Note 5 + s2 always in standalone mode - Samsung Gear S2

Hi was wondering if anyone has the same problem and found possible fix, so for no apparent reason my watch will go into standalone mode and then I have to reconnect with the phone with the connect button in the app I've taken the phone to a Samsung tech at best buy and he had no clue he said if it continues to call Samsung back

Update was on the phone with Samsung for a while and finally they agree to warranty the watch so I'm mailing it back 2morrow will update again in 7 to 10 days when it's returned on how the whole process worked out for me

Okay so I jumped the gun and before Samsung could return my old watch I purchase the new watch with 4G and the same problem continues so I went ahead and called tmobile to repair the note 5 they sent me a new note 5 yesterday and everything is AOK working perfectly connected via bluetooth since yesterday

The Note 5 has a serious Bluetooth problem. No one's figured out why yet. We're all just returning the phones. Search for Note 5 Bluetooth disconnect and you'll see huge threads.

How do i get out of standalone mode

bobthebartender said:
How do i get out of standalone mode
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Turn on call auto-forwarding

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[Q] Samsung Galaxy S2 rebooting and Frozen issue Model: GT-I9100

Hello there
I have purchased Samsung galaxy s2 #1 cell phone last night for my mother as
birthday gift .It has 2.3 gingerbread as soon as i turned it on after every 10 mins
its rebooting if i play youtube -reboot , i tried to charge it reboot, skype or video call reboot and some times FROZEN i have to remove battery bring back life in it extremely annoyed!! i spent 570EUR on it and this what i received i have 3 days return policy so i can throw it back on that shop get new one but plz tell me is it:
OS(android) related problem
Hardware problem
KE:ke2
i am worried what if replacement phone is also like this
is it a android bug ,samsung bug ?
Plz help i am really confused and i dont want to visit that shop everyday
ijq5 said:
Hello there
I have purchased Samsung galaxy s2 #1 cell phone last night for my mother as
birthday gift .It has 2.3 gingerbread as soon as i turned it on after every 10 mins
its rebooting if i play youtube -reboot , i tried to charge it reboot, skype or video call reboot and some times FROZEN i have to remove battery bring back life in it extremely annoyed!! i spent 570EUR on it and this what i received i have 3 days return policy so i can throw it back on that shop get new one but plz tell me is it:
OS(android) related problem
Hardware problem
KE:ke2
i am worried what if replacement phone is also like this
is it a android bug ,samsung bug ?
Plz help i am really confused and i dont want to visit that shop everyday
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Hi there, as an owner of a Galaxy S2 i can confirm i dont have any such issues, in the Galaxy S2 specific forum it is very rare to have a faulty phone, i would suggest it is definitely an issue with that specific phone you have. the S2 is the best phone out at the moment, would suggest having it exchanged for a replacement because that is definitely a problem with either the phones hardware or how android is working on your phone.
my hard luck samsung said motherboard is faulty but they said they will replace it or refund it lets see :S even after spending 570EUR u have to suffer as customer

[Q] Will the Note Edge work with the Gear S?

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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download Samsung Gear Manager from galaxy apps..

Voice connection to Nexus 6P with Gear S2 3G on Verizon

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.....
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
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...

Question Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus_Please help with my phone issues

Since the day after I traded in my Galaxy A50 to upgrade to my brand new out of the box Galaxy S21 Plus, I've been dealing with multiple issues beginning with inability to connect to Wi-Fi public Hotspot which I use for everything in my place for past nine years and no check issues even if I have several devices connected. the s21+ wouldn't even see the xfinitywifi broadcast like my other devices do, then it would see it and attempt connection only to get authentication errors. everyone I've ever talked to about wifi issues are robots that all say reboot your modem. I DON'T HAVE A MODEM because I use public Hotspot. sorry for yelling, my blood pressure rises thinking about this. anyway tech says factory data reset (I knew better), but I did it anyway, then it gets worse, lost contacts, important apps from my employer, important vm's, because my ringer refused to operate even, volume was erratically adjusting itself hi low hi low anytime I attempt blue tooth connection, then my messaging app would race my pandora app upon blue tooth connecting as well I would win that by fighting both apps but still my messaging app would stay on simultaneously with pandora. my s21+ I got brand new unopened $1k on payment plan. Verizon said too late for warranty is only good for 14 days after purchase. keep telling these people my issues began on day one and on day three I finally had time to call support the first time. the store I bought it from (go wireless), tried very hard to help fix it but they only knew what settings to check but they were all correctly set. magically they were able to get my ringer to work and called me a couple times while I was there to test. after I get home, my ringer magically would not work once again. since Verizon was trying to rip me off by telling me they can only replace the s21+ under their 14 day warranty with a certified pre-owned s21+ but at that time, it was beyond the 14 day warranty period. I so I got high blood pressure and said NOPE I will be receiving a brand new phone because that's what I am paying for, I did not purchase a pre-owned anything, so let me talk to whoever is in charge of making that happen. team leader put me on hold until his management went home for the day, he checked couple times to see if I was still holding (better believe I was), last time he asked I told him I'm calling Samsung direct then he tried arguing with me as I hung up. Samsung warranty is good for up to one year as is typical for anything aside from landscaping. well they want me to send my phone away with me paying postage and having no other phone, but they will fix it when it arrives in Texas?? why can I not just get a replacement from the store I purchased it from?? Samsung answer because it's most likely a software issue, if it is then it has to go to Google because they are the one's who developed the software. WTF can I do?? anybody have any clue how to fix this?? I'm thinking a 20lb. sledge, torch maybe, brick and the river?? but then I'm out $1k for a phone that never worked right out of the box.
It does sound like software but doing a reset didn't fix it which is odd?
My suggestion would be to download the correct firmware from sammobile and flash it to your phone with Odin.
At the very least you will be ruling out software if there is still issues.
DrDee said:
It does sound like software but doing a reset didn't fix it which is odd?
My suggestion would be to download the correct firmware from sammobile and flash it to your phone with Odin.
At the very least you will be ruling out software if there is still issues.
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I agree. Try reinstall the OS back onto your device from scratch and see if that works. Or if it is still within the 14 day warranty, take it back to the store for a replacement unit.
Camelpuppet said:
that all say reboot your modem. I DON'T HAVE A MODEM
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you do have a modem in your phone. and its likely the culprit. do yourself the favor and get samfirm or frija, theyre firmware downloaders, and enter the info the tool needs to D/L your firmware and flash it on the phone with Odin just as stated above. There are 5 files that come inside the zip of firmware you end up with once frija has finished. the 2 files to pay the most attention to are CSC and HOME_CSC. CSC will factory reset it, and HOME_CSC will not, otherwise theyre the same thing
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I agree. Try reinstall the OS back onto your device from scratch and see if that works. Or if it is still within the 14 day warranty, take it back to the store for a replacement unit.
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Thank you for your replies, I was able to take it back to the store for a complete exchange after a lot of trouble.

Question Galaxy watch 4 classic not work on non Samsung

I tried the 4 classic on my pixel 4 xl. It won’t finish setup. Tried three times. Took it back. Best Buy guy said there’s a software bug that prevents the Galaxy watch 4 classic from working on any non s22 or s21 phone.
What’s going on?
Wearables needs all it's many permissions or it will not load/work true even on a Samsung.
There's been an issue with the Pixels and Google even locked a thread about it on their own forum with no solution found.
Talk about sticking their head in the sand...
What does this mean? Basically you need an S21/22?
I run the app on the phone. It starts the setup and sits there about 50%. Then a notipops up saying you need to connect to the watch. It’s already connected. Tapping connect or cancel or whatever does nothing. The pop up just times out and goes away. The 50% set up or whatever the % is, it just stays there. Tried 3 x then returned the watch. The BB guy said it’s a software issue that no phones will work now with the current software unless the phone is the S21/22.
I don’t get it.
buggs1a said:
What does this mean? Basically you need an S21/22?
I run the app on the phone. It starts the setup and sits there about 50%. Then a notipops up saying you need to connect to the watch. It’s already connected. Tapping connect or cancel or whatever does nothing. The pop up just times out and goes away. The 50% set up or whatever the % is, it just stays there. Tried 3 x then returned the watch. The BB guy said it’s a software issue that no phones will work now with the current software unless the phone is the S21/22.
I don’t get it.
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I don't know. Invariably Samsung will eventually fix the issues just don't hold your breath waiting for it.
As with most of the Samsung accessories it's optimized and integrated for the Samsung ecosystem. Even some Samsung users are having issues apparently.
The other side of this is sometimes you need to play with Samsung apps a bit. My Buds+ will run at first on the latest version of Wearables but eventually the audio screws up. Solution, install the older version which works, has a better UI and then Firewall block the the update UID for it so it doesn't auto update and self destruct
I make adjustments as needed... got a 2nd pair of Buds+ order, which shows you how rattled I am.
Wow lol. It’s been months and they haven’t fixed it. Insane. Could be on purpose too. Wanting to sell Galaxy phones. Hmm.
buggs1a said:
Wow lol. It’s been months and they haven’t fixed it. Insane. Could be on purpose too. Wanting to sell Galaxy phones. Hmm.
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Well that could be Best Buys intent.
You give Samsung too much credit; this likely wasn't planned... which is why it happened
The original Buds were a mess when first released. It took a year worth of sequential firmware updates to dial them in.
There been reported problems with newer models as well I believe I saw as I was reading. Anymore I'll never preorder or be the first to buy their products or "test" their updates. Instead I buy when known to be good. It's always been hit or miss with Samsung to a greater or lesser degree. They are capable of producing exceptional products and bone rattling duds.
Best Buy intent? I was saying Samsung maybe did this on purpose.
Anyway.
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Best Buy intent? I was saying Samsung maybe did this on purpose.
Anyway.
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I have zero faith in Best Buy. They are a horror to deal with... they tried my patience for the last time 2 years ago.
buggs1a said:
I tried the 4 classic on my pixel 4 xl. It won’t finish setup. Tried three times. Took it back. Best Buy guy said there’s a software bug that prevents the Galaxy watch 4 classic from working on any non s22 or s21 phone.
What’s going on?
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there is a software issue or something make watch 4 classic dont work on non samsung or even older samsung like s9 s10 that make you have trouble and think about upgrading the phone which personally im sure its on purpose by samsung you may be able to connect the phone doing factory reset but me and alot of people cant connect google account to the watch afterward which there is no fix till now ofc hoping the new upcoming wear os 3.5 and one ui 4.5 update will fix it but if not thats just it personally i was so intrested in s22 ultra and was thinking to buy it before this happened but if the update wont fix it i will never pay samsung in my life in any sort of way
omid_nr said:
there is a software issue or something make watch 4 classic dont work on non samsung or even older samsung like s9 s10 that make you have trouble and think about upgrading the phone which personally im sure its on purpose by samsung you may be able to connect the phone doing factory reset but me and alot of people cant connect google account to the watch afterward which there is no fix till now ofc hoping the new upcoming wear os 3.5 and one ui 4.5 update will fix it but if not thats just it personally i was so intrested in s22 ultra and was thinking to buy it before this happened but if the update wont fix it i will never pay samsung in my life in any sort of way
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Factory reset is a waste of time; try a network reset instead!
Even with the Buds+ the getting them working takes some effort sometimes. The spen can be the same way.
If the Wearables app is screwed up, nothing may work. An older version may work but it requires some effort to load and keep from updating which would break it again.
Deliberate? No Samsung doesn't need to intentionally try to screw things up, it comes naturally Sammy's been dropping balls a lot lately.
I`ve been using my watch 4 classic with my 4XL without any issues since May before upgrading to my P6P. And after upgrading to my P6P I didn`t run into any issues. What I`ve experienced when setting up my watch 4 classic for the first time was that the samsung wearable app was switching screens after providing credentials for my g account and therefore was hiding the permissions quote and the wearable app was waiting for the authorisation to use the g account. Those sammy blue dots were circling around for many minutes. Happened to me twice. Using the back ´gesture let me grant the permissions needed and t he setup process just went through smoothly.
bluetigger68 said:
I`ve been using my watch 4 classic with my 4XL without any issues since May before upgrading to my P6P. And after upgrading to my P6P I didn`t run into any issues. What I`ve experienced when setting up my watch 4 classic for the first time was that the samsung wearable app was switching screens after providing credentials for my g account and therefore was hiding the permissions quote and the wearable app was waiting for the authorisation to use the g account. Those sammy blue dots were circling around for many minutes. Happened to me twice. Using the back ´gesture let me grant the permissions needed and t he setup process just went through smoothly.
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The infamous circling blue dots make me cringed every time I see them now. Like some alien from Star Trek eyeballing you
Wearables will puke all over unless all permissions* are granted. Something I really hate about Wearables. Reminds me of the bixby spyware. Lol, don't worry Samsung servers are secure... until the next hack
*check that all permissions have been checked manually as it doesn't always happen during installation for whatever reasons.
Thanks all.
I had the S22+. No issue. But returned the watch and phone because the phone screen shuts off if I don’t touch it for a bit when playing games. Some games I play auto battle and takes awhile so no need to touch. So I returned them both yesterday.
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Thanks all.
I had the S22+. No issue. But returned the watch and phone because the phone screen shuts off if I don’t touch it for a bit when playing games. Some games I play auto battle and takes awhile so no need to touch. So I returned them both yesterday.
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Only 8gb of ram, max 256gb internal storage and no expandable storage, rounded display corners... yeah I'm not feeling it.
Good call.

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