Hi all.
I don't know If you all know this, but I found a very big bug (or mistake) from Samsung.
I was a bit concerned about being stolen,robbed, or simply forget where the watch is.
So I looked up an app to locate Gear S by its GPS on mobile (mine is Galaxy S5) , and I have found nothing.
(apps like Cerberus, "find my mobile" from Samsung, etc... for Gear S)
So I tried Gear Manager app.
There's "Find my gear" option, you can find the watch If it is bluetooth thetered.
On "Find my gear" menu, you can see "Turn On Share Location".
To turn it on, you need to enable GPS on your mobile. Once it's done, you can use "Locate Gear" and you'll have Gear S location address on your mobile (great!).
This feature also works when Gear is not bluetooth thetered but connected remotely (both devices connected to the intenet (it's not need same network, I tried 4G on mobile and WiFi on Gear and it works).
That's very nice and important, because in case of not being bluetooth paired you can still find your watch, or at least, the address where it is.
You can also disable internet on both devices and they will be connected remotely again If you enable internet on them.
You can also turn off both devices and turn them on later and they will be connected remotely again by internet and "Share Location" will keep working.
The BUG:
You can disable GPS on your mobile, but do not open Gear Manager. If you do it, "Locate Gear" will be greyed, and you will lose the "Share location".
To "Turn On Share Location" again you must be bluetooth paired! But what If I can't find my watch to do it!
This is a software bug, because you can turn your mobile off (GPS will be off, of course), turn Gear S off, you turn both of them on again, they are connected remotely and "Share Location" will be working SINCE you enable GPS on your mobile before opening Gear Manager app.
So, this is my tip: DO NOT EVER open Gear Manager without enabling GPS before If you want to keep "share location" feature working.
I believe I'm not the only one with this bug.
My S5 (G900M) is running ZTO OC4 (5.0), Gear Manager version: 2.2.15022599.
R750B - ZTO - OA9.
If anyone knows an app else to locate our Gear S using GPS?
Let me know If you have this bug too...
Thanks.
without being flippant or unhelpful I don't quite understand the problem
don't get me wrong I'm very often puzzled why some people don't understand other peoples use case issues
but ... being a wristwatch, my Gear S is either on my wrist, being charged nearby, or otherwise in one of a relatively small number of discrete locations (including maybe in the washing machine, somewhere under my pillow, or down the back of the sofa)
I for one found Apple's "find my iDevice" very useful in locating said devices and reducing sleepless nights:
"Did I leave my iphone/macbook at work, in the car, in the hotel, airport or where I was working today.... did my iphone bounce out of my pocket somewhere else ? ... has someone stolen it ?" etc.
If the device still had a charge and a signal I could locate it, breathe a sigh of relief, contact those locations and/or send a message "please return REWARD no questions asked"
wrt to theft, muggings or my own cognitive impairment I'm not so sure "find my Gear S" would be as useful - the Gear S will be either somewhere in my house or my workplace, or gone for good ... ??
I personally leave gps off until I exercise. So that being said, in order for find my watch to be effective id like to see gps automatically turned on when away from my phone. That way if it was ever left somewhere other then my house I could actually find it
Easy... never trun gps off = no bug.
I use my GS as a stand alone phone for work and a Note 4 as my private phone.
I treat my GS like any other phone. All features always on, brightness full and charge it every night.
No big deal, no issues, everything works great.
Samsung Gear S gps not work on other country
I brought the GS in canada, mainly used as standalone and no SIM. I loaded with offline maps canada + italy. It works in north amercia and able to locate me and show directions. When I was in italy, GS never able to locate my current spot. it simply looping in "finding me" within the HERE map app. I wonder is it locked by design to prevent use in other country. or there is a GPS fix or needed to be rooted?
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Hi,
If I'm the wrong forum I apologize and would be happy if directed to the proper one.
Androids newer versions have changed the 'GPS' button into a 'Location' button which now offers 3 options for determining your position (recording wifi router information and comparing it to a google database, using the devices GPS, and doing both) each of those options prompt a disturing and annotying popup each time you turn the GPS on, "advising"/badgering the user into sharing his information with Google.
The only solution which I found to this popup problem (without installing any 3rd party apps or rooting the phone) involves disabling the Google Play Service- that however created something strange which I'm not sure about... If previously the user could choose which way of locating he wants and the device remembered it- now every time the GPS is turned on it is automaticlly goes into "local device&wifi tracking" mode (the first option).
I want to know if a)Does the device indeed monitors that information (even if it can't send it anywhere with google services being disabled)? b) any way to stop it? c)can this default be changed so that only the local GPS chip will be used?
Thank you very much!
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really? nobody knows?
Has anybody got Cloud Sync to work?
I want notifications to go to my watch without a bluetooth connection.
I can connect the watch to wifi but I can't get any updates from my watch.
I have the same problem. I am using a Note 4.
I already did a reset without a result .
The asus support could not help me.
It seems that not many owners tries to use this feature. Would be interesting if any zwatch 2 works with wifi.
I know mine does not respond to 'OK Google' when I am out of BT range, even if it says it is connected to WiFi. I do seem to be able to get notifications though, and I have always been able to execute Tasker Tasks from Wear Tasker.
But Android Wear docs say "OK Google" should work. I have seen similar reports from others using different watches so I am guessin this is just some typical broken Google goodness we'll have to wait for them to straighten out.
I used to have tons of sync issues with my Zenwatch (both first, second gen), and this trick solved all my issues - have no idea how and why, but it worked:
Just let my Zenwatch battery go empty, did not charge it for 4-5 days, than recharging. It connected my phone (mate 7) again normally, and all syncs (in my case weather, notifications, step counts) worked fine again - permanently. NO idea how it works (emptying cache watch?), but it worked for me.
All other suggestions of forums (re-installing, reconnecting): not..
Jus my 2c
After a bit of research and some common sense troubleshooting, I have my watch working as expected on my local Wi-Fi network.
I read something somewhere that Wear has had some issues on higher Wi-Fi channels. I also downloaded WiFi Analyzer to check used channels in my area. All APs were in the neighborhood of ch 6-11.
I forced my router to ch 1 and bingo. Phone is now upstairs at the other end of the house and everything is working great, including 'OK Google' (knock on wood).
My ZW 2 has a working wifi connection (2.4Ghz Port1). I know that because google maps on the watch is working even when the phone is switched off.
My problem ist, that no notification appears on the phone and no "ok google" command works, when phone and watch are only connected via wifi and bluetooth is switched off.
The asus support told me, that i am the only person with this problem who contacted them.
Seems to be a problem with my galaxy note 4.
I will give it a try with a xperia z3 compact the next days.
I can´t believe this is a hardware problem.
roboterente
Want to share my experience on fixing my GPS tracking during my run.
BACKGROUND
For a few weeks, I noticed that my Samsung Gear Fit 2 no longer tracks location during a run and walk. But it was doing that when I brough my Fit2 last year. I have Google and not much info on the problem. I have noticed that the Fit2 was working properly when I had a Samsung phone. The problem occurs when I switch to a new (non-Samsung) phone. Location is turned on on the Fit2, GPS was turned on on my new phone, reset Fit2, etc... nothing would bring back the GPS. More specifically, the problem is that after my run, the map would not show up in SHealth.
Until I read a post somewhere that Fit2 will not use its onboard GPS until it is disconnected from the phone. In a nutshell, someone on the Internet suggested that turning off Bluetooth on the phone allows her to track her run. I use GPS Info Watch watch face to verify. Bingo solution. But not yet. What about my alerts during my exercise? If I turn off Bluetooth, I would not be receiving alerts.
SOLUTION
The solution is simple. Enable Your Location (aka GPS) App Permissions on Gear Fit Plugin.
It seemed that Samsung design the logic of the Fit2 to read GPS location first from the phone (if the Fit2 is connected via Bluetooth). If the Fti2 loss connection to the phone, it will activate the onboard GPS. In my case, because My Location was blocked in App Permissions for Gear Fit Plugin, GPS location was not passed onto my Fit2.
I wish Samsung would have better design and support for its product. But XDA fills in the gap. XDA ROCKS :highfive:
same problem
r_fung said:
Want to share my experience on fixing my GPS tracking during my run.
BACKGROUND
For a few weeks, I noticed that my Samsung Gear Fit 2 no longer tracks location during a run and walk. But it was doing that when I brough my Fit2 last year. I have Google and not much info on the problem. I have noticed that the Fit2 was working properly when I had a Samsung phone. The problem occurs when I switch to a new (non-Samsung) phone. Location is turned on on the Fit2, GPS was turned on on my new phone, reset Fit2, etc... nothing would bring back the GPS. More specifically, the problem is that after my run, the map would not show up in SHealth.
Until I read a post somewhere that Fit2 will not use its onboard GPS until it is disconnected from the phone. In a nutshell, someone on the Internet suggested that turning off Bluetooth on the phone allows her to track her run. I use GPS Info Watch watch face to verify. Bingo solution. But not yet. What about my alerts during my exercise? If I turn off Bluetooth, I would not be receiving alerts.
SOLUTION
The solution is simple. Enable Your Location (aka GPS) App Permissions on Gear Fit Plugin.
It seemed that Samsung design the logic of the Fit2 to read GPS location first from the phone (if the Fit2 is connected via Bluetooth). If the Fti2 loss connection to the phone, it will activate the onboard GPS. In my case, because My Location was blocked in App Permissions for Gear Fit Plugin, GPS location was not passed onto my Fit2.
I wish Samsung would have better design and support for its product. But XDA fills in the gap. XDA ROCKS :highfive:
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I have a same problem, but with bicycle, at first it worked, but after one time using, it does not recognize GPS and past track anymore, the permission is on, I just reinstaled galaxy wear app, I will see what will be now
shota_k said:
I have a same problem, but with bicycle, at first it worked, but after one time using, it does not recognize GPS and past track anymore, the permission is on, I just reinstaled galaxy wear app, I will see what will be now
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the GPS does not work with a bicycle
I’ve searched all the day yesterday but couldn’t find a solution that is within my capabilities.
Is there a way* to force Android on my phone to automatically activate its WiFi hotspot when I leave home, so I can share internet with my wife’s phone, and/or the tablet and/or the head unit of the car?
And once back home, or in a place where there is a known WiFi network, to activate automatically the WiFi switching off the hotspot, because no longer needed.
I know it’s just a slide and a tap far away, but heck, why should I take out of the pocket my phone EVERY SINGLE TIME I leave home when it should be all automatic? And remember to switch it off every time I come back home?
Who’s the dimwit at google that decided this couldn’t be a scenario?
*a way = a lightweight app that just does this and nothing else. Not apps like tasker, which does a million things and apparently isn’t good for what I want to do, or Automate, or AutomateIt, which didn’t work either.
I see everywhere iPhones’ hotspots (like Matt’s iPhone) so I assume that iDevices have this feature already.
Thank you in advance
Am I the only one on this? Should I assume that what I want to achieve is undoable?
:'(
Seriously though, am I the only one with this issue ever?
If there is already a quick solution I can’t find, don’t be shy and tell me, please!
Did you tried to find any apps for this feature on play store?
of course I did, and googled as well. But couldn’t find anything, and that’s why I asked here.
The only apps I found in the store are stupid widgets to put a button in the home screen to activate it manually, but not to do the thing automatically.
I am still in the hunt for this.
I discovered that there are ways to activate the hotspot when for example there is a bluetooth connection triggering the action, or otherwise nothing.
Another scenario I was thinking of could be for me spending just 10€ a month for the mobile data between my wife and me (we are always out together, and it’s more likely that I am the only one going out alone as she doesn’t have a driving license, so if I go out she has wifi at home anyway) instead of spending 20€ a month between us two (10€ each), with the result of a gigabyte or so of unused credit each at the end of the month..
We could easily use 10€ - 2GB in two., with 120€ a year saved.
Hello everybody!
I recently bought an Amazfit Stratos 3 to replace my amazing Stratos 2, since it's battery died after 2 years. And although my almost immediate regret (the 2 was pretty much indestructible, the 3 already has marks with just one week), there is a annoying connection issue: every so often it simply disconnects from my Poco F1! My phone is also not on stock ROM but it was only when it arrived, so I'm excluding that as an possible cause. I've had that issue on the latest stock ROM and also on the Paceficator ROM from Saratoga. It gets me mad since what is the use on a smartwatch that, randomly, disconnects from my phone? Any other Stratos 3 users with this issue? Or is just mine and should I get it to warranty? Just for reference, with the Stratos 2 it was almost shocking how far I could get from the phone without losing connection, let alone being near to it and with the Stratos 3 I find myself with my phone on my pocket and with the smartwatch disconnected!
Thank you all for your help!
Try to configure zepp to not going to sleep
winni21 said:
Try to configure zepp to not going to sleep
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Hello,
I notice almost the same. There is of course the option on the watch to get notified when it disconnects from the phone but I also see that "find phone feature" is not working good anymore. Sometimes, I'm in line on sight at 2-3m from the phone, and the "find phone" option is not successfull. Watch is saying "Not connected to App, unable to find phone". So definietly, the watch is loosing the connection with the phone/Zepp app.
To answer Winni21, Zepp is in "no restriction" in battery saving. Is this what you mean by "configure Zepp not to go to sleep"? It is true that if Zeep goes to sleep, "find phone" and bluetooth migh disconnect quickly. Please, clarify what you mean "not going to sleep" if possible
Tzar92 said:
Hello,
I notice almost the same. There is of course the option on the watch to get notified when it disconnects from the phone but I also see that "find phone feature" is not working good anymore. Sometimes, I'm in line on sight at 2-3m from the phone, and the "find phone" option is not successfull. Watch is saying "Not connected to App, unable to find phone". So definietly, the watch is loosing the connection with the phone/Zepp app.
To answer Winni21, Zepp is in "no restriction" in battery saving. Is this what you mean by "configure Zepp not to go to sleep"? It is true that if Zeep goes to sleep, "find phone" and bluetooth migh disconnect quickly. Please, clarify what you mean "not going to sleep" if possible
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Hi! I've used both options on Zepp's battery options, with no sucess. But I do notice that if I turn on location with the GPS the connection is almost instant! But I'm not willing to have location on all the time...
I have started getting the same connection issues. I didn't have this problem before or at least I didn't notice. Enabling the anti-lost phone feature reveals the watch is constantly loosing connection.
In my case I noticed the problem via the notifications (started to come with a delay and very often repeated) Seems like when the watch looses connection (or when it reconnects) old notifications are displayed.