Hi,
I have SIM card in my Gear S and I would like the option to enable/disable call forwarding directly from GearS (when is nor paired with the smartphone). This is how my swipe down menu looks like:
[check the attachement, i cant insert links]
I would like the option to set call forwarding from the Gear S, like in this video @18:28
watch?v=gt8xjMS4rT0#t=1105
[i cand insert yt like either]
Any idea how to enable that option?
Thanks
The link is broken for me but my gear has the option to toggle forwarding in the call section of settings but i haven't tried to change it while on a remote connection.
I did not watch the video but when not paired to my phone (Gear Only mode) I have call forwarding as an option in the pull down menu
Uniquebarbee said:
I did not watch the video but when not paired to my phone (Gear Only mode) I have call forwarding as an option in the pull down menu
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where do you have call forwarding as an option in the pull down menu? what pull down menu? when i'm in gear only mode i dont see anywhere that there is an option for this. can u please tell me where it is?
Video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt8xjMS4rT0#t=1105
wmandel56 said:
where do you have call forwarding as an option in the pull down menu? what pull down menu? when i'm in gear only mode i dont see anywhere that there is an option for this. can u please tell me where it is?
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The Verizon version has the pull-down option to enable or disable call forward. The AT&T version that I played with did not.
I saw a samsung Video about call forwading.
Before enable call forwarding in Gear setting (and see the checkbox), you must activate Call Forwarding in setting on Gear Manager on your phone. If it is not selected on Gear Manager the Gear S do not show the Forwarding chekbox.
wmandel56 said:
where do you have call forwarding as an option in the pull down menu? what pull down menu? when i'm in gear only mode i dont see anywhere that there is an option for this. can u please tell me where it is?
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If you saw "Gear only" mode you should also see call forwarding in the pull down menu. Swipe your finger down from the top of the gear. If you don't see it your carrier may not allow
T-MOBILE
It seems that's a feature only found on CDMA version of the watches, e.g. Verizon and Sprint. There is never such menu on my AT&T watch. Besides, Verizon's version don't even show the status (Gear Only, Connected Remotely or Connected via BT) in that swipe down menu. Yes, carriers can do all kinds of crazy things.
The reason for this specific menu item is quite simple: on GSM networks like AT&T, you can't set call forwarding from another line to your line for security reasons. I guess CDMA networks have a different way to do it without the security concerns. So, on GSM watches, you will need rely on the host phone to send the forwarding command upon the request from the watch via remote connection.
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Hi,
(sorry if wrong forum)
I have an SGS2 running ICS and have setup my android's SIP client (internet calling) in phone > settings > internet call settings ("Accounts" and "Use internet calling", at the bottom).
I call many international numbers through sip. If I set the option "Use internet calling" to "Ask for every call", then every time I dial a number it asks whether to use "Mobile phone call" or "Internet call". If I choose the latter, then the call is made through my sip provider saving me lots of money.
It would be really useful if there was an app that would intercept calls to certain numbers I configure and change to internet call mode on the fly. The "prefixer" app does something close with prefixing/suffixing numbers.
Alternatively, I would also be happy with a widget that allows me to switch that phone option between "Ask for every call" and "Only for Internet calls" when tapped, so I don't have to navigate through menus all the time. For a dev this shouldn't be that hard I presume since it would just alter an existing OS option.
Is there any app/widget for this?
Cheers
I'm not aware of any apps/widgets, but using ICS you can simply put those numbers in as "Internet Call" fields.
Set your outbound SIP calling preference to "Internet Calls Only," then edit each of your overseas contacts and move their international numbers into the "Internet Call" field (click "Add New Field," then select "Internet Call" from the list).
This page explains it much better;
https://support.google.com/ics/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1645041
Thanks. The problem is that I visit those countries often enough to not want to do that. When I'm in that country, then I'd like to call direct s editing numbers back and forth becomes unattractive.
I found out that the "Prefixer" app actually does allow this. I match the numbers and automatically add the suffix @sip.domain.com (or whatever the SIP proxy host name is). It works but sometimes does not intercept the outgoing call so I have to be vigilant and cancel it quickly. Most of the times it works so I'm ok with the solution.
p.s. there are tons of SIP apps, some which do have call intercept features, but they don't work very well from what I found.
mastabog said:
Alternatively, I would also be happy with a widget that allows me to switch that phone option between "Ask for every call" and "Only for Internet calls" when tapped, so I don't have to navigate through menus all the time. For a dev this shouldn't be that hard I presume since it would just alter an existing OS option.
Is there any app/widget for this?
Cheers
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On Google Play there's the SIP Switch Widget, which does what you're searching for.
You can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siebeck.sipswitch (unfortunately I'm not yet allowed to post links...)
Yeah this is a bummer for me. I wish I could just hold the call button for example to see a popup internet call / not if SIP (internet calling) settings were filled in Phone Settings. Another great feature would just be to define the local area code IE:416 and everything else would be over internet calling.
Simple eh? Too bad Google couldn't figure it out
It seems Sipswitch 1.0.7 doesn't work on Kitkat
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bobrock said:
It seems Sipswitch 1.0.7 doesn't work on Kitkat
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Works for me. Dialer settings don't always show the correct settings, but calls are made with whatever the widget says they should be. To see the current settings, unload the dialer from memory, then check the selected setting.
divinemyth99 said:
Works for me. Dialer settings don't always show the correct settings, but calls are made with whatever the widget says they should be. To see the current settings, unload the dialer from memory, then check the selected setting.
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Huh, now I was able to add the widget. It seems it works OK. Thanks for advice regarding dialer.
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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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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
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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...
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
Hello, I've tried using search but can't really word my question properly. I just got the Gear S yesterday and it has been fun to play around with so far. My question is, when the watch disconnects from bluetooth and I send a text message, it uses it's own number. This can get confusing to people I'm talking to because they don't know that number. Is there a setting I am missing so that the watch forwards the text back through my phone so it does not use the standalone number?
Thanks for your time!
Go to settings>messages, change outgoing number to phone.
I tried to navigate there and it says Gear, but the option to press to change it is greed out. Is there something else I may be missing?
You also need to be in remote mode when you are disconnected from bt......then you will have the option of either gear or mobile.
If you're referring to "Use Remote Connection" in Settings, then that has been on since I activated it.
Spikes234 said:
If you're referring to "Use Remote Connection" in Settings, then that has been on since I activated it.
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interesting.....are you using a galaxy phone?.....If you are try resetting the gear.
also...... is the "mobile data" in the "connection/mobile network" menu on.......does the gear go to "remote connection" mode when you don't have a bt connection
In previous phones I was able to, on lock screen, input my PIN and it would go directly into the phone. Now I need to click OK. Every thing I've seen thus far tells me to go into the settings and into the PIN setup and click "Enable (or disable) confirm PIN without tapping OK". That doesn't seem to show up when I go into the PIN setting.
Also - When I go into Connections>Advanced Calling - Only HD Voice is available, not HD Voice and Video Calling. I checked my Verizon account and it's been applied to my line so I am not sure if it's something I'm missing here.
Anyone tackle these yet?
edit: I contacted Verizon via chat and they needed to activate the Video Calling on their end, even though it was active on my account already.