No notifications - Samsung Gear S3
Since I updated my Pixel to Android 8.0 Oreo about a month ago, I don't get any notifications any more. The only thing that seems to be working is phone calls which I can see on my gear.
What I've tried to do, to solve it:
- Cleared data for the Gear app
- Uninstalled and reinstalled all Samsung applications
- Factory reset the Gear
- Checked that the Gear app has permission to notifications
- Checked that the Gear has the latest firmware
- Rebooted my Pixel
- Tried to connect my Gear S3 to a Huawei phone running Android 7.0 (notifications worked)
- Contacted Google that said the issue probably is because the Samsung app doesn't support Oreo
- Contacted Samsung that said Google is "probaby right" and I'll have to wait for an firmware update for the Gear which they have no ETA for?
If Google is right, everyone with Oreo should have this problem? Or atleast someone else? Is that the case?
I have Oreo beta on my Nokia 8 and have no problems which weren't present on nougat.
No issues with notifications.
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Ok, does anyone else have any idea of what can be the issue for me?
I'm having the same issue. Also with my pixel. Tried everything you have also done. Almost at the stage I'm about to switch back to my old moto 360 until they release a patch. Not being able to receive any type of notification is a deal breaker for me.
have you tried to clean cache, stop the Bluetooth process on pixel and run it again?
Anybody got solution for this?
I upgraded OnePlus 3 to Oreo and notifications stopped showing on Gear.
Soon afterwards I upgraded Gear to Tizen 3 but that didi't solve problem.
The new software update that was released a few days ago solved the issue for me.
Exactly the same problems and frustrations
In short, have tried all the same actions as set out by yourself. No Gear 3 notifications started with Pixel upgrade to Android 8.0. Like others have stated here, makes wearing and relying on Gear watch very marginal. I bought Gear watch to pickup notifications when doing outdoors, relatively hands free sporting activities.
Everyone: please keep THIS discussion thread alive in search of eventual solution. Thanks. John, Sydney Australia
Same issues
I recently purchased a gear s3 Frontier watch, after much researching, it was the one that most fit my wants.
It is paired with my Pixel phone and for the first 3 or 4 days it worked great but now I don't receive any notifications at all except for Samsung Health... Notifications are all turned on but nothing comes through?
It seemed to have started with the Tizen 3.0 update. But could't say if it was immediately after or a day or two later. I've done multiple resets but nada.
Phone calls do come through to the watch but my phone doesn't ring anymore when the watch is connected..
No settings were changed on the watch or the phone app.. One day it worked fine, the next day, everything quit...
This is very disappointing... these notifications were the reason I wanted a smart watch in the first place.
Any idea whats going on?
The watch is SM-R760 running Tizen 3.0.0.1 version R760XXU2CQL1
Knox 2.2.0
Know Tizen 2.2.0
SE for Tizen 1.0.0
TIMA 3.0.0
Pixel Phone on Android 8.1.0
Snapdragon S8 on nougat with a similar problem. My notifications will disable themselves and the switch to turn them back on will be grayed out and unselectable. Only way to get them to work again is by rebooting the watch and the phone, but it will only work for a few hours until it's broken again.
I have a similar problem with my Oneplus 3.
Evertyhing worked fine until I updated my phone to OxygenOS 5.0.3 Android 8.0.0. Since then the Gear S3 doesn't receive any notification. The only one are phone calls.
The settings for notifications are on (in the Gear App and OS settings unchanged). Resetting the watch didn't change anything. Round about 2 times a day the gear looses the bluetooth connection for ~30 seconds which is new as well.
Resetting the phone is no option.
Any ideas or new information about this problem?
nouseeme said:
I have a similar problem with my Oneplus 3.
Evertyhing worked fine until I updated my phone to OxygenOS 5.0.3 Android 8.0.0. Since then the Gear S3 doesn't receive any notification. The only one are phone calls.
The settings for notifications are on (in the Gear App and OS settings unchanged). Resetting the watch didn't change anything. Round about 2 times a day the gear looses the bluetooth connection for ~30 seconds which is new as well.
Resetting the phone is no option.
Any ideas or new information about this problem?
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I reinstalled the Gear app, repaired and resetted the watch which didn't change anything.
Though I forget about the Samsung Accessory Service app. After reinstalling this, rebooting the phone and repairing the watch the notifitications are working again.
In the matter of connection loss I can't tell not yet.
nouseeme said:
I reinstalled the Gear app, repaired and resetted the watch which didn't change anything.
Though I forget about the Samsung Accessory Service app. After reinstalling this, rebooting the phone and repairing the watch the notifitications are working again.
In the matter of connection loss I can't tell not yet.
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I know this is an old thread, but I stopped getting notifications on my Oneplus 7 Pro - Android 10. I had to turn off battery optimization for the three Samsung apps - Galaxy Wear, Gear Plug in and Samsung Accessory Service. I now have notifications back.
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Hey guys hope some one can help. So new gear s2 for Xmas worked brilliantly at 1st received notifications no problem as of Monday iv stopped receiving them. Do receive txt messages but not what's app. Google weather all the old 1s I did receive. Iv got a samsung s6 edge all updated. Iv factory reset the watch still nothing. Don't want to send it back love it. Cheers guys.
Hi, can't help to solve your problem but got the exact same problem. Receiving notifications once after soft reset and then never again - except incoming calls. Checked all settings - notifications are enabled in the gear app and the watch itself is also NOT set to "dont disturb". Very annoying! Can anyone help? Cheers Thomas
Hello, I have the same problem. I used a Gear 2 before with my Galaxy S6 and that worked fine. When I started using my S2 I did receive a Whatsapp notification on my watch but then it got an update via Gear Manager, it rebooted and now I get no notifications other then SMS, phone and standard mail. No FB, Google, Messenger, Whatsapp ect. All my settings in Gear Manger are the same as I used with the Gear 2. Samsung Gear 2.2.15111841 Gear Plugin 2.2.03.15111841 Gear manager, latest version. Thanks. Toon
toonsol said: Hello, I have the same problem. I used a Gear 2 before with my Galaxy S6 and that worked fine. When I started using my S2 I did receive a Whatsapp notification on my watch but then it got an update via Gear Manager, it rebooted and now I get no notifications other then SMS, phone and standard mail. No FB, Google, Messenger, Whatsapp ect. All my settings in Gear Manger are the same as I used with the Gear 2. Samsung Gear 2.2.15111841 Gear Plugin 2.2.03.15111841 Gear manager, latest version. Thanks. Toon Click to expand... Click to collapse My Gear S2 Classic started missing notifications yesterday. Re-booted the watch (hold Home button to turn off, then same to turn on). Notifications working fine now!
My problem was that the setting in the Gear App, under Notifications got turned Off!!! Once I turned that back on, I started getting everything. Rob
Hello again, I found a solution for my problem. I had tried rebooting before but that didn't help. After digging a bit on this forum I tried the following: Deleted watch on phone in BT settings. Rebooted phone. Added watch again by just using BT settings (not via Gear manager). Watch connected and all worked as it should. I hope this works for somebody else as well. Toon
Hi, found my problem from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3285032: the watch needs to be "worn" in order to show notifications. In my case the problem was the NATO strap I bought as an replacement for the leather strap. The new strap covered the backside of the watch (I do not use the pulse sensor anyway) which lead to the watch thinking that it was not worn - it seems to need contact with the skin on the backside in order to consider to be worn. So I replaced it with an two-part strap and now notifications are received again. Weird that this is not mentioned by Samsung (I did not find it at least). Cheers, Thomas
Hi! After the last update my Gear S2 Clasic no longer receive lost call notofications and the other ones enaled received with huge delay, my gear is connected to a Galaxy S5, I don't know what to do, maybe it's a bug ?! Any idea ?
Saw this thread and thought I would post my experience. Received watch and worked well with all notifications that should be received being received. I was charging the watch and figured I would shut it down as well during charging. After boot up it no longer received notifications. I tried a bunch of stuff including restarting the watch, restarting my phone, changing notification settings and finally doing a soft reset requiring me to unpair and re-pair Bluetooth through the Samsung app. All of this was done with me wearing the watch and nothing worked. I stumbled upon the thread above saying notifications weren't being received when the watch isn't being worn. So I tried taking it off and putting it back on but no luck. Finally, I took it off, turned it off, turned it back on with it still not being on my wrist and finally after waiting 5 minutes or so of it being on, I put it back on my wrist and voila, notifications! So, my best guess is that when I started up the watch with it being on my wrist the watch believed it wasn't being worn and since I never took it off that never changed. Or maybe it just decided to work after the last reset but from now on, if I shut it down, I will boot it back up when it is not being worn and then put it on after a little time. I like the watch a lot but it is a bit finicky.
Thank you so much!!! This fixed my problem! I've been looking for weeks now and nothing worked! I'm always wearing it when I turn it on so that must mess with it. Thanks so much for your post! ---------- Post added at 09:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ---------- toonsol said: Hello again, I found a solution for my problem. I had tried rebooting before but that didn't help. After digging a bit on this forum I tried the following: Deleted watch on phone in BT settings. Rebooted phone. Added watch again by just using BT settings (not via Gear manager). Watch connected and all worked as it should. I hope this works for somebody else as well. Toon Click to expand... Click to collapse Thank you so much!!! This fixed my problem! I've been looking for weeks now and nothing worked! I'm always wearing it when I turn it on so that must mess with it. Thanks so much for your post!
Android Nougat and the Gear S2, does it work?
Hi all, I wanted to let you guys know that the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic both work on Android 7.0 Nougat I'm using a Oneplus One running 7.0. The point I tried to connect the watch my phone denied it and told be connection couldn't be made. After turning the Bluetooth on and off again I was able to connect my Gear S2 with my phone (Probably a ROM bug) [Improvements] Everything seems to work fine and I even saw improvements. Since Android Nougat I am able to see pictures of whatsapp messages, I wasn't able to do that on Marshmallow. [Bugs] There is 1 bug, I'm not sure if it's my ROM or the compatibility. When I browse through my quick launch apps I see the messaging app, the app to send and receive Sms with. I never saw this app on Marshmallow and it worked! The app isn't available in the application list, only in the quick launch widget. Too bad, after adding the app the widget will reset itself or the messaging app disappear from the quick launch widget after a certain time. You can re-add it and use it, it's just an annoying bug. [So, does it work?] Yes, The S2 as well as the apps you need (S health included) works fine, no problems at all so far. And if I will find one, I will post it here.
Hi, is your device encrypted? I'm planning on buying the s2..but grew hesitant after reading that encrypted phones are having synchronization issues. (Btw i'm on nexus 6p) Thanks.
How about phone calls? I have this weird bug that whenever i get a phone call, the names would show up on the gear....but on the phone, only numbers... like i dont have the person thats calling in my contacts. And my phone wont display names until I delete samsung apps that connects to my phone. Are you getting the same thing too? I have the V20 (now with android 7)
Samsung pay and notifications help please.
So when I go to samsung pay it says a new version is available le and it must be updated. I checked on my phone and the best I can on the watch and they are both the newest versions any ideas? Phone is an S7. Next I am not getting notifications for any of my phone also even though I turned them on in the gear appreciate on the phone. For example, I have turned on Outlook for Android notifications which is where I get my work email. But I never get a notification even though it's on in the gear ap. Also the same for skype. Only one working is my message app.
Did you ever find a solution for this? I am having the same problem - Gear S3 watch with Galaxy S7 Edge phone. Thanks.
Gear S3 stopped showing notifications from the phone.
Couple of days ago my gear S3 frontier stopped showing notifications from the phone. It is working fine, the apps are installing normally, everything appears to be doing fine except for the mail purpose of the smartwatch for me - notifications. I'm using Xiaomi mi5. Is anyone having the same problem? Any solution?
http://www.swedroid.se/forum/threads/samsung-gear-s3.149465/#post-2159160 and Gustav Karlsson have 3 links to fix your problem with Samsung Gear app. It is from .apkmirror.com and I dont now why the apps works better on others phone then Samsungs apps on Google Play.
my s3 frontier is connected with my phone...and when i receive a call my phone volume is very low. .please help
No vibrate on gmail notifications since Oreo
I have just upgraded to a phone with Android 8.0 Oreo. I factory reset my Gear S3 and connected to the new phone. Since then, I can't get vibrations on gmail notifications of incoming mail. Other apps (eg SMS texting) vibrate ok. This is frustrating, as without vibrations, the whole point of having a smartwatch is largely gone. Am on Tizen 3.0.0.1 Does anyone know of a fix or work-around? Is it likely to be fixed in a future release? Thanks
same here... After reset of Gear S3 and Honor 9 I'm quite sure it's depending on Oreo. Curious for solutions!