I've currently got a pebble steel watch which I can use to locate my phone if I lose it, but only if it's within bluetooth range, which it never is when I lose it.
Can the Gear 2 connected to wifi be used to find it's associated phone if it's on the same wifi network?
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Yes, just tried it out for you by switching off Bluetooth on my phone and then used the Gear S2 Find my phone feature successfully, while the watch was connected remotely, ie via WiFi.
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Great, thanks for taking the time to test that
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Does someone know which is the best to pair a mobile with the watch? For other uses some say NFC uses less battery, but in the case of this watch I can't find any info...
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NFC is just for pairing the watch quickly. NFC can't transfer the data, hence Bluetooth is being used.
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NFC is just for pairing the watch quickly. NFC can't transfer the data, hence Bluetooth is being used.
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OK. So using it to control apps it will be connected via Bluetooth. Sounds logical.
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I've got the metal armband, No way to pair by NFC. Had to do it by BT.
BTW the NFS just creates the BT connection, once paired you won't use NFC anymore until you have to recreate the pairing.
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You can pair with metal wristbands with nfc
Just open the watch strap and put the phone through the middle
BTW the NFS just creates the BT connection, once paired you won't use NFC anymore until you have to recreate the pairing.
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I've got the metal armband, No way to pair by NFC. Had to do it by BT.
BTW the NFS just creates the BT connection, once paired you won't use NFC anymore until you have to recreate the pairing.
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So, how does it work if you want to use the watch with more than one device? E.g., I'll use it with my phone when I'm out and about, but then with my tablet at the office. Will I be able to use NFC to switch from one pairing to another?
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In that case NFC is perfect as with a simple "touch" of the two devices, you will pair both by Bluetooth.
What I wanted to express with that phrase about NFC is that some people seem to think that information is send by NFC (comparable to a BT link...) which is not the case, information passes by BT, NFC only creates the BT link fast and without any hassle.
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In that case NFC is perfect as with a simple "touch" of the two devices, you will pair both by Bluetooth.
What I wanted to express with that phrase about NFC is that some people seem to think that information is send by NFC (comparable to a BT link...) which is not the case, information passes by BT, NFC only creates the BT link fast and without any hassle.
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Perfect, thanks, that's what I've been hoping. Get mine on Saturday.
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Okay, got my SW2 and it's not quite so simple to work with multiple devices. Before the SW2 will pair with another device, either through NFC or regular pairing, you need to unpair from the other device. Not that big a deal, but it's not so simple as connecting via NFC to unpair from one and pair with another.
Good thing is that even though the SW2 needs to reconfigure for each device, it doesn't take long. Certainly less than a minute, I think. And the way it works means that the SW2 is set up perfectly for each device, with the right apps installed.
Overall I like it a great deal. Maybe they'll enable NFC unpaid/pair in a future firmware build.
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I am looking for am application that will notify me when a BT Device goes out of range.
Example:
Phone Note 3 paired with Fitbit One (or any BT deice)
When Fitbit One (or configurable devices) goes out of range a configurable alert occurs (Beep, Vibrate or and listed in the Notification area)
Sounds simple to me helps users not leave their BT devices behind. I'm sure its out there just can't find it.
Use bluetooth notify from playstore.
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Use bluetooth notify from playstore.
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Looked good even though it hasn't been update since 2012. However it doesn't seem to work on 4.4.2 as I get no notifications on my BT devices. Any other ones you know of?
@earthgod do you mean when its disconnected from bt device?
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You can use Tasker to write your own. Fairly simple.
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Basically on my note 3 whenever my phone goes into idle my BBM messages seem to get severely delayed until I unlock my phone and open up BBM again.. Does anyone have any idea why and what this could be?
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Let me guess, it's only when your wifi is on, right? If it's only with activated wifi you can try my solution. Change wifi standby to always and use Llama to turn off mobile data when wifi is connected. This is the only way for me to keep my threema connected when screen is off.
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I believe it is only when wifi is connected.. Do you know why this is the case and what is llama?
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Llama is a great app, you can find it here http://tinyurl.com/76radmh
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I cannot seem to get the search to work and cannot find any threads searching manually.
My watch has started logging into local WiFi every time I wake it up even when it has a Bluetooth connection to my phone.
I was expecting it to only use WiFi when no Bluetooth was available. It seems to have started doing this recently and I seem to remember an update not too long ago.
Anyone else with this issue.
Yes it should as you have described. With my S7 it behaves like this. May be it's your phone losing or power saving Bluetooth signal. Which phone are you using?
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I'm on an S6 edge
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It should work fine then . The only solution i can think of is to factory reset the watch and try again.
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Factory reset rather than a restart
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Seems to have worked cheers
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I was wondering if anyone got bluetooth tethering to work? I have a nexus 7, and turned on bluetooth tethering on my phone, and paired with the nexus 7, set to use for internet access, but, it just keeps telling me I'm offline, even though I'm connected. anyone have similar experiences or have any solutions?
Use Foxfi. It worked for me but the speeds topped out at 2.5 mb.
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Use Foxfi. It worked for me but the speeds topped out at 2.5 mb.
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I just tried FoxFi. Using wifi hotspot says that I am not subscribed to the service, and using the bluetooth tether in foxfi won't let me use it for internet access on the paired device.
Sorry I misread that. I had trouble with Bluetooth to my tablet also. It did work to my laptop though.
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