Hello, I had just bought my gear 2 today and after charging it fully I tried to follow the instructions and download the gear manager app on my galaxy note 4. It installed the latest version. I opened it and it immediately crashed. The only way I can open the app is to press the active apps button at the bottom of the phone and go to the app that way. Doing that it pairs and finds the watch just fine. I press on the gear to start "connecting" after it paired. It endlessly connects, with no error messages. I've updated the gear via kies. I've installed a previous version of gear manager. I've factory reset the gear. All to no avail. I've gotten around the startup wizard on the gear so I can use it but the time is wrong, and I can't use any of the actually useful functions that you need to pair with a phone to use. I called Samsung and talked to some Asian chick who told me to restart the phone and the watch. Obviously that didn't work and I had already tried it so I yelled at her and she created a report. Don't know what that will do for me then she referred me to a freakin best buy and said I quote "go to local best buy and have them look at it"
Seriously hoping if any of you can help me. I don't know what to do after this and I really wanna be able to see even a correct time on my watch. Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help.
Hello all!
I currently own a gear 2 Neo for working out and daily use. I would like to get the Gear S2 classic for work because it looks so nice, then switch over to the gear 2 Neo to workout. Can my Note 4 keep both watches connected at the same time? The gear 2 Neo had to be formatted back to factory when it initially syncs to a new phone device. If I cant multi sync the watches, it wouldn't be worth it because the device would have to be formatted over and over when I switch watches... That would take up alot of time waiting. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
cheetablaze said:
Hello all!
I currently own a gear 2 Neo for working out and daily use. I would like to get the Gear S2 classic for work because it looks so nice, then switch over to the gear 2 Neo to workout. Can my Note 4 keep both watches connected at the same time? The gear 2 Neo had to be formatted back to factory when it initially syncs to a new phone device. If I cant multi sync the watches, it wouldn't be worth it because the device would have to be formatted over and over when I switch watches... That would take up alot of time waiting. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I have a gear s and gear s2 to use with my note 4... Both watches are setup with my phone but only one can connect at a time. I don't have to reset the watches because they are not being switched to a new device. My gear manager app on the phone had a drop down menu to pick the watch you want to connect with. So based on my experience I would say you should have no problem to switch between two watches here; you'll just need to connect one or the other but not both at the same time. If you choose to connect either one to a different phone entirely though, then yes you'll likely need to reset the watch.
Thanks for your help!
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I have a gear s and gear s2 to use with my note 4... Both watches are setup with my phone but only one can connect at a time. I don't have to reset the watches because they are not being switched to a new device. My gear manager app on the phone had a drop down menu to pick the watch you want to connect with. So based on my experience I would say you should have no problem to switch between two watches here; you'll just need to connect one or the other but not both at the same time. If you choose to connect either one to a different phone entirely though, then yes you'll likely need to reset the watch.
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So same issue with the Gear s2 I got 2 watches when I try and switch watches it will not switch to the second watch without soft reset everytime. I have tried turning bluetooth off on the device prior to switching and reconnecting second watch then I get must soft reset before continuing. I tried disconnecting 1st watch then switching same result. There is no drop down menu in gear manager to switch. Now when I had the gear fit I could switch between watches whenever I wanted without soft reset. I am not connecting them both at the same time. So why is it asking for a soft reset. It is almost like it can only bind one watch to that phone. So when I switch it is asking to bind the new watch and deletes the first.
On my S4 I have Gear 1, Gear 2, Gear S and Gear S2. All can be used on the same phone without reset but only one at time. Some issue if you want install same app from the store on differents watch. Many time for example if I have an app installed on my Gear 1 and I can not install also on the Gear 2 because it said yet installed
I have 2 Samsung gear s watches so when one dies I can use the second one. But every time I connect to the next watch it requires a factory data reset. The only way either watch doesn't need reset is if it was the last one connected. How can I fix this? Neither watch has Sim card. I have tried it with my Samsung Galaxy s5 active and now Samsung Galaxy s7. Both happens same way. Need help macks152010 at Gmail.
Samsung Pay Will not work with two gear S3 watches
Macks152010 said:
I have 2 Samsung gear s watches so when one dies I can use the second one. But every time I connect to the next watch it requires a factory data reset. The only way either watch doesn't need reset is if it was the last one connected. How can I fix this? Neither watch has Sim card. I have tried it with my Samsung Galaxy s5 active and now Samsung Galaxy s7. Both happens same way. Need help macks152010 at Gmail.
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I have two gear S3 watches, I can pair both to my S8 plus. The problem is setting up Samsung pay to use and work with two different Gear watches on the same phone, and use the same debit card. 1) both watches are to use the same debit cards. 2) One watch ("A") is active and linked to the phone. 3) setup the debit card on the phone for watch "A" using Samsung pay--all is fine to this point. On the watch SP works fine.
Now the problem: Turn off watch "A" and turn on watch "B", link "B" to the phone, proceed to setup SP. The first thing that happens is the previous working debit card is deleted and I,m prompted to re-setup the same debit card that was deleted. Now it's working for phone"B" just fine. Samsung Pay (SP) no longer works on phone "A" and will need to be setup again. Samsung Pay can't work with two gear S3 watches on the same phone. SP can only have one setup per phone, and each time you turn on a 2nd gear S3 watch, the exsisting SP setup is deleted. Why would anyone have a 2nd Gear S3 watch which will not be able to function correctly.
How does one setup two Gear S3 watches to work with Samsung Pay on the same phone? This is a MAJOR PROBLEM and needs to be addressed.
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I have two gear S3 watches, I can pair both to my S8 plus. The problem is setting up Samsung pay to use and work with two different Gear watches on the same phone, and use the same debit card. 1) both watches are to use the same debit cards. 2) One watch ("A") is active and linked to the phone. 3) setup the debit card on the phone for watch "A" using Samsung pay--all is fine to this point. On the watch SP works fine.
Now the problem: Turn off watch "A" and turn on watch "B", link "B" to the phone, proceed to setup SP. The first thing that happens is the previous working debit card is deleted and I,m prompted to re-setup the same debit card that was deleted. Now it's working for phone"B" just fine. Samsung Pay (SP) no longer works on phone "A" and will need to be setup again. Samsung Pay can't work with two gear S3 watches on the same phone. SP can only have one setup per phone, and each time you turn on a 2nd gear S3 watch, the exsisting SP setup is deleted. Why would anyone have a 2nd Gear S3 watch which will not be able to function correctly.
How does one setup two Gear S3 watches to work with Samsung Pay on the same phone? This is a MAJOR PROBLEM and needs to be addressed.
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I have the same issue with samsung pay, but with my s3 and new sport. It's annoying AF. I went on samsungs forums but no trace of this being discussed. I want to start a thread there, but I feel like they're just going to be like, we didn't design this to function this way. And tell me to f off.
I have 2 iPhones ( personal and work) can I connect them both to the same S2 gear?
If I have 2 x gear fit 2, although cannot only connect via the gear app at one time, what about s health? Anyone try straight to go in to the shealth, to try to sync? does it sync both gear fit 2 at the same time?
my S2 and S3 sync fine with s health I have them set to swap over when worn
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I have 2 iPhones ( personal and work) can I connect them both to the same S2 gear?
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nope 2 watches 1 phone yep but the gear app will do a soft reset and set the watch up as a new one on each phone.
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I'm having the same issue, 2 x S3 Gear Frontiers with 1 Samsung S9 Plus.....watches are forced to reset every time you try to swap them over.
Same issue
I have a Galaxy S7 phone (SM G930U, with android 7.0) and Two gear S3 Frontier Watches (SM-760, Tizen Version3.0.0.2, software version R670XXU2CRE3).
I can pair both watches using the Samasung Gear App (2.2.20.17113061) on the phone, however when I want to switch watches, autoswitch does not work. I can choose the watch from the drop down list but that will not work unless I choose to reset the watch (a full reset takes over 5 minutes and my settings are all gone every time).
Restarting the watch is not enough, it must be factory reset every time that I wish to switch watches.
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I have tried every solution in this entire thread including clearing my phone system cache file. But the Gear app still forces a reset of the watch when switching from watch A to watch B. I even tried pairing both watches to my old Samsung phone (Samsung galaxy s3) with the exact same results.
Does anyone have any suggestion?
Trying to connect two Samsung Gear S3 classic to a Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Did you ever get this sorted?. Having the same problem with my two Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 classic on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ☹
From my research, it is possible to use multiple Samsung watches with the same phone, providing the watches are different models. Using multiples of the same model watch results in having to reset the next watch before it can be used.
got 2 gear2 watches on one phone working ... somewhat
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I have 2 Samsung gear s watches so when one dies I can use the second one. But every time I connect to the next watch it requires a factory data reset. The only way either watch doesn't need reset is if it was the last one connected. How can I fix this? Neither watch has Sim card. I have tried it with my Samsung Galaxy s5 active and now Samsung Galaxy s7. Both happens same way. Need help macks152010 at Gmail.
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I was able to get having two identical model Gear 2 watches on one phone to work several years ago, but with my latest a20, I also have the issue where the Wearables app wants to completely factory reset the watch every time i switch watches.
What I was able to do was to go directly to the bluetooth menu and let the watch connect. The Wearables app launches automatically and tries to make me select the model to pair with. I just hit the home button and then kill the Wearable app. The watch stays connected and gets/displays alerts. Also the photos/videos from the watch transfer to the gallery just fine. What it DOESNT do (that I really NEED it to do) is pass my step count data to the Health app. I'm sure if I can figure out the old version I used on my old Galaxy Mega in 2015 I can back date the Gear apps and probably get my full dual watch functionality back, but i'd rather samsung just accomodate our feature request in this thread.
Here's to wishing.
Gear Manager stuck at "Gear not Found. Please turn on your Gear and try again"
Hello everyone! This is my very first post at xda and unfortunately it's about a sad subject.
I got a Samsung Gear S2 to my Dad for Christmas and when I was talking with the salesman (that by the way treated me really really bad, I thought for a moment that he would just throw the watch box at me and grab my money), he told me that his phone (Moto E) was compatible with the Gear, and the only requirement was the Android 4.3 version or higher. The version of Moto E is 5.0, so I was confident that it would work.
Yesterday I gave the watch to my Dad. We installed all the required apps (Samsung Gear, Gear Plugins and Samsung Accessory Services).
Unfortunately, the Samsung Gear app just can't find the watch. We tried everything. Hard resets and so on.
The fun thing is that I can find it on Bluetooth devices (outside the Samsung app, inside Settings) and I can even pair with it, but the app is completely unaware that the watch is turned on and discoverable.
I didn't get any compatibility errors. I just can't even find the watch using the Samsung app.
Is there anything that I can do or just buy a new phone?
Thanks in advance,
Vinicius
I'm in the same situation exactly.
Per the Samsung page it requires 4.4 or higher and at least 1.5gb of ram.
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-s2/device-compatibility/?cid=afl-hq-mul-0813-11000946
I work for a VZW corporate store as a sales rep. I sold a Gear S3 Frontier to a customer last night who has a S8+. Samsung pay works fine on the S8+ as it should, but the gear plugin for Samsung pay REFUSES to open or work on his gear S3. When you hold the back button on the watch (the shortcut to open the app), nothing happens at all. When you attempt to launch Samsung Pay from the gear manager, it starts loading but eventually says the gear is not responding try again later.. and that happens even when the gear manager shows a connection with the watch. I have tried several troubleshooting steps which I will list below. If anyone has any solution please let me know asap. I actually own a Gear S3 Frontier myself (non 4G) and I never had issues setting up Samsung Pay on the watch at all. Thank you everyone!
Troubleshooting steps I've already tried:
1.Uninstalling the Samsung Pay app for both the phone and the gear (gear s3 plugin). 2.Cleared the cache and data for both the phone and gear s3 plugin app. 3.Tried updating the watch (it's currently on Tizen 2.2). The gear that I use was updated to Tizen 3.0 a few days ago. I am assuming they are being updated in waves. 4.Tried updating the phone (his S8+ is on the latest software for Nougat.) 5.Unpaired the gear from his phone and re-paired it by doing a factory reset on the gear.
I currently use the Gear S3 Frontier (non 4G) with the Note8 (had the S8/S8+), and I never had an issue setting up Samsung pay on either device. If anyone has any ideas please share them here so I can help the customer get his gear working properly, and help anyone else avoid having this same issue.
Reboot.
If Busybox is on the phone you must move the main folder to the SD card.
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I've been trying to set up Samsung Pay with my Essential PH-1 and Gear S3. When I get to the point where I am prompted to open the Gear app on my phone to install the Samsung Pay Gear Plug-in, I keep getting "Installation failed. Try again later." I had no problems setting up Samsung Pay with an LG V-10 and a Blu cheapo phone.
Anyone using a Samsung Gear S3 with their Essential PH-1? Is there some incompatibility?
Thanks,
Andy
It's worked "fine" for me. I used this apk: apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-pay-for-gear/samsung-pay-for-gear-1-6-8906-release/samsung-pay-for-gear-1-6-8906-android-apk-download/
And honestly I don't know how to get back to the app without installing it again (add all your cards while it's open). It doesn't show up in the gear app or anything, but it works. It seems like it's just not supported??