Whenever I plug my phone into my car stereo to use Android Auto I get the tell-tail single buzz of the S3 going into stand-alone mode. Which is bad enough, because while Android Auto can handle text messages, I like to be able to just glance at my watch for other notifications, but then when the phone is disconnected from the car, the watch will never automatically re-connect to the phone.
If I think about it I can use the pulldown access to the gear software on the phone (while still connected to the car stereo) and re-connect it. At this point it will stay connected to the phone unless I disconnect and reconnect Android Auto to the phone which will cause the S3 to disconnect from the phone again.
Does anyone know anyway to stop the disconnect, or at least some way to get it to auto-re-connect after?
Thanks!
tobiasj42 said:
Whenever I plug my phone into my car stereo to use Android Auto I get the tell-tail single buzz of the S3 going into stand-alone mode. Which is bad enough, because while Android Auto can handle text messages, I like to be able to just glance at my watch for other notifications, but then when the phone is disconnected from the car, the watch will never automatically re-connect to the phone.
If I think about it I can use the pulldown access to the gear software on the phone (while still connected to the car stereo) and re-connect it. At this point it will stay connected to the phone unless I disconnect and reconnect Android Auto to the phone which will cause the S3 to disconnect from the phone again.
Does anyone know anyway to stop the disconnect, or at least some way to get it to auto-re-connect after?
Thanks!
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I just noticed this... 8 was wondering why I was always disconnected from my s3....
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Same **** happening here too with no solution in sight. This is pretty frustrating honestly.
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I never had the problem of disconnecting when plugging IN for Android Auto, but I did have the problem when shutting off the car, which always caused the S3 to disconnect. The solution for that I found in another thread; unplug the phone from the head unit BEFORE shutting off the car and the watch stays connected. Obviously this doesn't relate to your issue, but in case you get it working on the front end, but find the disconnect after shutting down, remember this fix. (same issue happened on both my Galaxy S8+ and now the S9+ on the Pioneer AVH-4200NEX)
The key is to plug in your phone only after it's connected to the car Bluetooth and then unplug it before you shut off the car. I do this every time and have never had to reconnect my watch.
I have the same issue. I've gotten around it using automate. There's a script specifically for it in the automate store. Just change the ID of the watch in the flow and it should work.
Hope this helps - this was annoying me for the longest time until I tried this.
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So, the watch remains connected to my phone the majority of the day. However, when I get into the car, the phone will not connect with it unless I manually connect to it by going into the bluetooth settings.
Is there a way to "prioritize" bluetooth devices? If the phone sees the car, drop watch and connect to car?
It is kind of a PITA to have to manually connect the phone to the car every time.
Why do you want the gear to connect to your car instead of your phone ?
No, I want my phone to drop Gear and connect to my car. The phone is what I want connected to the car, not the watch.
You might find this thread from a different website useful: http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s3/764566-phone-no-longer-auto-connects-vehicle-now-s-paired-gear-s3.html#post5662942
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You might find this thread from a different website useful: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...vehicle-now-s-paired-gear-s3.html#post5662942
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It is useful indeed. I'm going to try it. Thanks!
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That did the trick. Phone is connecting to car now by just disabling phone audio in bt settings. Didn't want to be **** Tracy anyway
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Hi all,
I'm growing increasingly frustrated with this watch because of connection issues.
When I received this watch in January, I was able to set it up no problem. Everything worked great. I just had two issues-
1. The Bluetooth car system would no longer work because the phone would use the watch as the default headset.
2. Google duo would go bonkers when I was getting a call if the watch was connected.
Both of these issues were solved with a solution found here in the forums-by unchecking the option to use the watch for phone connection.
I noticed immediately after doing that that the connection became unstable. I would disconnect randomly then reconnect. As the weeks went on the disconnections became more frequent i.e. Every 2-3 minutes. Then the watch wouldn't connect anymore. Once the watch wouldn't connect anymore neither would my car. Nothing related to Bluetooth would work on my phone. My Tiles wouldn't connect anymore either.
So I went through and deleted all data and cache related to the three Samsung apps and uninstalled the apps. I deleted all Bluetooth connections. Then reinstalled the apps and connected the watch. Within an hour I was still in the same situation. (With no other things connected to Bluetooth.)
I figured out that if I restart my phone everything works again for about 20-30 minutes.
I'm at the point where I don't feel like it is worth keeping anymore. I can't have anything else connected to Bluetooth and I have to restart the phone so often that it just doesn't make sense.
After reading through the forums here it doesn't sound like this is a common problem. Is there something I am missing? Is the watch defective? Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
You could well find the issue is with your phone and not the watch. I initially used my S3 with a Samsung phone that went bust. I went back to my Nexus 5 and found I had some issues and one app had disappeared from the app store. I contacted the app firm who told me that they were aware of it but it was Samsung that was blocking the app. On going back to a Samsung phone the app was available again and works fine. Can you check your S3 with a different phone?
I also have a S3 and a 6P. Disconnect the S3 Bluetooth from your phone Bluetooth settings and it should connect to your car. You should still see the "Gear S Plugin" notification if you swipe down on the the phone. You should still receive notifications on your phone but the Bluetooth will connect to your car. Connect the S3 to your phones Bluetooth again if you want to answer calls via your watch. Hope this helps.
I have the Mate 9 and the Frontier... when i enter my truck i just press airplan mode on the watch turning off all connection. bluetooth from phone to truck connects 1-2-3....
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Hi all,
Thanks for the responses. Probably because of my long rambling post there is a little misunderstanding of where I'm at now.
Right now my problem is that my phone can't stay connected to my watch. I have nothing else connected via Bluetooth to my phone. Once it can't connect anymore, I have to restart my phone in order for it to connect again. And then it only stay connected for a couple of minutes before disconnecting.
It is like the Bluetooth gets locked up on my phone by the Samsung gear apps.
Maybe it's my phone. Maybe time to get a Pixel.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Try this. I do it when I lose notifications. Go to Bluetooth on your phone. "forget your watch" it will disconnect. Reboot phone. Then re pair watch and phone after reboot using your phone and the watch (not the gear app). That usually fixes most problems for me.
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Hi.
Just got my S8 and tried to pair it to my Gear S3. All goes fine and both stay connected until I disable the watch audio function in the S8 bluetooth options (to not conflict with my car handsfree system).
After that, they just disconnect and don't connect anymore.
Any help out there?
Thanks!
Similar issue over here: I lose BT connection of my Gear S3 to my One+ 3T phone after a day or so. Factory reset of th ewatch does not help, in combination with ROM falsh of the phone it connects just fine but loses connection again in a day or so. Any hints what can cause this are most welcome.
I've had the same issues since getting my S3 Frontier with my S8. It "seems" that when my phone connects to some other BlueTooth source like my car and then I leave my car it doesn't want to reconnect to the Gear. I've also set my phone down, walked away (out of BT range) and its switch to connected remotely. Then when I get closer it just disconnects and sits at stand alone even through my phone is next to me.
It's driving me crazy and makes the Gear very unreliable. If I go into the Gear app and turn off "Gear Connection" then back on it connects no problem.
I've checked the battery settings, they are fine. Also the Gear and S8 are fully up to date but the problem has been there between software versions, no changes between updates.
-Allan
I am having the same problem with Gear S3 and S8. Toggle airplane mode on the phone fixes it. The problem is I don't like to do this every time they refuses to automatically connect.
I'm going to put in a support request with Samsung, this is getting ridiculous. That or I'm gonna sell it. New thing it's doing:
I put my phone on its charger.
I walk outside to let out the dog.
BlueTooth disconnects (fine). It switches to my house wireless. Its now "connected remotely".
It never switches back to bluetooth, stays connected remotely.
I leave the house the next day.
My wireless network is out of range
Gear is now "Stand Alone" with the phone 3 feet away.
Stays stand alone until I either turn off and on airplane mode (effectively turning off and on Bluetooth) or go into the gear app and turn off and on its connection.
-Allan
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I'm going to put in a support request with Samsung, this is getting ridiculous. That or I'm gonna sell it. New thing it's doing:
I put my phone on its charger.
I walk outside to let out the dog.
BlueTooth disconnects (fine). It switches to my house wireless. Its now "connected remotely".
It never switches back to bluetooth, stays connected remotely.
I leave the house the next day.
My wireless network is out of range
Gear is now "Stand Alone" with the phone 3 feet away.
Stays stand alone until I either turn off and on airplane mode (effectively turning off and on Bluetooth) or go into the gear app and turn off and on its connection.
-Allan
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I have this exact issue! I just purchased Gear S3 Frontier non-LTE model and have it paired to my Galaxy S8. It seems like sometimes it goes into standalone mode when I leave the bluetooth range and does not want to reconnect to bluetooth once I'm back in range until I force it to connect within the Gear app on the Phone... this is very frustration. Coming from an Android wear, I never had connectivity issues...
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I have this exact issue! I just purchased Gear S3 Frontier non-LTE model and have it paired to my Galaxy S8. It seems like sometimes it goes into standalone mode when I leave the bluetooth range and does not want to reconnect to bluetooth once I'm back in range until I force it to connect within the Gear app on the Phone... this is very frustration. Coming from an Android wear, I never had connectivity issues...
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Talked to support. They said reset the S3 and if it keeps happening it's a hardware issue and I need to send it in. I highly doubt it's a hardware issue....really seems like faulty software. But I reset it, again, and I'll see what happens.
I suggest everyone having this issue does the same: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/#contact_us_for_support Maybe they don't even know it's a issue.
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Talked to support. They said reset the S3 and if it keeps happening it's a hardware issue and I need to send it in. I highly doubt it's a hardware issue....really seems like faulty software. But I reset it, again, and I'll see what happens.
I suggest everyone having this issue does the same: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/#contact_us_for_support Maybe they don't even know it's a issue.
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I just did the reset as well... i'll let you know if it fixes mine. If not, it's going back to Amazon... lol!
So resetting mine worked for about 3 days then I started having the same issue. Reset again, another 2 - 3 days then more problems. However my S8 just got a system update and in the release notes:
- Prevents unintended Bluetooth® disconnections with a companion Gear S3 smartwatch.
So far since the update yesterday mine has been better.....we'll see.
Same issue with my Oneplus 3 and Gear S3 Frontier.
Combination of Turning off everything on Connections on Gear s3 settings than turning on bluetooth and rebooting phone and gear s3 ussualy solves this.
But there is no logic to the steps. I coulnt pinpoint what of the above fixes it. Because its always different.
Having this problem on my OnePlus 5T. Going to phone's bluetooth settings and unpairing then pairing again seems to do the trick.
My S3 Frontier ran out of battery and shutdown, from there on, after getting charged again of course, the parring just stalled.
Normally I can slide down the top buttons and "Gear S3" is displayed under the BT icon, but not now
First I tried to turn off BT and turn on again on my S8, no success.
The I deleting the parring and pairing the watch again, no success.
Then I booted the phone, no success.
Going to BT settings on the S8 showed the gear, details showed nothing is turned on, i tried to turn on the input device, now the gear was connected on the top button BT icon... but still Samsung health says no gear device is connected.
I was just about to reset the watch, thinking "oh, now I have to setup the watch again with height, weight, etc... lovely!" then I thought I wanna try one last thing, disable BT on the watch and turn it on again. That did the trick for me!
So i've had this with two phones now (currently using an S10). At work I use Google Messages for Web to have my texts appear on my web browser. However, it randomly will sit there and say it can't connect or needs to reconnect. If I turn on the phone for like a little and check it, it usually reconnects fine, or If I leave the phone plugged into a charger it will also pretty much never have the issue.
Is there any simple solution for this or why for instance plugging into power would solve this? It's not like I have data disabled, it works probably most of the time with the screen off it's like it diverts power from the antenna though with the screen off and unplugged.
I have OP7 PRO running android 10 and stock Oxygen OS (not root).
When I pair my device to my car bluetooth set everything works fine, but once the connection is lost it will not auto-reconnect the next time i'm in my car.
Moreover, in order to connect again i need to do the pairing again (not just select the device from the existing devices list).
I saw tons of threads online about this with no solution, some mentioned they think it's an issue with android OS and not the phone itself (this is supported by the fact that my wife just got a new Xiaomi and have the exact same problem).
Does it make sense that this is a global Android issue and has no fix for such a long time? did anyone experience it and managed to fix it?
I would guess at an issue with the car Bluetooth. May be theres a firmware update for that ?
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I would guess at an issue with the car Bluetooth. May be theres a firmware update for that ?
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That was my first thought, but it seems that the issue is on the device side as i can see that after connecting the device doesn't appear in the previously connected devices list.
As if the phone forgets it for some reason.
I've had occasional problems too. I'm using Launcher 10. Just last week, I turned on my wifi before starting my car as usual. It connected, then disconnected 2 times and then was stable. There's been times where I'll restart my car to fix it. It's irritating but who knows what can be done about it.
I have a rooted stock op7pro and I have a Samsung active2 watch that randomly disconnects and reconnects once or twice an hour. I have battery set to all Samsung apps on my phone to not optimize battery usage and I have no idea why it does this.
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I have understood that it's also possible that it depend on the order in wich you connect.
You should first have to connect the car to the phone instead of the phone to the car.
Iow have the car lookup the phone
Yes, i head a lot about people with flaky connection but i hope that was the situation, for me it won't reconnet 100% of the times.
Changing the order of connections didn't work.