Hello guys,
So, i just bought a Samsung Gear S for my HTC One, and yes i know this is not 100% fully working, but i'll get a Samsung Alpha in few months.
Well, i followed your tutoriels and guides, and nothing went as planned.
The most embarassing thing is that i can't acces the Samsung Gear Store : is this a normal thing ? Or did i just mess up somewhere ?
Surprinsingly, S Voice function works 100%. I can't control my music tho. And the phone calls works very fine.
So, do you guys have any idea how i could fix this store issue ? Cause i would like to install something like Opera Mini or some other apps.
Thank you for reading, and sorry for my poor english
You need a Samsung phone that you can pair with the Gear s in order access the Samsung app store to install apps on the watch.
Best to find a friend with a compatible phone , pair it with theirs, then add whatever apps you want.
Or go to an electronics store that has compatible phones on display and pair your watch with one of them if you can.
Tokie12 said:
Hello guys,
So, i just bought a Samsung Gear S for my HTC One, and yes i know this is not 100% fully working, but i'll get a Samsung Alpha in few months.
Well, i followed your tutoriels and guides, and nothing went as planned.
The most embarassing thing is that i can't acces the Samsung Gear Store : is this a normal thing ? Or did i just mess up somewhere ?
Surprinsingly, S Voice function works 100%. I can't control my music tho. And the phone calls works very fine.
So, do you guys have any idea how i could fix this store issue ? Cause i would like to install something like Opera Mini or some other apps.
Thank you for reading, and sorry for my poor english
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I have an HTC M8 too and tried the workaround. This caused various issues and a few things didn't work post install of the Gear Mgr. I wanted something better and needed access to the gear store. And the last thing I wanted was be forced to buy and use a Samsung phone.
This isn't for everybody, but here's my fix...
I just bought a cheapo Samsung Gear S compatible phone off eBay and turned it into a notification relay point. You can get one for as little as ~$70:
Plug in it, connect to Wi-Fi, download Gear Mgr, clone the apps/email (from HTC) you want Notifs from, and set it up to remotely send the chosen app's notifications. For your HTC's texts, there are a handful of SMS forwarding apps on Play that work great. One app allows for you to reply with the native mobile # just as if it came from your HTC. Last step, set your watch to be standalone.
Everything works, including S-voice.
Thanks a lot guys ! A friend of mine has à Galaxy Note 2, i think it will be fine !
I'll keep you in touch if anyone wants to know what happened next !
mghtymse007 said:
clone the apps/email (from HTC) you want Notifs from, and set it up to remotely send the chosen app's notifications.
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Could you explain this a bit more, please?
I have someone who would love to get the Gear S but is a hard core iPhone user. I guess he could get a cheapo Galaxy phone, connect it to Wifi at home, but I don't understand the clone part, and how the cheapo gets the HTC notifications.
Guessing it may not work at all with an iPhone, but still interested in understanding the process.
Samsung could have really tapped that market by releasing a Gear Manager app on the Apple app store, and advertised a bit more.
No one knows what's on my wrist, but once explained, a lot of people would be potential customers if only the friggin Galaxy phone wasn't a prerequisite.
xendula said:
Could you explain this a bit more, please?
I have someone who would love to get the Gear S but is a hard core iPhone user. I guess he could get a cheapo Galaxy phone, connect it to Wifi at home, but I don't understand the clone part, and how the cheapo gets the HTC notifications.
Guessing it may not work at all with an iPhone, but still interested in understanding the process.
Samsung could have really tapped that market by releasing a Gear Manager app on the Apple app store, and advertised a bit more.
No one knows what's on my wrist, but once explained, a lot of people would be potential customers if only the friggin Galaxy phone wasn't a prerequisite.
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What you need to do is basically put the same apps on the relay device as your daily driver. Sign in to each app and then go to the Gear Mgr and make sure that app has a check mark.
As far as email. Use the stock Samsung email app and/or GMail . Enter all of your account info and, again, make sure the Gear Mgr is set.
So basically, all your doing is taking a dummy S compatible phone and creating a clone of your phone's app and email configuration.
Not sure if the iStore has an app that will forward your texts...but, hopefully, they should. If not, Google voice is another way to go.
I did a write up on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2977368
^ Thank you.
I'm looking for some help. I'm running the gear S with my LG G3. everything is going great. I've started to side loaded apps and watch faces but the only .WGT files I can find are for the gear 2 which need tweaking to go full screen on the gear S. can someone tell me how to do this (my app writing skills are 0 but am good with tech and learning) also if someone could point me to where a can get the runtastic.wgt that will work when side loaded. (I can sign the app I just cant find one that works)
Sony z ultra and gear s
I found your question helpful if that makes sense! But my note 3 isn't working so I'm getting a sony xperia z ultra but want to be able to work the gear s with is!! What does side loading apps and watch faces for the gear s mean and how can I do!! P.s. I have a new YouTube channel called GT classics so I need my gear s to be working. I will happily give a shout out to the site and the people who are willing to help!! Thanks and god bless you all!!
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I'm looking for some help. I'm running the gear S with my LG G3. everything is going great. I've started to side loaded apps and watch faces but the only .WGT files I can find are for the gear 2 which need tweaking to go full screen on the gear S. can someone tell me how to do this (my app writing skills are 0 but am good with tech and learning) also if someone could point me to where a can get the runtastic.wgt that will work when side loaded. (I can sign the app I just cant find one that works)
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Hello guys, i bought a No.1 G3 smartwatch and i was thinking, is there a way to download a game on this watch, or some kind of app like youtube or something, attleast one ?
It doesn't seem like it
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Hello guys, i bought a No.1 G3 smartwatch and i was thinking, is there a way to download a game on this watch, or some kind of app like youtube or something, attleast one ?
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I was having the exact same question. I found that(in the android app) you can download a not working version of yahoo weather(ugh). When I looked at the app's file from my laptop I was able to find that the apps were kept in a .vxp format but wasn't able to find any apps that would work for the watch.
I apologize for making yet another thread about Gear Manager, but after countless weeks of searching, I have yet to find anything that works for me. Is it possible to use Gear Manager with this phone and watch combo? Is there anything I can do to have the watch do more than just receive my phone calls? I do not currently have the money to get a Galaxy phone, and I would like to be able to use this watch. I'll root the phone if I have to, or if there is an app that exists that can just push notifications to it, that would be great as well. Thanks in advance to anyone for any help with this.
since i bought my mate 10 pro i got all kind of stuff update via google play but whatsapp and facebook last update say last month
also when i go to google play i see the same old date ? wht dont they update in google play ? its weired because they always got update in other phones every week ???
I'm interested also if someone has the answer.
It seems like it's from google, who decides a lot for us. Like for android pay : Why I can't dowload it if I want !? if you are not "declared" as being part of a country where it is enabled, then you cannot download it, WTF. So if you travel in a country where it is enabled, you cannot use it.
Personally I often use things like aptoid to get APKs. I don't need google to decide for me what app and what version I should have.
plz if someone can help us thx