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.
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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.
diehardbattery said:
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..
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
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.
Hi there,
my huawei is not compatible with the samsung gear s3.
Any help?
Hey tripple X man. They are lying, as always, everything is compatible, my Mate 10 works perfectly fine with my Samsung Gear S3. I downloaded Samsung Gear and S plugin from https://www_apkmirror_com/apk/samsu...msung-gear-2-2-17022862-android-apk-download/, installed both an everything is OK. Hope it works for you too.
i can confirm too my pro 10 works with my S3
So my gear fit 2 but with 127 firmware i don't get the calls.
With 115 everything is fine!!!!!!
Can you guys browse your phone to buy a watch face?it just freezes on me everytime I try and browse
Mine is working as well. I had to turn off automatic power management of all gear related apps to make sure the system doesn't kill the app in background. Now it works like charm...
With my Gear s3 connected to my Mate 10 Pro the battery on my mate drains really fast. Like 15% during the night (7 hours)
If I uninstall Gear S Plugin, Samsung Health and Samsung Gear battery is normal again. 1% down during the night
Anyone else with battery drain problem while running Gear apps on their phone?
Bluetooth connecting problems with my gear s3
Hi,
I'm having problems with my Huawei Mate 10 Lite, connecting via bluetooth to my Samsung gear s3. It connects/reconnects All the time and i'm not able to download any app in neither Phone nor gear. Any Wise suggestions??.....
I do have both Samsung gear apps installed in the Phone.....
Tjubarley said:
Hi,
I'm having problems with my Huawei Mate 10 Lite, connecting via bluetooth to my Samsung gear s3. It connects/reconnects All the time and i'm not able to download any app in neither Phone nor gear. Any Wise suggestions??.....
I do have both Samsung gear apps installed in the Phone.....
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I had Bluetooth issues with my Xiaomi smart watch. Constantly disconnected. I think it's the aggressive ram management system. Had to return it
I am having trouble receiving notifications with what's history and notification wear apps.
I only receive messages when my phone screen is on.
I then noticed that when I open up what Bluetooth devices I gave paired, select S3 I see that input device is not selected. But it won't let me select it.
Could this be the reason? If so, how to rectify it?
lacmac said:
I am having trouble receiving notifications with what's history and notification wear apps.
I only receive messages when my phone screen is on.
I then noticed that when I open up what Bluetooth devices I gave paired, select S3 I see that input device is not selected. But it won't let me select it.
Could this be the reason? If so, how to rectify it?
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Same problem, had you solve it?
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Hi. the tittle says it all.. i just bought this watch and i find it a pretty good watch, everything works fine but i cannot activate phone calls. When i try to switch it on, the phone ask for pairing with bluetooth ( when its already paired and conected) Its this normal ? If not, there is some workaround or fix ?
iPhone Xs
iOS 14.3
Thanks you for your help
Jotze0 said:
Hi. the tittle says it all.. i just bought this watch and i find it a pretty good watch, everything works fine but i cannot activate phone calls. When i try to switch it on, the phone ask for pairing with bluetooth ( when its already paired and conected) Its this normal ? If not, there is some workaround or fix ?
iPhone Xs
iOS 14.3
Thanks you for your help
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I have exactly the same problem, with my Sony Xperia 10 III (Android 11) phone.
I had an Amazfit Bip, which is a great watch. I was undecided between a GTS 2 mini and this watch. I paid €80 more specifically to get the phone function, and I can't turn it on.
Amszfit seems to have zero support, other than an FAQ.
Jotze0 said:
Hi. the tittle says it all.. i just bought this watch and i find it a pretty good watch, everything works fine but i cannot activate phone calls. When i try to switch it on, the phone ask for pairing with bluetooth ( when its already paired and conected) Its this normal ? If not, there is some workaround or fix ?
iPhone Xs
iOS 14.3
Thanks you for your help
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I have managed to solve this problem, but I don't really understand how it worked.
My GTS 2 was connected to my phone (Android 11) and I assumed there was a Bluetooth connection. However this phone function couldn't be activated because Zepp said there was no associated device.
I turned off Bluetooth and attempted to reactivate it manually. On my phone, the watch wasn't visible. I rebooted both the watch and the phone, but no luck. However, I realized that the phone was finding my old Amszfit Bio, which I had disassociated. I turned off the Amazfit Bip and tried again. I ended up having to reboot phone and watch once more, but now I am able to activate the phone function.
I can also respond to phone calls and it works well.
I hope this is helpful. You can try the above, and if it doesn't work, light a candle. I must say that Zepp is really inadequate for this watch. It was barely acceptable for the Bip, but falls far short for the complexity of the GTS 2.
What I really don't understand is that there was a Bluetooth connection, activated by QR code when I set up the phone, that allowed the watch to synchronise data with the phone, and which managed to send notifications, but was not functional for activating phone calls, unless a connection was made manually using the phone's Bluetooth settings.
Second method work for me. you need to tap pair on watch too at same time during pairing.
Start the Zepp app and go to "Profile > Amazfit GTS 2 > App settings". On the Phone page, turn on "Call on watch", then pair the watch and your phone through Bluetooth as instructed. Or you can try second mothed.
1. On your phone, go to Settings, then select "Bluetooth" to turn on the Bluetooth, and set the phone to be discoverable. On the watch, go to App list > Settings > Network and connections > Bluetooth. Ensure the Bluetooth is turned on.
2. Find the watch in the search results for available devices on your phone, and tap to pair them. Or, find your phone in the Bluetooth search results on the watch, and tap to pair the devices.