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Text Notifications - Gear2

I think maybe since the latest update, I am not getting any text message notifications to my Gear 2.
(Samsung Galaxy 7Edge
- I have checked and unchecked the notifications
- other notifications seem to work (email, phone calls, facebook messenger)
- rebooted the phone and watch
- disconnected and reconnected
- did a light reset on the watch
all of the above have not helped resolve this.
Is there something i am missing? Is this caused by the recent update? I am currently using 2.2

Marc2D2 said:
I think maybe since the latest update, I am not getting any text message notifications to my Gear 2.
(Samsung Galaxy 7Edge
- I have checked and unchecked the notifications
- other notifications seem to work (email, phone calls, facebook messenger)
- rebooted the phone and watch
- disconnected and reconnected
- did a light reset on the watch
all of the above have not helped resolve this.
Is there something i am missing? Is this caused by the recent update? I am currently using 2.2
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As an update to this thread, after the light reset, i did a few tests, and that seemed to have worked. If anyone else is experiencing the same, please post and let us know.
Thanks

Marc2D2 said:
As an update to this thread, after the light reset, i did a few tests, and that seemed to have worked. If anyone else is experiencing the same, please post and let us know.
Thanks
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Same here no text

vipercoyote said:
Same here no text
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Do you do a light restart from the Gear 2? This has worked for me, but when i restarted the watch it seemed to have reverted back. So now i just leave the watch on for now. It lasts me at least 2 days before i have to charge it again.

Marc2D2 said:
Do you do a light restart from the Gear 2? This has worked for me, but when i restarted the watch it seemed to have reverted back. So now i just leave the watch on for now. It lasts me at least 2 days before i have to charge it again.
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havent played with it to much. Ill test it out this week

SMS Notifications - No Vibration

Hey,
I am receiving notifications for text messages, however, the watch will not vibrate along with the notification no matter how I change the settings. The watch vibrates for all other types of notifications. I am using a LG G3 phone and the Gear S3 Classic Bluetooth version. Is anyone else encountering an similar issue?
To troubleshoot I have:
1) Double checked the notification settings in the gear app.
2) Ensured the notification settings are on in the watch
3) Made sure notifications and vibration are on in the phone.
Thanks,
K.schoff2010

Workaround
To anyone who is experiencing the same problem I found a workaround this afternoon. I switched to Google Hangouts and received notifications with vibrations. Unfortunately, I was not able to reply from the Gear. I then switched to the Google Messenger App, which received notifications with vibrations and I am able to reply from the watch. There must be a compatibility issue between the LG messaging app and the Gear. I will try to update the feed if I notice a fix.
[email protected] said:
Hey,
I am receiving notifications for text messages, however, the watch will not vibrate along with the notification no matter how I change the settings. The watch vibrates for all other types of notifications. I am using a LG G3 phone and the Gear S3 Classic Bluetooth version. Is anyone else encountering an similar issue?
To troubleshoot I have:
1) Double checked the notification settings in the gear app.
2) Ensured the notification settings are on in the watch
3) Made sure notifications and vibration are on in the phone.
Thanks,
K.schoff2010
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Hello,
I've the same issue as you, with a Gear S3 and a LG V20. All notifications trigger vibration except SMS...
The point is that I don't understand your workaround.

Ducastef_93 said:
Hello,
I've the same issue as you, with a Gear S3 and a LG V20. All notifications trigger vibration except SMS...
The point is that I don't understand your workaround.
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Hey, basically I worked around it by downloading a third party messaging app and making that my primary messaging app on the phone. In my case I like the Google messenger app because I can respond on my watch and the notifications come through with vibration.
Good luck!
Kurt

This same issue plagues the default messaging app on the S7 Edge as well. Ironic seeing as it is the same company making the phone and the watch, both are its flagship products, and the integration with the native Samsung messenger app is supposed to actually provide more functionality. Also, it worked with the Gear S2.
Another Samsung QC fail.

Same issue...
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier watch
Samsung Galaxy S7 phone
Samsung Touchwiz launcher
Samsung Messenger app
No vibration with notifications. Very frustrating and disappointing.

I'm having the same problem with my Pixel 2. Has anyone tried doing a factory reset on their watch?

Vref said:
I'm having the same problem with my Pixel 2. Has anyone tried doing a factory reset on their watch?
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I have a pixel xl 2 and same issue with Android Messages. The vibration worked fine, then all of a sudden stopped about a week ago. I HAVE done a factory reset, doesn't help. When I did, I uninstalled all the gear apps from my phone, then unpaired the watch, factory reset, installed the apps in order, setup as new. Still not working. I have checked everything. All the gear apps, notification settings on the phone and watch, it just. doesn't. work... This is BS... I'm getting REAL sick of Sammy messing this watch up...
I haven't tried a different messaging app. I definitely prefer AM, soooo, I'm not so sure about installing anything else.

gettinwicked said:
I have a pixel xl 2 and same issue with Android Messages. The vibration worked fine, then all of a sudden stopped about a week ago. I HAVE done a factory reset, doesn't help. When I did, I uninstalled all the gear apps from my phone, then unpaired the watch, factory reset, installed the apps in order, setup as new. Still not working. I have checked everything. All the gear apps, notification settings on the phone and watch, it just. doesn't. work... This is BS... I'm getting REAL sick of Sammy messing this watch up...
I haven't tried a different messaging app. I definitely prefer AM, soooo, I'm not so sure about installing anything else.
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Glad I asked before I blew it up. I'm a fan of Android messages too. And I like the way the Gear S3 update has been as far as the work out modes and layout. But I'm not a fan of how they fix one thing and break two more. I've had this thing for over a year now and although it's been fun, I think I'll be looking elsewhere for a replacement when the time comes.

Vref said:
Glad I asked before I blew it up. I'm a fan of Android messages too. And I like the way the Gear S3 update has been as far as the work out modes and layout. But I'm not a fan of how they fix one thing and break two more. I've had this thing for over a year now and although it's been fun, I think I'll be looking elsewhere for a replacement when the time comes.
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I've had mine for 7 months. It's been in the shop for repair twice and still having the same issue that I sent it in for. But, they won't replace it because since it was in the shop twice within 30 days, it counts as once... Seriously. So, I have to send it in again first. The weather app is broke, and now messaging doesn't vibrate or popup on my watch like it's set to. Yes, I WILL be looking at other smartwatches once some new ones are released (hoping MWC). The problems between the watch and their BS support just aren't worth it. Not for a $350 watch.

I can confirm that both Verizon messages and signal notifications and vibration work on my watch. I switched back just to see if AM would work after, no dice. So, apparently it's just Android messages and Samsung messenger that do not work (so far)? This really needs to be fixed. I miss my AM widget and app. Signal is cool, but doesn't work with my car. Verizon is not bad either, but it has some caveats as well.

So I have a pixel 2 xl was experiencing the same issue.... Watch all of sudden wouldn't vibrate for text. Factory reset watch numerous times... Still no dice. Figured I would try to uninstall the latest update to Android messages and sure enough that fixed it. So try that and see if it works.

greenlantern5 said:
So I have a pixel 2 xl was experiencing the same issue.... Watch all of sudden wouldn't vibrate for text. Factory reset watch numerous times... Still no dice. Figured I would try to uninstall the latest update to Android messages and sure enough that fixed it. So try that and see if it works.
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I did try that, didn't work for me. I just got an update for it two days ago too. This problem is almost two weeks old. Thanks though. I AM trying it again just to make sure.
Verizon messages stopped working this evening too... What in the actual eff is going on???

Well, I'll be. I tried uninstalling the latest AM update and now it works again! I bet I uninstalled them updated again right away the first time. That makes 2 Google apps that I can't update until they fix problems... Thanks greenlantern5!

Soooo, there is a new update as of yesterday for Android Messages Has anyone taken it to see if it fixes the vibration problem?

I have the same issue. YAATA text messaging vibrates on the watch, but I can't reply from those notifications. Since everything else alerts properly on the watch, it is probably android messaging. I wonder if we could find an old version and see if functionality is restored. I'll post here if I find something.
Edit : I uninstalled android messenger, downloaded and installed android messenger version 2.7.028 from apkmirror.com and back in business. I have nexus 6P which is 64 bit, so downloaded that version... so if you try to install an older version, make sure it is the right one for your phone. Of course I had to turn automatic updates in Play store too.

I am having the same issue. I have used Verizon messages, Pulse, Android Messages and none of those will alert me on my watch. The messages appear on the watch, but it doesn't notify me. The only one that is working for alerting is Textra. I also have the Ring app installed and it doesn't alert me via vibe or sound, even though I see the alerts on the screen. Other apps work just fine, such as pushover and Google calendar. My phone is a Pixel and running the latest OS update.

mostlychris said:
I am having the same issue. I have used Verizon messages, Pulse, Android Messages and none of those will alert me on my watch. The messages appear on the watch, but it doesn't notify me. The only one that is working for alerting is Textra. I also have the Ring app installed and it doesn't alert me via vibe or sound, even though I see the alerts on the screen. Other apps work just fine, such as pushover and Google calendar. My phone is a Pixel and running the latest OS update.
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Uninstall updates for android messages, then go to apk mirror and install android messages version 2.8.040. That is the latest version that works. (I'm on a pixel 2 xl)

I noticed that the Gear Plugin updated recently and now my notifications are working again, even on Android Messages. Has anyone else seen a recovery?
Scott

19left said:
I noticed that the Gear Plugin updated recently and now my notifications are working again, even on Android Messages. Has anyone else seen a recovery?
Scott
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Can confirm. Awesome

MyFitnessPal, Endomondo And Map My Run now available for Gear S3 And Gear S2

MyFitnessPal, Endomondo And MapMyRun are now available from the Galaxy Apps store for Gear S3 And Gear S2
See http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/03/myfitnesspal-endomondo-map-my-run-gear-s3-gear-s2/
More info on installing and running MapMyRun on Gear S3 is now available at https://support.mapmyfitness.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000286803-Samsung-Gear

Just tested MapMy Run today for first time while hiking. Looked really good (nice clear sharp display with lots of information) and I was well pleased with it, until it just stopped tracking after around 2 hours 20 mins. The display just stopped at teh same time and distance travelled etc and stopped updating. I tried pressing the Back button and the voice announcement offered to Pause tracking. As I did NOT want to pause tracking I clicked the Back button again, and it said it had resumed, but it stuck at same time and distance for the rest of my hike. However, this is not unique to MapMy Run. I have been encountering exactly same issue with tracking my hikes using the native SHealth app in recent weeks. When I first got my Gear S3 it worked perfectly at tracking my hikes, but in past few weeks it just keeps auto-pausing and will not resume. I already posted about this bug here but nobody has suggested anything. Very frustrating as tracking my hikes and other workouts was one of the main reasons why I bought this smartwatch but it is now just totally unreliable for this. Soooo frustrating!
If anyone can suggest any fixes I should try I'd really appreciate it.

I love the MyFitnessPal app. Got a free year of premium for logging in on my watch,

Tried both on S3 frontier. None of them worked as it should . Both had issues on instant speed and distance. Checked on endomondo website and they say they are aware of the problem and are working on a solution

MapMyRun
Thanks!

Still no solution for the GPS tracking issue - wrong mapping, wrong distance on Endomondo/S3 setup....

I've not used GPS yet but the workouts are EXACTLY what S Health was missing, and really look great. Takes maybe 3 min to update to my endomondo phone app. HR is accurate and battery drain is minimal. I like it...but we'll have to see for the runs.

It's okay, but what I don't like is, that it's not possible to use a trainingsplan on gear-s3.. S-Health works fine with it.. Also Bad, that endomondo doesnt read out the Workouts done with S-Health

Tried endomondo, mapmyrun, record and none track distance correctly. Sticking to shealth for now.
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Map My Run UPDATED!
I ran yesterday using the MapMyRun app (and left my phone at home) and sure enough, the GPS wasn't working right with the app (even though I had Location On, GPS). I was using the version I downloaded back on March 9th. I got home and saw there's a new update on March 20th that addresses the GPS issue. I downloaded the new update but haven't tried it. (Stuck at the office right now on a rainy day too!) I'll try it later.
Download the new Map My Run update and let me know how it goes. Thanks! :fingers-crossed:

Went for a 5k run with the latest mapmyrun this evening, it tracks distance correctly this time. Record shows the run as well. I presume endomondo will be alright since it's essentially the same thing.
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gpmg762 said:
When for a 5k run with the latest mapmyrun this evening, it tracks distance correctly this time. Record shows the run as well. I presume endomondo will be alright since it's essentially the same thing.
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That sounds hopeful. I have updated to the latest version and am going on a hill walk on Friday so I will test the latest update myself. Up until now it's been very unreliable and usually just stops recording part way through a hike, so I'm really hoping this update will have fixed the bugs. I'll update this thread after my next test.

guitareth said:
That sounds hopeful. I have updated to the latest version and am going on a hill walk on Friday so I will test the latest update myself. Up until now it's been very unreliable and usually just stops recording part way through a hike, so I'm really hoping this update will have fixed the bugs. I'll update this thread after my next test.
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gpmg762 said:
When for a 5k run with the latest mapmyrun this evening, it tracks distance correctly this time. Record shows the run as well. I presume endomondo will be alright since it's essentially the same thing.
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Thanks. I also tested it yesterday on a 30-minute walk (without my phone on me) and it tracked it nicely using the built-in GPS in the Gear S3, however, there might be something wrong with the Voice Feedback. I had it set to announce every 1.0 Mile, Distance, Duration and Avg. Pace/Speed. After walking a mile, I only heard the Avg. Pace/Speed.
Just now, I tested it in my office building. I had the Voice Feedback set to announce 1.0 Minute, Distance, Duration, Avg. Pace/Speed, Current Pace/Speed, Split Pace/Speed and Current HR. After one minute, it only announced the Duration and Current HR (maybe it's because the other status required GPS to track Distance and Pace and I was indoors so I disabled the GPS). But still, in my 30-minute walk yesterday, it only announced the Avg. Pace/Speed and failed to announce the Duration and Distance.
EDIT: Everything appears to be fine now.

RexEscape said:
Thanks. I also tested it yesterday on a 30-minute walk (without my phone on me) and it tracked it nicely using the built-in GPS in the Gear S3, however, there might be something wrong with the Voice Feedback. I had it set to announce every 1.0 Mile, Distance, Duration and Avg. Pace/Speed. After walking a mile, I only heard the Avg. Pace/Speed.
Just now, I tested it in my office building. I had the Voice Feedback set to announce 1.0 Minute, Distance, Duration, Avg. Pace/Speed, Current Pace/Speed, Split Pace/Speed and Current HR. After one minute, it only announced the Duration and Current HR (maybe it's because the other status required GPS to track Distance and Pace and I was indoors so I disabled the GPS). But still, in my 30-minute walk yesterday, it only announced the Avg. Pace/Speed and failed to announce the Duration and Distance.
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The voice feedback was alright for my run. I had it set to 1 km interval on the watch, distance, duration, pace/speed and HR were announced over the music.

gpmg762 said:
The voice feedback was alright for my run. I had it set to 1 km interval on the watch, distance, duration, pace/speed and HR were announced over the music.
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Thanks. I did another 30-min walk and turned on all stats to announce every 10 minutes. It announced them just fine so it's okay now. I don't how yesterday was different.

I seem to be having an issue with Map My Run. I want to use my watch as a standalone and I have GPS enabled and it's also enabled within the MMR app. However, whenever I go to start a run it says "Maps unavailable. Ensure GPS is active on your phone and your Gear."
Is it not possible to map the run with just my Gear?

Tmel14 said:
I seem to be having an issue with Map My Run. I want to use my watch as a standalone and I have GPS enabled and it's also enabled within the MMR app. However, whenever I go to start a run it says "Maps unavailable. Ensure GPS is active on your phone and your Gear."
Is it not possible to map the run with just my Gear?
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I was able to run or walk with just my Gear using the built-in GPS. I just tried it now. I went outside, turned OFF BT and WiFi on my Gear (so it's really just a standalone watch now -- I have the BT-only edition, not LTE) then started MMR. I have Location On using GPS & Wireless. MMR has GPS set to ON. It took a while to "acquire GPS signal." I think, to help it, I use this App called "Quick GPS Position" to get the GPS started. Check it out on the Gear App Store.

guitareth said:
That sounds hopeful. I have updated to the latest version and am going on a hill walk on Friday so I will test the latest update myself. Up until now it's been very unreliable and usually just stops recording part way through a hike, so I'm really hoping this update will have fixed the bugs. I'll update this thread after my next test.
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Well here's my update - and it's not good news. I used the latest version of MapMy Run on my hike yesterday. All seemed to be working well up to around 5kms. It was auto-pausing when I stopped for a rest and restarting when I resumed walking. However at around 5.2kms my watch gave a notification of an email and after that (it may be coincidence) I noticed that MapMy Run had stopped updating. As on previous tests it just froze and I could not get it to resume. This time I fould that even if I closed the app from the "Recent apps" option on the Gear S3 it would not restart. Worse still - even after completely powering my Gear S3 off and switching it on again, if I start MapMy Run on the watch now it just displays the initial blue loading screen but never starts up properly. So looks like I'll have to try completely uninistalling and reinstalling it. Not impressed at all with this app! It's just sooo buggy and I don't think it was ready for full release.
Does anyone know of a suitable support address, or community forum, for Under Armour where I can report the problems I'm encountering directly to them? I found the support FAQ pages at https://support.mapmyfitness.com/hc/en-us and they do not even mention the new app for the S3!

guitareth said:
However at around 5.2kms my watch gave a notification of an email and after that (it may be coincidence) I noticed that MapMy Run had stopped updating. As on previous tests it just froze and I could not get it to resume. This time I fould that even if I closed the app from the "Recent apps" option on the Gear S3 it would not restart. Worse still -
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It is like this Tizen works.
Same on my S2 with watchmaker face with step counter. As soon as I have a notification the step counter stop and no re-start.
Close recent app delete all open app from memory and reset all this app data. Even if you start the samsung stopwatch and after close recent app, your stopwatch is deleted
Same issue for 4 years with the Tizen Gear watch (Gear 1, Gear 2, Gear S and the new S2,S3). Even if you not close recent app, Tizen close itself app when he want. I never sucessfully run a stopwatch for 10H and more with Tizen all tizen stopwatch close itself after awhile re
To avoid notification interfere with running app, you can disable notifications when you run

guitareth said:
That sounds hopeful. I have updated to the latest version and am going on a hill walk on Friday so I will test the latest update myself. Up until now it's been very unreliable and usually just stops recording part way through a hike, so I'm really hoping this update will have fixed the bugs. I'll update this thread after my next test.
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dersie said:
It is like this Tizen works.
Same on my S2 with watchmaker face with step counter. As soon as I have a notification the step counter stop and no re-start.
Close recent app delete all open app from memory and reset all this app data. Even if you start the samsung stopwatch and after close recent app, your stopwatch is deleted
Same issue for 4 years with the Tizen Gear watch (Gear 1, Gear 2, Gear S and the new S2,S3). Even if you not close recent app, Tizen close itself app when he want. I never sucessfully run a stopwatch for 10H and more with Tizen all tizen stopwatch close itself after awhile re
To avoid notification interfere with running app, you can disable notifications when you run
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I'm not sure if you are using "stopwatch" as a generic term to describe ALL apps on teh Gear that track duration and/or your position, but it is interesting that you think it's the notifications that interfere with such apps. I will need to monitor that more closely to confirm if the tracking just stops when I receive a notification. You may be correct, as certainly I was encountering the same problem originally with S Health on my Gear S3 - in that it would just suddenly stop tracking and it would not resume ( see my other post here.
Anyway, I need to be alerted to emails etc while out hiking, so disabling such notifications is not a viable workaround for me. If anyone else is able to confirm in the meantime that receiving a notification while on a workout does indeed interfere with the workout monitoring app you are running at the same time, that would be very helpful for us all in trying to diagnose exactly what is causing this bug.

S7 overheats when using Gear VR (2016 version)

Hi!
So I bought the Gear Vr 2 (the 2016 edition) and after about 30 min use streaming videos over WiFi I start to get warnings about the phone overheating.
From the reasearch I could pull, it seems to be a very rare issue on S7s, with people reporting pulling up to 2 hour gaming sessions with no such warnings.
I've tried closing all apps in background (from going to recents and closing all), also restarting the phone and trying right after. And while it I did get a few more minutes, I still got the warning. If I ignore it and keeep using it, the phone gets super laggy. Also tried going into airplane mode (with only wifi running) but still the same.
Any ideas? Never noticed the phone heating up much on any other event.
BTW, I'm on stock nougat.

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if you own a Samsung Galaxy smartphone and are experiencing excessive battery drain, overheating and performance problems, VR might be the cause of all your problems too. Oculus recently sent an app update that has started creating these issues. The problems affect Gear VR-ready Galaxy phones, but the fix is pretty simple.
Okay so it seems that some people on here have come to the conclusion that the battery drain issue that some are experiencing is from an Oculus update this morning (Gear VR). I tried uninstalling the app completely to see if that helps at all – Reddit user said
You can fix these issues by simply disabling or deleting the Gear VR Service until Oculus sends an update fixing the problems.
Go to Settings > Applications > Application Manager.
Locate Gear VR Service.
Uninstall or disable.
Support on community discussion thread advises users to “uninstall Oculus Home first, and then Oculus Rooms (in that order) and then re-dock” the Galaxy device. “After you do that, it should download the latest working update,” hopefully fixing the issue.
Before uninstalling or disabling, however, simply open the app and see if it fixes the issue. Some users have reported that an Oculus update pushed itself through when the app was opened. The update seems to fix the problem. If it doesn’t, try the above fixes to see if you get rid of these problems.

mxEin said:
Hi!
So I bought the Gear Vr 2 (the 2016 edition) and after about 30 min use streaming videos over WiFi I start to get warnings about the phone overheating.
From the reasearch I could pull, it seems to be a very rare issue on S7s, with people reporting pulling up to 2 hour gaming sessions with no such warnings.
I've tried closing all apps in background (from going to recents and closing all), also restarting the phone and trying right after. And while it I did get a few more minutes, I still got the warning. If I ignore it and keeep using it, the phone gets super laggy. Also tried going into airplane mode (with only wifi running) but still the same.
Any ideas? Never noticed the phone heating up much on any other event.
BTW, I'm on stock nougat.
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Leave the cover off the Gear headset that covers the phone / point a fan at the headset
People mod them to hold a small battery powered fan to keep things cool
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search in googlre
if you own a Samsung Galaxy smartphone and are experiencing excessive battery drain, overheating and performance problems, VR might be the cause of all your problems too. Oculus recently sent an app update that has started creating these issues. The problems affect Gear VR-ready Galaxy phones, but the fix is pretty simple.
Okay so it seems that some people on here have come to the conclusion that the battery drain issue that some are experiencing is from an Oculus update this morning (Gear VR). I tried uninstalling the app completely to see if that helps at all – Reddit user said
You can fix these issues by simply disabling or deleting the Gear VR Service until Oculus sends an update fixing the problems.
Go to Settings > Applications > Application Manager.
Locate Gear VR Service.
Uninstall or disable.
Support on community discussion thread advises users to “uninstall Oculus Home first, and then Oculus Rooms (in that order) and then re-dock” the Galaxy device. “After you do that, it should download the latest working update,” hopefully fixing the issue.
Before uninstalling or disabling, however, simply open the app and see if it fixes the issue. Some users have reported that an Oculus update pushed itself through when the app was opened. The update seems to fix the problem. If it doesn’t, try the above fixes to see if you get rid of these problems.
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That bug was over a year ago, and was fixed within days
When you search Google, check the dates (2016)

*Detection* said:
Leave the cover off the Gear headset that covers the phone / point a fan at the headset
People mod them to hold a small battery powered fan to keep things cool
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That bug was over a year ago, and was fixed within days
When you search Google, check the dates (2016)
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Check when an article was updated. It may still show an older date, the date of the initial release, but if you click on it, you may see that it was updated, and when. Or if it was not.
So, even older articles may be helpful.

Thanks for your replies!
I tried the uninstalling the updates, but after after about 40 min still got the warning. I guess I'll have to do the cooler thing, annoying as it is.

Samsung Gear S2 Software Update

Hey guys the reason to start this thread is to discuss everything about gear s2 updates.
Software updates can improve device stability and provide a variety of additional benefits, including user experience improvements, bug fixes and the latest security patches. Samsung Gear S2 gets a massive update, check the new interface and functions

Update report for a T-Mobile Gear S2 LTE
Allen_Jolynn0 said:
Hey guys the reason to start this thread is to discuss everything about gear s2 updates.
Software updates can improve device stability and provide a variety of additional benefits, including user experience improvements, bug fixes and the latest security patches. Samsung Gear S2 gets a massive update, check the new interface and functions
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I was surprised to see the update available. It took a long time to long time to download, transfer, and install, so I would definitely recommend that your watch be in its charging station for the process.
At the end of the update here are the version numbers:
Tizen 2.3.2.7
Software Version: R730TUVU3DRC1
I haven't fully explored everything, but there's a lot I like:
Quick Access (pull down) has a lot more capabilities (including accessing Settings, Brightness, Do not DIsturb, Screen Always on). Unfortunately they seemed to have removed the music player. (Guess I'll have to add that widget back to my list).
Widget improvement: Multi-contact calling looks better, there are a lot of new Health Widgets including a multi-activity one in which 4 possible activities are presented on one screen for a easy selection and start-up, recent apps widget is really handy.
New apps: I tried the Samsung PPT controller, but it didn't work. (I'm on a Mac, so that might be why).
My big big concern at this point is battery life. It seems terrible. That maybe due to playing with lots of apps and then not doing a clear all, but if it keeps up, I may have to do a soft reset and see how things are. Right now, I'm guess the battery drain rate is 2 or 3 times what I usually have.

gghose said:
I was surprised to see the update available. It took a long time to long time to download, transfer, and install, so I would definitely recommend that your watch be in its charging station for the process.
At the end of the update here are the version numbers:
Tizen 2.3.2.7
Software Version: R730TUVU3DRC1
I haven't fully explored everything, but there's a lot I like:
Quick Access (pull down) has a lot more capabilities (including accessing Settings, Brightness, Do not DIsturb, Screen Always on). Unfortunately they seemed to have removed the music player. (Guess I'll have to add that widget back to my list).
Widget improvement: Multi-contact calling looks better, there are a lot of new Health Widgets including a multi-activity one in which 4 possible activities are presented on one screen for a easy selection and start-up, recent apps widget is really handy.
New apps: I tried the Samsung PPT controller, but it didn't work. (I'm on a Mac, so that might be why).
My big big concern at this point is battery life. It seems terrible. That maybe due to playing with lots of apps and then not doing a clear all, but if it keeps up, I may have to do a soft reset and see how things are. Right now, I'm guess the battery drain rate is 2 or 3 times what I usually have.
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The Samsung Health too was update. Now the aplication alone of Samsung Health for iPhone support the Gear S2, and this is incrible!
I believe this Samsung abandoned the Gear S2, but I thinked wrong.
Can anyone speak if the run4gear work in Android Phones with Gear S2 in Tizen 2.3.2.7?

Mine says no new update available :/

I did the update this morning and it was successful. I see the new shortcuts widgets and updated health and weather apps. But I don't see the Powerpoint App anywhere. Is that something you have to download?

So swipe down now doesn't go to the previous screen. Am I right in thinking to get back to watchface you now need to use a button?

Killerheels said:
So swipe down now doesn't go to the previous screen. Am I right in thinking to get back to watchface you now need to use a button?
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Yes , I think the update removed the swipe from top to go back feature. Need to use the side button to go back over you are inside of an app.

Anyone have the previous firmware for SM-R735T? I don't need anything the new update offers, just want the "back" gesture returned.

Habit dictates a swipe and I keep getting back the settings...... Will have to relearn.
Anyone else found this a nuisance?
Valiante try Sammobile....
Wouldn't it try to auto update if you re installed the previous firmware version, or could you turn it off at the Gear app 'phone settings?

Has anyone tried to flash this to a vzw watch or is that not possible and we have to wait and hope vzw puts out an update?

Verizon has updated there page for the new update but still have not received the update ota here's a link to page https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-gear-s2-classic-update/
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Scratch that I just received the update for the Verizon gear s2

i'v also got the new update here in Chile...
awesome update guys.. new pulldown toogles, and a lot more... new icon and new apk's
now we have samsung app store in the gear...
good job samsung gear department..

I was really excited to get the update. After the previous update, watch does this really annoying thing where it lights up the room when its done charging at night. Some times it will stop charging, drain a little, start charging again, and then light up the room a second time.
Well that hasn't been fixed. Now my watch battery is draining incredibly fast. I had to turn off always on watch faces and it's still draining at least twice as fast as it used to. Its been off the charger for an hour and it's already down to 85%.
I really miss the swipe down to go back. I don't need quick settings on every app. I hardly ever used it as it was. Speaking of which, most of the quick settings don't even do anything for some reason.
Really disappointed.

For me with the new update, I can't anymore answer to a whatsapp message direcly on the watch ! I can only use a button to open whatsapp on my phone !
Do you have the same thing ?

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I was surprised to see the update available. It took a long time to long time to download, transfer, and install, so I would definitely recommend that your watch be in its charging station for the process.
At the end of the update here are the version numbers:
Tizen 2.3.2.7
Software Version: R730TUVU3DRC1
I haven't fully explored everything, but there's a lot I like:
Quick Access (pull down) has a lot more capabilities (including accessing Settings, Brightness, Do not DIsturb, Screen Always on). Unfortunately they seemed to have removed the music player. (Guess I'll have to add that widget back to my list).
Widget improvement: Multi-contact calling looks better, there are a lot of new Health Widgets including a multi-activity one in which 4 possible activities are presented on one screen for a easy selection and start-up, recent apps widget is really handy.
New apps: I tried the Samsung PPT controller, but it didn't work. (I'm on a Mac, so that might be why).
My big big concern at this point is battery life. It seems terrible. That maybe due to playing with lots of apps and then not doing a clear all, but if it keeps up, I may have to do a soft reset and see how things are. Right now, I'm guess the battery drain rate is 2 or 3 times what I usually have.
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I was playing around with the settings and you're actually able to change the quick settings so you can the music player in there ?
PS: Yes battery seems like it sucks...

Dannyxz said:
I was playing around with the settings and you're actually able to change the quick settings so you can the music player in there
PS: Yes battery seems like it sucks...
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I got a second one a Verizon model and bassiy have to have all extra features off. And weird stuff is happening on it
I spent 10 hours yesterday dropped to about 75% I found download mode and was gonna play around. But that was the first reboot. And upon reboot batt was at 15% I'm like what the heck so I through it on charge am gonna swap it back out with the orig AT&T model I got first.

I haven't found the setting to manually set step target with the new update. My alarms stopped working so I had to do a factory reset to get them to work. Now I can't change my step target on the watch. This is how I used to do it:
1. Open Samsung Health
2. Go to very right/bottom and select Settings
3. Select "Adjust Step Target." This selection no longer exists.
I looked in just about every possible setting in Samsung Health and the device settings. I've tapped and long pressed on every possible data point on every possible screen for a hidden menu. It's nowhere.
I reached out to Sammobile 2 times.
- The first time I received instructions for doing this on the Gear Fit 2 Pro. #fml
- The second time I was told to factory reset everything, which I had already done. #fml
It's annoying that manually setting the step target on the Samsung Health app doesn't sync with the watch. But that's another topic.

TheMadScientist said:
I got a second one a Verizon model and bassiy have to have all extra features off. And weird stuff is happening on it
I spent 10 hours yesterday dropped to about 75% I found download mode and was gonna play around. But that was the first reboot. And upon reboot batt was at 15% I'm like what the heck so I through it on charge am gonna swap it back out with the orig AT&T model I got first.
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Oh wow... I have the T-Mobile version, I don't have a plan for it so I was surprised to get an update but yeah I'm down to 47% right now and I should be in the 70/80 by this time. I closed all the apps and that seemed to help a bit but when you have a few apps open it seemed like it was draining quick...
I'm gonna do a reboot once I get home hopefully that'll help. If it doesn't do the trick that's something they're gonna have to fix.

Dannyxz said:
Oh wow... I have the T-Mobile version, I don't have a plan for it so I was surprised to get an update but yeah I'm down to 47% right now and I should be in the 70/80 by this time. I closed all the apps and that seemed to help a bit but when you have a few apps open it seemed like it was draining quick...
I'm gonna do a reboot once I get home hopefully that'll help. If it doesn't do the trick that's something they're gonna have to fix.
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Yea i ended up taking it back to the guy this morning as it was clean but registered on some ones account and verizon wouldnt activate it...So I got back the AT&T model which I knew was good and also has like 9 months of warranty left:good:

TheMadScientist said:
Yea i ended up taking it back to the guy this morning as it was clean but registered on some ones account and verizon wouldnt activate it...So I got back the AT&T model which I knew was good and also has like 9 months of warranty left:good:
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Nice!!! ?
How do you still have warranty? Where did you buy it from?