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Galaxy Gear connect TEST, HTC ONE/GG/custom ROMs

After reading xda member "Clifford's" find that his ONE connected to his GEAR with almost full functionality (thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468522) I had to do some investigations. S-voice, according to him, was the only feature that failed to function, even after installing s-voice. For you knowledge, his phone is running OMJ's 4.1.2 ROM, its not stock.
Test phone: AT&T HTC ONE (unlocked)
The following are the Roms I have tried and their outcome was exactly the same:
Gear manager.apk: first part of install completes. however, none of the 19 additional files install... not does the installer stop trying to complete
Galaxy Gear: Connects to phone for code verification, once code is confirmed, phone/device disconnect. the error is device exception.
ROMs
CM 10.1.3
Android Rev 22.0
Android Rev GE 4.0
CleanRom 5.0
CleanRom 6.0
Maximus HD 14.0
Maximus7 2.0.0
TrickDroid 8.0.0
ViperOne 2.1.0
So, needless to say, I was not only skeptical about the previous xda member's findings...I was frustrated.
So I got on the horn with some of my Dev friends and we found:
RayGlobe 8.0
HOLY S*#T! Gear installed along with the additional files. Now for the real test............(drum roll please)
Samsung Galaxy Gear paired with an HTC ONE!!!!!
Functionality:
All call functions work. Send, receive, deny, speaker/mic, end call, etc
Notifications work, but are slow
Can change watch faces
Find my gear/phone works
Not functioning (so far, will play more tomorrow):
Weather
S-voice
Media player
Gear manager is 50% functional. S-apps begins to load, but fails. Pressing on the settings button crashes GM (does restart/reconnect)
So, "I think", Sammy is intentionally keeping this device in the S-ecosystem. Why, you ask? ...............good question.........Sammy?
I am hoping with the above information, devs can work on how we can make this at least 80%-90% functional...?

Thanks for the information
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I take it this is the same for nexus 4 device, not compatible with gear manager
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mghtymse007 said:
S-apps begins to load, but fails. Pressing on the settings button crashes GM (does restart/reconnect)
So, "I think", Sammy is intentionally keeping this device in the S-ecosystem. Why, you ask? ...............good question.........Sammy?
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The Gear acts as a BT headset and in most cases is just relaying info from the host apps of the (Samsung) phone it's paired with. You'll never get the Gear to work (properly) with a HTC phone for the same reason TW won't run (properly) on a HTC phone. Or Sense on a Samsung phone for that matter. HTC and Samsung's proprietary frameworks run too deep. And the Gear won't work on Samsung phones running AOSP for the same reason. S Voice on the Gear is so tightly interwoven with S Voice on the phone you can't clear data or disable it on the latter once the phone is paired with a Gear. And S Voice requires a network connection to work and the server does a device ID check so even if someone ports S Voice to an HTC phone the server will deny it access.

mghtymse007 said:
After reading xda member "Clifford's" find that his ONE connected to his GEAR with almost full functionality (thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468522) I had to do some investigations. S-voice, according to him, was the only feature that failed to function, even after installing s-voice. For you knowledge, his phone is running OMJ's 4.1.2 ROM, its not stock.
Test phone: AT&T HTC ONE (unlocked)
The following are the Roms I have tried and their outcome was exactly the same:
Gear manager.apk: first part of install completes. however, none of the 19 additional files install... not does the installer stop trying to complete
Galaxy Gear: Connects to phone for code verification, once code is confirmed, phone/device disconnect. the error is device exception.
ROMs
CM 10.1.3
Android Rev 22.0
Android Rev GE 4.0
CleanRom 5.0
CleanRom 6.0
Maximus HD 14.0
Maximus7 2.0.0
TrickDroid 8.0.0
ViperOne 2.1.0
So, needless to say, I was not only skeptical about the previous xda member's findings...I was frustrated.
So I got on the horn with some of my Dev friends and we found:
RayGlobe 8.0
HOLY S*#T! Gear installed along with the additional files. Now for the real test............(drum roll please)
Samsung Galaxy Gear paired with an HTC ONE!!!!!
Functionality:
All call functions work. Send, receive, deny, speaker/mic, end call, etc
Notifications work, but are slow
Can change watch faces
Find my gear/phone works
Not functioning (so far, will play more tomorrow):
Weather
S-voice
Media player
Gear manager is 50% functional. S-apps begins to load, but fails. Pressing on the settings button crashes GM (does restart/reconnect)
So, "I think", Sammy is intentionally keeping this device in the S-ecosystem. Why, you ask? ...............good question.........Sammy?
I am hoping with the above information, devs can work on how we can make this at least 80%-90% functional...?
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Thank you very much sir! Great job!
Please keep investgating the s-voice functionality. There is at least one s-voice clieng apk (from the S3, i think) that DOES work with HTC One. Can you check?
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And a quck questin i forgot to ask earlier. Did you try with any 4.3 ROMs?

Continued investigations GGW/HTC ONE
gidi said:
Thank you very much sir! Great job!
Please keep investgating the s-voice functionality. There is at least one s-voice clieng apk (from the S3, i think) that DOES work with HTC One. Can you check?
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And a quck questin i forgot to ask earlier. Did you try with any 4.3 ROMs?
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Thanks for the thanks!
Most of the above roms are 4.3. However, this seems to make no difference as I have now confirmed functionality on 4.1.2, 4.2.2 and 4.3.
The most stable rom, so far, is TrickDroid 8.0. Pretty much exactly the same r result as RayGlobe. Calls can be answered /rejected, speaker /mic are working (however, two ppl have complained about quality of my voice), call log works perfect, as does the contacts app. Find my gear /phone also works without a hitch.
I have tried multiple different ways to get s-voice to work. A couple of the roms have s-voice already built in. RayGlobe was the better rom in this respect... S-voice would run it evoked from the watch, but then went to "must agree to terms..." error (I had already agreed). But if you pressed the SV key on the phone, the watch mic takes the input.
Biggest issue... Last night when I very first got the gear.apk to install on the RayGlobe rom, I received an Gmail which was notified by the watch. Since then, I have yet to receive any notification, text/email/FB/twot etc on any rom.
The "settings" section of the Gear Manger is completely unusable. Every time I try to open settings, GM goes to black screen and crashes. My apps is pretty much the same.
All in all, I really don't care about s-voice... It would be nice to link it to G-now!?!? But if I can get the notification part working, and maybe figure out how to clean up the watch's microphone output... I would be happy.

mghtymse007 said:
Thanks for the thanks!
Most of the above roms are 4.3. However, this seems to make no difference as I have now confirmed functionality on 4.1.2, 4.2.2 and 4.3.
The most stable rom, so far, is TrickDroid 8.0. Pretty much exactly the same r result as RayGlobe. Calls can be answered /rejected, speaker /mic are working (however, two ppl have complained about quality of my voice), call log works perfect, as does the contacts app. Find my gear /phone also works without a hitch.
I have tried multiple different ways to get s-voice to work. A couple of the roms have s-voice already built in. RayGlobe was the better rom in this respect... S-voice would run it evoked from the watch, but then went to "must agree to terms..." error (I had already agreed). But if you pressed the SV key on the phone, the watch mic takes the input.
Biggest issue... Last night when I very first got the gear.apk to install on the RayGlobe rom, I received an Gmail which was notified by the watch. Since then, I have yet to receive any notification, text/email/FB/twot etc on any rom.
The "settings" section of the Gear Manger is completely unusable. Every time I try to open settings, GM goes to black screen and crashes. My apps is pretty much the same.
All in all, I really don't care about s-voice... It would be nice to link it to G-now!?!? But if I can get the notification part working, and maybe figure out how to clean up the watch's microphone output... I would be happy.
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Thankmyou very mch for the detailed info. I really want the Gear but do not lole the idea of exchanging mynHTC One for a Galaxy soething.
Your feedback is well appreciated.

Cold day in...
gidi said:
Thankmyou very mch for the detailed info. I really want the Gear but do not lole the idea of exchanging mynHTC One for a Galaxy soething.
Your feedback is well appreciated.
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LOL!!! I agree! The day I trade my HTC for a Samsung... Margaritas will be served in hell!
Cheers

Hey man glad you could confirm my results .
Sent from my HTCONE using xda app-developers app

yeah! me too!
clifford said:
Hey man glad you could confirm my results .
Sent from my HTCONE using xda app-developers app
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clifford said:
Hey man glad you could confirm my results .
Sent from my HTCONE using xda app-developers app
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Dude! I was so close to giving up... After 14 installs, bricking my phone twice and wasting my entire day... I had enuf! Just then I got a text from a dev friend who listened to me rant and ***** about Samsung's management! (Seems to be a common discussion these days, hmmm) but, nonetheless, I felt better.
It wasnt long after that we found RayGlobe 8.0.
BTW, I don't have a Sprint phone that I can test with... Maybe u can answer these questions...
1 do you have ANY of the notification functions working?
2. Can you control your media player?
3 have to used it to make calls as a speaker phone? Do people complain of voice quality?
4. Can use Gear Manager's "settings" and/or "my apps"?
Thanx,
MM007

No notification function..
Yes I could control my musuc from the watch
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No sms notifications.
Yes you can control media
Yes I make calls almost exclusively from my gear
And I use the gear manager .. some times it force closes ..
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Any updates on this? Any progress?

This is great, although we need to try identify and isolate what exactly allows the gear to pair up on certain roms and why it doesnt on others.
If its simply a matter of the APK's the gear manager is requesting to install, We could simply install those manually iv managed to extract them from the gear manager apk if anyone is interested in trying.
We all realize that the touchwiz dependent features will require touchwiz obviously, in saying that tho theres no reason why they cant be replaced with third party applications in the future.

still working...
fOmey said:
This is great, although we need to try identify and isolate what exactly allows the gear to pair up on certain roms and why it doesnt on others.
If its simply a matter of the APK's the gear manager is requesting to install, We could simply install those manually iv managed to extract them from the gear manager apk if anyone is interested in trying.
We all realize that the touchwiz dependent features will require touchwiz obviously, in saying that tho theres no reason why they cant be replaced with third party applications in the future.
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So far I seem to have some notifications and s-voice working as long as the screen is on. Will not wake phone for entry. Getting closer but I think I could really use a seasoned Dev to get these APIs to link and function consistently

Someone please...Need N3/Gear apk's...!!!
mghtymse007 said:
So far I seem to have some notifications and s-voice working as long as the screen is on. Will not wake phone for entry. Getting closer but I think I could really use a seasoned Dev to get these APIs to link and function consistently
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Does anyone know any of the devs from RayGlobe? This is the only rom I getting this error, "Need to agree to T&C". When you install the sv.apk, whether you run from phone or watch the first time, no T&C request.
I wonder if that is added back in, this ONE rom could work. This rom has shown the most functionality potential so far.
However, I am worried about the notifications. Very inconsistent. No one has yet to come up with any ideas. i have pretty much converted a ONE into an S3 with the apks installed. Weird using touch-wiz on an HTC.
I don't have access to a note 3. Here's my thought, can someone who has an N3 create a DL of the apks that gear attaches itself to. Mainly the notifications, s-voice, and weather. PLEASE.... Would really be a big help.

Guinea Pigs
gidi said:
Thankmyou very mch for the detailed info. I really want the Gear but do not lole the idea of exchanging mynHTC One for a Galaxy soething.
Your feedback is well appreciated.
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If anyone wants to help Guinea Pig it up, i have gotten 70% functionality on a non-rooted, non-unlocked bootloader htc One. So help me help you? lol
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mghtymse007 said:
Does anyone know any of the devs from RayGlobe? This is the only rom I getting this error, "Need to agree to T&C". When you install the sv.apk, whether you run from phone or watch the first time, no T&C request.
I wonder if that is added back in, this ONE rom could work. This rom has shown the most functionality potential so far.
However, I am worried about the notifications. Very inconsistent. No one has yet to come up with any ideas. i have pretty much converted a ONE into an S3 with the apks installed. Weird using touch-wiz on an HTC.
I don't have access to a note 3. Here's my thought, can someone who has an N3 create a DL of the apks that gear attaches itself to. Mainly the notifications, s-voice, and weather. PLEASE.... Would really be a big help.
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I have access to all of these. I put them all on my htc One but they reference the wrong directory so notifications etc dont work. i need someone who can unpack, re-write, and repack some bits of the apks.

[Q&A] [ROM] TizenMod 3.0 by Skin1980

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Cannot pair Gear 2 neo with my phone
Hi, I just JB my gear 2 neo. The jailbreak went out OK, the problem is that when I try to pair it with the phone, cause it wont pair, my gear 2 neo is just stuck in the "Selct device on gear manager" window and my phone is stuck at the "connecting to gear" window. Now, this phone is a chinese one running kit kat 4.4.2 and it's temporary (I'm getting an LG G3 soon). I was wondering if that issue is caused by my phone model (solone SL-SA5) or if I did something wrong.

LocoMoko said:
Hi, I just JB my gear 2 neo. The jailbreak went out OK, the problem is that when I try to pair it with the phone, cause it wont pair, my gear 2 neo is just stuck in the "Selct device on gear manager" window and my phone is stuck at the "connecting to gear" window. Now, this phone is a chinese one running kit kat 4.4.2 and it's temporary (I'm getting an LG G3 soon). I was wondering if that issue is caused by my phone model (solone SL-SA5) or if I did something wrong.
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Do you have use phone audio ticked in your phones Bluetooth settings
IF SOMEONE HELPS YOU. OR YOU USE THEIR WORK. DONT BE LAZY. HIT THE "THANKS" BUTTON.

gav83collins said:
Do you have use phone audio ticked in your phones Bluetooth settings
IF SOMEONE HELPS YOU. OR YOU USE THEIR WORK. DONT BE LAZY. HIT THE "THANKS" BUTTON.
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Thank you for replying. Well, actually, it's ticked. Turns out it is paired with my phone but can't get synchronized with the gear manager. Let me explain myself: My gear shows as linked in my bluetooth seetings on my phone. The audio thingy is ticked, but when I start the gear manager and I try to synchronize it, my phone supposedly starts syncing but the gear beeps twice and it won't sync, it wouldn't do anything. Anyway, I'm buying an LG G3 soon and I'm giving away this one to my father, but still I'd like to be able to synch it with that phone in case I decide to give my dad my gear 2 in the future.

LocoMoko said:
Thank you for replying. Well, actually, it's ticked. Turns out it is paired with my phone but can't get synchronized with the gear manager. Let me explain myself: My gear shows as linked in my bluetooth seetings on my phone. The audio thingy is ticked, but when I start the gear manager and I try to synchronize it, my phone supposedly starts syncing but the gear beeps twice and it won't sync, it wouldn't do anything. Anyway, I'm buying an LG G3 soon and I'm giving away this one to my father, but still I'd like to be able to synch it with that phone in case I decide to give my dad my gear 2 in the future.
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Just jeep trying. Clear data in gear manager. Unpair from your phone. And then open Gear manager. And try pairing from there
IF SOMEONE HELPS YOU. OR YOU USE THEIR WORK. DONT BE LAZY. HIT THE "THANKS" BUTTON.

gav83collins said:
Just jeep trying. Clear data in gear manager. Unpair from your phone. And then open Gear manager. And try pairing from there
IF SOMEONE HELPS YOU. OR YOU USE THEIR WORK. DONT BE LAZY. HIT THE "THANKS" BUTTON.
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Thank you my friend, I'll just keep trying. I bought the LG G3 I told you before and it works just fine there, so I'll keep trying later on the other phone. Greetings.
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I installed the latest gear manager available in this forum, but I can't seem to find the multimedia control. IDK if it has to do with my phone model (LG G3) Or just the gear manager version I installed. Does anyone have info bout this issue?

Having exactly the same issue.
Did you ever manage to get Gear Manager to connect?

install apps
I still don't fully understand how to install apps on my Gear 2 Neo. I got the new ROM installed but how do I install the modded apps on the device now thanks

helix512 said:
I still don't fully understand how to install apps on my Gear 2 Neo. I got the new ROM installed but how do I install the modded apps on the device now thanks
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Modded apps. Are installed via your phone. And pushed through gear manager as an apk

Has there been any discussion on doing a cosmetic overhaul in the rom, such as replacing the icons for pedometer, messages, etc? The basic icons on the fit look okay, but for something larger as this watch, it would be nice to see something colorful and more stylish. Especially if people are using the watch styler app to try and get a premium feeling look watch face. Thanks for everything you have done!

Gear 2 Neo with LG G2
Hi, I got my new Gear 2 Neo over the black friday weekend ... I'm using it with my LG G2 and it works good for the most part.. I'm using the Gear Manager APK version 2.1.14062401
installed on my phone.
Following works fine:
All notifications (Email, SMS, Whatsapp, GMAIL etc)
All the stock apps like pedometer, exercise, sleep, heart rate etc..
Dialer (dialing out and answering calls)
Clock
what doesn't work:
Alarm
Weather updates
Answering to texts (I understand this wouldn't work anyway)
Sync with S-health (or any health app)
My question is 1) Does upgrading to Tizen 3.0 mod fix any of the issues that isn't working on my phone ?
2) I don't care about alarm or weather updates, but the Gear 2 Neo doesn't provide too much info on steps/exercise or Sleep.. Does the tizen mod address this issue? Can we sync with S-health or any other health app from non-samsung phones..??
I'm asking this purely because if the new mod doesnt address my issues, I wouldn't bother upgrading it (as I'm worried I might brick it)... Please advise.. Thanks

woodykr said:
I installed this rom but I no longer have the camera app ......... why?
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This thread is for the Gear 2 Neo, which does not have a camera. I believe the dev has another thread for the Gear 2 with the camera. You should probably use/install that one and hopefully it fixes your problem.

Hello, I have a problem. I'm use Tizen themes in there. But i don't like that. How can I restore icon to the origin icon?
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Hello, I have a problem. I'm use Tizen themes in there. But i don't like that. How can I restore icon to the origin icon?

Hey guys im usig an note 4 based rom on my i9300 , S-voice doesnt seem to reconize any speach in any lenguage , it does work on the phone but not on my gear2 neo , any way to fix this ?
Is there any way to install any apk file on the gear 2 neo ?
Thank u
sent from my s3 i9300

watch doesnt synce the time with i997
after the flash with orbin i tried to connect it with my i997 and it does connect but nothing is working except phone call, and the main thing that i want to make it possible is to change time and date but it doesnt sync with my i997 so what should i do?? Thank

hi i have the gear 2 neo on my htc one m8. i also have s voice on my htc and it works good. what i want to know is why i dont have s voice on the watch which sucks. so does anyone out there know how i can get s voice
Edit: so i got s voice to show up on the watch now and i again have s voice on my phone. but the s voice on the watch doesnt recognize the one on the phone. is there anyway to fix this part. i want to try to put the s voice switch app to see if i can get it to work like on the s5
Edit: S voice basically works on the watch. it just doesnt want to text don't know why.

What version of s voice do you have ? Mine dont recognize a single word any one knows why ? Im on tw based rom
sent from my s3 i9300

Root device - lost Call's logs sync
everything else is fine.
R380XXUOBNE5 + Note 4 N910C 4.4.4 N910CXXU1ANL2 (Samsung Gear #2.2.15011799)
when I try to see the Logs - just spinning circle and "Syncing..."
That looks really strange cause all sync's - Ok. Contacts & Pictures, health app - Ok.
SMS, calls, emails, FB - notification - Ok...
Any Idea?

I flashed it on NL2. Everything is okay, but I cant connect my device. It says unsupported Device. Im using Gear Manager and Gear Manager Stub. My Device if LG L70 Dual
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thanks a lot
thanks a lot ,I will have a Gear 2 Neo, It is usefull.

Galaxy Gear and Galaxy S6 - No Notifications

Hello Internets, new poster here.
After many hours of trawling through the internet and coming up short I thought I'd register here and see if I can't get to the bottom of my issue. I have a Galaxy S6, and a friend is lending me his Galaxy Gear original as he doesn't have much use for it anymore (switched to a Nokia running Windows). It's been fun to have and play around with, apart from one small problem; no notifications aside from SMS'. None whatsoever. I've gone through the gear manager and ticked every box for every notification setting and still I get nothing apart from texts and calls. Does anyone know why this is and how I should go about fixing it? I'm aware that it's an older device, but I see no reason why I should have these problems, its a watch DESIGNED for Galaxy Smartphones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

I should also mention that my phone is running Android 5.1.1 and the Gear is running V700XXUBNC1.
Coincidentally, I might put this forward, am I better off trying to flash Tizen? I've seen a couple videos on it, and it seems far far better than the Android software.

Hello,
I have a Galaxy j5 device (also a 5.1.1) and was also wondering if it will work with my gear1, did it work for you on your S6 ? Did you stay on android or switched to tizen, and which gear manager did you use, the one in the Galaxy App Store ?
Thanks

pavlos46 said:
Hello,
I have a Galaxy j5 device (also a 5.1.1) and was also wondering if it will work with my gear1, did it work for you on your S6 ? Did you stay on android or switched to tizen, and which gear manager did you use, the one in the Galaxy App Store ?
Thanks
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I still don't get notifications for anything but SMS, but it "functions" with me S6 fine I suppose. I've kept everything stock android so far, and the gear manager I'm using came pre-installed on the S6.

On my J5 I can download the latest Galaxy Gear app from the Galaxy store and it works but don't know if it will pair with gear 1, will be getting it next week, for sure the google play Galaxy gear app only supports the s2 and doesn't work on 5.1.1.
Also if I remember well for notifications to work on 5.1.1 the is an option in settings that needs to be flipped.

Notification access
Try enabling notification access in settings-security

Galaxy gear first version with null 5 trying to connect to samsung note 5
I have the original gear working on my note 3. It has a null rom. I just purchased a note 5 and will not connect. Any suggestions?

RobobBob said:
Try enabling notification access in settings-security
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Dont see that option in my security settings on my s5

RobobBob said:
Try enabling notification access in settings-security
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Thank you Sir! Worked like a charm and after enabling I have all the notifications I desire!

Gear S3 with MI Mix

Has anyone tried Samsung Gear S3 (Frontier if it matters) with Mi Mix? how was your experience? i'm thinking of getting an Gear S3 Frontier but i want to make sure it works properly. The reason i'm asking is that i've had some problems receiving notifications on my Moto 360 with android wear. i'm wondering if the same applies to the Gear software/watch aswell. i'm using Fenix 3 with Garmin Connect atm and haven't had any problems. Thanks in advance

The notifications etc come through fine when using the Gear S3 with the Mi Mix. The problem you will have is the Gear Manager app doesn't work correctly do you won't be able to install new watch faces our new apps on your Gear S3. All the pre-installed apps work fine.
Sent from my MIX using Tapatalk

I've been using the Mi mix with the Gear S3 for about a month now. Notifications work fine for the most part including whatsapp and other 3rd party app notifications. A couple of things to keep in mind are that as mrjubei72 mentioned the app store will not load apps so you cannot download any additional apps or watch faces and can only use what came by default with the watch. I started with a vendor rom tried the Global stable china rom and now I'm on the EU rom and have this issue on all roms regardless of root status. Another minor problem is that you cannot browse your phone's music library through the music app on the S3. It shows you whats currently playing and gives you the usual volume skip/repeat controls etc but wont let you browse other artists and chose a different song. The S3 music app widget does however show now playing on youtube and soundcloud which is handy. The last issue I've encountered is that unless you set up all 3 gear apps to be allowed to run in the background on MIUI it will keep disconnecting from the watch. This can easily be solved by tinkering around with the permissions and power saving settings on the Mix.
Besides the limitations while using it with the Mi Mix the Gear S3 is a fantastic watch. S health can be downloaded and works great to track activity. The battery life is phenomenal will get through almost 2 full days with the screen always on and on high brightness. The included watch faces are excellent and the Tizen interface along with the rotating bezel make it a pleasure to use. If you're considering it I'd definitely suggest getting the watch you will not regret it. As far as the app store problems we're hoping they will be solved with the official Global rom when it is released but I wouldn't count on it.

I am using the Gear S3 with my Mi Mix and I don't have any problems. I was also able to download apps, but now it looks like the samsung store won't open...
But, I am encountering a real problem (due to the Mi Mix way to handle bluetooth) where if my Gear S3 is connected, I can't use any other bluetooth device (such as my car audio system). I will have to force the connection to my car system and won't get any notifications until I manually connect to the Gear again...

Kithrae said:
Has anyone tried Samsung Gear S3 (Frontier if it matters) with Mi Mix? how was your experience? i'm thinking of getting an Gear S3 Frontier but i want to make sure it works properly. The reason i'm asking is that i've had some problems receiving notifications on my Moto 360 with android wear. i'm wondering if the same applies to the Gear software/watch aswell. i'm using Fenix 3 with Garmin Connect atm and haven't had any problems. Thanks in advance
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I returned my gear frontier as no way is working on my mu mix 256gb

Does Samsung pay work with the gear s3 and mi mix?

I don't think any Samsung market app will work on non Samsung devices without some sort of intervention. If you buy or use Samsung watches you will need to keep this in mind, having come from a number of Huawei devices I had to let my Samsung watch go [sold it] and moved on to a more generically compatible watch [in this case a Moto 360].

Kithrae said:
Has anyone tried Samsung Gear S3 (Frontier if it matters) with Mi Mix? how was your experience? i'm thinking of getting an Gear S3 Frontier but i want to make sure it works properly. The reason i'm asking is that i've had some problems receiving notifications on my Moto 360 with android wear. i'm wondering if the same applies to the Gear software/watch aswell. i'm using Fenix 3 with Garmin Connect atm and haven't had any problems. Thanks in advance
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I was running the China ROM up to 8.2.3 and everything work including installing new watch faces. I recently switched to the Global ROM 8.2.1 and I can no longer install watch face. Does not make sense as to why it won't work other than a Samsung control issue.

Any workaround for this? Can't install any apps on my Gear S3. Any ROMs currently compatible with Gear Apps?

you can try to turn off this setting : screen buttons can be hidden: then it works for me
i use eu rom

stutoni said:
you can try to turn off this setting : screen buttons can be hidden: then it works for me
i use eu rom
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Tried. Does not work. It still says "This device does not support Gear Apps"
What ROM are you on by the way?
I'm on Epic Global

satishp said:
Tried. Does not work. It still says "This device does not support Gear Apps"
What ROM are you on by the way?
I'm on Epic Global
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I'm on miui 8.3 eu 7.4.6
If i turn this on it also comes with a page saying this device does not support gear apps but when its off everything works fine

I took the plunge and got a Gear S2 and so far everything works fine, notifications, calls, etc ... between the watch and the phone. You MUST give the three apps permissions and take them off battery restrictions. I have them all on auto start too. The ONLY issue is if you want apps or new faces you will have to find some way to side load them, as the Samsung App market will NOT run on the mix. Otherwise I am pretty happy with the combination of the two, I do use S Health also and so far no issues there.

stutoni said:
you can try to turn off this setting : screen buttons can be hidden: then it works for me
i use eu rom
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Thanks! That worked for me. Strange that this setting would make this work.

stutoni said:
I'm on miui 8.3 eu 7.4.6
If i turn this on it also comes with a page saying this device does not support gear apps but when its off everything works fine
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Sadly this isn't working for me.

satishp said:
Any workaround for this? Can't install any apps on my Gear S3. Any ROMs currently compatible with Gear Apps?
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The app doesn't run because its checking for things a Samsung only has [proprietary things], it can be fooled but its a lot of work and often makes things unstable.

Nicolfa said:
The app doesn't run because its checking for things a Samsung only has [proprietary things], it can be fooled but its a lot of work and often makes things unstable.
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Well, it shouldn't​ be checking for anything proprietary as the Gear S3 is designed to work with all Android devices. From what I've seen, only the Mix is facing this issue and not other Mi devices. So it looks like its something about the Mix that's causing the incompatibility.

The gear app just started working for me on the unofficial RR build. I'm not sure how or why because i didn't flash a new build, but it works. Hope this helps

Same here out of the blue the Samsung app built into the gear manager started working. No idea why.
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satishp said:
Well, it shouldn't​ be checking for anything proprietary as the Gear S3 is designed to work with all Android devices. From what I've seen, only the Mix is facing this issue and not other Mi devices. So it looks like its something about the Mix that's causing the incompatibility.
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Not referring to the Samsung Gear App, I am talking about the Samsung Galaxy App Store. Which does check to see if it's a Samsung running the app.

Mine randomly started working as well.

Galaxy Tab A, and Android Auto

I tried to install Android Auto from the play store, it says my tablet is not compatible. i tried side loading AA from mirrorlink, and it downloaded, and installed, when running the program, it says that google cant use the app. is there something i am missing,
Galaxy Tab A 8.0, with Samsung 9.5, and Android 8.1
Thanks

dgrobe2112 said:
I tried to install Android Auto from the play store, it says my tablet is not compatible. i tried side loading AA from mirrorlink, and it downloaded, and installed, when running the program, it says that google cant use the app. is there something i am missing,
Galaxy Tab A 8.0, with Samsung 9.5, and Android 8.1
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BUMP? was curious.... i have the same thoughts

I had similar experience on my Tab S4. My impression is that Google has blocked AA from working on tablets.

Note10.1Dude said:
I had similar experience on my Tab S4. My impression is that Google has blocked AA from working on tablets.
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You can spoof some other device name (need to be rooted)... my tab2 (p5100) is working as a phone (i think there is also an app to to the same).. use build.prop editor and than reboot... simple :laugh:
Good luck.

drnightshadow said:
You can spoof some other device name (need to be rooted)... my tab2 (p5100) is working as a phone (i think there is also an app to to the same).. use build.prop editor and than reboot... simple :laugh:
Good luck.
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Could you, please, dm me with what exactly should I change in build.prop file?

Bumping this rather than starting a new thread...
I side-loaded Android Auto onto My Samsung Tab S7, but it will not run. I'd like to use the tablet rather than my small phone as my AA display in the car. I've tried a couple of the other Auto-focused launchers, but prefer AA. Anyone doing this, is there a simple fix/work around?
The earlier posts suggest it is possible, I guess I'm looking for a bit of hand-holding on what I have to do to get it to work.
Thanks in advance.
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