hello forum,
I bought my gear s3 watch from a dealer, without a formal samsung warranty. i had no problems with it for it reduced few dollars.
but, unfortunately, although it all seem legit and the firmware is OK, and updates are going in, there are features which are unavailable.
such as, backup and restore, downloading apps directly to the watch, downloading watchfaces directly, keep getting annoying samsung account message, to verify changes in policy but can't actually verify it, going into galaxy apps in the gear, i get a message which instruct me to verify my identity in galaxy apps but when i tap "next" nothing happens...
so, is there a way to get it all right? the guy in the store told me that it is like this and allright
tks
doron
Sounds like it had activation lock on it (not sure though, doesnt sound strict for activation lock) , would contact whoever's you bought it from and ask them to contact Samsung to have it removed if it is activation lock
I'd try full reset and then reactivate it with your own Samsung account. Sounds like reactivation lock as told above
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Today someone with bad intentions sell me a Samsung Gear S2 Demo.
I think that is a demo phone for expose in shops because i can´t pair it with the gear S2 aplication that I installed from PlayStore.
I try with a Samsung Galaxy S4 and my LG G3, none of this phones pair with it.
I have bluetooth, wifi, and I can explore all the function but it can't synch hours, calendar, and notifications.
I think I go sell it in ebay for parts because I can't put it work.
It have the box, and the wireless charger in mint condition.
Habe anybody knows about these demo smartwatches from samsung?
Thanks in advance.
almmpt said:
Today someone with bad intentions sell me a Samsung Gear S2 Demo.
I think that is a demo phone for expose in shops because i can´t pair it with the gear S2 aplication that I installed from PlayStore.
I try with a Samsung Galaxy S4 and my LG G3, none of this phones pair with it.
I have bluetooth, wifi, and I can explore all the function but it can't synch hours, calendar, and notifications.
I think I go sell it in ebay for parts because I can't put it work.
It have the box, and the wireless charger in mint condition.
Habe anybody knows about these demo smartwatches from samsung?
Thanks in advance.
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Have you tried installing the Samsung Gear Manager app from the Samsung app store (not from the Play store)?
No I don't try it yet.
But the smartwatch have a retail mode applications, I think that retail mode application is for shows in retail stores, it works for demo.
I don't have the reset menu for formatting the device.
I have 99% sure that is some king of demo smartwatch.
I pair it with my LG G3 with the Gear S2 application, but when it should start to synchronize it stops.
I have a LG G3 and the procedures are exactly the same.
I don't have luck with this buy.
May be someone want to buy it for parts.
Thanks sefrcoko for your help.
Is it because it has reactivation enabled? S2 and many new devices have this so that the stolen phones or devices cannot be used unless the original owner put in the proper userID and password to disable that, then the device can be factory reset again.
I don´t think that have reactivation enabled because i don´t have either the menu reset, it doesn't exist in this version.
Very strange.
Are you getting an error message? Mine is limited on absolutely the same functions but keeps flashing a "Unfortunately, Gear Plugin has stopped" message and never syncs a bloody thing.
You have to get the Gear application on your phone and use it to pair your S2. Simply establishing a BT connection with your phone and the S2 is not the way to get the watch set up and going.
On the watch go into Settings/Gear Info, you should then see "Reset Gear" as the 3rd item down the list. While the watch is resetting use Galaxy Apps to get the Gear Manager installed on your phone. The watch should be paired through Gear Manager to establish a proper BT link, it will also install other files you need to make the watch work with your phone.
I hope you get this working, I know it is frustrating to not have new technology work for you. Good luck and reach back out with questions and updates.
Hi I have the same thing but mine is a demo watch is there a way of putting new software on it because there is no reset or Bluetooth
There's no resolution for this??
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I have seen a thread where user shows how to downgrade firmware of the watch.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/tutorial-downgrade-gear-s2-sport-t3334123
I'm a crackflasher and frequently am reinstalling my phone.
Do the cards listed in Samsung Pay on the watch stay on the watch when re-installing the phone, or do they get erased when the watch syncs with the phone for the first time?
The reason I ask is because when using Android Pay on my phone, if I reinstall the ROM without removing the card from Android Pay first, my banks see it as having it installed on multiple devices. AMEX for example only lets you have the card setup on 3(I think) devices.
Thanks for the info!
MrBrady said:
I'm a crackflasher and frequently am reinstalling my phone.
Do the cards listed in Samsung Pay on the watch stay on the watch when re-installing the phone, or do they get erased when the watch syncs with the phone for the first time?
The reason I ask is because when using Android Pay on my phone, if I reinstall the ROM without removing the card from Android Pay first, my banks see it as having it installed on multiple devices. AMEX for example only lets you have the card setup on 3(I think) devices.
Thanks for the info!
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They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
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They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
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Great info! Thank you.
RexEscape said:
They get erased. I've done it twice. I setup my Gear S3 on my Note 2 perfectly, complete with Samsung Pay. I even got a letter from my bank saying my credit card has a "digital account number" associated with it using Samsung Pay. Then I had to reflash the ROM (because I messed it up trying to fix my Group MMS trying to install different versions of messenger apk). When re-registering the Gear S3 with my newly flashed Note 2, the Gear S3 had to do a "soft-reboot". I had to setup Samsung Pay again (enter the credit card number, sign your signature my Note 2, etc.). I got another letter from my bank saying my credit card has a new "digital account number" (which is different from the first one which no longer works). Everything works again.
EDIT *** Whether the first one is still considered "active' in the eyes of my bank, I don't know.
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2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
10urshin said:
2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
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Hmm...I can't remember whether I'm signed into my phone using my Samsung account when I tried to reconnect the Gear S3 on a newly flashed ROM. I wish I remembered exactly what I did and when I did it. Sorry
I was thinking of using Titanium Backup to backup and restore all the Samsung Gear apps. This may remedy the card erasing solution.
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If you have the LTE S3, you can pair it with a cheap phone dedicated solely to that task. It doesn't need a SIM, only a WiFi network. Plus a service like Digits, Google Voice, or NumberSync.
10urshin said:
2 Questions, did you logged into the same Samsung account for gear manager after the flashing and did you logged in to your Samsung account before starting the pairing process. As far as I know, watch should not reset itself as long as you are pairing with the same phone and user account.
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Just a follow up, i just installed nougat update to my s6 edge with wiping data, i logged in to my samsung account and tried pairing phone with gear without resetting the gear, bluetooth pairing worked but as soon as i open gear manager it light reset the gear. After reset it restore all my gear data tho, except settings and widget orders.
I still can't remember whether I was logged into my Samsung account when I paired. It did pair after a light reset but Samsung Pay info was gone and I had to re-register my credit card again.
Lol, I had to redo my cards just after taking the pin code off.
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So, having the PIN removed, does it just go directly to Samsung Pay without asking for a PIN when you long press the Back button?
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So, having the PIN removed, does it just go directly to Samsung Pay without asking for a PIN when you long press the Back button?
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With my pin removed. I could no longer use Samsung pay. It basically deleted everything pay information wise to my watch. I redid a pin code. And basically started from scratch again. The bank even sent me a new letter about joining Samsung pay.
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Changed my phone to a Samsung S9+ and after that I cant reactivate my Gear S3 .
My watch worked perfectly with my S7 and S8 but when pairing my watch to the new S9+ it fails the reactivation process when entering my Samsung Account login details, returning "Couldnt unlock Gear, try again".
I have tried to reset the watch and factory reset. Still the reactivation lock stops me from successfully pairing the watch and the phone.
As it is a Korean LTE version Samsung UK refuses to touch it even though it seems to me that there are no issues with the watch nor the phone as you sometimes can see the gadgets communicating in the background during the pairing process before I am asked to enter my Samsung Account details.
I only have one Samsung Account, so the watch is connected to that Account. I can log into Samsung Account on a computer without a problem. Unfortunately I dont have my S8 anymore as it was a trade in deal I had when I got the S9+.
Any suggestions?
Hint 1.
This is what I know about Korean SM-R765 series:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/help/please-help-bricked-gear-s3-sm-r765s-t3665558
Hint 2.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/help/s3-reactivation-lock-help-t3689918
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Recently I've been getting a notification on my watch about Samsung's Terms and Conditions being updated and that I needed to accept the new ones. The notification didn't provide anything clickable and just gave a link to account.samsung.com, which doesn't prompt me with anything. This same issue would pop up if the watch reconnected to my phone, or if I tried to use SmartThings or S Voice.
Then I saw a thread about this same issue on Samsung's help forum in which the top suggestion was a factory reset. Well, after doing that I was gifted with "Couldn't unlock, try again?" during setup. I tried unlocking with my Note 9 and with a spare OnePlus One, and neither worked.
Lastly I tried to unlock the device by using it in standalone mode, connecting to wi-fi on the watch, and signing into my Samsung Account on the watch, which greets me with: "The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy have been updated. Use the link below to read and accept the legal information, then sign in again. http://account.samsung.com/" before kicking me back to the login screen.
Has anyone run in this before? This watch is a brick
This also only popped up recently. I've factory reset this watch and unlocked it many times before.
I have a Verizon Gear S3 Classic if it matters.
Update: I spoke with Samsung support and they declined to repair this as apparently an Amazon.com receipt is not a valid proof of purchase. I called Amazon and told them all of this and they let me return it for a full refund. That's the last Gear watch for me.
I have this issue also... Has anyone found a fix?
Hello everyone,
I've been searching trying to find a fix for this, but I can't seem to find one that works for my combo. If I missed something, please point me in the right direction. I have a Galaxy S2 Classic (SM-R735T) that I obtained from a friend because they don't use it anymore, and I'm able to get everything working on it except for one thing. I can't get Samsung Pay to work on it. I've tried doing a factory reset on the watch, removing all three apps (Galaxy Wearables, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Pay (Watch Plug-in)) from my phone and reinstalling them, multiple restarts, and I just can't get it to work.
Here are the versions I have listed for both Samsung Pay apps, and they seem to be fully updated.
Samsung Pay: 4.0.45
Samsung Pay (Watch Plug-In): 2.5.18.20106
Basically, I can get the phone and watch paired, and everything else seems to be working beautifully. Samsung Pay when I use it on my phone works wonderfully. But, when I try to open it on my watch, it tells me I need to log in to the app on my phone.. I click okay, and it starts to open Samsung Pay on my phone. It then pops up with the first attached screenshot, saying I need to update Samsung Pay. I click update, it downloads and tries to install the Samsung Pay update to what I believe is the watch (see the second screenshot to see the notification), but it winds up failing during the install. Has anyone been able to figure out a work around for this. The only thing I can think of is it seems this model of watch was released specifically for T-Mobile, but I'm trying to use it on Verizon. I'm not sure that would matter though as I do everything through Bluetooth and the phone.
BriMan83 said:
Hello everyone,
I've been searching trying to find a fix for this, but I can't seem to find one that works for my combo. If I missed something, please point me in the right direction. I have a Galaxy S2 Classic (SM-R735T) that I obtained from a friend because they don't use it anymore, and I'm able to get everything working on it except for one thing. I can't get Samsung Pay to work on it. I've tried doing a factory reset on the watch, removing all three apps (Galaxy Wearables, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Pay (Watch Plug-in)) from my phone and reinstalling them, multiple restarts, and I just can't get it to work.
Here are the versions I have listed for both Samsung Pay apps, and they seem to be fully updated.
Samsung Pay: 4.0.45
Samsung Pay (Watch Plug-In): 2.5.18.20106
Basically, I can get the phone and watch paired, and everything else seems to be working beautifully. Samsung Pay when I use it on my phone works wonderfully. But, when I try to open it on my watch, it tells me I need to log in to the app on my phone.. I click okay, and it starts to open Samsung Pay on my phone. It then pops up with the first attached screenshot, saying I need to update Samsung Pay. I click update, it downloads and tries to install the Samsung Pay update to what I believe is the watch (see the second screenshot to see the notification), but it winds up failing during the install. Has anyone been able to figure out a work around for this. The only thing I can think of is it seems this model of watch was released specifically for T-Mobile, but I'm trying to use it on Verizon. I'm not sure that would matter though as I do everything through Bluetooth and the phone.
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Try to follow these steps:
Update Samsung Pay on your Samsung smart watch
Yes, you do have to update the Samsung Pay app on your watch… not just the phone. In this article, we'll show you how to update Samsung Pay on your watch.
www.samsung.com
Hopefully this will work too update Samsung pay on your watch.