My Nexus 5 with KITKAT 4.4.2 and GEAR(null_17 ROM) - Samsung Galaxy Gear

hi to all, i want to share my experience (sorry for my english, i'm italian)
i have Nexus 5 phone and galaxy Gear(null_17 ROM).
Nexus 5 with KitKat 4.4.2
Galaxy Gear with V700XXUAMK7 with NULL_17 ROM
and watchstyler 1.0.9 (working) with Casio Skin
At first i installed gearmanagerstub.apk
after i just bring "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk" and renamed to "gear manager 1.6 111801.zip"
opened and bring all file in the folder "preinstalledapk"
and run all one by one excepted for "samusic" and "saweather" because fail to installing(but is ok).
after all manual apk installed also installed "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk"
and opened gear manager and start the gear and pairing it. (2 or 3 time but making same test and check and at final running)
if you come from old pairing with other gear manager version example 1.5 or 1.4 etc... just from your sdcard delete the folder ".BManager_backup"
for fix the notification i also installed ATNmanager 1.2.2.apk on the phone, and in the gear i already sended the version of "ATNmanager 1.2.3.1_pre"(only the watch.apk file inside) and i receive all notify on gear by this apps and working fine.
remeber to go in setting->security->allow ATNmanager to read notification
up to now
work:
contact
logs call
gallery
camera(make and send directly to the phone in gallery)
call and receive it.
voice record (record and send on phone, but play with file manager in "sdcard/Sounds/Galaxy_Gear/your recording file"
notification(ATNmanager APP)
no work:
weather
s voice
For me is a good Result
Domenico.

I would think that weather and svoice wouldnt work because these features are twiz based. Thanks for reporting your findings.
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pcelli said:
hi to all, i want to share my experience (sorry for my english, i'm italian)
i have Nexus 5 phone and galaxy Gear(null_17 ROM).
Nexus 5 with KitKat 4.4.2
Galaxy Gear with V700XXUAMK7 with NULL_17 ROM
and watchstyler 1.0.9 (working) with Casio Skin
At first i installed gearmanagerstub.apk
after i just bring "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk" and renamed to "gear manager 1.6 111801.zip"
opened and bring all file in the folder "preinstalledapk"
and run all one by one excepted for "samusic" and "saweather" because fail to installing(but is ok).
after all manual apk installed also installed "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk"
and opened gear manager and start the gear and pairing it. (2 or 3 time but making same test and check and at final running)
if you come from old pairing with other gear manager version example 1.5 or 1.4 etc... just from your sdcard delete the folder ".BManager_backup"
for fix the notification i also installed ATNmanager 1.2.2.apk on the phone, and in the gear i already sended the version of "ATNmanager 1.2.3.1_pre"(only the watch.apk file inside) and i receive all notify on gear by this apps and working fine.
remeber to go in setting->security->allow ATNmanager to read notification
up to now
work:
contact
logs call
gallery
camera(make and send directly to the phone in gallery)
call and receive it.
voice record (record and send on phone, but play with file manager in "sdcard/Sounds/Galaxy_Gear/your recording file"
notification(ATNmanager APP)
no work:
weather
s voice
For me is a good Result
Domenico.
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You are such a nice guy,you helped me fix my gear where nobody could actually even give me a simple answer! You have my respect for that,should be a sticky on your post really !

So I have 1.5 gear manager. If I delete bmanager and install the 1.6 apk my watch won't reset? For atn I have to install on phone and watch? Please link where to download and put the links on your guide to make it easier for the new gear owners
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norocel said:
You are such a nice guy,you helped me fix my gear where nobody could actually even give me a simple answer! You have my respect for that,should be a sticky on your post really !
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These steps have been explained many many many times before. People get tired of repeating the same explanation in every thread. I guarantee people will still ask with this thread's existence. Just spend half an hour searching through the forum.
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amsguitarist said:
These steps have been explained many many many times before. People get tired of repeating the same explanation in every thread. I guarantee people will still ask with this thread's existence. Just spend half an hour searching through the forum.
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I found information too but nothing exactly as he put it,only mentions and so on and he quite managed to explain well some things i did not think of. It should be a sticky somewhere for new gear ownners with links and guides.
By they way,any link or way i could get the latest gear working app? thanx !

norocel said:
I found information too but nothing exactly as he put it,only mentions and so on and he quite managed to explain well some things i did not think of. It should be a sticky somewhere for new gear ownners with links and guides.
By they way,any link or way i could get the latest gear working app? thanx !
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Are you kidding? Look at your last sentence. Just proves that people don't research on this board and that is the reason why developers get extremely put off. Stop being lazy and do your own research. As I have said, everything has been told to many people, even in the same thread. If you can't figure it out from the available information, maybe you shouldn't be doing it.
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amsguitarist said:
Are you kidding? Look at your last sentence. Just proves that people don't research on this board and that is the reason why developers get extremely put off. Stop being lazy and do your own research. As I have said, everything has been told to many people, even in the same thread. If you can't figure it out from the available information, maybe you shouldn't be doing it.
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I really don't get it why you have to be so negative,things like these should be in first page not for me to look for houres and read pages,some people have other things to do rather than browsing pages for houres,that's why i donate to people that do a good job so i don't have to do it myself. Thank you !
Edit: All i'am saying organisation is key on this website,if there was a proper sticky and info, people would no have to ask in all threads about it. A post "how to make F'king gear manager working on non samsung devices" with 2 links and 3 words as the first guy just poset and voila ! Aparently you support messy information and useless posts.

norocel said:
I really don't get it why you have to be so negative,things like these should be in first page not for me to look for houres and read pages,some people have other things to do rather than browsing pages for houres,that's why i donate to people that do a good job so i don't have to do it myself. Thank you !
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Oh the first page of threads "Gear Manager Downloads". Nobody is going to want to help you if you've asked questions that show you haven't even looked in the forums for a second. Exactly why the null ROM no longer has direct support in here anymore.
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Thanks. I just happy to share and people same me... Have good way to share alla fix.

ben503 said:
So I have 1.5 gear manager. If I delete bmanager and install the 1.6 apk my watch won't reset? For atn I have to install on phone and watch? Please link where to download and put the links on your guide to make it easier for the new gear owners
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I post all file early.. If you delete and bmmanager folder, just after pairing the gear automaticly reset. Otherway can't paired with phone.
Phore the atn the fast way is install atn 1.2.3.1 with watch paired... After it install all in the watch, disconnect watch from phone and install atn manager 1.2.2 and all notify working. Early I post the file already modded.

I have done all of this….. But I can not for the life of me get any notifications to my gear. None, not a one.
Help is appreciated….
pcelli said:
hi to all, i want to share my experience (sorry for my english, i'm italian)
i have Nexus 5 phone and galaxy Gear(null_17 ROM).
Nexus 5 with KitKat 4.4.2
Galaxy Gear with V700XXUAMK7 with NULL_17 ROM
and watchstyler 1.0.9 (working) with Casio Skin
At first i installed gearmanagerstub.apk
after i just bring "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk" and renamed to "gear manager 1.6 111801.zip"
opened and bring all file in the folder "preinstalledapk"
and run all one by one excepted for "samusic" and "saweather" because fail to installing(but is ok).
after all manual apk installed also installed "gear manager 1.6 111801.apk"
and opened gear manager and start the gear and pairing it. (2 or 3 time but making same test and check and at final running)
if you come from old pairing with other gear manager version example 1.5 or 1.4 etc... just from your sdcard delete the folder ".BManager_backup"
for fix the notification i also installed ATNmanager 1.2.2.apk on the phone, and in the gear i already sended the version of "ATNmanager 1.2.3.1_pre"(only the watch.apk file inside) and i receive all notify on gear by this apps and working fine.
remeber to go in setting->security->allow ATNmanager to read notification
up to now
work:
contact
logs call
gallery
camera(make and send directly to the phone in gallery)
call and receive it.
voice record (record and send on phone, but play with file manager in "sdcard/Sounds/Galaxy_Gear/your recording file"
notification(ATNmanager APP)
no work:
weather
s voice
For me is a good Result
Domenico.
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JOHNGAETANO said:
I have done all of this….. But I can not for the life of me get any notifications to my gear. None, not a one.
Help is appreciated….
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Hi, i gust making ATNmanager Modded,
pairing your phone and your watch.
after you can see in gear manager the gear connected install the attachment i mod for fix this problem.
I'm sure it working on nexus with KITKAT version.
This important, i don't know if yo do... in the setting-->security--->access to notify(some like that because i have it in italian)-->and Tick on ATNmanager.

pcelli said:
Hi, i gust making ATNmanager Modded,
pairing your phone and your watch.
after you can see in gear manager the gear connected install the attachment i mod for fix this problem.
I'm sure it working on nexus with KITKAT version.
This important, i don't know if yo do... in the setting-->security--->access to notify(some like that because i have it in italian)-->and Tick on ATNmanager.
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Do you get notification through atn or original notification system? I get through ATN which does the job but not that well looking.

I haven't tried, but it sounds like ATN uses it's own notification system? This is different to notifications going via Gear Manager

Brendo said:
I haven't tried, but it sounds like ATN uses it's own notification system? This is different to notifications going via Gear Manager
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Stand alone application that pushes notifications, they come in as emails..
You need to have atleast email notifications enabled in gear manager, ATN handles the rest.
Also you must make sure you enable ATN in accessibility options on your phone so it has permissions to read the notifications.

fOmey said:
Stand alone application that pushes notifications, they come in as emails..
You need to have atleast email notifications enabled in gear manager, ATN handles the rest.
Also you must make sure you enable ATN in accessibility options on your phone so it has permissions to read the notifications.
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That's how I assumed it still worked. But then how does it work for nexus since it can't send any notifications what soever (let alone give email as an option)

My gear will not go to USB debugging?
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Brendo said:
That's how I assumed it still worked. But then how does it work for nexus since it can't send any notifications what soever (let alone give email as an option)
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ATN should send the notifications fine..
The reason why the notifications are not working on the nexus is because of the gear manager is not running completely.. I dont think the gear manager notification listener service is being started.
Have a look in accessibility settings do you see anything related to gear manager ? I didnt think to check this..

fOmey said:
ATN should send the notifications fine..
The reason why the notifications are not working on the nexus is because of the gear manager is not running completely.. I dont think the gear manager notification listener service is being started.
Have a look in accessibility settings do you see anything related to gear manager ? I didnt think to check this..
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Nothing in accessibility
I think you may be onto something
When I compare to s4, it has heaps of gear related services/process running
s4:
SANotiProvider: 1 process and 0 services
SAMusicProvider: 1 process and 1 services
-Service: SAMusicProviderImpl
GearManager: 3 process and 2 services
- Service: ManagerProviderService
- Service:BManagerConnectionService
- Process: Gear Manager
- Process: Samsung Accessory Service
- Process: SAFTCore
SAContactProvider: 1 process and 6 services
- Service: SAContactProviderImpl
- Service: SALogProviderImpl
- Service: SAAlarmProviderImpl
- Service: SecCallHandlerProviderService
- Service: SACalendarProviderImpl
- Service: FindMyPhoneProviderService
SACameraTransferService: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: SACameraTransferService
Update Gear software: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: XDMService
SAPedometerProvider: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: SAProviderService
SAPedometerProvider: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: SAConsumerService
SVoiceProvider: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: SVoiceProviderService
SVoiceProvider: 1 process and 2 services
- Service: WeatherProviderBackServiceService
- Service: WeatherProviderService
TextTemplateProvider: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: TextTemplateService
SAVoiceMemoProvider: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: SAVoiceMemoProviderService
n5:
Samsung Accessory Service: 1 process and 2 services
- Service: SAFrameworkService
- Service: SAAcessoryDiscover..
GearManager: 1 process and 1 services
- Service:BManagerConnectionService
Update Gear software: 1 process and 1 services
- Service: XDMService
SAPedometerProvider: 0 process and 1 services
- Service: SAConsumerService
I tried looking into starting service with Tasker, but no luck
When I try and launch service via adb, all I get is Error: not found: no service started.
When I try and launch process via adb, all I get is Error: Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent
I think my problem is that intents are incorrect
I've attached manifest xml for gear manager and notifier

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Galaxy Gear and Note 2?

Hey Guys I have a factory Note 2 and just bought a galaxy gear the other day. I have seen reports of this watch working with the s4 and even the htc one. Can someone help me get this thing working with my note 2? I found the .apk file online and was able to download and install it to my note 2 and successfully connect the gear to my note 2 via bluetooth but the gear seems to be stuck on the spinning screen. It will take and send calls via the phone and work as a bluetooth head set but that's all. Thanks again in advance for all the help!!!
Not sure it is currently working with gn2. I think you will have to wait for 4.3 like the rest of us. The clock working on it? I have the gn2 as well and been waiting for someone to mention they got it working. If you got it to sync I assume you got the clock at least working.
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Will have to wait until November for 4.3 on N2 Unless someone will root Gear earlier
After playing with it for a while I finally got it to work with the apk file posted on another thread here. CONFIRMED the galaxy gear works for the factory 4.1.2 note 2. Unfortunately so far the weather, contacts, notifications and svoice doesn't sync with the gnote2 but everything else seems to work.
t1990le said:
After playing with it for a while I finally got it to work with the apk file posted on another thread here. CONFIRMED the galaxy gear works for the factory 4.1.2 note 2. Unfortunately so far the weather, contacts, notifications and svoice doesn't sync with the gnote2 but everything else seems to work.
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What post? I need the apk i only have the stuck spinning wheel.
delcopa said:
What post? I need the apk i only have the stuck spinning wheel.
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The 2nd post in the thread titled "gear mmanager .apk" I too was stuck on the spinning wheel when I hit the gear manager from the aptoid app. The one referenced in there works well.
t1990le said:
The 2nd post in the thread titled "great manager .apk" I too was stuck on the spinning wheel when I hit the gear manager from the aptoid app. The one referenced in there works well.
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Fantastic! Found that just before your post but glad to know right one. Yep that's the one i used prior also lol.
Thanks
delcopa said:
Fantastic! Found that just before your post but glad to know right one. Yep that's the one i used prior also lol.
Thanks
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No problem! Glad I could help I can't wait for the update to take full use of the watch but until then im satisfied with how much it'll do. Good luck with getting it working for your device!
Same place as you currently but glad it isn't a paper weight waiting lol. Wonder if we change the device specs like how you can install Google wallet. If we do this wonder if we could access programs and stuff for the watch also.
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delcopa said:
Same place as you currently but glad it isn't a paper weight waiting lol. Wonder if we change the device specs like how you can install Google wallet. If we do this wonder if we could access programs and stuff for the watch also.
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Yea I know right lol I dont know. . . I could be worth a try but I think the phone needs the 4.3 update for the new bluetooth compatability. I can honestly say that I'm kinda of disappointed that Samsung hasn't released the 4.3 update for the s3, s4, and note 2 already.
I wanted to confirm if anyone else was looking that the problems described (
CONFIRMED the galaxy gear works for the factory 4.1.2 note 2. Unfortunately so far the weather, contacts, notifications and svoice doesn't sync with the gnote2 but everything else seems to work.
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) is exactly the case for me. If you can get a .apk of the gear manager certain functions will work except for what was listed above.
mrgy05 said:
I wanted to confirm if anyone else was looking that the problems described ( ) is exactly the case for me. If you can get a .apk of the gear manager certain functions will work except for what was listed above.
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Does Gallery work or can you install additional apps?
miyklusha said:
Does Gallery work or can you install additional apps?
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As of right now with stock (NOT ROOTED) NOTE 2 here is a summary of what I have working:
Working:
Camera: Works, syncs on any settings correctly (charging sync only etc)
Timer: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Stopwatch: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Voice memo: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Gallery: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Pedo: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Schedule / Calender: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my events.
Contacts: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my contacts. Settings also change (Choose all contacts or just favorites)
Logs: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Not Working:
Weather: does NOT work. Gear wants me to change settings on widget / within gear but still doesn't sync weather (displays "no info")
SVoice: does NOT work. Same as weather, wants settings changed in SVoice but still doesn't relay info.
Notifications: Does NOT work. Nothing will push to the Galaxy Gear for a notification (email, sms, google, FB, etc)
As for the apps, I can navagate into the gear manager, select apps, go into the market where the Gear apps exist and attempt to download however once they begin to install I get an error "try later" (0). All gear apps (not included in the gear manager) are not available to me. Not sure if they can be downloaded on the side as .apk's and used? I can't find any to try.
Sidenote: The BT seems to be functioning normally, I get auto detection and maintain pairing all day.
mrgy05 said:
As of right now with stock (NOT ROOTED) NOTE 2 here is a summary of what I have working:
Working:
Camera: Works, syncs on any settings correctly (charging sync only etc)
Timer: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Stopwatch: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Voice memo: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Gallery: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Pedo: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Schedule / Calender: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my events.
Contacts: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my contacts. Settings also change (Choose all contacts or just favorites)
Logs: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Not Working:
Weather: does NOT work. Gear wants me to change settings on widget / within gear but still doesn't sync weather (displays "no info")
SVoice: does NOT work. Same as weather, wants settings changed in SVoice but still doesn't relay info.
Notifications: Does NOT work. Nothing will push to the Galaxy Gear for a notification (email, sms, google, FB, etc)
As for the apps, I can navagate into the gear manager, select apps, go into the market where the Gear apps exist and attempt to download however once they begin to install I get an error "try later" (0). All gear apps (not included in the gear manager) are not available to me. Not sure if they can be downloaded on the side as .apk's and used? I can't find any to try.
Sidenote: The BT seems to be functioning normally, I get auto detection and maintain pairing all day.
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I have the same working functionality running Jedi XP12 and SaberKernel.
mrgy05 said:
As of right now with stock (NOT ROOTED) NOTE 2 here is a summary of what I have working:
Working:
Camera: Works, syncs on any settings correctly (charging sync only etc)
Timer: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Stopwatch: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Voice memo: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Gallery: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Pedo: Works (doesnt need BT for any function)
Schedule / Calender: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my events.
Contacts: WORKS, I've heard others having problems? Mine does sync with my contacts. Settings also change (Choose all contacts or just favorites)
Logs: Works, syncs on any settings correctly
Not Working:
Weather: does NOT work. Gear wants me to change settings on widget / within gear but still doesn't sync weather (displays "no info")
SVoice: does NOT work. Same as weather, wants settings changed in SVoice but still doesn't relay info.
Notifications: Does NOT work. Nothing will push to the Galaxy Gear for a notification (email, sms, google, FB, etc)
As for the apps, I can navagate into the gear manager, select apps, go into the market where the Gear apps exist and attempt to download however once they begin to install I get an error "try later" (0). All gear apps (not included in the gear manager) are not available to me. Not sure if they can be downloaded on the side as .apk's and used? I can't find any to try.
Sidenote: The BT seems to be functioning normally, I get auto detection and maintain pairing all day.
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Mine is the same exact way. Thank you for the detailed description that I was too lazy to write! Lol
Gear Manager on Note 2 & S3 without Android 4.3
t1990le said:
Mine is the same exact way. Thank you for the detailed description that I was too lazy to write! Lol
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I just picked up my Samsung Galaxy Gear this morning I own an S3 and a Note 2 but yesterday after trying in vain do download the Gear Manager app from the Samsung Apps Store from my desktop browser there it was in the search but it is only available for download through Kies. When you plug in your device, Kies asks for the Android version, won’t accept 4.3 and if you type 4.1.2 then the gear manager app disappears from the search.
I downloaded the apk from xda instead and it installed perfectly on both my devices. It turns out that the Gear and gear manager work properly with the exception of Notifications, the Weather and S-voice. With S-voice you get prompted on the gear to accept the terms of use agreement on your mobile but it does not appear on your device screen so the s-voice use on the gear does not continue. Notifications and Weather update doesn’t work but everything else does.
Cheers!
how dit you conected your gear whit note2??
mrgy05 said:
I wanted to confirm if anyone else was looking that the problems described ( ) is exactly the case for me. If you can get a .apk of the gear manager certain functions will work except for what was listed above.
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i would like to know how you got you're note 2 conected at the smartwatch
same here
With galaxy s4 same here. It has been rooted though.
Actually the gear is nothing more then a watch with phone functionality. ..
StevieG_007 said:
It turns out that the Gear and gear manager work properly with the exception of Notifications, the Weather and S-voice. With S-voice you get prompted on the gear to accept the terms of use agreement on your mobile but it does not appear on your device screen so the s-voice use on the gear does not continue. Notifications and Weather update doesn’t work but everything else does.
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yep same here - I wish we could get those 3 things to work on S4. Is there any updated apk leaks?
Note 2 + GG
I've searched every day for anything released that allows GG and Note 2 functionality (I.E. notifications weather etc) to work fully. Nothing still ... anyone else have any luck?

[APP] Gear Getter - based off Pebble Notifier - v1.2 <No More Development>

UPDATED - v1.2 removes the double messages from some apps, fixes another bug.
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
Install this on your phone, there is nothing to install on the Gear. The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility settings and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app). Also make sure you have Email notification checked in the Gear Manager.
Here are some better instructions - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47449016&postcount=119
Once you enable Accessibility you are able to setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
mhoepfin said:
I wanted a way to get other notifications to the Gear without having to run another client app on the Gear.
There is another project (ATN) that initially used the Email notification to do this. I liked this approach because it was simple, used the gear manager as the delivery mechanism, and the Email notification app on the gear which is robust enough to handle long notifications.
I reached out to Dattas Moonchaser, who wrote the popular Pebble Notifier to see if I could use his app as my base. He obliged so here it is....
The only thing you need to know is to go into Accessibility and give Gear Getter permissions (it has a big RED link for this when you launch the app).
Then setup your apps you want to receive notifications from. Couple cool things..
- There is the ability to setup filters
- Ability to setup quiet times
- There is tasker integration (I haven't messed with this)
- This reads the data from the expanded view so you should get pretty robust notifcations
- Easy on the battery
If you feel the need to donate, please do it from the app, and it will go to Dattas who would appreciate it.
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Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
Elgreco333 said:
Quick question..
I did not install anything yet but I wanted to understand this. Do we install on both the gear and the phone ?
Where does it pull information from ?
I never used the app before, I just wanted some more info before I experiment with it.
And does it require 4.3 ?
Thanks
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You only install it on the phone, there is nothing to install on the gear. It uses the built in Email notification on the gear to display the notifications.
You tell it which apps you want to receive notifications from on your gear.
This doesn't require 4.3, but the Gear Manager does (which this uses).
jawonder said:
Can you read the notifications from the gear with this ?.
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This send notifications from your phone (for the applications you select) to the gear, using the Email notification on the gear to display them.
Thanks, checking it out. I want to see if I can get Instagram notifications. I will report back.
So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail. It sounds like that's because it uses the email notification methods.
ProximaC said:
So far so good! Gmail is sending full subject and body of emails! However, when you click "Show On Device" it launches the stock email client instead of gmail.
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Great! The logic for getting the notification details is pretty battle tested so I would expect the content it sends to the gear to be pretty good and mostly match what you would see in an expanded notification on your phone.
The Show On Device I don't think I will get to be able to actually work to open the app on the phone....
Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
jawonder said:
Tried twice to install apk and it crashes my Note 3, it reboots on it's own and the apk is not installed .
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Hmm, have not seen any issues like this, and I have a Sprint Note 3. Can you try to re-download the apk?
Ok it works on my stock rom but not on roms i'm using in SafeStrap slots .
Jeshter2000 said:
Strange it doesn't do anything at my end.. I do not get any notifications. Could possibly show a short video of how it works??? Do I need to select the Email in Gear Manager .. Cause I aint getting any Noti's....
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Yes, you need Email selected in Gear Manager for it to work
Mmmm ok like ATN was in the first place??
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Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
Ok, this does not work for me. Although it is probably because I running an S4 on 4.2 so far. Waiting for the update to be online.
I'll have to wait for the update to get me to 4.3 for the gear manager to work properly. I have limited functionality still
UPDATE : Well, email does not work, only get recipients name showing, but on the other hand, texting works (using sms pro)
But everything displays double, I mean I see the text and who is from and then under s separator I see it again with just a bit smaller fonts. Don't know why, maybe a setting I need to play with ?
I am glad at least for the texts for now.
Ok strange , after i boot into stock rom and then back to rom slot i installed .
cvondra said:
Under FilterList in the settings it states Pebble. FYI.
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LOL thanks, must have missed that one... It will work for the Gear even though it says Pebble.
I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
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cherylbaker said:
I would like to point out that using this method if you use the stock browser it will talk to you and to the best of my knowledge there is no way to stop it.
Also last I knew if you were on a note 2 it will also talk when opening and closing folders and when switching home screens
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Crazy! I use Chrome so didn't notice but you are right. More research shows its a bug with Samsung. I'll switch over to the 4.3 method using the security setting in the next few days. Until then I suggest using Chrome.

Google Edition KitKat & The Galaxy Gear

I just tried a KitKat GE rom on my i9505, To my surprise the gear paired up !
You need to make sure you have the relevant gear apks in /system/app.. although it did pair up fine..
I'll give more information on this shortly.. going to verify everything works as intended.
EDIT: To my surprise, the latest version of kitkat comes preloaded with the needed gear manager files.
All that is really needed is accuweather & gear manager and your set!
EDIT 2: In saying that, its no where near stable to be used as a daily driver, random reboots & wifi connectivity issues.
Although its nice to know its being incorporated.
Hmmm...I wonder what files it needs to make notifications work. I'm getting nothing on my Nexus5 even though it is set to send them
Brendo said:
Hmmm...I wonder what files it needs to make notifications work. I'm getting nothing on my Nexus5 even though it is set to send them
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Do you have GearManagerStub.apk ?
You running kitkat or jellybean on your nexus ?
fOmey said:
Do you have GearManagerStub.apk ?
You running kitkat or jellybean on your nexus ?
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Yeah. Without that, gear manager won't open
All I get is:
Incoming
Missed
More notifications
I've ticked things, but nothing seems to come through. Going to play around with it a bit more
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Brendo said:
Yeah. Without that, gear manager won't open
All I get is:
Incoming
Missed
More notifications
I've ticked things, but nothing seems to come through. Going to play around with it a bit more
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You do get notifications from your nexus ?
If you do get notifications, what dont you recieve ?
fOmey said:
You do get notifications from your nexus ?
If you do get notifications, what dont you recieve ?
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Nah. Only phone calls and caller details. No stock contacts, notifications, logs, etc
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Brendo said:
Nah. Only phone calls and caller details. No stock contacts, notifications, logs, etc
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Oh ! I see..
If we figure out how "more notifications.." works then were set.
Have you tried connecting the gear via gear manager ? Running a logcat at the same time..
Hi, i have an HTC one with Android_Revolution_HD-One_40.2 ROM with Android 4.4 Kitkat, aso i have a Samsung Galaxy Gear with MK7 ROM.
when i install Gear Manager 1.5 i can enter into "notification menu" and select for example whatsapp to send notifiations to the watch but it seem that don't work, Gear don't showme any "extra" notification.
I installed GearManagerStub.apk also. can you help me please?
PD: Sorry for my English, i'm spanish
Brendo said:
Nah. Only phone calls and caller details. No stock contacts, notifications, logs, etc
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Hey Brendo, how did you manage to installgear manager on your nexus 5?
nitropollo said:
Hi, i have an HTC one with Android_Revolution_HD-One_40.2 ROM with Android 4.4 Kitkat, aso i have a Samsung Galaxy Gear with MK7 ROM.
when i install Gear Manager 1.5 i can enter into "notification menu" and select for example whatsapp to send notifiations to the watch but it seem that don't work, Gear don't showme any "extra" notification.
I installed GearManagerStub.apk also. can you help me please?
PD: Sorry for my English, i'm spanish
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Yes, this is the issue we are trying to resolve
mrnovanova said:
Hey Brendo, how did you manage to installgear manager on your nexus 5?
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Make sure you install gearmanagerstub (I copied to system/app and then ran it to install). Then you need to install the extra apk files separately. All downloads available in link in my sig
Brendo said:
Yes, this is the issue we are trying to resolve
Make sure you install gearmanagerstub (I copied to system/app and then ran it to install). Then you need to install the extra apk files separately. All downloads available in link in my sig
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I'm almost there. Thanks buddy. I got gm installed but it doesn't run it's idle. At least I have call the display function back. I'll try to mess with it some more tomorrow. Thanks again.
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fOmey said:
I just tried a KitKat GE rom on my i9505, To my surprise the gear paired up !
You need to make sure you have the relevant gear apks in /system/app.. although it did pair up fine..
I'll give more information on this shortly.. going to verify everything works as intended.
EDIT: To my surprise, the latest version of kitkat comes preloaded with the needed gear manager files.
All that is really needed is accuweather & gear manager and your set!
EDIT 2: In saying that, its no where near stable to be used as a daily driver, random reboots & wifi connectivity issues.
Although its nice to know its being incorporated.
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Does Everything work? Contacts? dialer etc? Whats the problem with stability? Is it due to the 4.4 ROM you are using or with the gear mangaer? I got a real S4 GE edition and wourld love to have the Gear
For any one in the future going through what I did: YOU NEED THE STUPID " GearManagerStub.apk " for watch to work!!! OMFG what a waste of time to get this working!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47681531&postcount=3
fOmey said:
I just tried a KitKat GE rom on my i9505, To my surprise the gear paired up !
You need to make sure you have the relevant gear apks in /system/app.. although it did pair up fine..
I'll give more information on this shortly.. going to verify everything works as intended.
EDIT: To my surprise, the latest version of kitkat comes preloaded with the needed gear manager files.
All that is really needed is accuweather & gear manager and your set!
EDIT 2: In saying that, its no where near stable to be used as a daily driver, random reboots & wifi connectivity issues.
Although its nice to know its being incorporated.
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I was able to get Gear Manager automatically installed on my i9505g as well using the NFC bump.
It seems none of the notifications work other than phone calls. I can't get Gmail or Hangouts to notify the GG. Have you had any luck with this? I was able to enable those notifications in Gear Manager, they just don't work.
Anyone tried it with the recent 4.2.2 update?
ksujace said:
I was able to get Gear Manager automatically installed on my i9505g as well using the NFC bump.
It seems none of the notifications work other than phone calls. I can't get Gmail or Hangouts to notify the GG. Have you had any luck with this? I was able to enable those notifications in Gear Manager, they just don't work.
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+1 same here
Deleted wrong thread
Strangely I'm having more trouble installing the Samsung App Store on the GPE rom than Gear Manager. It keeps coming back as app not installed.
This thread has some more info about getting the Samsung App store working with GPE devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593004
daclothe said:
This thread has some more info about getting the Samsung App store working with GPE devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593004
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Samsung GPE devices dont need this, they contain touchwiz frameworks..
As per the notifications working, I recently tried to get them working although did not have any luck doing so..
It seems not all the APK's are being installed, media controller provider APK is not installing.. I havnt figured out why !
Also it seems that the services gear manager uses are not starting, may be due to all the initial APK's not being installed I assume..
I believe if we can get all the APK's that gear manager initially installs completed successfully, it will trigger the services to start.

[GUIDE] Incredible Battery life with tizen and non samsung phone

Here my guide for an incredible battery life with gear 1 updated to tizen and my LG G3. For incredible i mean about 10 - 15 % for day( not an heavy use and motion feature disabled), always connected with all notification ON ( whatsapp, hangouts, gmail....) :
1- uninstall gear manager with all related apks and reboot;
2- install this gear manager;
3- pair the watch with your phone and check that all works correctly;
4- uninstall goprovider and install this
5- re-enable the notication access in phone settings;
that's all.... i also installed this app that works very well and gave me some custom watchfaces...
With the above configuration i have a really good battery drain... always connected i lose about 1% - 2% max for all night.
credits to @mpogr for the modded goprovider...
Skin1980 said:
Here my guide for an incredible battery life with gear 1 updated to tizen and my LG G3. For incredible i mean about 10 - 15 % for day( not an heavy use and motion feature disabled), always connected with all notification ON ( whatsapp, hangouts, gmail....) :
1- uninstall gear manager with all related apks and reboot;
2- install this gear manager;
3- pair the watch with your phone and check that all works correctly;
4- uninstall goprovider and install this
5- re-enable the notication access in phone settings;
that's all.... i also installed this app that works very well and gave me some custom watchfaces...
With the above configuration i have a really good battery drain... always connected i lose about 1% - 2% max for all night.
credits to @mpogr for the modded goprovider...
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I am also using gear and lg g3 but notifications not working.
i have installed atn manager but still not working
do you use atn manager or not
micko83 said:
I am also using gear and lg g3 but notifications not working.
i have installed atn manager but still not working
do you use atn manager or not
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Like i said i updated my gear to tizen... If u do that the notification will work out of the box.
With null i used atn and worked but the stock notification system is a way better IMHO. This is the reason why i decided to update to tizen
Skin1980 said:
Like i said i updated my gear to tizen... If u do that the notification will work out of the box.
With null i used atn and worked but the stock notification system is a way better IMHO. This is the reason why i decided to update to tizen
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so I updated my gear to tizen and install everything like you said. The notification is working delayed i dont understand how to find and install tizen apps or clocks on our lg g3
I'm going to try this with a custom rom for my Note 3.
And how are working the calls ?
For example if you answer with your phone, does the speaker switch on the Gear or not ?
This happened with non TW Android roms and it is so annoying...
Does it work on cyanogen?
masterbox said:
And how are working the calls ?
For example if you answer with your phone, does the speaker switch on the Gear or not ?
This happened with non TW Android roms and it is so annoying...
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Yes this happen... Very annoying and weird...
1lbert said:
Does it work on cyanogen?
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Didnt try... But i supposed it will works
Thanks man this works perfectly!
Thanks
Thanks i will try it later with miui Rom and i will post the results,
GREAT!!
Nexus 4 working
i've got this all installed and setup exactly as you show. i have tizen and the gear manager you do. the phone and watch are all connected but when i go to gear manager i only get the option for phone as notifications. there are no other options. any ideas?
I'm thinking I'm messing up step 5.
I assumed I go to
1. Gear manager
2. Notification
3. Gives me the apps compatible
But there's nothing there
×××××××××××××××××××××
Found it.
1. Settings
2. General
3. Security
4. Notification access
bloodylipp said:
i've got this all installed and setup exactly as you show. i have tizen and the gear manager you do. the phone and watch are all connected but when i go to gear manager i only get the option for phone as notifications. there are no other options. any ideas?
I'm thinking I'm messing up step 5.
I assumed I go to
1. Gear manager
2. Notification
3. Gives me the apps compatible
But there's nothing there
×××××××××××××××××××××
Found it.
1. Settings
2. General
3. Security
4. Notification access
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Sorry didn't see early
thanks 20% aprox for full day motion off , light 2 and all notifications on with display off on notifications, have Razr Maxx XT910 With CM11
thanks a lot
Thankyouuuuu
Curious. Since I know you have a g3 as well. Have you found anyway for the gear to still work without having bt voice on. I have a bt headset that I can't use unless I turn off my gear. Really annoying.
watch faces
Hello,
I have an LG G2 and i am waiting for my Gear 1 to arrive. I am curious as to MultiWatch or WatchStyler will work with my G2 as i want to install more watchfaces from www.gearfaces.com ?
Hello,
This works very well!
On a different note, has anyone had any luck installing apps on their Gear with Tizen? If so, I'd love to know how. I mean, at least I am unable to use samsung apps on my Nexus 5.
/Qverk
bloodylipp said:
Curious. Since I know you have a g3 as well. Have you found anyway for the gear to still work without having bt voice on. I have a bt headset that I can't use unless I turn off my gear. Really annoying.
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Nope for now... Sorry

Lost S Health 3.5.1 - help!

A few days back my watch (Neo) stopped synching with S Health (long after updating the app and Gear Manager) - it just happened out of the blue. No reboots were able to fix this so I thought (yeah, should have known Samsung better) that if I reinstall S Health it might work again. BTW: all other sync activities DO work between the watch and my Note 3.
Lo and behold, after "Uninstalling app updates" I found myself stuck with S Health 2.5 (pre- Gear 2) and definitely NO way to sync as it takes me to a page to "update your Gear Manager to a new version" - which I already have.
Needless to say that S health reports "This is the most recent version" when I try to force an update. The app is NOWHERE to be found on their market. I tried the old "fitness" app (superseded by S Health later) and that doesn't work either for an update.
Last but not least I did try to unpair and pair again...no luck. I didn't factory default the watch as the problem is clearly on the phone side.
I started reading that this synchronization has been reported as broken by many....wonder how many here have the issue (pedometer, sleep, etc)?
Second...can a merciful soul upload S Health 3.5.1 maybe I can sideload it to my phone? Cheers!
/RANT: no wonder Apple is eating Samsung's lunch (even at home in SK) as I have not seen such a clusterf... of apps not working/pulled from market, updates that never arrive, etc. Bad, bad customer experience....100% disappointed with Samsung.
wipe the slate clean...and go on hating Samsung
Sort of fixed it...
Installed the 3.1 S Health version from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750381&highlight=s+health&page=2
That was NOT synching either...so I thought I need to bite the bullet and wipe clean all the data from the watch and Gear Manager....that DID IT.
Super painful as I had a ton of apps and customizations and my life is better spent having fun rather than fiddling with the phone and watch, but ...that only makes me swear I will ditch Samsung next time around.
Hope this helps someone...someday
/EDIT Ok, that effing didn't last. Not only I lost most of my watch apps (how the [email protected] do I get them back when I cannot uninstall/re-install them ) including Watch Styler.
And the pedometer claims to sync but now it doesn't transfer any data.
[email protected] you Samsung.
Just in case....mind posting a 3.5 S Health if you have it?
Thanks
Ipse_Tase said:
Just in case....mind posting a 3.5 S Health if you have it?Thanks
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Well I suppose I have to thank myself. How I got S Health 3.5.5 back:
1. uninstalled Galaxy Apps update (back to ROm original version)
2. uninstalled any S Health updates
3. Allowed Galaxy Apps update
4. In my "Purchased" apps I found now thta S Health shows up and indicates an update is available
5. Forced the update and had to reconfigure my profile (lost all data) despite having a backup.
Hope this helps someone else fighting this horrible app.
Do you still have the synchronizing issue with S-Health? I cannot synchronize since the last update. Nobody seems to have this issue on this forum, but in France I know that a lot of people have this problem.
Thanks
bricedino said:
Do you still have the synchronizing issue with S-Health? I cannot synchronize since the last update. Nobody seems to have this issue on this forum, but in France I know that a lot of people have this problem.
Thanks
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Not yet...seems to be working after this last stint. Fingers crossed.
Ipse_Tase said:
Not yet...seems to be working after this last stint. Fingers crossed.
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When u have a problem like this...all you need to do is to unpair and pair you gear again..
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trettet said:
When u have a problem like this...all you need to do is to unpair and pair you gear again..
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You can probably imagine if that worked I would not have gone through the trouble of uninstalling and installing both apps. So NO, your suggestion was tried and did NOT fix my problem. Might work in other cases...
Just tested all the steps in this thread and my sync is still broken, nothing goes to S Health. Also in Gear Manager is I click the gear icon the option to sync is grayed out.
r0ot5 said:
Just tested all the steps in this thread and my sync is still broken, nothing goes to S Health. Also in Gear Manager is I click the gear icon the option to sync is grayed out.
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So you uninstalled S Health (downgrade to default) and uninstalled Gear manager, then re-installed both and still grayed out? Then I'm out of ideas...as I'm not crazy to suggest a factory default
r0ot5 said:
Just tested all the steps in this thread and my sync is still broken, nothing goes to S Health. Also in Gear Manager is I click the gear icon the option to sync is grayed out.
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I had a similar issue after my S5 was upgraded to Lollipop. Turns out, I missed an Gear Manager upgrade along the way. Upgraded to the latest Gear Manager and that seemed to work. Now there is a firmware upgrade for the Gear 2 Neo that seems to make it work even better. Latest software: Gear 2 Neo - R381XXU0BOA2, Gear Manager - 2.2.15011799. S Health - 3.5.5.0036. I am not rooted
kbboykin said:
Now there is a firmware upgrade for the Gear 2 Neo that seems to make it work even better. Latest software: Gear 2 Neo - R381XXU0BOA2, Gear Manager - 2.2.15011799. S Health - 3.5.5.0036. I am not rooted
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Wait until Gear Manager updates again @2.2.15022599...that POS broke AGAIN the sync with S Health. So tired of this sh!t.
S Health doesn't support non-english sync to samsung account
Are you guys by any change using another language than English as your phones language?
I've been struggling with syncing S Health to my Samsung account for.. "forever".
But the log file in /android/data/com.sec.android.shealth/files/logs/*.* gave me a little clue..
2015-04-04 04:16:35, com.sec.android.app.shealth.settings.samsungAccount.BackupActivity 219line : startBackup()
2015-04-04 04:16:36, com.sec.android.service.health.cp.serversync.syncadapter.HealthThreadExec$1 -1line : onExceptionReceived : 2 | 20003 | com.sec.android.service.health.connectionmanager2.NetException: {"resource":"EC-E-codeCheck","message":"Requested parameter [languageCode:nob] is undefined value.","code":"PLF_4513","httpStatus":400,"requestId":"40386929-380e-47ab-9894-a2d2ff758a21"} | null
2015-04-04 04:16:36, com.sec.android.app.shealth.settings.samsungAccount.BackupActivity 376line : stopBackup()
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I started searching trough the smali code to find out more about "Requested parameter [languageCode:nob] is undefined value."
Suddenly I thought "am I just making this more difficult than it is? I'll start by changing the language of the phone to English!"
And badabing.. suddenly S Health for the first time was syncing with my Samsung account... (attachment)
since many of the class call use langcode it wouldn't surprise me if missing langcodes could be a fundamental flaw in the S Health app design.
MartiniGM said:
Are you guys by any change using another language than English as your phones language?
I've been struggling with syncing S Health to my Samsung account for.. "forever".
But the log file in /android/data/com.sec.android.shealth/files/logs/*.* gave me a little clue..
I started searching trough the smali code to find out more about "Requested parameter [languageCode:nob] is undefined value."
Suddenly I thought "am I just making this more difficult than it is? I'll start by changing the language of the phone to English!"
And badabing.. suddenly S Health for the first time was syncing with my Samsung account... (attachment)
since many of the class call use langcode it wouldn't surprise me if missing langcodes could be a fundamental flaw in the S Health app design.
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I have this issue and I'm using English on my phone
trainerKEN said:
I have this issue and I'm using English on my phone
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Mine is English too...always was. BUT...that being said, after the steps I listed above, sync seems to be working fine (knock on wood).
Samsung being Samsung, despite NOT having a scheduled sync set up, I do get a midnight notification "Please open the mobile app and set up a user profile" if no manual sync was done that day. Makes ZERO sense, as I do (obviously) have a profile and why on Earth would it tell me to open the "S Health mobile app" on the phone itself...it's not like I have one on the watch too. Semantics...

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