I don't know how many of you have the Gear 2 along with a ton of apps/games (600+) on your Note 3, but any time I select "notifications" from within the Gear Manager with the Gear 2 it instantly freezes/crashes...giving me an error of "Unfortunately, Gear 2 plugin has stopped."
So I get NO notifications on the Gear 2 like I do on my Gear 1. After speaking with Samsung tech support 3 times it has been confirmed that this seems to basically be a memory issue (which I actually experienced with the Gear 1 as well until a Gear Manager update came out that helped).
In addition to the new gear being Tizen based and not having Android apps like Watch Styler (which causes me to lose over 100+ Gear 1 watch faces), I have also been extremely frustrated with the way the devices connect to your phone. Once connecting the Gear 2, going back to re-connect the Gear 1 is a true pain in the ass! The Gear Manager will constantly have to restore/re-install it's software every time you go back and forth between the two devices. When the Gear 1 finally does re-connects, which has sometimes taken over an hour to do, you'll not only find your watch battery drained but also some of your settings in the GM have been lost for your Gear 1. It's almost like Sammy didn't expect any of the Gear 1 owner to buy the Gear 2 so they hardly tested the two of them working well together.
So in short, with no notifications, no Watch Styler faces, no more camera shortcuts, no more hourly chimes, connection issues, and the WatchOn app that claims not to work with my Comcast cable box (when the same app works perfectly on my Note 3 and Note 10.1 with all my Comcast boxes) says to me that this $300 paperweight might be returned to the store soon for a full refund!
Buyers beware!...
P.S. - If anyone has a fix for the "crashing notifications" problem please let me know (and I've repeatedly tried clearing cache & data for GM with no luck). If nothing else, I need that at least to be working or this device is pretty much useless to me. Thanks.
When was the release date? 7 days ago...
What exactly did you expect? Give developers a little bit more time lol
There are also availability problems
I have absolutely no problems connecting the gear to my note 2 and everything works fine
For your Note 3 problem
Try this:
tizenexperts.com/2014/04/hack-unofficial-fix-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-working-with-samsung-gear-2-neo
Helga Pataki said:
When was the release date? 7 days ago...
What exactly did you expect? Give developers a little bit more time lol
There are also availability problems
I have absolutely no problems connecting the gear to my note 2 and everything works fine
For your Note 3 problem
Try this:
tizenexperts.com/2014/04/hack-unofficial-fix-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-working-with-samsung-gear-2-neo
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I know this device was just recently released, however, I currently have 8 Android devices (5 of them Samsung) and I am very used to new tech ALWAYS having a bug or 2 when released. But not being able to properly connect a device "that has to be connected to even boot up initially" or not getting any notifications/communications at all on a smart watch is really unacceptable IMO because this is part of the watch's main functionality! If it doesn't connect or communicate messages at launch then how useful is it at $300. Having been a beta tester years ago, this product just doesn't seem to be very well tested to have such major problems right out of the box.
I've heard that an update might have been released today. I'm hoping that this info is true and that it addresses at least these major issues. I can then wait for the other fixes to come down the line later. By the way, thanks for the link! It doesn't really fix my problem with re-connecting the Gear 1 from the Gear 2 or the notifications issue, but interesting nonetheless.
I have the exact same problem ! The only way I got it to work was factory reset of note 3 then install Gear Manager and setup your notifications. But after a while the problem returns.
I'm hoping Samsung can fix this. I thought it may have been issue with the Omega ROM I installed on Note3 but it appears to be a prob on any ROM.
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mcse17 said:
I have the exact same problem ! The only way I got it to work was factory reset of note 3 then install Gear Manager and setup your notifications. But after a while the problem returns.
I'm hoping Samsung can fix this. I thought it may have been issue with the Omega ROM I installed on Note3 but it appears to be a prob on any ROM.
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I am facing same problem. I restarted. did factory reset. and restarted many times. It starts working and then after a while stops working and no notifications on my Gear 2. I miss Gear 1 never had problem with Gear 1 but this Gear 2. How to contact Samsung to resolve this problem.
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All,
The 5 September update of Gear Manager caused my watch to continuously disconnect from my Note 3.
The only thing I could do was factory reset the Gear 2 and reconnect. However, restoring the backup failed as the progress indicator remained at 100% and never continued. The last resort was a full wipe and start from scratch reinstalling all the apps.
Gear Manager settings show that an old backup is still present but it is greyed out.
Anyone else had this problem?
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All,
The 5 September update of Gear Manager caused my watch to continuously disconnect from my Note 3.
The only thing I could do was factory reset the Gear 2 and reconnect. However, restoring the backup failed as the progress indicator remained at 100% and never continued. The last resort was a full wipe and start from scratch reinstalling all the apps.
Gear Manager settings show that an old backup is still present but it is greyed out.
Anyone else had this problem?
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I'm runing tizen mod 3.0 and my galaxy s4 running hyperdrive RLS 18.1. I am having the same issues but cannot figure out of its eithe rof my roms on the phone or watch. i did notice that this disconnect issue did not occur when I had the stock factory image on my gear 2. I thought it might be the roms. But now that you mention it, it may be the latest update with gear manager.
I'm hoping some savy developer or someone with more expertise on the issue can shed some light on this issue.
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I'm runing tizen mod 3.0 and my galaxy s4 running hyperdrive RLS 18.1. I am having the same issues but cannot figure out of its eithe rof my roms on the phone or watch. i did notice that this disconnect issue did not occur when I had the stock factory image on my gear 2. I thought it might be the roms. But now that you mention it, it may be the latest update with gear manager.
I'm hoping some savy developer or someone with more expertise on the issue can shed some light on this issue.
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There is an update that was released today as well, and of 9 reviews 7 of them state that it breaks the gear 2. But hey, they added support for the Gear S....
anmghstnet said:
There is an update that was released today as well, and of 9 reviews 7 of them state that it breaks the gear 2. But hey, they added support for the Gear S....
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Thanks for the heads up. I was able to pull the old gear Manager apk file and did 4 factory resets on my watch and my phone to get the thing up and running again. Can't believe samsung would update the gear Manager and not do extensive testing if people are already complaining of it breaking gear 2 connection. [emoji19]
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Thanks for the heads up. I was able to pull the old gear Manager apk file and did 4 factory resets on my watch and my phone to get the thing up and running again. Can't believe samsung would update the gear Manager and not do extensive testing if people are already complaining of it breaking gear 2 connection. [emoji19]
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Any chance you could post the old gear manager apk?
I have TizenMod 3.0 and Saproviders stops, I can't get notifications on the gear anymore... Samsung is really making me lose patience :/
Edit : all due to today's upgrade.
Same here. Anyone else know if we can deactivate the automatic updating? I did my bi-weekly CWM backup just last night (lucky!) so I have no problem restoring but as soon as I reboot the damn thing automatically updates! I want to pull the sim out, do a restore, deactivate the auto-update function and just leave it as it is until there is a fix. I would try restoring from Titanium but there are like 9 additional apps that it either installs or updates after the new Gear Manager installs!
This may be late for some of you but this is how I get around the problems...
1) Before you update the gear manager app, make a backup of the gear manager apps with titanium backup. (all the apps associated with gear manager will have the same gear logo)
2) Then open the app and update the software
3) Once complete, confirm that your Gear watch is connecting and receiving notifications. (The easiest way to do that is send yourself a text message)
4) If your watch is not working correctly or not connecting to the phone, then go back into titanium backup and restore the Gear Manager app back to the backup you made in step 1.
5) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until it works.
I personally had to do this twice before it connected and I received notifications. For future updates this is the only way I would do it because it is such a glitchy application and I'm tired of factory resetting my Gear and re-installing everything multiple times.
I hope this helps someone!
Strangely enough this update worked fine for me. It was the previous update that messed all up here..
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Strangely enough this update worked fine for me. It was the previous update that messed all up here..
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Was your watch rooted or modded?
Not this time. Reverted back to stock just to be sure after the problems of the previous update. Just had it rooted then though.
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Not this time. Reverted back to stock just to be sure after the problems of the previous update. Just had it rooted then though.
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So you used ODIN to revert to stock, rooted by normal means and then updated the Gear Manager and it worked fine afterwards?
I flashed stock with Odin and left it that way after the problems with the previous gear manager update. Before that I just ran stock rooted, no custom rom. The only reason I rooted was to remove the camera sound, but I don't use the camera that much on the gear.
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I flashed stock with Odin and left it that way after the problems with the previous gear manager update. Before that I just ran stock rooted, no custom rom. The only reason I rooted was to remove the camera sound, but I don't use the camera that much on the gear.
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I'm thinking that this new Gear Manager update checks the watch for root access and won't let it connect. That's just my first impression anyway.
I removed root from my watch but kept TizenMod, re-paired the watch and it connected without a hitch.
I don't think root is the problem because most of the comments are negative and I doubt most people have their Gear rooted. I think it's a software issue because even before root was available there were plenty of people having issues with connecting and the software has not improved much since then.
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I don't think root is the problem because most of the comments are negative and I doubt most people have their Gear rooted. I think it's a software issue because even before root was available there were plenty of people having issues with connecting and the software has not improved much since then.
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When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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Binary100100 said:
When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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I installed the new Gear Manager update yesterday and I thought all was ok. Its only when I came to load "Fitness with Gear" I noticed it won't sync anymore. Tried everything to get it to come back but its a no go. anyone any idea's on this or having the same problem?
Rich
xtermin8 said:
I installed the new Gear Manager update yesterday and I thought all was ok. Its only when I came to load "Fitness with Gear" I noticed it won't sync anymore. Tried everything to get it to come back but its a no go. anyone any idea's on this or having the same problem?
Rich
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Hmm.
Perhaps it could be related to Fitness with Gear because I have it installed as well.
Binary100100 said:
When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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If it's an app I really like and support then I'll make a positive comment but I do also make negative comments as well. Root may cause some issues but before I had root I still had trouble with the app and had to factory reset multiple times just to get it to connect. I'm rooted and it still took me 2 times of trying to update to get it to work correctly. I think overall, Samsung did not spend enough time developing before releasing the Gear and Gear Manager. They're too busy pushing out a new phone every year and a new watch every 6 months.
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If it's an app I really like and support then I'll make a positive comment but I do also make negative comments as well. Root may cause some issues but before I had root I still had trouble with the app and had to factory reset multiple times just to get it to connect. I'm rooted and it still took me 2 times of trying to update to get it to work correctly. I think overall, Samsung did not spend enough time developing before releasing the Gear and Gear Manager. They're too busy pushing out a new phone every year and a new watch every 6 months.
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Agreed. This is definitely a poor job on Samsung. They did this **** just before the release of the Gear S? What a way to win hearts and minds. Think Apple will have these issues? I mean damn... the developers on this forum don't even have fails this big! When they notice that something that they developed doesn't work as expected they pull the link, fix the problem, TEST IT and then release it almost immediately. This is neglect.
Samsung released a Marshmallow (Android 6.0/M update to the Gear app, the Gear Plugin, and the Samsung Accessory Service apps on October 12. They then released updates again on October 15 and 16.
None of these three updates allow the S2 to stay connected via Bluetooth to your Marshmallow phone. Phone will connect once, and then fail to reconnect UNLESS you do a "Light" or "Factory" reset. Of course you lose some or all of your data and settings. And then if your S2 goes out of range of Phone, reset time again.
Just wanting folks to be aware. Suggest you leave a comment in Google Play for all three apps, but who knows if Samsung even reads those comments. At this point I don't even know if the people at Samsung who need to know about this, are even aware of issue.
I hope this is fixed soon... I left negative feedback until it is resolved.
I replied to you on the other thread, did you make sure permissions were set for both Manager and Plug In apps?
I learned awhile back ago, first to update is the first to find the new problems. Automatic updates and being the first to download is COOL, but not always functional.
15 days, and still not working on Android 6.0 Marshmallow phones. Apparently if you are on Marshmallow, and hadn't already installed the Gear app from the Play Store, you're now seeing "your device is not compatible" and you can't install it.
A user on Android Central with a Nexus 6 on Marshmallow is reporting that there is a firmware update under About Gear in the Gear app that has fixed the Bluetooth connection issue. I don't have my S2 with me at the moment, so anyone with a Marshmallow phone should check for the Firmware. Please let us know if you're successful in repeatedly reconnecting without having to do a reset every time you go out of range. Thanks!
I can confirm that I have repeatedly been able reconnect my S2 to my Nexus 5 on Marshmallow after I installed the S2 firmware update that was available in the USA in the Gear app under the About Gear settings. I went from firmware version R720XXU2AOIL to R720XXU2AOJ3. I found that even after installing the firmware, I had to do one Light Reset on the S2 before the S2 would reconnect.
So far so good. Have intentionally gone out of range 6 times and reconnected all 6 times. Will report back if situation changes.
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I can confirm that I have repeatedly been able reconnect my S2 to my Nexus 5 on Marshmallow after I installed the S2 firmware update that was available in the USA in the Gear app under the About Gear settings. I went from firmware version R720XXU2AOIL to R720XXU2AOJ3. I found that even after installing the firmware, I had to do one Light Reset on the S2 before the S2 would reconnect.
So far so good. Have intentionally gone out of range 6 times and reconnected all 6 times. Will report back if situation changes.
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I literally sold my S2 Classic recently because of this issue. It's really fixed now? I need to learn to exercise patience.
Yeah, been working all day, so I'm optimistic that it's fixed.
I'm about to upgrade my phone to Marshmallow. Did this issue get fixed? Can the Gear S2 connect with Marshmallow phones?
I'm on a Note 5 with Marshmallow and have had no problems with connectivity to my Gear S2.
Thank you! I updated my phone to Marshmallow too and it's working fine since yesterday.
Ive got a htc one A9 running marshmallow 6.0.1 does anyone knows if is 100% compatible with the gear s2 i hear people telling me it is but at what end? Do all functions work with non samsung devices? I use a lot of gmail and whatsapp and i hope to reply via the gear s2 so just wondering. Thanks to anyone that helps
Galaxy s6
Purchased: april 11 2015
Replaced: 8-1-15? Camera issue
Replaced: 10-15-15? Touch issue
Replaced : 11-16-15 touch issue
Samsung Galaxy S6 5.1.1 key strokes randomly not registering
The phones ive tested so far have all been the following model so i dont know if it affects different phones. Please post if your phone is affected.
Samsung Galaxy S6 (Verizon)
Model: SM-G920V
Andriod version: 5.1.1
I am on my 3rd replacement phone now because of this issue and just figured out why it is happening. everytime i get a replacement and update it from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1 is starts missing key strokes.. My current replacement i purposely didnt update and it works absolutely perfectly. I have tested 4 phones now and all of them have the same exact issue. I believe the reason most people dont realize it is because of word prediction. most of the time Word Prediction will put the correct word in even tho it misses keystroke. My brother has an s6 and he didnt even realize it till i had him test it like i tested mine. I did notice it tho and got really annoyed by it and started returning phones until i realized that they all had the same issue.. Worked perfectly on 5.0.2, but as soon as i updated to 5.1.1 they started missing keystrokes.
This is how i tested and proofed to Verizon that my phone was not working right:
disable "word prediction" in the samsung keyboard settings.
in the texting app type the first row of keys and press enter repeatedly so it looks like this:
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
repeat about 10 to 20 times. If your phone has the same issues as all my replacements you should see missed keys 2 to 5 times in your repeated words
Example:
qwertyuiop
qwetyuiop (missed the r)
qwertyuiop
qwertuiop (missed the y)
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
wertyuip (missed the q and o)
qwertyuiop
Cant wait to see what everyone comes up with! Lets get this to samsung asap for a fix!
My keyboard misses presses and is generally laggy all of the time. The same is true for third party keyboards as well.
I don't blame the touch response though, I just blame the laggy and slow S6. I have to reboot this thing once a slay if I want it to behave.
And yes I have tried fresh instslls, avoiding known problematic apps, and so on.
This thing has been a huge disappointment.
all my replacements were fast and perfect until I updated to 5.1.1. so if u have always had ur issues even before the update then it just might be something else with ur phone. do u know if it was working good before 5.1.1?
edgemaster191 said:
My keyboard misses presses and is generally laggy all of the time. The same is true for third party keyboards as well.
I don't blame the touch response though, I just blame the laggy and slow S6. I have to reboot this thing once a slay if I want it to behave.
And yes I have tried fresh instslls, avoiding known problematic apps, and so on.
This thing has been a huge disappointment.
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Same here. I am hoping marshmallow will fix this since for me it started with 5.1.1.
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I am running 5.1.1.1 on my S6 and it does not replicate the problem you are having...
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This is nice information, but I would loose my mind with the constant popup asking me to update. Too bad we dont have root
It never seems to happen to me. Might you be using the stock keyboard?
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Its just the junkware on these phones. Use the Debloater tool and watch the phone perform perfectly. Come on guys.
redrol said:
Its just the junkware on these phones. Use the Debloater tool and watch the phone perform perfectly. Come on guys.
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How does the debloater compare to the Package Disabler on the play store. I am using the package disabler, and don't really notice an improvement in battery life
natewipf said:
Galaxy s6
Purchased: april 11 2015
Replaced: 8-1-15? Camera issue
Replaced: 10-15-15? Touch issue
Replaced : 11-16-15 touch issue
Samsung Galaxy S6 5.1.1 key strokes randomly not registering
The phones ive tested so far have all been the following model so i dont know if it affects different phones. Please post if your phone is affected.
Samsung Galaxy S6 (Verizon)
Model: SM-G920V
Andriod version: 5.1.1
I am on my 3rd replacement phone now because of this issue and just figured out why it is happening. everytime i get a replacement and update it from 5.0.2 to 5.1.1 is starts missing key strokes.. My current replacement i purposely didnt update and it works absolutely perfectly. I have tested 4 phones now and all of them have the same exact issue. I believe the reason most people dont realize it is because of word prediction. most of the time Word Prediction will put the correct word in even tho it misses keystroke. My brother has an s6 and he didnt even realize it till i had him test it like i tested mine. I did notice it tho and got really annoyed by it and started returning phones until i realized that they all had the same issue.. Worked perfectly on 5.0.2, but as soon as i updated to 5.1.1 they started missing keystrokes.
This is how i tested and proofed to Verizon that my phone was not working right:
disable "word prediction" in the samsung keyboard settings.
in the texting app type the first row of keys and press enter repeatedly so it looks like this:
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
repeat about 10 to 20 times. If your phone has the same issues as all my replacements you should see missed keys 2 to 5 times in your repeated words
Example:
qwertyuiop
qwetyuiop (missed the r)
qwertyuiop
qwertuiop (missed the y)
qwertyuiop
qwertyuiop
wertyuip (missed the q and o)
qwertyuiop
Cant wait to see what everyone comes up with! Lets get this to samsung asap for a fix!
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Not having that issue. Stock keyboard, Stock 5.1.1.
TommyRox said:
I am running 5.1.1.1 on my S6 and it does not replicate the problem you are having...
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Same here. Repeated 10 times and no issues. If anything my screen seems overly sensitive. I dont even have to make contact and it will hit he keys.
redrol said:
Its just the junkware on these phones. Use the Debloater tool and watch the phone perform perfectly. Come on guys.
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You can just go to settings -> Apps and disable anything you want except for a few key services. My phone flies and sure as hell is not laggy at all.
Here is all that I have disabled:
Code:
Amazon
Amazon App Suite
Amazon Kindle
Amazon Music
Ant Radio Services (2)
Amazon App Store
Briefing
Caller Name ID
Chrome Device Support Lib
Cloud
com.verizon.vzwavs
Drive
DT Ignite
Facebook
Galaxy Apps Widget
Google Play Books
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies and TV
Google Play Newsstand
Google+
Hancomb Office Viewer
LTE Broadcast Manager_VZWE
Memo
Message+
Milk
Milk Video
MyInfo Zone
NFL Mobile
Peel Smart Remote
Print Spooler
QOSSIG
S beam
Svoice
Sapa Monitor
Slacker radio
Support & Protection
SVF
Verizon Location Agent
Virtual Tour
Voice Wake Up
VZ Navigator
VZW_API
Obviously some people may choose took apps like Facbook and instagram. Those are battery and performance killing apps. Anything that does any sort of push notification is running all the time and will drain battery and take away cpu cycles.
Disabling all of those apps is almost equal to having my own Custom ROM installed.
But back on topic... I have no issues with my touchscreen. This was an original device about 2 weeks after release.
Having a similar problem
Got 3 S6s for the family during the rebate sale. So far two of them have developed bad touch sensitivity. It took about a week to show up. It is worse on my wife's phone and that is not good.
When I did a hard reset and restarted it was good until somewhere near the end of updating. Maybe it was the Verizon upgrade, I don't know...
I know it shouldn't make a difference but increasing Pointer Speed to maximum increased the responsiveness of my phone keypad (but not the text keyboard). Up until that change, the dialer was barely useable. I also switched to SwiftKey and disabled (hide is the correct term) the Samsung Keyboard and that seemed to help. What makes this difficult is that it is inconsistent. I wonder if my fingers are too cold in the morning...
on the same one i got in may. never had this issue.
I honestly miss my s5 I think my s6 sucks, slow laggy battery hogging crap,can't figure why they took away allot of cool features like the ability to plug to TV for example (without having to buy adapter)waterproof I really don't care about, also miss having root .I don't have to many issue's with screen misses but could be I don't use it as much as I used to.
Same thing happened to me. Just got my replacement device today. Missed touches mostly around the edges of the screen. Started about a week after I got the phone. We'll see if this one does the same thing...
unleashedff248 said:
Same thing happened to me. Just got my replacement device today. Missed touches mostly around the edges of the screen. Started about a week after I got the phone. We'll see if this one does the same thing...
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debloat the damn phones people! The s6 is a fantastic phone with a load of crapware.. and knox. Disable all that!
Debloat doesn't seem to help
redrol said:
debloat the damn phones people! The s6 is a fantastic phone with a load of crapware.. and knox. Disable all that!
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I realize I am just a noob but I have started debloating and I am frustrated with apps like the Samsung Keyboard restarting themselves on their own. These apps may be hidden from my view but they start running when Samsung tells them to. If these apps can't be disabled, then I feel like I am wasting my time on trying to identify the running apps that are causing the loss in sensitivity.
I have none of these issues.
if your phone stop responding to touch in random spots on the screen, uninstall Facebook messenger, that ****ty app is causing that.
So lately my gear s2 has been giving me issues by not giving me text or email notifications. When this happened I did a light refresh and it helped it out for a few hours but would go back to no text or email notifications. And now, after doing a factory refresh and reinstalling the gear apps, I am not getting text or email notifications. I have all my settings set right in the gear app and through the phone settings app notification. The funny thing is is that I get phone calls on my gear s2 but nothing else. Anybody else having this issue? FYI my phone is an LG v10. I have a suspicion that this is a Gear app problem. Any help would be great. Thanks!!
Yup...
... me too! Was working fine then just stopped yesterday evening. I wonder what's changed?
A factory reset and reinstalling the Gear App on my Note 5 managed to synch the last text received prior to the reset but nothing since.
I have heard others speak of the same issue on other boards so I have a feeling it was the Gear app update that is the problem. Hope they fix it soon
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I have heard others speak of the same issue on other boards so I have a feeling it was the Gear app update that is the problem. Hope they fix it soon
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I had been having the same problems as well and it turned out I had to force an update of Samsung Accessory Service after the Gear Manager and Gear Plugin updates. Make sure the Accessory Service is at rev 2.26.106.
Hope that helps,
Fred
ffarber said:
I had been having the same problems as well and it turned out I had to force an update of Samsung Accessory Service after the Gear Manager and Gear Plugin updates. Make sure the Accessory Service is at rev 2.26.106.
Hope that helps,
Fred
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Unfortunately having rev 2.26.106 makes no difference on my Note 5. Interestingly I can control the S2 from my phone so it's definitely connected and it does get the occasional email notification (although not all). Unless Samsung sort this out the S2 is practically useless.
How
ffarber said:
I had been having the same problems as well and it turned out I had to force an update of Samsung Accessory Service after the Gear Manager and Gear Plugin updates. Make sure the Accessory Service is at rev 2.26.106.
Hope that helps,
Fred
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Stupid question, how do I force the update of the Samsung Accessory Service? I'm at 2.16.106 and see no update available for me
Nobody found a way yet? Its driving me crazy
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Nobody found a way yet? Its driving me crazy
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Not sure if you tried it already, but for me, turning off the "Limit Notifications" setting on the gear app dramatically helped with the reliability of notifications arriving to the watch. Thought I'd share, just in case
(I'm on a Samsung Note 4 with the 3g tmo S2).
Anybody figure this one out yet? Just received mine 12/10, and received texts that morning, none since. Still receives calls and alarms, just no texts or emails...
Mine worked at first, then stopped working, I tried everything I could think of (factory reset, reinstalling software on phone, clearing caches), miraculously it then worked perfectly for a week (I don't think it was anything I did), then it stopped receiving texts and email notifications again. There is clearly a connection with the phone as I get call notifications.... what a piece of junk.
Same here all fine then nothing
I contacted Samsung and relayed the problem to them and they told me the V10 is not compatible with the Gear S2. After looking at the list of compatible phones on the Samsung website, I saw the V10 isn't on there. It's just weird that it did work fine off the start and then stopped with the email and texts. But yet I still get phone calls. Hopefully they start to show some love to the V10
just2wikid said:
I contacted Samsung and relayed the problem to them and they told me the V10 is not compatible with the Gear S2. After looking at the list of compatible phones on the Samsung website, I saw the V10 isn't on there. It's just weird that it did work fine off the start and then stopped with the email and texts. But yet I still get phone calls. Hopefully they start to show some love to the V10
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Unfortunately for me I have a Samsung Note 5, I wonder if that isn't compatible either? The watch clearly has major issues.
Same here, I have a G S5. I contacted the 800 number, no real help other than do a reset and reinstall Gear Manager.
I am just disappointed that it doesn't work with my V10. If I had a Samsung like you guys do I'd be really pissed. They really gotta get their stuff together
I recently had similar issue that one of the messenger app suddenly didn't forward notifications to my S2 classic while email notifications worked fine. The solution was to reboot my phone instead of doing anything to gear manager or watch. Now everything works like charm. Hope this could help someone who got similar issue. I have a note4 BTW.
I updated my Pixel 2 to Android P DP, and at first my Gear S2 sport would work normally, but eventually I noticed it was constantly in standalone mode. I decided to check the Gear app and BOOM, it broke. At that point I thought I just had to hard reset my watch, but that did not solve. Every time I try to pair the Gear app breaks, of if I go to the bluetooth menu and try to pair from there it says that it couldn't pair because of an incorrect pin or passkey.
Anyone is facing the same issue or have a solution for this?
Thanks.
Same issue
It's not any help, but I've also experienced the same problem with my Gear S2 and Pixel 2 XL. I was hoping that DP4 would fix this but it's obviously the Samsung Gear app that's the issue. Samsung hasn't updated the app since November, 2017.
charleswlee said:
It's not any help, but I've also experienced the same problem with my Gear S2 and Pixel 2 XL. I was hoping that DP4 would fix this but it's obviously the Samsung Gear app that's the issue. Samsung hasn't updated the app since November, 2017.
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Umm I get updates for the gear app all the time pretty sure I do at least
I just checked, the app itself was last updated forever ago, but the Gear S Plugin(which I believe is the one that matters) was updated in May this year. Hopefully after Android P is released they'll fix it. But this type of situation makes me want to avoid Samsung products.