So ive had thd gear for 2 days and im confused. When using my note 4, if i left the phone home i thougjt the watch woild act as tye same number etc when out and about. They tout that yoi dont have to give out a seperate number etc. Was i wrong on this account.
It should if the Gear S can connect to your phone remotely. There are know bugs that if you leave Gear WiFi on, it may not connect to your phone reliably.
How do connect remotely and shut the WiFi off. T-Mobile told me it wouldn't work
Suzook1 said:
So ive had thd gear for 2 days and im confused. When using my note 4, if i left the phone home i thougjt the watch woild act as tye same number etc when out and about. They tout that yoi dont have to give out a seperate number etc. Was i wrong on this account.
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Did you enable call forwarding so when your bluetooth is out of range it will go into call forward mode ie calls/text from note 4 you want standalone use gear only mode
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Suzook1 said:
How do connect remotely and shut the WiFi off. T-Mobile told me it wouldn't work
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Remote Connection
You can remotely connect the Gear S to the
smartphone when a Bluetooth connection
between the devices is not available. When this
feature is activated, you can receive notifications
from the smartphone and use apps that require
a network connection on the Gear S. For more
information, refer to “Connection Modes” on page
16.
1.
On smartphone
: Sign in to your Samsung
account.
2.
On smartphone:
Tap
Apps
>
Samsung
Gear
>
Settings
, and then tap
Use Remote
connection
per t-mobile manual
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Forwarding Calls to Gear S
If you turn on Auto call forwarding, when Gear
S is in Remote Connection mode, calls to the
smartphone are automatically forwarded to the
Gear S. You can turn on Auto call forwarding
when you pair your Gear S with a smartphone,
in the Gear S Settings, or in Settings of the
Samsung Gear app on the smartphone.
When call forwarding is active:
•
Your smartphone will ring a few times for
an incoming call, and then the call will be
forwarded to your Gear S.
•
If you do not answer the call on your Gear S,
the caller may leave a voicemail that you can
listen to on your Gear S.
To use call forwarding, the Use Remote
connection setting must be enabled on the
Samsung Gear app on the smartphone (this is
enabled by default).
Call forwarding continues until your Gear S and
smartphone are connected again, via Bluetooth
or remote connection
Sorry have to ask the noon question, how do you forward. From the phone or the watxh
question to ask
See at bottom
QUOTE=Uniquebarbee;56735402]Did you enable call forwarding so when your bluetooth is out of range it will go into call forward mode ie calls/text from note 4 you want standalone use gear only mode
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51
Remote Connection
You can remotely connect the Gear S to the
smartphone when a Bluetooth connection
between the devices is not available. When this
feature is activated, you can receive notifications
from the smartphone and use apps that require
a network connection on the Gear S. For more
information, refer to “Connection Modes” on page
16.
1.
On smartphone
: Sign in to your Samsung
account.
2.
On smartphone:
Tap
Apps
>
Samsung
Gear
>
Settings
, and then tap
Use Remote
connection
per t-mobile manual
Do you mean galaxy apps on my note 4
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Forwarding Calls to Gear S
If you turn on Auto call forwarding, when Gear
S is in Remote Connection mode, calls to the
smartphone are automatically forwarded to the
Gear S. You can turn on Auto call forwarding
when you pair your Gear S with a smartphone,
in the Gear S Settings, or in Settings of the
Samsung Gear app on the smartphone.
When call forwarding is active:
•
Your smartphone will ring a few times for
an incoming call, and then the call will be
forwarded to your Gear S.
•
If you do not answer the call on your Gear S,
the caller may leave a voicemail that you can
listen to on your Gear S.
To use call forwarding, the Use Remote
connection setting must be enabled on the
Samsung Gear app on the smartphone (this is
enabled by default).
Call forwarding continues until your Gear S and
smartphone are connected again, via Bluetooth
or remote connection[/QUOTE]
Suzook1 said:
Sorry have to ask the noon question, how do you forward. From the phone or the watxh
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http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/wearable-tech/SM-R750TZKATMB
Left side of the list last thing manual
OK got call forwarding enabled. Last question, if I make a call from the watch, its going to show up as the number assigmed to the watch though right, note my note 4
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OK got call forwarding enabled. Last question, if I make a call from the watch, its going to show up as the number assigmed to the watch though right, note my note 4
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You can set it up for when you call from Gs To display note 4 number or Gs number . But if you are in gear only mode then yes you will call from the watch number
*yes samsung gear manager on note 4
how do you set that up?
THis review today states this:
Which means, if you set up automatic call forwarding, you can call your friends from your wrist and the call will appear to come from your regular phone number. But if you mistakenly share the direct phone number with your coworkers like I did, then all bets are off and your wrist is ringing at midnight. Protip: don't do that.
http://gizmodo.com/samsung-gear-s-review-but-i-dont-wanna-be-****-tracy-1658861223
When you BT connected to the phone, the cell radio on the watch is forced off. You can't receive SMS or calls from your watch number. All calls go straight to voicemail. This is true regardless if you setup auto call forwarding or not.
So, don't give out your watch number.
Well that's a bummer. I really wanted to make calls independent of the phone and have my main number show up
You still can. Just turn off the BT and let it remote connect to the phone. You trade off the battery life and a few features (that won't work without BT connection) for the sake of independent phone radio.
I do but when I make a call from the watch it comes up as my other number?
It can be configured on the watch for what outgoing number it shows.
I enabled call forwarding on the watch and gear managerband now if I'm out of range from the note 4 the watch connects remotely.
Then when I make a call or send a text it shows up on my wife's phone as coming from the Note 4 number and not the watches own number.
Just make sure that WiFi on the watch is switched off and call forwarding enabled on both the watch and in gear manager app.
jongilluley said:
I enabled call forwarding on the watch and gear managerband now if I'm out of range from the note 4 the watch connects remotely.
Then when I make a call or send a text it shows up on my wife's phone as coming from the Note 4 number and not the watches own number.
Just make sure that WiFi on the watch is switched off and call forwarding enabled on both the watch and in gear manager app.
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Whenever I'm connected remotely, the outgoing call number is my watch's phone number and not my phone. When I'm connected via Bluetooth, it's the phone's number. I have played with the settings and have call forwarding on in both areas. My text messages show as my cell phone even when remotely connected just not outgoing calls. I'm getting a little frustrated as I want to leave the phone home sometimes and I don't want people to have a different number. I can't change this setting when connected remotely as its grayed out.
Jordan, look under phone settings when connected REMOTELY. You can choose what number to call from
Jeffruby said:
Jordan, look under phone settings when connected REMOTELY. You can choose what number to call from
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I tried it. The number is set as my gear's number and it is grayed out so that I can't change it. Maybe this is a limitation of AT&T's network. It might not be able to place a call as another number remotely. This works for messages, just not for calls. This is somewhat disappointing as it negates the idea of not giving out another number when you leave your phone behind. If I ever call anyone, they will have no idea who it is.
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nope...will only change if a) the gear network is on always ON or b) its on auto...and your not on wifi or bluetooth to phone...will work...
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This could be a silly question, but I've never really seen a clear answer on this. Can anyone confirm how the Gear S actually transfers a call? For example, if you're wearing your gear and have your phone on you. If a call comes in, your phone rings and you can answer. Now, let's say you run into a store and leave your phone in the car...before, with the Gear 2 it would say "Bluetooth disconnected" and you're done.
At that "Bluetooth disconnected" point with the Gear 2, is that where the Gear S automatically "connects" itself to the network? In other words seamless connection?
Is this right? (below)
In Bluetooth range: Person calls > Samsung cell phone rings > answer on phone or watch > no answer > goes to VM.
Out of Bluetooth range: Samsung phone sensed your Gear S is out of range > person calls > watch rings > no answer > goes to VM
Thoughts?
gsxr150 said:
This could be a silly question, but I've never really seen a clear answer on this. Can anyone confirm how the Gear S actually transfers a call? For example, if you're wearing your gear and have your phone on you. If a call comes in, your phone rings and you can answer. Now, let's say you run into a store and leave your phone in the car...before, with the Gear 2 it would say "Bluetooth disconnected" and you're done.
At that "Bluetooth disconnected" point with the Gear 2, is that where the Gear S automatically "connects" itself to the network? In other words seamless connection?
Is this right? (below)
In Bluetooth range: Person calls > Samsung cell phone rings > answer on phone or watch > no answer > goes to VM.
Out of Bluetooth range: Samsung phone sensed your Gear S is out of range > person calls > watch rings > no answer > goes to VM
Thoughts?
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+1 I know you can forward you calls to watch but I would like to know how this scenario plays out as well
Uniquebarbee said:
+1 I know you can forward you calls to watch but I would like to know how this scenario plays out as well
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Honestly, I don't think we're going to find out until people get their hands on this thing. (On launch day)
gsxr150 said:
Honestly, I don't think we're going to find out until people get their hands on this thing. (On launch day)
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Yes you are right
maybe you can set up a task with Tasker that tells it every time bluetooth disconnects from that device, forward calls to a specified number.
gingy13 said:
maybe you can set up a task with Tasker that tells it every time bluetooth disconnects from that device, forward calls to a specified number.
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Guys, I picked mine up today from an ATT corp store. Just walked in and said I'd like to buy a Gear S. Anyhow, I think I have this figured out. When someone calls your phone when the gear is out of range, it rings first on the phone then gets sent to the Gear. Then apparently people leave a message on that other number, that's the part I don't get yet. BUT I did send my buddy a text message while outside of range and he said it came in as my main number.
I hope this does not mess up with my google voice voice mail set up
gsxr150 said:
Guys, I picked mine up today from an ATT corp store. Just walked in and said I'd like to buy a Gear S. Anyhow, I think I have this figured out. When someone calls your phone when the gear is out of range, it rings first on the phone then gets sent to the Gear. Then apparently people leave a message on that other number, that's the part I don't get yet. BUT I did send my buddy a text message while outside of range and he said it came in as my main number.
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Ugh at that other number. I have google voice also seems I will have yet another number
If the call forwarding happens though the Cell network then google voice should be ok. I just dont want to have to stop using google voice for my voice mails.
There are a few options, rings on phone then forward to watch then voicemail. Auto forward is whenever the watch is not connected via Bluetooth then forward is enabled. Also always forward option.
Where is the option for auto call forwarding when Bluetooth disconnects? I can only see the remote forwarding on the gear on the screen with volume and brightness.
I don't own one as yet (comes in 2 days) lets say.... you do drop bluetooth because your out of range. if your handset is set to forward calls to the gear s number when the call is not answered within a specific time normal call forwarding would do the job. However, call forwarding without the right tariffs could cost you unless unlimited minutes is your tariff. Mine is, so no problems there.
Hi, yesterday I set up the auto call forwarding calls from my phone to gear S, when the pairing is lost (ine the gear app). It works fine. Today it's not working. After the BT pairing is lost, I'm just getting the message on gear, that calls weren't forwarded, clik OK, to try again.
When the gear is paired remote (wifi), the OK click starts the fwd. But usually when I left the phone home, I got the fwd msg after couple of minutes, when I'm fair away, so I'm not even remote connected, and the OK click doesn't helps.
Anybody with this problem?
My workaround is to use Tasker, but better will be, if the auto fwd would works as it should.
Gear S, slovakia, O2 network, paired with i9505
i have the same problem....can you explain how you set up tasker? maybe it can be a solution for people with the same problem until we find another fix...thanx
tasker workaround
for auto fwd when BT pairing is lost:
(gear and phone should be paired via BT before starting this set up)
1. at the home screen I created new profile named Gear S (not necessary)
2. clicked "+" and selected State
3. click Net
4. click BT Connected (the task will be run one time after BT device is paired)
5. at State Edit screen in the Name field click magnifier icon and choose paired Gear S. The same do in the Address field.
6. Click back on your phone or the icon in the left top to go back.
7. new menu should appear, choose new task. Fill in name and click the Check icon
8. on Task Edit click "+" to add action
9. chose Phone
10. chose Call
11.now you have to find the operator code, which you have to call, when you want to redirect calls to another number. In my case it is **21*phonenumber#
12. click Auto Dial
Thats it, now just go back.
to disable autoforwarding, just create another State event and on the step 4. also choose Invert. and at the step 11 choose the code, in my case ##21#.
Analogicaly you can create another task (not BT con discon), when you ring your phone from gear number, than start auto forward to gear number.
hi, first of all thanks for the explanation..it works (kind off)
i followed your directions and now when i turn off BT on the phone the calls get redirected to the gear s, but only when the gear s is configured with mobile networks "always on"....when i put the mobile networks to "auto on/off" and call my phone, i get the answering machine from the sim in my gear s....is this normal?
i just worry when i have to put network always on, that the battery will drain much faster...
hmm, in my case, I have setings to auto ON/OFF. I think, that after disconecting BT, you have to wait couple of seconds (around 120) until the gear S gets registered to network, or until the phone autocalls call forwarding.
I had the same problem. that soon after closing BT I was unable to call to my phone number.
But It's still not working perfectly, I have to do some more research, why today after leaving phone home, the calls didn't get forwarded....
niio said:
hmm, in my case, I have setings to auto ON/OFF. I think, that after disconecting BT, you have to wait couple of seconds (around 120) until the gear S gets registered to network, or until the phone autocalls call forwarding.
I had the same problem. that soon after closing BT I was unable to call to my phone number.
But It's still not working perfectly, I have to do some more research, why today after leaving phone home, the calls didn't get forwarded....
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The only way i am able to get a remote connection successfully is if my phone is on wifi and my watch is on wifi, i left my phone at my house on wifi, walked o my neighbors house and we sent messages to my phone and i got them on my watch. I noticed i successfully get a "Remote connection" notification on my watch, however if I'm using mobile data and blue tooth gets disconnected i will not have a "remote connection" notification on my gear and if someone calls it will take almost 10 mins before i say i got a missed call on my watch, just like your problem on the first post i get a phone icon that lets me try to retireive my missed call but it keeps failing and i get a phone icon with a small yellow "!". Ive tried resintalling gear app, ive wiped the watch plenty of times. Im starting to think it has something to do with ATT. As the remote connection always works if both are on wifi no matter where they are, which is removing the att network connection all together. The app is working by sending me data once wifi is connected.
niio said:
for auto fwd when BT pairing is lost:
(gear and phone should be paired via BT before starting this set up)
1. at the home screen I created new profile named Gear S (not necessary)
2. clicked "+" and selected State
3. click Net
4. click BT Connected (the task will be run one time after BT device is paired)
5. at State Edit screen in the Name field click magnifier icon and choose paired Gear S. The same do in the Address field.
6. Click back on your phone or the icon in the left top to go back.
7. new menu should appear, choose new task. Fill in name and click the Check icon
8. on Task Edit click "+" to add action
9. chose Phone
10. chose Call
11.now you have to find the operator code, which you have to call, when you want to redirect calls to another number. In my case it is **21*phonenumber#
12. click Auto Dial
Thats it, now just go back.
to disable autoforwarding, just create another State event and on the step 4. also choose Invert. and at the step 11 choose the code, in my case ##21#.
Analogicaly you can create another task (not BT con discon), when you ring your phone from gear number, than start auto forward to gear number.
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Yessss...it's working
had to put gear manager back on my note 3 and to reset my gear s, but now it works great...when out of bt range it automaticaly forwards all calls to my gear s, and when i come back into range it automaticly goes back on bt mode....
perfect workaround till they firgure out how to make their built in function to work as it should.
thanx again
What do you mean built-in function working as it should?
As far as I can tell everything is working as designed. I didn't have to configure anything to get auto-forward to work....it seemed to be the default operation. As soon as the watch loses bluetooth connection with the phone, about 2 minutes later, all calls are re-directed, and a 3G data link is established between the watch and the phone so that notifications continue to work.
The ONLY issue is that when you dial-out from the watch it of course presents the caller ID of the SIM in the watch rather than your normal number, so your friends, relatives etc won't recognise the number.
the build in autofwd is sometimes working but usually not. Maybe the problem is, if the data on the gear S are off, than there are problems with autofwd.
When I have data "on" on gearS, there was no problem with autofwd, or the gearS were able to start autoFWD, after clicking on the OK in the "not paired message". Probably the autoforward is not working via network forwarding, but via samsung account.
Anyway, if data are off, then the gear is not receiving any notifications, just calls and messages (I guess).
niio said:
the build in autofwd is sometimes working but usually not. Maybe the problem is, if the data on the gear S are off, than there are problems with autofwd.
When I have data "on" on gearS, there was no problem with autofwd, or the gearS were able to start autoFWD, after clicking on the OK in the "not paired message". Probably the autoforward is not working via network forwarding, but via samsung account.
Anyway, if data are off, then the gear is not receiving any notifications, just calls and messages (I guess).
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Okay I understand. The forwarding is indeed done via data. It sends a data signal via Samsung's server to your Note 3 to tell the Note 3 to forward the calls. It cannot be done at the mobile network level because the forwarding has to be set on the originating number. So the only way to do that is to send a signal back to the phone to tell it to forward the calls. And this is done of course by data.
Tasker solution sucks for me. one thing is my phone brings up a text box prompt asking if i want to forward calls before dialing the number and for some reason when i reconnect it does the cancel call forwarding task twice and again with a prompt.
Same problem.
It seems to be a problem with the Gear S watch. If I restart the watch all works fine for a while.
Wrong way round
niio said:
for auto fwd when BT pairing is lost:
(gear and phone should be paired via BT before starting this set up)
1. at the home screen I created new profile named Gear S (not necessary)
2. clicked "+" and selected State
3. click Net
4. click BT Connected (the task will be run one time after BT device is paired)
5. at State Edit screen in the Name field click magnifier icon and choose paired Gear S. The same do in the Address field.
6. Click back on your phone or the icon in the left top to go back.
7. new menu should appear, choose new task. Fill in name and click the Check icon
8. on Task Edit click "+" to add action
9. chose Phone
10. chose Call
11.now you have to find the operator code, which you have to call, when you want to redirect calls to another number. In my case it is **21*phonenumber#
12. click Auto Dial
Thats it, now just go back.
to disable autoforwarding, just create another State event and on the step 4. also choose Invert. and at the step 11 choose the code, in my case ##21#.
Analogicaly you can create another task (not BT con discon), when you ring your phone from gear number, than start auto forward to gear number.
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I did this set up as explained above but found it was the wrong way round step 11 I had use the cancell Divert code ##21# and click revert don't know why but it works for me . When I did it as explained above when the phone and gear were connected it was diverting to the gear . Then when they were apart (lost Bt connection ) it would cancell the Divert. Anyone else had this problem regards Rob west ps top forum site very helpful
So when I'm connected with Bluetooth my gear s will ring. But when I'm away from my phone. And someone calls my phone's phone number my gear will only alert me of missed call. Not ring at all. Is this how it is supposed to be. I thought when away from phone, the gear will ring when calling my phones number v
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I don't know for sure if there's an option for auto call forwarding or not but you have to turn it on yourself on the watch. Now the confusing part is when you turn call forwarding on from the watch it sets it at *92 then your number which let's your phone ring x amount of times before it actually forwards to your watch. Best bet is to use *72(then your watch number) from your phone which is an immediate forward to your watch. I'm not sure but hope *72 is universal across america?
Edited...... I wrote the Verizon answer below without asking which carrier you have. I apologize for that. However, the method still applies. You just need to find out the forward codes your specific carrier employs.
*71 is a more appropriate option in this case. *72 forwards all calls. *71 forwards only calls that you didn't answer on the phone. To get what you described, I would do the following. First, configure your Gear's mobile setting to be either On or Auto. Mobile service needs to be on to receive calls on the watch when Bluetooth is not connected. Secondly, put your phone in conditional forward mode by dialing *71+Gear's number. Now, when your Gear is connected via Bluetooth, both phone and watch will ring, and you can answer from either. Once Bluetooth is disconnected, the phone will ring about 7 times, then instead of going to voicemail, your Gear will ring instead. If you don't answer the Gear, it will go to the Gear's voicemail. I do not use the hardcoded Call Forward option in the Gear Manager app, just not flexible enough.
marshall_634 said:
So when I'm connected with Bluetooth my gear s will ring. But when I'm away from my phone. And someone calls my phone's phone number my gear will only alert me of missed call. Not ring at all. Is this how it is supposed to be. I thought when away from phone, the gear will ring when calling my phones number v
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Since I know you are on verizon......I also have this issue with sprint....I use "simple call forwarding" play store for manual mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/general/off-3-call-verizon-samsung-refuse-to-t3033451
My call forwarding on my AT&T Phone and AT&T Gear S won't connect. Anyone know of any threads or remedies?
Fixed My Own Problem
Ok I fixed my own problem and now it works better than before. I got on the chat with AT&T and they set up the call forwarding on their end. The Gear S still says there is no call forwarding connection though, so I disabled the option. Since it is enabled through AT&T, however, on a remote connection I can receive calls from both my phone number and my Gear S number. All the while call forwarding is disabled on the Gear S. I can receive texts through both numbers as well. The only downside is, to disable the call forwarding I would have to contact AT&T again. But I don't really know why I would ever want to disable that. I'm just going to leave my phone in a constant remote connection and get all the benefits of a regular bluetooth connection plus the ability to receive calls and texts on my Gear S number.
Customization
Ok wait. To customize my watch, such as adding new clocks and wallpapers, I would have to be on bluetooth. But that's no biggie i'll just reconnect.
Nevermind
This method does not work. Calls to my original number do not show up on my phone. Just my watch. I missed a call today because I had my watch turned off. Even though my phone was turned on, I didn't see the call. It went straight to my watch which wasn't on. AT&T said there is no way I could get the same call to appear on both my watch and my phone. So I'm still out of luck on getting the call forwarding option thru the Gear S working.
I just got my Gear S and I have couple of questions that I haven't been able to discover an answer for. Is it possible to rotate the screen to landscape mode? I haven't found a way to do if there is. Also what would be needed to send/receive calls on it in stand alone mode?
It is not possible to rate the screen.
There is nothing else needed to make/receive calls in stand alone as long as you have the watch activated with a carrier plan. It will have its own phone number. However, if it is connected to your phone via Bluetooth, the cell radio on the watch is disable by default to save battery.
Also, make sure you bought the correct version of Gear S for use. As a dual band phone, Gear S is not a global phone. Specifically, North American market and rest of the world do not match in frequency bands. So, if you bought a non-NA Gear S, it won't work in NA and vice versa.
Thanks for the info. It is an ATT gear s which is the service that I have. I realized that I asked the first question incorrectly. I was wondering about rotating the screen when viewing video or photos. I found a video play that will rotate it for you.
Also to go full solo mode your phone needs to be shut off. If it is on, then the watch will connect through the cell network from your phone and you will still get calls from your phone's number on the watch. If the phone is off the network, or turned off, then your watch's number will be the active one.
highlordkram said:
Also to go full solo mode your phone needs to be shut off. If it is on, then the watch will connect through the cell network from your phone and you will still get calls from your phone's number on the watch. If the phone is off the network, or turned off, then your watch's number will be the active one.
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No you don't have to. As long as you are not connected via Bluetooth to your phone, your watch can receive phone calls from both numbers. In fact, if auto-forwarding is turned on, you will still receive phone calls from your phone's number even if the phone is turned off that is because the forwarding is done at carrier network level, not on your phone.
With Bluetooth turned on, the default behavior is turn off the cell radio on the watch to save battery. But you can still turn it on in the settings so that your watch can always receive calls to the watch's number at the cost of worse battery life.
foxbat121 said:
No you don't have to. As long as you are not connected via Bluetooth to your phone, your watch can receive phone calls from both numbers. In fact, if auto-forwarding is turned on, you will still receive phone calls from your phone's number even if the phone is turned off that is because the forwarding is done at carrier network level, not on your phone.
With Bluetooth turned on, the default behavior is turn off the cell radio on the watch to save battery. But you can still turn it on in the settings so that your watch can always receive calls to the watch's number at the cost of worse battery life.
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This does not work this way for me in the U.S. and under AT&T. I have auto-forwarding on, but if the phone is off I do not get calls to the phone forwarded to the watch. With the phone off, the watch only gets calls to the watch number. It gets forwarded calls from the phone if bluetooth is off, but the phone has to still be turned on and on the network.
Here is an excerpt from the manual:
Connected Remotely
When connected remotely, the Gear S is not
connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth, but is
still connected to the smartphone via the mobile
network.
While connected remotely, the Gear S can
receive notifications and calls from the
smartphone, calls and SMS messages to the
Gear S phone number, and have limited access
to Samsung Gear app functions. Calls which
are placed will be dialed from the Gear phone
number.
Gear Only
In Gear Only mode, the Gear S is not connected
to the smartphone, and is operating as an
independent device.
While in Gear Only mode, the Gear S will only
send and receive SMS messages and calls to the
Gear S phone number, and will have no access
to Samsung Gear app functions.
Maybe I should be more specific. You can turn off the phone after your watch confirms forwarding is on. This is because your phone is the only device that can turn on the forwarding. But once it is turned on, the phone itself don't have to be on.
You can rotate your Samsung Gear S. With a quick update however, they've added a new option that lets you change the orientation to vertical instead — making things much easier to read. Of course if you like the horizontal layout better, that option is still there as well.
Here is a video on how to rotate your screen
http://www.connectedly.com/how-change-screen-orientation-samsung-gear-fit
Hey please could anybody please confirm whether can I flash the Italy firmware over my Indian Gear S. Since my country firmware is not updated to 2.2.1.4. Some people even says that the new firmware provides reply options what's app and few themes and clock faces. Please somebody reply.
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Rickyzx said:
You can rotate your Samsung Gear S. With a quick update however, they've added a new option that lets you change the orientation to vertical instead — making things much easier to read. Of course if you like the horizontal layout better, that option is still there as well.
Here is a video on how to rotate your screen
http://www.connectedly.com/how-change-screen-orientation-samsung-gear-fit
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That's for the Samsung Gear Fit, not the Gear S.
Rickyzx said:
You can rotate your Samsung Gear S. With a quick update however, they've added a new option that lets you change the orientation to vertical instead — making things much easier to read. Of course if you like the horizontal layout better, that option is still there as well.
Here is a video on how to rotate your screen
http://www.connectedly.com/how-change-screen-orientation-samsung-gear-fit
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This video is for the Gear Fit, not the Gear S.