Ok,
So i have successfully paired iphone 6 with Gear S. I have one sim in iphone and another sim in Gear S. Here is the problem.
All calls on my iphone number are shown on Gear S fine.
However, calls on my Gear S number dop not show up on iphone. The only option on Gear S is to transfer to an "Headset" even though the iphone is paired.
Can some one suggest, if a call on the gear S number can be transferred to the phone?
thanks
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
yahya.hamid said:
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
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No one can really support you here unless they have an iPhone. This device is not made to work with non Android phones. We all are using Android phones.
As for handing off mid-call, probably not. Just conference in your phone if the call is initiated on the Gear S.
yahya.hamid said:
Ok,
So i have successfully paired iphone 6 with Gear S. I have one sim in iphone and another sim in Gear S. Here is the problem.
All calls on my iphone number are shown on Gear S fine.
However, calls on my Gear S number dop not show up on iphone. The only option on Gear S is to transfer to an "Headset" even though the iphone is paired.
Can some one suggest, if a call on the gear S number can be transferred to the phone?
thanks
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You can enable conditional forwarding on the watch sim.. Just look up call forwarding for the carrier that the watch is on, and dial that short code on the Gear with your iPhone number as the forwarding number. Then when someone calls your watch & you don't answer it'll forward to your iPhone instead of going to the voicemail provided by your gear's carrier
yahya.hamid said:
A Lot of reviews but no comments. Maybe I need to simplify it..
Can gear S transfer calls to paired phone when call is dialed on a sim thats in the gear S.
I know it can be used to listen to calls dialed on the sim in the paired phone. but what about alternative route.
Basically can the iphone or android act as a bluetooth receiver from the gear S.
Duh. i think i further complicated it...
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I believe the answer is no.
@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
Roastman said:
@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
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It is basically a phone so if you can forward your calls from your iPhone to any other phone using your iPhone plan, you can forward to the Gear S. But it isn't like you're going to be able to answer calls coming into your iPhone on the Gear S with your call remaining on the iPhone. If that makes sense.
In other words, you have to think of the Gear S as a separate phone that you're just forwarding your calls from your iPhone to. Like a landline cell phone forwarding situation. And if you aren't getting good service on your Note 4, you probably won't get better coverage on the Gear S unless it is on the same carrier that the iPhone is on.
Ah - so unlike using a Samsung Gear Watch with a Samsung phone, you cannot answer the phone via bluetooth on the watch.... It must be forwarded from the phone to the watch via the network. That now makes more sense, as I did not think the two would share bluetooth in this manner. It would be nice if it did, but Samsung and Apple tend not to cooperate with each other.
Roastman said:
@yahya.hamid - I would be curious to ask how the integration works for you between the iPhone and the Gear S. As you posted, it does not work going back the other way, but that is not an issue for me. The concerns that have kept me from buying this is that I currently have both an iPhone 6 Plus and a Note 4, but I prefer the iPhone, as I work in a marginal coverage area and the iPhone has far better reception (plus battery life). If the Gear S can accept calls from the iPhone and display basic notifications, this gets around one of my concerns. The other is still the heart rate accuracy, although Ninjamom seems happy with it. If the heart rate accuracy is OK and I can accept calls coming into my iPhone from the Gear S, I will buy it now! I am not concerned if the Gear S can send calls the other way, as I would only ever have calls going to that sim if my phone was at home (for example, when out running).
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It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
yahya.hamid said:
It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
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Fantastic! I appreciate the detailed reply. I have now ordered a watch, but there is a bit of a delay (could be up to a few weeks). Looking forward to having it strapped to my arm, as I really enjoyed using my wife's Gear 2 Neo. Thanks again.
yahya.hamid said:
It syncs in beautifully. Once paired, all calls that you receive on your iphone will seamlessly be displayed on the watch too. You can answer them from the watch or iphone. You can also switch to iphone or watch during the call. Similarly, there is an option on the watch that states if you wanna use your iphone number as primary or the sim number. If you suggets iphone then all calls from the gear s can be dialled and will be displayed as dialing on iphone.
There are no issues in calls. Its a complete mirroring.
Whats missing is that if you use your watch sim to call it does not show on the iphone. But thats something you dont want. So cheers.
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The Gear S uses specialized encryption that the iPhone cannot access. I'm not buying that the connection works.
Cant connect
The two devices can't even connect to one another. Again the Gear S uses special encryption.
I'd love to see the Gear S able to connect to all devices. But it isn't possible with the iPhone. At least not without some kind of jailbreak workaround.
And about notifications ? I use it a lot... how it works woth iphone?
Will see how it goes when the watch arrives. Worst case scenario means I will switch to the Note 4.
zelele said:
And about notifications ? I use it a lot... how it works woth iphone?
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They cannot connect to each other. At all.
My only issue is
I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
ToneSoFly said:
I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
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If the contacts are loaded onto the device, maybe it will then work out who the number belongs to? If not, the iPhone most likely won't push the information to the watch. I am not sure if this will work, as I am still waiting for the watch
ToneSoFly said:
I Have my gear s pair to my iPhone 5s but my issue is when calls come in on iphone also come on watch is what I want but on iPhone it shows the name of the contect but on the watch just the number so I have to look at the
Phone before I take the call on my watch any work around for this or am I doing something wrong
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Have you tried to copy all your contacts onto the Gear S SIM, or are you using the watch without a SIM in it?
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sbrownla said:
The two devices can't even connect to one another. Again the Gear S uses special encryption.
I'd love to see the Gear S able to connect to all devices. But it isn't possible with the iPhone. At least not without some kind of jailbreak workaround.
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Maybe those reporting that it works mean it works when connected remotely, and maybe with dual sim cards?
Details are not too clear.
xendula said:
Maybe those reporting that it works mean it works when connected remotely, and maybe with dual sim cards?
Details are not too clear.
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I think they are full of ____ or they don't know what we mean by pairing the devices. You can forward calls and use call forwarding from the iPhone or any phone with a working number to the Gear S. But you absolutely can not pair the two using Bluetooth because of the encryption.
You can't even pair the Gear S to a Nexus without being Gear Manage up and running. And an iPhone?! Crazy talk.
im about to pair my gear s to my iPhone. I'll let you know also do you know how the texting functionality and notifications work?
Hello,
I do like the Gear S and wanna buy the ATT version on unlocked version.
But I don't want a data plan on it, I want it connected to my phone just like a Gear 2 or Android Wear watch via Bluetooth.
Can I just do that and have the messages and phone calls forwarded to the watch?
VeryCoolAlan said:
Hello,
I do like the Gear S and wanna buy the ATT version on unlocked version.
But I don't want a data plan on it, I want it connected to my phone just like a Gear 2 or Android Wear watch via Bluetooth.
Can I just do that and have the messages and phone calls forwarded to the watch?
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Yep. Works perfectly well without a SIM card.
VeryCoolAlan said:
Hello,
I do like the Gear S and wanna buy the ATT version on unlocked version.
But I don't want a data plan on it, I want it connected to my phone just like a Gear 2 or Android Wear watch via Bluetooth.
Can I just do that and have the messages and phone calls forwarded to the watch?
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like stated by vasko, I also went with att since ti was the lowest and 99.5% it is connected via bt to my sprint note2, so there was no need to buy the other gear s which are more expensive. I just recent got a h2o sim which work off att network just for emergencies when I am out of sprint range I have att coverage which we all know is much much better then sprint.... :laugh:
I'm going to start running and I don't want to carry my phone around. I am looking into buying a used Samsung Gear S for my runs (answer calls if/when needed & play music).
I searched but I couldn't get a straight answer.
Can I use my current sim card (nano) to the Gear S when needed? Will TMO locked my sim out if noticed?
I don't plan to use the watch other than when I don't want to carry my phone (running or other sport activity).
Thanks in advance
Anyone know the answer? I also heard that it is best to buy an unlocked (AT&T) Samsung Gear S.
Any information is appreciated.