Hi All, I have the samsung galaxy gear 2 for a week now and everything was working perfectly until this morning. The wake up gesture doesnt work at all anymore even though the power button still wakes up the device.
I have tried a factory reset to no avail.
Your help will be highly appreciated.
Maybe try turning it off in Gear Manager, reboot the phone and the watch, and turn it on again?
Wake-up Gesture not working
I had the same thing happen to me this morning. Funny thing is that when I have it connected to power with the charging unit then the wake-up gesture works again. Seems like a bug to me. I have tried all manner of restarting, powering down, and toggling the feature but nothing helps. Has anybody else seen this problem?
Better yet anyone know how to fix it?
KentAls said:
I had the same thing happen to me this morning. Funny thing is that when I have it connected to power with the charging unit then the wake-up gesture works again. Seems like a bug to me. I have tried all manner of restarting, powering down, and toggling the feature but nothing helps. Has anybody else seen this problem?
Better yet anyone know how to fix it?
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Hi, after much fiddling and wrist swinging, it fixed itself!
I reset the gear to factory settings, disconnected the gear from phone,disabled the wake up gesture, re-enabled wake up gesture on gear manager AND on watch and then re-connected everything.
Wow the gear is crap without the wake up gesture.
But its awesome when it works.
Fiddling not paying off so far
Nathan1082 said:
Hi, after much fiddling and wrist swinging, it fixed itself!
I reset the gear to factory settings, disconnected the gear from phone,disabled the wake up gesture, re-enabled wake up gesture on gear manager AND on watch and then re-connected everything.
Wow the gear is crap without the wake up gesture.
But its awesome when it works.
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Ok, I tried to follow this recipe but once I disconnect the gear 2 from the phone I am not able to get to setting in Gear Manager to re-enable on gear manager AND watch as you recommend. Can you explain what you did once you have the gear disconnected from the phone so I can follow your steps exactly? Wrist swinging alone is not doing the trick. Thanks in advance.
Sleep blocks wake up feature
KentAls said:
Ok, I tried to follow this recipe but once I disconnect the gear 2 from the phone I am not able to get to setting in Gear Manager to re-enable on gear manager AND watch as you recommend. Can you explain what you did once you have the gear disconnected from the phone so I can follow your steps exactly? Wrist swinging alone is not doing the trick. Thanks in advance.
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I figured out what was wrong in my case. I had installed the sleep app within in the S Health app. I left it on in sleep mode mistakenly which shuts off the wake up gesture. Then I uninstalled it while it was running and it did not seem to disable entirely. Finally I had given up on ever having a wakeup gesture and reinstalled the sleep app and fiddled with it and the wake up gesture was restored. Hope this helps someone in who has this frustrating problem.
My Gear 2's wake up gesture doesnt work too. What makes it doesnt work makes my head gearing up a bit. I just left it in the bathroom, NO CONTACT with water or liquid, then it all happened. I thought it was nothing so I restarted the watch. Nothing happened. Re installed the firmware and.. NOTHING. Stupid! I need help.
-NOTE: It does work when connected to PC or charging!! x_x -
Now It Works
I had the same problem. Everything worked great for the past month, including the wake up gesture, until two days ago when it stopped working. I looked on line and figured I'd try - Settings - Gear Manager- etc - except that when I opened up settings there was no "Gear Manager". I finally gave up and did the following: Turned off the bluetooth connection on my Samsung phone (which disconnected the connection between the Gear and the Samsung S4). Then I went to - Settings - Reset Gear - and ran thru the process of resetting the Gear to factory settings. Then I reconnected the bluetooth connection and re-installed the connection between the Gear and the Samsung S4 - BUT - I did not Restore. Uncheck the RESTORE box and continue. The phone lets you pick from all of the apps that were previously on the phone and gets everything running like it used to - EXCEPT that any data or files you had on you Gear are gone. BUT the wake up gesture is back and working fine and I can recreate anything I might have lost.
Try it. It worked for me. Good luck.
Do Not Disturb
I had this problem after my son had been playing with the watch. I tried un-pairing, rebooting etc. to no avail. Then I found that the 'Do Not Disturb' feature had been turned on. Turn this off and it works fine.
Thank you so much! That was my issue as well, I had do not disturb enabled!
DND
My issue also ... For those of you who need to remember where/how you turned this on (as I did) use the drag down (window shade) gesture to access the menu from your watch face. If the Circle with the hyphen icon is enabled that is your nemesis!!
It works with my Gear S3 (DND), thanks!
Tried each and every one of these fixes and nothing works. Still no wake up motion.
maccab said:
I had this problem after my son had been playing with the watch. I tried un-pairing, rebooting etc. to no avail. Then I found that the 'Do Not Disturb' feature had been turned on. Turn this off and it works fine.
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THIS fixed the issue for me, thanks!
You also do a soft reset.
marossva said:
I had the same problem. Everything worked great for the past month, including the wake up gesture, until two days ago when it stopped working. I looked on line and figured I'd try - Settings - Gear Manager- etc - except that when I opened up settings there was no "Gear Manager". I finally gave up and did the following: Turned off the bluetooth connection on my Samsung phone (which disconnected the connection between the Gear and the Samsung S4). Then I went to - Settings - Reset Gear - and ran thru the process of resetting the Gear to factory settings. Then I reconnected the bluetooth connection and re-installed the connection between the Gear and the Samsung S4 - BUT - I did not Restore. Uncheck the RESTORE box and continue. The phone lets you pick from all of the apps that were previously on the phone and gets everything running like it used to - EXCEPT that any data or files you had on you Gear are gone. BUT the wake up gesture is back and working fine and I can recreate anything I might have lost.
Try it. It worked for me. Good luck.
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Thanks for the explanation, it allowed me to find the good operation of my gear fit 2 :good:
IMO, this is a design flaw on Samsung's end. Even with DND enabled, you should at least be able to use the wake up gesture to see your watch face without displaying notifications first.
No wake up
Nathan1082 said:
Hi All, I have the samsung galaxy gear 2 for a week now and everything was working perfectly until this morning. The wake up gesture doesnt work at all anymore even though the power button still wakes up the device.
I have tried a factory reset to no avail.
Your help will be highly appreciated.
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I was testing fo not disturb mode and mine stopped working. I turned off do not disturb and it works fine now. I hope this may help
Samsung Gear S2 Smartwatch Wakeup Gesture Doesn't WorkSa
I had the same problem with my Gear S2. Tried everything, including disabling "Do not disturb", but wakeup gesture still didn't work. Reported problem to seller who sent another S2, but it also did not work.
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Anyone else not getting the vibration when a notification comes in on the gear S2? Mine won't vibrate all the time. At first I had always on screen set to on and I never got a notification. I shut it off and started getting them. Now I'm not getting just the vibration. But if I swipe to the side the notifications are there. Non Samsung phone.
It seems like the watch when the screen is off goes into a sleep mode and doesnt wake up for the notification. What gives?
See my google+ post https://plus.google.com/communities/111224177903657805607
Had two random reboots today and the screen froze up as well. This POS is going back to best buy. Samsung cant get there **** together.
Always on mode doesnt work at all. Watch goes to sleep it seems and doesnt wake up with notifications. This is overall junk.
I had the exact same issue. The vibration issue coupled with a battery that went from 100% to 0% in less than 5 hours, normal use.
I have 12 days to return. I hope Samsung pushes an update within 12 days. I really like the hardware and UI, but it's just so damn buggy.
I have no such issues you guys are describing. I have a black S2. It's paired to a Galaxy S6 Edge.
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If I don't have the always on clock showing on the watch I will not get any notification. Using it with a One Plus 2. If the screen is on I will get nothing. The screen has to be off and in the always on mode or else it doesnt work. I just got a email and my watch did ****. I hate this ****ing ****.
maybe a little of topic but cause its about vibration i thought i could post here
i have no issue with my watch not vibrating at least not as far as i know.
i was just wondering if i can change vibration patterns. i know i can change the strength but the quick 3 times vibration is a bit annoying. i would like to change it so something else.
also the vibration on AW was better in my opinion because it resembled the pattern that was set on the phone for that specific notification
The only thing you can change about vibration, in addition to off/weak/strong, is long buzz or not.
Wait .. is the gear s2 screen supposed to turn on and show a preview of the notification when you get one?
My s2 has simply been vibrating when a notification comes in and there is no change on the screen. I thought that was normal and also thought it was a silly way to design it
If i get a notification right now, I need to wake up the watch, swipe to the left screen and then click it to show details - a lot of moves
You have to set that in the settings.
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The only thing you can change about vibration, in addition to off/weak/strong, is long buzz or not.
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yeah that's right isn't it. i got the same settings. hopefully there will be more options in a future update
My S2 will vibrate and light up (turned that on in settings) for incoming Texts and Phone Calls every time.
BUT for all other notifications it will not. When I get Google Now alerts or score updates from the ESPN app nothing happens. I am using the Modern face with one of the complications set to Notifications, and that will show me that I do have notifications but what use is that? Unless I look at the watch face to see the time I will never know I received these notifications. If I get a notifications I would like for it to alert me with a vibration. Every time, of all apps I choose.
Does this with a Sony Z3 Compact as well as a Xiaomi Mi4c both running 5.1.1.
This watch is a bust because I tested mine with my moto 360 2nd gen. The Gear S2 didnt get all notification if the screen was off. If it was showing the always on clock it would vib and show. Samsung needs to fix this ASAP. This is a watch that needs to tell me every notification I want.
Have you tried a Light or Factory reset of your S2? That fixed it for me, that or reinstalling the Gear app. I did both so, can't actually confirm which did it. Not having any problems getting all notifications.
I think you need and easy button, or try setting,if you can't find it , I can't help you
I have two of these and both do the same. Won't get notifications if the screen is off and not showing the always on clock. Using it with a note 5.
i have another issue. dont know it its the watch or the gear manager app. i wont get notifications for specific apps. the checkmark in the gear app wont stick. e.g. the greader app. also there are not all apps found in the gear manager app. does anyone know why thats so. for example the chrome app does not show in in notifications in the gear app.
FitzAusTex said:
Have you tried a Light or Factory reset of your S2? That fixed it for me, that or reinstalling the Gear app. I did both so, can't actually confirm which did it. Not having any problems getting all notifications.
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Yes,
I have done both as well as switched phones and started from scratch. No notification vibration for anything but Text's and Phone Calls.
Is there a solution for this, or does my watch have to go back to the store. I'm "upgrading" from a pebble, but if I can't get a vibration to notify me of a new email, then it's a non-starter. It seems to me that I get vibrations for notifications on apps that were set up by default. But I'm not getting vibrations on any additional (third party) apps. I use e-notify and aquamail, none of these vibrate on notification. I saw on another forum that the phone must be set to vibrate for it to work, but I've tried this, and still nothing.
Is there a program that will allow me to get reminders? I use Touchdown as my regular calendar and I think I can use my Samsung calendar just for reminders but can't get S Voice to work from the GS2. Google Reminders is the best thing going. Of course, I can't feel the viberation but...
Alright, so I just got the new update and I can't seem to get notifications.
When swiping to the notification screen I see a gear logo with the text: "Manage Notifications"
When I click on it it says I need to check my phone but nothing happens.
Gear manager is up-to-date
Also no update for the accessory app.
stijntje51 said:
Alright, so I just got the new update and I can't seem to get notifications.
When swiping to the notification screen I see a gear logo with the text: "Manage Notifications"
When I click on it it says I need to check my phone but nothing happens.
Gear manager is up-to-date
Also no update for the accessory app.
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Bump. Same here
Gear s2 notificaciones me pasa igual
Tengo tu mismo problema luego de actualizar el Gear s2 a la última versión no logro que notifique después todo funciona perfecto menos las notificaciones si sabes algo dejame saber
I have the same issue after update....
But it becomes normal after one night.
I thought the same. But with my screen on on my phone, all it opens is your notification in the gear app. You can go check which ones you want the watch to receive
yep same thing. i wonder if it's a bug or some sort of glitch i hope it will get a fix soon
Same issue. After the latest update everything works perfectly for a few hours, then the notifications stop being sent to the watch.
I reinstalled everything on the phone yesterday, got it working, but when I turned it back on today (I turn it off at night) I get no notifications again.
The manage notifications link is a new feature of the firmware, it just opens the list of apps to notify you on the Gear app.
It’s going to be trial & error to figure out what apps pass thru correctly. Textra for one does, but if you set the settings to not to show txt message under privacy, then you do not get the notification. Plus, if you select too many of your apps for notifications, you might not get the desired effect.
Also, for overnight you can set it for Do Not Disturb (DND) to avoid notifications. It’s worked for me.
But everything was working perfectly before the updates. I'm guessing it's a bug with the Gear plugin.
I'm using a Zenfone 2 btw. Please refer what phone you use to narrow it down.
EDIT: It's suddenly working again after not working all day. Didn't do anything.
i am having sort of the same issues, i think.
I get all my messages, notifications that are checked off.
However, since the Gear manager app updated, i do not receive the message to my watch while phone is active, screen on, playing game etc....
There used to be a setting that said, "receive notifications while phone is active" this is no longer an option. Does anyone have an idea how to make that happen again. I have searched every menu of the gear app. Think i might just remove the app, and then reinstall the old one, but have a feeling that i may have to reset watch.
I can't even get the update I wonder if Samsung has took it down?
After the update I stopped receiving notifications. I restored the watch, tried everything in the notification manager and nothing happened. Then I turned offline mode on and off and it started working. But I turned off the watch over night and got the same issue again. Until now nothing made it work. Plus my watchface doesn't recognize the battery on the phone properly, so I guess it must be a connectivity issue. Tried everything on bluetooth and nothing. The watch became useless. I search for a new update every hour on the app but nothing shows up. Hope they solve it quickly.
Same Problem
Everything working great until today - downloaded the update and Notifications stopped working all except incoming calls - Obviously this is an issue with the software update , very disappointed as this is the only reason I purchased the watch in the first place. It has turned a smart watch into a digital watch
Same problem here. Was working perfectly up until today when the update came through. Updated and now notifications won't work. Tried resets and all sorts. Nothing seems to push the notifications to the watch.
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Same here,
i've tried install the old apk for gear manager and samsung gear apps, it works for a couple of days. Today, same problem, no notification at all.
What the hell have samsung done? Without notification the gear s2 is just a watch
Someone have info about a fix for that? Someone have contacted samsung support?
You're not the only one. The latest update causes lots of problems like these. Sometimes text mwessage notifications come trough, but not always.
No solution yet. I tried re-installing the Gear apps on my phone; also swiping the internal cache of my phone (in bootloader) as was suggested somewhere. No luck.
I contacted Samsung Service Support and they aknwolegded the problem. You don't believe this. But the only solution they have yet is to have the watch send in. Which I am considering unless I find a solution here or spmewehre else soon.
stijntje51 said:
Alright, so I just got the new update and I can't seem to get notifications.
When swiping to the notification screen I see a gear logo with the text: "Manage Notifications"
When I click on it it says I need to check my phone but nothing happens.
Gear manager is up-to-date
Also no update for the accessory app.
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stijntje51 said:
Alright, so I just got the new update and I can't seem to get notifications.
When swiping to the notification screen I see a gear logo with the text: "Manage Notifications"
When I click on it it says I need to check my phone but nothing happens.
Gear manager is up-to-date
Also no update for the accessory app.
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Hey,
I had the same problem.
1. Go to Settings.
2. Lock screen and security.
3. Other security settings.
4. Notification access.
5. Select samsung gear.
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I had the same issue. Updated to the firmware with the sleep tracking, and after a couple of hours I noticed that notifications were not being sent. I put the watch in airplane mode, then turned it off, and that seemed to work briefly. I fixed it by backing up the watch, then doing a factory reset on the watch. As part of the re-setup, it restored the settings from the backup. Notifications have been perfect since then with the update.
ohabas said:
Hey,
I had the same problem.
1. Go to Settings.
2. Lock screen and security.
3. Other security settings.
4. Notification access.
5. Select samsung gear.
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This worked for me. So far so good. 1+ and thanks to the poster. Makes sense to me that it was an Android Security Feature blocking the notifications going through to the gear. I have a Samsung Galaxy Gear 1 Connected to a Galaxy S6 All stock firmware on both.
I also had a problem after the July update but did the following and since then I receive the notifications always. Those are the steps:
1. Go into Galaxy apps and in Settings disable automatic updates
2. Remove the "gear Plugin" from the list of applications
3. Disable the "Samsung Gear" app from the list of applications
4. Reset the watch
5. Re-pair everything
6. When done, go straight into the "Samsung gear" app and disable automatic updates
7. In the App Store, find the "gear plugin" and disable automatic updates
This seemed to have blocked the gear apps from updating to the firmware that causes the issue. Has worked for me fine for the past few days
I've waisted too much time trying to figure out why the [email protected]*k my AOD display stopped working. It was working fine for a week but all the sudden it stopped. I've tried everything I can think of and now I'm hoping someone here knows a fix or has suggestions? I don't have any screen control apps installed, no Bixby remap, AOD is set to on etc. Ideas?
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Re-flash stock?
are you using power saving mode that disable AOD ?
Valkiry said:
Re-flash stock?
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I actually pulled an update that I was putting off but I haven't tried wiping and stating fresh yet. I guess that's my last resort
crayonyes said:
are you using power saving mode that disable AOD ?
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I'm not, no
boynamedstacy said:
I actually pulled an update that I was putting off but I haven't tried wiping and stating fresh yet. I guess that's my last resort
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Start fresh is always the best option for things like that. AOD isn't hardware related it's software. Something broke somewhere or somehow
boynamedstacy said:
I've waisted too much time trying to figure out why the [email protected]*k my AOD display stopped working. It was working fine for a week but all the sudden it stopped. I've tried everything I can think of and now I'm hoping someone here knows a fix or has suggestions? I don't have any screen control apps installed, no Bixby remap, AOD is set to on etc. Ideas?
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I am in the same boat..!
AOD just stop working. (Stock Rom, no root etc)
I basically tried everything.
Clearing AOD, data, cache.
No luck.
I even resetted device settings.
No luck.
I suspect something/app "broke" AOD.
I can set AOD etc, but it just
not working.!
I also notice that device /display /screen saver
is not working.( if you set /enable it)
Factory reset is my very last option.
If i cannot pinpoint culprit app or maybe an update
that "broke" AOD,
i guess I'll be wasting my
time to Factory reset.. just for AOD to "break " again?
once i re install my +- 200 apps. etc.
Any suggestions?
See if the proximity sensor is incorrectly detecting something.
AOD will not turn on if the proximity sensor is engaged, and even if it turns on it will turn itself off if the proximity sensor is triggered for a few seconds.
Use any app on the Playstore.
willcor said:
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I am in the same boat..!
AOD just stop working. (Stock Rom, no root etc)
I basically tried everything.
Clearing AOD, data, cache.
No luck.
I even resetted device settings.
No luck.
I suspect something/app "broke" AOD.
I can set AOD etc, but it just
not working.!
I also notice that device /display /screen saver
is not working.( if you set /enable it)
Factory reset is my very last option.
If i cannot pinpoint culprit app or maybe an update
that "broke" AOD,
i guess I'll be wasting my
time to Factory reset.. just for AOD to "break " again?
once i re install my +- 200 apps. etc.
Any suggestions?
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This. I'm in the same boat bro, Screensaver isn't working either. I'm sorry your having this issue also but I'm glad I'm not alone lol. If you find something out please let me know!
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Skander1998 said:
See if the proximity sensor is incorrectly detecting something.
AOD will not turn on if the proximity sensor is engaged, and even if it turns on it will turn itself off if the proximity sensor is triggered for a few seconds.
Use any app on the Playstore.
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Thanks for the suggestion.!
However device proximity sensor is
working fine.!!
I have Gravity Screen app and stock Smart wake
working 100%... uses proximity sensor.
Also no apps of mine is disabled, so it couldn't be
a knock on effect. etc.
Luckily i use AOD occasionally, but since its not
working now, it's irritating me big time.!!
willcor said:
Thanks for the suggestion.!
However device proximity sensor is
working fine.!!
I have Gravity Screen app and stock Smart wake
working 100%... uses proximity sensor.
Also no apps of mine is disabled, so it couldn't be
a knock on effect. etc.
Luckily i use AOD occasionally, but since its not
working now, it's irritating me big time.!!
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That is very odd.
I'll try to replicate and report back if anything comes up.
Mine has went out on me twice. I've had to do a hard reset twice. Really really irritating!
Has there been any luck with a solution? I'm also having same issue.
I went in my notification panels and Always on Display is somehow turned off. I re-enabled it and it was fine
Anyone had any luck with this? Mine just took a one way ticket to the moon
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Anyone had any luck with this? Mine just took a one way ticket to the moon
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I'm having the same issue on my S7 Edge. Tried pretty much everything, even installing several different firmwares (7.0 official non rooted) and no signal of AoD or Nightwatch. Altough, if I use a 3rd AoD app it works flawlessly.
All sensors are ok, phone is running smooth all the time....
I've spoke to Samsung technical support in Live Chat and they say that this is a software issue that is about to be solved by Samsung in the next SW update. But honestly, even trying different firmwares, factory resetting the phone, AoD working in 3rd party apps, and still no signal of default AoD makes me wonder if this might be an hardware issue... Just don't know what because as far as I know AoD is SW only (right?).
I have a couple of friends with updated S7 and S7 Edges and all of them have the AoD running smooth.
If anyone finds a solution for this please just share it
I have the solution
Download the app "NOUGAT QUICK SETTINGS " and grant the ADB permissions on usb debugg. Then you activate the ambient display tile and turn it on in the Quick settings bar. Do it and you aod will back.
Here is the solution
Easy and quick
1. Go to SETTING
2. And then go to "Lock Screen and Security"
3. Click "Always On Display"
4. Turn "Show always"
Done.
Same issue on mine since few days, it's note 8.
I even put the original Samsung theme back, still no luck
marcushbm said:
Download the app "NOUGAT QUICK SETTINGS " and grant the ADB permissions on usb debugg. Then you activate the ambient display tile and turn it on in the Quick settings bar. Do it and you aod will back.
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Thanks a lot!!! Activating ambient display did the trick for my Galaxy S8 :highfive:
Hey Guys,
Since I received my watch I have a very concerning issue that I could not find answer to.
If I go to settings -> location -> turn on/off toggle it does move when I click it, but then if I come back to the main menu and enter the settings once again the option is unchanged. This happens also after todays fresh watch update.
The same situation happens when I try to turn on/off location via drop down from notifications - it just doesn't respond.
Does it happen to your watches as well?
Galaxy Watch 4 44MM LTE
Regards
Daniel
[email protected] said:
Hey Guys,
Since I received my watch I have a very concerning issue that I could not find answer to.
If I go to settings -> location -> turn on/off toggle it does move when I click it, but then if I come back to the main menu and enter the settings once again the option is unchanged. This happens also after todays fresh watch update.
The same situation happens when I try to turn on/off location via drop down from notifications - it just doesn't respond.
Does it happen to your watches as well?
Galaxy Watch 4 44MM LTE
Regards
Daniel
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Hi, have to tried factory reset;
has the problem been there since you got the watch: then assuming its new go where you bought it and show them the problem, you'll get new one or get new one
make sure to backup and wipe personal data and / accounts if they want to give you new device
Apparently factory reset has solved the problem and now its all good! I will leave the thread for people that may struggle with similar issue. Thanks flairepathos
I had the same issue (after I uninstalled Bixby via rbd, I think) and a factory reset fixed it for me. I have since disabled Bixby rather than uninstalling it and no issues with location toggle.
My original issue was exactly as you describe. If I tried to toggle it off from the quick settings nothing happened. If I went into the main location settings it would go off but then magically come back on again.
Bite the bullet and do a reset, you'll find it's fine after.
That's exactly the issue. I played with ADB and uninstalled Bixby as I don't need it but never thought it would impact location toggles But now, after the restart I'm not gonna touch ADB just in case.
How did you disable it on the watch?
I need some advice on troubleshooting this one.
Brand new P7P, turned on Tap to Wake and "Always show time and info" on the lockscreen. It only ever works after a reboot *before* I log in the first time. Once I log in,that's it,screen is black when I lock it and it won't tap to wake.
I've removed the screen protector in case it was messing with the proximity sensor. I ran the phone in safemode and both *do* work in safemode,so I suspect it's an app on startup causing this.
What I need help with is how can I whittle down the culprit without removing all the apps one by one? Is there an app that will allow me to stop apps starting up at boot time and add them one by one?
dunetails said:
I need some advice on troubleshooting this one.
Brand new P7P, turned on Tap to Wake and "Always show time and info" on the lockscreen. It only ever works after a reboot *before* I log in the first time. Once I log in,that's it,screen is black when I lock it and it won't tap to wake.
I've removed the screen protector in case it was messing with the proximity sensor. I ran the phone in safemode and both *do* work in safemode,so I suspect it's an app on startup causing this.
What I need help with is how can I whittle down the culprit without removing all the apps one by one? Is there an app that will allow me to stop apps starting up at boot time and add them one by one?
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@zetsumeikuro wait,I don't get what's so funny?
Mine works on every part of my lock screen.
Any chance you're using lift to wake? Besides that, I have everything else on the same as you.
Edit: Just reread your post. Do you have a lot of apps? You could force stop every single one of them and test to see what happens to be sure that it's an app.
Curiousn00b said:
Mine works on every part of my lock screen.
Any chance you're using lift to wake? Besides that, I have everything else on the same as you.
Edit: Just reread your post. Do you have a lot of apps? You could force stop every single one of them and test to see what happens to be sure that it's an app.
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Yeah I have quite a few,but I think I'd rather try this first than start uninstalling and reinstalling the lot.
Not fixed,but getting somewhere. This is related to Bluetooth in some way.
If I turn off Bluetooth and reboot the phone,AOD works. I unlock the phone,it still works.
If I turn on Bluetooth AOD immediately breaks again until I turn off Bluetooth AND reboot.
I thought it might be my fitness band so disconnected and uninstalled the app, but the problem persisted. I have no other devices permanently using Bluetooth, so I'm starting to think this is a Bluetooth bug rather than a specific app now
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Not fixed,but getting somewhere. This is related to Bluetooth in some way.
If I turn off Bluetooth and reboot the phone,AOD works. I unlock the phone,it still works.
If I turn on Bluetooth AOD immediately breaks again until I turn off Bluetooth AND reboot.
I thought it might be my fitness band so disconnected and uninstalled the app, but the problem persisted. I have no other devices permanently using Bluetooth, so I'm starting to think this is a Bluetooth bug rather than a specific app now
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If the fitness band allows you to take pictures remotely, it is possible that it recognizes it as a keyboard and that this interferes due to some bugs
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If the fitness band allows you to take pictures remotely, it is possible that it recognizes it as a keyboard and that this interferes due to some bugs
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Good point. This is why I tried to uninstall the app and disconnect the fitness band entirely,just to rule it out. Unfortunately,even once uninstalled,after a reboot with BT off AOD worked,but the moment I turned BT on AOD broke.
I can't think of any other apps using the BT at the moment but having a think. Will post more info if/when I get it.
Finally figured it out thanks to the hint by LaNy_6. This *is* down to Android Auto, but it’s not immediately obvious how or why.
To fix I went to Settings > Apps
Select See All Apps
From the top right overflow menu select Show System
Scroll Down to Android System
Select Notifications
Ensure Car Mode is selected
When I did this, I saw LaNy_6’s screenshot for the Android System notification that says “Driving App is running – tap to exit driving app” in my notification shade.
After doing this, AOD/tap to wake/lift to wake all suddenly work as expected.
Please note that upon rebooting the Driving App notification shows again and you have to tap it to go away. Again,no idea why.
I have no idea why, but I’m guessing every reboot the phone was put in to driving mode. I have never connected it to a car, there’s no reason for this to happen, but because I didn’t see the notification it never got exited from it seems. There’s no other indicators that it’s in driving mode, the phone works as normal other than the AOD problem.