Please excuse my double posting (been answer in another tread as well.)
Yes, XS6 edge just came out, so there will not be too many people suffering the same yet, but here my story, asking for help. Anybody else?
Brand new Galaxy S6 edge and Gear Fit - "Bluetooth Disconnected"
Dear gentlemen, thank you very much for the work and effort, but I still could not get that thing working...
This is an expat lady in Japan who bought a Gear Fit for running.
I never had a smart phone so far and thought "it is about time", so I went to an AU-shop close by and the staff told me "Sorry, Galaxy S5 is sold out, but S6 will come out soon and will for sure work with the Gear Fit." I waited and got S6 edge. In the meantime I ordered the Gear Fit from Amazon already.
But now nothing works. The phone and the watch do match as far as you have to verify that code, but after clicking O.K. all it says is "Bluetooth Disconnected" - and that was it. I cannot use the watch (it speaks Chinese by the way, I do not...) at all. I downloaded the Gear Fit Manager from the Samsung Homepage Japan on Saturday and that is the version I tried to use so far.
I read through forums and downloaded that Odin - but I am too stupid for that. It said 0 success, 0 failure, I tried again and it became 1 failure. I do not get what Lollipop or how to use that either and wonder if all that at all is for me, since my phone is just too new? Or is the watches' software too old?
Even getting it into the download mode, the rest did not work. How to update the firmware in the watch (and do I have to?)
I tried to download the latest manager from the links here, but the phone blocks it or tells me "sorry, does not work".
So last Saturday I got my first ever Smart Phone, the newest and greatest stuff on the planet people want to tell me.... I am not at all a programmer and most I am reading here I do not understand. So please tell me something idiot-proved please.
All I wanted was the watch in first place, since I am not willing to run with a 100.000 yen phone I might drop and damage...
What to do now?
Thank you very much,
hopphase
I have Galaxy S5 and my Gear Fit Manager is v1.117.0306 and Gear Fit firmware ends letter OA2. I haven't play with ODIN. Both have come automatically to my devices with update process.
Easy way: try to boot both phone and then Gear Fit.
Open your S6 notifications panel, hold a while Bluetooth button and tap where read someting like: "make phone visible to other Bluetooth devices".
Now boot your Gear Fit and watch what your screen tell you. When you need to type secret codes, you are close to goal.
The language what you have on your Gear Fit comes directly from your phone (Galaxy S6). If you use swedish on your phone, the Gear Fit is in swedish, your phone english, Gear Fit english etc.
The problem was Chinese
Thank you very much.
@ All.
Good news first - Galaxy S6 edge does pair with Gear Fit without a problem - if the models like each other (same country / zone at least)
I went to a Galaxy-shop in Tokyo and the staff tried for over an hour.
We found out that mine is a CHINESE model (not made in China, but made FOR China) - and their Bluetooth is not working with ours here in Japan. They tried to replace the software and everything, but it seemed to be "locked" they said.
I thought "what the heck, ain't we global?" Well, not yet.
So I will send the Gear Fit back (I did buy it from an Amazone-store in Tokyo btw.) and buy a Japanese model at the very store I went to yesterday.
EmDzei said:
I have Galaxy S5 and my Gear Fit Manager is v1.117.0306 and Gear Fit firmware ends letter OA2. I haven't play with ODIN. Both have come automatically to my devices with update process.
Easy way: try to boot both phone and then Gear Fit.
Open your S6 notifications panel, hold a while Bluetooth button and tap where read something like: "make phone visible to other Bluetooth devices".
Now boot your Gear Fit and watch what your screen tell you. When you need to type secret codes, you are close to goal.
The language what you have on your Gear Fit comes directly from your phone (Galaxy S6). If you use swedish on your phone, the Gear Fit is in swedish, your phone english, Gear Fit english etc.
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I used my Gear Fit with Albe95 S6 PORT 2.0 on my S4, worked like a charm.
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I live in China and just bought a Galaxy S3 here, apparently the i9308 model that is sold by China Mobile.
Big mistake, it is bundled with loads of Chinese bloatware that replaces crucial software like Google Play and replaces those with proprietary Chinese services that I cannot use (I can't read Chinese). So, although the phone works and have English language for the most basic functions, it takes all the smart out of the smartphone. I cannot even install an app on it.
The seller refused to refund the money, which is the common way to do business here, so in desperation I turned to custom ROMs, even though I know my hardware is probably not identical with the i9300 which they are usually designed for.
I followed this procedure to install the Omega 2.5 ROM on the i9308:
- Installed CF-Root-SGS3-v6.3 with Odin 3.04
- installed the I9300_Omega_v5.2_XXALF2, using no bloatware option
- Factory data reset
After this it works great, with everything running as I hoped for - except the modem does not work!! So, basically , I now got a dead phone running as a PDA over WIFI only.
So, apparently the modem is not working any longer since it is different from the one in the i9300.
I took a note of the original baseband version used by the i9308 though: I9308ZMLEA
Is there anything I can do to get my phone working again with an English system?
EDIT -UPDATE
I gave up, and tried to restore to the original Chinese ROM as provided here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722247
But although the modem seems to be working and I got antenna bars, I could not be connected to the network, so basically the phone was dead AND I had a Chinese system. Could hardly be worse.
Finally I just took the phone back to the store, said it is broken, and negotiated to get the proper i9300 version as a replacement. It's working fine, and the only problem is it is butt ugly as they only have the i9300 in white color.
Anyway, a big warning to anyone who wants to pick up a phone in another country. Although the phone seems to be the same, some local teleoperator might have completely screwed it over until it's practically useless and nothing like what you have been reading about in the reviews. Samsung has been way too flexible in allowing China Mobile to basically ruin an otherwise great phone.
not to bump this old thread but you wouldn't happen to jnow of the tech support email for chian mobile? or another way to exchange this relatively new Gt-I9308 for the GT-I9300 model as you did in store? because otherwise I'm here in america stuck with a chinese galaxy s3
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not to bump this old thread but you wouldn't happen to jnow of the tech support email for chian mobile? or another way to exchange this relatively new Gt-I9308 for the GT-I9300 model as you did in store? because otherwise I'm here in america stuck with a chinese galaxy s3
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China mobile doesn't offer the I9300 only the I9308. China Unicom is I9300. My guess is they bought it through a retailer and made the exchange that way.
old post late reply, i know but nvm that, anyway if anyone is still interested in this, here i have the right solution to this. recently i have been collecting some old Samsung phones, i managed to get hold of a Chinese 9308, as u know, all i9300 roms/twrp work on 9308, but can't detect SIM card/mobile network, however i found one version of the MIUI6 roms, so far so good, everything appear to work perfectly, has all languages, Google play & framework (services), most importantly, 3G works fine too. i will shortly provide links to the downloads.
noobically_sane said:
old post late reply, i know but nvm that, anyway if anyone is still interested in this, here i have the right solution to this. recently i have been collecting some old Samsung phones, i managed to get hold of a Chinese 9308, as u know, all i9300 roms/twrp work on 9308, but can't detect SIM card/mobile network, however i found one version of the MIUI6 roms, so far so good, everything appear to work perfectly, has all languages, Google play & framework (services), most importantly, 3G works fine too. i will shortly provide links to the downloads.
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You would be best starting you own thread with your downloads as it'll get lost in all the clutter if you post it in this thread.
Beamed in by telepathy.
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.
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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.
Hello. I think that the title isn't clear enough, so let me explain. I live in a country where there's not much security on the streets, and phones are stolen very often. That's a problem if one has an expensive phone (such as a Galaxy Note). So I thought: "What if there's some kind of app that lets you pair two android phones via bluetooth, and one phone sends notifications (such as SMS, calls and Whatsapp messages) to the other one (being "the other one" an inexpensive old phone, such as a Galaxy Pocket) ? " (So I would use the galaxy note on restaurants, shopping malls etc. and the galaxy pocket on the street; by doing that if it gets stolen, at least the expensive phone still remains in my possesion). I searched in google but couldn't find anything like that (in other words, it would be kinda like using an old android phone as a smartwatch). Can somebody help me? (((for the ones wondering why the hell would I want this; in my country there are some kind of thieves called "motochorros" : they ride on a motorbike and steal in less than a second the phone from the hand of the victim)))
Thank you very much
I think I may have found the answer to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614142 (I put it here so that if anyone else needs something similar, it's right here)
Hi all,
Sorry if this has already been covered, but all the info I can find is for the original Gear Fit.
Has anybody been able to get the Gear Fit 2 working with a custom rom on a Samsung Device? I'm trying to run LineageOS 14 on my GS5 but have had no success getting Open Fit or any of the Samsung Gear Manager APKs to talk to the gear. Bluetooth connection works fine, but can't get past that. I managed to get Gear Manager installed, but get a message "The operating system on your phone has been modified..." and I can't get past that screen.
Anybody had luck on the GF2 on custom roms?
Gear Fit2 works on ALL android phone with the PlayStore Gear Manager version
Ok it seems to work with some editing of the /system/build.prop file, then re-downloading the Samsung Gear app from the playstore. Works for CM14. See this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70243517&postcount=124
Hello,
I've been trying for days to connect a Gear Fit 2 to a Galaxy S 3 Mini.
I have tried on the S3 Mini both a 5.1.1 as well as a 6.0.1 of CM.
The build.prop I have modified and all "samsung" replaced by "htc".
Various Samsung Gear Apps I've tried (including Gear Plugin).
The app can not find the Gear Fit 2, pairing works
With an iPhone it works, as well with the S 7 Edge of my wife.
Any ideas ?
Many Thanks
Thomas
The answer
The answer... We should **** the Samsung as well as ANDROID. Gonna to buy an iPhone,
AyaxSK said:
The answer... We should **** the Samsung as well as ANDROID. Gonna to buy an iPhone,
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LOL. Of all brands, iPhones! Clearly you haven't heard about Louis Rossman's vendetta against Apple, hehe. While Samsung sucks regarding this issue in particular, it's still leagues above Apple. Though give it time and I'm sure it'll get worse. I really think we can't appreciate enough how valuable it is that Android is open source.
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!!
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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!!
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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.