I havent seen too many threads about the Gear S2s randomly stopping working and not being able to take updates on here, but the forums on Samsungs site is awash with them, so i figured id throw this out there for those who might stumble upon it.
For the last few months my sons Gear S2 hasnt been able to pair with any phone properly. It would initially connect, then say that a firmware updates was required in order to continue using the device and wouldnt let you just continue with the current firmware. I tried pairing it with my U1 S9, my fiancees 100% stock Cricket S9, my old A8, 2 old S5's, S7 and S7 edge both, S4 and finally a S3. All of them failed to update the firmware and there was a bevvy of Android OS versions that i tried, so that was effectively ruled out. No amount of facory resetting via the OS itself nor recovery changed it. I then went to the Samsung forums as a last hope and there were "certified Samsung tech"s replying stating that they were working on it.
Fast forward to yesterday (i have been dealing wit this since before Christmas) and th ekiddo asked if there was any progress. It had been about a week since i tried it, so i tried it with my U1 S9 again and to my UTTER SHOCK AND DELIGHT, it actually took the update this time! It installed, rebooted twice (as per normal) and paired 100% with my phone! I unpaired it and had the kiddo pair it to the A8. That worked too!
Moral of the story, if you have a Gear S2 sitting in a drawer that suffered teh same fate, try the update again. Its worth a shot!
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Hello! I know this is only my second post here, but I've been lurking around since the original Motorola Droid came out. I'm not a newbie by any means lol.
Anyway, onto my problem... First and foremost, I am using a Google Nexus 7 rooted with DarkKat 4.4.4 and a brand new Gear 2 rooted with TizenMod 3.0.
I purchased a Gear 2 with the intention that I could pair it up with any non-Samsung Android device, with the assistance of a number of tutorials (one being backups for one another if the previous didn't work). I've tried every tutorial I could squeeze out of the Internet, but to no avail. I can get the latest version of Samsung Gear to install and run just fine, but no matter what I get stuck into a, "Connecting to Gear...," loop. I also have a Samsung account tied to my Nexus and was able to, at one point, get GALAXY Apps running. Yes, I went into the build.prop file and changed my brand and manufacturer to Samsung and model to GS-I9500 (also tried GS-I9195) and changed the app's permissions respectively. Also, just as an FYI, I am able to successfully pair my Gear 2 with the Samsung Gear app.
I've been diligently working at this, and only this, for 12-15 hours at a time for 4 days straight... I'm at my wits end with this thing. What really irks me is I can't set the date and time (on a friggin watch of all things), but good news is I found out how to at least sideload my custom widgets on it.
Anyone have some insight on this?
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Hello all,
I've been reading around this forum and found several guides for installing Cyanogen, but they seem to be made for you to install it on a previous installation, which is not my case, and I also have several questions.
First of all I have Samsung Galaxy SII (GT i9100)... i bouht it on Amazon, so I guess it's american. It still has the software it came from, I have never changed it. I've had several issues with this phone since it was new, like out of the blue I turn it on and it gets on a forever loop with the samsung logo. So everytime this hapens I have to wipe data and factory reset from the android system recovery.
Also about a year ago I got what I believe was a virus it took me a while to get rid of, but although I supposedly did, I feel like some issues are still around.
My question basically, what's the newest android version I could install in my phone? and how could I do it? what's a good guide for it or something?
Thank you so much for your help.
Hey,
First time on the site but I wanted to check here before bringing it to a shop. I failed to root my SM-G930T correctly so I flashed the stock 7.0 UI to my phone and it restored everything fine. It was working great for a while and still is, but despite being 'official' under device status, only some of Samsung's official apps work anymore, specifically Samsung fitness and Samsung pay don't work anymore.
On top of this, when I got an update notification I was finished downloading it and once it began to install it rebooted itself around 32% and went to a screen with text similar to when it's in download mode, blue text with a black background, and then it would say starting android. This would then lead to multiple reboots for a while until it stood trying and just says it can't update. What should I do about this?
Man, I think I got the same issue!!! I'm virtually clueless, so I'm gonna keep an eye on this thread.
A friend bought my unlocked T-Mobile S7 G930U on eBay or w/e in Oct 2017. I don't WIFI, so I guess that's why I'm here.
First time ever participating in a forum!
XO,
Bambi
P.S. Did I do this right?
Every few weeks when I go to pay with my watch I hold the back button entered my pin, and then am greeted with the wonderful message that all of my card info has been deleted. I never had this problem when I had a Note 8 or an LG V30 or an S9 but with my LG G7, I do have this problem. I notice that in the Samsung Gear app, I don't have Samsung Pay in the list but when my card is deleted on my watch and I have to set it up again and it tells me to check my phone, it launches it just fine to add my card but just doesn't show it in the Gear list. I have seen that others have had issues with their cards being randomly deleted and having to be set back up again. It is a good thing I know my bank card number by memory and doesn't take long to set back up but it is a bit annoying. I'm worried US Bank may start to think someone is messing with my card.
Anyone else had any issues with Samsung Pay deleting their cards? This was one of the biggest reasons I got this watch.
Happening every few weeks. I read that hard resetting the watch helps. We should contact Samsung about this, they don't read this forum.
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Happening every few weeks. I read that hard resetting the watch helps. We should contact Samsung about this, they don't read this forum.
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Been there, done that. No luck. I think part of the issue has to do with Samsung Pay not showing in my Gear app like it did with my previous phones. I did download the most recent apk and keep it on my SD card in case I need it, but when my card gets deleted from my watch and it makes me set up Samsung Pay again, it opens fine on my phone just don't know why it doesn't show up in the list.
Another possible reason could be when people do clean up of memory for the watch from the Gear app it could be deleting the cards since Samsung Pay isn't listed in the Gear app. Maybe not but it could be possible.
Its a known bug which samsung knows as well but they hardly do anything to fix it...its more frequent on non samsung phones...only hope is near gear watch launching with a better samsung pay app and we, the gear s3 owners also getting the update...
My Gear app updated today and now Samsung Pay is showing in the list on the Gear app now so maybe that will help. It was showing before on my current phone which is an LG G7 ThinQ but when I had the LG V30, it did show in the list on the Gear app. Perhaps Samsung updated compatibility with more phones even if they already worked with it despite the previously mentioned issue.
My credit cards have been deleted twice since I updated to the latest Gear App a couple days ago so that didn't fix the problem for me at least. I already called their support and they said it is a known issue with non-Samsung phones although I've read on multiple posts that Samsung phones have the same issue. They had me delete the cache on the Gear app, but that didn't help.
Gear S3 Frontier and Pixel 2 XL
Strange its happening now after over a year of perfection just a few weeks before Gear 4 releases
The CRG3 update seems to have fixed the problem at least for the past couple weeks, although my cards got deleted after I upgraded to Android Pie.
I spoke too soon. I received the CRH1 update a few days ago and all my credit cards were deleted once again today. I contacted Samsung Pay support and they acknowledged there is a known issue with Pixel 2 phones, but also blamed it in the Android Pie update. I had to remind him that this issue has been going on months before Pie was released and it's not exclusive to non-Samsung phones. My friend has a Samsung Note 8 and has the same recurring problem. He just asked me to be patient while they work on a fix. At least he didn't try to waste my time re-installing software or doing a factory reset
Hello, this morning I decided to give my old S2 another go, so I put it on and downloaded the wearables app. I say that they support SPAY now, so I thought that was pretty neat. I tried to update the firmware, and it kept failing. Eventually, I was led to this site for downgrading firmware and then reupdating. However, now that I've done that, I don't have the option to use SPAY now. I know for a fact it works because my mother is in town and SPAY works on her S2 and we have the exact same model. Any help would be greatly appreciated!