Is the Gear Manager App Safe?? (downloaded from external links) - Samsung Gear S2

Hey guys,
I just got a Gear S2 and even though my phone is compatible with the device, Samsung Gear (app) and Gear S Plugin (app), both appear on my Google Play Store as Non Compatible.
Because of this, I donwloaded both latest versions from a mirror site (apkmirror). Everything seems to be working fine, but I'm doubtful about puting my credit card in (so I can buy some apps) ... since I'm not using the official source of the apps.
Any ideas on this subjetc?
Thanks in advance

zuperpailon said:
Hey guys,
I just got a Gear S2 and even though my phone is compatible with the device, Samsung Gear (app) and Gear S Plugin (app), both appear on my Google Play Store as Non Compatible.
Because of this, I donwloaded both latest versions from a mirror site (apkmirror). Everything seems to be working fine, but I'm doubtful about puting my credit card in (so I can buy some apps) ... since I'm not using the official source of the apps.
Any ideas on this subjetc?
Thanks in advance
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I would trust apkmirror. I use it all the time and all the apps on apkmirror ive used appear as installed from Google play, so they haven't been modified in any way. I would be comfortable putting my credit card on it.

shagbag913 said:
I would trust apkmirror. I use it all the time and all the apps on apkmirror ive used appear as installed from Google play, so they haven't been modified in any way. I would be comfortable putting my credit card on it.
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Thanks a lot!!

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Samsung gear app store paid apps for non Samsung phone

I managed to purchase some watch faces that were previously not available to non Samsung devices. Have Samsung note allowed those with non Samsung phones to buy apps?
I had to register a credit card with them, but it was easy.
Using lion gate watch face at the moment, was £0.98
Seems like a good news for non-Samsung users Which phone are you using?
Seeing paid apps in the gear app store on my LG V10 and have access to prevously bought stuff as well.
Edit: Tested purchasing as well and worked fine.
tipztv said:
Seems like a good news for non-Samsung users Which phone are you using?
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I'm on HTC one A9
Yes with my Moto X Force it works as well. Thanks for the Info!
I can confirm. Paid apps show up on my oneplus one
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crustyeyez said:
I managed to purchase some watch faces that were previously not available to non Samsung devices. Have Samsung note allowed those with non Samsung phones to buy apps?
I had to register a credit card with them, but it was easy.
Using lion gate watch face at the moment, was £0.98
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Thanks for the info, workin' on my HTC One M9 too. :good:
crustyeyez said:
I managed to purchase some watch faces that were previously not available to non Samsung devices. Have Samsung note allowed those with non Samsung phones to buy apps?
I had to register a credit card with them, but it was easy.
Using lion gate watch face at the moment, was £0.98
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Were you able to able to register your credit card on Gear App itself or did you have to do it somewhere else online?
I have it paired with a Huawei Mate 7 and can only see free apps with no apparent option to add any credit card details.
Thanks.
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I managed to register with the Samsung gear app store via the app. Didn't have to register anywhere else.
I had to do it on my computer. I kept getting error messages on the phone.
In my case it never asks for a credit card. I have even tried creating a new account on a PC. It must be geo locked or something of the sort.
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Can you download the gear manager in playstore? In my case it started working with payed apps as i could download the gear manager from playstore. As long i used the app offered here in forum i only got free apps.
Sadly there are still free apps i can't see in store, like ntv, kommot or golfcard.
Javan said:
Can you download the gear manager in playstore? In my case it started working with payed apps as i could download the gear manager from playstore. As long i used the app offered here in forum i only got free apps.
Sadly there are still free apps i can't see in store, like ntv, kommot or golfcard.
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Hi Javan, I always downloaded the gear manager app from the play store. In the meantime I finally got a reply from Samsung and they basically said that paid apps are not supported in my country (Malta).
My problem is that I don't know at which stage this "country check" takes place.
1) Is it when I am creating the Samsung account? In this case I would be able to use a VPN workaround when creating a new account.
2) Is it when I download the Samsung gear app from the Play store? In this case I will need to root my phone and use a market unlocker.
3) Is it when I am accessing the Tizen store? In this case I have no idea ... it would be too cumbersome to workaround this [emoji22]
One way or another there has to be a workaround, I just want to avoid rooting the phone as much as possible.
If anyone has any ideas or managed to access paid apps in the store from a non-supported country, I would be forever grateful if you can share your solution.
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kta said:
Hi Javan, I always downloaded the gear manager app from the play store. In the meantime I finally got a reply from Samsung and they basically said that paid apps are not supported in my country (Malta).
My problem is that I don't know at which stage this "country check" takes place.
1) Is it when I am creating the Samsung account? In this case I would be able to use a VPN workaround when creating a new account.
2) Is it when I download the Samsung gear app from the Play store? In this case I will need to root my phone and use a market unlocker.
3) Is it when I am accessing the Tizen store? In this case I have no idea ... it would be too cumbersome to workaround this [emoji22]
One way or another there has to be a workaround, I just want to avoid rooting the phone as much as possible.
If anyone has any ideas or managed to access paid apps in the store from a non-supported country, I would be forever grateful if you can share your solution.
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These are the same things I've been thinking about this problem. Did you find any sollution? I cant imagine base on what it takes your location, IP address, google store, or what. What I found out today is that if you loggin samsung store Web, it displays among your info Country: XXXX
Hi guys.
1 week with a gear sport paired with asus zenfone 3 and I can't access any paid apps from Gear app... Just free apps showing to me.
Tried everything, reset, another phone (Nexus 5) and nothing.
Paid apps just show to Samsung phones?

HERE WeGO map out of store

After installing the official Gear Manager for Ios (Iphone), I had to resett my Gear.
Of course all previous apps were deleted. One was HERE WeGo.
After reinstaling all apps I could not find the app HERE WeGo any longer.
Is it out of the store or only as a paid version?
Gijsph said:
After installing the official Gear Manager for Ios (Iphone), I had to resett my Gear.
Of course all previous apps were deleted. One was HERE WeGo.
After reinstaling all apps I could not find the app HERE WeGo any longer.
Is it out of the store or only as a paid version?
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I have the same problem with many apps , i think there is 2 possibility first it's maybe because of iPhone version of gear app and the second one it is maybe depend on region of your watch
but before ios paring, do you paired your watch with Samsung or android device ?
Same issue.
Gijsph said:
After installing the official Gear Manager for Ios (Iphone), I had to resett my Gear.
Of course all previous apps were deleted. One was HERE WeGo.
After reinstaling all apps I could not find the app HERE WeGo any longer.
Is it out of the store or only as a paid version?
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Same exact issue here. Did a reset on the Gear s3 in order to switch from Beta to the officially supported iOS app. After that Here WeGo was gone and not available on the app store any longer.
If I find any solution/answer I will post it here.
Thanks for your post!
arash_h0055 said:
I have the same problem with many apps , i think there is 2 possibility first it's maybe because of iPhone version of gear app and the second one it is maybe depend on region of your watch
but before ios paring, do you paired your watch with Samsung or android device ?
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No, i have only an Iphone.
Strange that in the beta Gear Manager I found Here WeGo and downloaded it.
No spotify on the iOS gear app. Anyone guys
perrybal said:
No spotify on the iOS gear app. Anyone guys
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Same here: Germany. Thinking about going back to Android app
I m going back to android app as well due to lack of crucial apps like spotify . I have the LTE frontier and was happy with the standalone spotify on it.
wammer for Spotify
perrybal said:
No spotify on the iOS gear app. Anyone guys
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The APP for Spotify without any companion app is "Wammer". Very nice! See here.
ThinkD said:
The APP for Spotify without any companion app is "Wammer". Very nice! See here.
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Topic is about Here WeGo !
Not about Spotify. Start your own topic please.
Same here, I live in Germany. It seems that the Android version has many more apps in the store including WeGo and the standalone navigation software
rayspnl said:
Same here, I live in Germany. It seems that the Android version has many more apps in the store including WeGo and the standalone navigation software
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It's strange. For in the beta version of the Gear Manager it was available.
Installed it then. But after reset for original Gear Manager lost the App Here WeGo.:crying:
Write to samsung support ASAP. All of you....
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If you try to install most apps on android, they will show up in your iOS device under "My Apps"->"All" and you can install them from there. However, it doesn't work with all apps. And some that install (including navigator) won't work, because they need a companion app on the phone.
I like Here Wego but although I can get the US version off Play, I can only get the European version from Gear.
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Latest Update for Samsung Gear S3
HERE WeGo: Latest Update for Samsung Gear S3 gets public transit and companion mode
But is not available for Ios users. Cannot find it !
The app Here wego is only available for Samsung Phones and S3, i cant find it in my LG,
Yes you need Samsung phone to be able to download it. What worked for me was to pair with a Samsung phone download Here Wego take backup of watch and pair up again with my Nexus 6p and do a restore. Now you can find Here Wego from my apps in the app store.

Anyway to download apps that are not available anymore in gear store?

Hey guys,
i just bought my first smartwatch and am pretty excited about it.
Anyway I was searching what apps are available to download for my S2 and saw that Yelp made an app called Yelp for Gear. I was trying to search for this app but nothing popped up in gear store and it seems like for some reason they took it down from the store.
Now I know that you can sideload apps just like the phone so i am wondering if there is a website like apkmirror where they store all the apps (but for our s2) so you can download and sideload them yourself?
Thanks in advance!
Sorry.
In Tizen World most users are scared to backup... so also "sharing" backups.
This is also big difference to Android...
Best Regards

OnePlus 6 incompatible with Samsung Pay plugin on Gear S3?

Just got the one plus 6 but can't get the Samsung pay gear plugin to install. Tried to install the Samsung gear and apps via APKs and got error saying this device isn't supported!
Same for anybody else
FIXED: Latest version of samsung pay APK doesn't work.
Downloaded much older version and it worked like a charm:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...-gear-1-5-6306-android-apk-download/download/
You might need to enable "install unknown apps"
You installed the Samsung gear app from the playstore? Are you rooted?
Same issue here. Not rooted. Stock Oxygen OS 5.1.5. Samsung gear app installed from Google Play store and everything seems to be working with the watch, it connects fine and shows notifications and such. Just try to open Samsung Pay on the watch and it says to open the gear app on the phone and install the Samsung Pay plugin. Click Ok and it opens up the gear app on my phone and then get the error as follows.
"Installation failed, try again later"
smokethrower2 said:
Same issue here. Not rooted. Stock Oxygen OS 5.1.5. Samsung gear app installed from Google Play store and everything seems to be working with the watch, it connects fine and shows notifications and such. Just try to open Samsung Pay on the watch and it says to open the gear app on the phone and install the Samsung Pay plugin. Click Ok and it opens up the gear app on my phone and then get the error as follows.
"Installation failed, try again later"
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Check this thread. We were discussing this very thing.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/help/buy-op6-samsung-gear-s3-100-t3796303
Latest version of samsung pay APK doesn't work.
Downloaded much older version and it worked like a charm:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...-gear-1-5-6306-android-apk-download/download/
You might need to enable "install unknown apps"
Im having sort of troubles..
#1 I had to install the apk for Samsung Pay for Gear but 3 times since launch my card was deleted, just like S-Pay was reset
#2 Samsung Pay doesnt show up in the Samsung Gear app on my phone, region restrictions? Beacuse I used the APK?
This is not working with the Oneplus 6 and the new Galaxy Watch ?
Hate to bump an old thread, but considering the OP6T in the next couple of days. Do you still need to use an old APK to get pay to work? And does updating it also break S-Pay? Probably going to stay stock at least for a while on the new phone either way, but it will influence whether I go forward with the OP or go with a Samsung instead...
GiSS88 said:
Hate to bump an old thread, but considering the OP6T in the next couple of days. Do you still need to use an old APK to get pay to work? And does updating it also break S-Pay? Probably going to stay stock at least for a while on the new phone either way, but it will influence whether I go forward with the OP or go with a Samsung instead...
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The problem now is you can't get Samsung wearable app from playstore because it says "device not compatible". However, you can get everything from apkmirror. It all works fine.
b.huss2 said:
The problem now is you can't get Samsung wearable app from playstore because it says "device not compatible". However, you can get everything from apkmirror. It all works fine.
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That's silly. It all updates fine once installed, pay included?
GiSS88 said:
That's silly. It all updates fine once installed, pay included?
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I honestly am not sure about that. Can't say that I've had an update on the wearable apps that I recall... I do know that with the pay plugin, it updated itself when I started it up.
Ok regarding the question itself - my OP6 Worms l well with my Gear S3.

Question Samsung health not syncing data between devices

I just got a galaxy watch 4 and recording anything on the watch won't show up on my phone. I have to mention that my phone is rooted and have a patched samsung health app on it. Does anyone know a solution?
Futinghe said:
I just got a galaxy watch 4 and recording anything on the watch won't show up on my phone. I have to mention that my phone is rooted and have a patched samsung health app on it. Does anyone know a solution?
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Everything you just said is why it wont work
Recently there was a change in Samsung Health that ruined the bypasses (spoofing a different device, which worked for eons) i and others used to get it working previously
Currently there is no fix
The patched Samsung Health (not to be confused with the Samsung Health Monitor MOD that @Dante63 gifted us) that you may find on the Internet will sync to phone but has never synced to Samsung cloud/backup, all data will remain local
There are attempts being made to find a new workaround (its sad that Samsung seems to think they can dictate how you use your devices. Its part of the reason i loathe them) but its extremely slow going on my attempts (down to me and lack of time) and theres no ETA
I currently use Google Fit, which is at least some sort of plan b....yes i like the Samsung Health app, but when they restrict its usage, well that hurts not only us, but them, as i wont recommend Samsung Watches to anyone i know while this nonsense continues....my next watch will perhaps be a Pixel, and if Google make a decent Pixel phone again, ill be back to that too (last good one was the 2XL)
If the data of the watch cannot be synchronized with the mobile phone, you can try to install Samsung Health of version 6.21.2.007. It has been found that many people have this problem
seraph758 said:
If the data of the watch cannot be synchronized with the mobile phone, you can try to install Samsung Health of version 6.21.2.007. It has been found that many people have this problem
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fwiw, i cant even get that to work anymore
73sydney said:
Everything you just said is why it wont work
Recently there was a change in Samsung Health that ruined the bypasses (spoofing a different device, which worked for eons) i and others used to get it working previously
Currently there is no fix
The patched Samsung Health (not to be confused with the Samsung Health Monitor MOD that @Dante63 gifted us) that you may find on the Internet will sync to phone but has never synced to Samsung cloud/backup, all data will remain local
There are attempts being made to find a new workaround (its sad that Samsung seems to think they can dictate how you use your devices. Its part of the reason i loathe them) but its extremely slow going on my attempts (down to me and lack of time) and theres no ETA
I currently use Google Fit, which is at least some sort of plan b....yes i like the Samsung Health app, but when they restrict its usage, well that hurts not only us, but them, as i wont recommend Samsung Watches to anyone i know while this nonsense continues....my next watch will perhaps be a Pixel, and if Google make a decent Pixel phone again, ill be back to that too (last good one was the 2XL)
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I was previously using the app patched by adil192 (https://github.com/adil192/SamsungAppsPatcher) which synced with my samsung account but I found out that it doesn't sync with the wearable app. So my solution was to downgrade to samsung health 6.19.5 which fixed my issues. I still hope a fix will come, not really a fan of using a version that is a year old.
Futinghe said:
I was previously using the app patched by adil192 (https://github.com/adil192/SamsungAppsPatcher) which synced with my samsung account but I found out that it doesn't sync with the wearable app. So my solution was to downgrade to samsung health 6.19.5 which fixed my issues. I still hope a fix will come, not really a fan of using a version that is a year old.
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Good morning, I have the same problem, I can't get the Samsung Health app on my Smartwatch to sync with the Samsung Health app on my Smartphone. Could you please tell me what version of the App you use on the Smartwatch and on the smartphone? Thank you
mrfatiga22 said:
Good morning, I have the same problem, I can't get the Samsung Health app on my Smartwatch to sync with the Samsung Health app on my Smartphone. Could you please tell me what version of the App you use on the Smartwatch and on the smartphone? Thank you
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I use this version on my phone https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...-download/?redirected=thank_you_invalid_nonce and on the watch I use the latest one available
Futinghe said:
I use this version on my phone https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...-download/?redirected=thank_you_invalid_nonce and on the watch I use the latest one available
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Even with an old version it doesn't work for me. I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note S9.
My smartphone is not rooted
mrfatiga22 said:
Even with an old version it doesn't work for me. I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note S9.
My smartphone is not rooted
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Yup, i pointed this out earlier....not even the old versions work anymore, even unrooted....
Edit, it doesn't work anymore. Less than 24 hours.
I was able to make it work. On the Smartphone I have the latest version 6.22.2.007. On the Smartwatch I had to uninstall the Samsung Health app, so what really happens is that the app reverts to a previous version, the Smartwatch version is 6.22.1. Everything works fine since 16 hours and counting.
I do not allow the app to be automatically updated on the Smartwatch.
mrfatiga22 said:
I was able to make it work. On the Smartphone I have the latest version 6.22.2.007. On the Smartwatch I had to uninstall the Samsung Health app, so what really happens is that the app reverts to a previous version, the Smartwatch version is 6.22.1. Everything works fine since 16 hours and counting.
I do not allow the app to be automatically updated on the Smartwatch.
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While thats fine for now, you will be force upgraded at some point via firmware....we're looking for a permanent solution that doesnt require these tricks, because i had my own tricks that worked for a year, and then no more
73sydney said:
While thats fine for now, you will be force upgraded at some point via firmware....we're looking for a permanent solution that doesnt require these tricks, because i had my own tricks that worked for a year, and then no more
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Edit, it doesn't work anymore. Less than 24 hours.
mrfatiga22 said:
Edit, it doesn't work anymore. Less than 24 hours.
I was able to make it work. On the Smartphone I have the latest version 6.22.2.007. On the Smartwatch I had to uninstall the Samsung Health app, so what really happens is that the app reverts to a previous version, the Smartwatch version is 6.22.1. Everything works fine since 16 hours and counting.
I do not allow the app to be automatically updated on the Smartwatch.
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you can try this version
Samsung Health 6.21.2.007 (arm64-v8a + arm-v7a) (Android 8.0+) APK Download by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - APKMirror
Samsung Health 6.21.2.007 (arm64-v8a + arm-v7a) (Android 8.0+) APK Download by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
This is the latest version that can be synchronized at present. Subsequent versions cannot be synchronized normally
seraph758 said:
puedes probar esta versión
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...sung-health- 6-21-2-007-android-apk-descarga/
Esta es la última versión que se puede sincronizar en la actualidad. Las versiones posteriores no se pueden sincronizar normalmente
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Unfortunately, it doesn't sync with any version. Does it only happen to me or does it happen to someone else? greeting
mrfatiga22 said:
Unfortunately, it doesn't sync with any version. Does it only happen to me or does it happen to someone else? greeting
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no its broken for me and none of the tricks i used for over a year now work...
blame Samsung, they charge you an arm and a leg for their devices and then dictate how you can use them
in the age of right to repair and companies being hammered for that, its hard to see why you shouldnt have a right to do what you want with your device either....im back to hating those asshats again.....
No problem whatsoever here. Samsung Health version 6.22.2.007.
My guess is that Google Play-services and Google Play Systemupdate of the phone play an important role in comms between apps and services. I actively keep Google Play-services and Google Play Store up to date, making use of available APKs in APK Mirror if necessary.
My current versions on S21U:
Google Play-Services 22.33.14
Google Play store: 32.1.10-21
Google play Systemupdate: 1 July 2022
OnnoJ said:
No problem whatsoever here. Samsung Health version 6.22.2.007.
My guess is that Google Play-services and Google Play Systemupdate of the phone play an important role in comms between apps and services. I actively keep Google Play-services and Google Play Store up to date, making use of available APKs in APK Mirror if necessary.
My current versions on S21U:
Google Play-Services 22.33.14
Google Play store: 32.1.10-21
Google play Systemupdate: 1 July 2022
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Samsung doesn't care what version of Google Play Services/Store you run, theyre testing for Knox or root, also youre using a beta of Google Play Services, which i would never do...especially after ive seen the downsides over many years

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