Just got my Note Edge yesterday and I love it. But I can't get it to work with my Gear S watch? Very frustrating and I can't figure it out unless they just aren't compatible. Can anyone help?
I have a Note Edge paired with the Gear S that works great. I can use the Gear S via Bluetooth or cell. When you said that you just got the Edge, it makes me think that this Gear was set up with another phone prior to the Edge. If so, you'd have to factory reset the Gear.
My Gear Neo 2 is really finicky with the Edge. I think it is the flakey bluetooth on the entire Note 4 line. Every once in a while (maybe twice a week or more), I have to restart the watch to get it to talk to the phone again. I am totally awaiting the official Lollipop update for my Verizon variant as there are a large number of bluetooth changes in it. I am getting a bit concerned that Lollipop doesn't appear to be on the immediate radar for Verizon now that the S6 is out there
Anyway, I would try and factory reset the watch and start the connection process over. A bit inconvenient but I bet it will work.
i've got both and they're work very well. the bluetooth connection is stable and the reconnection after a disconnect is very fast. i see no trouble
Gregdec said:
Just got my Note Edge yesterday and I love it. But I can't get it to work with my Gear S watch? Very frustrating and I can't figure it out unless they just aren't compatible. Can anyone help?
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I installed Marshmallow on my Nexus 5, and then yesterday's Marshmallow updates from Play Store for Gear app, Gear Plugin, and the Samsung Accessory Service (Gear app asks if you want both of those for improved functionality).
All was well until I rebooted my phone, and now I can't reconnect to the S2. Did a hard reset of S2, and worked until S2 went out of range of phone. Then wouldn't reconnect. Kept saying invalid passkey, even though code on phone and S2 were the same.
I would either not update phone to Marshmallow, or not update Gear app, or both, cause I think you're gonna have the same problem.
I'm having the same problem on my Nexus 5X. Is there any fix for this yet? The latest update for the Gear App says it added support for Android 6.0, but that's not the case.
Checking in as well its really really annoying to have to "reset" the watch 3-4 times a day.
I can confirm that I have repeatedly been able reconnect my S2 to my Nexus 5 on Marshmallow after I installed the S2 firmware update that was available in the USA in the Gear app under the About Gear settings. I went from firmware version R720XXU2AOIL to R720XXU2AOJ3. I found that even after installing the firmware, I had to do one Light Reset on the S2 before the S2 would reconnect.
So far so good. Have intentionally gone out of range 6 times and reconnected all 6 times. Will report back if situation changes.
So I have been struggling with this since opening day!
When the watch is connected to my 6P (and my Nexus 6 before that - which was not Marshmallow) I can answer and make calls from the phone, but the audio and mic always default to the watch. This is super annoying. Verizon sent me a new watch which does the same. Samsung says it's a Marshmallow problem. Google says its a Huawei problem. And they send me back to Verizon.
So, what I have resorted to is waiting for the call to connect and then on the phone override the BT audio to handset prior to talking. What a hassle!
If you override the BT audio on the phone's BT setting for the S2, then you are no longer given the option to take the call on the S2 (of course).
Anyone have a similar experience? What to do next?
I have the same exact problem with the S2 3G paired with the Nexus 6P. I unchecked phone audio in the phones bluetooth settings but as you said, it disables the option to use the S2 as a phone. Hope there is a solution soon.
Seems to not be fully compatible with marshmallow yes
I have this issue as well. Also when I make a call with my phone (Nexus 6) the call is always completed on the watch via Bluetooth connection. I have to switch back to the phone on the watch during the call.....
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Update - Sammy Boo
Spoke with Samsung again. I thought the Gear Manager update yesterday would fix this - no deal!
Samsung is now claiming this is a software upgrade with the Gear S2 and is intentionally programmed functionality! Really?
I requested an escalation to their development team as a software enhancement to revert to prior functionality - they assured me that would happen, and they'll send me a notification from their team; problem is, they did not take any of my contact info!
I'm having an issue with CM13 on a Note 4 with a Gear S2. I changed the build.prop from Samsung to HTC to allow the Gear app to function (it doesn't like CM on Samsung phones) and all seemed well. When I try to click send to take a call, nothing happens. When I receive a call I only have the option to reject it from my watch. My watch is not activated, I don't need 2 numbers.
After spending hours on the phone with Verizon and Samsung I flashed a TW based rom and calls instantly worked. I'm pretty happy with my CM rom and I'd like to find a way to get it to work with that rom.
Did this ever get resolved?
I had Samsung Gear S2 with my Note 7 and life was awesome! Then tragedy struck and my life with a good phone is put on hold for at least 6 months, until the S8 series releases in Feb?/March?/April? of 2017. Until then, I decided to limp along with a somewhat cheaper Nexus 6P. The problem is, it throws all my incoming calls over to my Gear S2 instead of picking up on the phone handset. I then have to choose the drop down option to use my handset instead. This is NOT the intended operation. If I wanted to answer the call on my watch, I would answer it on my watch. I don't want to answer on my phone and then have my watch pick up. There is no way that I have found to correct this. This is terrible functionality for an otherwise very promising piece of technology (the watch, no the phone).
I have the same issue on 6p on ATT. What I normally do is like said above is uncheck the Bluetooth handset under Bluetooth settings. Then just turn call forwarding on..Therefore when I want to take calls on the watch I just wait about an extra 10secs. Or of course answer on the phone.
BTW when i had a samsung S6 this was not an issue...
I understand that the compatibility for the devices that are able to pair with the gear S2 do not include the LG V10, but I looked online and many people said that they were able to make it work. I was shocked because I have spent hours trying to figure this out. Can someone please tell me some information about this? Also, will the list of devices expand to where it includes the LG V10 anytime soon? Thanks!
I got my Gear S2 last Friday, and I was able to pair with my LG V10 with no issues. Of course, I have run into issues where notifications are not coming through to the Gear even though I've gotten all the settings for them created. Also, today, I've noticed that it is not counting steps at all, and it is still showing calendar events from yesterday. I need to do a bit more research on that.
Another small complaint is that when I answer a call, it automatically defaults to the watch even if I answer on my phone.
I've had multiple issues with the S2 on my V10 as you are having. I think the problem is that the V10 is not listed as a compatible phone for the V10 and this is giving us software issues. I hope Samsung can get their acts together and give us some support with the V10
It won't pair with nexus 6p as well?
I have problems when Gear S2 is disconected when so far V10, when you come back near to V10 no auto conected you must turn on the screen to conecte Gear S2 a V10 again.
Any fix or solution?
I got a Samsung Gear S2 Classic (Platinum) 2 weeks ago. I have a Galaxy S7 Edge on Verizon I got over the summer. I am not rooted and am on the latest updates. Yet, I am constantly getting this pop-up on my phone when I try to use this smartwatch. "Unfortunately Gear S2 Plugin has stopped" pops up on my phone and interrupts whatever I am doing. I am perplexed and annoyed that I am buying 2 recent Samsung products and they cannot even get these things to seamlessly talk to each other without problems. That is pathetic in my mind.
Is anyone else having this issue? If so, any ideas on how to fix it? The watch does connect to the phone and it seems I am getting notifications and other stuff is working. I am ready to return this watch at this point as it is making my phone unusable.
When I first got my watch, when the inactivity warning showed up, it also told me to stretch and showed some suggestions on how to stretch. I can't seem to figure out how to get that to work now. Any suggestions?
Using a S7 Edge on final Nougat Beta, with Gear S3 Frontier on ~APJ9
Not at all sure what I did, possibly just opening S Health but, it started working again today...
Mine doesnt work are you on Tizen 3 or 2?