Hi all.
I have a (rooted) S7 Edge paired with my Gear S3 Frontier. I had to factory reset my Frontier recently and it's broken Samsung Pay. SPay for Gear wants to update itself to the latest version, which won't run on my S7 since it detects a modification (either root or Knox0x1), even though I have root hidden via the latest Magisk.
So I can't add cards since the Gear app closes unless I allow the update, and the update won't work.
Any ideas on how to get around this? The S7 Edge ROM I am using is Touchwiz-based. Would changing to a non-TW ROM mask Knox0x1 from being seen by the Gear app?
Thanks.
I don't think knox is revertable. Its specifically Samsung's trick to detect devices that lose warranty...
Either way, check if basic requirements are met before launching Samsung pay.
1. Samsung Pay, Samsung Gear add-on are hidden in magisk options
2. Magisk manager is hidden (in options there's button to hide - it will reinstall magisk manager with new random package name to avoid detection.
If both requirements are met, but still doesn't work, then probably nothing can help.
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I am trying to get my S6 Active to work with the gearVR, and I am struggling with the process. Users here: https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/comment/322781/#Comment_322781 have been messing around with the USB connector to get the active to fit. The next problem is software.
Back in 5.0.2, the S6 active had the software for gearVR. I remember it having 4 gearVR apks listed under system software. The software was then gone in updates 5.1.1 and 6.0.1, of course.
I reinstalled Gear VR SetupWizard, Gear VR Service, Gear VR Shell, and Gear VR System from aptoide. I believe these are the four apks that are found in S6s and S7s. The problem now is that whenever I activate gear VR SetupWizard, I click download and it gives me "An unexpected error has occurred, please try later". I tried WIFI and over the network. My next plan would be to mess with the build.prop file to spoof another device. However, S6 Active's bootloaders are locked and unrootable at the moment with 5.1.1 and above. I would just be satisfied at this point with just the Oculus store working without the actual gearVR headset, and have the oculus apps run with cardboard headsets.
Any idea what to do at this point? Do I even have the right 4 apks installed?
S6 Active and Gear VR - any progress with compatability or hack?
Hi,
just registered to reply because you seem to have the same challenge as me.... I've got an S6 Active and would like to find a way to get it working with the apps / headset...
Have you made any progress with getting it to work?
Thanks!
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Try to install Samsung Pay on my Gear S3 - phone: "Installation failed, try later
I had Samsung Pay working on the Gear S3 with my Blackberry Priv (Android OS with Marshmallow).
I've now moved to a Blackberry KeyOne (also Android OS but Nougat). I have re-established the new phone with the watch. Notices, work, S-health works.
On the phone, when I open Samsung gear app, Settings, Apps, I see Samsung Pay is installed. If I tap on it, it says "lastest version installed." I cannot UNinstall it (it is grayed out).
But on the watch, each time I invoke Pay, I am prompted to install S Pay in your Samsung Gear app and tap okay. It says check the phone. Where it fails (but as noted it claims it is installed.)
I got quite spoiled using Samsung Pay with the watch and miss it.
Any help appreciated.
For me it looks like Samsung only support Samsung handsets...
Samsung Pay is full of Security/Knox stuff...
So it is IMHO tooo hard to fix it easily and make it with every known non Samsung handset compatible... as End user...
And at the moment it is hard to find users who can help you with Gear S3/SPay problems...
So you more at your own...
Best Regards
I had Samsung Gear / S Plugin update on Google Play today (10/10) for my S2 and afterwards, all I get are FC's and the S Plugin constantly crashing on my device, making the watch completely unusable.
I had to force stop and remove the software from my phone and factory reset the watch. I'm not the only one who is dealing with this issue either.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Wearable-Tech/bd-p/wearabletech
So if you're constantly getting crashes today, at least you know why. I'm not sure if there is a workaround for this or not. If there is, please let me know. Everything was working great until Google Play updated the software today.
Thanks!
Had the same issue, but I did have xposed on my rooted phone. Without xposed the update seems to be working fine...
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I switched from SuperSU to Magisk last week and have "hidden" all the Samsung Gear apps from root. Now, I can use Samsung Pay (and Android Pay) on my phone. Before switching to Magisk, some of the Gear apps were listed as incompatible. Everything works great now including all the latest Gear Apps & Plugins.
High phone cpu usage
Hello to everyone. I'm dealing problems after last update of gear app software. Every time Gear S2 tries to exchange data (reconnection, data to Shealth, watch apps install) with Galaxy S5 (android 5.0 and android 6.0.1) it uses 99% of phone cpu for 50-60sec, , sucking both batteries (phone and watch). Tried on android 5.0, android 6.0.1, rooted or not. Is there any ideas what is wrong?
I work for a VZW corporate store as a sales rep. I sold a Gear S3 Frontier to a customer last night who has a S8+. Samsung pay works fine on the S8+ as it should, but the gear plugin for Samsung pay REFUSES to open or work on his gear S3. When you hold the back button on the watch (the shortcut to open the app), nothing happens at all. When you attempt to launch Samsung Pay from the gear manager, it starts loading but eventually says the gear is not responding try again later.. and that happens even when the gear manager shows a connection with the watch. I have tried several troubleshooting steps which I will list below. If anyone has any solution please let me know asap. I actually own a Gear S3 Frontier myself (non 4G) and I never had issues setting up Samsung Pay on the watch at all. Thank you everyone!
Troubleshooting steps I've already tried:
1.Uninstalling the Samsung Pay app for both the phone and the gear (gear s3 plugin). 2.Cleared the cache and data for both the phone and gear s3 plugin app. 3.Tried updating the watch (it's currently on Tizen 2.2). The gear that I use was updated to Tizen 3.0 a few days ago. I am assuming they are being updated in waves. 4.Tried updating the phone (his S8+ is on the latest software for Nougat.) 5.Unpaired the gear from his phone and re-paired it by doing a factory reset on the gear.
I currently use the Gear S3 Frontier (non 4G) with the Note8 (had the S8/S8+), and I never had an issue setting up Samsung pay on either device. If anyone has any ideas please share them here so I can help the customer get his gear working properly, and help anyone else avoid having this same issue.
Reboot.
If Busybox is on the phone you must move the main folder to the SD card.
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I've been trying to set up Samsung Pay with my Essential PH-1 and Gear S3. When I get to the point where I am prompted to open the Gear app on my phone to install the Samsung Pay Gear Plug-in, I keep getting "Installation failed. Try again later." I had no problems setting up Samsung Pay with an LG V-10 and a Blu cheapo phone.
Anyone using a Samsung Gear S3 with their Essential PH-1? Is there some incompatibility?
Thanks,
Andy
It's worked "fine" for me. I used this apk: apkmirror.com/apk/samsung-electronics-co-ltd/samsung-pay-for-gear/samsung-pay-for-gear-1-6-8906-release/samsung-pay-for-gear-1-6-8906-android-apk-download/
And honestly I don't know how to get back to the app without installing it again (add all your cards while it's open). It doesn't show up in the gear app or anything, but it works. It seems like it's just not supported??