Want a smart watch but confused and upset about connectivity. I have a Samsung tab s 10.5 tablet and tried to pair a Samsung gear s with it but no way. Funny that Samsung would limit sales in such a way as to not include tablets bluetooth connections.
I am new at this and really not sure what or how to ask but I think I need a true wifi smart watch. The Samsung gear s claims wifi but you have to pair with one of their phones first which I find is impossible. I called Samsung tech and they were very vague on what will work with their smart watches.
Is there any smart watches that will connect with a tablet or just run pure wifi for internet without doing the phone pairing dance?
I am hooked up to Verizon but only prepay for tablets and I don't really want the smart watch using a service anyway,,,just a wifi connection or tablet connection that works.
I found several videos on the net on how to force my tablet to pair with the watch but they are far over my head with procedures like route the watch but I would be much to afraid I could brick the tablet.
Any advice or ideas would be welcome, thanks.
Was really hoping from some help here.
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Can the Samsung Gear S2 (T-Mobile) 3G be used as a Hotspot?
I was thinking in a pinch it would be nice to tether your tablet or Laptop to it...
Of course, I expect some software to be made to accomplish such a feat...
But given there are Tizen Smartphones who have Hotspot apps already written??...
How difficult might it be? I wonder what the Guys at XDA would do?
Why would you leave your phone while bringing the laptop or tablet? Your phone will be perfect as hotspot.
As hotspot Gear S2 battery will be drained very quickly.
I don't see this as a realistic or useful option.
Phone batteries die....nice to have options. I agree with shadow
just another option?
OnnoJ said:
Why would you leave your phone while bringing the laptop or tablet? Your phone will be perfect as hotspot.
As hotspot Gear S2 battery will be drained very quickly.
I don't see this as a realistic or useful option.
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I am more curious than something I would use on a constant basis?,
I was out and about the other day when in the park was a friend who lost his WiFi conection (Park Router went down)
All I had of my S2 in my walk around the park, I looked at the S2 and thought it would have been nice if it could just to brag that it could!.. Who else has a Hotspot on their wrist?
But as I said "In a Pinch?" it would do for an emergency Hotspot device!
I want to lose the smartphone - or at least move it to my wrist. Like many others, I have a Laptop PC, a tablet, a smartphone and bluetooth headsets. O, yes, and a heart pulse monitor chest strap (It is NOT a bra!). An Eco-system of things that, need to be programmed, configured, charged, connected and synched.
I would love to replace that with a combined PC tablet and a capable Smartwatch (and the headsets, of course).
Today, there is no-one to provide me with the components I need. The latest Smartwatches seem to be only lacking a little programming (HotSpot and fitness apps that synch across platforms) and battery capacity. Nearly there!
Hi,
I have looked around everywhere but no joy in finding out if I can receive texts, goal alerts etc when my phone is in my work locker about 300 feet away.
The phone is connected to my work, (retail shop) public Wi-Fi but I can’t connect my s2 gear, correct?
I have tried to but because it’s a web browser based login, the s2 gear can’t connect.
Is there anyway around this, I saw about the syncing but I don’t get any notifications until I go back to my phone at the end of my shift.
I am probably asking for too much it seems but just wanted to ask the question in case there is an obvious answer.
Many thanks.
To receive notifications once out of BT range, the watch must be remotely connected to the phone, either via WiFi or cellular. It sounds like your use case would benefit from the 3G variant of the watch.
afblangley said:
To receive notifications once out of BT range, the watch must be remotely connected to the phone, either via WiFi or cellular. It sounds like your use case would benefit from the 3G variant of the watch.
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Yes thanks for that I should have purchased that one, I bought it second hand so may have to sell it on.
Brand new to the Watch, this could be an issue with iPhone or maybe it doesn't support it, but I jut got the gear s3 early, just while waiting for my new s8 plus to arrive in couple weeks, I set it up with the limited iPhone, but I was having bad problems connecting to the internet, it worked if I turned Bluetooth off and on and used wifi only. But one question does this Watch not just connect to my phone and then use the phones data like my Apple Watch did?
Or is this just limited due to iOS ? Downloading watch faces just gets stuck and goals all the time too, can't wait for my new s8, not complaining just interested on connectivity I expected it would use the data on the phone via Bluetooth. Maybe I just set it up wrong
So, I know this site is mostly for android and such (definitely not iphone) but I'm currently using my Frontier on my iPhone (I use it because i'm still financing it, if I could, I would go back to android) but is anyone getting disconnection issues on the frontier (by disconnection, I mean when my phone is far away from my gear and i try to reconnect it, it wouldn't connect and I would have to perform a light reset to fix it) ? My iPhone has this problem the most, but it also happens on my Nexus 5x sometimes, could it be my watch or could it be because I'm not using a samsung device?
I have the same configuration as you (Iphone and gear s3) and the same connectivity issue. I need to restart the Gear to recover bluetooth connection between Iphone and gears s3
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So, I know this site is mostly for android and such (definitely not iphone) but I'm currently using my Frontier on my iPhone (I use it because i'm still financing it, if I could, I would go back to android) but is anyone getting disconnection issues on the frontier (by disconnection, I mean when my phone is far away from my gear and i try to reconnect it, it wouldn't connect and I would have to perform a light reset to fix it) ? My iPhone has this problem the most, but it also happens on my Nexus 5x sometimes, could it be my watch or could it be because I'm not using a samsung device?
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I had the same issue. The connection on my iPhone 5S wasn't stable at all. Didn't find a solution.
The problem I seem to have is if it disconnects I cannot get it to reconnect. I want it to connect via mobile network but the phone tries to connect via Bluetooth. It turns my phones Bluetooth on and of course it can't connect Cause I have Bluetooth off on the watch. I don't understand why it won't connect via mobile when it finds no Bluetooth
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I have been using my Gear S3, Frontier, LTE version on T-Mobile for close to a year. In looking back over my use, I have discovered that I really don't need the extra expense of the data plan. I always have my paired phone (Galaxy S9+) with me and have only used the watch for phone calls a couple of times. I used the Gear for phone calls a few times when I first got it, and that was to test the service. For real calls, I just use my phone. I DO use Samsung Pay with the watch fairly frequently.
I am considering dropping the cellular plan for the watch. I have turned off mobile data on the watch, and left Bluetooth and WiFi on. Of course, I still get notifications on the watch.
My question is will I lose anything other than phone calls and the remote connection to the watch having cancelled the data plan? Will Samsung Pay still work as long as my phone is within Bluetooth range when I make a purchase?
TIA
The only thing I've lost is the call making ability. Samsung pay still works, even when my phone's in the car. Haven't tested out remote connectivity, but I'm assuming if it's connected to WiFi, you're good