Hey Guys -
I've had my Gear S2 for a few months now and even though I enjoy it, have a nagging issue I can't seem to fix. I've searched everywhere and tried a few things, but no luck.
My Issue
My Gear S2 is obviously connected to my phone via bluetooth most of the time. If / when I power on my headset (M 165), it does not work as phone still goes to the Gear S2. In Bluetooth Settings, it shows both connected, but the M165 says "(No Phone) behind it. The only way I can use the headset is if I turn off bluetooth on my Gear S2. The same thing happens when I connect to my car's bluetooth as it says "No Phone" too. (see attached screenshot)
What I've Tried
- Disabling "Phone Audio" for the Gear S2: When I do this, the watch disconnects from BT. When I reconnect it, Phone Audio is enabled again
- Bluetooth Auto Connect: I installed this and set the Gear S2 to enable everything but Media and Call audio then set the headset to have only those two enabled. Didn't make a difference when testing as things still connected the same way
- Tasker: I've tried using a variety of plugins to get things to connect correctly, but still no go
Specs
- Phone: HTC One A9 / Marshmallow 6.0.1 / Rooted / s-off
- Watch: Gear S2 / Latest Firmware
- Headset: PLT_M165
Any suggestions? Am I perhaps using Bluetooth Auto Connect wrong? Thanks!
Have you tried another Bluetooth headset? I recommend you to try it if you didn't. I am not experiencing this issue and here is my setup:
I have Note 5 with latest Android 6.0.1 available.
Gear s2 (3g/4g model from T-Mobile) with latest firmware available.
I have Jawbone ERA (few year old model)
I also have Plantronics Legend
When watch is connected to my phone and then I connect any of the above Bluetooth headsets to my phone, then I am able to make/received calls on the headsets and in Bluetooth settings I see "phone" where as your pictures show as "no phone".
How did you connect your watch to your phone by just pairing via Bluetooth or through Gear Manager app?
I have this same issue with my Pixel 2XL it seems that having a samsung phone fixes this issue but any other android phone will exhibit this issue. if you disable phone call audio to the watch everything else will work properly. but you cannnot take calls on the watch.
Has anyone found a better fix then this???
I am having trouble transferring phone calls from the Gear S3 to my Bluetooth headset on my phone. I am using a LG Tone Platinum with a LG V20. There is an option to transfer calls from the Gear, but the Headset option is faded - shown not available. Anyone having similar problems with this watch? Solutions? Thanks
UPDATE : I figured out that the V20 has options available to switch calls from the watch to the headset to the phone, etc - this is accomplished from the notification area. I am still trying to figure out why the option to choose the headset during a call is not available on the watch. But, LG's UI on the V20 comes to the rescue to offer a solution - this is the best smartphone I have owned.
Same issue here with oneplus 3 + Bose Soundlink ...
UPDATE:
I was in a Samsung Shop and tried it with a Samsung device and the headset function was available during a call and I was able to transfer the call easy to my headset.
I have the same with my car. Somehow it enables the watch as the Bluetooth outlet for my Mate 9 after I leave the car. Horrible!
Same problem, impossible to transfer call to the BackBeat GO 2 or Jabra Halo.
My headphones have an old bluetooth protocol (2.1 - 3.0) but the devices that you have mentioned it seems to be 4.0
So what's the problem? a bug of the gear s3 or incompatibility with many models?
it would be interesting to know if the gear icon x have problems or not .....
I'm having the gear s3 classic couple of days now and I'm having too disconnection issue with Bluetooth stereo hands free.
I'm having 4 Sony(2 SBH20+2 SBH80)+ 2 LG Tone Platinum 1100 and several time per day the headset disconnected and reconnect by its own.
I find to too frustrated and disappointed that's why I'm gone return it back to Amazon.
I'm also having Zenwatch 3 over 10 days now and everything working flawlessly,but with with Gear s3 is problematic.
I have a Huawei P9 Plus + Gear S3 Frontier + Plantronics M55...... and SAME PROBLEM, i can enable "call profile" on S3 or Headset but not both.
When I connect S3 and headphones to a mobile samsung the "call profile" can be enabled on both, I tried it with samsung KZoom, and all works fine !!!
I wrote the assistance Samsung ... I hope he has a solution because the problem occurs with all bluetooth headsets, including the car's hands-free !!!
Well after returning the classic earlier December I'm having over 10 days now the Frontier and unfortunately I'm having the same random disconnection between my phone the Bluetooth headset and the gear s3 over Bluetooth.
I was hoping with giving a second change to Samsung that would have been improved but hey no at all.
I will keep it until end of month hoping for gear s app and Tizen/firmware upgrade from Samsung or gone return and the second one.
It's really disappointing since I'm really loving the watch and I want to keep it,but I can't do that if things not improved dramatically.
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blackspp said:
I have the same with my car. Somehow it enables the watch as the Bluetooth outlet for my Mate 9 after I leave the car. Horrible!
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I have also been having issues with my Mate 9 connecting to my car Bluetooth sometimes. It even dropped it mid call one time. I also had my Gear S3 pick up calls at times and could not figure out why. Now that I read you post I am wondering if this is the problem. The Gear is connecting and I am missing it.
Dhatw.
In the Bluetooth options slide call audio to the left for gear s3
richierich118 said:
In the Bluetooth options slide call audio to the left for gear s3
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if I disable "audio call" for the gear S3 I lose the management of telephone calls !!! I can not see who is calling me, I can not start a new call etc.
Hmm not for me works fine I have gear s3 Frontier samsung galaxy s6 edge plus and lg 850 everything works perfect. Try this pair Bluetooth item to watch first then the phone. That's how I had to do with the gear s and now gear s3
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Hmm not for me works fine I have gear s3 Frontier samsung galaxy s6 edge plus and lg 850 everything works perfect. Try this pair Bluetooth item to watch first then the phone. That's how I had to do with the gear s and now gear s3
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As I said in my previous post everything works well with Samsung phones, the problem occurs with non Samsung phones, I think there is a bug in the Gear Manager for other Android phones ....
The watch keeps on claiming the bt audio once every 3 or 4 times after leaving the car. This watch really has too many bugs, this is just one of them....
Well I'm sick and tired waiting Samsung ever released any kind software/firmware update with improvements on non Samsung device for full compatibility and no that kind of issue with Bluetooth disconnection.
Coming days I'm gone return my Frontier to Amazon.
Google it's on the way to released on 9th February 2 smartwatch with android Wear 2.0 out of the box one of the them with huge battery and GPS-NFC support.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Goog...d-Wear-2.0-smartwatches-on-February-9_id90080
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Please update with any news regarding this problem
I wrote several emails to Samsung, and after the tests, they said they were sorry for the problem and communicate the fault to the appropriate department hoping that with future updates to the defect can be resolved.
"Gentile Sig Marco,con il lavoro che svolge, capisco perfettamente quanto importante possa essere per lei utilizzare questa combinazione di dispositivi.
Sarà mia cura provvedere a segnalare questo caso al settore competente, auspicando che il rilascio di nuovi e futuri aggiornamenti software possa contribuire a risolvere il problema."
Well I've sick and tired waiting Samsung for some kind of update and on Monday return back and my Frontier to amazon just like classic earlier December last year with the same frustrating disconnection issue.
I'm just waiting next month announcement both from Google and Huawei for the next generation smartwatch with Android Wear 2.0 and meanwhile I'm enjoying the free of issue and excellent design Zenwatch 3.
Samsung just missed the boat with its lost reliability
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it's a bluetooth problem with your phone application;
Indeed, I have associated my BT headset with the gear S3 and check on the phone "phone audio parameter" on the Gear BT connexion .
The switch is working well when I use media player... and spotify.... But is not working with phone application, the icon is grey !!!! so 2 gear application (Spotify and Media Player) over 3 are able to detect the BT headset but not the gear phone application that only switch between phone and gear and not the BT headset ...
It's a pity because i am obliged to use a wired headset plugged in the phone.... if not when I receive a call all people in the office hear the call on my watch...
Could you correct this bug phone application is mandatory in car and when you walk ... and please don't reply that's a problem with thebrand of the headset as mentionned in another chat...
best regards
It's nothing to do with app.
Even when doing nothing just pair to my phone and Bluetooth headset just by itself random disconnection.
I had notification alert on when being disconnection and that's how I understand the issue.
Continuously disconnection between my phone the watch and Bluetooth headset.
Some time happened every few minutes some time every 1-2 hours.
And the other weird was that re connection happened by its own after 5 to 20-30 seconds.
Even it's was impossible to manage music control on the watch as every time listening music and tried to go back or next or pause continuously getting massage on watch that being disconnected and need to do manually re connection or wait 5 to 20-30 " that doing by itself as I said above.
As I said I tried several hard reset on watch and gear s app and pair from the beginning with no result.
I've done the latest update that Samsung offer in December nothing either.
Same issue all over again.
The watch by itself as design,quality,features,solid battery life and excellent screen I was very pleased.
But i couldn't deal every day with that issue.
It was annoying and really frustrated.
Seems that gear s3 it's most compatible with Samsung device and with any other more change of having any kind issue.
For me it's just over.
I returned both(classic and Frontier) and find my peace.
As I said I'm own of Asus watch not even once had that kind of issue.
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@ paatha13: yes i understand you have more problem with bluetooth... but i don't have that global problem you encounter
I can toggle MUSIC player between BT earphone associated to the S3 gear and phone
I can toggle Spotify between BT earphone associated to the S2 gear and phone
I can't toggle Phone Application between BT earphone associated to the S3 gear and phone and the icon herphone in s3 phone application
So my understanding is that the S3 phone application has a bug that 2 others applications don't have
best regards
Hi.
Just got my S8 and tried to pair it to my Gear S3. All goes fine and both stay connected until I disable the watch audio function in the S8 bluetooth options (to not conflict with my car handsfree system).
After that, they just disconnect and don't connect anymore.
Any help out there?
Thanks!
Choose connect to another phone. Gear watch will ask you to light reset, after that you can reconnect your device to the phone. All your downloaded apps will be deleted on gear watch, but you can reinstall them.
Hi everyone,
Could you guys answer me this: Is the Gear S3 supposed to disconnect the bluetooth connection to my phone every 2 minutes or so? I can't get it to stay connected no matter what i try. I need to reboot my phone everyday because if i don't.. it won't connect at all.
After the reboot everything seems good and i can connect the gear through the Gear app. it only keeps disconnecting every 2 minutes... I've contacted Samsung about this and they told me that the bluetooth version on my phone was insufficient. They suggested i upgraded my phone from an Oneplus one to a Galaxy S8. I bought a Oneplus 5T instead but the problem remains. After i contacted Samsung for a second time they told me that's its probably a hardware related issue. Sounds unlikely to me since rebooting the phone allows me to connect to the watch.
Anyone having the same problem?
anyone?
no problems here, using oneplus 3T (so not the 5T) (On beta OS: A3003_28_180112) and gear s3 frontier on 3.0.1
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no problems here, using oneplus 3T (so not the 5T) (On beta OS: A3003_28_180112) and gear s3 frontier on 3.0.1
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Hmm ok. I think it's really weird i need to restart my phone every morning in order to connect to the phone.. Makes no sense
I am experiencing a similar issue with my 5T and Gear S3. Sometimes all the system sound (not multimedia ones though) are being routed to the ear speaker instead of the multimedia speaker. I missed an alarm several times. The fix for me is the same - to toggle BT connection with Gear S3.
I have lockscreen sounds enabled. So, I realize the issue reproduces when the lockscreen sound starts to be very quite and is being emitted via the ear speaker.
Another issue with the Gear S3 I am experiencing is as follows. If I start Google Play Music on my phone, Gear S3 does not see the player is started. Anyway I can start the player from the watch. Also, if I toggle the BT, everything works perfectly. Could you check this on your side as well?
I had a similar situation, the Gear S3 was disconnecting very often. In the end, I found that it was the battery saving settings on my N8 Sirocco that killed the connection to my Gear S3. I turned settings and blacklist off, and now it stays connected.
Hi,
I hope someone can help me! I have a galaxy Watch 4 and it was paired with my Galaxy S7 phone. Everything worked perfectly. I had to send my watch for repair. Now it's back and my phone absolutely doesn't recognize the watch at all. The watch is not in the bluetooth device list. I cannot pair the watch with my phone.
I tried pairing the watch with another device to see if the watch was the problem. I was able to pair the watch with another android phone (galaxy A5). So the watch is not the problem. It seems that the problems lies within my galaxy S7 phone.
I tried rebooting both the watch and the phone. Didn't do anything.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the WEARABLE app. Didn't do anything. (the wearable app can't find the watch either).
I tried erasing cache memory of WEARABLE app. Didn't help.
I unpaired every bluetooth device from my phone, then tried to find the watch to pair, but the phone doesn't see the watch. Note that the phone can recognize and pair with every other devices: earbuds, car, speaker,etc.
I tried to find my phone from my watch bluetooth menu, but the watch doesn't see the phone.
I hope I explained the problem clearly. Does anyone have a solution to suggest? I hope so, because without being paired to my phone, my watch is basically useless...
Thanks!