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[Q] can't pair my new gear 2 with Galaxy S3

I got a new Gear 2 Watch for Christmas. No matter what I try I can not get the gear manager on my phone, (which makes the gear 2 worthless)
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Straight talk Verizon towers ) with 4.1.2 which I "think" is the problem. Some place in all my internet searching I saw that I need 4.3 for the Gear 2.
Is there a solution to this that a non geek user can apply? Or should I just return the watch ?

lajlmtm said:
I got a new Gear 2 Watch for Christmas. No matter what I try I can not get the gear manager on my phone, (which makes the gear 2 worthless)
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Straight talk Verizon towers ) with 4.1.2 which I "think" is the problem. Some place in all my internet searching I saw that I need 4.3 for the Gear 2.
Is there a solution to this that a non geek user can apply? Or should I just return the watch ?
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Try downloading the Galaxy Essential Apps from this link and installing the Gear Manager app. Don't know if will work in your S3 but since I don't see any response to your post so I decided to give it a shot. Let me know what's the outcome. If it does not work then you will have to upgrade to the S4 at least. There is also a Gear Manager for non-samsung phones that could work with your phone as well.
Link: http://content.samsung.com/us/contents/aboutn/appsMobileIntro.do

lajlmtm said:
I got a new Gear 2 Watch for Christmas. No matter what I try I can not get the gear manager on my phone, (which makes the gear 2 worthless)
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (Straight talk Verizon towers ) with 4.1.2 which I "think" is the problem. Some place in all my internet searching I saw that I need 4.3 for the Gear 2.
Is there a solution to this that a non geek user can apply? Or should I just return the watch ?
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You need to upgrade your ROM to kitkat.

Can't be done
I took the watch and phone to the geek squad . The Samsung lady was there. She said this is an easy fix, downloaded a couple files, diddled with the phone for awhile, :fingers-crossed: kept getting my hopes up.
then informed me since it's a straight talk phone, they have limited the up grades on it and the phone, it is as updated as it can be updated. It has Jellybean 4.1.2 and will never/ can never go any higher then that. :cyclops:
my much desired smart watch will never, can never be used together, :crying: and since I've only had the phone 9 months I have no intention of retiring it any time soon......:crying: so the watch was returned, the samsung lady said no watch is pair-able with it
Thanks for your help though

Gear S2 Classic and Pixel XL

Hi,
Since it looks like we are going to have to return our Note 7's :crying: , will the Gear S2 Classic work well with the new Google Pixel phones, or is it better to stay within the Samsung family?
Thanks.

Gear S2 works with just about any Android phone with at least 1.5gb of RAM.

Using Samsung Pay on GS3 & Note5

I currently have a note 5 and Samsung pay is not working on it yet, probably due to some of the packages I have disabled. Do I have to get Samsung pay working on my Note 5 before I can get my gear S3 watch to work with Samsung pay?
My GS3 will be here in a few days, so trying to understand what I need to do to get it working when it arrives - thanks guys.

I would assume not as samsung pay for the watch is independent of the phone version. if you can get to download the gear app then your good to go with the watch. you will need to install samsung pay through the gear app for the watch.

Good to know - thanks! I was hoping that was the case, ie that it was independent.

I also have a Note 5. I never used Samsung Pay on the phone, but I now have my Gear S3 setup and use it frequently. You should be fine.

ScottyKnox said:
I also have a Note 5. I never used Samsung Pay on the phone, but I now have my Gear S3 setup and use it frequently. You should be fine.
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Excellent -thanks!
My watch arrives this Thursday - first smartwatch for me - should be fun learning how to change faces and build my own.

[Root] Interesting way to get Samsung pay Working on my S8+ and Galaxy Watch

Hi Guys,
I'm kind of new here and just wanted to share an interesting thing I have found while trying to get samsung pay working on my S8+.
So when I open samsung pay it displays the "Coming soon" message and not doing anything else. It has been like this for a good while and nothing has helped getting it working so far.
When I was setting up my Galaxy watch I have noticed it said use samsung pay with Galaxy watch, and when I tried to set it up it worked perfectly. When setting up samsung pay through the galaxy wear app it works, but when I open up the samsung pay app just on its own even after it has been set up and working on the watch, it goes back to the coming soon message.
Not sure why it works this way but if you have a galaxy watch it is definetly worth a try.

Connecting gear 2 to new Samsung mobiles..

I just bought Galaxy Z Flip 3 and despite all my efforts I can't pair my Gear 2 ;(( The mobile can see it but just won't connect. Anyone got a cracked version of Samsung wereable or any workaround this problem? I really don't want to change to new smartwatch because Gear 2 is much superior with its videocamera all other smartwatches are basically the same crap in different cover..

So nobody willing to help,?

im currently using the same watch with my note 8. last year i ad a warning saying that galaxy gear 2 will only work from samsung phones 2021 and older. here's the link

im currently looking into this, so keep an eye on the forum

godefroy28 said:
im currently using the same watch with my note 8. last year i ad a warning saying that galaxy gear 2 will only work from samsung phones 2021 and older. here's the link
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