Recently I started to have problems pairing my Gear 2 with Galaxy Note 4. Whenever I start Gear Manager app and trying to change Gear 2 settings, the app closes.
I tried unpair Gear 2, then pair back, which led to the factory reset, I tried to re-install Gear Manager, nothing helped.
Then I found this reply on Galaxy Apps store by Samsung customer rep:
"Thank you for being a Samsung customer. We are sorry for you are having difficulties with using this app. As we've tested out with Gear2, S5 Active, they seem to connect normally. So, please follow this instruction to sync devices again.
1. Go to Settings on the smartphone → go to Bluetooth, unpair all of bluetooth which are paired by pressing the cogwheel.
2. Go to Settings on the wearable device → Check the 'Make visible' check box, scan on Samsung Gear Manager app of the smartphone. Click the wearable device that you want to connect.
3. The wearable device will be reset and connect with the smartphone. For your information, if your smartphone is rooted or on developer option turned on, or if optimizing app is running, this application could work not normally. So make sure not to be on rooted/developer mode, or optimizing app run on. Hope our reply would be helpful."
So in my case disabling "Developer Options" helped. Maybe I didn't have to mess with re-pairing. I hope this will help.
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hello all,
i dont know what i was thinking when i forced closed gear app and it services, and the Samsung accessory service as well, and now my i cant connect to my gear anymore
i have done a light reset and factory reset to my gear s2, and am not able to make it to connect again to my note 3 anyway
also i have uninstalled the gear app and reinstalled again and unpairing the watch , but still its not connecting, it is getting stuck at connecting to gear ,
i tried connecting the gear to other phone it worked, but with my note it is not working , any suggestions ?
***Update - Never mind fixed it by a factory reset of my phone
Connecting to phone with S2
I try to make a phone call from my watch and get the message "connect to bluetooth" I touch the tick for yes and my watch and phone are connected straight away. It never seems to connect otherwise, but connects every time this way, so that's what I do. Wrong way, but it works
Geoffpops
For Future Reference - Ideal way to reconnect if you face issues
Ideally, you would not need a full reset of your phone, clearing the data of all the following should work fine -
1) Gear Manager
2) Samsung Accessory Service
3) Samsung Accessory System Providers
yamensati said:
hello all,
i dont know what i was thinking when i forced closed gear app and it services, and the Samsung accessory service as well, and now my i cant connect to my gear anymore
i have done a light reset and factory reset to my gear s2, and am not able to make it to connect again to my note 3 anyway
also i have uninstalled the gear app and reinstalled again and unpairing the watch , but still its not connecting, it is getting stuck at connecting to gear ,
i tried connecting the gear to other phone it worked, but with my note it is not working , any suggestions ?
***Update - Never mind fixed it by a factory reset of my phone
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Hi!
I just picked up a Gear S2 Classic last week and I'm liking it so far but I'm having trouble with S Health
First up, I'm using an Xperia Z3 with Android N developer preview, so I wouldn't be surprised if it just isn't going to work based on that.
I was able to install the app on my phone fine but I can't log in to my Samsung account - I'll put in my credentials and click log in, it'll load and go back to the main screen with no indication of being logged into an account. The app will also try to sync with my watch but nothing will happen. If I go into More -> Accessories then Gear S2 appears as an option but when I click it, it seems to want me to register but if I click 'register' the Gear app opens....am I supposed to do anything here?
As far as I've seen, neither S Health nor the Gear Manager app have been updated to support N Preview. That alone is more than likely your situation. Samsung was good to note when apps had been updated to support the M preview, more than likely because Marshmallow was being worked on for the S6/Note 5.
If you installed the update while connected, it's possible the software was reset or altered. You may have to go through the Gear App options to reconnect your watch. I do believe the setting is in the menu toggle on the main screen. You should be given the option to disconnect/connect new gear. Give that a try if you haven't already.
Unable to connect - stuck on "setting up" or "connecting to gear s2 (F930)...
Edit: i hate samsung.
Reboot the phone /watch to try again, re-download the gear manager app.. /try to reset the watch /phone ...
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Maybe a similar issue
loppv said:
Reboot the phone /watch to try again, re-download the gear manager app.. /try to reset the watch /phone ...
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I have an unlocked GT-i9505G (Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition LTE). I recently bought a Samsung Gear S2 Classic from Swappa (verified working/perfect order). I've been trying to get it paired and recognized by my S4 phone for several days since I got it, with no luck until today. Brief timeline: installed the Samsung Gear app on phone as instructed by the message that came up on watch ("connect phone's browser to apps.samsung.com/gear and select the Galaxy version of Gear"). What was happening to me was 1) Starting the phone Gear app, touching the "search for Gear watch" tool, pair message on watch (touch OK (check), it displayed "Setting up" animated message on watch face) then 2) the phone app crashed with message "check your phone for current version is OK and restart Gear app", ad infinitum. Did several uninstall/reinstalls of Gear phone app along with watch factory resets (recovery) tool. No luck. After reading several posts over past few days of various phone app/watch issues, I finally decided that the Galaxy version of the Gear app was not recognizing my phone as a Galaxy phone, due to the fact that it splashes GOOGLE on startup and not true "Samsung Galaxy" from the system firmware (no Touchwiz for example). So I went back to the same apps.samsung.com/gear on phone browser, and selected NON-Galaxy version this time-- and after reading a few helpful hints from various posts, I noticed some people were having better luck by side-loading a Samsung APK called "Gear Plugin" which I did. Then I restarted both, held my breath & VOILA! The Gear app on the phone finally paired & connected the watch within the app itself without crashing! (Happy days are here again) Hope this might give you something to work with to get yours hopefully connected & paired with your S7.
I have a oneplus 2 on cm13, root xposed, and I stuck on connecting. I installed the three recommend apps.
Someone can help me please?
Got my S8+ at launch, reset my Gear 2 running Tizen and quickly had it paired using both the Gear app and Samsung Health.
Everything was running just fine until a about a week ago when the pairing stopped. I decided to reset the Gear 2 and re-pair it to my S8+.
After several unsuccessful tries, here's what happens:
1. Reboot phone and wait for boot to complete.
2. Start the Gear app (v2.2.17022862) on the phone.
3. From the Gear app select "Connect new Gear."
4. Power on the Gear 2 and select "Next / Next"
5. Back to the app on the phone select "Gear 2 (XXXX)"
6. Get a Blue tooth pairing request on both devices and confirm on both of them.
7. The Gear 2 shows "Waiting for confirmation from Gear Manager" and the Gear app on the phone shows "Connecting to Gear..."
8. Minutes pass and nothing else happens.
IOW, the Bluetooth pairing is successful but the actual link between the devices never finishes.
Any idea what I might try next to get this working?
TIA,
RIch
Having similar issue. eventually got a connection failed. This worked originally then I did the OTA update (I have an unlocked S8+) and the Bluetooth started acting up.
One post said unpair everything and now I cant get the phone to reconnect. Eventually Bluetooth recognizes the Gear2 and the Gear Manager (as disconnected).... and the watch stays in that factory reset mode.
Not sure exactly how, but I got mine working. After unpairing the Bluetooth connection, I also cleared the cache and data on both the Samsung Gear app and the Samsung Health app then removed both apps from my S8+ rebooting many times along the way. After reinstalling the Gear app and the Health app I was able to eventually get the pairing to be successful.
Sorry I can offer better detailed guidance. I hope you get yours working again too.
Thanks... I tried clearing S-Health's\Samsung Connect cache, unpairing the watch, deleting Gear Manager, and restarting. That didn't work. I'll give it another try.
Just out of curiosity, have you disabled anything like Bixby or Svoice? I have both disabled... I tried reenabling them before but that didn't help.
Nope. While I don't use either, both Bixby and SVoice remain active. Sorry I can't help more.
I have a LG V20, and a Gear 2 Neo.
The Gear 2, screen says “To connect your Gear, first download Samsung Gear via Samsung GALAXY Apps on your mobile device.” - done… I have the Samsung Gear app on the phone.
From the Samsung Gear app, I try to “Connect To Gear”, and after the searching process the response is “No Gear devices After you turn on your Gear devices, they will be shown here. If your Gear is powered on properly but not shown here, go to Settings > Gear info, then select Reset Gear on the Gear to reset it to its factory default settings.” - done…I have reset the Gear 2 to factory settings multiple times, however the app is still not connecting.
The phone Bluetooth and the Gear 2 bluetooth pair with zero issues.
I have also attempted to go through the ‘download’ process from the settings on the Gear 2. This ‘downloading’ processed for about 9-10 hours and did not finish. I had to turn off the Gear.
How can I get the two devices to connect? From the internet, I believe that that Gear 2 should work with the LG V20.
It's annoying.
On my Moto DT2, I found I had to completely unpair my phone from my S2 using the phone's Bluetooth settings, reboot and start completely from scratch.
I cleared all data from all Samsung apps, uninstalled them, rebooted, and then just followed the prompts from the S2 and then the apps.
If you pair your phone with your S2 first BEFORE using the apps, it won't work.
With the latest app updates, I don't have to go through that process as often.
I do lose my connection more often, but just pressing Connect in the app restores it.
Hope that helps.
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