Last year I decided to downsize from my Galaxy S3 to a basic flip phone. I still have my original Galaxy S (sch-i500 Fascinate [CM 10]) that I use as a WiFi media player (love the Wolfson dac), check my email, and offline GPS from time to time. I don't regret my decision as crazy as it sounds (also gave up my Verizon unlimited data) but I'm saving $50 per month and also feel more connected to the world around me. The only thing that I absolutely hate about my crappy LG flip phone it texting with it. T9 texting is so hideous! I've played around with the Gear S at a Verizon store and concluded that texting on the Gear S is much more superior to T9 texting on my flip phone and would like to use the Gear S as my main phone. It's my understanding that the Gear Manager app is needed to load apps and sync to the Gear S and I realize that I'll need to mod my original Galaxy S even more to get Gear Manager to work, but if I can't get it to work I figure I could just use my parents Galaxy S4's to load apps onto the Gear S.
The only other real problem I've read about on the Gear S forums that concerns me is the matter of Contacts and that with the Gear S itself you can't manually add contacts but have to use a Galaxy phone synced with Gear Manager. Before I got rid of my Galaxy S3 I backed up my contacts to the micro sim card. Couldn't I just trim down the micro sim to a nano sim and have all my contacts added to the Gear S that way? If that won't work what about sending contacts to the Gear S via bluetooth without Gear Manager?
I don't think that will work but if you still have your old phone you could use it if it has the correct OS. You only need to install the Gear App via WiFi. It will transfer your contacts during the setup (after connecting via Bluetooth). I would try it with the old phone before cutting you sim down
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I just switched to a Galaxy S3 from an Desire HD. Overall I'm not very happy.
One issue that is turning into a deal breaker is the BT connection with the car. I have been unable to make the S3 connect automatically with my Nissan Connect and it is a laborious process to establish a full phone and media connection.
This is what happens,
The pairing process goes well I get a a full media and phone connection. After about 30 secs the connection is dropped.
I reestablish the connection manually and I only get media audio no phone. I cancel the connection manually and reestablish the connection and there I get both media and phone audio.
If I turn off the car and turn it on again I have to go through the whole manual connection sequence again, without the pairing.
I have installed A2DP Volume app but it did not fix the problem.
This is very frustrating since my Desire HD worked flawlessly when connecting to the car.
Anyone have any tips or experiencing similar problems?
this exactly happens to me as well. i was on the stock XALE8, but upgraded to ALF5 and nothing new. this is frustrating because it happens to my car, and multiple bluetooth headsets.
Bluetooth working fine for me and my Fiat
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Right I might know the answer to this as I had the same problem as few weeks ago.
If you have Facebook, twitter, whatsapp or anything like this best thing is to get rid of them if you don't want to, go to your accounts and sync on your phone and untick the sync with contacts on any of the apps you have installed.
Then go to call log and clear your call history.
Delete the bluetooth pairing turn the phone off and back on, repair with the car, mine has worked perfectly since I did this.
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So from what you describe the problem lies in the syncing of the phone contacts with the car contacts. Maybe since it also tries to sync the FB contacts there is something in the format there that it does not recognize and it gets hung up.
Will need to try different sync configurations to see what happens.
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Right I might know the answer to this as I had the same problem as few weeks ago.
If you have Facebook, twitter, whatsapp or anything like this best thing is to get rid of them if you don't want to, go to your accounts and sync on your phone and untick the sync with contacts on any of the apps you have installed.
Then go to call log and clear your call history.
Delete the bluetooth pairing turn the phone off and back on, repair with the car, mine has worked perfectly since I did this.
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I've got the same problem with my S3 not syncing with my car kit. The bluetooth is all paired but the car still says no phone. Tried unpairing and just about everything else with no luck at all. Any other thoughts please?
Mine works fine with the Toyota Touch & Go thingy. I only sync contacts from my Google account to the phone though, I don't bother with the ones from FB, etc
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Hi there. Following up on this thread, I've had a similar issue with the miss's Galaxy S3 mini (android 4.1) and the Nissan Connect System on her Juke. It also happened with a HTC Status (ChaCha, android 2.3), so I can't narrow it down to a particular Android version or phone manufacturer. What happened was, both devices paired well with Nissan Connect, but after a short while, the system crashed completely (the cars, not the phone) :s. It would restart automatically, but just to crash again after re-pairing. With older devices, this issue never occurred.
After reading Motogp1s answer, I decided to give it a shot. Unpaired all devices, cleared the system on the nissan. On the S3 mini cleared the call history, and disabled all contact sync from facebook, google, etc. Re-paired the device, disabling the multimedia functions (she just wants the phone features) on the paired device settings (NISSAN CONNECT on the S3). Refused to give permission tho the car to retrieve call and contact information. At this point, the bluetooth connection would work without a glitch, never had a crash or problem again.
Like RaulTT said, the problem seems to be in the amount of information Android devices keep on their contact list (and can also be related to the amount of contacts, or the multimedia features in the case of Android 4). But given the sweetness of having your contacts also on the car, I think the best approach is to keep a short list of your most important contacts on the SIM card, and try to sync only that list. If you must go with the phone's list, you should indeed disable all contact sync from 3rd apps, plus limit the size of your contact list, and also be aware for special characters on the contacts names (in case of latin languages, p.e).
Thanks for the help.
not sure if this is a gear fit problem or phone. I got a gear fit for Christmas present. I have a s5 active I also use my radio in the car as my hands free. today while in the car when I received a phone call /made a call the radio showed the call but i could not hear the other person nor could they hear me. until i turned on the speaker on the phone. has anyone had this problem and how to solve this issue need hands free while driving.
question #1 i have gmail account at work is there a way to add that to the email on the watch?
question #2 can you swim with the gear fit on?
thanks in advance for the help
Not sure about your first problem. I use Gear Fit Phone.
#1 - In Gear Fit Manager go to Notifications then scroll down and under "General notifications" look for gmail and check the box to receive.
#2 - Yes, I have never taken it off for swimming and have had it close to 2m below. Note however that bluetooth connectivity thru water is bad therefore unless you want to have the device reconnecting all the time, switch bt off on the device/phone.
I'll try and see what I can expiscate regarding your first point.
Thank you i got the radio issue fixed by unpairing the radio then reparing it again. seems to be working now.
So, I've had my Gear S now for about a week, and LOVE it. The connection stuff has me a bit confused though. I have it paired with an AT&T Note 4. There are a few things I have questions about...
If I reboot the phone, the watch will only connect to Gear Manager remotely. Shouldn't it connect to Bluetooth first? I have to go into Gear Manager and disconnect the remote connection, then it will reconnect via Bluetooth.
Under what circumstances does the phone forward calls/sms to the watch? For example, on purpose, I left my phone at home one day, and went out for a drive. Calls and SMS that were made came from the watch's number. I can't say about the receiving end because I didn't receive anything LOL.
Sometimes, if I go out of Bluetooth range at home, the home wifi will kick in, but repeatedly get a message on the watch that the forwarding function failed.
I'm definitely keeping this baby, but just need a little help in understanding it fully.
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So, I've had my Gear S now for about a week, and LOVE it. The connection stuff has me a bit confused though. I have it paired with an AT&T Note 4. There are a few things I have questions about...
If I reboot the phone, the watch will only connect to Gear Manager remotely. Shouldn't it connect to Bluetooth first? I have to go into Gear Manager and disconnect the remote connection, then it will reconnect via Bluetooth.
Under what circumstances does the phone forward calls/sms to the watch? For example, on purpose, I left my phone at home one day, and went out for a drive. Calls and SMS that were made came from the watch's number. I can't say about the receiving end because I didn't receive anything LOL.
Sometimes, if I go out of Bluetooth range at home, the home wifi will kick in, but repeatedly get a message on the watch that the forwarding function failed.
I'm definitely keeping this baby, but just need a little help in understanding it fully.
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With my S5 initially, Remote Connection would kick in after a few minutes out of Bluetooth range. But, when I was back in Bluetooth range, I would have to do what you are doing to drop RC. I had a Gear 2 Neo prior to Gear S, don't know if that was any issue. .I did a factory rest on S5 ( to get rid of root and some other things) , and now watch connects and disconnects to RC by itself and rather quickly. BTW, when in RC, all texts and calls to S5 do come to Gear S. If I were in your shoes, I might try to reinstall Gear on phone before wiping phone. IF you do wipe phone, Gear S will be reset during the pairing process, so you may want to back up your Gear S data prior.
Op. Under settings-connections-mobile network, do you have it set to auto connect? On the phone side of things for Bluetooth settings, gear s contented to phone audio?
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Op. Under settings-connections-mobile network, do you have it set to auto connect? On the phone side of things for Bluetooth settings, gear s contented to phone audio?
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Yeah, all that was set, but I ended up wiping both the phone and the watch and everything seems fine now... Still loving the watch... wondering how they'll make the next one better..
Have had my Gear S since June 2015 with issues the past three to four months. TMo and Samsung have been unhelpful.
1. Not connecting to network
2. Mic intermittent, mostly stopping immediately after trying to turn on
3. Samsung Play store apps do not work, such as gear task-will not add tasks nor lists. Wrist list will not add
4. Hi Gear wont work since the watch can't find a network
5. Apps will not run/work or force closes
6. Sometimes Remote works between Gear S and Note Edge, most of the time, not.
The only things that do work on the Gear S are the standard watches and S-Health. I've tried downloading watch faces from the app store and they crash the watch. I had loaded Nike Running now can't remove the app. Same with Milk Music-it wouldn't play on the watch, it just acted as a remote control for Milk Music on my Note Edge. I've disabled/removed Gear S apps on my phone (that do not show up on the Gear Manager app) but they do not remove from the watch itself.
I've already sent the Gear S into repair due to flashing between screens. I've spent days with TMo and Samsung help on all social network sites--they take 2-3 hours between answering questions and 'helping', so one issue will take 3-5 days.
SO Frustrated with the Gear S and Note Edge, sometimes i just want my money back, but way beyond the time frame now.
Just switched from a bootloader locked Samsung to a oneplus phone (should have switched looooooong ago!) and have 2 gear S watches that both connected and functioned fine with the Galaxy Wearable App which would let me receive notifications, send/receive SMS and phone calls. The oneplus with Galaxy wearable app does not see the Gear S whatsoever. The only thing that works on the watch is to connect it via bluetooth directly to the phone, which offers almost no watch functionality.
I have tried older versions of the gear app on the phone with no luck.
Moral of the story: I will send $50 to the first person able to get the wearable app to connect to the Gear S watch and function as it did with a Samsung phone.
Love this watch and miss having it working already!
Thanks in advance!
This old Samsung watch works only on Samsung phone. there are some hack but almost none of them works.