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i have a samsung galaxy s captivate rooted and running cyanogen mod & miui. i've had whats app installed on it since july. i change my simcard to another phone (htc) for work coz i dont want my samsung to get damaged. it also has whats app installed so when i put it in i have to reverify.
likewise when i get home from work and put the sime back in my cappy i have to reverify whatsapp again on it.
i do this mon-fri and have for the past 2 months.
today i went to work with the simcard in htc and was propted to reverify whatsapp. fine. come home and put sim back in cappy. it propmted me to verify went through the process got sent a code text then it said "Initializing" for ages and i keep getting message "failure. sorry unable to complete initialisation"
i've tried rebooting the phone, i've also tried unistalling and reinstalling the app itself.
any ideas whats caused this and how to fix it?
I AM FULLY CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET (WIFI)
it seems there is a problem at their end
sync contacts dosent work thats a problem
if u have backup restore it which i did able to send msg but not able to refresh contacts
lets us hope they fix it soon
so there is an ongoing problem with the actuall app just now?
it said something about previous msgs detected do i want to restore then i clicked yes but again it wont get past the initialization.
Yes ongoing probs
now it seems solved my contacts is up but status msg is shown as error
Restore the whole app if you had backed up with titanium backup or similar apps
WhatsApp status functionality is currently not available. We are working on resolving it soon-ish...
(https://twitter.com/wa_status/status/273697196988309505)
They are working soon will be alright
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Anyone experience phonecalls not coming in to the Gear 2? It was working for a couple days, now it stopped. Messages come in fine. I tired Hard resetting and restoring with no luck. Thank You!
kronium said:
Anyone experience phonecalls not coming in to the Gear 2? It was working for a couple days, now it stopped. Messages come in fine. I tired Hard resetting and restoring with no luck. Thank You!
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Probably due to the Gear Manager update. A lot of people are reporting problems.
Any solutions, my girlfriends gear 2 neo also doesnt show incomming calls. Allready disconnected Bt pairing, resetted watch, uninstalled gear manager, restarted phone, reinstalled gear manager, connected gear again ... same problem, when I call her, nothing happens on the gear. all other stuff works( apps , notifications etc ...)
Rostenhollander said:
Any solutions, my girlfriends gear 2 neo also doesnt show incomming calls. Allready disconnected Bt pairing, resetted watch, uninstalled gear manager, restarted phone, reinstalled gear manager, connected gear again ... same problem, when I call her, nothing happens on the gear. all other stuff works( apps , notifications etc ...)
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The latest Gear Manager has given many users problems, I'm one of the few who experience such. The only solution we found so far is to Revert back to the previous version of Gear Manager, that's v2.1.xxx, and never update to latest, not until sammy has fixed it. If you can't find any link to download the previous version. Just reply here and I'll be glad to upload one. [emoji106]
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older version of gear manager?
Can you send me the link for downloading?
Incoming calls are not getting to my gear 2.
Hope this will fix it.
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The latest Gear Manager has given many users problems, I'm one of the few who experience such. The only solution we found so far is to Revert back to the previous version of Gear Manager, that's v2.1.xxx, and never update to latest, not until sammy has fixed it. If you can't find any link to download the previous version. Just reply here and I'll be glad to upload one. [emoji106]
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I tried to install an older version (2.1.14071502) and installation was successful. But when the old version Gear Manager runs for the first time it forces me to update the new version. Otherwise it will close.
xdanuman said:
I tried to install an older version (2.1.14071502) and installation was successful. But when the old version Gear Manager runs for the first time it forces me to update the new version. Otherwise it will close.
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whenever it prompts me to update i just force close the app and reopen it, the prompt will not appear but after a few days it will prompt me again and i just repeat the process. Yeah i know it's a little hassle to do that every once in a while but at least no bugs anymore. I've also read that someone blocked the gear manager from using internet so update prompts wont appear.
I would also like the link to the old version of gear manager. Can somebody post a link?
hi guys just got off the phone w/samsung they were able to fix my watch remotely, now its back to normal
How did they fix it.. please let us know
My friend I have the same problem with my gear s2 i will appreciate if you share a link to download previous version, thank you in advance...
MY gear manager just updated and after update it crashed. I uninstalled and and went to reinstall it and its no longer in the samsung app store.
raiu said:
MY gear manager just updated and after update it crashed. I uninstalled and and went to reinstall it and its no longer in the samsung app store.
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Try factory resetting your watch, rebooting your phone, and checking again. Make sure that your galaxy app has updated and your phone is updated to the latest software os
I too can't find it in the app store.
Does anyone have a link to the most recent version's apk? It worked great for me with tizenmod 3.0
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I too can't find it in the app store.
Does anyone have a link to the most recent version's apk? It worked great for me with tizenmod 3.0
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yup, did all that and then some. Still doesnt show in the samsung app store
I've reverted to this gear manager from July, seems to be working fine with notifications. I'd still like the most recent working apk, I think it was from october. obviously the new update broke something, so they're in the process of fixing it and releasing another update (at this point, gear manager is not in the galaxy app store)
Working with GN4, Tizenmod 3.0:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ex3ddaf7q4q9f1g/Gear+Manager_2.1.14071502.apk
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I've reverted to this gear manager from July, seems to be working fine with notifications. I'd still like the most recent working apk, I think it was from october. obviously the new update broke something, so they're in the process of fixing it and releasing another update (at this point, gear manager is not in the galaxy app store)
Working with GN4, Tizenmod 3.0:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ex3ddaf7q4q9f1g/Gear+Manager_2.1.14071502.apk
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Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
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Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
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whoa, awesome! I'll probably run with the July build, for now anyway. seems fine. let me know how your device turns out.
I got the update yesterday. Post update gear manager crashes on clicking settings. So much for QA by samsung.
Embarrassing for them.
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Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
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Every time I try to use a previous build it automatically updates to the newest broken build.
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When the gear manager wants to update, bring up the task list and swipe it away. Launch it again and it won't ask to update.
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just a heads up, I uninstalled it again today and it showed in the app store and I reinstalled it and its back to working like normal. There is now an emergency notification system built in to the watch and the settings are in that menu.
I've been having the same problems. Firsrgear manager was crashing when trying to open settings. Then it wouldn't open at all. I uninstalled and reinstalled complete with full wipe and still nothing. I used the other build that someone provided a few posts back and that works for now. But now I'm noticing that the other watch face apps I use (MW and WS) have disappeared from the app store. Had anyone else noticed this?
Side question. I'm new to the gear 2, just purchased last week. If I was to reroot the gear and find an MW apk, is there a way to side load the MW apk without using the phone but still have the phone recognize it?
Newer Version makes it worse.
How do you keep the old version running when the warning box forces you to install the newest crap version that won't allow the connection? Mine is a brand new Black Friday Gear 2 Neo that was working fine at first, then wouldn't hold the connection. Now it won't connect at all. December update? I downloaded an older version and got them to connect, had everything connecting with the old version and then my phone got commandeered and the newest version just installed.
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How do you keep the old version running when the warning box forces you to install the newest crap version that won't allow the connection? Mine is a brand new Black Friday Gear 2 Neo that was working fine at first, then wouldn't hold the connection. Now it won't connect at all. December update? I downloaded an older version and got them to connect, had everything connecting with the old version and then my phone got commandeered and the newest version just installed.
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I kept the old version from this post:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/09...092299-do-you-still-have-problems-need-a-fix/
I keep cancelling the notification to upgrade and it's fine.
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When the gear manager wants to update, bring up the task list and swipe it away. Launch it again and it won't ask to update.
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Thanks for the thought. I spent 3 hours a couple of nights ago with a nice Samsung tech who tried everything and then admitted he had had 4 calls that day from people whose Gear 2 would not connect to their phone after the latest (December 1, 2014) update. So in spite of all the updates, Samsung keeps making things worse instead of better.
The idea of swiping it off hasn't worked for me on my Note 3. But I have developed a workaround (not a solution) similar to the Ipse_Tase suggestion just above. I downloaded a really old version of Gear Manager at http://www.mediafire.com/download/yo17ta4qyrx50zj/GearManager1_2.apk , installed it, paired the device to the watch, and a connection was established. If you try to actually open the old Gear Manager after the pairing you will get a threatening warning screen saying they're going to delete everything from your Gear 2. But if you just leave the Gear Manager open and running with the warning screen on (don't click cancel or OK), use the phone normally with Gear Manager running, you can use the pre-installed Samsung programs on the watch. If I click cancel the Gear Manager closes and I have to start over. You can turn off automatic updates in the Galaxy App Store, but you'll still get the threatening message that they're going to hard reset your Gear 2. Just leave the message on the screen, let the program run, and use whatever other programs you want to on the phone.
Advantages: Your Gear is not a brick or just a time piece. You are paired. You're not hard resetting the device or trying to pair and connect all the time. You have access to Schedule, Notifications, Weather, Phone functions, S Voice, anything Samsung-based. You can control any app that can be adjusted from the watch itself.
Disadvantages: You can't change or adjust any app that would have to be done from the phone. Third party apps don't work because you can't use the Galaxy App store to get them or install/run them.
But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together and provides an update that actually improves things rather than bricking your watch.
Has anyone found a way to actually use an older version of Gear Manager to download apps, manage the watch, etc. since all the recent updates seem to cut off the bluetooth connection?
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I decided to try to install the newest Samsung update to Gear Manager one more time--just to get a log to send to Samsung. Cleared Bluetooth pairing, uninstalled everything, reinstalled newest version. Failed several times, then finally paired, then finally ran through the bootup process and I am now connected and reinstalling programs, pictures, etc. on the Gear 2 Neo. We'll see how long this lasts. I'll keep you posted. For now, I'm illogically hopeful.
Refusing to connect again.
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I decided to try to install the newest Samsung update to Gear Manager one more time--just to get a log to send to Samsung. Cleared Bluetooth pairing, uninstalled everything, reinstalled newest version. Failed several times, then finally paired, then finally ran through the bootup process and I am now connected and reinstalling programs, pictures, etc. on the Gear 2 Neo. We'll see how long this lasts. I'll keep you posted. For now, I'm illogically hopeful.
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Bad news. Back to square 1. The newest (December 1) update to Gear Manager is no good for Gear 2 Neo with Galaxy Note 3. It will pair and you can get a brief bluetooth connection from the watch to the phone, and sometimes even from the phone to the watch. But it disappears after about 60 seconds. I'm sure it's the Gear Manager update. You can get certain apps to work during the brief periods of connection, but you can't do any settings from the phone, or use the Gear App store through the Gear Manager.
Does anyone know a way to uninstall or bypass the current new version of Gear Manager and install an older version alongside it? If I uninstall it I have learned from bad experience that it will hard reset the watch and I will lose all the time I have spent (3-4x in the last 3-4 days) setting it up. And worst of all, it will delete all Gear Apps that I have paid for from the phone, and I will have to reinstall them whenever I get a connection, and set them all up again.
Workaround
As I was suggesting last night, the best workaround I can come up with is still to install the older version (linked above) by APK, and then leave the warning message running. This way you can get a steady bluetooth connection for as long as you need it, and you can operate all Samsung apps and some 3rd party apps too. You can't, however, use the Gear Manager. You can only make changes/adjustments that can be done from the watch. But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together.
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As I was suggesting last night, the best workaround I can come up with is still to install the older version (linked above) by APK, and then leave the warning message running. This way you can get a steady bluetooth connection for as long as you need it, and you can operate all Samsung apps and some 3rd party apps too. You can't, however, use the Gear Manager. You can only make changes/adjustments that can be done from the watch. But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together.
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Just FYI, I got the same setup as you and out of curiosity I DID update Gear Manager (now called Samsung Gear) to get a fully functional S Health (also updated)...seems to be working fine so far. Even Watch Styler still works.
Sounds like I should try it
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Just FYI, I got the same setup as you and out of curiosity I DID update Gear Manager (now called Samsung Gear) to get a fully functional S Health (also updated)...seems to be working fine so far. Even Watch Styler still works.
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Thanks for this tip. I think you mean that you went ahead and ran the update on the new version (December 1?). Or do you mean you ran an update on the older version I mention above? I'd like to try it to see if they've gotten rid of the bug. Are you saying everything seems to be working fine and your phone updated acceptably?
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Thanks for this tip. I think you mean that you went ahead and ran the update on the new version (December 1?). Or do you mean you ran an update on the older version I mention above? I'd like to try it to see if they've gotten rid of the bug. Are you saying everything seems to be working fine and your phone updated acceptably?
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Also curious about how long you have been running the new update. It worked for me for about 12 hours--then would not connect after that....
Hi.
Have the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier BT version paired with a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
I'm receiving all notifications with the exception of TXT messages even though I believe the setting seems to be correct.
Anyone else experience a problem receiving message notifications?
Ed
Do you use the stock Samsung SMS app on the phone? If not, that may be the issue.
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Do you use the stock Samsung SMS app on the phone? If not, that may be the issue.
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Yes I use the stock SMS App
Try this... on the watch open the message app and try to send your self a txt.. on mine the first time i open the app it said i was not using the stock app on my phone and gave me the option to switch it.. Im using Google hangouts as my stock app and it seems to work pretty good.. i cant start a txt from the watch but i am getting all notifications..
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Try this... on the watch open the message app and try to send your self a txt.. on mine the first time i open the app it said i was not using the stock app on my phone and gave me the option to switch it.. Im using Google hangouts as my stock app and it seems to work pretty good.. i cant start a txt from the watch but i am getting all notifications..
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Thank you.
I sent a txt to myself via the watch (no prompt to change app as using the default app already).
Phone received the txt as did the watch.
Watch now displaying notifications of txt's received without making any system changes.
Must have been caught in a lost loop or something.
Weird but I will certainly remember this solution should it occur again.
Cheers.
interesting. I also sent a text to myself and this started working with the default SMS app.
I have the same problem, but that did not fix it for me.
I have Gear s3 Frontier. Number sync on . Connected to s6 edge plus via Bluetooth.
It has been working fine. It quit a few days ago, and I couldn't get it fixed, ended up uninstalling everything and doing a reset on the watch. This is terribly inconvenient, setting up NumberSync again etc.
I go to notification settings on the phone in the gear app and Messages is not listed anymore. I get the texts on the watch, but only if I go into the app. Any help?
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I have the same problem, but that did not fix it for me.
I have Gear s3 Frontier. Number sync on . Connected to s6 edge plus via Bluetooth.
It has been working fine. It quit a few days ago, and I couldn't get it fixed, ended up uninstalling everything and doing a reset on the watch. This is terribly inconvenient, setting up NumberSync again etc.
I go to notification settings on the phone in the gear app and Messages is not listed anymore. I get the texts on the watch, but only if I go into the app. Any help?
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Open Samsung Gear app on phone >> Settings >> Notifications >> Manage Notifications >> Messages (Slide to ON mode)
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Open Samsung Gear app on phone >> Settings >> Notifications >> Manage Notifications >> Messages (Slide to ON mode)
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That's the problem. "messages" is now missing from there. It's not listed at all. No option to turn it on. Only way is to factory reset the gear and Uninstall and re install gear app on the phone.
I'm in France and i have exactly the same problem since a few days without doing anything in the settings of the gear s3 classic or in the phone (an s7) : all the notifications except sms and "messages" is no more in the gear app settings. Sorry for my english and thank you for the futur help.
Francis.
+1 same problem is that Messages is not showing up as an option within the Gear app's Notification tab/window. It was there previously before recent update on S3 Frontier (using S7 Edge).
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+1 same problem is that Messages is not showing up as an option within the Gear app's Notification tab/window. It was there previously before recent update on S3 Frontier (using S7 Edge).
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I haven't found a fix yet. Only thing that fixes if for a while is completely in installing gear app and resetting the gear itself. But then you have to set everything up again. Very frustrating. I opened a ticket with att and Samsung, haven't heard back in a couple weeks though. Lol
Glad I'm not the only one with this problem. Hopefully they fix it soon...
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Same issue here - factory reset of the phone was the only thing that fixed it. Then started to do the same thing a couple days later.
Don't forget to set notifications to On in the phone app
Hi there, had the same issue. I found that although the phone was set to notifications in settings...that in the actual message app (standard one) under settings there, my notifications were set to OFF! So, seems like you need to set notifications ON in app on phone, on the phone settings, in the Gear app..and make sure you give it some sort of vibrate/noise in settings on watch, then it should work! :good:
I've had the issue crop up a couple times but was able to resolve it by activating the cellular on the watch and sending a text to the phone. Yesterday, that didn't work. Today I noticed that instead of 2 Bluetooth connections for the S3 on the phone, there is now 1, shows call audio. Wondering if this is the root of the problem. Can others who have the problem check and see if this is occurring on your phones as well?
here's the fix: Go into your app mananger on your phone, click on the Gear S plugin app, then click on storage and clear the cache. Restart your gear s3 and it's back to normal
Having the same problem
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I've had the issue crop up a couple times but was able to resolve it by activating the cellular on the watch and sending a text to the phone. Yesterday, that didn't work. Today I noticed that instead of 2 Bluetooth connections for the S3 on the phone, there is now 1, shows call audio. Wondering if this is the root of the problem. Can others who have the problem check and see if this is occurring on your phones as well?
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I am having the exact same issue as you with my s3. Did you ever find a solution? I have searched far and wide but im stumped. Even had Samsung look at the watch, but of course they found nothing.
I'm having this problem now too... It just started out of nowhere. I can see the message on my watch if I scroll to the notifications screen, but it does not vibrate nor show when I twist my wrist... I have tried everything... Every single thing necessary is on. I've even done a factory reset WITH uninstalling all the apps on my phone and installing everything in order again. Setup the watch as new. This isn't cool. Half of the reason I have this watch is for notifications. Seriously, Sammy needs to get it together! I've been having WAY too many problems with this watch in the last couple months.
Anyone found a fix? Nothing anyone has mentioned previously works.
Having the same issue here. No freaking idea what's going on. Have tried just about everything. Textra works but AM doesn't. Even Gmail doesn't work. So basically it seems like Google apps aren't working
recently did the gear app update and since i did the gear s plugin keeps stopping
been onto samsung twice and they just say reset gear and app and bluetooth , this works for an hour or 2 but then crashes again .
Anyone else having this issue , it must be the app ?
in the mean time i am going to delete the new plugin and revert to the previous one if i can
I've been having the same issue for the past few days. I haven't found anything on Google, until I spotted this thread. Any help?
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I've been having the same issue for the past few days. I haven't found anything on Google, until I spotted this thread. Any help?
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I deleted the plugin and installed a previous version of plugin APK 2.2.03.17061361 , no longer getting the stopped notification but there is a side effect although the watch is connected through BT in the health app it says no gear connected otherwise its fine for the mo , but the gear app wants me to update but i'm reluctant to in case it reverts to the keeps on stopping notification ..................... don't even think samsung know there is an issue with the latest plugin version
Did you find a solution?
I have similar issues.
I'm having the same issue after the recent Tizen 4 update on the Gear S3 Classic and my S8+. It says, "Gear S Plugin has stopped" and I'm not getting any notifications or messages on my watch, it's been this way after two weeks and the updated Gear So Plugin says it's not compatible with my phone (anymore) on the Google Play Store! WTF?! I have reset my watch, cleared the cache, etc with no results. The watch works fine otherwise. What is going on?
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