[Q] Galaxy Gear barely works with Original Note - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Has anyone tried to sync a galaxy gear watch with the original galaxy note? I'd consider picking one up if I knew it would work.
I've searched and can only find people with S4's, Mega's, and Note 3's that report it working on.
Edit..... I received an galaxy gear for xmas. I got it to sync with the original note. I can receive calls and make them, music plays and changes tracks, weather doesn't work for me, Svoice doesn't work for me (yes it's installed on 4.1.2 touchwiz rooted rom), and this watch drains the battery like no other!!!! Probably because it requires bluetooth 4.0 otherwise known as Bluetooth Low Energy. The original note only has 3.0 and I'm guessing by me syncing with 4.0 it's like I'm talking on a bluetooth earpiece constantly.

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updated 12/28/2013

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440bro said:
Has anyone tried to sync a galaxy gear watch with the original galaxy note? I'd consider picking one up if I knew it would work.
I've searched and can only find people with S4's, Mega's, and Note 3's that report it working on.
Edit..... I received an galaxy gear for xmas. I got it to sync with the original note. I can receive calls and make them, music plays and changes tracks, weather doesn't work for me, Svoice doesn't work for me (yes it's installed on 4.1.2 touchwiz rooted rom), and this watch drains the battery like no other!!!! Probably because it requires bluetooth 4.0 otherwise known as Bluetooth Low Energy. The original note only has 3.0 and I'm guessing by me syncing with 4.0 it's like I'm talking on a bluetooth earpiece constantly.
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How did you get your gear to work on your i717? I have gear manager 1.2 installed and can only get up to the SAMusicProvider APK and it won't let me install that. Gear won't sync through the gear manager. Did you have to root the gear first?

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gergyllaer said:
How did you get your gear to work on your i717? I have gear manager 1.2 installed and can only get up to the SAMusicProvider APK and it won't let me install that. Gear won't sync through the gear manager. Did you have to root the gear first?
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What rom are you trying to install gear manager on? I can install gear manager and sync on the stock 4.1.2. I can install Svoice and it works on the phone, but not the watch. I keep getting an "you need to agree to samsungs disclaimer on the device" error. I got the samsung apps ver 4.01.015.0 installed but it opens and doesn't connect to anything.
To install gear manager on the stock 4.1.2 release install this apk like any regular app. Notifications, Weather, Svoice, and some other features aren't working.
To install gear manager on custom roms it varies. Some require pushing gearmanagerstub.apk to system file, then installing gear manager ver 1.something I've been following a lot of the threads and some versions that work with a 4.3 rom don't work with a 4.4 rom and so forth. You can try some releases located here that Omniwolf and Brendo have been keeping up to date. If you get it up and running, let me know what rom, gearmanager version, and how so I can update the original post. If you can't get anything rolling, let me know what rom you're having difficulty with and I'll try over the weekend.

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440bro said:
What rom are you trying to install gear manager on? I can install gear manager and sync on the stock 4.1.2. I can install Svoice and it works on the phone, but not the watch. I keep getting an "you need to agree to samsungs disclaimer on the device" error. I got the samsung apps ver 4.01.015.0 installed but it opens and doesn't connect to anything.
To install gear manager on the stock 4.1.2 release install this apk like any regular app. Notifications, Weather, Svoice, and some other features aren't working.
To install gear manager on custom roms it varies. Some require pushing gearmanagerstub.apk to system file, then installing gear manager ver 1.something I've been following a lot of the threads and some versions that work with a 4.3 rom don't work with a 4.4 rom and so forth. You can try some releases located here that Omniwolf and Brendo have been keeping up to date. If you get it up and running, let me know what rom, gearmanager version, and how so I can update the original post. If you can't get anything rolling, let me know what rom you're having difficulty with and I'll try over the weekend.
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Here's what I did:
Followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2562997
One exception is that for step #1 to update the firmware follow this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539082
Then move on to Post #3 in the first thread mentioned and follow it on down.
Only thing I haven't been able to get working is Gear Manager. When I install the stub apk and then follow the instructions to extract the apk's from the gear manager install I get as far as Gear Manager telling me there is no backup and that it will reset the gear...which it does factory reset the rom.
I'm using the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2518785 rom (P12).
All of this makes everything work flawlessly (battery/internet/etc) with the exception of notifications. For notifications I'm trying to get Gear Manager to work so that I can use ATN manager. Seems like the most battery friendly way.
I did find one other way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597260 battery stats weren't definitive though at the time. Edit: Unreliable notifications so far.
Edit again: Nope - notifications actually work very well after rebooting both devices. Now just to figure out how to access notification history.
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[/COLOR]Oh - I got the idea to extract the APK's for Gear Manager in KitKat (4.4.2) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596455
Got me farther than before but not far enough to get Gear Manager working.