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[Q] Vibrate - not strong?

I have the vibrate set to "strong" but I'm noticing it's very weak. Almost too weak to notice, does anyone else agree?

I have mine on strong as well and it's not that strong. Don't want to know what weak feels like.

Lol. It vibrates? I must have missed that.
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It works fine for me. If I was playing basketball or something, I think the sound alert would be best. But for a meeting, I have it on weak and its ok. I guess I'm more sensitive. The strong in a meeting, other people can hear the buzz.

I just got a Neo, and i agree that vibration is very weak.
I came from a Pebble kickstarter edition, and that vibrated a lot stronger.
On the Neo, i often miss messages because of the weak vibrations...never happened on the Pebble.

Gear 2, weak vibrate here too. I never tried the 1st gen Galaxy Gear so I can't compare the two. But I'm definitely disappointed. The biggest driver for me getting the Gear 2 was because I miss phone calls and other notifications a lot when my phone is in my pocket, I was hoping this was the answer but so far it hasn't been. Making the band snug helps some. I wonder if the people who have swapped to a metal band have noticed any improvement with the vibration?

Can't have vibration and sound at the same time?
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+1 that was also my reason for getting the watch - missing notifications. (That and I can answer the phone on it, so cant do pebble) Lets hope on the next software push they have a "super strong" because what they call strong, if I am moving around, cant be felt. Maybe an option for vibration patterns might help too. Like if it would buzz me longer or more times that would be better at least.

having same problem

Gear 1 vibration was way stronger!
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Yep, very disappointing. I have the Neo and I sometimes won't even feel it if I'm moving around.
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Same here, came from a pebble, have my phone on silent and my watch too, depend on the vibration to notify me of missed calls or texts during meetings, sometimes cant feel a thing, hoping with time some dev finds a way of increasing strength or length of vibrate

See, to me, the vibration is perfect! I was using a ZWatch for a while and that thing sounded like an industrial vibration unit was strapped to my arm. My boss always knew when something came in, so I typically didn't bother with the vibration feature except for wake-up alarms.
With this, I get two very quick buzzes and it's silent. I've set it so the notification doesn't force the display to turn on so I can be more discreet in seeing my notifications.
I see nothing wrong with the vibration.
However, if others require more, then hopefully there's something that can be done to address it.

Hmm.. so the Gear 2 have loud shutter button but weak vibration.

TopDogg1 said:
Gear 1 vibration was way stronger!
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Agreed! Gear 1 was much stronger. I dont think I even used it on its strongest setting it worked much better.
I miss the buzz on my Gear 2 anytime I'm moving around alot, and a lot of the time when Im driving.
Then the fun of the phantom buzz has begun. Im paying more attention looking for that faint buzz that I keep checking it for notifications to find there aren't any. Just like when you have your phone on vibrate and you THINK you felt it. ugh. (Biggest complaint about the watch.)

When I first got my Gear2 I noticed the vibrate anytime it went, but now I hardly notice it and often miss it I made sure mine is set to strong too.

When i was going through the initial setup, I'm not even sure why but the watch vibrated and it was VERY strong.... now "strong" feels like 10% of the vibration I initially felt.
Very disappointed with that, and the pedometer... I swear I sat around the house eating junk food all day and i'm nearing 4500 steps.....

I just went and got a gear 2 since my gear one broke and i have to say the vibration on this thing is much much weaker, the speaker on the other hand is much louder.

Gear S2 alarm troubles

Hi all,
I have been having trouble with the inbuilt alarm on S2.
I have it set as a wake up alarm for weekdays only and sometimes it just simply doesn't go off. Totally random.
I wear it at night and it's set to Do Not Disturb mode (alarms still work in this mode) when I go to bed.
I have had the watch since release date here in Australia (late October) and the alarm has failed mamy times since then.
I have done a total of 5 light resets and 1 factory reset since I've had it but it hasn't resolved the issue.
At first I thought I may have been sleeping through it so I set it to long buzz and it worked fine for 16 days straight, (I included weekends as a test) but then it failed twice within a few days.
The most recent time it failed was this morning and I know it definitely isn't me as I was awake and purposely monitoring the time on my bedside clock to check and sure enough it simply didn't go off.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Is anyone willing to set a wake up alarm and try it out for a few weeks?
Thanks.

I use a daily alarm just on weekdays with no issues as far as I can tell. I've had the watch for about a month and I wear it at night as well.
Fred

Ok thanks.
Do you have it set to Do Not Disturb mode at night?
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I have experienced the same issue. I have a daily alarm set for 8pm. The alarm is very random.

HiroboFreak said:
Ok thanks.
Do you have it set to Do Not Disturb mode at night?
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Yes, I set it Do Not Disturb and the screen to a brightness level of 1 (probably has no impact for the alarm). I especially paid attention this morning and the alarm went off.

changepas_39 said:
I have experienced the same issue. I have a daily alarm set for 8pm. The alarm is very random.
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I'm somewhat relieved that you have experienced this, I have been second guessing whether I'm imagining it. Haha
Hopefully Samsung monitor these threads and come out with a fix (assuming it's not a hardware fault)
I have reported it to Samsung support but whether the report actually gets relayed to the devs is a different story.
At the moment I have set another alarm for 10 minutes later in the hope that at least one of them will wake me up.
I'm also keeping a log but there's no pattern developing at all, it's totally random.
If anyone else has noticed this issue please do chime in.
If not, please be aware of it.
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I've only had it a two weeks but I to have it set to do not disturb and have it on power saving mode, and it's been reliable so far.

Failed again this morning.
First alarm didn't go (6:45) but second one worked 10 minutes later (6:55)
Definitely an issue there....
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crustyeyez said:
I've only had it a two weeks but I to have it set to do not disturb and have it on power saving mode, and it's been reliable so far.
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What firmware are you running?
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hirobofreak said:
what firmware are you running?
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r720xxu2bokk

Ok that's the new one which hasn't yet rolled out here in Australia.
Thanks. Please report back if it ever fails.
Can anyone else in this thread confirm which firmware and if the issue is evident for you.
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A bit more info on this issue.....
My first alarm failed again this morning (6:45) but I happened to have my eyes open & saw the screen light up briefly at the exact alarm time, then go out again.
The second alarm 10 minutes later worked. (6:55)
I'm wondering if the watch goes into a "Deep Sleep" overnight & fails to run the alarm correctly ??
This is only an assumption.
Still no firmware update here in Australia so I remain hopeful that the new update solves it....
Anyone else, please do chime in if you're having issues, or not, and which firmware version you have please.

Finally received the firmware update 2 days ago so I was hopeful, but the alarm failed again this morning.
So frustrated!
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Just bumping this thread in case anyone else is having trouble.
I have been keeping a log to take to a Samsung Experience store in the hope of having it replaced as I'm still having issues.
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Hi, from Italy
I can confirm that the alarm is faulty: randomly it don't vibrate at alarm time.
I have an alarm for all working days at 7.05 AM....
Really annoiyng...
Samsung, with this bug\lacking I surelly cannot suggest to buy your smartwatch to anyone...
Hardly disappointed.
GS
Italy

Just a thought -- wonder if it has anything to do with the lack of speaker on the classic/sport?
I have a 3G, so alarms of course play a notification sound. I've had the watch about 6 weeks, and alarms have been flawless on mine., although I've only set single, non-repeating alarms so far. I've set a M-F =alarm in the morning to see what happens, I'll report back.
S/W version AOJ6, in the US.

dwallersv said:
Just a thought -- wonder if it has anything to do with the lack of speaker on the classic/sport?
I have a 3G, so alarms of course play a notification sound. I've had the watch about 6 weeks, and alarms have been flawless on mine., although I've only set single, non-repeating alarms so far. I've set a M-F =alarm in the morning to see what happens, I'll report back.
S/W version AOJ6, in the US.
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You need to set it so it wakes you up.
If you are up and active it will work, as if your activity has already woken the watch from a deep sleep.
Have a read through the entire thread, I've seen the screen light up briefly (displays watch face) at the time the alarm is set, but the alarm doesn't work.
Autralian firmware - BOKK
Try it out for a good 2 weeks.
I might post pics of my log to show how bad it is....
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I'm not sure that the problem is in a deep sleep condition of the watch.
This morning I was already with the swatch in movement when the alarm started but without vibration: only screen on.
Perhaps the trouble is due to BT off: before going to sleep I connect the watch with the phone to download data and then I took it off.... perhaps...
I have submitteted the bug to the Samsung technical support...
In the meanwhile I'm temped to buy an alarm app that repeat the alarm until you don't set it off...
GS
ITALY

When the screen came on, did it show the alarm screen or just the watch face?
When I actually see mine fail, the screen lights up and displays the watch face briefly, not the alarm screen.
Where did you submit the bug to?
Samsung have been less than helpful with me.
Quite frustrating really.
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HiroboFreak said:
When the screen came on, did it show the alarm screen or just the watch face?
When I actually see mine fail, the screen lights up and displays the watch face briefly, not the alarm screen.
Where did you submit the bug to?
Samsung have been less than helpful with me.
Quite frustrating really.
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The screen shows the watchface (I think for 5 seconds)...
I submitted the trouble here (for US products)
https://contactus.samsung.com/customer/contactus/formmail/mail/MailQuestionProduct.jsp?SITE_ID=1
and here (for Italy)
http://www.samsung.com/it/support/erms1
Yesterday I tried with a payment app (I think it is the only one for alternative alarm) but it lacks of dayofweek programming feature, so I will not use it.
Today the alarm was faulty too, even if yesterday night before going to sleep I restarded the watch.
So I think that is the depp sleep condition of the watch the problem...
SAMSUNG PLEASE PATCH IT!!!!
For next week I will try with two consequent alarms.
GRRRRR.....
GS
ITALY

Gear s2 ringing with note 7

Got my note 7 yesterday (love it!) My watch is set to vibrate for everything (no sound) as this is working fine for notifications but when I get a call the phone and the watch ring. I even tried setting the phone to vibrate too and it still rings (same ringtone as the phone). Is anyone else having this issue?

I am having the same issue. Since i never have my phone set to ring (Always rely on my S2 classic for alerts) I just set my Note 7 ringtone to "Silent" no it seems to "Work" ok.
Not the ideal solution, but a "fix" for now...

Thank you.... I'm glad it's not just me. I called Samsung today about it and they were clueless...

I've sent a message to Samsung. Hopefully this gets patched. I'm pretty sure turning off bluetooth audio will stop the issue. Anyone tried it? In bluetooth settings.
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I will try that but, then we can't use it to answer calls. It is definitely a bt issue....i tested it by turning off bt and calling the watch's phone number and it vibrated as it's supposed to. Hopefully enough people contact samsung so that they can get working on a fix for this.

Watch ring ? Or vibrates ?
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Me too
Yes I'm having the same issue too. It's really annoying. It's just with the Note7 since it didn't happen with my S7E. Sucks since I can't wear it at work now since I have my phone on vibrate I don't need my watch ringing.

me23brown said:
Yes I'm having the same issue too. It's really annoying. It's just with the Note7 since it didn't happen with my S7E. Sucks since I can't wear it at work now since I have my phone on vibrate I don't need my watch ringing.
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As a "quick fix" change the phone ring tone to "silent" that works for me.

Thanks but when I tried that neither the watch or the phone would vibrate so I wouldn't know if I was getting a call or notification.

I called samsung about this, has anyone else? I think the the more people that report it the better chance we have of getting a fix for it quicker.

I was able to get it to work but both the ringer AND media in the phone need to be on vibrate. Basically what I did was open the sound setting on my phone and was messing with the settings while calling my phone from another phone until I found the right mixture. This is what worked for me. Now my phone and watch vibrate. I would suggest doing what I did until you find the right mixture.
If I take it off vibrate on my phone they both ring. Hope this helps.

I've got a ticket opened with Samsung. My first inquiry got redirected. Hope this one sticks.
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Happening with me as well, did an online chat with samsung support to report it and gave them a link to this topic.

Has anyone heard anymore about this? I've periodically checked for an update/fix but haven't seen anything.

Same issue
I've had this problem too. been having the issue Since day one with the note 7. I've called Samsung at least 3 times about it. They were clueless. The first 2 times they kept telling be to call my carrier. I know it's not a carrier issue. For god sakes you're the maker of the watch! Brought it to the Samsung kiosk... Also clueles only answers i can seem to get are factory reset it, which didn't work. Come on Samsung! I'm going to try some of the options you guys gave.

Was having the same issue after I got my new phone setup with my gear... tried mutiple things, ended up doing a factory reset on my watch, reconnected to my n7 and my previous settings were restored to my watch via gear manager...and I was back in business.. no more ringing from the watch...

I've reset watch 3 times.....but I'll try 1 more

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Mine is doing it also. I have factory reset wach times

4th factory reset didn't fix it

Gear S3 constantly overheating

Just picked up my Gear s3 Frontier and it is going into a overheating/cool down mode frequently. Is anyone else having any issues like this?
I don't have any 3rd party apps. I notice it even just playing with settings but especially while making calls and things of that nature.
Any suggestions? Thanks!

i Would bring it back

rocketman155 said:
Just picked up my Gear s3 Frontier and it is going into a overheating/cool down mode frequently. Is anyone else having any issues like this?
I don't have any 3rd party apps. I notice it even just playing with settings but especially while making calls and things of that nature.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Just picked up? Was it charging? I only noticed once or twice the watch getting hot when i left it on the charger after it is fully charged. Never saw cool down mode tho.

Mine just warms up a bit when charging.

Sorry...by picked up I mean purchased.
It wasn't directly after purchase. I got it at a T-Mobile store not that they are network specific. I was using it for a call because my phone had died and it was on LTE/standalone. It kept dropping the call and went into powersave mode. After a minute it would change back into the standard mode and say that the device had cooled down.
I rebooted it this morning and used it on standalone for about half of the day and it didn't go into this overheat prevention mode but I also didn't make any calls. I just wondered if this was a known issue. When it happened, it kept happening everything I used it again even after 10 minutes or so had passed.
Thanks!

It's happened to mine a few times but definitely not frequently. The funny thing is that it's happened while the watch was just sitting on my wrist with no apps in use. I've only noticed it because it vibrates as if a call is coming in only for me to see that it's overheated. It doesn't feel physically warm when it happens so I guess that's a good thing.

rocketman155 said:
I was using it for a call because my phone had died and it was on LTE/standalone. It kept dropping the call and went into powersave mode. After a minute it would change back into the standard mode and say that the device had cooled down.
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I've never been able to overheat my S3. And I live in a hot climate (ie. 81 today). And I routinely have long phone conversations in standalone mode. The watch has never gotten more than slightly warm.

Mine has a issue where every time I connect Bluetooth or just have it on it gets really hot and "cools down" won't stop until Bluetooth is off. Samsung gear s3 at&t

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Mine has a issue where every time I connect Bluetooth or just have it on it gets really hot and "cools down" won't stop until Bluetooth is off. Samsung gear s3 at&t
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I have the AT&T variant. That's not normal. Take it back to the store.

It happen to me from day 1..overheat until day 3..on day 3, i found backup setting is the issue..samsung account back up and google account backup turn on..i disable it..and no more heat on day 3 ..please try disable it..
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Where did you change these backup settings, on the watch?

My interim solution for Samsung Gear S3 Overheating
Hi,
I had the same overheating issue too.
But I am using an interim solution personally to get my Gear S3 Frontier to full charge.
When I want to charge my Gear S3 Frontier, I turned my Gear S3 to airplane mode.
In 3 occassions, I can get to 100% charge without getting the overheating notification.
However, in one occassion, when it gets to 100%, the overheating notification does pop up.
Note: I am still observing this method. Would be glad to hear from you if this method works, assuming you choose to use this.
My explanation:
If you are charging your Gear S3 while you are moving around, your Gear S3 is continuously scanning for your phone, and also receiving signal via GPS, Bluetooth & WiFi. So it is still doing a lot of work in the background.
Why airplane mode:
Turns off all tranceiving & receiving of signals. Minimize the stress to the Gear S3.
Logically, when you are charging your Gear S3, you will not be using it, right? So, no harm turning to Airplane mode temporarily. A bit troublesome, but for me, it solves the problem of not getting to 100% charge.
On the other hand, I do believe the overheating notification serves as a signal to the Gear S3, to stop the charging process due to whatever reasons. It might be a safety feature.
Just my personal opinion.
Thanks.
From, Ronald

Samsung Gear Sport VIBRATION

Hi
Anyone who owns the Gear Sport, can tell me if the vibration is good enough for waking you up, like the alarm clock?
Im about buying it, but i dont want to be disappointed with the "intensity" of the vibarion. i read some that said its weak even when put on "high", and someone replay to him that an update software somehow fixed it...

It is quite reasonable. You can easily feel it.
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It is quite reasonable. You can easily feel it.
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Did you tried it?
im looking for it, this is the only thing that stopping me from buying it.

I own both an LG G Watch R, and a gear sport. The vibration on the gear sport is a lot stronger than my LG.
Would it wake you up? That depends on how heavy you sleep I guess. I use it with the "sleep as android" app and have my watch vibrate one minute before the alarm sounds. 9 times out of 10 it wakes me up from the vibration before the alarm sounds.