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After a lot of troubleshooting, a rom reinstallation and a couple of workarounds, I can now finally start Tasker tasks, from my Gear 2 Neo, on my Galaxy S3, which in turn can control almost anything on the phone itself, my laptops or other devices! Before this, I was only able to send notifications from Tasker to the Gear 2, which is also cool but controlling your smartphone with your smartwatch gives you endless possibilities!
Back to the tutorial. There are two ways to get this working:
On Samsung devices with a stock rom (currently 17 devices)
Samsung Galaxy S5
Galaxy Grand 2
Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy Note 3 Neo
Galaxy Note 2
Galaxy S4
Galaxy S3
Galaxy S4 Zoom
Galaxy S4 Active
Galaxy S4 mini
Galaxy Mega 6.3
Galaxy Mega 5.8
Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)
Galaxy NotePRO (12.2)
Galaxy TabPRO (12.2/10.1/8.4)
On Non-Samsung devices OR Samsung devices with a custom rom
Follow @CarbonWyre's guide first, to get your Android phone to work with the Gear 2.
WARNING: I’m not responsible if you brick your phone! Read the guide carefully!
Regarding point 1: I can’t really help with this, as I have a Galaxy S3 with a custom rom installed (SlimROM 4.4.4) and I had to follow @CarbonWyre's guide for it, but it should work out of the box and even easier. Just make sure you have Gear Manager installed from the Samsung app store and then go to the steps further below.
Regarding point 2: after following @CarbonWyre's guide and connecting your Gear 2 to the phone, you also need to be able to receive notifications and also install apps from the GALAXY Apps store correctly, not only the stand-alone apps but also those that install on the phone too! This usually gave the “Installation Failed. Try Later.(0)“ error, until yesterday, but thanks to a discovery from @drakenjin, and my install tips from the same thread, you should be able to fix these errors.
If everything goes well, you should be able to install anything from Samsung’s app store, to the Gear 2 and phone, especially the free launcher that we need for everything to work.
Now to the actual “hack”: Tasker + App Factory Plugin + LaunchGear!
Assuming you went through either 1. or 2. successfully and you have installed GALAXY Apps, Gear Manager and connected to your Gear 2, follow the next steps:
Install Tasker from the Play Store, if you don’t have it already
(it’s not free but it’s worth every penny)
Install Tasker App Factory from the Play Store
(a free Tasker plugin to create separate apps that link to it)
Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Search and install LaunchGear
(this one is free, thanks to Heedeok Lee)
Tasker App Factory is the actual workaround here, as LaunchGear supports only apps but not shortcuts to Tasker tasks (for now). With the App Factory you can export tasks from Tasker as separate applications which LaunchGear can then execute. (see example below)
Until I’ve reinstalled SlimROM, I always had problems with App Factory apps force-closing on me (“Unfortunately, … has stopped.“) but now with Tasker v4.4 (final) and the latest App Factory, it finally works perfectly! Not sure what got fixed for that, the rom or the apps.
Example: Gear 2 -> Phone -> and back to Gear 2 again, with a notification!
Open Tasker -> Tasks
Create a new task and name it whatever you want, e.g. “Phone Battery Level”
Add a new sub-task with + -> Select Alert -> Notify
Title: Phone battery level: %BATT%​
Optional: add an icon for the phone notification (it will display only on the phone)
Go back to your task “Phone Battery Level”, you should see “1. Notify” with the title below it.
Add a new sub-task with + -> Select Alert -> Notify Cancel
This will clear the notification on the phone automatically after it appears. Useful in this case.
(don't change anything unless you really want to. just go back and do some tests using the play button on the bottom left)​
Add an application icon (important!) using the button on the bottom right.
(this it the icon that will display on the gear, not the one from step 4.)​
Go back to the main page of Tasker and press and hold “Phone Battery Level”
Press the button on the top right -> Export -> As app.
Wait for it to finish -> press the robot on the bottom right of the popup and install.
(test it by running “Phone Battery Level”. You should get the notification only on the phone)​
Gear Manager -> Notifications -> check “Phone Battery Level”.
(if you don’t see the application list at the bottom, follow the steps from Turning On Notifications)​
(on the phone) Run LaunchGear, which should be installed through GALAXY Apps.
In LaunchGear, press + and add your “Phone Battery Level” app and confirm.
Run LaunchGear and then the app, to see your phone’s battery level on your watch!
(if your LaunchGear is black, close all recent apps on the Gear. I have it set on double-pressing the Gear main button. Hopefully Heedeok Lee will fix this issue)
And these are pretty much the basics . Not to mention what other complex apps could be created! Have fun and thanks go to @CarbonWyre, @drakenjin, Heedeok Lee and other users from the guide mentioned above.
Source: my blog post
TIPS and TRICKS:
OBSOLETE (use step 6 instead): Use Ns Auto Clear if you have tasker apps that create notifications which are useless on the phone but are useful on the gear! e.g. The "Phone Battery Level" app, from my example above, will generate notifications which are rather useless on the phone and should be automatically cleared. Ns Auto Clear does not disable them completely (like this the gear wouldn't receive them at all) but clears notifications from specified apps right after you get them on the phone.
When you want icons that are not built into tasker, just install an application with the desired icon from the Play store. Then select that application's icon at step 8. in the above example and export the app. After you installed the tasker app with the desired icon, you can uninstall the application from which you've "stolen" the icon
UPDATES:
22.07.2014: Added a new tutorial for Media volume control with Tasker & Gear 2
23.07.2014: Replaced Ns Auto Clear with a way to remove notifications with Tasker. See step 6. Thanks @stanguay.

Wow this looks super impressive, trying now
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Surprised this hasn't got more attention, finding this really interesting.
Do you have any tasks that you use to give me some inspiration?
I now have ad hoc notifications for lots of bits but It appears tasker probably is alot more powerful.
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dazkeirle said:
Surprised this hasn't got more attention, finding this really interesting.
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Probably because installing from the galaxy apps store was limited to stand-alone apps until now, on custom roms at least. Getting rid of the “Installation Failed. Try Later.(0)“ error is mandatory but the workaround does not work for everybody, yet, from what I see in the other thread.
dazkeirle said:
Do you have any tasks that you use to give me some inspiration?
I now have ad hoc notifications for lots of bits but It appears tasker probably is alot more powerful.
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I'm also new to tasker (had only macrodroid before) and also searching for some inspiration. Taskertutorials has a lot of videos, expecially for voice automation, which I didn't try yet (english is not my first languare... and it's silly for me to speak english to my watch/phone, even at home)
There are 2 ways to interact with tasker with your gear:
getting only notifications from tasker delivered to your gear, which works without LaunchGear and even with the “Installation Failed. Try Later.(0)“ error, as it's unrelated.
getting your gear to control tasker, which is covered in the first post.
Think of what you want your phone to run or automate, like: turning on your laptop (see first image) by using the wol plugin, or anything that can be sent to the gear, without having to always take the phone out or when it's charging.
If you are a sysadmin, you could ping websites and get a warning notifications automatically to your gear when they are offline. This works one-way too, so no need for LaunchGear, only if you want to manually check the state using your gear. I have this too and get errors when sites from work or my home router is offline, which are checked every 5 minutes. Running ssh commands from gear to tasker and then to your home or external server is also possible (haven't found free plugins for this yet)
Tasker is also good for home automation using your phone and dedicated hardware like zwave & co. Imagine controlling your home with your watch teoretically, this is possible but I don't have home automation devices yet...
Right now I plan to connect tasker to unified remote. This will bring a lot more possibilities for controlling my network devices at home.
Some tips will also be added to the first post.

OMG been looking for tasker for Gear 2, I'm gonna have to try this when I get home. Saw tasker working for Android wear and got jealous now I can try it yes :good::good: thank you, now I just have to root my S4. Does anybody have a link for samsung app store I have a S3 with custom rom want to test it out on that phone first before I try it out on mm daily phone ?

ricketkm said:
OMG been looking for tasker for Gear 2, I'm gonna have to try this when I get home. Saw tasker working for Android wear and got jealous now I can try it yes :good::good: thank you, now I just have to root my S4. Does anybody have a link for samsung app store I have a S3 with custom rom want to test it out on that phone first before I try it out on mm daily phone ?
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Glad to hear
For the samsung app store related issues, please see the: [Guide] How to set up Galaxy Gear 2 for non Samsung devices (Full Tutorial) , especially the first post and then page 53 and 54 because you will need that Samsung app store workaround from these pages to work in order to get the desired results of this tutorial.
The link to the samsung app store:
http://apps.samsung.com/mars/mw/apk_en.as?COUNTRY_CODE=USA&CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000279

so with this I can basically use Tasker on my Gear 2 like on Android wear ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenEwe3EfbE&list=UUXzySgo3V9KysSfELFLMAeA

Ns Auto Clear from tasker how do i do it please need help
I have the battery notification icon always showing Ns would love to get ridd of it thanks

ricketkm said:
so with this I can basically use Tasker on my Gear 2 like on Android wear ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenEwe3EfbE&list=UUXzySgo3V9KysSfELFLMAeA
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If Android wear still uses a smartphone for it's automations (and Tasker), then yes, it's the same.
yohappy said:
Ns Auto Clear from tasker how do i do it please need help
I have the battery notification icon always showing Ns would love to get ridd of it thanks
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After you install Ns Auto Clear from the app store, run it and enable it for the desired application.
L.E. please see step 6 in my first post. you can use tasker to remove the notifications automatically after they appear.

Medox2 said:
If Android wear still uses a smartphone for it's automations (and Tasker), then yes, it's the same.
After you install Ns Auto Clear from the app store, run it and enable it for the desired application, e.g.
I'm still looking for a better app because this makes problems. Usually it starts hidding notifications that should not be hidden and then I always have to check the list, if anything changed again.
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thanks for your quick reply Medox2

Media volume control with Tasker & Gear 2
This tutorial is for those who want to control the media volume on Android through their Gear 2. It can also be used without the Gear 2 part, if you are only interested in the tasks themselves.
First, make sure you were successful in getting Tasker to work with the Gear 2 (see first post).
(I recommend getting that example app to run before continuing)
If you just want Volume Profiles to be triggered by Tasker, go to the bottom of this post!
If you want two separate buttons to increase/decrease the volume, follow these steps:
A task/app for increasing the media volume:
Open Tasker and press the 3-dotted button on the top-right and select Preferences.
Uncheck the Beginner Mode (or you won’t be able to set the level variables at step 6.)
Create a new task and name it: Media Volume Increase.
Press + and select Variables, then Variable set.
Name: %mediaVolume
To: %VOLM + 3 (volume increases by 3, e.g. 0/15, 3/15, 6/15. you can change this if you want)
If: %VOLM < 15​
Back.
Press + and select Audio, then Media Volume.
Level: %mediaVolume
(do not check Display or Sound unless you really want to, for a test)​
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify
Title: Volume increased to %VOLM/15
If: %VOLM < 15​
Press + and select Alert, then Notify
Title: Volume at maximum! (%VOLM/15)
If: %VOLM eq 15​
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify Cancel (to automatically remove the notifications on the phone so they don't pile up)
don't change anything, unless you want to​
Back.
Result
Add the application icon (for the Gear 2) by using the button on the bottom-right.
Back (you should be at the task list now).
Press the 3-dotted button on the top-right and select Preferences.
Check the Beginner Mode (or not, if you know how to export apps without).
Back (to the task list).
Press & hold Media Volume Increase -> 3-dotted button on the top-right -> Export.
(make sure you have installed Tasker App Factory first or you won’t be able to export)​
After the export is done, press the Android robot icon on the bottom-right of the popup.
Install the application.
Open Gear Manager -> Notifications -> select Media Volume Increase.
(make sure you turn on notifications in the manager for this to work. please see below)
Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Find and install LaunchGear.
Open LaunchGear on the phone and add Media Volume Increase.
Open LaunchGear on the Gear 2 and test out your new app.
If everything works fine, we can create the second app for the Gear 2:
A task/app for decreasing the media volume:
Open Tasker and press the 3-dotted button on the top-right and select Preferences.
Uncheck the Beginner Mode (or you won’t be able to set the level variables at step 6.)
Create a new task and name it: Media Volume Decrease.
Press + and select Variables, then Variable set.
Name: %mediaVolume
To: %VOLM - 3 (volume decreases by 3, e.g. 6/15, 3/15, 0/15. you can change this if you want)
If: %VOLM > 0​
Back.
Press + and select Audio, then Media Volume.
Level: %mediaVolume
(do not check Display or Sound unless you really want to, for a test)​
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify
Title: Volume decreased to %VOLM/15
If: %VOLM < 15
AND
If: %VOLM > 0​
Press + and select Alert, then Notify
Title: Volume at minimum! (%VOLM/15)
If: %VOLM eq 0​
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify Cancel (to automatically remove the notifications on the phone so they don't pile up)
don't change anything, unless you want to​
Back.
Result
Add the application icon (for the Gear 2) by using the button on the bottom-right.
Back (you should be at the task list now).
Press the 3-dotted button on the top-right and select Preferences.
Check the Beginner Mode (or not, if you know how to export apps without).
Back (to the task list).
Press & hold Media Volume Decrease -> 3-dotted button on the top-right -> Export.
(make sure you have installed Tasker App Factory first or you won’t be able to export)​
After the export is done, press the Android robot icon on the bottom-right of the popup.
Install the application.
Open Gear Manager -> Notifications -> select Media Volume Decrease.
(make sure you turn on notifications in the manager for this to work. please see below)
Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Find and install LaunchGear.
Open LaunchGear on the phone and add Media Volume Decrease.
Open LaunchGear on the Gear 2 and test out your new app.
How to turn on notifications on the Gear 2:
Open “Notifications” in Gear Manager
Uncheck “Limit Notifications”
Press on “0) More Notifications”
Press “Turn On”
Check the box next to “Gear Manager”
Return to “Notifications” in Gear Manager
Scroll down and check the boxes you want to receive notifications from
Check the [Guide] How to set up Galaxy Gear 2 for non Samsung devices for errors.
Volume profiles for the Gear 2:
Install Volume Profile for tasker and create a profile called Outdoor (as an example).
Edit the Settings of Volume Profile to disable vibration and sound on profile change.
Open Tasker and create a new task and name it: Set outdoor volume profile.
Press + and select Plugin, then Volume Profile -> Configuration: Outdoor.
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify
Title: Outdoor profile set!​
Back.
Press + and select Alert, then Notify Cancel
(to automatically remove the notifications on the phone so they don't pile up)​
Back.
Add the application icon (for the Gear 2) by using the button on the bottom-right.
Back (you should be at the task list now).
Press & hold Set outdoor volume profile -> 3-dotted button on the top-right -> Export.
After the export is done, press the Android robot icon on the bottom-right of the popup.
Install the application.
Open Gear Manager -> Notifications -> select Set outdoor volume profile.
(make sure you turn on notifications in the manager for this to work. please see above)
Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Find and install LaunchGear.
Open LaunchGear on the phone and add Set outdoor volume profile.
Open LaunchGear on the Gear 2 and test out your new volume profile.
Yes, lots of steps but once you create 2-3 apps, everything will seem easier Now enjoy your new apps for controlling your phone with your Gear 2 while going for a run!
Similar apps can now be easily created, for example: increasing/decreasing any other type of volumes on the phone (ringer, alarm, notifications, etc.) but the media volume should be the most useful. For complex alarm/ringer settings, use Volume profiles.
Source: my new blog post
UPDATES:
23.07.2014: Added a way to remove the generated notifications on the phone with Tasker (step 11 for the first two apps. step 8 for the last one), so they don't pile up. Thanks @stanguay.

Missing.
Hay guys.
I had a look on both the samsung app store & samsung gear app store, the "LaunchGear" app is not there.
I live in South Africa and I have a (Note 3 LTE 4.4.2 rooted)
Any ideas?

FdeKlerk said:
Hay guys.
I had a look on both the samsung app store & samsung gear app store, the "LaunchGear" app is not there.
I live in South Africa and I have a (Note 3 LTE 4.4.2 rooted)
Any ideas?
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It's there I just installed it
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So I am trying to figure out how to get google now on my gear 2 via taker

ricketkm said:
It's there I just installed it
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So I am trying to figure out how to get google now on my gear 2 via taker
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Please do me a favor and tell me where do you live? (country?)

FdeKlerk said:
Please do me a favor and tell me where do you live? (country?)
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I'm in Italy and also i not show LaunchGear in samsungapps

RevengeDevTeam said:
I'm in Italy and also i not show LaunchGear in samsungapps
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Point proven! Is it possible for the Dev to share an apk link due to the fact that the app is free?

RevengeDevTeam said:
I'm in Italy and also i not show LaunchGear in samsungapps
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Please always use: Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Search for LaunchGear, like described in the tutorial.
If I open GALAXY Apps directly, it will not find LaunchGear.
FdeKlerk said:
Hay guys.
I had a look on both the samsung app store & samsung gear app store, the "LaunchGear" app is not there.
I live in South Africa and I have a (Note 3 LTE 4.4.2 rooted)
Any ideas?
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If it's not even in the "gear app store", then this is indeed country dependent. Could you try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312215 ? It's the closest I could find for now. I will make some tests too.

If it's not even in the "gear app store", then this is indeed country dependent. Could you try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312215 ? It's the closest I could find for now. I will make some tests too.
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I followed your link and did what they said. Still not available.?

Medox2 said:
This tutorial is for those who want to control the media volume on Android through their Gear 2. It can also be used without the Gear 2 part, if you are only interested in the tasks themselves.
First, make sure you were successful in getting Tasker to work with the Gear 2 (see first post).
(I recommend getting that example app to run before continuing)
If you just want Volume Profiles to be triggered by Tasker, go to the bottom of this post!
If you want two separate buttons to increase/decrease the volume, follow these steps:
A task/app for increasing the media volume:
ng ...
Took off the notifications and alert but thanks a lot I'm gonna try and figure out how to add other features.
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Medox2 said:
Please always use: Gear Manager -> Samsung Apps -> Search for LaunchGear, like described in the tutorial.
If I open GALAXY Apps directly, it will not find LaunchGear.
If it's not even in the "gear app store", then this is indeed country dependent. Could you try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312215 ? It's the closest I could find for now. I will make some tests too.
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You can share apk? I know how search but not see this LaunchGear

NowNotifier development

Hello, I'm the developer for the NowNotifier application and decided that the comments in the Samsung store is a bad place for me to keep track of feedback, so decided to start this thread.
Feedback is always welcomed.
Johann
Todo:
* Fix for reading messages.
* Option to hide app after action DONE
* No notifications on sleep mode
* Exit to home / watch screen

Hi,
Nice to see you here. Hopefully we will see a new release with enhancement and bug fixes soon

renegade said:
Hi,
Nice to see you here. Hopefully we will see a new release with enhancement and bug fixes soon
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Thanks, had to freeze development while the app was being judged and had to take care of other projects. Right now my priority is to fix the message display, do you have anything to report that needs to be fixed?
- J

johann.r said:
Thanks, had to freeze development while the app was being judged and had to take care of other projects. Right now my priority is to fix the message display, do you have anything to report that needs to be fixed?
- J
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This may be some sort of error on my part, so please bear with me. My only complaint is when using your app the Now Notifier screen seems to stick around. I do have my watch set to wake up to last screen used as that is the only way the Endomondo app is useful when running. Is there a way to turn this off.

lordmorphous said:
This may be some sort of error on my part, so please bear with me. My only complaint is when using your app the Now Notifier screen seems to stick around. I do have my watch set to wake up to last screen used as that is the only way the Endomondo app is useful when running. Is there a way to turn this off.
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If you have autohide on, and don't touch the notification, it should hide automatically. If you touch it, you should swipe up to down past the green screen to dismiss the application.

johann.r said:
If you have autohide on, and don't touch the notification, it should hide automatically. If you touch it, you should swipe up to down past the green screen to dismiss the application.
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Got it...thanks. Would it be possible in a future update to allow for the autohide timeout to be changed by the user to something shorter?
Edit: Just received an email through Nine (me email app on my phone). I got the notification through NN, replied to it with NN and the NN screen stayed on the screen until I made it go away. This is what I meant earlier. Is this something that's limited by the APIs, or is it something that can be configured to go away on its own?

lordmorphous said:
Got it...thanks. Would it be possible in a future update to allow for the autohide timeout to be changed by the user to something shorter?
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What would you consider shorter? If I do it I would prefer to consolidate everything together so more like a selection between none / 5 seconds / 10 seconds / 30 seconds / 1 minute so that way there is no 2 options for the same thing, what you think?

johann.r said:
What would you consider shorter? If I do it I would prefer to consolidate everything together so more like a selection between none / 5 seconds / 10 seconds / 30 seconds / 1 minute so that way there is no 2 options for the same thing, what you think?
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Is the autohide for the NN screen or the notification itself. If for the notification, the choices of 5/10/20 would probably be ideal, at least to me. If it is for the NN screen, then just a standard 5 seconds would be fine. I wouldn't think you would want it to not show up as all; I mean you want your name out there and all, I get that.
By the way, did you see my edit above?

lordmorphous said:
Is the autohide for the NN screen or the notification itself. If for the notification, the choices of 5/10/20 would probably be ideal, at least to me. If it is for the NN screen, then just a standard 5 seconds would be fine. I wouldn't think you would want it to not show up as all; I mean you want your name out there and all, I get that.
By the way, did you see my edit above?
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The NowNotifier screen is more for you not to leave by error the app when you don't want it because when you get to it, you are a swipe away from leaving the application.
I think I got it, the auto hide is when you receive a notification. As soon as you touch the application, the autohide stops so you can browse/read your notification. If i understand you well, you want to dismiss the application once you execute an action (like reply) is that correct?

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The NowNotifier screen is more for you not to leave by error the app when you don't want it because when you get to it, you are a swipe away from leaving the application.
I think I got it, the auto hide is when you receive a notification. As soon as you touch the application, the autohide stops so you can browse/read your notification. If i understand you well, you want to dismiss the application once you execute an action (like reply) is that correct?
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Correct.

Well then yeah, that would have to be a new option something like "Hide application after action" and that basically wouldn't have a delay, once you click the button it hides.

Just came here to say thanks to you! Really love your app! Already rated it with 5 stars!
Ir makes our abondened tizen looks better!

sauliiin said:
Just came here to say thanks to you! Really love your app! Already rated it with 5 stars!
Ir makes our abondened tizen looks better!
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Thanks for the comment! Still learning how to add new stuff, so I always say that this is a work in progress!

sauliiin said:
Just came here to say thanks to you! Really love your app! Already rated it with 5 stars!
Ir makes our abondened tizen looks better!
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This:good:
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johann.r said:
Hello, I'm the developer for the NowNotifier application and decided that the comments in the Samsung store is a bad place for me to keep track of feedback, so decided to start this thread.
* Demo to be added after 10 posts *
Feedback is always welcomed.
Johann
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I just thought of another "issue", please don't take this as nit-picking. I really do like your app.
I use the stock sleep app at night. This silences notification and keeps the screen from coming on in the middle of the night. Your app still goes off throughout the night and I never remember to turn off your app until after the first time I'm woken up by the buzzing on my wrist. Is it possible to make your app "respect" the sleep mode?
I am not a developer and only have a very generic understanding of api's and such, so this may not be feasible.

Did you email me about that before?
Yes I'm looking into it, by default I just post the messages that the phone broadcast, so I need to find out a way for me to know when the phone is in that mode to block the messages. No luck so far, but still looking into it.
I'll update the main post with a wishlist and work through it later.

No, I never emailed you... But that must mean I'm not the only one who thought of it. Thanks for starting this thread.

Yeah I got some a question about it some time ago, didn't know about that functionality so I'm looking into it. Yeah between emails and see if comments were updated, I saw a question about the application in this forum, so decided what a better place to keep all the feedback in one place.
Also at this moment I'm doing some live development, testing my encoding PC for other project so feel free to drop and keep the feedback going :good:
The link is YOUTUBE /watch?v=vEW-0gI72S8 <- can't post links yet

Here is a quick demo for the hide after action

Ok I have a list of enhancements I would love to see:
Phone app:
1- When first installed, all applications are enabled (checked) by default, it takes a while to uncheck the applications you don’t want to receive notifications from. Maybe a "check/uncheck all" button.
2- Option to receive notifications on Gear and vibrate while keeping screen off.
3- Option to not show notifications on Gear when phone is used “i.e. screen on and unlocked”.
4- Option to dismiss notification on Gear when it is dismissed from phone, and vise-versa.
5- Option for to exclude notifications from “ignored phrases”.
6- Option for “Night/Do not disturb” times.
7- Provide option for different vibration “duration” for each app
Gear app:
1- Theming option (dark background & light background)
2- “Text size option”.
3- You should queue all the notifications received.
4- Swipe right/left for next/previous notification. Swipe down to dismiss. And tap for notification text/details. Swipe up for (suggestions?)
5- After dismissing the last notification, app should go back immediately (1 sec delay?) to watchface.
And most important of all, stability, stability and stability. The problem I have seen with all the notification apps is stability and usability issues. Often they either hang, crash or stop receiving notifications for some reason or another. And that is very frustrating.
Honestly, if you want you app to be the best notification app (whether free or paid), you should look at the two other similar notification app and combine the best features with your app which I believe provides the best visual experience but lacks in features.

renegade said:
Ok I have a list of enhancements I would love to see:
Phone app:
1- When first installed, all applications are enabled (checked) by default, it takes a while to uncheck the applications you don’t want to receive notifications from. Maybe a "check/uncheck all" button.
2- Option to receive notifications on Gear and vibrate while keeping screen off.
3- Option to not show notifications on Gear when phone is used “i.e. screen on and unlocked”.
4- Option to dismiss notification on Gear when it is dismissed from phone, and vise-versa.
5- Option for to exclude notifications from “ignored phrases”.
6- Option for “Night/Do not disturb” times.
7- Provide option for different vibration “duration” for each app
Gear app:
1- Theming option (dark background & light background)
2- “Text size option”.
3- You should queue all the notifications received.
4- Swipe right/left for next/previous notification. Swipe down to dismiss. And tap for notification text/details. Swipe up for (suggestions?)
5- After dismissing the last notification, app should go back immediately (1 sec delay?) to watchface.
And most important of all, stability, stability and stability. The problem I have seen with all the notification apps is stability and usability issues. Often they either hang, crash or stop receiving notifications for some reason or another. And that is very frustrating.
Honestly, if you want you app to be the best notification app (whether free or paid), you should look at the two other similar notification app and combine the best features with your app which I believe provides the best visual experience but lacks in features.
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Thanks for the list Renegade!
You should have seen this app the first revision 2 months ago, it was as plain as it gets :laugh:
Some stuff is doable, other might not, right now is limited by my limited knowledge of Android an Tizen, like you say I like to work more on stability so for me is means to add 1 or 2 new features per release.

Step goal and sleep tracking?

Hi,
can anybody tell me how I can set another step goal (its set with 6000) - I cant find it on the app at the phone and also not on the gear... But it must be possible to change it, or??
And another question: Can the gear s2 track the sleep? If yes, how to set it or do i need another app for it?
Thanks a lot
Frank

In the S health watch app go to the far right and open the settings menu and you can set your step goal in there.

Thanks for your answer, but it works not! I had only the choice to select the source of the stepcounter (gear or phone).
If I set it to phone I can change the goal - but when I switch back to gear it back again to 6000... And I have again no chance to change it...
Crazy...

As said above, you simply go S Health settings on the watch to change it.

I got it
Thanks for your help...

Or go into s health on s2 and scroll using bezel all the way to the right to Settings and select 2nd option - Step Target, and change target there.

That's exactly what had been advised in the first reply, isn't it?
What about the sleep tracking? For now it would seem they have forgotten it.

How about how to change from phone to gear for soirce? I know its there but can't seem to find it.

Is there anyway to switch function on the S2, i find as per my Gear 2 it is inaccurate (prefer using my mobile) and it consumes battery.

(Reopen Question) How to Change Pedometer Target / Steps Goal on Gear S2
While this was answered over a year ago, either it's changed since then, or I'm misunderstanding.
I can find several S Health widgets, but I can't see the S Health APP anywhere on the S2.
There's even a Pedometer widget, but turn the bezel as i might, I don't find the three-dot menu icon, "More", or "Settings" anywhere.
The Data Source is set to the watch, not the phone. But clicking on S Health even in the Apps List just brings up the 24 Hour Activity Log.
It's a bluetooth-only version of the watch, so there's no carrier involved. I'm using it with a Note 4 on Verizon.
The software version on the S2 ends in EPK5.
Thanks for any help!

TTZ1Z said:
While this was answered over a year ago, either it's changed since then, or I'm misunderstanding.
I can find several S Health widgets, but I can't see the S Health APP anywhere on the S2.
There's even a Pedometer widget, but turn the bezel as i might, I don't find the three-dot menu icon, "More", or "Settings" anywhere.
The Data Source is set to the watch, not the phone. But clicking on S Health even in the Apps List just brings up the 24 Hour Activity Log.
It's a bluetooth-only version of the watch, so there's no carrier involved. I'm using it with a Note 4 on Verizon.
The software version on the S2 ends in EPK5.
Thanks for any help!
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I'm running the same version
Launch the S-health app on the S2 - not any of the widgets. Rotate the bezel to the right until you see the Settings "tab". Click on the button at the bottom. Scroll down to Step Target.
Rob

Must "Start" to get to Settings
As I said in my earlier post, starting the S Health app on the S2 simply brought up the 24 Hour Log (circle showing goals for sleep, serious exercise, light exercise, etc.) Rotating the bezel did nothing.
However, if you press the "Start" button on that circle, THEN rotating the bezel will bring up various screens (or "tabs"), including Settings!
Thanks for the help.

TTZ1Z said:
As I said in my earlier post, starting the S Health app on the S2 simply brought up the 24 Hour Log (circle showing goals for sleep, serious exercise, light exercise, etc.) Rotating the bezel did nothing.
However, if you press the "Start" button on that circle, THEN rotating the bezel will bring up various screens (or "tabs"), including Settings!
Thanks for the help.
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I just had to reset my S2 because I got a new phone and I'm having the same issue and reading every forum and Forum post out there and I cannot find how to change this on the watch. Phone is at 10k, S2 is at 6k. Wat them both at 10k. This is so aggravating. These instructions worked like 6 months ago but there is no changing the step Count on the gearas far as I can tell. I'm so annoyed right now LOL the search continues
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Welp of course I figure it out after commenting lol
On watch:
1. Press on step graph
2. Press on 3 dots on the right
3. Press on gear on the right
4. Press on step target
5. Change
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Thanks for posting your response. I've been struggling for a week trying to figure this out.

How do you toggle between current app and watch display etc?

Loving my Gear S3 Frontier but still a bit confused about using it on occassions! Can anyone tell me is there a simple way to:
1. Keep an app you are currently using on the display?
For example, while walk around the supermarket, I was using the excellent "My Notes in Gear" to work through a shopping list I'd created previously. Problem was that when the watch display turned off if I raised my wrist up to look at the screen it frequently had reverted to the watch display. Only way i could get it back to my shopping list was to select the apps view and tap on the "My Notes in Gear" app again. Surely I must be doing something wrong and there's an easier way to resume the view of an app you are currently using?
2. Easily toggle between watchface (time) display and current other app in use?
Say I'm tracking a hike in S Health but I want to check the current time. Is there an easy way to toggle from S-Health to the watchface, and then quickly switch back to S-Health tracking again?
Having had the watch a couple of weeks now I'm sure I should have a handle on these things by now, so maybe I'm just being dumb - or maybe these things are not as easy to do as they should be?!

Really, NOBODY has a solution to this??!!

SirBindy said:
It's not rocket science.
Set your double-tap home button to "last app".
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Thanks for the tip. OK, maybe it's not rocket science but to me it seems very strange that there's is not a standard quick way to click back to a current open app. After all, on your mobile phone it's very easy.

And is there any easy/quick way to toggle between watchface (time) display and current other app in use, as when I just want to quickly check the time? Yes, I realise now I can optionally set my double-tap on the home button to view current app, but what if you prefer to set that to normally open another app like S-Health or S-Voice? Sorry, but I really think this is an aspect of typical use of a smartwatch that the designers have not fully thought through. Surely the ability to easily switch between your watchface and another app you are running should be a standard and quick operation?!

I'm having the same issue. And yes, I've set the home button to revert to my previous apps. I'd prefer, however, to raise my wrist and have the app that I was currently using still be there. For example, whenever I'm out on a run and I'm listening to music, I have to double press the home button, and select the application in order to begin toggling to the next sound track. Similar situation happens when I'm using the notes app. Does anyone know of a way to "lock" the current app so that it doesn't go away when I put my hand down?

Worked in the previous Gear 1&2&S. There are a setting for movement activation : Last screen or Clock. Very usefull, do not know why Samsung removed this setting in the Gear S2/S3 ???

It does this on Galaxy Gear too.
It makes much more sense the app you're using is just there, no need to press any button :-/
Thanks for the double tap tip.

[Q] Help from any S Health gurus needed

How can I turn off S Health notifications on my Gear 3? I am fed up (to put it politely) with notifications to get up and start moving and well done if I get up. At 77, I don’t want to be disturbed if I nod off by this silly program.
I have S Health notification turned off in Settings on my phone (Note 8) and also turned off in Samsung Gear, to no avail. It still insists to disturb me when it feels like it.
Any of you kind guys can advise me how to stop it please?
Kind regards,

g0tch said:
How can I turn off S Health notifications on my Gear 3? I am fed up (to put it politely) with notifications to get up and start moving and well done if I get up. At 77, I don’t want to be disturbed if I nod off by this silly program.
I have S Health notification turned off in Settings on my phone (Note 8) and also turned off in Samsung Gear, to no avail. It still insists to disturb me when it feels like it.
Any of you kind guys can advise me how to stop it please?
Kind regards,
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Open SHealth on your Gear > Settings and turn off SHealth notifications.
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Maik268 said:
Open SHealth on your Gear > Settings and turn off SHealth notifications.
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Many thanks for your reply. Notification is turned of onthe phones setting and on the Gear app. On the watch, there are no options available that I can find.
Regards,

g0tch said:
Many thanks for your reply. Notification is turned of onthe phones setting and on the Gear app. On the watch, there are no options available that I can find.
Regards,
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As I said, Open the SHealth App on your Gear!
Go to the last page inside the Health app and open settings > Fitness reminder (or something like that, I don't know the exact english translation) > And turn off all notifications you don't want to see.

I think I might have found it! Even though all notifications off, there are still some enabled on the Gear app. Clicking on the app, in Info, scroll to near bottom to Sansung health and click, On the bottom I found Manage Items, where there are options to turn different items on and off. I just have to wait and see if I get woken up during my after lunch nod off.:fingers-crossed::laugh::laugh:
Found the options on my gear 3. Sansung health>Settings>Health nudges. Tuned all of and viola, no more notifications.
Best regards,