Hi all, I'm fairly new to this but I've been digging all around trying to come up with different methods to get these two to pair.
I have tried installing different gear managers and not a single one has been able to detect my Gear 2, I can connect the two device via my phone's bluetooth setting, but what use is that, the manager is just always lost, scanning for days.
I have gone through quite a few threads, solutions seem so broad and numerous, giving up more hope with each click, thought I might make a thread pertaining to this conflict; I was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
Questions:
-Is it required for my phone to be rooted? (Throughout threads i havent been able to tell if it was a requirement)
-How might I connect these two devices?
-Why Samsung? Just why....
Asus Zenfone 2 (5.0)
Samsung Gear 2 (Currently on 0A2)
This is funny, I am having the exact same issue right now. This is a cool watch and I have tried 4 different managers and they do not connect at all. The watch connects via bluetooth but yes its totally useless without a gear manager. Tried all forums and methods but they do not want to communicate. Unfortunate for me I dont want to root the the Zenfone 2 until marshmellow 6.0 comes out for it. Any help on this would be great.
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This is funny, I am having the exact same issue right now. This is a cool watch and I have tried 4 different managers and they do not connect at all. The watch connects via bluetooth but yes its totally useless without a gear manager. Tried all forums and methods but they do not want to communicate. Unfortunate for me I dont want to root the the Zenfone 2 until marshmellow 6.0 comes out for it. Any help on this would be great.
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Glad I am not alone on this issue, I don't think I would even mind rooting my phone if it meant getting the two to connect, just because of how easy it can be done on the ZF2, opens up alot of options besides just connecting to the Gear 2, but I did just buy this thing and like you said its a pretty cool watch, I would like to get it somewhat operational T_T
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CONNECTED!
Not sure how I came across this tutorial with a WORKING Gear manager, it worked for me and hopefully it works for you as well Shizmac and any1 else who may be experiencing a similar problem.
Just follow these steps, 2nd post on page 26 (thanks to kingakurma):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/general/tutorial-install-gear-manager-connect-t2934307/page26
Edit #2:
Given this fix, now just running into problems with features of the Gear. In the gear app when attempting to send tracks for music player, goproviders crashes, saproviders crashes when trying to access messages settings, also having trouble syncing contacts, messages and all. Time to do some more digging, at least it operational now
hey nine......super kudos for finding that thread and braving the 52 pages to find the fix. I did it last night and it worked flawlessly, with ofcourse the notifications failing due to the saproviders and they are not samsung. I went into the notifications tab in the phone and turned on the gear to receive notifications and those are working well now too. They are just not samsung format, o well cant have everything. I guess the next thing is to find a fix for those notifications and contacts since only like 1/3 contacts came over and to get the samsung notifications back. Regardless, not having a paper weight is awesome. I originally ran across that thread, but after the 1st method did not work, I quickly moved on to the next. I have some slow days at work coming up, so I will be deep in finding a fix for the notifications, thanks for digging that thread up!
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MY gear manager just updated and after update it crashed. I uninstalled and and went to reinstall it and its no longer in the samsung app store.
raiu said:
MY gear manager just updated and after update it crashed. I uninstalled and and went to reinstall it and its no longer in the samsung app store.
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Try factory resetting your watch, rebooting your phone, and checking again. Make sure that your galaxy app has updated and your phone is updated to the latest software os
I too can't find it in the app store.
Does anyone have a link to the most recent version's apk? It worked great for me with tizenmod 3.0
edouble312 said:
I too can't find it in the app store.
Does anyone have a link to the most recent version's apk? It worked great for me with tizenmod 3.0
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yup, did all that and then some. Still doesnt show in the samsung app store
I've reverted to this gear manager from July, seems to be working fine with notifications. I'd still like the most recent working apk, I think it was from october. obviously the new update broke something, so they're in the process of fixing it and releasing another update (at this point, gear manager is not in the galaxy app store)
Working with GN4, Tizenmod 3.0:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ex3ddaf7q4q9f1g/Gear+Manager_2.1.14071502.apk
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I've reverted to this gear manager from July, seems to be working fine with notifications. I'd still like the most recent working apk, I think it was from october. obviously the new update broke something, so they're in the process of fixing it and releasing another update (at this point, gear manager is not in the galaxy app store)
Working with GN4, Tizenmod 3.0:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ex3ddaf7q4q9f1g/Gear+Manager_2.1.14071502.apk
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Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
raiu said:
Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
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whoa, awesome! I'll probably run with the July build, for now anyway. seems fine. let me know how your device turns out.
I got the update yesterday. Post update gear manager crashes on clicking settings. So much for QA by samsung.
Embarrassing for them.
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raiu said:
Im trying this. I book marked it a while back and forgot where I found it on XDA but thanks to who every is keeping up with it
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h23e12rzesi//Gear Manager
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Every time I try to use a previous build it automatically updates to the newest broken build.
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When the gear manager wants to update, bring up the task list and swipe it away. Launch it again and it won't ask to update.
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just a heads up, I uninstalled it again today and it showed in the app store and I reinstalled it and its back to working like normal. There is now an emergency notification system built in to the watch and the settings are in that menu.
I've been having the same problems. Firsrgear manager was crashing when trying to open settings. Then it wouldn't open at all. I uninstalled and reinstalled complete with full wipe and still nothing. I used the other build that someone provided a few posts back and that works for now. But now I'm noticing that the other watch face apps I use (MW and WS) have disappeared from the app store. Had anyone else noticed this?
Side question. I'm new to the gear 2, just purchased last week. If I was to reroot the gear and find an MW apk, is there a way to side load the MW apk without using the phone but still have the phone recognize it?
Newer Version makes it worse.
How do you keep the old version running when the warning box forces you to install the newest crap version that won't allow the connection? Mine is a brand new Black Friday Gear 2 Neo that was working fine at first, then wouldn't hold the connection. Now it won't connect at all. December update? I downloaded an older version and got them to connect, had everything connecting with the old version and then my phone got commandeered and the newest version just installed.
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How do you keep the old version running when the warning box forces you to install the newest crap version that won't allow the connection? Mine is a brand new Black Friday Gear 2 Neo that was working fine at first, then wouldn't hold the connection. Now it won't connect at all. December update? I downloaded an older version and got them to connect, had everything connecting with the old version and then my phone got commandeered and the newest version just installed.
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I kept the old version from this post:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/09...092299-do-you-still-have-problems-need-a-fix/
I keep cancelling the notification to upgrade and it's fine.
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When the gear manager wants to update, bring up the task list and swipe it away. Launch it again and it won't ask to update.
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Thanks for the thought. I spent 3 hours a couple of nights ago with a nice Samsung tech who tried everything and then admitted he had had 4 calls that day from people whose Gear 2 would not connect to their phone after the latest (December 1, 2014) update. So in spite of all the updates, Samsung keeps making things worse instead of better.
The idea of swiping it off hasn't worked for me on my Note 3. But I have developed a workaround (not a solution) similar to the Ipse_Tase suggestion just above. I downloaded a really old version of Gear Manager at http://www.mediafire.com/download/yo17ta4qyrx50zj/GearManager1_2.apk , installed it, paired the device to the watch, and a connection was established. If you try to actually open the old Gear Manager after the pairing you will get a threatening warning screen saying they're going to delete everything from your Gear 2. But if you just leave the Gear Manager open and running with the warning screen on (don't click cancel or OK), use the phone normally with Gear Manager running, you can use the pre-installed Samsung programs on the watch. If I click cancel the Gear Manager closes and I have to start over. You can turn off automatic updates in the Galaxy App Store, but you'll still get the threatening message that they're going to hard reset your Gear 2. Just leave the message on the screen, let the program run, and use whatever other programs you want to on the phone.
Advantages: Your Gear is not a brick or just a time piece. You are paired. You're not hard resetting the device or trying to pair and connect all the time. You have access to Schedule, Notifications, Weather, Phone functions, S Voice, anything Samsung-based. You can control any app that can be adjusted from the watch itself.
Disadvantages: You can't change or adjust any app that would have to be done from the phone. Third party apps don't work because you can't use the Galaxy App store to get them or install/run them.
But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together and provides an update that actually improves things rather than bricking your watch.
Has anyone found a way to actually use an older version of Gear Manager to download apps, manage the watch, etc. since all the recent updates seem to cut off the bluetooth connection?
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I decided to try to install the newest Samsung update to Gear Manager one more time--just to get a log to send to Samsung. Cleared Bluetooth pairing, uninstalled everything, reinstalled newest version. Failed several times, then finally paired, then finally ran through the bootup process and I am now connected and reinstalling programs, pictures, etc. on the Gear 2 Neo. We'll see how long this lasts. I'll keep you posted. For now, I'm illogically hopeful.
Refusing to connect again.
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I decided to try to install the newest Samsung update to Gear Manager one more time--just to get a log to send to Samsung. Cleared Bluetooth pairing, uninstalled everything, reinstalled newest version. Failed several times, then finally paired, then finally ran through the bootup process and I am now connected and reinstalling programs, pictures, etc. on the Gear 2 Neo. We'll see how long this lasts. I'll keep you posted. For now, I'm illogically hopeful.
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Bad news. Back to square 1. The newest (December 1) update to Gear Manager is no good for Gear 2 Neo with Galaxy Note 3. It will pair and you can get a brief bluetooth connection from the watch to the phone, and sometimes even from the phone to the watch. But it disappears after about 60 seconds. I'm sure it's the Gear Manager update. You can get certain apps to work during the brief periods of connection, but you can't do any settings from the phone, or use the Gear App store through the Gear Manager.
Does anyone know a way to uninstall or bypass the current new version of Gear Manager and install an older version alongside it? If I uninstall it I have learned from bad experience that it will hard reset the watch and I will lose all the time I have spent (3-4x in the last 3-4 days) setting it up. And worst of all, it will delete all Gear Apps that I have paid for from the phone, and I will have to reinstall them whenever I get a connection, and set them all up again.
Workaround
As I was suggesting last night, the best workaround I can come up with is still to install the older version (linked above) by APK, and then leave the warning message running. This way you can get a steady bluetooth connection for as long as you need it, and you can operate all Samsung apps and some 3rd party apps too. You can't, however, use the Gear Manager. You can only make changes/adjustments that can be done from the watch. But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together.
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As I was suggesting last night, the best workaround I can come up with is still to install the older version (linked above) by APK, and then leave the warning message running. This way you can get a steady bluetooth connection for as long as you need it, and you can operate all Samsung apps and some 3rd party apps too. You can't, however, use the Gear Manager. You can only make changes/adjustments that can be done from the watch. But it's better than nothing until Samsung gets its act together.
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Just FYI, I got the same setup as you and out of curiosity I DID update Gear Manager (now called Samsung Gear) to get a fully functional S Health (also updated)...seems to be working fine so far. Even Watch Styler still works.
Sounds like I should try it
Ipse_Tase said:
Just FYI, I got the same setup as you and out of curiosity I DID update Gear Manager (now called Samsung Gear) to get a fully functional S Health (also updated)...seems to be working fine so far. Even Watch Styler still works.
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Thanks for this tip. I think you mean that you went ahead and ran the update on the new version (December 1?). Or do you mean you ran an update on the older version I mention above? I'd like to try it to see if they've gotten rid of the bug. Are you saying everything seems to be working fine and your phone updated acceptably?
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Thanks for this tip. I think you mean that you went ahead and ran the update on the new version (December 1?). Or do you mean you ran an update on the older version I mention above? I'd like to try it to see if they've gotten rid of the bug. Are you saying everything seems to be working fine and your phone updated acceptably?
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Also curious about how long you have been running the new update. It worked for me for about 12 hours--then would not connect after that....
Recently, my wife bought me a Samsung Gear 2. The main reason I wanted this device was to root it and have features like Nova launcher and web browsing at my wrist. Well. I search numerous sites and videos about how to root my device, and I was successful. The problem is that the rooted version I have isn't compatible with the one and only rom i found. And in my ignorance, I reset my Gear 2 with the new rooted firmware. Now, when i try and start my Gear 2 from scratch, I can make it as far pairing to my Note 3. Then, it says something about "Waiting for confirmation from Gear Manager". And it won't go any further on the watch or the phone. The page it takes me to in my phone is the backup and restore page. I've hit the next button with "restore" ticked and without. It wont go forward and my watch just sits there with the mentioned message and a rotating dial.
Does the fact that I don't have Gear Manager (I have the updated Samsung Gear app) have something to do with it? Or is it that I the rooted firmware? Or both?
When I unboxed it, i updated the Gear Manager and everything worked fine. That's why I'm thinking it is the firmware, and I messed up by resetting the watch after rooting.
I looked up how to unroot my Gear 2, but i keep getting lead to pages with firmware lists (none of which have a United States option to download and run through Odin.
I really hope it's just my being a novice here.
Please tell me my wife didn't just spend a couple hundred dollars on a new Gear 2 that I managed to ruin in two days.
HELP!
thanks
dbh
The US firmware is listed as Cellular South on Sammobile. Use that firmware.
I kept messing with it and finally got it to work. Thanks!
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Hi, guys,
I have a Gear Sport and, as many others, I'm trying to understand why the Read More options is not appearing in some third-party apps, like Whatsapp.
What I found is that if I have only my Gear Sport connected to my Galaxy S8+, the Read More options does not appear and I can only read the last message received, not the full conversation.
But if I connect another watch to my phone (I also have a Huawei Watch, which runs Android Wear 2) then the Read More option appears on the Gear Watch! Then I can read all messages received.
I have to believe that Samsung can correct this, since it appears to be a notification bug, solved somehow by the Android Wear connection.
For now, I'm just unable to switch from Android Wear to Tizen because of this ridiculous bug that is here since the Gear S2, as far as I read here on the foruns.
Can someone help us fixing this?
And oh, I already tried W-History app. It's not enough. I don't need more notifications on watch/phone, I want to correct the ones I already have. Since I can see it working sometimes (as explained above), it should work always.
Thanks in advance.
hey, i've been using the Gear S3 since half a year now, after being disappointed by AW 2.0 ruining my Moto 360 2nd gen
since the 3.0 update, i often get an error using s-voice with simple commands like "set timer for ten minutes"
sometimes it works, but often getting an error after a few seconds, show either "an error has occurred. i'm unable to answer your question. please try again later" or "an error has occured, try again later"
has anyone else encountered this problem and found a fix?
i did a factory reset twice now, didn't help, not changing the s voice language from automatic to us english
the other stuff i wanted from the update also didn't happen, but i guess that's a different discussion
I am having the same problem. I had purchased the S3 Frontier when it 1st came out. I returned it due to problems with svoice. I just purchased it again last week and svoice is still garbage. Was hoping for it to be better. Will be returning again.
i did not have this problem with 2.x, voice commands like this never showed the error, for me it started after the 3.0 update
Same problem here can't reply to a message with voice and errors when simple commands like the OP stated.
I get around the message problem by setting the language to English UK
I still get the error message after the latest update on the gear update. I need to re-flash the stock Tezin on it hoping it will fix it.
Same issue with S3 Classic
Same issue here with my S3 Classic. Occasionally it works but most of the time I get the error. Reported it to Samsung but they were unaware of the issue and were non-responsive.
View attachment 4365678my fix for this issue was to clear cache for s-voice. you can do it from s-voice menu
bottom button that looks like refresh
Same x 2
My S3 Tmobile LTE failed in 6 days. They exchanged it for a new one at the store yesterday and that one failed also. So I returned it since it's a defective product. I'll buy again when the issue is fixed.
S-Voice implementation on the watch is just total garbage. No way around it.
I like the notification system and the magnetic payments, but nothing is intuitive and nothing can be trusted to just work without having to re-try three times. Voice commands are an exercise in frustration.
Nine times out of ten, my watch says it can't understand me, can't find the contact I want or can't find any contacts at all even though I can open contacts on the watch and they're all there. I'm sitting here with a Galaxy s8+ and their flagship Gear S3 Classic watch and they don't complement each other at all.
Implement FREAKING GOOGLE ASSISTANT you lamebrains!
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View attachment 4365678my fix for this issue was to clear cache for s-voice. you can do it from s-voice menu
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how often to you have to clear out the s-voice ??
matthewinaz said:
how often to you have to clear out the s-voice ??
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Every time you want it to work.
gboybama said:
S-Voice implementation on the watch is just total garbage. No way around it.
I like the notification system and the magnetic payments, but nothing is intuitive and nothing can be trusted to just work without having to re-try three times. Voice commands are an exercise in frustration.
Nine times out of ten, my watch says it can't understand me, can't find the contact I want or can't find any contacts at all even though I can open contacts on the watch and they're all there. I'm sitting here with a Galaxy s8+ and their flagship Gear S3 Classic watch and they don't complement each other at all.
Implement FREAKING GOOGLE ASSISTANT you lamebrains!
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I have the exact same experience Gboybama! Some contacts i can call, some produce an error message, some let svoice "synchronice contacts", which is never finished, letting the problem persist even after clearing cache, stopping the app, restart etc... **** this.
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i only had to do it once. it has been working "fine" ever since.
s-voice never quite works properly. never has. i doubt it ever will. seems like samsung just doesn't care.
I just got my s3 today to go with my new s8+ having tons of iss6 with s voice. Looks like I'm not alone. Probably going to be returning this and researching other options.
good and bad to hear it also happens in combination with Samsung phones.
the last response i got from them:
"@SamsungSupport: There will be slight compatibility trouble considering it is not paired to a Samsung device. ^Aaron"
i removed all apps from my phone, reset the watch, reinstalled the apps and set up the watch as new. worked for a couple of days then back to the same, 9 out of 10 (or even more) it would simply give me the "an error has occurred"
i don't understand the error doesn't include an error code, how are they even supposed to understand what's going wrong with just "an error has occurred"
I'd fire the developer, project manager or whoever thought this was ab good idea
but indeed, Samsung doesn't seem to care
good and bad to hear it also happens in combination with Samsung phones.
the last response i got from them:
"@SamsungSupport: There will be slight compatibility trouble considering it is not paired to a Samsung device. ^Aaron"
i removed all apps from my phone, reset the watch, reinstalled the apps and set up the watch as new. worked for a couple of days then back to the same, 9 out of 10 (or even more) it would simply give me the "an error has occurred"
i don't understand the error doesn't include an error code, how are they even supposed to understand what's going wrong with just "an error has occurred"
I'd fire the developer, project manager or whoever thought this was ab good idea
but indeed, Samsung doesn't seem to care
Hey Guys!
I'm at the brink of a nervous breakdown right now, since I've been trying to solve this in my own for hours now, with no success whatsoever, so I decided to look here for help.
I've recently updated my Mi Mix 2 to a Mi Mix 3 and thus far, I'm loving it, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to properly get my Gear S3 up and running. The Watch is connected and everything that is initially in the box is working fine. I just want to reinstall the watchface I had, when using it with the Mi Mix 2 and the timer App (that for some reason Samsung decided was not part of the "out of the box experience" anymore). In order to do that I have to sign in to my Samsung Account and herein lies the problem: I can't. When I click on the "Sign in" Button a white box appears in which you'd usually expect to find input fields for user, password and a captcha, but in my case, the box stays white and that's that.
I should mention that everything used to work perfectly with my Mix 2, but the watch resets when paired with a new phone.
I searched the Internet far and wide, but none of the many suggested solutions did work for me.
I erased Cache and Data for all three required Apps multiple times. Reinstalled them, reset the watch a bunch of times, tried older versions of the wearable app, tweaked permissions and power management setting in every direction possible, played with developer options... nothing. I screwed around for several hours now and I'm finally giving up.
I'm on stock Global ROM btw (the latest version)
Any suggestions are highly appreciated at this point.
Thanks a lot,
Banton
Here's a screenshot of my white box:
imgur: LJeEzWX (cant post links)
Do you have the Samsung Wear app installed on your device?
Yes, of course I have the wear App installed. Turns out, this is not a Mi Mix related problem after all, it just coincidentally happened to occur when I was switching phones. Meanwhile the Samsung support forums are full with people having the same issue with non-Samsung phones. Thus far no help from Samsung whatsoever.
repair to gear s3
i also have the same issue, but it only start to appear when i flash custom rom and enable dark mode on system UI. So maybe you can try to change sustem UI colors, becouse in my opinion thats the case that make it happend. I also try to solve that issue on my phone and let you know if i find something in this thread
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Hey Guys!
I'm at the brink of a nervous breakdown right now, since I've been trying to solve this in my own for hours now, with no success whatsoever, so I decided to look here for help.
I've recently updated my Mi Mix 2 to a Mi Mix 3 and thus far, I'm loving it, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to properly get my Gear S3 up and running. The Watch is connected and everything that is initially in the box is working fine. I just want to reinstall the watchface I had, when using it with the Mi Mix 2 and the timer App (that for some reason Samsung decided was not part of the "out of the box experience" anymore). In order to do that I have to sign in to my Samsung Account and herein lies the problem: I can't. When I click on the "Sign in" Button a white box appears in which you'd usually expect to find input fields for user, password and a captcha, but in my case, the box stays white and that's that.
I should mention that everything used to work perfectly with my Mix 2, but the watch resets when paired with a new phone.
I searched the Internet far and wide, but none of the many suggested solutions did work for me.
I erased Cache and Data for all three required Apps multiple times. Reinstalled them, reset the watch a bunch of times, tried older versions of the wearable app, tweaked permissions and power management setting in every direction possible, played with developer options... nothing. I screwed around for several hours now and I'm finally giving up.
I'm on stock Global ROM btw (the latest version)
Any suggestions are highly appreciated at this point.
Thanks a lot,
Banton
Here's a screenshot of my white box:
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This could related to the theme you're using on your Mix 3. I use a true black theme and some of the popups that come up look like blank white boxes. If you're using a custom theme, try changing it back to default while setting up your watch. That being said, if a bunch of other people are having the issue on other phones this may not be relevant.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys, but it is definitivly not theme related - nor Xiaomi related for that matter. Look over at the Samsung support forums, you will see that hundreds of people have the issue, no matter which phone, or even Android version they are on. (Except Samsung phones because the login procedere works differently).
As of right now, it seems either a software update could fix this, or something on the server side, either way it's Samsung's move.
If anything happens, I'll let you know.
It just randomly started working again. I guess, the ones who could fix the server just were on their easter vacation.