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Gear 2 with iPhone

Hey guys my gear 2 is arriving in the morning my company phone is a iPhone any idea on how to connect the gear to the phone I know notification will not work just at least the phone capabilitie.
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int03h said:
Hey guys my gear 2 is arriving in the morning my company phone is a iPhone any idea on how to connect the gear to the phone I know notification will not work just at least the phone capabilitie.
Thanks
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Nope. In order for it to work with non-Samsung devices you need to install Gear Manager and Atb manager apps on your devices, no way to do that with iphone.
Edit: Did a quick search online and someone said they connected it to an iPhone and it did make calls. When you get it try using blutooth and connect it to your iphone.

wont work

The gear 2 arrived and not visible to the iphone but works great with my note 3 maybe there will be a test firmware out soon.
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hey guys,
I have a gear 2 neo and a iphone 5s,
when you go on watch and go to settings, bluetooth and select "make device visible" you can pair to an iPhone.
working
make a call with the dialer
iphone ringtone comes through when receiving call
receiving a call.
call logs
contacts
not working
siri
all other apps that communicate with phone so watch-on heart rate and pedometer etc still work.

How were you able to check off the make device visible?
It's grayed out.

thepcpilot said:
How were you able to check off the make device visible?
It's grayed out.
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disconnect bluetooth from host android device.....
Cheers

Yep that did it. Works now.
All we need is for samsung to release an app to get the other functions working now.

Wow, hope that happens for you guys - the voice commands are an awesome part of the watch. Not sure if Apple will allow the watch to ever hook into Siri, though. I'm suspecting you may have to wait for Apple to release theirs.

rEVOLVE said:
Wow, hope that happens for you guys - the voice commands are an awesome part of the watch. Not sure if Apple will allow the watch to ever hook into Siri, though. I'm suspecting you may have to wait for Apple to release theirs.
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Works indeed on my iPhone 5S, nice
Too bad no other notifications (SMS, Whatsapp, ...) are sent to the iPhone..
Hopefully with a jailbreak tweak? + rooted Gear 2?

So just a quick recap:
The Gear 2 does connect with the iPhone through BT and calling and receiving calls works, as well as contacts and call logs.
Can someone confirm?

guys by know you should know that Apple and samsung have been in lawsuit to one another so no way they have any of there gear to work with iPhone
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So Calls and some other functions work, and if you don't have an android device with Bluetooth you can still install gear 2 apps with a computer and the Tizen SDK (adb ripoff) as long as you have the install package

ethancedrik said:
So Calls and some other functions work, and if you don't have an android device with Bluetooth you can still install gear 2 apps with a computer and the Tizen SDK (adb ripoff) as long as you have the install package
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But is there also a way to set up the Gear for first time use without Android device?

WHAT?!
skeamznz said:
hey guys,
I have a gear 2 neo and a iphone 5s,
when you go on watch and go to settings, bluetooth and select "make device visible" you can pair to an iPhone.
working
make a call with the dialer
iphone ringtone comes through when receiving call
receiving a call.
call logs
contacts
not working
siri
all other apps that communicate with phone so watch-on heart rate and pedometer etc still work.
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Iphone can work with the Galaxy Gear 2 and make calls, see contacts? I think misunderstood or you are joking.

daniellucas said:
Iphone can work with the Galaxy Gear 2 and make calls, see contacts? I think misunderstood or you are joking.
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I've only managed to connect by BT to see the number calling you (no contact name), but I can not see the contacts or notifications ... NEED HELP!

got a question for anybody who's watching this thread: when i try to connect my gear 2 to my iphone 5s(jailbroken) it always ask me to factory reset my gear 2 neo. any suggestions as to why it's doing that or any solutions??

It does that whenever you pair to a new device. Is designed to only be paired to one phone so it will reset if that phone changes.
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dominoid said:
It does that whenever you pair to a new device. Is designed to only be paired to one phone so it will reset if that phone changes.
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I am facing the exact same problem with my Tizen Gear 1. I have set it up with an android device, but when I try to connect with an iPhone the God damned watch wants to reset itself, so I cannot connect it,
The crazy thing is that I have done it in the past. I have been using my Tizen Gear 1 with my 5S for quite some time, I do not remember having to deal with this error message.
Any help?

gidi said:
I am facing the exact same problem with my Tizen Gear 1. I have set it up with an android device, but when I try to connect with an iPhone the God damned watch wants to reset itself, so I cannot connect it,
The crazy thing is that I have done it in the past. I have been using my Tizen Gear 1 with my 5S for quite some time, I do not remember having to deal with this error message.
Any help?
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Your gear is going to reset every time you repair it. When it goes to the setup connection screen, tap the watch icon in the top left about 20-25 times, it will then show a message at the bottum. After that message disappears hold down on the watch icon until you get to the clock screen. This will activate without connection. Then go to setting>connections>Bluetooth and hit make visible. Your iPhone will show it as 'gear 2 (xxxx) hit that and it will pair. The only thing working so far are the stand alone apps and calling.

Are reminders not possible on Gear S2?

I keep getting an error that my request could not be processed basically every time I use the word "reminder".
Has anyone been able to get reminders to work?

Where are you trying to put in reminders? Or are you just looking for a notification for a calendar event? If you are looking for notifications for Calendar events then just got to Gear Manager -> Notifications -> Manage Notifications and ensure Schedule is checked.

acp5533 said:
I keep getting an error that my request could not be processed basically every time I use the word "reminder".
Has anyone been able to get reminders to work?
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This should answer your question.....
http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-gear-s2-review/39746/
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haha I saw that review and it actually doesn't answer my question because he is asking the same question.
"Is this an error that couldn't be processed, or are reminders just not supported? We reached out to a Samsung PR representative a day ago and have yet to hear back. So not only can we not create reminders on the Gear S2, it isn't even clear whether they'resupposed to be*supported or not."
I'm hoping someone on this site has more information.

Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/meeting-reminders-t3219499
That's the way I do it too.

I've had no issues with receiving reminders, it's creating reminders with S Voice from my Gear S2 that is an issue.

I have reminders set up in Google & they show up on the watch.
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acp5533 said:
I've had no issues with receiving reminders, it's creating reminders with S Voice from my Gear S2 that is an issue.
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Yeah, I tried using S-voice to create a reminder and it was a no go. S-voice just runs into an error. Gizmag described my experience pretty well. Not really a feature I use, but it needs to be fixed.

Well S-Voice got reminders, so I guess it's just an error at this point.
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Reminders update
Was there an update to allow reminders to be created from watch... Example : hey gear s remind me about lunch with don at 1

Komic11 said:
Was there an update to allow reminders to be created from watch... Example : hey gear s remind me about lunch with don at 1
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As of about a week ago, I couldn't set a reminder like you described which is exactly why I returned the watch to Best Buy. sure wish it had this feature because it's an awesome piece of hardware.

I set reminders through an app from the Gear Store. It's called My Notes in Gear. I create a reminder on the phone and the watch goes off at the set time. Still wish I can do it directly through the watch through S Voice.
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jonmike13 said:
As of about a week ago, I couldn't set a reminder like you described which is exactly why I returned the watch to Best Buy. sure wish it had this feature because it's an awesome piece of hardware.
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When trying to set a reminder from the watch (via voice command), S-voice replies, "Unfortunately, that is not supported."

jamesindc said:
When trying to set a reminder from the watch (via voice command), S-voice replies, "Unfortunately, that is not supported."
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Exactly what it did to me. For me personally, that was the one feature I used the most on Android Wear. If Tizen does not supprt this, I won't ever be purchasing another Samsung/Tizen device. (Not that I won't use Samsung products- just that I won't use Tizen based Samsung products until this feature becomes available.)

WHYYYYYYYY I want reminders!!!!!
Why has this feature not implemented yet? It seems so weird that no one actually can make this work.
The gear s2 has a mic, why cant they make a stand alone app/or integrate it with S voice that u can use with your watch?
Just record your voice command, set it as a reminder on your watch and bam! thats it! Instead of using your phone.
Im really disappointed with the lack of apps that are useful! Most of the stuff on Samsung Gear are watch faces which although cute they serve very little purpose.

reminders workaround
u need 2 apps (app launcher) and (s s voice pro)
I installed app launcher for my watch (called app launcher) and s voice pro for the phone ( this app will enable me to wake up my Phone, unlock it and open Google now without touching the phone device at all.
U can activate s voice through your phone but u wont eb able to get audio feedback from the phone itself (u might want to have a bluetooth headset to cummicate with the device)
I managed to activate google now and set a reminder note, however when asked what time I like it to be set, google now could no longer register my voice. (keep in mind that I was speaking to my watch and not my phone device). Prob something to do with my watch not the app.
Unfortunately my watch battery died before further testing. I will try and pair my phone with a BT headset and see if things get better!

Mike_isaakid said:
u need 2 apps (app launcher) and (s s voice pro)
I installed app launcher for my watch (called app launcher) and s voice pro for the phone ( this app will enable me to wake up my Phone, unlock it and open Google now without touching the phone device at all.
U can activate s voice through your phone but u wont eb able to get audio feedback from the phone itself (u might want to have a bluetooth headset to cummicate with the device)
I managed to activate google now and set a reminder note, however when asked what time I like it to be set, google now could no longer register my voice. (keep in mind that I was speaking to my watch and not my phone device). Prob something to do with my watch not the app.
Unfortunately my watch battery died before further testing. I will try and pair my phone with a BT headset and see if things get better!
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I really hope someone makes something that works. Although the above solution works, its not 100% guaranteed that it will work as your voice might not register correctly every time, and without looking at your phone screen u wont be able to know if its working correctly. Seems like too much of a hassle for a simple task.
Really dissapointed this is not implemented as I use it a lot on my phone.

You can activate google now by installing app called wearable widgets and setting google widget as one available on your watch.

I use Google Reminders on my phone and get the notification on the watch. Doesn't work the other way though.

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I use Google Reminders on my phone and get the notification on the watch. Doesn't work the other way though.
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yeah works the same on my watch, tried some different apps but none of them are easy to work with.
I kinda gave up in the end. Just have to settle on the simple stuff that it does, and not recommend buying this to any of my friends.
I think in general smart watches are not there yet.

Answering call with LTE S2

I have my S2 connected to my Nexus 6 via bluetooth. My S2 is the LTE version with T-mobile. When someone calls my cell, it rings on my Nexus as well as the S2. I'm ok with that. But if I answer the call on my Nexus, my S2 acts like a speaker phone. Don't like that. I want to be able to answer call on my nexus and use the nexus for the call or answer the call on my S2 and take the call on that. Is that possible?

Fron my understanding if you are using your watch on Bluetooth connection then the watch will act like a Bluetooth speaker if you answer a call on your phone. Only work around is to disconnect Bluetooth from your phone when you answer the call. Think of playing music thru a portable Bluetooth speaker and receiving a call while listening to music. You'd just disconnect Bluetooth from your phone to have a private convo.

Any help from HERE?

Yeah. I read that too. Not happy about it. Samsung needs to fix that issue. I had the urbane before s2. The s2 seems more of a work in process. Miss the integration of Android apps into the watch such as spotify.

Another reason Samsung needs to get rid of Tizen and only use Android Wear.

I have a Samsung Note 5 and don't have that problem. I can answer from either the phone or the watch on my S2 T-Mobile. If I had a non Sammy phone I would not be happy, hopefully they will fix in an update, or a Dev will put out a program to help. They advertise the watch as working with any Android 4.4 or above phone, they do not mention limitations if you are not on a Samsung phone.

I came up with a solution that fixes part of the problem. I use an app on my phone called Macrodroid. It's an automated task app. I created a macro that when I answer a call on my phone , it turns off bluetooth and vice versa when I hang up. So that works fine when I answer a call on my phone the call is not picked up by the S2. But when I answer the call on my S2, Macrodroid can't tell tell the difference that I'm answering the call on my S2 not the phone and turns off bluetooth. Not good!. There are more sophisticated macro apps out there, but I'm not that good with those. Maybe someone smarter than me can create one.
I also used Macrodroid to automatically call forward (and cancel forward) my cell phone to my watch when they are disconnected via bluetooth.

Go to settings, Bluetooth, and click the gear next to your watch. Uncheck phone audio. No problems now hopefully that's what you're looking for

paoloroeseke said:
Go to settings, Bluetooth, and click the gear next to your watch. Uncheck phone audio. No problems now hopefully that's what you're looking for
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this solves the problem!
You dont want to use a macro to turn off bluetooth completely when a call comes in , especially if you use a Bluetooth headset with your phone..

I had forgotten where I'd seen this until now.
paoloroeseke said:
Go to settings, Bluetooth, and click the gear next to your watch. Uncheck phone audio. No problems now hopefully that's what you're looking for
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I kept trying to find the "Phone Audio" setting on the watch's bluetooth settings, not the phone's. Doh!
crp

paoloroeseke said:
Go to settings, Bluetooth, and click the gear next to your watch. Uncheck phone audio. No problems now hopefully that's what you're looking for
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Awesome! Been trying to figure that out for days!!!

gear s2 classic no option to answer calls ,.only reject

hi guys
im not getting any option to answer calls..
only option to reject from the watch
i know the watch has no speaker.but i thought it woudl allow me to answer like android wear..and then i speak on my phone
i tried googling..some said it worked before an update..does anyone know which version of the gear app allowed this?
or is there a way to fix it
i've checked and all permissions are given to the app
Mayur

mayurh said:
hi guys
im not getting any option to answer calls..
only option to reject from the watch
i know the watch has no speaker.but i thought it woudl allow me to answer like android wear..and then i speak on my phone
i tried googling..some said it worked before an update..does anyone know which version of the gear app allowed this?
or is there a way to fix it
i've checked and all permissions are given to the app
Mayur
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This thread suggests that the option to answer calls on BT-only watches works only with Samsung phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/help/question-answering-call-watch-t3251133

tstreete said:
This thread suggests that the option to answer calls on BT-only watches works only with Samsung phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/help/question-answering-call-watch-t3251133
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thanks for your reply and help. i did read that..but some people said it used to work..was wondering which version worked..
silly of samsung to disable this feature.

I still have an option to answer a call on my s2 classic. I hope it wouldn't just disappear like the messaging on the 4 app shortcut widget.

I recently went between an s7 edge and a pixel with my gear s2. I noticed I was no longer able to take calls on the watch when I went over to my pixel, but it was not a problem when using my s7 edge.
I figured it out. I don't know why, but I can say for certain that when a gear watch connects to a samsung phone, it defaults to the connection being a media and phone device (rather than the low-powered mode that, say, android wear watches do). Automatically. Always. On my pixel, the connection as a media and phone device must be initiated manually.
On my pixel I went to bluetooth devices and connected to my gear s2, which connected as a media and phone device. After that, the watch will answer phone calls on the watch directly. This all makes sense. The only difference is that on my pixel (anything other than my samsung phone actually), it does not default to connecting to the watch as a media/phone device (only low-powered peripheral).
Hope that helps.

I know this is old, but I wanted to offer a solution to the same problem I faced with a ZTE Blade Max. Goto bluetooth settings and click S2 in paired items then settings or options, then tick the option for phone audio. Problem solved!

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I know this is old, but I wanted to offer a solution to the same problem I faced with a ZTE Blade Max. Goto bluetooth settings and click S2 in paired items then settings or options, then tick the option for phone audio. Problem solved!
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Hi there! I've tried to use this solution but I can't find any kind of option as the one you suggest. I have a Xiaomi Redmi note 7. Is there any other option you can offer? Thank you so much for your time!

you have to change your build.prop to show a samsung device. cent remember where it is in the build.prop, but im fairly certain that this is the issue. This popped up pretty frequently back when the watches first came out and i had to do this myself as i was running an AOSP ROM on my old S5 when i got my first smartwatch (Gear 2 Neo) until i flashed android wear on it and no longer had the option to answer calls at all on my watch

Call audio being routed to watch

I'm having some trouble with by Gear S3.
For some reason, every time someone calls me and I pick up on my phone, the audio comes through the watch which is a bit crazy. If I'm picking up from my phone, I want the audio on it (obviously).
I haven't found a setting that will specify to always use my phone for calls.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
I'm on a Moto X Pure.

I had the same problem and this is what I did to fix it.
I did a soft reset on the watch and when it reconnected I went into the Gear app on the phone, Settings, Call Forwarding and hit Turn off.
Make sure it says call forwarding was successfully turned off.

jimmydigital00 said:
I had the same problem and this is what I did to fix it.
I did a soft reset on the watch and when it reconnected I went into the Gear app on the phone, Settings, Call Forwarding and hit Turn off.
Make sure it says call forwarding was successfully turned off.
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Thanks.
I went to the Gear app on the phone, but I don't have the Call Forwarding option in the settings menu :S

reviad said:
Thanks.
I went to the Gear app on the phone, but I don't have the Call Forwarding option in the settings menu :S
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Thats strange.
Maybe your gear software needs to be updated? Also try a hard reset of the watch.
There should also be a call forwarding setting on the watch that will allow you to disable it.

Strange.
This is what I have and I have everything updated :S

Same issue on my pixel. Go to Bluetooth settings on your phone, choose s3 and uncheck phone audio.
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I think JimmyDigial00 has the LTE version. Not the same settings screen.

cdd543 said:
Same issue on my pixel. Go to Bluetooth settings on your phone, choose s3 and uncheck phone audio.
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I did this.
Will notifications come through though?
Thanks!
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I did this.
Will notifications come through though?
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Yes they do.

Thanks! I'll see how it goes.

I get the same strange think when i'm making the call from my phone (HTC m8) the audio output it 1st set to phone then when the recipient answer's the audio output changes to the watch by it self. It works find if i'm not making the call

I had the same issue when I first started using the watch for me a simple reset of the watch worked.

marcgear said:
I had the same issue when I first started using the watch for me a simple reset of the watch worked.
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Can u guide me to this "reset" option so i can try the exact same think.
Thanks in advance.

Turn the wacht off , press and hold the lower button on the right. After that same procedure to turn it on.
It helped me

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Turn the wacht off , press and hold the lower button on the right. After that same procedure to turn it on.
It helped me
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It did not work for me...i tryed evrythink are u guys trying this on HTC one M8 ? Whit original Rom?

cosmaru said:
Can u guide me to this "reset" option so i can try the exact same think.
Thanks in advance.
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Sorry for late reply my friend I just went to main setting direct on the each, then find about gear option down click "reset gear"
I'm using a s7 edge with mine on the beta 7.0 but I still had same issue as you have described

marcgear said:
Sorry for late reply my friend I just went to main setting direct on the each, then find about gear option down click "reset gear"
I'm using a s7 edge with mine on the beta 7.0 but I still had same issue as you have described
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well that's a bummer, if the samsung s7 can't make the watch work as a normal smartwatch whats the point...u can't have your watch pickup the audio if your using your phone it's just not normal.
So it has nothing to do whit samsung or non samsung phone it's just dose not work? It's a bug not a defective smartwatche?

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well that's a bummer, if the samsung s7 can't make the watch work as a normal smartwatch whats the point...u can't have your watch pickup the audio if your using your phone it's just not normal.
So it has nothing to do whit samsung or non samsung phone it's just dose not work? It's a bug not a defective smartwatche?
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Well mine was just a bug I think because after one quick reset I'm up and running g without fault.

I have the same issue you all describe at this thread when I use Gear S3 (Bluetooth edition) with HTC 10.
It happens when I make calls from the phone. Once the other person answer the call, the audio automatically is routed to the watch.
In all other cases the watch works ok. eg. If someone call me and I answer on the phone the audio is not routed to the watch. If I use the watch to make or accept calls, work fine as well.
Did anyone find a solution to this?

cosmaru said:
I get the same strange think when i'm making the call from my phone (HTC m8) the audio output it 1st set to phone then when the recipient answer's the audio output changes to the watch by it self. It works find if i'm not making the call
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Did you manage to solve this?
As I mentioned above I have the same issue with HTC 10.
A possible solution would be to disable the "phone audio" from the bluetooth settings of the device, but in my case this cause the gear s3 to be disconnected from the phone.
It is so annoying.