. Use a simcard for 3G Data only.
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I was kinda wondering about how that works myself. I wouldn't want another line or number for my watch, but an extension of my phone. One number, 2 devices, is that possible?
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It depends on your carrier if it allows, 1 number on2 devices is quite possible.
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Id also like to know how this works too. I would love it to use the same number as my phone. :victory:
It is called Multi-SIM.
You get 1 MSISDN (tel no) but multiple IMSI (the registration number on the SIM card). Some internal routing makes it possible to receive calls and SMS on 1 SIM, but you can make calls and SMS on all SIMs.
At least that's how it works here in Malaysia.
The telco Maxis allows up to 6 IMSIs per MSISDN, 1 primary and 5 subs.
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It is called Multi-SIM.
You get 1 MSISDN (tel no) but multiple IMSI (the registration number on the SIM card). Some internal routing makes it possible to receive calls and SMS on 1 SIM, but you can make calls and SMS on all SIMs.
At least that's how it works here in Malaysia.
The telco Maxis allows up to 6 IMSIs per MSISDN, 1 primary and 5 subs.
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Although in Malaysia they may have multi sim carriers I work for bell mobility and I'm pretty confident in saying that in Canada and the usa none are multi sim carriers.
Here is how I think it will work, you get a new number on a standalone $10 plan or either on a $10 share plan with your phone line. Once the watch is disconnected from Bluetooth on the phone the phone will forward calls to the number on the watch.
Just a theory though won't know much until we get it
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Although in Malaysia they may have multi sim carriers I work for bell mobility and I'm pretty confident in saying that in Canada and the usa none are multi sim carriers.
Here is how I think it will work, you get a new number on a standalone $10 plan or either on a $10 share plan with your phone line. Once the watch is disconnected from Bluetooth on the phone the phone will forward calls to the number on the watch.
Just a theory though won't know much until we get it
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will it also forward emails and messeges?
I would think you would just set the email up on the gear s and the texts would be forwarded the same way calls are
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I would think you would just set the email up on the gear s and the texts would be forwarded the same way calls are
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Thx. Im hoping exchange Emails work.
I am wondering as well as I have Sprint with UCCI cards and not SIM card so how does this work when it's tied to a SIM card. Basically they would treat the gear S as a Tablet only plan. so instead of the 10$ for the tablet plan it's the gear S. And what happens when you go over your data minutes I'm unlimited on my Note 4 but it say's the gear S will come with 500mb a month I'm confused
Ok,
So i have successfully paired iphone 6 with Gear S. I have one sim in iphone and another sim in Gear S. Here is the problem.
All calls on my iphone number are shown on Gear S fine.
However, calls on my Gear S number dop not show up on iphone. The only option on Gear S is to transfer to an "Headset" even though the iphone is paired.
Can some one suggest, if a call on the gear S number can be transferred to the phone?
thanks
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
yahya.hamid said:
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
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No one can really support you here unless they have an iPhone. This device is not made to work with non Android phones. We all are using Android phones.
As for handing off mid-call, probably not. Just conference in your phone if the call is initiated on the Gear S.
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Ok,
So i have successfully paired iphone 6 with Gear S. I have one sim in iphone and another sim in Gear S. Here is the problem.
All calls on my iphone number are shown on Gear S fine.
However, calls on my Gear S number dop not show up on iphone. The only option on Gear S is to transfer to an "Headset" even though the iphone is paired.
Can some one suggest, if a call on the gear S number can be transferred to the phone?
thanks
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You can enable conditional forwarding on the watch sim.. Just look up call forwarding for the carrier that the watch is on, and dial that short code on the Gear with your iPhone number as the forwarding number. Then when someone calls your watch & you don't answer it'll forward to your iPhone instead of going to the voicemail provided by your gear's carrier
yahya.hamid said:
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
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I believe the answer is no.
@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
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@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
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It is basically a phone so if you can forward your calls from your iPhone to any other phone using your iPhone plan, you can forward to the Gear S. But it isn't like you're going to be able to answer calls coming into your iPhone on the Gear S with your call remaining on the iPhone. If that makes sense.
In other words, you have to think of the Gear S as a separate phone that you're just forwarding your calls from your iPhone to. Like a landline cell phone forwarding situation. And if you aren't getting good service on your Note 4, you probably won't get better coverage on the Gear S unless it is on the same carrier that the iPhone is on.
Ah - so unlike using a Samsung Gear Watch with a Samsung phone, you cannot answer the phone via bluetooth on the watch.... It must be forwarded from the phone to the watch via the network. That now makes more sense, as I did not think the two would share bluetooth in this manner. It would be nice if it did, but Samsung and Apple tend not to cooperate with each other.
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@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
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It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
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It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
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Fantastic! I appreciate the detailed reply. I have now ordered a watch, but there is a bit of a delay (could be up to a few weeks). Looking forward to having it strapped to my arm, as I really enjoyed using my wife's Gear 2 Neo. Thanks again.
yahya.hamid said:
It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
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The Gear S uses specialized encryption that the iPhone cannot access. I'm not buying that the connection works.
Cant connect
The two devices can't even connect to one another. Again the Gear S uses special encryption.
I'd love to see the Gear S able to connect to all devices. But it isn't possible with the iPhone. At least not without some kind of jailbreak workaround.
And about notifications ? I use it a lot... how it works woth iphone?
Will see how it goes when the watch arrives. Worst case scenario means I will switch to the Note 4.
zelele said:
And about notifications ? I use it a lot... how it works woth iphone?
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They cannot connect to each other. At all.
My only issue is
I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
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I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
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If the contacts are loaded onto the device, maybe it will then work out who the number belongs to? If not, the iPhone most likely won't push the information to the watch. I am not sure if this will work, as I am still waiting for the watch
ToneSoFly said:
I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
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Have you tried to copy all your contacts onto the Gear S SIM, or are you using the watch without a SIM in it?
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sbrownla said:
The two devices can't even connect to one another. Again the Gear S uses special encryption.
I'd love to see the Gear S able to connect to all devices. But it isn't possible with the iPhone. At least not without some kind of jailbreak workaround.
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Maybe those reporting that it works mean it works when connected remotely, and maybe with dual sim cards?
Details are not too clear.
xendula said:
Maybe those reporting that it works mean it works when connected remotely, and maybe with dual sim cards?
Details are not too clear.
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I think they are full of ____ or they don't know what we mean by pairing the devices. You can forward calls and use call forwarding from the iPhone or any phone with a working number to the Gear S. But you absolutely can not pair the two using Bluetooth because of the encryption.
You can't even pair the Gear S to a Nexus without being Gear Manage up and running. And an iPhone?! Crazy talk.
im about to pair my gear s to my iPhone. I'll let you know also do you know how the texting functionality and notifications work?