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Google Voice Sprint long ring "fix" idea..

So, having been on TMOB recently, and now a new EVO user.. I loves my Google Voice. What I don't love about Google Voice and Sprint, is the incredibly long number of rings that it takes to go to GV voice mail!
(Yes I have go straight to voice mail checked in GV settings)
So, in my tests, if I hit "decline" call, hanging up essentially.. GV still tries to ring through a 2nd time.. I hit decline again.. and it goes to GV.
If I DON'T hit decline call, it rings on both the sprint end like eight times.. and then on to about three to five rings on the GV side!
What we need, is a simple app that hits the DECLINE button every time it pops up, after a number of specified seconds. Cyanongen, are you listening?
*edit*
To hell with it. Switching to sprint voicemail. GV and Sprint too buggy.

Something about visual voicemail extends the number of rings it takes to get there. I noticed this immediately when I switched to the Evo (my previous phone was a TP2, without visual voicemail). Upon switching, the phone would ring 6 times before going to Sprint VM (instead of the previous 4). That's probably what's freaking out GV. I use GV, but don't use their voicemail for my cell phone.
Subscribing, in case this gets fixed somehow...
Dave

Google Voice does not work the way that you describe for me. It sounds like google does not recognize that the call is being forwarded from your cell phone because it should not ring you a second time. It should recognize that it was forwarded from your cell and send it straight to voice mail.
Go to voice.google.com and check your settings.
Under settings, on the phones tab, you should have your cell phone listed. Does it say "Activate Google voicemail for this phone" or " Deactivate Google voicemail" ?
Also, you said "Yes I have go straight to voice mail checked in GV settings". Where exactly do you see that as an option? I can't find it anywhere.

Lowen SoDium said:
Google Voice does not work the way that you describe for me. It sounds like google does not recognize that the call is being forwarded from your cell phone because it should not ring you a second time. It should recognize that it was forwarded from your cell and send it straight to voice mail.
Go to voice.google.com and check your settings.
Under settings, on the phones tab, you should have your cell phone listed. Does it say "Activate Google voicemail for this phone" or " Deactivate Google voicemail" ?
Also, you said "Yes I have go straight to voice mail checked in GV settings". Where exactly do you see that as an option? I can't find it anywhere.
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I've noticed the same behavior as the OP, but this is fairly recent. I'm wondering if it started when gmail calling got added or so.
GV does recognize the number as a cell phone, i've had it activated (it shows the deactivate button) for months before I even switched to Android in June.

I was having a similar issue, here is what I did that fixed it. It seemed to me like google voice and sprint voicemail weren't playing well together so I called sprint and had then deactivate voicemail on their end, and I turned off call screening on Google voice for everyone that is in my address book ( I still have it activated for any unknown numbers, but the call screening is what rerings your phone after you hit decline to give you options to listen in on the voicemail). I hope you get things figured out.

Turn on "Do Not Disturb" mode in Google Voice on the website and it won't ring you back on the GV number.
I have zero problems using Sprint and Google Voice. Use *28-GV number to forward missed, ignored, and any unanswered calls to your GV number. Then set DnD on GV and you won't hear from GV unless you get a voicemail.

the call screening is what rerings your phone after you hit decline to give you options to listen in on the voicemail). I hope you get things figured out.
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I have screening turned off as well & use both without problem ( visual vm/gv) & have none of the above mentioned issues w/ gv on my evo, don't know if it's a fix, but may be worth screwing around with...
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cosine83 said:
Turn on "Do Not Disturb" mode in Google Voice on the website and it won't ring you back on the GV number.
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Awesome! Don't forget to hit "Save Changes" though.
I guess this fix won't work for people who actually want to use their Google Voice number (vs only use GV for voicemail)...

superm1 said:
I've noticed the same behavior as the OP, but this is fairly recent. I'm wondering if it started when gmail calling got added or so.
GV does recognize the number as a cell phone, i've had it activated (it shows the deactivate button) for months before I even switched to Android in June.
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Have you guys tried the Conditional Call forwarding with Sprint and Google Voice, this way all calls will go to your Google Voice mail box.

cartoonmonkey said:
So, in my tests, if I hit "decline" call, hanging up essentially.. GV still tries to ring through a 2nd time.. I hit decline again.. and it goes to GV.
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I was messing with my GV settings last week and then the same problem your describing started occurring. I would hit decline and then the phone would ring again, and only on the 2nd decline would it go to voice mail. The problem is you need to uncheck the following box:
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after I did that, the problem went away. what's happening is your declining the call, it forwards to google voice, google voice forwards it back because you have that box checked. problem solved!

caseyweed said:
I was having a similar issue, here is what I did that fixed it. It seemed to me like google voice and sprint voicemail weren't playing well together
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actually, the 2 don't play together at all. i think most people don't understand how voicemail works. when you don't answer your phone/decline a call the call gets forwarded to another number (your voicemail box). if you want to use your carriers voicemail you have it set to forward to whatever your carriers voicemail number is . I think people just don't realize that because the carrier sets the forwarding up automatically when you activate your phone. if you want to use google voice you have your phone forward to your google voice number instead. so basically there is no need whatsoever to cancel your sprint voicemail to make google voice work, there is no possible way for the 2 to interfere with each other. its all about call forwarding.

Thanks for the help. Unchecking that box did it, along with do not disturb.
I have my beloved GV back. My one nitpick with sprint. Lol
Mostly I'm happy that my thread didn't get the boot from the mods. Joy!
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Gear S2 3G connection modes

I have been playing with my watch for the last couple of weeks and I wanted to provide some clarification in case it might be helpful to others. I will provide also details for ATT w/number sync and hopefully others will chime in from other carriers.
Bluetooth w/phone:
This is obviously the standard connection which is ubiquitous for all smartwatches. It appears to me that it is the principle mode for the S2 3G that provides the most functionality. All the heavy lifting is done on the phone which is relayed to the watch via bluetooth. The watch is really just a handy display.
Network (3/4G) w/phone and ATT number sync:
On my watch it shows the mobile connection is over 4G and it is "Connected Remotely" to my Note 5. The Note 5 also shows the "Connected Remotely" status via the Samsung gear app. I have verified that texts and phone calls work both incoming and outgoing.
Issue: No emails notifications?! I was online with samsung chat support and they informed me that email notifications where only avaliable over bluetooth. I am going to email both Samsung and ATT to verify, but this seems like a huge oversight. IMO the three things this should be able to do is calls, texts, and emails.
Solved: I can now get notifications pushed to my watch over 3/4G. I reinstalled the Samsung Gear app. See post below.​Minor Issue: Taking a call on your watch shows up as a missed call on your smartphone. Sending a text from your watch does not sync up on your smartphone. So you will only get partial conversations between your watch and phone.​
Network (3/4G) Standalone:
This basically allows the watch to operate as a Standalone basic cell phone. It can receive and place calls and texts via the phone number it has which is different from your smartphone (ie Note 5 phone number != Gear S2 phone number). This does not rely on your smartphone at all as they are not connected over Bluetooth, 3G and have different numbers all together. I can confirm the functionality works as intended. Watch shows "4G StandAlone ATT" connection.
Network (3/4G) Standalone w/ATT number sync:
The phone number associated with the watch is the same number as your smartphone (ie Note 5 phone number == Gear S2 phone number) and there is no remote connection to your phone over the mobile network. This means your phone could be turned off and you should still recieve texts and calls to your primary smartphone number (ie my Note 5 phone number). I can confirm this functionality as well. Watch shows "4G StandAlone ATT" connection but there is no immediate indication of ATT number sync unless you go into settings on the watch.

Notifications now being pushed over Network from phone!
I ended up "reinstalling" the Samsung Gear app on my phone following the instructions from the Galaxy apps comments for the Samsung gear app. Note it's doesn't really unimstall completely. Then I updated the Samsung Gear from the Galaxy apps. This forced my watch to do a light reset upon connecting. Had to reestablish my ATT numbersync as well. Turned off bluetooth and connect my watch to my phone over 3/4G, made sure I had notifications enabled from the apps I wanted and viola. Now my phone pushes notifications to my watch over the network. I can now leave my phone at my desk during lunch and still get calls, texts, emails, whatsapp and hangouts notification and reply to them from my watch hooray!
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Can you figure out a way to have images included on the watch when you receive an email? If I receive an email that has an image attached, the watch just says "image included" at the bottom of the email.
If so, is this affected by whether you are connected remotely or on BT?

thejdoe said:
Can you figure out a way to have images included on the watch when you receive an email? If I receive an email that has an image attached, the watch just says "image included" at the bottom of the email.
If so, is this affected by whether you are connected remotely or on BT?
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Using the Samsung email app, I can see the email has an attachment which I can then chose to download and see using the menu interface for the email app (ie the three little dots on the right handside) and selecting the paper clip icon. This will show you the name of the attachment which you can then touch and be prompted if you want to download showing you the size of the attachment. I have verified this over BT and see no reason why it won't work over the network since the emails function in the same exact way. I can verify this later if you would like though.

Hmm not working for me. What is the name of the app you are using for email on your phone? I'm using the default "Email" app. I don't see a "samsung email" in the play store. Using your above setup, I tested it both while connected to BT and again while only sing the mobile network remote connection. Neither worked. Both of them show me the "1 attachment image included" note at the bottom of the email, but the menu (3 dots) does not give me an option to download and/or view.

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Hmm not working for me. What is the name of the app you are using for email on your phone? I'm using the default "Email" app. I don't see a "samsung email" in the play store. Using your above setup, I tested it both while connected to BT and again while only sing the mobile network remote connection. Neither worked. Both of them show me the "1 attachment image included" note at the bottom of the email, but the menu (3 dots) does not give me an option to download and/or view.
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I am using the default email app (white envelope with red @ symbol in the center). So you don't see the following:

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I am using the default email app (white envelope with red @ symbol in the center). So you don't see the following:
View attachment 3594056
View attachment 3594057
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I'm using the same email app, but no I don't see your options. When I click the three dots menu, I only have the Reply, Open on Phone and Delete options. I don't have the Paper Clip or the Star button. I have also tried on BT cannot get it to show that option. I am on Verizon, maybe the software is different??

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I'm using the same email app, but no I don't see your options. When I click the three dots menu, I only have the Reply, Open on Phone and Delete options. I don't have the Paper Clip or the Star button. I have also tried on BT cannot get it to show that option. I am on Verizon, maybe the software is different??
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From what I have read here Verizon is in the process of updating to software version AOL3 on their S2 3G.
Here is a thought try I installing Andriod Wear app on your phone. You can open the app aftweards just to make sure it installed but you dont need to try and connect bc you dont have an andriod watch so it will fail. Restart both devices after you install Andriod Wear on your phone.
I was unable to reply to hangouts before I installed Andriod Wear on my phone. Apparently it also provides other functions and maybe it will help with the email app. Let me know.

Does not help. Neither on BT or 3G do I get the option to view attachment. Oh well, I'm guessing it has to do with the software version. Verizon better get send out the update soon. I am on R730VVRU1AOJ6. I guess I have a couple weeks left to return the watch, so I'll wait and see if they send out a software update... especially if it helps battery optimization.
As far as hangouts, I was able to reply to hangouts, gmail, etc out of the box. I didn't need to tweak anything, it just worked.

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Does not help. Neither on BT or 3G do I get the option to view attachment. Oh well, I'm guessing it has to do with the software version. Verizon better get send out the update soon. I am on R730VVRU1AOJ6. I guess I have a couple weeks left to return the watch, so I'll wait and see if they send out a software update... especially if it helps battery optimization.
As far as hangouts, I was able to reply to hangouts, gmail, etc out of the box. I didn't need to tweak anything, it just worked.
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Hmm. The final suggestion I have is to uninstall the Samsung gear app on your phone using the instructions above. This resolved some issues on my watch and might help yours. It will do a "light reset" on your watch after it connects (I had to reinstall apps, watch faces etc but it didn't wasn't a major hassle, 20 mins after the software reset). Whether it's worth doing before the Verizon software push is another question. Let me know if you need help with uninstalling the Samsung gear app.

javy_tech said:
Hmm. The final suggestion I have is to uninstall the Samsung gear app on your phone using the instructions above. This resolved some issues on my watch and might help yours. It will do a "light reset" on your watch after it connects (I had to reinstall apps, watch faces etc but it didn't wasn't a major hassle, 20 mins after the software reset). Whether it's worth doing before the Verizon software push is another question. Let me know if you need help with uninstalling the Samsung gear app.
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I will wait for an update to do that. I actually did that already a couple days ago for other reasons, so it obviously didn't help with the attachments.
Thanks for your suggestions.

thejdoe said:
I will wait for an update to do that. I actually did that already a couple days ago for other reasons, so it obviously didn't help with the attachments.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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No problem. Make sure you check those intstructions out from the Galaxy app if you do decided to uninstall the Samsung Gear app, as it wasn't straightforward and you had to uninstall some side apps in the process and then reinstall from the Galaxy app store.
Anyhow you know the watch is capable of doing it so its just a matter of updates/configuration. Best of luck.

"Remotely Connected" 3G to WiFi
Interestingly enough, my S2 Gear 3G stayed "Remotely Connected" to my phone when my watch was connected over 4G and my phone was in airplane mode and only on WiFi. I was able to receive and reply to hangout messages and my watch showed it was remotely connected to my phone! Will update it on the first post later.

Have you ever had the issue when your connected to bluetooth and when someone call you it goes directly to " the person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time" but when you do standalone mode calls come through? Cause thats what happening to me and its annoying.

Watch doesn't receive phone calls when connected through Wifi

I just noticed my watch will not receive phone calls when it is connected to the phone through wifi. For example, when my phone is out of Bluetooth range, but still connected through Wifi, I can receive notifications, as well as receive and reply to texts, but calls are not forwarded.
I have the wifi only version of the Gear S3. Not the LTE version.
Anyone else experiencing this?

Do you have a non samsung phone? If you do then i think thats why because the call forwarding out of bluetooth range works a little different on samsung phones vs non samsung phones.

I do not think that non LTE S3s can receive calls on WiFi. They only pair via Bluetooth for calls. Data is ok for WiFi, but there was no mention for WiFi calling that I'm aware of. That is why the LTE models do standalone mode via cell network.
Sent from a TMo V20

It should be able to. It says it on the website it need a phone app for calls to work on the non-lte version. My guess is an update will fix that.

Have you turned on Remote Connection in the Gear app on your phone?
Settings>Gear Connection>Remote Connection

seamus1000 said:
Have you turned on Remote Connection in the Gear app on your phone?
Settings>Gear Connection>Remote Connection
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Yes, that's on by default.

The picture says requires WiFi and a voice call app. That means some third party app' but not your telephone operator's and voice line from them. At least this is how I would interpret that.
Sent from a TMo V20

Any update on this, im curious can you receive calls when you are within the bluetooth and wifi range? I asked about the voice call app and never got an answer back. What is this app and where do you download it from?

There's no voice app yet that runs on WiFi and has VOIP functionality, afaik.
Sent from a TMo V20

But can you make calls if you are connected via Bluetooth at least?

arf8 said:
But can you make calls if you are connected via Bluetooth at least?
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Yes, that part works.

great thanks for confirmation

It would however great if there is at least an option for sending a "missed call" message.
So no bluetooth, because you left the phone in the house a few rooms too far away, but still trigger on the s3.
And also for other messages. I do not seem to get them either.
Tested with just bluetooth switched of on the phone.
When I use the messaging app on the watch I can read them via wifi.
Huib

On old Gear S, after BT disconnect, the watch is connected with the phone via Samsung account.
Because there is a sim involved, the Gear app redirect the calls to the watch number but all the notifications, SMS, WhatsUp, etc are relayed to the watch via Samsung account.
This is the part I don't understand in S3 .. if the phone and watch are connected via wifi, why the notifications are missing?
Fine, there is no voice even if they advertised something about a voice app which does not exist, but notifications?

I think i know why the voice call app is not released. This watch has a horrible wifi connectivity issue. I found this bug out and reported it to Samsung developer forum hoping for a fix. While the watch does report "Connected" all the time when you are connected via wifi.
I setup a few tests a foot away from my router without any other devices on the 2.4GHz network to saturate it. I noticed there was constant timeouts, this explained why trying to use the Gear Watch Designer to load a new watch face took so many retries. Sure enough the Wifi connection is anything but stable and worthless if you ask me with the constant timeouts.

A small app that only sends a "missed call" message via Wifi would already be mothers little helper.
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BTW I understood that Bluetooth 5 has a far larger range?
Huib

Think of bluetooth as a euphemism for "connected at the hip". Whether its a keyboard, headset, stylus, watch, or other gadget, if it works via bluetooth it's only designed to operate within a few feet of the mothership. If you don't want to carry your phone on you everywhere, get the LTE version of the watch.

gianoit said:
gear S3 can make a pin on a map and you can see where you are if you have an internet connection
but i want to use only the integrated gps an see the coordinate where i am
anyone known an app for doing it??
tia giano
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You can try find my car from galaxy apps.
herpi said:
A small app that only sends a "missed call" message via Wifi would already be mothers little helper.
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Yes, it has 4x range!!!
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hummmmm...always a problem somewhere with this watch : or it doesn't work if non stock roms, or does'nt want to connect to samsung account using wifi (but the samsung account says it is !)....a little bit tired about that !!! even if i looove this watch !

I have 2 different WiFi routers. I connected my watch h to one and my phone to the other. I also turned off Bluetooth.
I used a different phone to make a call to my phone, it did not ring but i received a missed call notification on the watch , I could receive sms and whatsapp messages and can reply to them.
The only thing I couldn't do was make and receive a phone call from the watch.

Gear S3 with non-samsung phone Questions

Some question I wish to know as I'm planning to buy Gear S3 Frontier in the future.
For example, I'm using Huawei Mate 9.
1. I'm confused in people saying making call and receiving SMS don't work, and some say work, exactly which one is true? Is it that you can accept call but can't start call from the watch?
2. Any one that uses What's App, Wechat, Hangout, specially Facebook Messenger etc, are you able to do reply to these apps(like in notification area)? Like not only the quick message, to be able to type manually on watch and reply (Voice or Keyboard)?
3.In relation to question 2, how well it work with remote connection?
Thanks.

I have a Pixel and a Pixel XL. I can initiate and answer calls fine on my non-LTE S3. I can start and respond to messages as well. I haven't tried the other apps you mentioned.

I'm on a htc 10, lineage OS and I'm unable to initiate calls or send SMS with s voice

I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)

wasim9283 said:
I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)
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Are you on stock rom? When I used a custom sense rom the gear manager keeps crashing however with lineage os it works but I can't initiate calls

wasim9283 said:
I have HTC ONE M8, answer to both of your questions is yes it's working fine, connected via Bluetooth, phone calls sms replying as well as initiate call or sms. WhatsApp and other can receive and reply but cannot initiate new message.
(Didn't tested when connected to same WiFi network.)
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Ah that's good to know. As for what's app or facebook messenger. Reply is all I need. Hardly initiate message on watch.
Thanks guys. Good to know it's working well with other phone.

Two more things I wish to know.
1. If I accepted a call with watch, can I redirect it to phone directly on watch or I have to manually go to phone and choose to not use Bluetooth in that caller screen?
2. If I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my phone for example. I answer call using watch but can the call go through headset instead? What if i accepted the call using the Bluetooth headset button instead of watch. Will the audio re route properly?
Thanks

raypro112 said:
Are you on stock rom? When I used a custom sense rom the gear manager keeps crashing however with lineage os it works but I can't initiate calls
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Yes I'm on stock rom (switched back to stock due to same issues)

I am using Xperia Z5 initiate calls works fine from watch by finding contact and tapping phone icon on watch, using s-voice its very hit and miss. Can initiate texts from watch by going to contact and tapping the envelope button, initiating texts with s-voice requires samsung phone ('send text message to xxxx' gives 'sms service is unavailable) can reply to texts, etc but only while notification is present, after notification cleared have to start from scratch. Its all pretty poor overall tbh.
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bibiner said:
Two more things I wish to know.
1. If I accepted a call with watch, can I redirect it to phone directly on watch or I have to manually go to phone and choose to not use Bluetooth in that caller screen?
2. If I have a Bluetooth headset connected to my phone for example. I answer call using watch but can the call go through headset instead? What if i accepted the call using the Bluetooth headset button instead of watch. Will the audio re route properly?
Thanks
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Can't help enough as not tested in detail.
In Bluetooth settings headset gives both options for phone audio and music
But watch gives only phone audio (so music sound can't come from watch, only music control possible)
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If I select phone and music both for Bluetooth headset, then watch disconnect by itself as it wants phone audio.

veletron said:
I am using Xperia Z5 initiate calls works fine from watch by finding contact and tapping phone icon on watch, using s-voice its very hit and miss. Can initiate texts from watch by going to contact and tapping the envelope button, initiating texts with s-voice requires samsung phone ('send text message to xxxx' gives 'sms service is unavailable) can reply to texts, etc but only while notification is present, after notification cleared have to start from scratch. Its all pretty poor overall tbh.
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The way notifications reply work seems similar to my pebble. Except I can't type manually on pebble. Thanks for info

bibiner said:
The way notifications reply work seems similar to my pebble. Except I can't type manually on pebble. Thanks for info
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You can use on screen KB, handwriting recognition (us english only), smileys, canned response or s-voice to reply.
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veletron said:
You can use on screen KB, handwriting recognition (us english only), smileys, canned response or s-voice to reply.
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Btw. When you set the reminder, are you able to set for example. Today February 1. And I wish to remind myself to buy something on February 3. Can I do that? I hear it's strictly within the day only.

How many languages to the watch support tho? Does it support Japanese by any chance?
Does it have auto brightness?

I can say now that I went back to full stock rom, everything is working fine now. I can make and answer calls. I wished someone had told me earlier. I been calling Samsung support for days and they havent been anymore useful then the manual, telling me I needed the lte model to answer calls

On my mate 9, I can Not make a call through the watch neither reply to message text... Things I was able to do with my S6.
Probably due to emui and his special dialer.
But I can read SMS and email anyway

booster33 said:
On my mate 9, I can Not make a call through the watch neither reply to message text... Things I was able to do with my S6.
Probably due to emui and his special dialer.
But I can read SMS and email anyway
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Oh Dang. The inability to make a call due to mate 9 might be deal breaker. Are you able to view incoming caller name/number and accept call? Had you try third party dailer to see if it work? Since you have mate 9 and gear s3. Are the reply options from notification work? Like manually type or hand writing reply incoming What's app, hangout and Facebook messenger. And also, do the music player remote control work with stock music player? Do it display the current track playing properly?
Thanks

Just to be clear, there are two versions of the Frontier, one has an LTE radio. The LTE model is able to handle calls, texts, and run apps like Spotify without being connected to a phone. The BT model must be tethered to a phone in order to do these functions. Both models need to be connected (via BT or cellular) to a phone in order for notifications (ie. Hangouts, email) to pass through.

Gear S3 with Mate 9
bibiner said:
Oh Dang. The inability to make a call due to mate 9 might be deal breaker. Are you able to view incoming caller name/number and accept call? Had you try third party dailer to see if it work? Since you have mate 9 and gear s3. Are the reply options from notification work? Like manually type or hand writing reply incoming What's app, hangout and Facebook messenger. And also, do the music player remote control work with stock music player? Do it display the current track playing properly?
Thanks
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I know this question was from weeks ago but as I also have a S3 with a Mate 9, maybe I can help a little bit:
Everything works, including getting all notifications and asnwering them from the watch, and making and receiving calls in the watch. I have the S3 BT only model. My Mate 9 is with stock rom. Samsung Gear Manager working perfectly.
I have just one issue: sometimes, when I make a call using the phone, the call is automatically routed to the watch, without my permission, and it seems there is not any configuration or parameter to force all calls to not be routed to the watch. Of course it is easy to bring the call back to the phone (using the BT button in the dial), but as I initiated the call from the phone, it should not be redirected to the watch at the beginning. And this is something that happens eventually, not allways. It seems to be some kind of bug. I read about the same issue in other threads (S3 with other non-Samsung phones) here in XDA but could not find a definitive solution yet. If somebody can help on this, I would appreciate.

quangtran1 said:
I have a Pixel and a Pixel XL. I can initiate and answer calls fine on my non-LTE S3. I can start and respond to messages as well. I haven't tried the other apps you mentioned.
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I'm using a Pixel XL as well and I'm planning to buy one. What limitations do you encounter when pair to the Pixel? Samsung Pay is also one of my reasons to buy this. Is it fully functional?
UPDATE:
Samsung Pay fully functional. But there are limitations if you use Gear S3 with non Samsung phone and BT headset (mine is Level U Pro ANC).
1. Call profile could only be activated either on the watch or level u pro, but not both simultaneously. If you choose to keep call profile on BT headset, you can use the headset for calling, but you cannot initiate call or answer call from watch. If you choose to keep call profile on watch, you cannot use BT headset for calling. That's also the case with car BT.
2. You can receive and reply to SMS on watch. But initiating SMS is a different story. No built in SMS so on watch so you can use watchface with messages shortcut to initiate sms, BUT all sms you initiate thru the watch WILL NOT REFLECT on the sms thread on the phone itself (Android Messages).
3. You cannot see your SMS history as well.

Using Watch for Phonecalls over BT

I'm wondering if I set the watch up right or if this is the behavior of the watch.
When my phone rings (pixel 2 XL) and I try to answer it from the phone, the call is picked up but on my watch. I have to turn off the option in the watch's settings when I carry my phone around.
What I'd like to have it do is, when there's a call - pick up on the phone if answered from the phone and pick up on the watch when answered from the watch.
Is this possible?
Thanx...

I believe it works like that for me.
Last time I picked up the call from phone I was able to speak on the phone straight away, but I'm not sure if it was also calling on the watch.
I get that delay sometimes for call notification on watch.

tattoohead said:
Is this possible?
Thanx...
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It is possible.
Be sure that under BT settings for your watch on your phone, Call Audio is turned off. On your watch, make sure Use for Call Audio is turned on. (not sure if that's the correct wording for the watch settings)
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If you go under Connections, Bluetooth, you can toggle the option "answer voice calls on watch"