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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download Samsung Gear Manager from galaxy apps..
I got a Samsung Gear S2 Classic (Platinum) 2 weeks ago. I have a Galaxy S7 Edge on Verizon I got over the summer. I am not rooted and am on the latest updates. Yet, I am constantly getting this pop-up on my phone when I try to use this smartwatch. "Unfortunately Gear S2 Plugin has stopped" pops up on my phone and interrupts whatever I am doing. I am perplexed and annoyed that I am buying 2 recent Samsung products and they cannot even get these things to seamlessly talk to each other without problems. That is pathetic in my mind.
Is anyone else having this issue? If so, any ideas on how to fix it? The watch does connect to the phone and it seems I am getting notifications and other stuff is working. I am ready to return this watch at this point as it is making my phone unusable.
hi can any one point me in the right direction im using the gear 2 with my samsung note 4 running 6.0.1 mm
ok first things first i have all the important notifications on so in essence everything's works the way it set up but my question is this
after a few day let say 3 day's of the gear2 powered on it just stops getting the notifications like no messages nothing just the time but miss calls, messages, calls nothing now in order for me to fix this i have to restart my gear 2 but it never did this in 2 years when my note 4 ran on kit-Kat or lollipop i never had to restart my gear 2 and i have the latest gear manager installed from scratch no luck my gear 2 last about 3 to 4 days from 1 charge but every day i must restart it at least once to prevent this is there any reason why this is happening
Hi, got my S3 Frontier yesterday. I'm using it with a Mate 9 which was previously using it's own step counter. Previously on my Note 7 I had similar issues with the Samsung program....
I want to log steps - no more no less - but S Health counts trips in our John Deer buggy, so I have to remember to pause it before I set off and switch it back on when I start walking again! On the new watch, walking and running (which I had switched off on the phone) are combined as one exercise so it might be worse, although separate on the phone but no better, so maybe not.
Any experts who have had it longer have a solution or any tips??
I tried the 4 classic on my pixel 4 xl. It won’t finish setup. Tried three times. Took it back. Best Buy guy said there’s a software bug that prevents the Galaxy watch 4 classic from working on any non s22 or s21 phone.
What’s going on?
Wearables needs all it's many permissions or it will not load/work true even on a Samsung.
There's been an issue with the Pixels and Google even locked a thread about it on their own forum with no solution found.
Talk about sticking their head in the sand...
What does this mean? Basically you need an S21/22?
I run the app on the phone. It starts the setup and sits there about 50%. Then a notipops up saying you need to connect to the watch. It’s already connected. Tapping connect or cancel or whatever does nothing. The pop up just times out and goes away. The 50% set up or whatever the % is, it just stays there. Tried 3 x then returned the watch. The BB guy said it’s a software issue that no phones will work now with the current software unless the phone is the S21/22.
I don’t get it.
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What does this mean? Basically you need an S21/22?
I run the app on the phone. It starts the setup and sits there about 50%. Then a notipops up saying you need to connect to the watch. It’s already connected. Tapping connect or cancel or whatever does nothing. The pop up just times out and goes away. The 50% set up or whatever the % is, it just stays there. Tried 3 x then returned the watch. The BB guy said it’s a software issue that no phones will work now with the current software unless the phone is the S21/22.
I don’t get it.
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I don't know. Invariably Samsung will eventually fix the issues just don't hold your breath waiting for it.
As with most of the Samsung accessories it's optimized and integrated for the Samsung ecosystem. Even some Samsung users are having issues apparently.
The other side of this is sometimes you need to play with Samsung apps a bit. My Buds+ will run at first on the latest version of Wearables but eventually the audio screws up. Solution, install the older version which works, has a better UI and then Firewall block the the update UID for it so it doesn't auto update and self destruct
I make adjustments as needed... got a 2nd pair of Buds+ order, which shows you how rattled I am.
Wow lol. It’s been months and they haven’t fixed it. Insane. Could be on purpose too. Wanting to sell Galaxy phones. Hmm.
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Wow lol. It’s been months and they haven’t fixed it. Insane. Could be on purpose too. Wanting to sell Galaxy phones. Hmm.
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Well that could be Best Buys intent.
You give Samsung too much credit; this likely wasn't planned... which is why it happened
The original Buds were a mess when first released. It took a year worth of sequential firmware updates to dial them in.
There been reported problems with newer models as well I believe I saw as I was reading. Anymore I'll never preorder or be the first to buy their products or "test" their updates. Instead I buy when known to be good. It's always been hit or miss with Samsung to a greater or lesser degree. They are capable of producing exceptional products and bone rattling duds.
Best Buy intent? I was saying Samsung maybe did this on purpose.
Anyway.
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Best Buy intent? I was saying Samsung maybe did this on purpose.
Anyway.
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I have zero faith in Best Buy. They are a horror to deal with... they tried my patience for the last time 2 years ago.
buggs1a said:
I tried the 4 classic on my pixel 4 xl. It won’t finish setup. Tried three times. Took it back. Best Buy guy said there’s a software bug that prevents the Galaxy watch 4 classic from working on any non s22 or s21 phone.
What’s going on?
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there is a software issue or something make watch 4 classic dont work on non samsung or even older samsung like s9 s10 that make you have trouble and think about upgrading the phone which personally im sure its on purpose by samsung you may be able to connect the phone doing factory reset but me and alot of people cant connect google account to the watch afterward which there is no fix till now ofc hoping the new upcoming wear os 3.5 and one ui 4.5 update will fix it but if not thats just it personally i was so intrested in s22 ultra and was thinking to buy it before this happened but if the update wont fix it i will never pay samsung in my life in any sort of way
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there is a software issue or something make watch 4 classic dont work on non samsung or even older samsung like s9 s10 that make you have trouble and think about upgrading the phone which personally im sure its on purpose by samsung you may be able to connect the phone doing factory reset but me and alot of people cant connect google account to the watch afterward which there is no fix till now ofc hoping the new upcoming wear os 3.5 and one ui 4.5 update will fix it but if not thats just it personally i was so intrested in s22 ultra and was thinking to buy it before this happened but if the update wont fix it i will never pay samsung in my life in any sort of way
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Factory reset is a waste of time; try a network reset instead!
Even with the Buds+ the getting them working takes some effort sometimes. The spen can be the same way.
If the Wearables app is screwed up, nothing may work. An older version may work but it requires some effort to load and keep from updating which would break it again.
Deliberate? No Samsung doesn't need to intentionally try to screw things up, it comes naturally Sammy's been dropping balls a lot lately.
I`ve been using my watch 4 classic with my 4XL without any issues since May before upgrading to my P6P. And after upgrading to my P6P I didn`t run into any issues. What I`ve experienced when setting up my watch 4 classic for the first time was that the samsung wearable app was switching screens after providing credentials for my g account and therefore was hiding the permissions quote and the wearable app was waiting for the authorisation to use the g account. Those sammy blue dots were circling around for many minutes. Happened to me twice. Using the back ´gesture let me grant the permissions needed and t he setup process just went through smoothly.
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I`ve been using my watch 4 classic with my 4XL without any issues since May before upgrading to my P6P. And after upgrading to my P6P I didn`t run into any issues. What I`ve experienced when setting up my watch 4 classic for the first time was that the samsung wearable app was switching screens after providing credentials for my g account and therefore was hiding the permissions quote and the wearable app was waiting for the authorisation to use the g account. Those sammy blue dots were circling around for many minutes. Happened to me twice. Using the back ´gesture let me grant the permissions needed and t he setup process just went through smoothly.
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The infamous circling blue dots make me cringed every time I see them now. Like some alien from Star Trek eyeballing you
Wearables will puke all over unless all permissions* are granted. Something I really hate about Wearables. Reminds me of the bixby spyware. Lol, don't worry Samsung servers are secure... until the next hack
*check that all permissions have been checked manually as it doesn't always happen during installation for whatever reasons.
Thanks all.
I had the S22+. No issue. But returned the watch and phone because the phone screen shuts off if I don’t touch it for a bit when playing games. Some games I play auto battle and takes awhile so no need to touch. So I returned them both yesterday.
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Thanks all.
I had the S22+. No issue. But returned the watch and phone because the phone screen shuts off if I don’t touch it for a bit when playing games. Some games I play auto battle and takes awhile so no need to touch. So I returned them both yesterday.
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Only 8gb of ram, max 256gb internal storage and no expandable storage, rounded display corners... yeah I'm not feeling it.
Good call.