If my Samsung Gear S2 gets disconnected from my Nexus 6P at all, I have to do a light reset and reestablish bluetooth connection with phone. I have tried updating the Gear Manager app, but I get "Unable to update new software. Device is encrypted. Decrypt?" It sends me to my security settings, but everything I have tried won't make it work.
Any suggestions???
I fixed this. Reset watch. Pair the watch to a decrypted phone, do the update, reset the watch, pair it back to your phone. Problem 100% solved.
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Ran into the exact same issue today after purchasing a Gear S2 and pairing it with my 6P. Walked away from my phone, came back, and realized the watch hadn't re-paired with it. After doing some Googling, this is the only mention of it I've found, so thanks for posting it and reassuring me that I'm not crazy.
Unfortunately, I don't want to decrypt my 6P yet, so it looks like I'll be returning the watch. That sucks because I liked it much more than the new 360 and other Android Wear devices. Looks like I'm headed back to using my Pebble Time.
Thanks for penalizing those of us that don't want to use your phones but like this watch, Samsung! /s
*edit* So after doing some more digging, it seems the update I can't take on my 6P for the watch (since it prompts you to decrypt the phone), fixes this issue. Apparently, if you can connect the watch to another, unencrypted phone, then you can take the update and re-pair with the 6P and the problem should be fixed.
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Does the Gear S2 work fully with the Nexus 6P?
ycats said:
Does the Gear S2 work fully with the Nexus 6P?
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It works fully until the watch and phone are disconnected (either by getting out of range of each other or by disconnecting them intentionally). Once that happens, you have to reset the watch and set it up again. You have to do this every single time they disconnect.
From what I've read, the latest update to the watch fixes this, but I don't have a phone that's unencrypted in order to download the update (the Gear app prompts you to decrypt the phone when you try and take the watch update). I've got both the Nexus 6 and 6P, so I may just go ahead and decrypt the 6, pair the watch to it, take the update, then pair it back with my 6P.
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How do you decrypt a phone?
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How do you decrypt a phone?
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You have to unlock the bootloader, then flash a file that does the decryption. Problem is, both of those wipe the phone, so you have to start from scratch.
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Do you have the version of the Gear S2 that has the 3G or 4G signal? I have the Gear S with the 3G signal.
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Do you have the version of the Gear S2 that has the 3G or 4G signal? I have the Gear S with the 3G signal.
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Mine is the new Gear S2 (the sportier version, not the Classic).
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Does the Gear S2 work fully with the Nexus 6P?
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to be clear, missing functionality on non-Samsung phones are: no text or email app (but can reply to text and email notifications), no ability to answer a phone call, only reject, and no access to paid apps (only free apps) on the Gear app store.
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to be clear, missing functionality on non-Samsung phones are: no text or email app (but can reply to text and email notifications), no ability to answer a phone call, only reject, and no access to paid apps (only free apps) on the Gear app store.
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This is not true anymore. I have an HTC One M8 and a gear S2 Classic. I did buy watch faces and apps on the Galaxy App store without any problem.
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I have a nexus 5X.
The App from Samsung donot work with my Phone.
When i try to look for it in play store, i cannot find it, from the link that you have from watch, you will see it in play store, but is not compatible with the Phone [emoji22]
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At the moment the Gear will not work with Marsmallow.
Gruß Kai
Yeah hasn't been able to stay connected to Marshmallow phones since October 12. Have to do a reset of S2 every time they go out of range of each other.
A user on Android Central with a Nexus 6 on Marshmallow is reporting that there is a firmware update under About Gear in the Gear app that has fixed the Bluetooth connection issue. I don't have my S2 with me at the moment, so anyone with a Marshmallow phone should check for the Firmware. Please let us know if you're successful in repeatedly reconnecting without having to do a reset every time you go out of range. Thanks!
Just got my Gear S2 updated firmware applied last night and it fixes the issue with the need to reset the device when you loose bluetooth connection. All they need to do for me now is find a way to update the Gear apps on the playstore to accept my Nexus 5X as a legit device so I don't have to sideload it. Things are really looking up.
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Just got my Gear S2 updated firmware applied last night and it fixes the issue with the need to reset the device when you loose bluetooth connection. All they need to do for me now is find a way to update the Gear apps on the playstore to accept my Nexus 5X as a legit device so I don't have to sideload it. Things are really looking up.
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I'm gonna assume that you've already checked the Play Store again after installing the firmware update, so it is strange that they haven't updated the Gear app on the Play Store.
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.
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I'm gonna assume that you've already checked the Play Store again after installing the firmware update, so it is strange that they haven't updated the Gear app on the Play Store.
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The app from play store, from 12th oct (current version that i can see at play store), is not compatible with my phone, nexus 5X, so, i cannot install it.
if the app is not compatible with my phone is for android 6. A firmware update without this app is for nothing
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The app from play store, from 12th oct (current version that i can see at play store), is not compatible with my phone, nexus 5X, so, i cannot install it.
if the app is not compatible with my phone is for android 6. A firmware update without this app is for nothing
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Weird. I'm using a Nexus 5, and maybe because I installed it prior to upgrading my phone to Marshmallow I have access to the Gear app. I can send you the apk if you don't have it. It downloads the Gear Plugin and the Samsung Accessory Service apps, and I couldn't back up those apks (or I don't know how to), so I can't provide those two, but perhaps if you have the Gear apk, it'll trigger downloading those two like it did for me. No idea why the app is compatible with a Nexus 5, but not a 5X.
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Weird. I'm using a Nexus 5, and maybe because I installed it prior to upgrading my phone to Marshmallow I have access to the Gear app. I can send you the apk if you don't have it. It downloads the Gear Plugin and the Samsung Accessory Service apps, and I couldn't back up those apks (or I don't know how to), so I can't provide those two, but perhaps if you have the Gear apk, it'll trigger downloading those two like it did for me. No idea why the app is compatible with a Nexus 5, but not a 5X.
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i have then, from other post, two files, two apks, now i have then on it installed. But..... the big Q is, when those apks have an update i will not be able to do it
and.... if is not available for nexus 5x, is for android 6? so, is not compatible with it?
i will wait to buy it, i bought it 3 days ago, and returned it.....
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i have then, from other post, two files, two apks, now i have then on it installed. But..... the big Q is, when those apks have an update i will not be able to do it
and.... if is not available for nexus 5x, is for android 6? so, is not compatible with it?
i will wait to buy it, i bought it 3 days ago, and returned it.....
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since Samsung has actually released a firmware update that fixed (so far) the Bluetooth connection issue, I think they will update the Gear app, momentarily. Also, they never certified the 5X or the 6P, since they are brand new. I think this will be sorted out soon enough.
Oh, and there are three apks, not two. Two at first, but they added the Samsung Accessory Service apk afterwards.
yes, 3 files, i have donwload all of them all running...... i will try to test it before buy the watch
Ok, let´s go
I went to a Samsung store, try with a gear s2.
bluetooth pair ok, no problem, like always. From phone or from app
But, when you try to connect from app (i installed 3 apks)... nothing, no way.
Do any of you guys have a Gear device ( I have a Gear S3 Frontier ) that will not stay connected to your S8+? I haven't tracked it closely yet in terms of the interval it seems to disconnect but it seems like every time I look my watch is disconnected from my phone. Am I alone?
My S2 has stayed solidly connected. I did have a lot of updates the first time I connected coming form my V20 though. You might wanna see if there is an update pending.
My S3 has stayed connected after the initial setup for the S8+.
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My S3 has stayed connected after the initial setup for the S8+.
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ok cool, thanks for the reply!
After adding a second bank card and calling to have it verified it shows up in gear manager, however when I go to access it on the watch, the card has an error message pop up saying "stay connected to phone" I have no idea what's causing this. My other card works fine, and the watch is otherwise functioning normal. I have tried restarting both watch and phone, deleting/re-adding card, and uninstalling/installing gear manager and samsung pay. But every time I get the same error message. Can someone please help.
Still looking for a solution to this issue, called Samsung Pay, but they weren't much help.
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I don't have a solution, but you're not alone. Happened to one of my cards. There's a Reddit thread about this (sounds like you or similar), but no solutions there either.
Yea the Reddit thread is the only other person I have found that has had a similar problem, I'm hoping Samsung does indeed "investigate" this issue as they told me they would but if not it looks like I may be going back to Best buy to swap out the watch.
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I too had one of my two cards on the watch do this. Thought it was just me since that card was hard to setup in the first place. Anyway, I had to remove the card in the Gear app on my phone and go through the process of adding it again which is a pain since that card needed to call my bank to be verified. Anyway, I never lost any connection to the phone while using Gear Pay, so they obviously have a hiccup in their system.
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I too had one of my two cards on the watch do this. Thought it was just me since that card was hard to setup in the first place. Anyway, I had to remove the card in the Gear app on my phone and go through the process of adding it again which is a pain since that card needed to call my bank to be verified. Anyway, I never lost any connection to the phone while using Gear Pay, so they obviously have a hiccup in their system.
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So after removing the card through Gear manager did that work for you? Or did it just go back to saying "stay connected to phone"
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Just an update, I went back to Best Buy and exchanged the watch thinking maybe there was something defective with the watch, not the case at all, I'm having the exact same problem with new watch.
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So after removing the card through Gear manager did that work for you? Or did it just go back to saying "stay connected to phone"
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Yes it did. The card has now been working fine since I re-activate it again.
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Yea I finally got mine working, I didn't do anything different from the other 10+ times of resetting the watch/Pay, but whatever it works now lol.
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Yes it did. The card has now been working fine since I re-activate it again.
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Well, same card happened again. I'll bet it's just with certain banks, or maybe cards.
Let me guess - you're all using American Express cards. Am I right?
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Let me guess - you're all using American Express cards. Am I right?
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Nope. Mine was a usbank one they worked after i asked then to suspend it and un suspend it. AMEX been fine for me so far
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Let me guess - you're all using American Express cards. Am I right?
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Yep.
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Anyone have a fix yet?
I tried adding my Wells Fargo card to my gear s3 frontier and everything went fine until it was all set up I got the same message "stay connected to phone" I attempted to call samsung pay customer service and got absolutely nothing, as soon as I described the problem the rep said they would call me back in an hour and that was 5 hours ago. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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I just encountered this with my wells fargo card on my gear s3... called Samsung and had to reset the watch go under apps on phone and delete Samsung pay gear add on and the gear app.
Then pair it back redo it all added my card called the bank to verify it on my watch again and restart the watch...it was fine after that.
(Thought I'd also add this all started after Verizon pushed out the 3.0 update to my s3 classic)
This is a known bug that happens on S2 and S3 on an Amex card when you have at least two cards installed. A new update was available to the gear plugin today, but they'll only tell us "minor bug fixes". I keep hoping they finally fix this very irritating bug.
I thought I was free of this bug with my new Galaxy Watch. But the bug just happened. It took three months but it happened. A reboot of both phone and watch got rid of it, for now... Just absolutely ridiculous that this is still a thing.
If anyone stumbles across this...
1. Open the Samsung pay watch plug in:
(You can search it in the app store and open it that way, it won't be in the app drawer)
2. Options -> Settings -> Reset app
3. Select your watch in the list and reset it.
4. Accept and go add you cards back in.
I have a S7 that will be replaced soon and I rather have a OP6 than a S9, but it has to work with my Gear S3 and use all it's functions like Samsung pay, phonecalls, Samsung health. Also that the Bluetooth can handle 2 Connie tons at the same time like bt audio in my car/Sony bt headphones.
all exept samsung pay will work. having op6 or s9 to decide, i wouldn't even consider s9..
Haven't tested samsung pay but everything else is working fine on mine.
I get my op6 Tuesday, and one of the first things I'll do is set up my gear s3. I'm really hoping Samsung pay will work. According to some initial research, it's seems possible. Lots of mixed results. I'll definitely come back with some results next next week.
I have a Bluetooth Gear S3 classic and an OnePlus 6. Everything works (Samsung pay included) though I had to use apkmirror to download the Samsung Pay (gear plug-in) app.
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I have a Bluetooth Gear S3 classic and an OnePlus 6. Everything works (Samsung pay included) though I had to use apkmirror to download the Samsung Pay (gear plug-in) app.
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Yeah looked like from what I read you have to have the "plug-in" app, but I thought you could get it from the playstore. Did it not show up in the playstore?
Edit: now that I think about it, it's all done through the Samsung gear app. However others have had the same issue where the plug-in fails to install. In which case the solution is as Dennis says above.
yeah I don't think Number Sync will work but via Bluetooth it will, My Gears S2 works so the S3 should be fine via Bluetooth
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Yeah looked like from what I read you have to have the "plug-in" app, but I thought you could get it from the playstore. Did it not show up in the playstore?
Edit: now that I think about it, it's all done through the Samsung gear app. However others have had the same issue where the plug-in fails to install. In which case the solution is as Dennis says above.
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It was not on the play store for me, but apkmirror is run by the Android police guys and is reliable. They even show when the signature for a file is the same as on the play store (which it is for everything I've come across).
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Been using my Gear S3 (Frontier) with no problems at all. Works very well thus far - enough to get me to dump my Apple Watch finally.
Now to find a way to replace the stupid 1+ phone app and this is a keeper for sure.
I have a 5t and a gear s3.
Everything works fine calls etc. Samsung pay is the hardest to get working. I had to install the apk from apk mirror. Also if yous ever chnage roms use titanium backup to backup every samsung app and its services or the watch will need to reset itself.
Btw if u root. Use magisk hide to hide all the samsung apps.
Fyi use google messages so u can reply on the watch. And if u can/want use googles phone app.
Thank you for all your input!
Now I can go agead and order the phone:good:
Working:
Latest version of samsung pay APK doesn't work.
Downloaded much older version and it worked like a charm:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...-gear-1-5-6306-android-apk-download/download/
You might need to enable "install unknown apps"
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Working:
Latest version of samsung pay APK doesn't work.
Downloaded much older version and it worked like a charm:
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You might need to enable "install unknown apps"
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Hey mate. I tried installing this on my oneplus 6 , the apk file installs fine but when I open it I get the following error message.
''Unable to continue using samsung pay, your gear may not be supported.''
Was it the oneplus 6 you managed to get this working on ? or was it a different model.
Cheers
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Hey mate. I tried installing this on my oneplus 6 , the apk file installs fine but when I open it I get the following error message.
''Unable to continue using samsung pay, your gear may not be supported.''
Was it the oneplus 6 you managed to get this working on ? or was it a different model.
Cheers
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I got that message too and several errors trying to reach the server but eventually it'll work. Try uninstalling samsung pay plugin, gear app and factory reset on the watch, then download both apps on the phone, pair with the gear app, when you install the smasung pay plugin using the apk, tap on update and then add your cards
I hear that it's better then it was but still can be flaky. Just gotta play some games to get it to wrok right I guess. Gonna wait for the new S4 watch that is ditching Tizen OS and finally going with Android Wear OS.
statued said:
Hey mate. I tried installing this on my oneplus 6 , the apk file installs fine but when I open it I get the following error message.
''Unable to continue using samsung pay, your gear may not be supported.''
Was it the oneplus 6 you managed to get this working on ? or was it a different model.
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OnePlus 6. Find the 1.5 apk and install that.
Worked for me. Newer versions tended to give me errors like you did.
Been using samsung pay for the past month successfully. Extra bonus, the 1.5 apk has limited compatibility with the samsung gear app unlike later versions. A nice bonus is if safetynet fails(ie: magisk failed to hide it), samsung pay on the watch still works flawlessly.
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I have a S7 that will be replaced soon and I rather have a OP6 than a S9, but it has to work with my Gear S3 and use all it's functions like Samsung pay, phonecalls, Samsung health. Also that the Bluetooth can handle 2 Connie tons at the same time like bt audio in my car/Sony bt headphones.
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I don't know if Samsung pay will work or not because I have a rooted op6 phone, and I know it doesn't work very well with rooted phones. I finally just broke down and bought a Galaxy S5 for 75 bucks on eBay and I have it plugged in at home 24/7. I used to set up my watch and Samsung pay and since it's a Samsung phone it works 100% over the internet. Non-samsung phones require a Bluetooth connection with their host phone to work with all of the features. So my Samsung phone at home connects with my gear S3 watch over the internet no matter where I am. it works like a champ for me and I'm not having to wipe my watch and reset it up every 3 days because I'm messing around with my Op6. I have been thinking about trying to get at work I'm going to be 6 just for grins and if I do I will report back here lol.
I have been using the gear S3 frontier with the op6 from the beginning, I've had the phone since launch, and everything works 100%.
Use magisk hide so Samsung pay works on one plus.
I have the Gear S3 Frontier with a Oneplus 6T that just arrived yesterday.
Everything was downloaded and installed by the Google Play store.
It works just like it did on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5.
Now I'm wondering if Samsung Pay will detect if I root or not. I did not take this chance on my Galaxy Note 5
Samsung is rolling out the One UI update for the Galaxy Watch, Gear S3 and the Gear Sport with firmware version R800XXU1CSE1, R760XXU2ESE3 and R600XXU1CSE2 respectively over-the-air. It will take some time before the update is available for everyone.
Update :- 27 May 2019
I just got popup on my watch and its here in PAKISTAN.
Damn watch is so smooth now
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Samsung is rolling out the One UI update for the Galaxy Watch, Gear S3 and the Gear Sport with firmware version R800XXU1CSE1, R760XXU2ESE3 and R600XXU1CSE2 respectively over-the-air. It will take some time before the update is available for everyone.
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Hi, After this update all my contacts on my Contacts widget are gone and I can only add a handful as the list of contacts is incomplete now? It only shows about a dozen contacts to choose from??? Anyone else having issues with the Contacts Widget (the one that shows 4 contacts) since this update? I have the Frontier Gear S3 LTE from Verizon
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Hi, After this update all my contacts on my Contacts widget are gone and I can only add a handful as the list of contacts is incomplete now? It only shows about a dozen contacts to choose from??? Anyone else having issues with the Contacts Widget (the one that shows 4 contacts) since this update? I have the Frontier Gear S3 LTE from Verizon
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The something happened to me after upgrading to Tizen 4.
The solution was to factory default the watch and re sync with the phone.
mundano said:
The something happened to me after upgrading to Tizen 4.
The solution was to factory default the watch and re sync with the phone.
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Thank you! I was trying to avoid that. I'll do this tonight . Seems like since my company converted to this Outlook Mail...everything is more complex with Calendar, Contacts and email...
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some has file to upgrade manualy for Gear S3
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Still haven't gotten my update..gears s3 frontier bought from Amazon as renewed and I believe it's a Verizon network...anyone else?
Edit-got off WiFi then it popped up all of a sudden....
mlock420 said:
Still haven't gotten my update..gears s3 frontier bought from Amazon as renewed and I believe it's a Verizon network...anyone else?
Edit-got off WiFi then it popped up all of a sudden....
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Did you receive the popup on the watch or on the phone. I have the tmobile watch and I still haven't seen the update.
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Did you receive the popup on the watch or on the phone. I have the tmobile watch and I still haven't seen the update.
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I turned WiFi off to get the update to pop up on the phone app
To me with AOD off battery life seems much better than before. And usability, speed, look is much better.
I've to try how much it last with aod on
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Live in PAKISTAN