Hi Folks,
I just received my Gear Fit. It installed fine after I downloaded the Gear Fit Manager on my S4 running 4.4.2. Notifications work fine and News Republic/Appy Geek are also working.
After reading the Manual I found out that there should be a Setting for "Auto Unlock" which I can't find/is not shown in my Gear Fit Manager. Does this feature only work with S5? I also tried different lock settings (pattern, none, swipe, pin) - but I don't have this feature.
Any idea?
TIA
Greetings
Erik
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Hi guys.
Finally I wrote here to ask desperatly if there is a way to use my new Gear fit with my phone ,Xperia C dual C2305.
The phone have Bluetooth 4.0,Android 4.2.2,no root,original firmware.
I've downloaded and installed Gear manager Ver. 1.70 and after 1.78, tried with no firmware modification and after tried updating the firmware with version E and after with the last NG2 using Odin.
The firmware process works perfectly,no errors.
The problem comes when I try to connect for the first time the Gear Manager software with the Gear Fit.
I activate the bluetooth,open Gear manager. The app recognize the presence of my gear fit,and pairs correctly with it (if i go in bluetooth manager i see the gear fit correctly paired). Then the Gear fit app stuck at the "connecting to gear fit" screen,and stays here forever,no way to go on. The Gear fit stay a minute with "wating for confirmation..." and after gives error of failed connection.
I'm totally desperate,I don't know why this software won't accept the gear fit even if it pairs correctly in BT manager!!
Now I'm using software ver 1.78,but it's the same with all versions!
Some help here,I'm so angry like I want to launch it outside my window!!!
Today I've tried the gear fit connected to a samsung S4.
It worked and the fit manager has updated the gear fit bios.
after i've tried to reconnect it to my xperia,but I have the same issue,no way to connect it via fit manager!!
I'm using fit manager 1,78
desperate need of help!
bomba09 said:
Today I've tried the gear fit connected to a samsung S4.
It worked and the fit manager has updated the gear fit bios.
after i've tried to reconnect it to my xperia,but I have the same issue,no way to connect it via fit manager!!
I'm using fit manager 1,78
desperate need of help!
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You need at least Android 4.3. :good:
pRo_lama said:
You need at least Android 4.3. :good:
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It's like something strange because I've tested now with a s3 mini with android 4.2.2 and it worked!
My Xperia have the same android version!!
bomba09 said:
It's like something strange because I've tested now with a s3 mini with android 4.2.2 and it worked!
My Xperia have the same android version!!
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So I may wondering if the Samsung gear S and tablet will work since the gear S has 3G calling and is standalone and I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S which I could have the Samsung app store would this combo work with out the need of a phone? I have a Samsung Note 4 btw
Uniquebarbee said:
So I may wondering if the Samsung gear S and tablet will work since the gear S has 3G calling and is standalone and I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S which I could have the Samsung app store would this combo work with out the need of a phone? I have a Samsung Note 4 btw
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The Gear S cannot perform as a wifi hotspot, and I wouldn't suggest it even if it could. Think of it as a shrunken down featurephone of sorts, but with an incredibly small battery.
However, if you are content to use the tab with wifi only, then it can be a good pair.
I had the gear 2 and the tab s. I had the gear manager on the tab and it worked for setup. If you are interested in just setting up the gear you can go this route. You just won't have the connection to your note 4.
Ok I see thanks I have the Tab S LTE and I have a gear 2 I use them together as well I'm trying to eliminate the need for an extra line with the gear S. I would answer the calls and call from the gear S and use my tablet I want the Note 4 to stay connected to the gear 2 unless I can add both the gear 2 and gear S on the note 4. The tablet is the same monthly price as the gear S
unable to pair with tab s
I was unable to pair my gear s with my tab s lte.
Downloaded gear manager, but it was unable to find device.
It did show up under Bluetooth devices, but when I tried to pair that way, it would open up gear manager with an error message saying that it was not compatible with this mobile device or software needed to be updated. As far as I know my device is fully updated.
Looks like I will need a Samsung phone.
Nabzy said:
I was unable to pair my gear s with my tab s lte.
Downloaded gear manager, but it was unable to find device.
It did show up under Bluetooth devices, but when I tried to pair that way, it would open up gear manager with an error message saying that it was not compatible with this mobile device or software needed to be updated. As far as I know my device is fully updated.
Looks like I will need a Samsung phone.
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Exactely the same here, what a shame, I have a watch I can't use. Samsung Switzerland wrote me, that the Galaxy Tab S is supported, so I don't understand. I hope they soon provide a fix, can't believe it!
Well damn I have a Note 4 and the LTE tab S hopefully Samsung will update the gear manager soon that would be great I don't need three different 2 Year plans
Nabzy said:
I was unable to pair my gear s with my tab s lte.
Downloaded gear manager, but it was unable to find device.
It did show up under Bluetooth devices, but when I tried to pair that way, it would open up gear manager with an error message saying that it was not compatible with this mobile device or software needed to be updated. As far as I know my device is fully updated.
Looks like I will need a Samsung phone.
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I have also tried to pair it with a friend's Tab S LTE. Gear Manager could not find the Gear S.
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I have also tried to pair it with a friend's Tab S LTE. Gear Manager could not find the Gear S.
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OK thanks hopefully there will be an update soon so this can be possible as the tablet can answer calls via Sidesync with the S5
How can I pairing a gear s with tab s 8.4 ?
Careful
ken wong said:
How can I pairing a gear s with tab s 8.4 ?
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AFTER pairing with Galaxy S4 (Everything working, SIM installed to Gear S only) I paired to Galaxy Tab 3 8" - Gear will FACTORY RESET so make sure to have full local backup. (see a/m marvelous XDA instructions) Seems to work fine though functionality is limited (Tab 8 is WIFI only)
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AFTER pairing with Galaxy S4 (Everything working, SIM installed to Gear S only) I paired to Galaxy Tab 3 8" - Gear will FACTORY RESET so make sure to have full local backup. (see a/m marvelous XDA instructions) Seems to work fine though functionality is limited (Tab 8 is WIFI only)
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How is the step ?
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How is the step ?
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Maybe you mean SET-up?
All I did to pair to Tab3 was install latest GearManager, bluetooth pair both devices normally...the Gear S automatically began the reset process on recognizing the Tab3 pairing request.
Cyman said:
Exactely the same here, what a shame, I have a watch I can't use. Samsung Switzerland wrote me, that the Galaxy Tab S is supported, so I don't understand. I hope they soon provide a fix, can't believe it!
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I have exactly the same situation here in Turkey, a gear s and a tab s , which connect very poorly and I can not update the gear manager . It tells me that it is not compatible with the tablet anymore. Did you manage to get a solution from samsung Switzerland?
I have my Gear S watch - love it! My Note II finally gave out so I replaced it with the Samsung Note Pro 4G (eBay $350)! Gear Manager is found in Google play but it says that it's not compatible with my device. I found a paid app called Gear Manager for all devices but I'm hesitant to go with this... I've read that some have been able to install Gear Manager on a tablet. How???
Hey everyone,
I just got myself a Gear Fit and wanted to connect it to my (rooted and Custom-ROM) S4.
Everything works fine on my (stock) Note 10.1 2014, it connects to the Fit and everything seems to be ok.
I want to pair it with my S4 though and that does not work.
I got the Latest Download from Here and installed the Fit Manager.
It does attempt to connect to the Fit and then when pairing it jst sits there and does nothing. After some time the Fit attempts another connection, however it does nothing after that either...
Does anyone have an Idea?
Edit:
By now I've tried versions:
1.111.1216 (no connection)
1.78.0721 (crashes on connection)
1.96.1124 (same)
and the "Latest Official" from Here (no connection)
Same with zopo 3x
Hi I have the same or a similar problem. With Samsung s3 on cyanogenmod pairing and connection was fine. My gear fit is on newest firmware and I tried all managers from 1.55 to 1.88. My zopo does pair but not connect. Connection screen on phone is waiting forever. No message. The gear fit wait for pair confirmation of phone. Very strange
Any idea? I tried also to delete pairing in Android Bluetooth settings. Same behavior on next pairing.
Disabling "Developer options" helped in my case on Galaxy Note 4 pairing with Gear 2.
No solution for this Problem? Can't connect my gear fit since firmware upgrade :crying:
alternone said:
Hi I have the same or a similar problem. With Samsung s3 on cyanogenmod pairing and connection was fine. My gear fit is on newest firmware and I tried all managers from 1.55 to 1.88. My zopo does pair but not connect. Connection screen on phone is waiting forever. No message. The gear fit wait for pair confirmation of phone. Very strange
Any idea? I tried also to delete pairing in Android Bluetooth settings. Same behavior on next pairing.
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i have tried pairing gear fit with rooted xperia c ,
same problem with the confirmation screen , it sticks on screen " Connecting to gear fit "
any solution for this, i have disabled developer option.
seem like SS did something on their rom. My note 3 connect perfectly with GF when using TW base custom rom(both kitkat and lollipop) but when i try with AOSP rom(lollipop), it have a same problem with GFM. So if you want to use ur GF, u need to stay with TW base roms, GFM work well and no problem with both kitkat and lollipop
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I have an S4, and that is how I fixed it
Apparently, you need to download the Gear Fir Manager from apps.samsung.com/gearfit not from the samsung app store.
The Samsung app store version does not work, you need to download the latest gear app from the website, gd luck
Yeah it's a bit late but try to get back on Sammy based firmware. That's strange because on lollipop on my Note 4 I couldn't connect to Fit but on S3L with 4.4.4 Note'd 4 software it works perfectly(hah because of Fit went back to S3 )
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THX WRX
I was using the auto unlock feature of the Gear S, so that when it is connected I didn't have to enter any password/pin to unlock my phone screen.
Then I upgraded my S5 to Lolipop and I was still able to use this feature.
Today, all of a sudden, this feature started not working.
And I am not able to activate it on Gear Manager.
Any ideas ? Does anybody else have the same issue ?
Thanks.
This is really weird and disturbing. We noticed the same issue on my wife's Gear S as well.
Anybody else ?
the problem is solved after clearing the security credentials.
It happens to me that I have the alert activated if the spen is forgotten on my device and it doesn't work. I try with a friend's device and it works, I use his pen to test and it doesn't work for me, I do the same with his and everything is perfect after changing the pen and trying restoring the pens. On my device I can't get the notification. As far as I have it I have only seen the alert twice. Does anyone have that problem?
Are you have installed last updates with galaxy apps included?
Yep.