Is it possible to pair 2 different phones to the gear s at the same time?
I have a note 2 as a personal and a iphone 4 as a work phone.
I was able to pair the iPhone successfully...but not able to do both at the same time.
I get the message to reset the gear s...is there a way around this?
Any help or advice would be great!
Thanks!
So we are suppose to believe that you can pair iPhone with Watch S meanwhile you can't even pair non-Samsung Android phones with the watch without going through a lot of hacking?
Anyway, the watch works on a master-slave relationship with master being your phone and you can pair multiple watches to it. But not other way around, e.g. let the watch to listen to two masters. So, anytime you pair to another phone or even the same phone if you uninstalled the Gear Manager, it will have to reset.
So is it possible for someone to create a ROM that can bypass this and let you connect two phones to it?
Nothing is impossible but without rewrite the entire Watch S code to handle two masters, you can't. It is not a simple restriction but how it is architected from the beginning. Where is the source code for Watch S ?
Related
Hi all,
Is there a way to connect the Gear S via BT to multiple phones?
Mine is already connected to a Galaxy S4 mini (as well as remotely connected many times), but i would love it if i could also connect via BT to my iPhone 6.
I know the functionality (when connected to the iPhone) will be severely handicapped (just phone calls) but still i would like to have that.
Thank you very much in advance.
UPDATE: I have found this thread bellow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/general/activate-gear-s-samsung-phone-t2932869/
Member @sticmou has come up with a possible solution but is is not quite what i was seeking for.
Ideally the watch should be able to connect to both my S4 mini and my iPhone 6.
Lol Samsung and apple don't play nice, they fight on the playground....I'll hand it to you ,you are very brave to even suggest this haha. Goodluck though I don't think it's possible
TechnRom said:
Lol Samsung and apple don't play nice, they fight on the playground....I'll hand it to you ,you are very brave to even suggest this haha. Goodluck though I don't think it's possible
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there!
I have had progress. Unfortunately i am very busy right now, but i will get back soon with details. Maybe i will even make a video on my channel.
You may be surprised...
I am more interested in the opposite: making 2 Gear watches (Gear 1 and Gear S) work with one phone simultaneously - if it can be an iPhone, even better.
I currently have a Sony Smartwatch 3 and have had it for almost a year. I've had my eye on the Gear S for some time and feel like pulling the trigger. I have a few questions if someone has some time.
1. How do you feel like the watch we will be supported going forward? I dont want to buy something the devolper has moved on from.
2. How is the GPS on the watch? The SM3 does ok. I typically have my phone within range but there arw times when I'm away.
3. Is S Health an inferior product on this watch compaired to the S2? If my phone is on my desk but i am walking around, does it track my steps from the watch? I'm using Fit currently.
4. I do not plan on using a seperate cellular plan for this watch. Because of this i assume i can purcahse from any carrier or even with a bad esn. Are the different carrier version different at all? Likewise, can i use my watch to answer and talk through the watch while connected to my phone or will that feature only work for those watches with a separate plan?
5. I've seen some metal bands here and there. Are they homemade ones or have the metal bands evolved enough over time. I have the rubber clasp band on my SM3 and I'm always catching it on something.
Thank you.
I will try to answer to some of your questions.
1. sadly Samsung is known to stop supporting devices relatively soon, and also taking into account that the S2 has been released it's probably not long before they won't give any updates for the S
2. i didn't try the GPS from the watch (while it's connected to the phone it will use the phone's GPS, this can be useful or a nuisance, depending on what you want )
3. Don't know how SHealth works on S2, but on S while the watch is connected to the phone it will use the watch's measurement (you can change it if you want), so you can leave the phone wherever you want and SHealth will take the step count from the watch.
Btw, from what I've seen this feature works even if the phone-watch are out of the blue-tooth range, it will simply update the count when the blue-tooth is reconnected.
4. the main difference between the versions is what kind of cellular bands they support, and if i remember correctly there's an "WiFi only" version too. If you will only use the blue-tooth and WiFi connections then it doesn't matter which version you'll buy since those are the same on all the versions.
5. i didn't see any "real" metal bands for S, only some homemade ones, i don't think Samsung released any other type of bands than the one that the watch comes with.
As a note for 1., Biktor_GJ is working on porting the full android to the GearS. He also said that he will try to port the Android Wear, but it might not work since he had some trouble with the video drivers.
verszipo said:
I will try to answer to some of your questions.
1. sadly Samsung is known to stop supporting devices relatively soon, and also taking into account that the S2 has been released it's probably not long before they won't give any updates for the S
2. i didn't try the GPS from the watch (while it's connected to the phone it will use the phone's GPS, this can be useful or a nuisance, depending on what you want )
3. Don't know how SHealth works on S2, but on S while the watch is connected to the phone it will use the watch's measurement (you can change it if you want), so you can leave the phone wherever you want and SHealth will take the step count from the watch.
Btw, from what I've seen this feature works even if the phone-watch are out of the blue-tooth range, it will simply update the count when the blue-tooth is reconnected.
4. the main difference between the versions is what kind of cellular bands they support, and if i remember correctly there's an "WiFi only" version too. If you will only use the blue-tooth and WiFi connections then it doesn't matter which version you'll buy since those are the same on all the versions.
5. i didn't see any "real" metal bands for S, only some homemade ones, i don't think Samsung released any other type of bands than the one that the watch comes with.
As a note for 1., Biktor_GJ is working on porting the full android to the GearS. He also said that he will try to port the Android Wear, but it might not work since he had some trouble with the video drivers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for your input. I'll be honest, I do enjoy AW and it seems as if Google Fit has finally got their act together. I guess I really need to put one on my wrists and go from there. If anyone else has any input feel free to add it.
I have just gotten an iPhone SE for work and I would like to be able to see notifications from it on my watch as well as from my S7 Edge. Does anyone know if this is possible with AW2.0? I've done some searching, but it usually ends up with people trying to connect multiple watches to one phone.
I have just aquired an Honor 10 and gear s3 watch. Try as I might, no amount of clearing data/cache has worked. Everything reinstalled multiple times... I have upgraded the firmware on the watch by pairing with another phone.
Basically the watch will pair with the phone, but the app/plugin crashes as soon as I accept the pairing. I think the S plugin fails to open, and the galaxy app then crashes. I'm not sure if this is better posted here or in the gear s3 forum, but to be honest this is driving me mad.
I would really appreciate it if anyone could throw any light on this!!
jgdsp8 said:
I have just aquired an Honor 10 and gear s3 watch. Try as I might, no amount of clearing data/cache has worked. Everything reinstalled multiple times... I have upgraded the firmware on the watch by pairing with another phone.
Basically the watch will pair with the phone, but the app/plugin crashes as soon as I accept the pairing. I think the S plugin fails to open, and the galaxy app then crashes. I'm not sure if this is better posted here or in the gear s3 forum, but to be honest this is driving me mad.
I would really appreciate it if anyone could throw any light on this!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't really have experience with this myself but I heard that majority of non-samsung phones have issues with Samsung galaxy gear watches. You might consider refunding them and getting some wear OS watch instead, snapdragon 3100 for watches is launching soon and it'll be better anyway.
I have a Samsung s23 Ultra and a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
My Partner has an Iphone and apple watch
She will often make her phone beep from her watch or make her watch beep from her phone if you can't find either and I thought thats pretty handy.
But I have looked and I cannot find an option to do this on my devices and thought surely the android deviced must be able to do this as well?
The only thing I can find similar is find my phone etc, but you have to go on a website to do that, so think thats more for if it's been really lost out and about or stolen.
I'm guessing it should be simple enough for the device via bluetooth to request a sound?
Does anyone know how you do this?
Regards
James
I have a Garmin Fenix 6Pro and they have such a function.
Either you can set it to ring or just via Bluetooth Signal strength.
I have a Onplus Watch and S23u and I have this function.
james_lpool said:
I have a Samsung s23 Ultra and a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
My Partner has an Iphone and apple watch
She will often make her phone beep from her watch or make her watch beep from her phone if you can't find either and I thought thats pretty handy.
But I have looked and I cannot find an option to do this on my devices and thought surely the android deviced must be able to do this as well?
The only thing I can find similar is find my phone etc, but you have to go on a website to do that, so think thats more for if it's been really lost out and about or stolen.
I'm guessing it should be simple enough for the device via bluetooth to request a sound?
Does anyone know how you do this?
Regards
James
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's in the wear app to find the watch. And the app with the magnifying glass on the watch find the phone.....
There's also Smart Things by Samsung. It can do much more.
Samsung find my phone can GPS locate them too (and again more).