I've becoming increasingly interested in accessing apps, such as Milk and Uber, which do not show as available on my non-Samsung phone Gear Companion. I found some info on installing wgt files, but no site on which such wgt files are available.
My wgt files are "backed up" by Gear Companion in files/PM_backup/wgt/SM-R730T, but the names are little opaque. For example, tizenapp_1455903893007_temp_file_to_install.wgt. Any idea how to figure out what wgt that actually is? And would others be interested in an wgt archive (for free apps only), or does one already exist?
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I've becoming increasingly interested in accessing apps, such as Milk and Uber, which do not show as available on my non-Samsung phone Gear Companion. I found some info on installing wgt files, but no site on which such wgt files are available.
My wgt files are "backed up" by Gear Companion in files/PM_backup/wgt/SM-R730T, but the names are little opaque. For example, tizenapp_1455903893007_temp_file_to_install.wgt. Any idea how to figure out what wgt that actually is? And would others be interested in an wgt archive (for free apps only), or does one already exist?
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Have you had any luck with this?
Abaddon502 said:
Have you had any luck with this?
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Unfortunately, no. I'd love to get the Uber app on my watch!
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Unfortunately, no. I'd love to get the Uber app on my watch!
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The Uber and Milk apps are already available for this watch.
Actually those apps are only available if you have a Samsung phone, and are unavailable with all other phones (at least all other Android phones, I'm assuming the same holds true for iphones). Thus the claim that the Gear S2 is phone agnostic is only partly true.
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The country that I'm in (Japan) does not have navigator (here maps) available in the galaxy store.
Would someone please post a link or provide the gear s2 app so I can install on the watch to use here maps ??
Thanks
Anyone ???
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.here.app.maps&cntyTxt=310&equipID=SM-G935T
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http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.here.app.maps&cntyTxt=310&equipID=SM-G935T
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Thanks for the link but it takes me to the Japanese store
Probably because your using Japanese internet, you can also Google for the apk file! Googling, I found the file but I don't know if I'd trust it
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Probably because your using Japanese internet, you can also Google for the apk file! Googling, I found the file but I don't know if I'd trust it
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Is the apk for the watch ??? I have Here apps in the J play store but not on the watch
The apk is not for watch, I thought the gear uses another .ext for gear. You might be looking at japan's here map, through their store
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The apk is not for watch, I thought the gear uses another .ext for gear. You might be looking at japan's here map, through their store
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ok thanks ! I need the one for the watch but cant find it anywhere on google
No prob, I think you can't find it because it was pre-installed on our gears. Maybe someone knows how to extract it from there...good luck
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No prob, I think you can't find it because it was pre-installed on our gears. Maybe someone knows how to extract it from there...good luck
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That would be a big help !!
Have you checked apkmirror.com? Whenever google puts out an update to an app, or any app is updated in stages, normally this site already has it for people to sideload.
What about vpn? Have you tried opening your store via a vpn tunnel? You can set your vpn to other country. Tunnel Bear is a great one, give it a try.
Have not had the Gear S3 long but already I get the impression that the watch face choice is maybe not as wide? at least in terms of official replica ones. I am guessing that copyright issues mean that a lot of very nice faces were either removed from the gear store or never made it there in the first place?
I did find the watchland app but I cannot install the gear companion app in the UK (just says not available in my region) From browsing the phone app though there are some nice faces on there and it got me thinking that surely there must be an unofficial repo somewhere of .gwd files? ones that have been removed or did not make the official stores.
Any ideas?
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Have not had the Gear S3 long but already I get the impression that the watch face choice is maybe not as wide? at least in terms of official replica ones. I am guessing that copyright issues mean that a lot of very nice faces were either removed from the gear store or never made it there in the first place?
I did find the watchland app but I cannot install the gear companion app in the UK (just says not available in my region) From browsing the phone app though there are some nice faces on there and it got me thinking that surely there must be an unofficial repo somewhere of .gwd files? ones that have been removed or did not make the official stores.
Any ideas?
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I'm hoping so myself although i have watchland installed on the watch but the phone app is slow and some of the best wont download.
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I'm hoping so myself although i have watchland installed on the watch but the phone app is slow and some of the best wont download.
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new to this and trying to get watchland and install it where did you get it from
Fingers crossed...
Could not get watchland installed on the S3.
There are lot of nice looking faces in the watchland phone app, would be good if they could be accessed elsewhere.
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Could not get watchland installed on the S3.
There are lot of nice looking faces in the watchland phone app, would be good if they could be accessed elsewhere.
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I have Watchland installed on my S3 just fine. You have to load the companion app from the Samsung app store and then change the face widget and then load. It's kinda cool because I use it to sideload the faces I make with Gear Watch Designer. I also use Mr. Time Maker. It has an online design tool which is a little limited but it has a big repo of designs made by the community. None of the design apps I have used are very powerful but not bad for basic designs.
I tried this app but fails when trying to install the watch app by saying not available to purchase or not available to this location?
odyseus said:
I tried this app but fails when trying to install the watch app by saying not available to purchase or not available to this location?
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I get the same message.
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Have not had the Gear S3 long but already I get the impression that the watch face choice is maybe not as wide? at least in terms of official replica ones. I am guessing that copyright issues mean that a lot of very nice faces were either removed from the gear store or never made it there in the first place?
I did find the watchland app but I cannot install the gear companion app in the UK (just says not available in my region) From browsing the phone app though there are some nice faces on there and it got me thinking that surely there must be an unofficial repo somewhere of .gwd files? ones that have been removed or did not make the official stores.
Any ideas?
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With the watchland app, it will download the .gwd files to your phone. Just open those files with Samsung's watch designer and send them to your watch. Nice thing is you can change up the design a bit if you want.
Great idea Any idea where the files are stored on the phone?? - Ignore this - they are under "watches" in the download folder
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With the watchland app, it will download the .gwd files to your phone. Just open those files with Samsung's watch designer and send them to your watch. Nice thing is you can change up the design a bit if you want.
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With the watchland app, it will download the .gwd files to your phone. Just open those files with Samsung's watch designer and send them to your watch. Nice thing is you can change up the design a bit if you want.
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Brilliant!! Thanks for this idea - works like a charm!! Good call...
Could somebody please upload here the .gwd file for S3?I cannot download this file from store(not possible in your country).
Have the same issue, anyone can provide? Thank you
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Could somebody please upload here the .gwd file for S3?I cannot download this file from store(not possible in your country).
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Hey try the Mr. Time app.
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Have the same issue, anyone can provide? Thank you
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Are you looking for the Gear Watch Designer program file for the PC or a specific watch face created with the program? (It creates .gwd files.)
Can somebody post watcland app for the Gear S3?
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Can somebody post watcland app for the Gear S3?
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It doesn't exist. Just have to get the phone app, download the face you want to your phone, then email the file to yourself to install from your PC on Gear Watch Designer.
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Can somebody post watcland app for the Gear S3?
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You can download the S2 version from their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/DaragonTech/, it should work for with the S3 if you manage to install it.
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You can download the S2 version from their facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/DaragonTech/, it should work for with the S3 if you manage to install it.
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Just downloaded but when i try to install it via "sdb install" i got an error...
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Just downloaded but when i try to install it via "sdb install" i got an error...
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Is there a guide some where to connect the watch via sdb ?
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Just downloaded but when i try to install it via "sdb install" i got an error...
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Probably need to sign the .wgt file with your certificate which holds your Device Unique ID (DUID).
I wrote the steps at thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/themes/sideloading-watchland-app-t3517079
Hey, has anyone managed to get a tpk for the tizen store?
I'm keen to see what could work on my S3 classic
Can you try to explain?
Tizen Store what I know from Z-series (Mobiles) seems differ from Store for Gear series...
If you check Gear S2/S3 Firmware... you can find:
com.samsung.gearstore as TPK...
Extract from rootfs.img...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71002094&postcount=32
For me it looks like... all Gear TPK and WGT are stored on ""Android Server""... like APKs...
Tizen Store is the Kid Version...
http://www.tizenstore.com/main/getMain.as
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Hey Adfree,
Thanks for replying.
I was wondering if someone has managed to extract the Tizen store and install it on a gear s3.
The reason behind this thought is that the application layer should be compatible to some degree and enable user the ability to test apps that are available on the Tizen store.
I will give extracting the image and getting the TPK installed on the gear, later today.
While the gear s3 is a nice piece of hardware, the software support is still poor and if it was possible to get other packages working on the s3 via the Tizen store (even if they are not visually aligned to the gears design), it's still a far stretch better then no app at all lol.
Thanks
Attached little Video... from my SM-Z130H (Mobile)...
"Gapps" is taken from SM-R760 Firmware... but for Installion this TPK.
I was forced to sign with Platform Cert... :angel:
Problem 1.
Gear Series and Mobile Z series use few different Certs... for/from "Store"...
Problem 2.
Different Screen sizes...
In case of my Video example...
Gapps not start because Gear System related Info file not found...
My "idea" is to try few Gear Apps...
BUT since few days...
I saw many of Apps I would like to try... are paid apps... for Gear Watches...
For instance Filesmaster... to check if it would work also on Tizen Mobile...
As few of our users have little problem...
Long time ago we had Gear Manager Beta app... for Gear S2
Now Tizen user with SM-Z300H, SM-Z200F and so on can only use Computer with SDB Tool... to Pull or Push few files...
Best Regards
adfree said:
Attached little Video... from my SM-Z130H (Mobile)...
"Gapps" is taken from SM-R760 Firmware... but for Installion this TPK.
I was forced to sign with Platform Cert... :angel:
Problem 1.
Gear Series and Mobile Z series use few different Certs... for/from "Store"...
Problem 2.
Different Screen sizes...
In case of my Video example...
Gapps not start because Gear System related Info file not found...
My "idea" is to try few Gear Apps...
BUT since few days...
I saw many of Apps I would like to try... are paid apps... for Gear Watches...
For instance Filesmaster... to check if it would work also on Tizen Mobile...
As few of our users have little problem...
Long time ago we had Gear Manager Beta app... for Gear S2
Now Tizen user with SM-Z300H, SM-Z200F and so on can only use Computer with SDB Tool... to Pull or Push few files...
Best Regards
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What video??
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What video??
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I have attached MP4 Video... as ZIP file in this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71219039&postcount=4
Unpack GalaxyGearS3v1.zip
Then maybe you will see Video inside.
Best Regards
Is there a way to look at the App Store for the Gear S3? I read variously about '10000 of faces and apps' but also about limited apps. So I'd like to see what apps are available.
You can browse the App Store through the Samsung Gear app.
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Is there a way to look at the App Store for the Gear S3? I read variously about '10000 of faces and apps' but also about limited apps. So I'd like to see what apps are available.
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it is more like "10000 of faces and some apps", there are really too many watchfaces since there is a easy to use designer (http://developer.samsung.com/gear/design/watch-designer) but app section is indeed limited.
Don't be fooled by the numbers, there are probably less than two dozen apps by major developers. The vast majority of apps are watchfaces. Tizen has relatively small library and that is likely to remain the case for the foreseeable future.
If you're concerned about app selection, the S3 isn't for you. The key to not being disappointed is to think in terms of what tasks you want the smartwatch to perform, and making sure the watch can do it.
Best Samsung Gear S3 Apps and Games are below including latest best apps for Gear S3 by Under Armour:
-Endomondo App
-Map My Run app
-MyFitnessPal App
-Uber App
-Fruit Ninja Games
-Sleep As Android App
-Glympse Location tracker Apps
-White Light and Here WeGo App
-Find My Car App
-Flipboard News Briefing App
-Gear for Nest App
-Pear App
-Camera Gear App
-Samsung S Health App
-Rolling Hams Game
-AwayYouGo App
I have one of these and it really is a beautiful watch and feels like a quality product. It also works really well. HOWEVER, just as evryone else is saying, the APP Store is VERY limited ... which is a shame given that Samsung have done such an excellent job on the watch. Why they didn't include a Compass; I have no idea. Also, why they (or someone else - "Here Maps" ???) have not brought out a REAL standalone Mapping App I feel is a HUGE mistake. Even if you could only download a 50sq mile area and keep that updated (or change it when you travel) it would make a huge difference to the watch. Anyway, great watch ....
Main problem is Tizen Eco System with only Samsung in position of playing "God"...
Blabla only trusted blabla "Authority" bla blabla...
Dear user, According to Tizen security policy all the apps should be from signed trusted authority. Tizen does not allow any side loaded app and any other format installation as a policy. All app installations supported via Tizen Store only. Stay tuned on Tizen community for further updates. Thanks, Tizen team
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On the other hand...
Users are scared to sideload apps...
I mean we have this funny situation with Mobiles more then 4 years...
Examples.
Video Calling apps are generally blocked...
Funny contracts with 'Operators in my opinion... to get more money...
imo, Skype, etc. are working fine with help of ACL...
Cool apps known from Android world... like TCP IP stuff...
not allowed...
Shell not allowed...
They are scared users can do tooooo much...
Btw...
I have just for fun edited my old S8530... bada handset... to enter Gear S3 or S2 store...
I am able to download TPKs... because they use same mechanism since years...
And I have no Gear watch.
NO idea why they force users to use Gear Manager... to explore the big "big" world of Tizen...
Tizen Store and also Gear store is simple Server... "HTTP crap"...
No idea why they not allow to use Computer and visit Website to check whats new.. or amazing...
Best Regards
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Taken with my good old Wave II (GT-S8530)... with old Kona Version...
No idea, 3 years minimum or older...
Only added Model SM-R760 to .ini :angel:
I can not see all, but few...
Samsung do some minor changs to their Shop site... but in main it is ever the same SH.T...
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You can browse the App Store through the Samsung Gear app.
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I think that reply, and the others in this thread, miss the point. In order to use the "Gear App" you have to have a Samsung Gear watch to pair the phone to. Otherwise the app will not run.
I believe what the OP was asking, and certainly what I want to know, is.... is there a way to browse the "many" downloadable watch faces BEFORE you buy the watch? That would require some sort of online access to the download site WITHOUT using the app..
Can anyone answer this? I'm considering buying one of these, but I don't like ANY of the faces that come with the watch, so I'd like to see what's available for download before buying the watch.
Thanks in advance.
I have the Frontier, and I love it. Just remember...it is a WATCH....not a tablet of computer. The available apps are more than enough for my needs, and the watch looks like a watch, which is more than i can say about Apples kiddy/candy looking effort IMHO. Battery life is now excellent, and it feels like a quality product.
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I think that reply, and the others in this thread, miss the point. In order to use the "Gear App" you have to have a Samsung Gear watch to pair the phone to. Otherwise the app will not run.
I believe what the OP was asking, and certainly what I want to know, is.... is there a way to browse the "many" downloadable watch faces BEFORE you buy the watch? That would require some sort of online access to the download site WITHOUT using the app..
Can anyone answer this? I'm considering buying one of these, but I don't like ANY of the faces that come with the watch, so I'd like to see what's available for download before buying the watch.
Thanks in advance.
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alot of the devs post their watchfaces on google plus
Hi
I have installed the watchamker apk but when I choose any watchface I have to install the watchmaker companion and it is not possible to get it and I got the attached message of this application is no longer avialable or is not supported in this country or device.
Please advice
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I have installed the watchamker apk but when I choose any watchface I have to install the watchmaker companion and it is not possible to get it and I got the attached message of this application is no longer avialable or is not supported in this country or device.
Please advice
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Same problem. I asked dev for advise and respond me this:
Apologies - Samsung removed the Companion App for WatchMaker from Galaxy Apps Store.
This was due to Samsung requiring a change in our business model so that we should sell watches on the Samsung platform, as well as on Google and Apple.
We are working closely with Samsung to get this resolved as soon as possible and have already submitted a new version for Samsung to review.
Once the new version is approved, it will work exactly the same as the current version and will not force any additional purchases.
Updates will be posted on this thread below :
https://plus.google.com/102436534884531510368/posts/3X1NhGstaVk
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Is there any other good apk for watchfaces??
Guys I don't get it. I had an LG watch in 2014. I was very happy with watchmaker and there were even bigger communities for watchfaces. All faces were free from the community, very few were priced. I installed the samsung gear watchmaker app (3 swiss francs), and most of the faces cost 1 franc (just the same as on the galaxy app store). Am I missing something? If I buy the premium app (4 swiss francs) from the google play store, do I get all the paid watchfaces for free or how does it work?
Paid Watchmaker app is just to possibility use infinite faces in the app, not to have infinite paid faces free