Hello guys, I've had a Galaxy Note 10.1 since November and yesterday the backlight connection went. Basically you had to hold the tablet in a certain way for the backlight to come on and to use it. I thought the tablet was totally dead (perhaps the exynos problem going around) but then as I was packing it away the screen flickered on and I took my hand off it and it went off. So the problem seemed to be that a connection was loose or something. Anyway I backed up everything to Kies and went to Tesco to get a new one. They offered me a full refund or a replacement, so I took a replacement.
Now I've charged it up and when I try to restore my backups from Kies nothing happens. They are all there and it recognizes my Note 10.1. It is stuck at "Preparing to start restore process..." but after 2 hours it hasn't gotten anywhere. I've even tried selecting less items to restore but no luck. Does anyone have a solution to my problem? Thanks for your help!
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Suggestion would be to try Kies or Samsung forum .
jje
I don't know how many of you have the Gear 2 along with a ton of apps/games (600+) on your Note 3, but any time I select "notifications" from within the Gear Manager with the Gear 2 it instantly freezes/crashes...giving me an error of "Unfortunately, Gear 2 plugin has stopped."
So I get NO notifications on the Gear 2 like I do on my Gear 1. After speaking with Samsung tech support 3 times it has been confirmed that this seems to basically be a memory issue (which I actually experienced with the Gear 1 as well until a Gear Manager update came out that helped).
In addition to the new gear being Tizen based and not having Android apps like Watch Styler (which causes me to lose over 100+ Gear 1 watch faces), I have also been extremely frustrated with the way the devices connect to your phone. Once connecting the Gear 2, going back to re-connect the Gear 1 is a true pain in the ass! The Gear Manager will constantly have to restore/re-install it's software every time you go back and forth between the two devices. When the Gear 1 finally does re-connects, which has sometimes taken over an hour to do, you'll not only find your watch battery drained but also some of your settings in the GM have been lost for your Gear 1. It's almost like Sammy didn't expect any of the Gear 1 owner to buy the Gear 2 so they hardly tested the two of them working well together.
So in short, with no notifications, no Watch Styler faces, no more camera shortcuts, no more hourly chimes, connection issues, and the WatchOn app that claims not to work with my Comcast cable box (when the same app works perfectly on my Note 3 and Note 10.1 with all my Comcast boxes) says to me that this $300 paperweight might be returned to the store soon for a full refund!
Buyers beware!...
P.S. - If anyone has a fix for the "crashing notifications" problem please let me know (and I've repeatedly tried clearing cache & data for GM with no luck). If nothing else, I need that at least to be working or this device is pretty much useless to me. Thanks.
When was the release date? 7 days ago...
What exactly did you expect? Give developers a little bit more time lol
There are also availability problems
I have absolutely no problems connecting the gear to my note 2 and everything works fine
For your Note 3 problem
Try this:
tizenexperts.com/2014/04/hack-unofficial-fix-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-working-with-samsung-gear-2-neo
Helga Pataki said:
When was the release date? 7 days ago...
What exactly did you expect? Give developers a little bit more time lol
There are also availability problems
I have absolutely no problems connecting the gear to my note 2 and everything works fine
For your Note 3 problem
Try this:
tizenexperts.com/2014/04/hack-unofficial-fix-samsung-galaxy-note-3-not-working-with-samsung-gear-2-neo
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I know this device was just recently released, however, I currently have 8 Android devices (5 of them Samsung) and I am very used to new tech ALWAYS having a bug or 2 when released. But not being able to properly connect a device "that has to be connected to even boot up initially" or not getting any notifications/communications at all on a smart watch is really unacceptable IMO because this is part of the watch's main functionality! If it doesn't connect or communicate messages at launch then how useful is it at $300. Having been a beta tester years ago, this product just doesn't seem to be very well tested to have such major problems right out of the box.
I've heard that an update might have been released today. I'm hoping that this info is true and that it addresses at least these major issues. I can then wait for the other fixes to come down the line later. By the way, thanks for the link! It doesn't really fix my problem with re-connecting the Gear 1 from the Gear 2 or the notifications issue, but interesting nonetheless.
I have the exact same problem ! The only way I got it to work was factory reset of note 3 then install Gear Manager and setup your notifications. But after a while the problem returns.
I'm hoping Samsung can fix this. I thought it may have been issue with the Omega ROM I installed on Note3 but it appears to be a prob on any ROM.
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mcse17 said:
I have the exact same problem ! The only way I got it to work was factory reset of note 3 then install Gear Manager and setup your notifications. But after a while the problem returns.
I'm hoping Samsung can fix this. I thought it may have been issue with the Omega ROM I installed on Note3 but it appears to be a prob on any ROM.
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I am facing same problem. I restarted. did factory reset. and restarted many times. It starts working and then after a while stops working and no notifications on my Gear 2. I miss Gear 1 never had problem with Gear 1 but this Gear 2. How to contact Samsung to resolve this problem.
All,
The 5 September update of Gear Manager caused my watch to continuously disconnect from my Note 3.
The only thing I could do was factory reset the Gear 2 and reconnect. However, restoring the backup failed as the progress indicator remained at 100% and never continued. The last resort was a full wipe and start from scratch reinstalling all the apps.
Gear Manager settings show that an old backup is still present but it is greyed out.
Anyone else had this problem?
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All,
The 5 September update of Gear Manager caused my watch to continuously disconnect from my Note 3.
The only thing I could do was factory reset the Gear 2 and reconnect. However, restoring the backup failed as the progress indicator remained at 100% and never continued. The last resort was a full wipe and start from scratch reinstalling all the apps.
Gear Manager settings show that an old backup is still present but it is greyed out.
Anyone else had this problem?
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I'm runing tizen mod 3.0 and my galaxy s4 running hyperdrive RLS 18.1. I am having the same issues but cannot figure out of its eithe rof my roms on the phone or watch. i did notice that this disconnect issue did not occur when I had the stock factory image on my gear 2. I thought it might be the roms. But now that you mention it, it may be the latest update with gear manager.
I'm hoping some savy developer or someone with more expertise on the issue can shed some light on this issue.
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I'm runing tizen mod 3.0 and my galaxy s4 running hyperdrive RLS 18.1. I am having the same issues but cannot figure out of its eithe rof my roms on the phone or watch. i did notice that this disconnect issue did not occur when I had the stock factory image on my gear 2. I thought it might be the roms. But now that you mention it, it may be the latest update with gear manager.
I'm hoping some savy developer or someone with more expertise on the issue can shed some light on this issue.
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There is an update that was released today as well, and of 9 reviews 7 of them state that it breaks the gear 2. But hey, they added support for the Gear S....
anmghstnet said:
There is an update that was released today as well, and of 9 reviews 7 of them state that it breaks the gear 2. But hey, they added support for the Gear S....
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Thanks for the heads up. I was able to pull the old gear Manager apk file and did 4 factory resets on my watch and my phone to get the thing up and running again. Can't believe samsung would update the gear Manager and not do extensive testing if people are already complaining of it breaking gear 2 connection. [emoji19]
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Thanks for the heads up. I was able to pull the old gear Manager apk file and did 4 factory resets on my watch and my phone to get the thing up and running again. Can't believe samsung would update the gear Manager and not do extensive testing if people are already complaining of it breaking gear 2 connection. [emoji19]
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Any chance you could post the old gear manager apk?
I have TizenMod 3.0 and Saproviders stops, I can't get notifications on the gear anymore... Samsung is really making me lose patience :/
Edit : all due to today's upgrade.
Same here. Anyone else know if we can deactivate the automatic updating? I did my bi-weekly CWM backup just last night (lucky!) so I have no problem restoring but as soon as I reboot the damn thing automatically updates! I want to pull the sim out, do a restore, deactivate the auto-update function and just leave it as it is until there is a fix. I would try restoring from Titanium but there are like 9 additional apps that it either installs or updates after the new Gear Manager installs!
This may be late for some of you but this is how I get around the problems...
1) Before you update the gear manager app, make a backup of the gear manager apps with titanium backup. (all the apps associated with gear manager will have the same gear logo)
2) Then open the app and update the software
3) Once complete, confirm that your Gear watch is connecting and receiving notifications. (The easiest way to do that is send yourself a text message)
4) If your watch is not working correctly or not connecting to the phone, then go back into titanium backup and restore the Gear Manager app back to the backup you made in step 1.
5) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until it works.
I personally had to do this twice before it connected and I received notifications. For future updates this is the only way I would do it because it is such a glitchy application and I'm tired of factory resetting my Gear and re-installing everything multiple times.
I hope this helps someone!
Strangely enough this update worked fine for me. It was the previous update that messed all up here..
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Strangely enough this update worked fine for me. It was the previous update that messed all up here..
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Was your watch rooted or modded?
Not this time. Reverted back to stock just to be sure after the problems of the previous update. Just had it rooted then though.
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Not this time. Reverted back to stock just to be sure after the problems of the previous update. Just had it rooted then though.
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So you used ODIN to revert to stock, rooted by normal means and then updated the Gear Manager and it worked fine afterwards?
I flashed stock with Odin and left it that way after the problems with the previous gear manager update. Before that I just ran stock rooted, no custom rom. The only reason I rooted was to remove the camera sound, but I don't use the camera that much on the gear.
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I flashed stock with Odin and left it that way after the problems with the previous gear manager update. Before that I just ran stock rooted, no custom rom. The only reason I rooted was to remove the camera sound, but I don't use the camera that much on the gear.
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I'm thinking that this new Gear Manager update checks the watch for root access and won't let it connect. That's just my first impression anyway.
I removed root from my watch but kept TizenMod, re-paired the watch and it connected without a hitch.
I don't think root is the problem because most of the comments are negative and I doubt most people have their Gear rooted. I think it's a software issue because even before root was available there were plenty of people having issues with connecting and the software has not improved much since then.
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I don't think root is the problem because most of the comments are negative and I doubt most people have their Gear rooted. I think it's a software issue because even before root was available there were plenty of people having issues with connecting and the software has not improved much since then.
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When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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Binary100100 said:
When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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I installed the new Gear Manager update yesterday and I thought all was ok. Its only when I came to load "Fitness with Gear" I noticed it won't sync anymore. Tried everything to get it to come back but its a no go. anyone any idea's on this or having the same problem?
Rich
xtermin8 said:
I installed the new Gear Manager update yesterday and I thought all was ok. Its only when I came to load "Fitness with Gear" I noticed it won't sync anymore. Tried everything to get it to come back but its a no go. anyone any idea's on this or having the same problem?
Rich
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Hmm.
Perhaps it could be related to Fitness with Gear because I have it installed as well.
Binary100100 said:
When was the last time you made a positive comment for something like that on Play Store?
Still... you might be right. All I know is that as soon as I un-rooted it cleared right up. Could be coincidence though.
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If it's an app I really like and support then I'll make a positive comment but I do also make negative comments as well. Root may cause some issues but before I had root I still had trouble with the app and had to factory reset multiple times just to get it to connect. I'm rooted and it still took me 2 times of trying to update to get it to work correctly. I think overall, Samsung did not spend enough time developing before releasing the Gear and Gear Manager. They're too busy pushing out a new phone every year and a new watch every 6 months.
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If it's an app I really like and support then I'll make a positive comment but I do also make negative comments as well. Root may cause some issues but before I had root I still had trouble with the app and had to factory reset multiple times just to get it to connect. I'm rooted and it still took me 2 times of trying to update to get it to work correctly. I think overall, Samsung did not spend enough time developing before releasing the Gear and Gear Manager. They're too busy pushing out a new phone every year and a new watch every 6 months.
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Agreed. This is definitely a poor job on Samsung. They did this **** just before the release of the Gear S? What a way to win hearts and minds. Think Apple will have these issues? I mean damn... the developers on this forum don't even have fails this big! When they notice that something that they developed doesn't work as expected they pull the link, fix the problem, TEST IT and then release it almost immediately. This is neglect.
Hi,
I just got a Gear S2 today and I think I regret it.
I'm unable to connect it to my phone (Wiko Fever)
I've done some searching, tried many methods and cant get it to work.
The phone detects the s2 and it gets paired but then it gets stuck at "Connecting to Gear" on the phone and "Setting up" on the watch, stays there for ever.
Tried many things, don't know what else to do.
I'm rooted, I wonder if that would be a problem.
Anyone with Wiko phones that managed to connected to a Gear S2?
Thanks
Hi all,
I'm having trouble getting Samsung's Gear app to connect with my new Gear Sport. I've tried about a dozen different versions of the Gear app, Samsung Services, and Gear S Plugin. All with varying degrees of success.
The phone always finds the watch over bluetooth and appears to pair. However, from there I usually get stuck at the "connecting to gear" screen on the phone. One set of APK's got me a step further on the phone side but then the watch says "Connection failed. Try again."
This thread seems to imply that the latest versions of everything from the play store should work, but they don't for me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ng-gear-app-android-n-samsung-t3547035/page19
I am running a rooted Nexus 6P with the Nitrogen Oreo ROM.
Any help would be appreciated. I like the watch, but if I can't get this basic functionality to work I'll probably take it back.
Thanks in advance!
therabbi99 said:
Hi all,
I'm having trouble getting Samsung's Gear app to connect with my new Gear Sport. I've tried about a dozen different versions of the Gear app, Samsung Services, and Gear S Plugin. All with varying degrees of success.
The phone always finds the watch over bluetooth and appears to pair. However, from there I usually get stuck at the "connecting to gear" screen on the phone. One set of APK's got me a step further on the phone side but then the watch says "Connection failed. Try again."
This thread seems to imply that the latest versions of everything from the play store should work, but they don't for me:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ng-gear-app-android-n-samsung-t3547035/page19
I am running a rooted Nexus 6P with the Nitrogen Oreo ROM.
Any help would be appreciated. I like the watch, but if I can't get this basic functionality to work I'll probably take it back.
Thanks in advance!
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I could never get mine to work on a custom rom. When I went back to factory firmware, it worked instantly.
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hgrunwell said:
I could never get mine to work on a custom rom. When I went back to factory firmware, it worked instantly.
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Thanks for the reply. Were you able to retain root at least?
therabbi99 said:
Thanks for the reply. Were you able to retain root at least?
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First thing I did was go back to Factory Firmware, then installed gear and accessories right after android setup competed, making sure it was working then re-rooted. Worked fine afterwards.
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hgrunwell said:
First thing I did was go back to Factory Firmware, then installed gear and accessories right after android setup competed, making sure it was working then re-rooted. Worked fine afterwards.
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Well, it was painful, but I went back to stock and was then able to install all of the Gear apps. Not sure what about a custom ROM hoses everything up, but it sure did. Like you I re-rooted and everything still works. Haven't tried flashing back to the custom ROM though. I may stick with the stock ROM since everything is playing nice.
Thanks for the help hgrunwell!