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No connection with Gear S2 and Note Edge

Unfortunately i don't get any connection with my Gear S2 and my Note edge. I have the Gear Manager from the Samsung App Store and Android 5.0.1 (no root)..
Maybe some of you have the same problem and a solution.
Thanks and sorry for my bad english...
Max

Go to http://apps.samsung.com/Gear and click Samsung device. I think the Gear S2 has a newer Gear manager which is not on Samsungs app store. It should be on Google Play store.
damax22 said:
Unfortunately i don't get any connection with my Gear S2 and my Note edge. I have the Gear Manager from the Samsung App Store and Android 5.0.1 (no root)..
Maybe some of you have the same problem and a solution.
Thanks and sorry for my bad english...
Max
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Thank you for your replay. The App in the Play Store is only for non Samsung phones. I can not install this Version on my Note Edge.
The other Version is the same like the App in the Samsung App Store.

I'm having a similar issue on my SM-N9200. No matter what I try when attempting to connect the S2 with gear manager nothing works. From everything I can tell I have the latest version and there are no updates available in the Samsung store, or software updates. Very frustrating.

Okay, and im assuming you have tried to factory reset the Gear S2 and toggle the Bluetooth on and off on your phone? When the gear manager app scans for devices, does your watch show up as discovered? Or does it not show up at all. Can you search for the watch by going to the Bluetooth utility on your watch? I guess the last step would be to contact Samsung support on this issue. It seems like there have been a lot of known bugs since the release of the watch.
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Thank you for your replay. The App in the Play Store is only for non Samsung phones. I can not install this Version on my Note Edge.
The other Version is the same like the App in the Samsung App Store.
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I already speak with the samsung support. BUt they know now soluton. The will check my problem and maybe they will fix the bug.
When i scan with bluetooth directly i can find the watch but the gear manager will not find the watch. i also make a factory reset after i check if the watch works with an old LG G2, it does, but not with the note edge.
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Okay, and im assuming you have tried to factory reset the Gear S2 and toggle the Bluetooth on and off on your phone? When the gear manager app scans for devices, does your watch show up as discovered? Or does it not show up at all. Can you search for the watch by going to the Bluetooth utility on your watch? I guess the last step would be to contact Samsung support on this issue. It seems like there have been a lot of known bugs since the release of the watch.
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Did you try reinstalling the gear manager software?
damax22 said:
I already speak with the samsung support. BUt they know now soluton. The will check my problem and maybe they will fix the bug.
When i scan with bluetooth directly i can find the watch but the gear manager will not find the watch. i also make a factory reset after i check if the watch works with an old LG G2, it does, but not with the note edge.
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Did you try reinstalling the gear manager software?
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Yes I try it a lot. Also with older versions of the gear manager. But nothing works.

Thats really weird. Im wondering if the watch is defective? Can you swap it for a new one?
damax22 said:
Yes I try it a lot. Also with older versions of the gear manager. But nothing works.
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Thats really weird. Im wondering if the watch is defective? Can you swap it for a new one?
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No, I think the watch is okay because the watch works with the lg g2 and the gear manager for non samsung devices but not with the note edge and the gear manager for galaxy devices.
I think it is a software problem from the gear manager.

Oh yeah, if you can connect with another device then it has to be software.
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No, I think the watch is okay because the watch works with the lg g2 and the gear manager for non samsung devices but not with the note edge and the gear manager for galaxy devices.
I think it is a software problem from the gear manager.
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Mines the same. I can connect with another phone, just not my galaxy note 5.

The same here, Italian Vodafone 5.0.1 Note Edge.
Gear Manager cant see s2, Tried all...

I have a note edge and it connects ok

taddo3 said:
I have a note edge and it connects ok
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What Android version and gear manager version do you have?

An update to Gear Manager has been released and the Note Edge can now connect to the Gear S2

And the Play Store update to the Gear app from yesterday has borked my BT connection on my Nexus 5 that I also upgraded to Marshmallow. S2 will no longer connect to Nexus 5.

I can't seem to get my S2 to connect to my LG G3 running 5.1.1 BLisspop.
I think I might just have to return this.
schitt.

Connection to Note 3
I can confirm this does not work on my Note 3 unless I'm running a Touchwiz rom. I had (and loved) the AICP rom and none of these files will help it connect. I get the standard "modified software" message. When I installed the stock rom w/tweaks, it connects fine.
So I couldn't use the "Samsung phone" version of Gear manager because while it's a Samsung phone, it wasn't running Samsung software. But I couldn't use the "Non-Samsung phone" version because it still sees it as a Samsung phone and I get the "incompatible with this device" message.
I have to decide between the AICP rom and my old Gear Live or the touchwiz garbage (w/Nova launcher to hide it) and the Gear S2..

same problem here
Hi Guys,
I have same problem. I got Gear S2 Classic from Korea and it won't connect to my S6 Edge. I downloaded to latest gear manager app version 2.2.15092142 . but it still won't connect and give message "check if your phone is compatible and if the gear manager app needs to be updated, then try again" I have factory reset both the phone and the gear but still same issue.
anyone got a solution?
Thanks

My Sony Z3 Tab/phone says "Device not compatible" with Gear S2 app ?

Hey guys... I'm running Android 5.1.1 with 3GB ram on my Z3 Tab w/4G Sim - I can't get the Gear app installed through the Play store - is there any other way to (manually?) install the app?
Thanks in advance.

Did you try to install the files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/themes-apps/samsung-gear-manager-samsung-accessory-t3216240

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Did you try to install the files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/themes-apps/samsung-gear-manager-samsung-accessory-t3216240
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Thanks for that link... I installed those two files on the Z3 and then ran the Gear app - it responds "Gear not found. Turn your Gear on and try again."
Z3 Bluetooth settings I can see the Z3 paired with the S2 but the Gear app doesn't see the watch.
Then the watch goes into continuously "setting up..." with S2 showing image of watch>blue circle>phone and it never finishes setting up... eventually, the S2 says "Setup is taking longer than expected. Try again?"
I've tried powering everything off and on again - same result.
If I don't manually pair in settings - nothing happens. Gear app still can't see S2.
On the Z3 it shows two available Bluetooth devices when the S2 is switched on: Gear S2 and "PCS-REVII-010068" - I can pair the Gear S2 manually but if I try to connect the "PCS" device (whatever that is?) Z3 says "Can't communicate with PCS-REVII-010068"
Any ideas? Much Thanks!.

JFH2005 said:
Thanks for that link... I installed those two files on the Z3 and then ran the Gear app - it responds "Gear not found. Turn your Gear on and try again."
Z3 Bluetooth settings I can see the Z3 paired with the S2 but the Gear app doesn't see the watch.
Then the watch goes into continuously "setting up..." with S2 showing image of watch>blue circle>phone and it never finishes setting up... eventually, the S2 says "Setup is taking longer than expected. Try again?"
I've tried powering everything off and on again - same result.
If I don't manually pair in settings - nothing happens. Gear app still can't see S2.
On the Z3 it shows two available Bluetooth devices when the S2 is switched on: Gear S2 and "PCS-REVII-010068" - I can pair the Gear S2 manually but if I try to connect the "PCS" device (whatever that is?) Z3 says "Can't communicate with PCS-REVII-010068"
Any ideas? Much Thanks!.
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Same here, can't seem to find anything about this anywhere, I have tried everything. I have a oneplus 2

Hi! Any update? Same situation but with galaxy tab a...

I created an thread about how to pair the Z3 Tablet compact or a none compatible device to the phone but deleted cos it was old and there was no comments. if it is not compatible it wont work because it's not a samy devices and the tab it's not a phone. the only way to make it work it's a little bit complicated and the Samsung store won't work to shop for apps but everything else does. I have my watch pair to my Z3 tablet compact ever since I bought the gear s2 4g watch.

JFH2005 said:
Hey guys... I'm running Android 5.1.1 with 3GB ram on my Z3 Tab w/4G Sim - I can't get the Gear app installed through the Play store - is there any other way to (manually?) install the app?
Thanks in advance.
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I had problems syncing it with my Z3 too.
What I did was install this apps, in this order:
Samsung Gear https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.app.watchmanager
Gear Plugin https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.gearoplugin
Accessory Service https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.accessory
Install those apps, restart the phone (delete the Gear S2 from Bluetooth devices if you had already tried to install it), enable bluetooth, start the watch, open Gear App and it will sync.

Thanks - I sent the Gear S2 back to Amazon when it wouldn't work with my Z3

Pairing gear s2 with tab s2 ?

Hi there,
First question :
I'm still wondering why tab s2 is not in the official supported devices list by Samsung?
Second question :
Is there any way to pair the gear s2 with the tab s2?
So far I tried some tutorials in some posts around here, but no luck: gear manager won't detect my gear s2 on my tab s2...I guess its because it's just impossible?
Let me know if there is something else to try
Many thanks!

No chance to make it work together ?! Sad !
Anyway, Merry Christmas to All

I tested on my friend's tab s2. It even did not detect my gear s2 on bluetooth pairing. Really like the tab but not buying it because of this problem
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Hi, just to let you know I got it to work! Here is what I did :
Rooted tab s2 t715y
Edited the build prop (via app available on playstore) changed device type to phone and device name to the note 4 model number as this is what the tab s2 basically is
Just by doing this my tablet was able to pair with the watch!
I haven't changed the device type back yet, the only issue at the moment is that the dialer on the tablet isnt visible.
Also I have not been able to use att number sync yet, I will call them in the morning.
Let me know if this works.
I have the att 3g model by the way.
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Ok so I changed it back to tablet mode and everything is working normally. I'm getting notifications etc and my tab s2 dialer is working fine too.

And the Gear Manager app on the tab recognizes your watch?

Tab S2 (T817T) paired connected to Gear S2
I also have rooted my Tab S2 (T817T) and paired and connected it to my Gear S2 Watch. The tablet recognizes the watch and the GearApp recognizes and connects to it as well. However, under the Notifications sections (notifications to be sent to watch) "messages" is not available as an option to forward messages from my tablet's native message app to the phone. I also cannot connect to the Gear App store to download and install apps from the tablet to the watch. Have you experienced this and found a fix?

It needs to be rooted.

What needs to be rooted? Are you saying the watch needs to be rooted?

biggboii: yes it is working without any issues other than the limitations of tizen. I can leave my tablet at home and still get texts and whatsapp messages on my watch. I havent been able to use ATT's "number sync' which basically sounds like call forwarding . I still havent had time to try setting call forwarding manually.
The Tab s2 needs to be rooted.
i can access the gear app store , it does crash on the first try every now and then.
As for messages , I can receive and send text messages as well as whatsapp messages through a bluetooth connection and 3G remote connection.
I did not do anything different then what I mentioned above , it just seems to work. again my watch is the ATT version so I dont know if things are different with the bluetooth version.
the gear app is very limiting though. I wish there was a way to change the watch's OS to android.

can't get it to work, gear manager keep saying device not found
any suggestions?

Thai Damen said:
can't get it to work, gear manager keep saying device not found
any suggestions?
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do you have the att version of the watch?
I have a rooted T715Y and did the things I mentioned in the post above and it worked.
make sure your tablet is rooted and that you change the model to that of a note 4 (using a build prop editor)
then make sure you change the "device type" from tablet to phone.
thats all I did and after the watch was synced up with the tablet I changed the settings back.

I also can't connect my GearS3 with my TabS2. Send numorous emails to Samsung, and so far their responses are dissapointing. Feel cheated. This two devices are supposedly their flagship products.

Recommendations for smart watch with Note 4 running CM 12.1

I messed up and bought a Samsung Gear S2 watch to go with my Galaxy Note 4. It requires initialization with Samsung Gear app on the phone. The watch won't do anything, even display the time, until initialization is complete. You get an error message about an incompatible operating system. So I returned the watch.
I need recommendations for smart watches that will work with a rooted phone running CM 12.1. Thanks.

Is anyone using a smart watch with CM 12?

I bought the Huawei Watch today, and it works perfectly. Synced up immediately, no problems.
I'm using the Facer app, and I'm already making watch faces.

Gear S3 with Cyanogenmod 13 on Note 4?

After working with it for about a day or so, I seem to be at a loss as to how to connect my Gear S3 with my Note 4 Smartphone. It is running CM13. I am unable to use the Gear App from the play store as it tells me my device has been modified in an unauthorized way.
I attempted the Android Wear app as well. I modified my build.prop from userdebug to user and it let me connect, but the watch doesn't do anything different--it still remains on the samsung gear screen.
I realized there'll be limited connectivity if I manage it, but is there a way to connect the two?