How do I transfer a call from bluetooth speakers to the phone with tasker? Cant find any parameter for tat action :/
Why: When in car I want the calls to go through bluetooth handsfree system, but if its a private call and I have company in the car I would like to be able to pick my phone up from the dock and then the call should be transfered to the phone automaticlt even thou the bluetooth still is connected.
How do I do this?
Thanks in advance
/Max
The way I would do it is have a script to turn off bluetooth when there is an incoming call and it is removed from the dock (by the way what do you mean by dock?) and then re-enabling it when the call ends.
Good thought, but its like walking around the problem. Ill try if my car likes me to switch on and off BT or if it will refuse to reconnect.
Dont need a script for it, tasker have defaults to just turn of the BT in this case. But it would be a hell lot easier if I could just re route the sound since there are buttons for it on the darn phone
A dock... the holder with included charger for my mobile in the car.
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On htc phones if you answer from the bluetooth the call will take place there but if you will answer from the ohone the call will be directed on the phonespeaker
I also have this problem but in opposite way. I want that when my phone has the autoanswer enabled the call to remain on the bluetooth which is not happenning and when i am riding the motorcycle is difficult to answer from the bluetooth device
lhoria said:
On htc phones if you answer from the bluetooth the call will take place there but if you will answer from the ohone the call will be directed on the phonespeaker
I also have this problem but in opposite way. I want that when my phone has the autoanswer enabled the call to remain on the bluetooth which is not happenning and when i am riding the motorcycle is difficult to answer from the bluetooth device
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I havnt tried, but this app looks promising for you: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.everysoft.autoanswer
//Max
Thank you, I tried this but is not working as I wish, because when is answering the conversation is transferred automatically on the phone!
When I bought Gear 2 Neo a week and a half ago, I immediately faced the following issue: how the hell I keep using my Bluetooth earpiece for conducting phone calls? As cool as it looks talking to the Gear, it's not as convenient as wearing an earpiece, and I've been using those for the last 12 years. This new annoyance combined with an old one: when I'm in the car, I want my phone to automatically switch to the car in-built Bluetooth audio, both for phone calls and for media. I don't want to do this manually! And now, with the Gear, just think of the possibility of talking to the watch while driving the car!
Now, the Samsung phone owners have the luxury of being able to switch to the earpiece after picking up the call on the Gear. Not ideal, but workable. Still puzzles me though if you're able to choose a specific Bluetooth phone audio device if you have more than one (e.g. as with the earpiece and the car example). But we, the non-Samsung owners, don't even have this option. So finding a solution was due!
So, here are my use cases:
When I'm not in the car, I'd like the phone to be connected to the Gear all the time while not in the call. This makes sure I get all the notifications etc.
When not in the car and I'm engaged in a call, I'd like Bluetooth phone audio to switch to my earpiece as soon as possible. This automatically disconnects the Gear, meaning I'm no longer able to receive notifications on it. But this is not an issue, as, when I'm on the phone, I prefer not to be distracted anyway. At the end of the call I want Bluetooth audio to reconnect back to the Gear.
When I'm in the car, I'd like my phone to connect to the built-in Bluetooth phone and audio. I would like to stay it like this for as long as my car audio system is on. This means I won't receive any notifications on the Gear, but I reckon this is rather good while driving. When my car audio is off, I'd like the phone to automatically reconnect back to the Gear.
There are two pieces of software that helped me with achieving this:
Tasker. It's not free, but is worth every cent you spend on it. What's more, you can download a 7-day free trial to play with this guide before you commit to buying it.
Secure settings. All the functionality you need for this guide is included in the free version.
My triggers are:
Phone ringing or off hook and not in the car: connect to the earpiece
Phone idle and not in the car: connect to the Gear
Car application is launched (happens automatically when I plug my HTC One M8 into its car holder): toggle car mode on, which, in turn, connects to the car Bluetooth
Power disconnected (which is what happens when I turn car engine off or pull the phone from the car holder) and the car mode was on: toggle car mode off
Car mode switched off: connect to the Gear
Device boot: connect to the Gear
Now, you can import the attached file into Tasker on your phone and give it a go. You will need to go and replace the device MAC addresses and names with YOUR devices first (in Secure Settings configuration for each and every relevant task).
If you don't have in-car Bluetooth, just disable the corresponding profiles.
Now, there are some things that need improvement:
Right now I can't answer the calls on the Gear even if I want (e.g. if I forgot my earpiece at home or if it's out of battery). The reason for this is the way Secure Settings plugin performs BT Connect action: it disconnects the currently connected device first and only then tries connecting the other device. Also, there is no way to figure out if this connection was successful or not. I'm thinking of implementing a special toggle that will disable automatic earpiece connection on user request.
One scenario that is not properly implemented yet is switching from in-car BT to the earpiece while in the call (e.g. when you arrive at your destination while talking on the phone and want to live the car without disconnecting the call). Right now this requires manual intervention.
Unfortunately, Bluetooth connectivity of many devices is still quite buggy. I often find that, despite the fact the phone shows it's connected to the device, the audio is not going through. Or the device doesn't think it's connected (both happen quite often with my in-car BT). Usually, what helps in this situations is resetting Bluetooth on the phone or on the device or on both. I'm thinking of adding BT off/on action before any device switch just to improve reliability. However, sometimes the device needs to be reset, which may be easy (e.g. turning the earpiece off and on) or not (you can't turn the in-car BT off without stopping the engine).
That's all for now. Feedback is appreciated!
Great add thank you!
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I'm having difficulty opening your file below. Do you open it using tasked, open via file explorer and edit or open via service manager. I also have the m8 and appreciate all the work you've done. I'm fairly new to tasked so figured it would be easier to change your file and then load it.
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I'm having difficulty opening your file below. Do you open it using tasked, open via file explorer and edit or open via service manager. I also have the m8 and appreciate all the work you've done. I'm fairly new to tasked so figured it would be easier to change your file and then load it.
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I have appradio 2. Is there a way to modify this to always disconnect the gear and connect the car radio when I plug in USB from the radio?
You can also accomplish all this with LLama profiles which is a free application
I ended up making my own. Was better as now I have some working knowledge of tasker and secure settings. I dont have Bluetooth in my car so was a little easier.
One thing I did add was a 5 second wait/delay so I can still look at who is calling on the watch, decide if i want to answer or reject from the watch and then if I do answer it automatically disconnects the Gear and allows you to talk through the phone or earpiece.
Thats my only addition as it maintains some function of the watch to allow screening of calls without pulling phone from pocket.
There is a bluetooth setting if you'll only use it for media or phone calls or both )
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There is a bluetooth setting if you'll only use it for media or phone calls or both )
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How exactly this helps (or is even related to) the issue at hand?
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How exactly this helps (or is even related to) the issue at hand?
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because instead of disconnecting and reconnecting your watch you can leave it on and choose another device for voice calls and or notifications
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because instead of disconnecting and reconnecting your watch you can leave it on and choose another device for voice calls and or notifications
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The problem is the phone can have only one device connected to it using phone headset profile and it won't use any other profile (e.g. multimedia) for making calls.
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Thanks ! Help me alot!
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I need some resolve to me after the call is automatically disconnected BT Handset Gear2 but have remained constantly connected. Do with Timo anyone have experience? Thank you.
I solved this by using an nfc tag as a switcher! I bought an Nfc tag for just 25cents and I wrote on it with the free app Trigger... When I get in the car I swipe the phone on the nfc tag and it connects to the car BT and when I swipe the phone again it switches back to the gear!
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There is a bluetooth setting if you'll only use it for media or phone calls or both )
Just sayin
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How do you get to that setting? The only option (I have it connected to an M8) is phone audio
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How do you get to that setting? The only option (I have it connected to an M8) is phone audio
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It doesnt work
you need NFC , Task or Llama
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You can also accomplish all this with LLama profiles which is a free application
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Hi,
I'm trying with Llama, can you give me some help?
I add a new condition "ringing", but I don't understand the related action. Per my understanding I need to disconnect the GEAR, but I cannot find the specific action.
Ok, I understand that is needed Secure Setttings, but I still not able to do what I need: when the action is executed, I need to disconnect gear...
Ok, now everything is OK.
Just to clarify for who is not able to import che xml for Tasker or just want to use Llama that is free.
It is necessary to install "Secure Settings" and to create a Local Plugin Action, involving Secure Settings.
In Secure Settings, selecting the BT connect/disconnect action, it is possible to select from a list of paired device on which of them perform the "connect/disconnect" action
Thanks a lot.
Does it have to be connected to my phone via bluetooth to get apps and notifications to work? I thought stand alone meant that I could still get my notifications and apps like eBay would still work.
if both your phone and your s2 is connected to wifi, they connect remotely and you can receive notifications... but the non 3G S2s will need an active connection to something
I have the 3g model. I thought that i would still be able to use apps and get notifications when my phone was say, left in the car and therefore was not connected
Did you make sure that mobile data is turned on or set to auto for the watch? I just did a test for email by disabling bluetooth on phone, making sure the watch picked up mobile network (I have mine set to auto not always on) and then sent myself an email and the alert came through to my S2 without issue.
I turned off bt, wifi on and 3g. It says they are connected remotely I sent myself a email and that worked. Now when there is no wifi and no bt connection and its just the gear and phone is in car, should I still receive texts and emails? Btw my eBay app doesn't work set this way.
When I tested mine I did not have WiFi or Bluetooth on. So the watch was not connected directly to the phone via Bluetooth or WiFi, just over mobile data. So this should be the same as testing like the phone was left in the car. If the connections aren't enabled there should be no difference between testing with them beside each other or leaving the phone in the car. The only difference would be if you were in a location that the phone and/or the watch did not have a connection to mobile data. If one of them was not on mobile data then it wouldn't be able to see the other.
One other way I can test it would be if the phone is on mobile data and the watch is on a WiFi network, it would be interesting to make sure that would work.
Also, I haven't tested yet, but my understanding was that if your phone dies or loses signal then it will not forward calls or messages to the watch. Has anyone else confirmed that? It should be an easy enough test.
I have not tested call forwarding either as I have not enabled it yet, I was hoping to do some more extensive testing before I do as I don't want any issues and I can't have my phone not ring.
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Ok, so I just did a bit of testing with some pretty interesting results.
Keep in mind that this is testing strictly with email, exchange email on my phone to be exact.
So I did a few test on a variety of different connections, Bluetooth off in watch settings for all tests, but tried different variations of both on same network and one on WiFi the other mobile and then swap which Device was on WiFi. The results were all pretty much the same regardless of how I had the connection. I was able to get notifications regardless of how my connection was setup. Also to point out is that my watch only says standalone for just a second when I look before it switches over to "connected remotely"
So the interesting stuff that I noticed is that if I did not receive a notification on my phone then I received nothing on the watch, for instance one test I sent myself an email but left the email open on the phone so it did not send me a notification for the email. This would make since and I understand not getting a notification for it, but the thing I thought was weird is that even if I go look in the app on the watch for email the email did not come over in the app.
The other interesting thing I noticed was that I would not receive the notification on my watch until my screen actually shut off on the phone. So if I received an email but was still doing something else on my phone, the notification did not come through until the display goes off on the phone.......Update for this one, there is a setting in notifications on the gear app on the phone that allows it to send notifications when the phone screen is on.
Anyone else having similar results?
It also seems to me that the mail app on the watch is more of a notification tracker instead of a mail sync, it does seem to update deleted items for me, but it will not sync in mail to the watch if i did not receive a notification for that mail on the watch. So definitely some kind of disconnect/bug/user error somewhere.
Idk what is going on with mine. I'm texting with my phone and not one time has my gear told me I have a notification. Gear app says remotely connected. Phone on 4g and gear on 3g
Hmmm interesting.
I just tried testing my text messages via remote connection with watch on the mobile network and mine appear to be functioning correctly. One thing i did notice for mine is that text messages function a lot better then email does. It even sends me notification on my watch if i have the text open and do not receive the notification on my phone. Also, when I completely disabled any connection on my watch, then did a test text, and viewed the text on my phone. When I turned connection back on for the watch it did sync the text to the watch. This still does not sync for email though, email only shows on my watch if I received the notification on my phone.
Another thing I can think is that in your watch settings you have a mobile network and a mobile data, make sure that when bluetooth is disconnected the mobile data is on too.
Do you have any other bluetooth device connected directly to the watch or phone? Haven't tested, but not sure if the watch or phone would see a headset connected bluetooth as connected and not forward things correctly......just thinking out loud here.
I don't really use any other bluetooth devices. All my connections say on except the bluetooth. Should I do a reset?
Ok, like I said for the bluetooth I haven't done any testing so it was just a thought.
Have you went into the gear app on your phone and went to notifications/manage notifications and make sure the messages notification is enabled?
I have a T-Mobile Note 5 paired to the T-Mobile Gear S2. Maybe different providers or different phones are having a different experience then how mine is working.
I always like doing a reset as just a last resort once all other settings are checked. But if everything else looks like it should be enabled correctly a reset can't hurt to try. I can't really answer if it will fix it as I just haven't had the problem you are seeing myself.
Is the only thing that makes this one different from the classic is the 3g? Which at this point isn't really doing anything extra for the watch.
I have a bit of a different issue with bluetooth. First my setup. Galaxy S6 edge+ and Gear S2 3g version (verizon). There's a button on the notifications panel on the watch that you can press to automatically forward your calls from the phone to the watch. Now, I have a bluetooth headset connected to the watch. I unpaired it from the phone. I can hear all navigation (button presses, etc) through my bluetooth headset (LG HBS730) while using the watch, however, If I receive a phone call, the call forwards to the watch but I can't answer it with the bluetooth headset. The headset doesn't even ring or vibrate like It does when paired with the phone. It just doesn't respond to the watch ringing at all. yet I can hear all other sounds from it. (YES, I checked the bluetooth options for call and media and they are both on).
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I have a bit of a different issue with bluetooth. First my setup. Galaxy S6 edge+ and Gear S2 3g version (verizon). There's a button on the notifications panel on the watch that you can press to automatically forward your calls from the phone to the watch. Now, I have a bluetooth headset connected to the watch. I unpaired it from the phone. I can hear all navigation (button presses, etc) through my bluetooth headset (LG HBS730) while using the watch, however, If I receive a phone call, the call forwards to the watch but I can't answer it with the bluetooth headset. The headset doesn't even ring or vibrate like It does when paired with the phone. It just doesn't respond to the watch ringing at all. yet I can hear all other sounds from it. (YES, I checked the bluetooth options for call and media and they are both on).
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Hi Alien,
So for mine, I have the LG HBS750, so a very similar headset to yours. Mine seems to work pretty good. I think you checked a lot of things I would have suggested, main one being the bluetooth settings on the watch for call and media. I did notice with mine that if I answer the call from sliding on the watch face it goes to the speaker phone of the watch (even with the bluetooth headset connected), but if I answer with pressing the button on the headset it goes to the headset. But mine vibrates and everything when the call is forwarded so I do not even think yours would be getting to that point.
Have you tried taking the call on the watch face and pressing the three little dots on the watch face and clicking the bluetooth button to see if it sends it to your headset? It kind of seems to me like even though you have told it to use the headset for call audio it just isn't working right. Maybe a full unpair and repair to the watch for the headset?
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Hi Alien,
So for mine, I have the LG HBS750, so a very similar headset to yours. Mine seems to work pretty good. I think you checked a lot of things I would have suggested, main one being the bluetooth settings on the watch for call and media. I did notice with mine that if I answer the call from sliding on the watch face it goes to the speaker phone of the watch (even with the bluetooth headset connected), but if I answer with pressing the button on the headset it goes to the headset. But mine vibrates and everything when the call is forwarded so I do not even think yours would be getting to that point.
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It's odd that I get all the other sounds through it but not when the watch rings. I find it also odd that my phone continues to ring even when I have call forwarding to the watch turned on. The phone rings until I answer the call whether on the phone or on the watch. Does that happen for you as well?
Have you tried taking the call on the watch face and pressing the three little dots on the watch face and clicking the bluetooth button to see if it sends it to your headset?
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I have not tried that with the 3 little dots. I just hadn't gotten that far with it yet.
It kind of seems to me like even though you have told it to use the headset for call audio it just isn't working right. Maybe a full unpair and repair to the watch for the headset?
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I tried that last night. I'll use it today and see how it works. I can make calls using the headset just fine from the watch. Maybe re-pairing it to the watch will help. My headset (as does yours i'm sure) supports multipoint. But I thought that would mean the head set could be connected to both phone and watch simultaneously and used for calls on both devices, but I'm not finding that to be the case.
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It's odd that I get all the other sounds through it but not when the watch rings. I find it also odd that my phone continues to ring even when I have call forwarding to the watch turned on. The phone rings until I answer the call whether on the phone or on the watch. Does that happen for you as well?
I have not tried that with the 3 little dots. I just hadn't gotten that far with it yet.
I tried that last night. I'll use it today and see how it works. I can make calls using the headset just fine from the watch. Maybe re-pairing it to the watch will help. My headset (as does yours i'm sure) supports multipoint. But I thought that would mean the head set could be connected to both phone and watch simultaneously and used for calls on both devices, but I'm not finding that to be the case.
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When my call forwarding is on it will ring my phone first, about 6 times or so, then my phone will stop ringing and shows a missed call and then the watch immediately starts ringing. Listening to the call while trying to call it I do not really notice much of a disconnect in the transfer, just a lot of rings. It would seem if the phone and watch are both ringing at the same time right when the call comes in then there is still a connection between the phone and the watch and not a remote connection. Do you still have bluetooth enabled on both phone and watch and have a bluetooth connection between them?
So I am not sure if this is your issue, but I did some testing just now. Granted this is on a different bluetooth headset as I left my LG at home today by mistake, but the other set still has multipoint. Bare with me while I try to explain my thoughts here haha......It might be a little confusing but I will try to re-read it and make sure I didn't make mistakes.
Scenario 1
So if I have the bluetooth between my watch and phone not connected (remote connection is enabled via 4G and call forwarding is on), but have the headset connected to both the phone and watch at the same time. I call my phone number, the phone rings a bit and the bluetooth also rings with it, after the phone stops ringing the call forwards to the watch and then the watch and bluetooth both ring from the watch, so this works exactly as expected with multipoint here.
Scenario 2
If I have the bluetooth connected between the watch and the phone. The headset paired to the watch only but not the phone. When I call my phone, the watch and phone will both ring at the same time and I do not hear anything for the call in my headset, but I still hear normal sounds from the watch in my headset.
Scenario 3
If I have the bluetooth connected between the watch and the phone and the headset paired to the watch and phone both. When I call the phone the watch and phone both ring at the same time and I hear the ring through the headset. When I answer via headset it answers to the phone. If I answer via watch and then tell it to go to headset, it sends it to the phone. So it seems that if the headset is connected to both then it takes priority to the phone for the calls, I think this is Samsung doing this and not the multipoint.
So I am thinking you might be in scenario 2. So try this. Turn bluetooth on your phone completely off. this should send your watch to standalone mode. Give it a min or so and check the watch status by swiping down and it should go from standalone to connected remotely......for mine if the call forwarding is on I even get a popup on my phone that says call forwarding enabled. Make sure headset is connected to the watch, it should just be the watch at this point as bluetooth on your phone is off. Then try calling your phone, let it ring and ring and when it stops ringing see if it starts ringing on your watch and see if the headset rings with the watch.
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When my call forwarding is on it will ring my phone first, about 6 times or so, then my phone will stop ringing and shows a missed call and then the watch immediately starts ringing. Listening to the call while trying to call it I do not really notice much of a disconnect in the transfer, just a lot of rings. It would seem if the phone and watch are both ringing at the same time right when the call comes in then there is still a connection between the phone and the watch and not a remote connection. Do you still have bluetooth enabled on both phone and watch and have a bluetooth connection between them?
So I am not sure if this is your issue, but I did some testing just now. Granted this is on a different bluetooth headset as I left my LG at home today by mistake, but the other set still has multipoint. Bare with me while I try to explain my thoughts here haha......It might be a little confusing but I will try to re-read it and make sure I didn't make mistakes.
Scenario 1
So if I have the bluetooth between my watch and phone not connected (remote connection is enabled via 4G and call forwarding is on), but have the headset connected to both the phone and watch at the same time. I call my phone number, the phone rings a bit and the bluetooth also rings with it, after the phone stops ringing the call forwards to the watch and then the watch and bluetooth both ring from the watch, so this works exactly as expected with multipoint here.
Scenario 2
If I have the bluetooth connected between the watch and the phone. The headset paired to the watch only but not the phone. When I call my phone, the watch and phone will both ring at the same time and I do not hear anything for the call in my headset, but I still hear normal sounds from the watch in my headset.
Scenario 3
If I have the bluetooth connected between the watch and the phone and the headset paired to the watch and phone both. When I call the phone the watch and phone both ring at the same time and I hear the ring through the headset. When I answer via headset it answers to the phone. If I answer via watch and then tell it to go to headset, it sends it to the phone. So it seems that if the headset is connected to both then it takes priority to the phone for the calls, I think this is Samsung doing this and not the multipoint.
So I am thinking you might be in scenario 2. So try this. Turn bluetooth on your phone completely off. this should send your watch to standalone mode. Give it a min or so and check the watch status by swiping down and it should go from standalone to connected remotely......for mine if the call forwarding is on I even get a popup on my phone that says call forwarding enabled. Make sure headset is connected to the watch, it should just be the watch at this point as bluetooth on your phone is off. Then try calling your phone, let it ring and ring and when it stops ringing see if it starts ringing on your watch and see if the headset rings with the watch.
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Yep Scenario 2 is me. Any call I get, the phone and the watch both ring at the same time. Oddly enough today I want to check it and my phone never rings. Normally it rings off the hook all day. Today, not one call. So turning off bluetooth connection on the phone is likely my solution to this. However, what happens to the rest of my notifications if bluetooth is off on the phone. This means the watch and phone are no longer paired together. Will I still get text and email notifications on the watch? Did you happen to test that?
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Yep Scenario 2 is me. Any call I get, the phone and the watch both ring at the same time. Oddly enough today I want to check it and my phone never rings. Normally it rings off the hook all day. Today, not one call. So turning off bluetooth connection on the phone is likely my solution to this. However, what happens to the rest of my notifications if bluetooth is off on the phone. This means the watch and phone are no longer paired together. Will I still get text and email notifications on the watch? Did you happen to test that?
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So I would not turn off Bluetooth connection, at least not permanently, I just meant to test the call forwarding. I would just pair the headset to the phone as well.
The Bluetooth is the connection that is meant to be used for when you are close to your phone. The beauty of the 3g watch is that it enables you to be connected to your phone if you leave your phone behind.
So how it works is your watch has its own number and your phone has its own number. When the Bluetooth is connected between the two then the watch and the phone are both ringing with your cellphone number, the phone is almost using the watch like it were a headset and not using the watch phone number. So you enabling call forwarding on the watch does nothing until you no longer have that Bluetooth connection between your phone and watch. If you were to leave your phone behind (or turn off Bluetooth just to test so you don't have to just leave your phone and walk away) that's when the call forwarding that you enabled kicks in, you need to make sure that you have told mobile network to be either auto or always on for the watch, it is in the settings. I'm using auto just to save battery life, with auto the watch only turns 3g on if it loses the Bluetooth connection to the phone, and because I have the call forwarding on, the phone will know that if I don't answer the phone it will auto forward to the watch number which then will ring the watch. Does that kinda make sense?
So like I said I would stick with Bluetooth on, the watch is meant to be an accessory to the phone. Just keep your headset paired to both phone and watch. Make sure mobile network for watch is either auto or always on, and make sure call forwarding is enabled (if you want the phone to forward the call if you leave it behind). As for notifications, you should receive them on the watch whether you are connected via Bluetooth or remotely connected via the 3g, I am not positive if they all work the same on both connections, but so far mine seem pretty consistent.
The downside of when you leave your phone behind and are connected remotely via the watch 3g is that whIle it is using its own number at that time, it also has its own voicemail. So if you miss the call on the phone and it forwards to the watch and you miss the call on the watch then the voicemail will be on the watches voicemail. But while they are connected via bluetooth, the phones voicemail is the one that will be used.
One other note, if your phone is powered off, either intentionally or just from a dead battery or something, the phone will not be able to forward the calls or any notifications to the watch.
Let me know if your needing any further clarification on any of that as I know there is a lot there, and I am responding from my phone so I could have made some mistakes.
worked beautifully today. Thanks for the tip. I had totally forgotten about just turning off the bluetooth on the phone. Worked like a champ.
hello,
could someone tell me why every time I turn on my ear bluetooth, my s2 classic watch (not 3g) does not connect directly?
well on the watch was already PAIR.
thanks.
There are notification settings in Samsung Gear. One for BT and one for remote. Make sure both are set.
Also the forward number should be active whether the phone is on or not, it overwrites the setting from vzw.com
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I swear there was a thread for this before. My apologies if so, I DID search for it.
Anyway, I used to be able to answer calls on my watch from my phone. Now I only get the option to decline the call. Did anyone find a fix for this? I don't use it much, but I needed it today. It would be nice if all of the functions of this watch worked...
If you are connected BT and a call comes in, you will only be able to answer it of you have phone calls enabled in the BT setting for the watch. Doing so will not let you take calls on a BT headset though as the watch acts as the headset.
dbregman said:
If you are connected BT and a call comes in, you will only be able to answer it of you have phone calls enabled in the BT setting for the watch. Doing so will not let you take calls on a BT headset though as the watch acts as the headset.
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Is this new since Tizen 3? I used to be able to take calls on the watch without setting anything up differently (just pair it and done), and my phone would decide the preferred device. Meaning, if I was in my car, my car would ring and I could answer on it. If this is the case now, that's kind of a big step backwards!