Is the call forwarding working on your ATT S2 3G watches? On mine sometime is working but mostly is not working. It is only working when i force it to work. What i mean with "force it" is i either turn off the Bluetooth connection on the phone or the watch and i watch the steps ... When the popup from the gear manager shows up that the phone is connected remotely, on the popup i get two buttons, "OK" and "Settings". If i press "OK" then the call forwarding works. If i do it unintentionally (really forget my phone at home or in the car), then the call forwarding fails four out of five attempts. Only once i had it forward the calls without me fiddling with settings or popups ... The ATT Gear S was the same way and i had to return it ... I was lucky that time that the manager allowed me to return it after the 14 day window. I do not want to be in the same situation (wait for the 14 day window to expire) and then wrestle with the ATT store manager ...
Any tricks or steps that i'm missing? I'm pairing it with ATT S6 Edge ... I did factory reset the phone and the watch ... In the Gear Manager "Use remote connection" is ON and "Auto call forwarding" is setup with the number of my watch and is ON. If i turn off the bluetooth on my watch, then i can receive and place calls with my watch number, so the watch sim is active ...
As of now, it seems to me that the ATT Gear S2 3G functionally is no different that the ATT Gear S 3G, which was nightmare to get it to forward calls. Just visually improved, but it seems that Samsung didn't worked out the issues with ATT on ATT's backend to iron out the kinks ...
I hope i'm wrong but i have very narrow window to test it that is working ...
I wonder if its an ATT issue, as my T-Mobile version, using a Nexus 6 phone, works perfectly, every time..
its weird that using a Samsung phone you would have issues with that..
bormasina said:
Is the call forwarding working on your ATT S2 3G watches? On mine sometime is working but mostly is not working. It is only working when i force it to work. What i mean with "force it" is i either turn off the Bluetooth connection on the phone or the watch and i watch the steps ... When the popup from the gear manager shows up that the phone is connected remotely, on the popup i get two buttons, "OK" and "Settings". If i press "OK" then the call forwarding works. If i do it unintentionally (really forget my phone at home or in the car), then the call forwarding fails four out of five attempts. Only once i had it forward the calls without me fiddling with settings or popups ... The ATT Gear S was the same way and i had to return it ... I was lucky that time that the manager allowed me to return it after the 14 day window. I do not want to be in the same situation (wait for the 14 day window to expire) and then wrestle with the ATT store manager ...
Any tricks or steps that i'm missing? I'm pairing it with ATT S6 Edge ... I did factory reset the phone and the watch ... In the Gear Manager "Use remote connection" is ON and "Auto call forwarding" is setup with the number of my watch and is ON. If i turn off the bluetooth on my watch, then i can receive and place calls with my watch number, so the watch sim is active ...
As of now, it seems to me that the ATT Gear S2 3G functionally is no different that the ATT Gear S 3G, which was nightmare to get it to forward calls. Just visually improved, but it seems that Samsung didn't worked out the issues with ATT on ATT's backend to iron out the kinks ...
I hope i'm wrong but i have very narrow window to test it that is working ...
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Wait for Numbersync to start, then it wont be an issue at all. Gear S2 was supposed to launch with it, but it got delayed a bit. I am hearing next month for the role out. Then you watch will share the same phone number as your phone. Problem solved.
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Is Numbersync an ATT only feature, or is that something native to the Samsung Watches?
Wondering if it will be that way on T Mobile also
thanks
wase4711 said:
Is Numbersync an ATT only feature, or is that something native to the Samsung Watches?
Wondering if it will be that way on T Mobile also
thanks
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The NumberSync-like feature is supported by the hardware inside the S2 3G. In Korea, a similar feature is already being utilized. The USA carriers just need to create & activate such a feature.
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thanks, so it will probably depend on how many of the 3G watches get sold; if its not alot, then the carriers probably wont bother activating this feature..
drmacrofish said:
Wait for Numbersync to start, then it wont be an issue at all. Gear S2 was supposed to launch with it, but it got delayed a bit. I am hearing next month for the role out. Then you watch will share the same phone number as your phone. Problem solved.
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Thanks. I did not know about this Numbersync. I'm afraid that the carriers here will not bother about this and besides that i will not wait for a month. I bought (and then returned it) Gear S because of the 3G modem ... I do not need a always tethered watch ... I bought Gear S2 3G with hope that Samsung and ATT worked out whatever was messed up on ATT's backend. If the watch doesn't have a 3G/LTE modem i do not need it ...
Another return it is then ...
NumberSync is specific to AT&T (it is a network service not a Samsung feature) and will let you use your primary smartphone number for both your phone and Gear S2. Other carriers have said they are working on similar services. It isn't a call forwarding solution - calls are routed to both watch and phone simultaneously and neither has to be powered on for the other to make/receive calls. Also calls from either show as the same caller ID. The call forwarding issue is odd since the commands issued to the network to start call forwarding are the same regardless of you forcing it off bluetooth.
I was having the same issue with my Gear S paired to my Note 5. When they seperated it would be random whether call forwarding turned on or whether they'd reconnect via BT when back in range. The last Note 5 update AT&T pushed out fixed it and they connect/re-connect properly 100% of the time. Here's a workaround I used that solved the problem for a short period of time. Go in to Application Manager and clear data on the Bluetooth app. It doesn't erase your devices or settings it appears to clear the cache. It worked right for a week then I'd have to reset the app again.
I know the AT&T S2 can work as a standalone device, but looking at the Verizon page it says "leave your phone behind..." but has a note underneath that saying that the S2 is a companion device and must be connected to a phone on the carrier's network. So I was wondering which one it is.
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I know the AT&T S2 can work as a standalone device, but looking at the Verizon page it says "leave your phone behind..." but has a note underneath that saying that the S2 is a companion device and must be connected to a phone on the carrier's network. So I was wondering which one it is.
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It will. It's given its own phone number. But it's not like the AT&T NumberSync.
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It gets its own number, but also uses the phones number when connected. You can also forward your phone to the gear number.
If it works like tmobile version (I assume it does) it can work as companion device or stand alone unit. If you are within Bluetooth range than watch acts as companion device and you can pick up phone call via watch or phone. If you come out of that range then gear automatically sets call forwarding from your phone to watch and your calls are routed to watch. Once you come back to Bluetooth range call forwarding is being disabled. Within settings you can disable call forwarding and you can use phone and watch as separate devices with separate phone numbers.
Hi has anyone found a way to integrate Samsung smartthings or Amazon echo with the gear s3 ? I receive notifications
but wondered if there is a way of the watch communicating direct
I installed the Official Samsung Gear S app from iTunes last night on my iPhone SE and ran over to AT&T to pick up my new Gear S3 Frontier. The setup went smoothly and I immediately headed over to the Gear Store to download Golf NAVI (it even showed on the screenshots on iTunes) and was bummed that just like in the beta app, there are no paid apps available - only free watch faces and free games/utilities. Strike 1!
Strike 2: Even though the watch will connect to the cellular network and I can receive and send texts from the watch's phone number, AT&T's Numbersync setup does not show in the Connections tab.
Strike 3: Connected to Bluetooth, notifications come in and a text received can be displayed but no way to answer.
Hopefully there will be an update to version 1.01 very soon because as of right now, the Gear S3 usage with an iPhone is way to basic to justify the watch taking up wrist space let alone the $$$.
I don't see Spotify and paid apps on it
So I think I may have looked at everything I can about this I don't know.
I can send texts and go on the play store etc when my phone isn't connected to my watch via Bluetooth I just can't make calls. It says emergency calls only.
A few forums iv been on say there is a 'hidden menu' when you press on remote connections in the wearables app but nothing comes up for me maybe it is in conjunction with the 'call and text from other devices ' setting on galaxy phones.
I do have an oppo not a galaxy phone maybe more fool me for getting a galaxy watch when I don't have a galaxy phone.
Any ideas if there is a way around this?