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Smart Launcher installed on Gear

I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.

Looks good mate
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stevan588 said:
I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.
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go you have a link or the .apk?

link please can't find it anywhere
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stevan588 said:
I just installed a new launcher on Galaxy Gear (Smart Launcher) which can be download for free from Goggle Play.You can see the smart new look of Gear on the screenshot using this launcher.
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May I know how you take screenshot?
Edit: I success capture already.

How did you install it? i see it on the play store but how did you push it to the gear?

So...
What use of posting this without method for how to install it..
Either you be co operative enough to share the installation method, or don't post at all..
That's so selfish if you just post without sharing the way and methods.
Some people will report ti moderators.
The XDA is whole community sharing center.
Not anly a place to show your Muscles..
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Here you go: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...real-apps-running-on-the-samsung-galaxy-gear/
To put it simply, enable USB debugging, connect the device to your computer using a cable, and then use ADB to install apps/push content to your device
Here's the apk for the free version of smart launcher https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjakgpyyj3che69/ginlemon.flowerfree-1.apk
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So...
What use of posting this without method for how to install it..
Either you be co operative enough to share the installation method, or don't post at all..
That's so selfish if you just post without sharing the way and methods.
Some people will report ti moderators.
The XDA is whole community sharing center.
Not anly a place to show your Muscles..
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How did you install it? i see it on the play store but how did you push it to the gear?
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I posted already a method for how to install any Google Play Apps on the Galaxy Gear including the Smart Launcher in object. My thread with the guide "How to install Google Play Apps" can be found on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477702

Thx for sharing
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Now you are the man.
Thanx.
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I installed Smart Launcher but how can i see notifications? Another issue i found is that if you switchon screen you can't switch off with hardware button, you must wait the auto sleep time...

Request - Keyboard video
I'm not ready to start pushing apps to my watch but I had a request for someone that did.
I'm wondering if someone can install the Fleksy keyboard & duplicate this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXW2-uGezs by typing in well..any app just to show off typing on the watch.
Thanks to anyone in advance.

polstein said:
I'm not ready to start pushing apps to my watch but I had a request for someone that did.
I'm wondering if someone can install the Fleksy keyboard & duplicate this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXW2-uGezs by typing in well..any app just to show off typing on the watch.
Thanks to anyone in advance.
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If I could find a copy of the keyboard that would would I would do this. Every APK i have found has frozen when I tried it.

dtmcnamara said:
If I could find a copy of the keyboard that would would I would do this. Every APK i have found has frozen when I tried it.
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I haven't tried their keyboard in a while, but I didn't remember freezing issues. Assuming we can eventually get something like sms working, wonder which keyboard - if any - would really be practical for a watch. If not Fleksy - wondering about Minuum or Snapkeys or Flit or something.

polstein said:
I haven't tried their keyboard in a while, but I didn't remember freezing issues. Assuming we can eventually get something like sms working, wonder which keyboard - if any - would really be practical for a watch. If not Fleksy - wondering about Minuum or Snapkeys or Flit or something.
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when searching in ES File Manager I use google keyboard and its working great so far. I cannot wait for my Omate TrueSmart to arrive, hopefully it will have a perfectly running fleksy keyboard that we can pull from the watch and run on the Gear.
On another note, I got the Fleksy keyboard loaded on the watch, but am having a hard time enabling it, there is no true Android Settings on the watch to change input.
Going to play around with ES File Manager and see if I can manually set it keyboard.

I tried smart launcher briefly, but ended up going with nova and deleted SL.
I have used Nova Prime forever in my phones (after trying every launcher available including the ridiculously overpriced POS Next Launcher)
I decided Nova was the best launcher for the gear watch also.

jmorton10 said:
I tried smart launcher briefly, but ended up going with nova and deleted SL.
I have used Nova Prime forever in my phones (after trying every launcher available including the ridiculously overpriced POS Next Launcher)
I decided Nova was the best launcher for the gear watch also.
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I tried Nova first, but with the last of widgets its kind of hard to see what time it is.
Once we get a custom "ROM" on here I will go back to Nova, until then SL is working pretty well

dtmcnamara said:
I tried Nova first, but with the last of widgets its kind of hard to see what time it is.
Once we get a custom "ROM" on here I will go back to Nova, until then SL is working pretty well
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Well. I use the stock TW launcher for everyday use as I like the clocks etc. you get from TW.
I switch to Nova when I will be doing more app switching......

So far I've tried Apex, GO, Nova, ADW, and Smart Launchers, and I'll be sticking with Smart. It's the only one that keeps the clock on the home screen. Loaded UP Icons as well and have been using those.
Now if only I could figure out how to get the Pro version of Smart Launcher on the Gear. I purchased Pro for my Note 3, but can only export the Smart Launcher Pro folder from the Note 3, and can't drop that back into the Gear. Any ideas? Would like to toy around with some of the features (mainly the other color options).

How to install Google Play Apps.

1) Download and install on your PC or Mac Wondershare MobileGo (Free Trial) - I cannot post the link - but u can find it on Google
2) Set the Gear to USB Debug and connect it through a USB cable to PC
3) MobileGo will download the drivers then it will recognize the connected device as Samsung SM-V700
4) MobileGo will also install its app on your Gear.
5) Now you can navigate the upper left menu including "Google Play Apps" from which you can install any app to your Gear, just click the app icon and then click on the green install button.You can check the process clicking "Downloads" on bottom left.
6) On the menu in the upper left of MobileGo under the menu "Apps" you will have access to all apps installed on Gear, clicking on this menu you can see all your installed apps and install or uninstall any app on your Galaxy Gear.
See some screenshot of MoblieGo.
I hope I was helpful

Thanks
Going to try it out.
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How to install to GEAR? The Play Store cannot see my GEAR listed.
For never install apps, it will download, but for apps I had install at others device, it can't download.
Most cannot install...

Same for me, actually I can't install any app with your method from click on Google Play Apps, he ask me to login with my account and then don't offer to install on the gear
Sometime don't ask to log in and then add to dosnload list but don't want download, get error ;(
Edit : If I install app direct fril the option this work. But was Google Map and no internet on the watch, so was useless

Click install and then cancel and then install again most work after the second attempt

Mine says that my device is sleeping and won't work,what should I do?

Here it's working fine and installing any App from Google Play, as show on the screenshots, I installed Smart Launcher using MobileGo. Of course don't have to sign in on Google Play otherwise the apps will be installed only to the registered devices. Honestly I'm using the MobileGo Pro version which giving many more features to the program and may be this the issue that may not allow to install apps to devices non registered on Google Play like Galaxy Gear.

Working great for me!

stevan588 said:
Here it's working fine and installing any App from Google Play, as show on the screenshots, I installed Smart Launcher using MobileGo. Of course don't have to sign in on Google Play otherwise the apps will be installed only to the registered devices. Honestly I'm using the MobileGo Pro version which giving many more features to the program and may be this the issue that may not allow to install apps to devices non registered on Google Play like Galaxy Gear.
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Yeah! Without signing in, I can install more apps, but this means I can't get any paid apps that I already buy get install...
At least work for free apps, thanks a lot.

So easy, this is awesome! I finally have the calculator and calendar apps that i needed! Also running Nova launcher!

It's a nice app but too expensive to purchase. It will be useful for the free period of 14 days.
I found installing the apps that I want on my Note 3 and then, pushing the apps via ADB to Gear works just as well at no extra cost.

which is best simple calculator plz
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Thanks
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Fully charge phone this morning at 7:45am and 5 hours later, I am at 43% battery. Just turned the brightness to 4 and rebooted the gear. I think the MobileMe app which asks for wifi to be connected is draining the battery while trying to search. I have gone and closed all apps running in the background and will monitor for the next hour to see what the % looks like then.
Is there a way to remove the auto installed MobileMe app during this process.
Ian B
Update: An hour later and the battery was already in the 30s%. Ended up resetting the gear, charging for an hour and now, my battery is back to normal. Charged to 84% and an hour later, I am still at 80%. The Mobileme app and calculator app were removed by system when I reset the Gear.
Going after work to exchange this mocha brown color(only one in Austin available) for the Lime Green one at BB.
Ian B

stesteste said:
which is best simple calculator plz
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I use this:
'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hychentsa.calculator'

ArborRes said:
It's a nice app but too expensive to purchase. It will be useful for the free period of 14 days.
I found installing the apps that I want on my Note 3 and then, pushing the apps via ADB to Gear works just as well at no extra cost.
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Can you elaborate on how you push the apps via adb? are you pushing from your phone? or backing up with titanium or something similar?

This works perfect.
Thanks.
I've just play with Fruit Ninja.
ES explorer works well too.

this is what i was waiting for!
can anyone make some more screenshots, or record a video?
can you get some sort of a small-sized phone functionality? i mean, place browser shortcut, install reddit client, use other calculators, show calendar etc?

srtpusher said:
Can you elaborate on how you push the apps via adb? are you pushing from your phone? or backing up with titanium or something similar?
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You need to install ADB on your PC and use it in the command prompt window to install the apps on the gear.
You will need to be familiar with ADB commands like "adb install c:\director\filename" to install the app to the Gear, with the Gear's USB Debug option turned on and connected to your PC via USB cable.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-install-adb-on-windows-full-guide/

ArborRes said:
It's a nice app but too expensive to purchase. It will be useful for the free period of 14 days.
I found installing the apps that I want on my Note 3 and then, pushing the apps via ADB to Gear works just as well at no extra cost.
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Can you describe this process ?
Youre just pushing Note 3 APKs to the Gear ?
If you have for example Instagram on your phone and Gear...are both of them looking for updates ?

Thanks , working great. I even have a task killer for the hard to shut down apps, like Riptide2. It run great on this Gear.

Sideloaded apps get deleted after every Gear Manager update

Everytime I update the Gear Manager and hit the Restore button all the sideloaded apps on the gear get deleted
What to do?

Daniel_Deega said:
Everytime I update the Gear Manager and hit the Restore button all the sideloaded apps on the gear get deleted
What to do?
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You are not supposed to have sideloaded apps. Or that is what Samsung implies, now you could use Helium or Titanium with cloud backup if you are rooted, otherwise loose the data each time you upgrade and install them again. Most apps meant for the gear are a combination of software on the phone and on the watch and probably store the data on the phone anyways.

To backup my apps and restore I use.. Wondershare mobile go..
It is fast and easy. Before you update Gear manager, just do a manual backup with Wondershare.,( select Toolkit /one lock backup or restore.)
note 3/note8.0 for xda

I hate it that it does it too. Funny thing, all my ringtones, notifications and videos r still there after it restores.
Ian B

If you put your app apk's in /system/app instead of /data/app they won't disappear on upgrades
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Another solution would require a bit of coding, a phone application without a launcher activity and APK files in assets folder and a few tweaks in the AndroidManifest.xml (I got one from ATNs phone app) would do a proper install of the apps through gear manager and they will survive the upgrades.
EDIT: not coding but you will need the IDE and SDK and know how of the process.

How about keeping root?

And now my MobileMe trial ends today. Damn it, may have to break down and pay for it. If anyone seems any discount codes, please post.
Ian B

Keep a directory of all your apps on your desktop, reinstalling with wondershare is a breeze !
I also back up all my configurations, being novalauncher, tasker & widgets. You simply restore them once you reinstall your apps. They generally are stored on the SDCARD.
It shouldn't be a big bother, if you stay organized.
I full wipe my gear atleast 6 times a day (development purposes) and reinstalling everything literally takes 2 minutes at the most.

fOmey said:
Keep a directory of all your apps on your desktop, reinstalling with wondershare is a breeze
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Wondershare actually saves the apks it downloads into user's documents folder

did you guys really pay $40. idk I think that's way overpriced
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I don't have any sideloaded apps but one app I use from the Play store keeps getting deleted if I open the gear manager. When I install FEEDLY news reader it works fine and I can use but as soon as I open Gear Manager the app disappears from the phone.
When I go to install it from Google Play, it downloads and then this window appears with a Gear Manager unknown sources. I click OK to accept and it works and stays on the phone as long as I don't open gear manager.
It's starting to get me cheesed off as I use this app every day for news reading and having to reload it every time is really not good.
Loading any other app from Google Play seems to be OK and never shows this window.
Anyone else seen this?

v8dave said:
I don't have any sideloaded apps but one app I use from the Play store keeps getting deleted if I open the gear manager. When I install FEEDLY news reader it works fine and I can use but as soon as I open Gear Manager the app disappears from the phone.
When I go to install it from Google Play, it downloads and then this window appears with a Gear Manager unknown sources. I click OK to accept and it works and stays on the phone as long as I don't open gear manager.
It's starting to get me cheesed off as I use this app every day for news reading and having to reload it every time is really not good.
Loading any other app from Google Play seems to be OK and never shows this window.
Anyone else seen this?
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I've been copying the apks to the "sdcard" then I just push the root explorer app to the watch and copy the apks back to data/app or system as needed. A little extra work but pretty quick that way.
Other backup with that wonder app. Would be great to automate it without needing a pc.
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adoublearonn said:
If you put your app apk's in /system/app instead of /data/app they won't disappear on upgrades
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Found the system folder in apps with Airdroid, so I've copied the apk's to it.

Just use titanium backup. It will keep your applications and data backed up. It has a batch restore so the apps are right back in the same state as before they were deleted. It also has the nice feature of exporting apps from your phone directly to the Gear over bluetooth. No more worries about side loading with that functionality.

My problem is that apps disappear from my gear's app drawer every time I open gear manager. If I restart the gear, sideloaded apps appear in the app drawer again. Ive used adb fasboot to sideload the apps. What do i need to do so that apps stick and dont dissapear?

allendj81 said:
My problem is that apps disappear from my gear's app drawer every time I open gear manager. If I restart the gear, sideloaded apps appear in the app drawer again. Ive used adb fasboot to sideload the apps. What do i need to do so that apps stick and dont dissapear?
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same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here

leojab said:
same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here
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Im on the most recent GM provided by samsung apps, on a BNA3 firmware. Ive read and moved side loaded apps to system/app from data/app and it didn't do anything. are the only ones having this problem with the adb method?

I am sure Samsung is exercising control and trying to tell you what to run, and this I am not crazy about.
I have not sideloaded anything yet but it should be my right.
Wanted to get the hourly chime app working (pro) version with voice files hate it when the big corporation plays games.

leojab said:
same issue here as well in gear manager v1.6
Not sure what can be done here
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Downgrade gear manager to 1.5, or use Nova launcher... (or any other launcher)

How to delete watch faces

Hi all
I have installed the planets watch face, so I know how to do that but how do you delete it entirely from your watch?

Anyone? Is there a way to unistall 3rd party watch faces?

It should work like this: You only need to delete the application on the phone, the "companion" wear app gets deleted after a while.
Reality check: I had to do hard reset once when the apps were "stuck" and nothing new got installed and nothing deleted got uninstalled, this happened only once, though...

zvieratko said:
It should work like this: You only need to delete the application on the phone, the "companion" wear app gets deleted after a while.
Reality check: I had to do hard reset once when the apps were "stuck" and nothing new got installed and nothing deleted got uninstalled, this happened only once, though...
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I'm not sure what you mean mate?

On the phone, open Android Ware and delete the face you want. It then automatically is deleted from the watch. There may be some delay so be patient.

Tonio78370 said:
On the phone, open Android Ware and delete the face you want. It then automatically is deleted from the watch. There may be some delay so be patient.
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That's the bit I'm stuck on how do you delete the watch face in Android wear?

If I click on watch face I have 3 options, show on watch, settings or hide on watch

Sorry, my error... You have to uninstall them as a usual app (if it's a custom face): forced stop - > delete data - > uninstall. The standard faces cannot be deleted.

Tonio78370 said:
Sorry, my error... You have to uninstall them as a usual app (if it's a custom face): forced stop - > delete data - > uninstall. The standard faces cannot be deleted.
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Thanks for your time on this, where is force stop etc? I'm new to this

Well I'm a bit paranoid when I uninstall stuff. Go in to the phone setup, choose Application Management (I don't know the right terms as my phone is French). You will see all the applications you have installed. When you click on one, the details will show and you will find top left Forced Stop, center right Delete Data & Cache and top right Uninstall.

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Well I'm a bit paranoid when I uninstall stuff. Go in to the phone setup, choose Application Management (I don't know the right terms as my phone is French). You will see all the applications you have installed. When you click on one, the details will show and you will find top left Forced Stop, center right Delete Data & Cache and top right Uninstall.
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Thank you sorted it thanks again

Swapped from Lg G Flex and noticing my icons don't have the counter number

Maybe it's just Marshmallow but should my FB messenger icon not have the number for the amount of messages I received? Same with texts, missed calls etc nothing shows. Ok I'm reading a thread that someone had the same question and it mentions Nova launcher. Do I need a new launcher or is there an app to add it?

the n6 does not do that by default. the lg phone is also running lg software on top of android, that's where your numbers are coming from.

I'm happy with asus zenui launcher, it shows what you need.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asus.launcher

The Asus launcher is fine if you happen to like the iCrap look.
There are multiple third-party launchers that have an unread counts notification. Most require you to download a separate app to provide the functions. Many will require you to purchase their "Pro" version to get it. Best of the bunch is Nova, hands down.

Cool thanks everyone. I'm gonna try the Zenui launcher and see how I like it

How do I uninstall Zenui? I'm googling but my "uninstall" button is greyed out in the apps section

jeffrimerman said:
How do I uninstall Zenui? I'm googling but my "uninstall" button is greyed out in the apps section
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can always go into /data/data/ and delete the apk, then reboot. if you have root that is.. :angel:

jeffrimerman said:
How do I uninstall Zenui? I'm googling but my "uninstall" button is greyed out in the apps section
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In settings under security there is a device administrators section. If an app is set as a device administrator it will cause the uninstall button to be greyed out. If you uncheck the box so the app is no longer a device administrator you will be able to uninstall it.

jeffrimerman said:
How do I uninstall Zenui? I'm googling but my "uninstall" button is greyed out in the apps section
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Go to settings - home - little trash can
I suggest Nova Launcher

blanco2701 said:
Go to settings - home - little trash can
I suggest Nova Launcher
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ok cool yeah I see that would have been the easiest. I went to settings - apps - and unchecked some things in the app and then was able to un install. I'll try nova, thanks