P20Pro and Samsung Gear S3 watch - Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers

Got my new P20Pro today - coming from a Mate 10 Pro. Love the phone and everything works great except the Samsung gear app and my Samsung Frontier S3 watch (AT&T LTE version). The app downloads and i can pair the watch and restore my watch settings but when i try to open Samsung pay the Samsung pay gear plug-in doesn't install and if i try to look at watch faces or apps, I get an error "this device does not support gear" - any idea how to fix/troublshoot this?

Hi, we are all in the same situation.
We have to wait for Samsung to update gear app
Look in this thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/themes/galaxy-apps-huawei-p20-t3774050

Thanks for pointing out that post - I hadn't thought to look in the p20 forums. I guess we'll have to wait for Samsung to update the Gear app. In the meantime, I was able to use appsharer to move the Samsung pay framework and Samsung pay gear plugin from my mate10 pro to the p20pro and install them without any problems (just after install, you need to clear cache/storage on both apps to reset them) so I have Samsung pay working fine on my gear d3 connected to the p20 pro -just missing ability to download new apps/watchfaces

TGUY25 said:
Thanks for pointing out that post - I hadn't thought to look in the p20 forums. I guess we'll have to wait for Samsung to update the Gear app. In the meantime, I was able to use appsharer to move the Samsung pay framework and Samsung pay gear plugin from my mate10 pro to the p20pro and install them without any problems (just after install, you need to clear cache/storage on both apps to reset them) so I have Samsung pay working fine on my gear d3 connected to the p20 pro -just missing ability to download new apps/watchfaces
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Cool, happy for you if everything work well except watchface, so if you still have your mate 10 pro can you share the mms.apk for messaging please

I tried to find it and couldn't. No messaging app appears in the list - i didn't root my phone so don't know where/how to find individual apk's. I wanted to move that one too as the p20 doesn't come with a stock messaging app (so i'm using textra)

Download Pay Plug in from the net and install and it will work.
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Hi,
On your Samsung Gear S3 Frontier (WiFi only version), if Samsung Pay is not working after pairing with Huawei P20 Pro due to no Samsung Pay Plugin available in the app, here is how I managed to make it work.
If you already reset and paired your watch, you can skip to Step 4.
1. Hard reset your Gear S3 (Turn off, press and hold Power button until you see the logo don't release the Power button, seconds later you will see the logo and a blue colored 'rebooting', once you see it repeatedly press on Power button until you see the bios-like like menu, by pressing the Power button you can browse the menu, stop at 'recovery' and keep pressing the Power button then quickly press the Home button, your watch will restart to its factory settings).
2. Download and install Samsung Gear app on your phone, get it from Play Store. Once you open the app, it may ask to install two more required apps, Gear S Plugin and Samsung Accessory Service.
3. Pair your watch and phone. So far nothing fancy.
4. Download and install Samsung Pay using your phone from apkmirror (a security question will pop up asking to allow to install an app from a third party, just accept).
5. On your watch, press and hold the Home button to start Samsung Pay, this will ask you to continue setup on your phone.
6. On your phone, Samsung Pay will start and may state an updated version of Samsung Pay is available for you watch version, accept and it finish updating on your watch.
7. Start Samsung Pay as in Step 5. At this point, the app on your phone asks to set a passcode or pin on your watch for security.
8. You are all set now and can add your credit/debit cards as usual.
This is my first post and thank you for your support and for an amazing XDA app.
- Oguz

P20 pro & S3
Hello,
This thread is a few months old now, does anyone know if there has been an update Samsung’s end? Just taken delivery of P20 pro and want the S3 watch mainly for its offline Spotify feature. Don’t want to pay £250 if it won’t work. Not interested in android pay (as my bank isn’t supported) but do want texts and WhatsApp to work. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have had the p20 pro since shortly after release and have had no issues with it's relationship with my S3 (non lte), it works seemlessly.
I wasn't aware of any issues, I have only just stumbled across this thread.
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S3 & P20 Pro
Brilliant, thank you. I'll go and buy one then

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Wearable not compatible

Yesterday I reset my Gear S3 frontier. On trying to pair it with my P20, Galaxy wearable wouldn't launch. I uninstalled wearable. It now will not show up when I search for it in the Play store, only the plug ins are listed
. I tried to install from my library and "not on this device" through Play store and it says the current version isn't compatible with my device. Samsung support blame Huawei and Huawei blame Samsung Wearable. In the mean time, I'm left with a watch I can't use, after it working fine for five weeks.
Any ideas on a fix. Or if anyone has had similar, I'd really appreciate a reply. Many thanks.
Hi mate. same happened to me with mi gear s3. if you have you bootloader unlocked, you won't be able to download many apps from playstore including galaxy wearable. download the apk from samsung offical page. it will work.

Samsung Phonecast don't work anymore since the Update to Android 10 on my S10.

Samsung Phonecast don't work anymore since the Update to Android 10 on my S10.
Before that i could use any App on Phonecast qhile the Oculus App Store s bery limited.
My Phone was fully Usable in Gear with Phonecast.
Now it ist nearly Useless with the Gear. The only Apps i can use in Oculus on the Gear are Youtube and Netflix. Phonecast starts but when i start an App on Labs, it will not start and leeps loading without sucess.
Since the Update on Android 10 My GameLauncher is now difficult to start too, because i can not use it from the Buttom of the Screen. The Gamelauncher has no Link on its Quickpanel and i have to go over the Quickpanel of the Phone on the Top of the Screen.
I can not use my Linux App anymore since the Update on Android 10. Samsungs Linus on Dex Beta worked fine before, even qhen Samsung stopped supporting it, but since the Android 10 Update, i can not use it anymore.
And last, but not least, i can not go back to Android 9
Obviously Samsung did that intentionlly to force to dissaude us from the Gear VR like they did that with Linux on Beta.
Therefore to keep your will and to self-determined, you have to prevent the Update. But even that Samsung and Google want to enforce by announcing to force automated Updates in the next Future.
They want to dictate us how to use Equipments.
Wasn't it the Reason why Android was developed?
Now they use this against us.
But back to my first Problem:
Wgat is going wrong with Samsung Phonecast on Gear VR, when using it with Android on S10?
Bettmehn said:
Samsung Phonecast don't work anymore since the Update to Android 10 on my S10.
Before that i could use any App on Phonecast qhile the Oculus App Store s bery limited.
My Phone was fully Usable in Gear with Phonecast.
Now it ist nearly Useless with the Gear. The only Apps i can use in Oculus on the Gear are Youtube and Netflix. Phonecast starts but when i start an App on Labs, it will not start and leeps loading without sucess.
Since the Update on Android 10 My GameLauncher is now difficult to start too, because i can not use it from the Buttom of the Screen. The Gamelauncher has no Link on its Quickpanel and i have to go over the Quickpanel of the Phone on the Top of the Screen.
I can not use my Linux App anymore since the Update on Android 10. Samsungs Linus on Dex Beta worked fine before, even qhen Samsung stopped supporting it, but since the Android 10 Update, i can not use it anymore.
And last, but not least, i can not go back to Android 9
Obviously Samsung did that intentionlly to force to dissaude us from the Gear VR like they did that with Linux on Beta.
Therefore to keep your will and to self-determined, you have to prevent the Update. But even that Samsung and Google want to enforce by announcing to force automated Updates in the next Future.
They want to dictate us how to use Equipments.
Wasn't it the Reason why Android was developed?
Now they use this against us.
But back to my first Problem:
Wgat is going wrong with Samsung Phonecast on Gear VR, when using it with Android on S10?
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Gear VR is dying slowly but surely.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/gear-vr-no-longer-available-samsung-xr-service-killed/
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DaReDeViL said:
Gear VR is dying slowly but surely.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/gear-vr-no-longer-available-samsung-xr-service-killed/
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SmartThings cannot read data

Hi all, I have my Watch 3 the very first day. Do you use SmartThings application? It does not work on my device (it did on my previous Gear S3 Classic). It claims it cannot read data. Does anyone use this app? Or is there any better remote TV application? Can't find any at Galaxy Store.
Thanks,
Lubos
Every time I try to use smartthings it tells me that I need to log into smartthings with Bixby. When I go on my phone it pulls up the Bixby modules and when I tap on smartthings it tells me all the wonderful things I can do but none of those things work with no where to sign in. On Samsung's website it says that if you are using the Samsung account (aka have migrated from the smartthings account) then it should automatically work, but it doesnt. Seems like a bug to me but it doesn't make sense as it seems like all the hooks are there for it to work.
Have to wait.
If someone did not know, the appropriate version of the application has not yet been prepared for Tizen 5.
After updating to version 1.5.18, the Smartthings application works fine.

Question Can't seem to pair Galaxy Watch 4 with Vivo X70 Pro+ with CN Rom

Dear XDA experts,
Please help! I wasn't able to pair my galaxy watch 4 with the x70 pro + with CN rom.
Error message is
"This watch isn't supported on this phone", despite the fact that I've already downloaded both galaxy wear and galaxy watch 4 plugin.
Anyone able to pair or know of a solution?
I also made the very same experience. it was mentioned in a review a week ago too. so i guess there is no solution right now.
chankoedo said:
I also made the very same experience. it was mentioned in a review a week ago too. so i guess there is no solution right now.
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What a pity.. thanks bro.
Since the Galaxy watch 4 relys on wearOS you should be able to pair it with the chinese wearOS app.
I got a GLOBAL Version of the Oppo watch with wearOS and had the same problem. But it worked with that solution... give it a try
hyperX- said:
Since the Galaxy watch 4 relys on wearOS you should be able to pair it with the chinese wearOS app.
I got a GLOBAL Version of the Oppo watch with wearOS and had the same problem. But it worked with that solution... give it a try
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This is true, I also ran into this with my new ticwatch, we need to install the Chinese WearOS then the normal WearOS can pair the watch. and won't get stuck trying so.
Thanks so much hyperX- and Djorgio! Will give it a try!
My wife is having this issue. She's trying to connect a Fossil Q Venture. She already downloaded Wear Os China, she opened china app and it says device isn't compatible, please download correct version from Play store. She already had the play store version installed. She retried after installing china version but it still stays stuck on the splash screen...Any suggestions? What version of china wear os and regular wear os are you running? Could you offer a more detailed step by step of what you actually did to get it working? Would really appreciate that.
Hello everybody! If You have found a solution to this issue, please let me know. I have the same problem with a vivo Nex 3S trying to connect to a Galaxy watch4 classic. Thank You so much in advance!
JorgeBarberena said:
Hello everybody! If You have found a solution to this issue, please let me know. I have the same problem with a vivo Nex 3S trying to connect to a Galaxy watch4 classic. Thank You so much in advance!
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Did you use the WearOs from Vivo Store?
Anyone managed to sync their Garmin watches? According to Garmin's website, the Garmin Connect app requires that the phone "natively support the Google Play store". Guess we're out of luck then... Can't find a Garmin App in Vivostore that could be a solution...?
There may be some confusion about where to get the correct WearOS software to work on the CN firmware. My wife's Galaxy 4 watch stopped working with her Huawei Mate 20 X recently after the phone received a firmware update from Android 11 to Android 12 (it is an older Huawei phone so isn't impacted by the US technology ban on Huawei). After a lot of searching I discovered that if we completely uninstalled the WearOs and Watch Plugin from the phone, and then reinstalled it - NOT from the Google Play Store - but rather from Huawei's App Gallery, then voila, it worked! I have had the same issue with my Galaxy Buds2 on my Vivo X Note (CN firmware). If I uninstall the WearOS software and the Buds Manager plugin from the phone, and then reinstall them from the Vivo App Store they work. The app looks to be identical to the Play Store version, but as an interesting aside it has some Chinese language in a few of the settings submenus. I think Samsung makes one version of their app for Chinese phones, and a different version for Global phones.
I downloaded the wear os from the Vivo asp store and keep getting stuck on the getting yogurt Watch details screen (this is on the Vivo x fold)
superio said:
Dear XDA experts,
Please help! I wasn't able to pair my galaxy watch 4 with the x70 pro + with CN rom.
Error message is
"This watch isn't supported on this phone", despite the fact that I've already downloaded both galaxy wear and galaxy watch 4 plugin.
Anyone able to pair or know of a solution?
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* No a full solution currently.
Try to download the Samsung Health app and connect from the Accessories (triple dot -> Settings -> Accessories -> Smartwatch -> Register) option, this should forward you to the official Samsung SSO and allow the association with the device.
Also, make sure to:
1. Backup the watch to a Samsung account before you start because you will have to reset it.
2. Download the necessary Plugin and Manager apps to your Vivo device as they are required by the process.
* I did this to associate my Galaxy watch 4 with the Vivo x80 pro, I'm still working on making it fully connected because it does disconnect but that is some progress in that direction.
Edit: It did fully connect, now I just have to access it through the Health App path but other than that the watch can be managed through the manager app and works the same.
Hello, I have the fold x here in Canada and I am trying to pair my samsung galaxy watch4 classic. I tried the chinese wear os and the normal one, I installed the plugin but it says my phone is not supported? Any help appreciated.
I paired my x70 pro + with galaxy watch 4 classic.
1. Download wear os from vivo store
2. Download the first version Galaxy Watch4 Plugin. (Released Date: Aug 2021)
3. Download Galaxy wearable from google play store
4. Download Samsung health.
Open the Samsung health, open bluetooth in your watch and vivo phone. In Samsung health setting page, select GW4, the watch4 plugin will open automaticaly. serval minutes for pairing, It showed success. The you can upgrade the watch4 plug in to the latest version.
jackykwan said:
I paired my x70 pro + with galaxy watch 4 classic.
1. Download wear os from vivo store
2. Download the first version Galaxy Watch4 Plugin. (Released Date: Aug 2021)
3. Download Galaxy wearable from google play store
4. Download Samsung health.
Open the Samsung health, open bluetooth in your watch and vivo phone. In Samsung health setting page, select GW4, the watch4 plugin will open automaticaly. serval minutes for pairing, It showed success. The you can upgrade the watch4 plug in to the latest version.
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Thank you very much!
Following these steps exactly, it worked here!
Hello. I bought a cn vivo x90 pro plus and a galaxy watch 5 with them. Unfortunately, I can't pair them together. Do you have any seizures? all procedures failed
Nadziii said:
Hello. I bought a cn vivo x90 pro plus and a galaxy watch 5 with them. Unfortunately, I can't pair them together. Do you have any seizures? all procedures failed
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Same problem here, :/ the Samsung health workaround didn't worked.
Nadziii said:
Hello. I bought a cn vivo x90 pro plus and a galaxy watch 5 with them. Unfortunately, I can't pair them together. Do you have any seizures? all procedures failed
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Hi dude, looks like I found a solution, uninstall Wearable and Wear os apps, then download this apk http://samsung-gear.apk.watch/2.2.41.21071361/for/huawei-honor-8, it will install an update to work, and it will install the Wear Os. And that worked like a charm, I hope this works for everyone having the same issue.
aaron.castro1990 said:
Hi dude, looks like I found a solution, uninstall Wearable and Wear os apps, then download this apk http://samsung-gear.apk.watch/2.2.41.21071361/for/huawei-honor-8, it will install an update to work, and it will install the Wear Os. And that worked like a charm, I hope this works for everyone having the same issue.
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It worked for me thank you very very much

Question Can't pair galaxy 4 watch

Got new watch today when switched my provider carrier. Now I have issue pairing it with the phone. Says that this watch isn't supposed on this phone. Any ideas?
Miui 13.0.9 Chinese
Can/did you install the Samsung Wearables apps?
blackhawk said:
Can/did you install the Samsung Wearables apps?
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Yes I installed galaxy wearable and galaxy watch 4 plugin from play store
iNoak said:
Yes I installed galaxy wearable and galaxy watch 4 plugin from play store
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Not for sure but you may need the Wearables Manager Installer too. The Buds+ need all to run.
They need full permissions as well to load.
Try a network reset otherwise.
blackhawk said:
Not for sure but you may need the Wearables Manager Installer too. The Buds+ need all to run.
They need full permissions as well to load.
Try a network reset otherwise.
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So I installed couple of plugins,give them all the permissions and reset my network.
Installed managers as well.
So this time when I'm trying to pair, the galaxy wearable just closes itself now. When I open it again it says that I need galaxy watch4 manager.
And for some reason those plugins keep automatically disabling.
You need all the apps. With the Buds up also need these. The watch is likely similar.
Since I have a Samsung it was preloaded with the Wearables Manager and maybe some others so when it saw the device it automatically updated through the Galaxy Store. Latter after a bad update, I had uninstall all of them and use my backup app copier that were know good. At first I missed these two below and was doing what you're doing now -cursing-
There are other sites with install primers for the Galaxy 4 Watch.
How to Set Up Your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is set up through the Galaxy Wearable app and requires the Samsung Watch4 add-on.
www.lifewire.com
blackhawk said:
You need all the apps. With the Buds up also need these. The watch is likely similar.
Since I have a Samsung it was preloaded with the Wearables Manager and maybe some others so when it saw the device it automatically updated through the Galaxy Store. Latter after a bad update, I had uninstall all of them and use my backup app copier that were know good. At first I missed these two below and was doing what you're doing now -cursing-
There are other sites with install primers for the Galaxy 4 Watch.
How to Set Up Your Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is set up through the Galaxy Wearable app and requires the Samsung Watch4 add-on.
www.lifewire.com
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just installed every single plugin from play store and still can't pair this watch :/
iNoak said:
just installed every single plugin from play store and still can't pair this watch :/
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You got the 3 critical ones, right?
Power off watch.
Network reset.
Reboot phone... power on the watch.
Open bluetooth and look for new devices.
Play with it. Try coupling the Buds.
If you can clear the system cache, do so.
Doing a factory reset will only teach you new curse words... don't.
I think you need the Watch4 Plugin, not the Watch Plugin since it's using the new Wear OS, not the Tizen OS.
Also, I can pair my Watch 4 normally with the Global Version.
Download Galaxy Watch4 Plugin APKs for Android - APKMirror
Download Galaxy Watch4 Plugin APKs for Android - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
blackhawk said:
You got the 3 critical ones, right?
Power off watch.
Network reset.
Reboot phone... power on the watch.
Open bluetooth and look for new devices.
Play with it. Try coupling the Buds.
If you can clear the system cache, do so.
Doing a factory reset will only teach you new curse words... don't.
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I'm not even sure witch ones are critical anymore it's 2 am and I have been trying to pair this damn watch whole day now. Lol
And I already did factory reset two times this past 2 weeks, learned lots of new curse words lol
Anatasia said:
I think you need the Watch4 Plugin, not the Watch Plugin since it's using the new Wear OS, not the Tizen OS.
Also, I can pair my Watch 4 normally with the Global Version.
Download Galaxy Watch4 Plugin APKs for Android - APKMirror
Download Galaxy Watch4 Plugin APKs for Android - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
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Okay, so when I'm downloading that watch 4 plugin it's actually apears later on the phone as a galaxy watch4 manager, idk if that makes any sense.
Still not pairing after installing all plugins and resetting network and stuff
When I try to pair this watch now it says that I need galaxy watch4 plugin but I already have it installed on my phone.
When I press ok, it just transfer me to play store with blank screen.
When I tried to pair this watch with my old OnePlus 6t it also said that I need that plugin and transfeed me to download it with no problem and watch works just fine. But with 11 ultra there is some problem
I also had this issue. I couldnt pair it with my mi 11 ultra. I also couldnt use android auto with it. That was with the stock global rom. So I ended up installing xiaomi eu rom on it and suddenly everything worked. I could pair my galaxy watch 4 classic to it, android auto started working.
Hope this helps.

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