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Google Fit and the GS6

Hey those of you lucky enough to have the GS6 early.
Quick question as I have read conflicting reports of Google fit not working with the GS6 and/or making the heart rate sensor on all the time.
Is this the case? I know I can use S Health which seems to be ok - but it doesn't work with Android wear so Google fit is pretty important to me.

Google fit works and the heart rate monitor is not on all of the time like it was/is on the S5

supernova_00 said:
Google fit works and the heart rate monitor is not on all of the time like it was/is on the S5
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you see some people have said this. But them some have said it does make the HR sensor stay on.
The issue before was with the auto activity detection I think.

supernova_00 said:
Google fit works and the heart rate monitor is not on all of the time like it was/is on the S5
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You have to turn Activity Detection off.

I was impacted by this and had the heart rate monitor going off whenever it was in my pocket or when I would set it down on a table. It seems Google has acknowledged this at some level as the S6 is no longer listed as a compatible device for Google Fit on Google Play.
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Which kind of makes it pointless doesn't it?

Still doesn't work
Google Fit still isn't compatible with the S6.. I hope they will fix that soon, Android Wear keeps telling me to activate Google Fit on my phone but I can't.

well that just blows i track all of my stuff on there...

Well, this sucks. I use Fit, too. Just realized it wasn't running on my new S6, went to install, says it's not compatible. Anybody got an .apk for a side-load?

jimbobtexas said:
Well, this sucks. I use Fit, too. Just realized it wasn't running on my new S6, went to install, says it's not compatible. Anybody got an .apk for a side-load?
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Apkmirror.com has it.

gsrrr said:
Apkmirror.com has it.
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Of course it does. Thanks!

jimbobtexas said:
Of course it does. Thanks!
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Sure, just remember to go into the settings and disable activity detection. This should prevent the heart rate monitor bug from draining your battery.

One question. If you disable the activity tracking will android wear watch still send the activity? Thanks

Linmad said:
One question. If you disable the activity tracking will android wear watch still send the activity? Thanks
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Nope, unfortunately with fit installed my watch says I have 500 steps today but my S6 says I have 0 steps. Very frustrating, wish there was some app that could send the data without needing the phone to have activity detection

So I just installed Google Fit on my G920I after the AOD3 OTA. Before the OTA (AOBQ) Google Fit was shown as incompatible, but now it's shown as compatible and I installed it. I have the activity detection on and it seems that the heart rate monitor bug is fixed because the monitor light is not on unless I use it on S Health. Can anyone confirm?

Confirmed on my Galaxy S6 edge. Installed Google Fit and it works nicely.

Google Fit has been updated and can be installed on the S6 today directly from the Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.fitness

gsrrr said:
Google Fit has been updated and can be installed on the S6 today directly from the Play Store.
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And it helps?

But why cant I use the heart rate sensor from within Google Fit? I don't want to use S-Health. On my smart watch Fit can measure my heartrate too, so it should work with the S6-sensor as well, right?

TinyWeb - Web Browser

Hey all!
So today I found this app which should let browse the web. The TinyWeb - which is the name - is nicely written and intuitive application with english menu and set of bookmarks from the beginning. Also it is a standalone app.
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Seems awesome? Yes. BUT there is this little problem - it cannot access network for me. I tried using Gear S2 classic with connection to the phone (LTE) and without phone (Gear's WiFi). But it doesn't work.
Does it work for You?
I AM NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE APP NOR ADVERTISING IT

You have to disable bluetooth connection with wifi connection on. Works fine once you do that.

It works for me, but only with a direct Wifi connection (not trough the phone).

Same here. Seems like this may be related to that of below. Maybe Gear Manager for generic Android (not samsung) is missing the bluetooth / host-wifi bridge as there is no setting for it on my Xperia.
stackoverflow.com/questions/33849806/tizen-standalone-wearable-app-with-internet-access

I get an error when trying to install.
W0:WO:-1005

Where do I find this? I don't see it in the play store.

@Firehead thanks for the tip! It does work now, cool
@mills23 it is in the Samsung's shop for Gear S2. Maybe not available for Your region or something.

I am using gear s2
And in it also tinyweb is not working on both Bluetooth and WiFi

Seems to only work with wifi on however I don't need to disable bluetooth but would be better if it did work via bluetooth hopefully in a future update. Also was a pain to log into Facebook, most of the time the keyboard popped up but then disappeared after like a second and the times it did stay up I'd type my email (which isn't a quick thing to do on the S2 keyboard) to find it didn't actually enter anything in the text box. Though finally did get myself logged in but then when I went to go on it later it didn't keep me logged in so still a few issues.
Also would like if when zoomed in I could pan right the way to the corners of the webpage.

It works on s2 gear 3g in 3g mode. I'm impressed with this app considering the limitations of the tiny circular screen.
Props to the dev!

I installed it on my gear and then someone try to login to my emails account and etc.. Maybe by brute force. I changed my password everywhere for sure. So be carefulle after instalation of this app.

Could someone made a video showing TinyWeb in action for other users please .

It works now with the BT version, connection, so no need to switch to wifi only.
Was able to read the news and go on facebook. No brute force so far.
TinyWeb is no longer in the app store, is it unsafe to use then?

Is there any place/way to get a copy of tinyweb?

2ndLeaf said:
Is there any place/way to get a copy of tinyweb?
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Bump

ast11 said:
It works on s2 gear 3g in 3g mode. I'm impressed with this app considering the limitations of the tiny circular screen.
Props to the dev!
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I can't find it in the Samsung store.

zigismall said:
I can't find it in the Samsung store.
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I guess he removed it then. Can't blame him after seeing some of those reviews. Too many people *****ing that a free watch web browser isn't as good as a desktop version...

ast11 said:
I guess he removed it then. Can't blame him after seeing some of those reviews. Too many people *****ing that a free watch web browser isn't as good as a desktop version...
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Sad. Was free and people complain. Probably none browser for smartwatch will never been so good like desktop browsers. No way. I need Web browser for my S2 and there is none in samsung store but million ugly watch faces. I am going to cry...

I have this app (TinyWeb) installed on my Smartwatch.
If someone explain me how to, i can extract the app.
Bye
Marco

Question
How do hoy have Facebook and these apps on your gear s2? Are there another Store for gear s2?

Question Google Pay as default

Is it possible to use Google Pay as default app?

Yes... Open Google Pay and select It as default un option

There is no option in watch app

SORRY... my fault... It is in NFC option

Is there a way to map the bottom button to launch Google pay

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Is there a way to map the bottom button to launch Google pay
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Same question...

renton82 said:
Same question...
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No. Only the HOME button... Double press

Did they get Google Pay fixed? There were saying it would freeze up when trying to open it.

Just got mine today and Google Pay works after you update it flawlessly.

Got one today - Google Pay certainly installs fine, open OK etc.. Tied to the double click on home. All seems fine. Haven't had a chance to actually pay for anything yet, but seems fine so far.

Used it last night in tesco, works great. Just wish we could Nike the Samsung pay app, and map the button, but hey

I got to make google pay appear in NFC->payment with permanent proxy but I can't make the app appear, did anyone succeed ?

to set google pay the default payment method just go to settings>connections>nfc>payment and choose google pay
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i did that but there's no app where I can change the cards from the watch

Just launch the Google pay app, and the list of cards pops up?

Probably I didn't make myself clear enough
I have Google pay only as an option(and selected) in NFC->Payment
But I don't have the Google Pay app on my watch and it's not present in the watch Play store
I only have the google pay app in my phone.

lupy said:
Probably I didn't make myself clear enough
I have Google pay only as an option(and selected) in NFC->Payment
But I don't have the Google Pay app on my watch and it's not present in the watch Play store
I only have the google pay app in my phone.
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is your watch from a country where google pay works?
if you search googl epay on the play store you should see if it is available on your watch too (like telegram in the picture below)
or it should mark as installed if it's already on your watch
otherwise it's not available in your country or in the country your watch belongs to...

lupy said:
Probably I didn't make myself clear enough
I have Google pay only as an option(and selected) in NFC->Payment
But I don't have the Google Pay app on my watch and it's not present in the watch Play store
I only have the google pay app in my phone.
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I got Google pay working by opening the Google store on my watch, not my phone. I then searched Google pay and downloaded it on my watch.

I am using Google pay on my watch but noticed in the NFC tab that there is an option pay with open app.
Anyone know what this is for.?

maxal said:
I am using Google pay on my watch but noticed in the NFC tab that there is an option pay with open app.
Anyone know what this is for.?
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i think it enables the payment only if you have googlepay on the screen of the watch

Question Samsung Pay?

So now I have my Watch 5 Pro I thought I'd set up Samsung Pay, haven't used it for over a year, maybe more, and it's gone - it's Samsung Wallet.
Pretty tortuous set-up, and it seems none (or very few) of my cards work any more, or not without Samsung + anyway, which means I seem to need Curve. I think I've got everything added but the curve option just comes up on the phone as the curve card not the other 2 I added.
I now have no idea what I'm doing or how it works, or select the card I want? And I haven't even tried to add it to the watch yet!!
Is it just my advancing years or is this all just a pain to set up. Should I try Google pay? Is it simpler and will it work from the watch?

In what region are you? In nordics, I use samsung pay normally without any issues. Can you download samsung pay in the samsung store?

Yes I would switch to Google Wallet. It's easy to set up and it works seamlessly in just about every part of the world.

malimukk said:
In what region are you? In nordics, I use samsung pay normally without any issues. Can you download samsung pay in the samsung store?
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UK, but wallet is the new Pay with a couple of other things added in (I forget which!)

hand-filer said:
Yes I would switch to Google Wallet. It's easy to set up and it works seamlessly in just about every part of the world.
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Thanks, any issue with cards not being accepted like Virgin or Chase (hence the Curve nonsense)

stewarta13wsb said:
Thanks, any issue with cards not being accepted like Virgin or Chase (hence the Curve nonsense)
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I no longer Chase Virgins. It works fine with Visa Mastercard.

stewarta13wsb said:
UK, but wallet is the new Pay with a couple of other things added in (I forget which!)
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Mostly Samsung Pass

Samsung pay is a nightmare here in the UK, I tried to use it for a while and to many places wouldn't accept it, get Google pay its accepted everywhere and super easy to set up

matty100147 said:
get Google pay
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is it safe to share personal banking purchases with company who knows your location/calls/sms and can scan your photos?

malikin said:
is it safe to share personal banking purchases with company who knows your location/calls/sms and can scan your photos?
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Yep it sure is safe

malikin said:
is it safe to share personal banking purchases with company who knows your location/calls/sms and can scan your photos?
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Is it safe to use your Chinese manufactured device?

hand-filer said:
Is it safe to use your Chinese manufactured device?
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mine is vietnamese made
PS: Attention--chinese hackers just downloaded yr grandma birthday photos
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Question Tesla app / galaxy watch 5

Hi guys
I'm getting this phone imported to the UK but have a couple of questions I really should have looked into before ordering!
I drive a Tesla and use my phone for keyless entry. Works on Bluetooth. Will that work alright with the fold2?
I need to replace my aging and breaking Galaxy Watch Active too. Ideally I'd just go for the latest Galaxy Watch 5 but just want to check it will work? Will it? If not, what would?
Many thanks!!

I had problem with my Samsung watch 5 pro sometimes it would be unresponsive also have problem with app like facer and watchmaker not working. Once I root my Fold 2 everything work I had to add magisk-module-miui-cn2global-lite and install Samsung wear and install galaxy watch5 plugin.
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bennymccool said:
Hi guys
I'm getting this phone imported to the UK but have a couple of questions I really should have looked into before ordering!
I drive a Tesla and use my phone for keyless entry. Works on Bluetooth. Will that work alright with the fold2?
I need to replace my aging and breaking Galaxy Watch Active too. Ideally I'd just go for the latest Galaxy Watch 5 but just want to check it will work? Will it? If not, what would?
Many thanks!!
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There are no problems with this phone and Tesla I can confirm. In fact is say it's better than my galaxy fold 3

Hi. Im not rooted and I my Galaxy watch 4 works perfectly. I had some inconvenience to set up the first time, but following the instructions that I attached, I succeeded.

jip said:
Hi. Im not rooted and I my Galaxy watch 4 works perfectly. I had some inconvenience to set up the first time, but following the instructions that I attached, I succeeded.
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Just tried your way for the watch 4.
But no galaxy wear app on the oppo market.
Got the app and still no go.
Going to find another watch

knives of ice said:
There are no problems with this phone and Tesla I can confirm. In fact is say it's better than my galaxy fold 3
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I used to have problem to connect my watch 5 pro to fold 2 unroot

jip said:
Hi. Im not rooted and I my Galaxy watch 4 works perfectly. I had some inconvenience to set up the first time, but following the instructions that I attached, I succeeded
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I have a watch 5 pro and the fold 2 unroot, I use this method and now my watch 5 pro works now on the phone, it really works!

Kelvinsokk said:
I have a watch 5 pro and the fold 2 unroot, I use this method and now my watch 5 pro works now on the phone, it really works!
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Hi, can you share the steps? I followed Jip's instructions, to pair via samsung health. But it always gives an error when installing the watch 5 plugin. It says there is a problem parsing the package
UPDATE: I finally got it to work. Please see my post here if anyone is interested how I did it..