Hi,
Today someone told me via Google Plus how to install Gear Manager on non-Samsung mobiles. His name is Serge Berig. So 100% Credits go to him. I am just posting here what he posted in Google Plus. His Phone is Moto X and Mine in LG G2. Worked perfectly fine.
My Test Scenarios:
1. LG G2 D802 Rooted. Rooting is not required as his Moto X is unrooted.
2. I am using a separate SIM on Gear S.
3. I have disabled mobile data and Wifi on both Gear S and my mobile
How it Works:
1. Download Gear Manager Latest Version and GearManagerStub.apk from this link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi/Gear_Manager (Credit goes to the uploader)
2. Download these APK Files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3uemtAJSY3PVDFiY0FsVGRLN28/view?usp=sharing (Credit goes to Serge)
3. Move these files to your phone.
4. 1st install Gear Manager, then GearManagerstb.apk, then all remaining apks.
5. Open Gear Manager on your phone and viola. It connects, Resets your Gear S in case you used it before and as far as i checked everything Works
I did not test each and everything. As far as i know most thing works. Previously i had "Connecting Forever" Issue, now it connects straight away. I am using my Gear S as complete independent to Mobile Calls and SMS from my Mobile. I have not set any forwarding options or notification for Call and SMS from my mobile to Gear S.
Pls post your results
What's not Working:
1. Can't Transfer Music/Images from Phone
2.
I was just coming here to post this.
I can confirm this works on my stock G3.
Works:
Calls work, but i had to switch to the phone then back to bluetooth. Initially there was no audio. However that may have been a glitch, because it works after that without flipping back.
Notifications (you have to allow Gear Manager access to the notifications in Android System Menu)
Home Screen Styler
Find My Gear
Contacts pull down to Gear
Not Working:
Music player seems to be controlled through Gear Manager and not A2DP. So we may have to install Samsung Music player. Still investigating.
Transferring files to the Gear through Gear Manager crashes goproviders.apk. This also broke my notifications. Had to reboot the phone to get it back working.
Call Logs dont pull down
Weather app is missing
Receiving SMS in the watch SMS app. You get the notifications just fine, but the GEAR SMS app can't sync your conversations
crushsuitandtie said:
I was just coming here to post this.
I can confirm this works on my G3.
The only small thing is music play seems to be controlled through Gear Manager and not A2DP. So we may have to install Samsung Music player. Still investigating.
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Correct. Cant transfer Music/Images from Phone. Hmmm.
Thats fine. No big deal
yep..getting goprovider force close when trying to send pic/music
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mrkrabs said:
yep..getting goprovider force close when trying to send pic/music
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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I would imagine there is a newer goprovider.apk. The one he posted is 2.0.337.337. Thats the older one from the Gear 1/2 Gear Manager.
All the Samsung Gear S apps are version 2.2 and up. I was experimenting with the old Gear Manager and got similar crashes.
Just thought I'd chime in and let you know that I have the same version on my Note 4 with the Gear S. 2.0.337
Thanks for checking on that. It's got to be a missing lib or some TouchWiz framework.
It's not even a feature I care about, but i'm sure it will be needed later.
I'm still trying to find a fix for the music player controls.
Weather app on Gear S is missing
Akram. said:
Weather app on Gear S is missing
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You are right. I wonder what happened to it. When I skipped the activation, the weather app was there... Now that I got Gear manager to sync, it's gone.
what about text..I'm having trouble sending text from gear s...says mobile data or not connected to phone
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Akram. said:
Hi,
Today someone told me via Google Plus how to install Gear Manager on non-Samsung mobiles. His name is Serge Berig. So 100% Credits go to him. I am just posting here what he posted in Google Plus. His Phone is Moto X and Mine in LG G2. Worked perfectly fine.
My Test Scenarios:
1. LG G2 D802 Rooted. Rooting is not required as his Moto X is unrooted.
2. I am using a separate SIM on Gear S.
3. I have disabled mobile data and Wifi on both Gear S and my mobile
How it Works:
1. Download Gear Manager Latest Version and GearManagerStub.apk from this link: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi/Gear_Manager (Credit goes to the uploader)
2. Download these APK Files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3uemtAJSY3PVDFiY0FsVGRLN28/view?usp=sharing (Credit goes to Serge)
3. Move these files to your phone.
4. 1st install Gear Manager, then GearManagerstb.apk, then all remaining apks.
5. Open Gear Manager on your phone and viola. It connects, Resets your Gear S in case you used it before and as far as i checked everything Works
I did not test each and everything. As far as i know most thing works. Previously i had "Connecting Forever" Issue, now it connects straight away. I am using my Gear S as complete independent to Mobile Calls and SMS from my Mobile. I have not set any forwarding options or notification for Call and SMS from my mobile to Gear S.
Pls post your results
What's not Working:
1. Can't Transfer Music/Images from Phone
2.
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Just tried it out with my Tab S 8.4 T705. Installed everything but still in Gear Manager, no Gear S visible. Any help for this?
crushsuitandtie said:
You are right. I wonder what happened to it. When I skipped the activation, the weather app was there... Now that I got Gear manager to sync, it's gone.
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When i make or recieve calls to mobile i see it in Watch. how to disable this? I unticked "phone" and "incoming calls" in notifications, but still
mrkrabs said:
what about text..I'm having trouble sending text from gear s...says mobile data or not connected to phone
Sent from my LGLS990 using XDA Free mobile app
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i could send, but did not receive the message yet in other phone lol
i have a htc m8
stuck in "conneting to gear" loop
gingy13 said:
i have a htc m8
stuck in "conneting to gear" loop
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Did you install the Stub Manager and all the 8 or so other APK's?
If you skipped the initial activation screen, make sure bluetooth is on, on the Gear S.
Also, try unpairing in the phone bluetooth menu then reopen Samsung Gear manager.
crushsuitandtie said:
Did you install the Stub Manager and all the 8 or so other APK's?
If you skipped the initial activation screen, make sure bluetooth is on, on the Gear S.
Also, try unpairing in the phone bluetooth menu then reopen Samsung Gear manager.
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yes i installed the latest gear manager app as well as stub manager apk and other apks provided
this is my first time setting this watch up. my devices pair up but when i go to paired devices in the gear manager and try to connect, on my phone it says "connecting to gear" and the gear just has the "to connect to your mobile device, select the name of this gear in the samsung gear application" message
*EDIT*
got it working . i uninstalled everything that dealt with the gear under app manager in my phone and unpaired the device under bluetooth and re-installed everything again. it re-paired itself and it is working now.
I must have missed an APK somewhere
Glad to hear you got it working. Try some of things I listed as not working and see if you have different results. The more info we have, the better!
Music and images not worming here as well.
if I disconnect from Bluetooth my calls don't get forwarded to my watch. Can't send out text messages as well
Yeah I just want to chime in saying this isn't a fully working solution, but it works enough to keep me satisfied for now.
I'm sure as we get more people wearing these, more will jump on board to fix the issues we have.
Alpha06 said:
Yeah I just want to chime in saying this isn't a fully working solution, but it works enough to keep me satisfied for now.
I'm sure as we get more people wearing these, more will jump on board to fix the issues we have.
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Someone posted a video where the guy got a day one update for the gear. Also call forwarding options on the gear application itself is missing.
Someone should post the day one update apk as well as their version of the gear app
gingy13 said:
Someone posted a video where the guy got a day one update for the gear. Also call forwarding options on the gear application itself is missing.
Someone should post the day one update apk as well as their version of the gear app
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I just got what I believe is my second firmware update to ANJ7. (Not a Gear Manager update)
This may sound straight forward. But I can't find the option to delete apps from the Gear S by either doing it on the Gear Manager App or on the Gear itself.
Anyone?
GreenBot said:
This may sound straight forward. But I can't find the option to delete apps from the Gear S by either doing it on the Gear Manager App or on the Gear itself.
Anyone?
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Samsung gear manager-->settings--> uninstall (Applications) THESE are the ones you can uninstall
ATT just gave me my unlock code, so I am sending the T-mo watch back and just set up the ATT Gear S instead.
The problem is that I can't find a way to install apps that were on my first Gear S, onto my second Gear S. I can't redownload them from the store, but instead the button says to go back to Gear manager. In Gear manager I can't see the apps at all, maybe because I already disconnected the T-mo Gear S.
What am I missing?
Can you use the Samsung Gear backup and restore function?
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Can you use the Samsung Gear backup and restore function?
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How would I do that? The watch itself only has restore to factory settings as an option.
I hope it does not involve installing kies?
BTW, i was on the phone with Samsung for 64 minutes today. After being bounced around in a circle to four different departments, I still don't know how to do it. Presumably a mgr will call me back at some point.
Never talked to such clueless support in my life.
xendula said:
How would I do that? The watch itself only has restore to factory settings as an option.
I hope it does not involve installing kies?
BTW, i was on the phone with Samsung for 64 minutes today. After being bounced around in a circle to four different departments, I still don't know how to do it. Presumably a mgr will call me back at some point.
Never talked to such clueless support in my life.
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Have same issue. I'm a dev and keep resetting my device and I have several apps that show as purchased that do not show installed in Gear Manager so I can't uninstall or re-install. Seems to be a bug here.
gottahavit said:
Have same issue. I'm a dev and keep resetting my device and I have several apps that show as purchased that do not show installed in Gear Manager so I can't uninstall or re-install. Seems to be a bug here.
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Clear the cache?
gottahavit said:
Have same issue. I'm a dev and keep resetting my device and I have several apps that show as purchased that do not show installed in Gear Manager so I can't uninstall or re-install. Seems to be a bug here.
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If you reset your device, maybe your phone thinks there is more than one?
This is what worked for me with the two devices I had: I had to either disconnect (Gear Manager) or entire unpair (BT settings of phone) my first device, then the second device could reinstall the apps. I should have updated this post when I figured it out, as I am fuzzy on the install details: I think I had to redownload from the app store.
ETA: Samsung support is completely clueless on this matter: The manager who was supposed to call me back with a solution never did.
Did you check the backup and restore in gear manager inside the settings menu
After having issues after updating gear s and gear mgr using my tmobile note 4 I decided to share my fix which have been so far the solution. Problems that I encountered were : . Apps would no longer install via gear manager giving radom error codes like -122 try later, wo:wo2, no connection retry. Gear s would not auto reconnect to bluetooth after entering remote connection, and a series of random glitches.
My fix worked after doing these EXACT steps. Power off gear s and then hold power button till you see words rebooting then press home button repeadily till you see small menu and click home button to recovery and long press home. Device will now factory reset with new update configuration applied. Do not do this in the gear s os but as described above. NEXT go to gear manager in mobile device and select gear apps and then click purchased apps. Click the all button and then hit the delete icon and check ALL apps and remove, this is very important. Finally uninstall gear manager in app drawer . Next go into android settings on mobile and go to accounts and select Samsung and click the sync menu, in 3 dot menu select remove account.
Next this is very important, go to app manager and find Samsung Galaxy apps store in the all tab and clear data then uninstall the updates tab to basic stock. Next find Samsung apps purchase apk in all and delete data and unistall. OK now pull battery for 10 sec. If you have a stock based custom rom enter the custom recovery (twrp or what you use) and wipe dalv. and cache 3 times and then go to advanced and click fix permissions. Reboot device and open galaxy apps store and update it. Next turn gear s off then on then go to mobile device Samsung app store and install gear manager and pair gear s again. Gear manager may say installing additional software multiple times but keep opening it if it closes. Proceed to install as usual.
This seems repetitive but I tested it over and over and this will work. I suspect that some of the app data saved in the purchases tab may have been interfering with new gear s os. Idea behind this fix is to completely get rid of all data and cloud data trying to reapply. As this update is in preparation of good Ole lollipop the transition was anything but smooth. Hope this helps those who getting fed up with update issues!!!!
Hi, I use the Gear Fit with a Huawei Android mobile. Pairing works fine. Unfortunately the notifications don't appear on the Gear. I turned WhatsApp, SMS, Calendar and phone calls on in the Samsung Gear mobile app, but the only thing that works is showing an incoming phone call...
Any experiences or suggestions?
thx
Try installing Android Wear onto your phone. I've heard it somehow interacts with the phone to send notifications to Tizen devices. S2 and Fit 2. You don't need to open it, just install it.
Did that and it worked... though now the Gear App crashes when I try to open it. but for now I'm happy getting notifications and there are no apps to download anyway...
thx for your suggestion! ?
take55 said:
Did that and it worked... though now the Gear App crashes when I try to open it. but for now I'm happy getting notifications and there are no apps to download anyway...
thx for your suggestion!
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Glad that worked, but Gear App should not be crashing. You may want to try and reinstall it if you have not. There are a lot of new faces in the Gear store now as well.
Unfortunately it still crashes after clicking the icon. Connection is working though. I uninstalled both Android Wear and the Gear app, cleared cache in the settings but didn't help.
I have a Huawei Mate S...
take55 said:
Unfortunately it still crashes after clicking the icon. Connection is working though. I uninstalled both Android Wear and the Gear app, cleared cache in the settings but didn't help.
I have a Huawei Mate S...
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Okay, it could be the phone then. The app doesn't crash on a native Samsung phone from my experience.
if I turn off Bluetooth and disconnect, the app works fine. As soon as I turn it on it crashes so I never get to install apps and watch faces.
maybe it has something to do with my recent Marshmallow update that came in the middle of playing around with the Fit2...