Hello All,
I recently purchased a Samsung Gear 2 running Tizen R380XXU0BOA2 and am using a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running Android 5.0 and running Gear Manager version 2.2.03.16033141N with Gear Plug In version 2.2.03.16033141N
A full charge of the phone can last 2- 2.5 days with medium use and not connected to the phone. A full charge of the watch can easily last 3-4 day when not connected to the phone.
However, when I connect the watch to the phone using BT, I can only get 8 hours or so from either device. Both end up with less than 5% battery life after both sitting there overnight and not being used, but connected via BT
From what I been reading in the forums, this is not the norm.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do to remedy this?
Or is there another program out there like Gear Manager that may connect differently to BT and the Gear 2?
Thanks,
Also....FYI, neither phone nor the watch is rooted.
Well, I found out that Gear Manager version 2.0.14042803 is much easier on my phone and gear 2.... Only issue appears to be that if I go out of range, I get the message BT is disconnected. And when I get back in range the phone does not connect automatically.
I simply set the Gear Manager app not too look for updates, and when it advised me there is an update I am able to cancel it and it stays at the same version.
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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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I installed Marshmallow on my Nexus 5, and then yesterday's Marshmallow updates from Play Store for Gear app, Gear Plugin, and the Samsung Accessory Service (Gear app asks if you want both of those for improved functionality).
All was well until I rebooted my phone, and now I can't reconnect to the S2. Did a hard reset of S2, and worked until S2 went out of range of phone. Then wouldn't reconnect. Kept saying invalid passkey, even though code on phone and S2 were the same.
I would either not update phone to Marshmallow, or not update Gear app, or both, cause I think you're gonna have the same problem.
I'm having the same problem on my Nexus 5X. Is there any fix for this yet? The latest update for the Gear App says it added support for Android 6.0, but that's not the case.
Checking in as well its really really annoying to have to "reset" the watch 3-4 times a day.
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.
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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Short Version
Ok guys, I know I'm not alone on this and I can't find anything on it so I decided to start this thread. I believe the most recent TMobile update that occurred 09/2017 for the Samsung Galaxy s7 has either broken my Bluetooth or is causing some process to lock up and continuously use the CPU once I connect my Gear s3 to my Galaxy s7 or disconnect my Gear s3 from my Galaxy s7. The symptoms are the inability to smoothly stream music via Bluetooth, increased battery drain on the phone because now I can only make it about halfway through my workday vs more than a full day like it used to be and an unresponsive phone most noticeable during the time shortly after connecting or disconnect from my Gear s3. I've had my Gear s3 now for roughly two months and this hasn't been an issue up until this last week of 09/2017. The only thing that has changed was I did a TMobile software update within the past week or so.
Long Version
As I mentioned up above I've had my Gear s3 Frontier was for roughly a couple of months now and everything worked perfectly when connecting and disconnecting from my phone most of the time. The few times I've had an issue it was with the Gear s3 battery draining faster than usual and that was able to be addressed with a restarting of the Gear s3. However I'm having connectivity issues with my Gear s3 and my Galaxy s7. The Galaxy s7 seems to be struggling to disconnect and reconnect to my Gear s3 because the streaming of my music starts to skip and pauses for periods at a time and I can't get the screen on my phone to come on during that time because the phone is working overtime doing something behind the scenes for a minute or two. Even once the phone becomes responsive again, the music continues to periodically skip and the battery on the phone is draining much faster than normal. When I'm at work I stream music all day and occasionally turn on the screen of my phone to check a message that I may not be able to fully see on my Gear s3 so outside of that the screen on the Galaxy s7 remains off. I typically work 10-11 a day while streaming music via Bluetooth the entire time from my sd card via Play music. By the end of my workday, I typically have 27% to 35% of battery left on my Galaxy s7 and this is what I'm used to. What's weird is that prior to me streaming music when I connect my Gear s3 to my Galaxy s7, everything appears to be ok, but once I start streaming music and then I get too far from my Galaxy s7 causing the two devices to disconnect via Bluetooth then connect remotely and reconnect via Bluetooth upon coming back within range of my Galaxy s7 that's when all my problems start. Since today is a non-workday for me, I plan to do a little bit of further testing and see if I can determine what exactly is causing the battery drain. I used to be really savvy at this troubleshooting stuff when I had nothing but time on my hands to install apk that could monitor things but not anymore. So if you guys have any recommendations for diagnostic/monitoring tools that don't require root then please let me know.
The quick fix:
My fix to this so far is to turn off Bluetooth on my Gear s3 so that my watch is forced to connect remotely and only then do my Galaxy s7 symptoms go away. I've already ruled out the portable speaker as the culprit because the same issue exists whether I'm streaming music to my portable speaker or streaming music in my car. I figure since the phone seems to be the one that's causing all the headache then it must be the phone.
Hello…
I know it' isn't an Android phone : ) any help will be appreciated…I have an S3 connected to my iPhone but then when I open the gear app it’s isn’t detecting it? Attached SC
*iPhone, gear app and S3 are all up to date
Thanks
Reset the watch for new phone (in watch setting), erase BT connection in phone totally close the Gear app on phone and retry.
Just put my Gear S2 from my Galaxy S5 to my iPhone SE.
I have done that already and it seems okay for now, will the S3 drain it's battery more with iPhones vs Android because I turn off bunsh of stuff like HR, GPS...etc and I may make it 1 day with a single charge? I see other only are getting 2-3days with a single charge
Thanks