I recall not too long ago that there was an update to the gear manager that enabled auto device switching. I saw this on my phone when I temporarily had two gear S3s attached, my SO hasn't seen it on his phone with a gear s3 and gear fit 2. Has anyone gotten this to work yet for any combo of devices that include a fit 2?
After 3 crazy days, i finally figured out how to auto switch between my gear s3 frontier and gear fit 2.
1. Gear manager auto switch to switch on gear s3 once i wear it (i wear fit 2 all the time)
2. Any shortcut gesture to map tasker task ( turn off bluetooth/ wait 1 second/ turn on bluetooth)
I used bxremap to map double press Bixby button to do the job. This task will off bluetooth to disconnect gear s3. And once bluetooth turns back on, it will auto connect my gear fit 2 in a blink
Note: remember to turn off 'nearby device scanning' in 'more connection settings'.
Work like a charm.
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I play Golf and use an app on my Galaxy S5 that integrates very nicely with the Gear 2, but when I want to use it, I have to scroll over from my watch face and launch the app every single time the watch goes to sleep.
I thought about disabling the sleep mode but would like to conserve battery on the watch so it can last the entire round/rest of my day.
Is it possible to set the Gear 2 to "wake up" to another app besides the watch face?
Dear Gear S3 users,
I noticed that the auto HR isn't the same as the Gear S2???
In the settings of my Gear S2 I could choose how frequently I want to auto track my heart rate with different timings but with the Gear S3 I can only check in or check out this option (HR on or off), see pictures in attachment, there is no other option, at least I can't find it.
For now, when auto HR is on the watch tracks only each hour my hear rate, if I can't change this as I could do with my Gear S2 (auto track each 10 minutes) then it's a huge step back from Samsung!
I was happy with 10 minutes auto tracking my HR (it would be better if it tracks each 5 minutes or even better every single minute) but as for now "every 1 hour" is so bad :/
Is there something we can do to change this???
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After about a week with my Gear S3 Frontier LTE, there are few things I think I'd like changed.
Is there a way to submit these to Samsung?
Anyway:
1. To conserve power, I turn off NFC usually, Yes, the Samsung Pay app has a means to prompt one to turn ON on NFC should it be off when trying to pay, but it does then stay on....
The watch should really have an option to auto-turn on NFC when using Samsung Pay (triggered by the 'pay' button after selecting the card) and then disable it automatically again when payment has finished (maybe a timeout of 2 minutes or such)
2. I notice that when turning on BT, it makes the watch 'visible' to devices around? Can that be turned off? I usually only want to make it connect to my phone and BT headset
3. I usually wear my watch on the inside of my wrist (old habit). I noticed that sometimes I accidentally clicked something. A screen lock (need to long-click ) would be nice.
Hello!
I'm having a problem on my Zte Axon 7 with the Gear S3, it disconnects shortly after I turn the screen off, then when I turn the screen on the location symbol pops up in the status bar and the watch reconnects. Close the screen and cycle repeats.
I have tried it on both marshmallow and nougat with every battery and gpssetting possible but no change. It's getting to the point where I'm thinking of returning the watch (I don't want to, I love it otherwise).
I'm guessing it has something to do with powersaving but even with everything off there is no change. Could it be that the watch is faulty or is that unlikely?
Robert
Hey bro! you should go to Mi-Assistant -> Accelerator -> and set the protection to All Gear apps (Samsung plugin, gear s3, SHealth, etc). Accelerator automaticly clear the active processes in your phone to clean the RAM
Hi Wolfpack,
I fixed it by going to Settings -> Power Manager -> Power Management for Apps -> ⁝ -> Screen-Lock Cleaning -> Disallow Screen-Lock Cleaning and selecting Samsung Gear to ON.
No problems since. Hope that works.
Sorry, disregard the above statement.
After a couple of hours without a drop-out it disconnected when I moved away from the phone and since then it is once again disconnecting as soon as the phone goes into standby mode, no matter how I change the above mentioned settings.
MFP, Samsung Gear Wearables, Gear App, and Samsung Health app...the ULTIMATE Guide
I am always looking for the best "Eco-System" and with my Samsung Note8 Phone, Gear S3 Frontier/Gear Fit2Pro, and MFP....here is what I have gathered and learned by tweaking. I hope this helps others. It is long, but full of helpful information.
What I needed: A food diary tracker(MFP) that utilizes activity that only comes from a Wearable device and to keep the phone pedometer from adding more steps/movements in. Since I have two trackers I wear at different times, I need them to be easy to switch out, yet keep my steps totals in the Samsung Health (SH) and MFP App consistent.
WHAT IS NEEDED:
MFP App installed
Samsung Health (SH) App installed
Samsung Wearable...Gear S2, Gear S3, Gear Fit2, Gear Fit2 Pro. There is a way to AutoSync if you have more than 1.
Samsung Gear app (for your Wearable device(s) to sync).
PAUSE PHONE STEP/MOVEMENT TRACKING:
I have two Wearables... Gear S3 Frontier and Gear Fit2 Pro and only want the Wearable(s) to feed steps to SH and MFP and NOT from the phone pedometer sensor, so here's how to do that.
Go in the SH app to Me>Steps>Mobile Phone>...Menu(Top Left)>Pause Counting Steps.
This will stop the phone's pedometer from counting steps and movement. BIG WIN! So, with the two Wearables (S3 and Fit2 Pro), I can now select "All Steps" and it will show me all steps knowing it's just feeding from the Wearables and not the phone pedometer counter. This also helps MFP to not read steps made on the phone via SH as well.
WHY?
I want to see the steps I'm earning to come only from my Wearables. While I do understand that Samsung has tweaked the phone sensor to cancel out steps that are also reported by the Wearables, I don't want any accidental steps to count.....and I tend to want my Wearable steps and app steps(SH & MFP) to all match. For those using their Wearable with MFP, this will also stop the dual step counting so what your Wearable shows, MFP shows...If you swap out Wearables during the day, the steps already earned won't be synced back to the replaced Wearable, but SH/MFP will continue to count what you've already earned with what you're about to earn. So your daily total stays intact.
AUTO SWITCH
Using 2+ Wearables, there is an option in the Samsung Gear app to activate that auto-switch so it can sense which wearable you have on and will begin to track steps from that one. This negates having to go in and pick which device you want data from every time you swap them out. It simply knows which one you are wearing and pairs to it. Unfortunately, the steps that are on your SH app may differ if you didn't start/end the day with the same device. However, the SH app will have the total from both Wearables so you aren't losing your daily step grand total.
To enable AUTO SWITCH, open the Samsung Gear app and go to SETTINGS>Top Right Menu>Auto Switch and tap ON. The Wearables you have paired with the phone up will show in this screen as well.
Ok, so we have paused Step Tracking on the SH app and learned how to activate the Auto Switch for those who have 2+ Wearable Gear devices. Onto the SH app settings.
SAMSUNG HEALTH & MFP SYNC SETUP
In SH:
1. Go to SETTINGS>Data Permissions and tap MyFitnessPal.
2. Tap the information you want to sync across. For best experience, tap ON and then select all the options.
3. On the SH Main screen, tap the Steps area. If you have 1 Wearable, select it. If you have 2 Wearables, select ALL STEPS.
4. While you are in the Steps screen, tap the top-right menu and select SET TARGET and enter in your daily steps goal. This allows the Wearable to vibrate when you have reached your goal for the day.
In MFP:
1. Go to MENU and tap APP AND DEVICES. Select SAMSUNG HEALTH. For best experience, tap ON and then select all the options. Tap DONE.
2. Go to MENU and tap STEPS. Select SAMSUNG HEALTH and ensure the checkbox appears.
Now you are set up. To make the sync happen, open SH and swipe down to sync steps....then I open MFP Home screen and pull down to sync, then open my diary Diary. Once I see the white spinning circle in the task bar, it takes a few moments to a couple of minutes. The step count on your Wearable, SH, and MFP will be in-sync and MFP will add exercise calories based on your activity.
It took me almost a month to find all of this and I hope it helps anyone with a Samsung Wearable who wants to use MFP instead of SH to track food and activity.
If you have quesitons or others tips/steps, please do share!
-Glenn