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[Nexus 5 General] spacemanspiff33:
Alright then, don't know why you're bum is hurt and you are arguing with me when all I am doing is stating simple facts with the intent of helping you.

I've listed multiple ways of making a phone call, besides your Nexus 5. Take my comments with a grain of salt and do with them what you will.
[Nexus 5 General] JBSpeed:
I've been pretty patient up to this point, but I ordered my 32GB Black N5 around 8pm EST on November 1st, and I've got nothing yet. I know I really can't complain about it not being shipped yet, since it had a "leaves warehouse on 12/3/2013" date, so its not like its late.

But reading about how many other people who ordered after me are receiving their shipping notices and sometimes have their phones in hand while I'm still sitting here "Pending" is getting a little old. The other thing I can't figure out is why people who ordered after me received a warehouse date of 11/26/13 and not 12/3/13. Their logistics with the shipping is beyond confusing at this point.

Congrats on getting some movement on your order though :)
[Nexus 5 General] Grondinm:
I'm in the same boat as you. Ordered about same time still says leaves by Dec 3rd. Seeing all these orders placed after mine(ours) getting shipped is making the waiting that much harder but it's getting close :)
[Nexus 5 General] starche_old:
Ordered 32G black around 5pm Nov 1. Yesterday late at night got email :thumbup: should arrive this Friday.

BTW, my experience with UPS tells me not necessary I'll get my toy to play with it during this weekend...

Sent from SGH-i317m
[Nexus 5 General] frag2:
Mine just got changed from "ships in 2-3 weeks" to "leaves warehouse by Dec 3". Visa got billed on the 16-17th [not sure] so perhaps I'll get mine next week.

Ordered Nov 8
[Nexus 5 General] hydrapole:
Similar thing happened to my husband and I. Both ordered Nov 1st 4pm PST. Had a first auth right away that fell off quick.. then nothing until the 16th. Both of us had another auth from Google that was there over the weekend, but mine at least has already fallen off.

No official billing charge from Google yet, but this morning the status changed from "ships in 2-3 weeks" to "leaves warehouse by Dec 3" on the "My orders" page of the play store.

Here's hoping that we see something this week. - Waiting on 32GB Black N5, in Kelowna, BC
[Nexus 5 General] P90Puma:
Nobody has this voice-mail issue on Rogers with the N5? this constant not dismissable notification is super annoying and I have no clue if I am getting new voice-mail or not...
[Nexus 5 General] Grondinm:
Thank you for your post. It mad me check my card as well and it also has a auth posted on the 16th. It is still there as well. Hopping for shipping e-mail soon :victory::D status still says ships by/on the 3rd
[Nexus 5 General] persianrisk:
There are hardware and software speaker mods specifically for nexus 5 and this is mainly a software issue and die to strong film protecting speaker inside therefore blocking full sound output
[Nexus 5 General] iamhacked:
Is anyone else in Edmonton supposed to get their order today?
[Nexus 5 General] kekehuhu:
Using N5 on Rogers and there is no voicemail notification. Does anyone experience this?
[Nexus 5 General] zivan56:
Works fine on WIND when both receiving email (icon appears) and when you listen to all your emails (icon disappears). The voicemail icon, unless something has changed recently, is just a specially crafted SMS that the provider sends to your phone and its never shown to you. Does your SMS work normally?
[Nexus 5 General] kekehuhu:
Yes my SMS and MMS are working just fine. I'm using 8ms SMS App btw, but I don't think it has anything to do with it.

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Oh, I found this article http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/11/11/p...fications-dont-show-up-until-a-device-reboot/

It looks like it's Rogers and Bell only problem :p
[Nexus 5 General] sluma:
yeah it appears to be a Rogers/Bell issue. it was reported a week ago :)

the providers that it works on are telus/WIND/Mobilicty/Videotron as far as I know
[Nexus 5 General] juliandeange:
shipping

I ordered my Nexus 5 black 16gb on Noveber 10th, from Toronto Ontario, and it says leaves warehouse by December 3rd. Im just a bit pissed off that they would change the delivery estimate on the website to December 3rd before they even ship out mine!
[Nexus 5 General] Noxey:
I just received my 32 GB white nexus 5!

It came at 2:04pm, I got home from class at 2:45pm and had it waiting for me. :) Sold my Galaxy s3 for $350, and am ready to begin using my Nexus 5!

....after my midterm on Thursday. It's actually killing me. I'm going to have to bring it to a friends house to ease the temptation, but I know if I open it now I won't be able to study at all for the next two days. That and the fact that my case and screen protector isn't coming in until Thursday is enough incentive for me to keep it in its shipping box.
[Nexus 5 General] iamhacked:
Received my 32GB white about an hour ago! It's very nice, the white texture isn't smooth as some made out to be so that's nice. One thing I don't like is the brightness throttling and how chrome seems to reload tabs every time I multitask.
[Nexus 5 General] htc fan89:
anyone going order bumper case for nexus 5? it's now available on google play
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
Everyone knows I love my Note II, quad core with dedicated GPU on a 5.5 inch 720p screen. But when the galaxy gear smart watch came out it wasn't (and still isn't officially) compatible with anything but the Note III. I decided to see if I could get it to work.

After some digging I found the .apk for the galaxy gear watch manager for the note III and low and behold it installs just fine on my Note 2:

It's not totally 100% compatible, some things I still have to work on, but it does sync contacts, take photos, show the time etc.

If you have a Samsung galaxy device and wish to get the gear, feel free to try the APK I found:

http://briananim.kicks-ass.net:9000/ftp/droidapps/gearmanager.apk

EDIT:

So I was able to update my adb sideload program I always used to use and install standard .apk files after enabling usb debug:

http://briananim.kicks-ass.net:9000/ftp/droidapps/sideload_apps.zip

Here's some video of me tooling around in minecraft PE:

[YOUTUBE]J5r_0OtjfAU[/YOUTUBE]

I didn't keep minecraft on the watch but I wanted to see if the watch could handle it.

Thus far I've installed a small calculator, and an uninstalling application to remove things I don't want to keep. I've also tried other launchers like Nova. Nova worked fine except you can't load widgets and there is no clock on the top right so the device is useless as a watch. I'll be sticking with the standard touchwiz launcher as it has a working app drawer.

I've taken the standard launcher and taken all the home screens out except for time, app drawer, and notifications so it's much more stream lined and I can get to all my apps with just one swipe. The question is, what apps do you think would be good additions to my wrist aside from calc, schedule, phone, and time? .apk links would be great too.

You can't use any apps the require a data connection as the device doesn't have wifi. I tried using pdanet tablet edition & foxfi between this and my phone via Bluetooth but it force closes unfortunately.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
Can you get notifications, and which?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
Still trying to figre that out. When I go into the gear manager on the phone and click "samsung apps" the manager freezes and I have to force close it.

What I can do right now is make calls, take photos / video, see my call log, tell the time. I can also see upcomming events.

I need to find a copy of the note III's s-voice to be more compatible. Anyone have an .apk? I'm not sure if it's the exact same as the s4's
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
I've done a lot of reading on the gear. It's not worth it at the moment, especially since the CEO himself said the gear is lacking a little "something extra." Also, due to this, they have already started working on the gear 2. Mainly, Samsung knows they screwed up big time and Apple and Google will most likely produce something better. Your meta watch and my pebble are still better at the moment. The problem is battery life is terrible. All notifications from apps other than stock email and messaging show nothing but a notification icon with a number. You have to open up even gmail on your phone because it will not display on the gear. The metawatch and pebble showed all this from day 1 and even improved with each update. Every big tech review site has given the same statement. It looks great but fails everywhere else. Maybe if it was $100, it would be a decent accessory to have until something better comes out. However, $300 is a complete waste for a subpar overly hyped product. I wanted this device, but glad I read all the reviews. Samsung is retarded also for making it only compatible with the note 3 on release. A very stupid and limited form of marketing that will only hinder their progress. Anyway, if anyone bought it, good for you. Trust me it's better to wait as mentioned in many reviews of this device. Then again, it's smart marketing in one way because people will buy it for the cool factor, and then they will upgrade to the gear 2 because it's better. Same concept on cars. Mercedes has this trick with the E class. They've already got a 6-10 year outline of the horsepower and design of each future car. That's why it's the most changed and most bought Mercedes. Think about it before you fall for the gear.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
When you take photos and videos, does it get stored on local memory only, or can you transfer it to phone memory (select saving destination to N2)?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] hhadrian:
Dont believe everything you read.The gear is a perfect companion watch for the note 3 and from the post above its not bad on the note 2 and it's not even officially supported for that phone.The reviewers have really got this one wrong I have had it a week and it gets better every day
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Is this your first smart watch? Btw, the gear isn't even waterproof - huge fail. So, the minute you forget it's on your wrist and it's raining or you wash your hands a little past your wrist, you're screwed ;)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Hälftebyte:
Plus most of all it costs $300...ridiculous imo
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Agreed...and there are many top tech websites and comments by people like us on xda that agree with you, lol.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
T-Mobile already sells it at 25% discount, but I think you have to buy it with N3. Yeah, unfortunately Samsung rushed into this one. It has potential since its based on modified Android 4.2 OS (or whatever 4.x), which means it will get hacked and modified at some point. But the price point of $300 is too high to make it mainstream now. Remember what happened to original Sony SW? Nobody cared about it until they dropped the price to $99 and opened SDK. Boom! It became affordable and open for XDA community to jump in with new app development and support. But with Gear, no matter rootable or not, you still will be limited by poor battery life, proprietary charging cradle (imagine forgetting it to take with you before even a 2 day trip?), and bracelet which is not replaceable and kind of flimsy looking with that camera sticking out asking to be bumped.

About a month ago if someone would have asked me what smart watch to buy at the current moment, I would suggest Pebble only (because of it being mainstream with developers support). Today, this answer would be Sony SW2 because of all the improvements (watersplash resistant, easily accessible standard micro-usb, great touch display where watch face can stay on permanently and you still get a decent multi-day battery life). My personal fav right now is Omate. Don't care about stand-alone phone (will never use it), but the whole idea of portable android device fully waterproof with a camera, micro-sd, and 600 mAh battery, and already released SDK ahead of official availability (and XDA developers already working on it now) - that intrigues me a lot!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Hälftebyte:
Yes the Omate is certainly the most interesting at the moment with full Android 4.2. My only gripe with it is how thick it is. I really don't see me wearing a watch that size at the moment. Maybe in a few years I'll be saying it's too small but right now the SW2 is the largest I'll go.

The SW2 is sleek and does what I need which is be a companion to my phone, allowing me to leave my phone in my pocket a bit more especially with where I'm living at the moment :/. If Google (or anyone else) doesn't beat it by December, the SW2 will be my next gift to myself.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
I've enjoyed the watch so far, even it being in my possession for less than 12 hours I'm still having fun with it. I very rarely make expensive purchases on a whim and although I did read a ton of reviews I wanted this watch more for my own curiosity more than anything.

My friends helped kickstart the pebble and if I would have known about it I too would have been on that bandwagon. So far the picture quality has been great, I've yet to take any videos however I can tell you that you can transfer the files from the watch to the phone seamlesly. I belive it does it for you after awhile or you can push them. I took some shots of my parent's dog I was watching today and the photos looks pretty good, especially on this small screen.

I like the fact that I can use multi-touch things like pinch-zoom etc. The audio controls are nice and when 4.3 comes out for the note II there will be even more things I should be able to do with this device. Samsung did say that the marketplace for this device will be open for app devs to make things for it specifically, and it can have a dozen or so apps installed at once.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Great feedback from everyone. I agree that the Sony Smart Watch 2 seems to be the best new option currently. It delivers on battery life, is splash resistant, can open and read notifications, esp with the notification pull down, and has the ability to see multiple apps on each screen similar to android phones and the Omate interface. It's definitely an improvement for the current smartwatch genre. It's actually also thinner than the Gear despite being boxier. I do like the Omate and the Neptune Pine, but they seem way too bulky and geared towards being stand alone devices despite Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity for use with smartphones. I just hope Google does one better.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] joshm.1219:
The gear is the worst deal lol. A waste of $300
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] premiatul:
Note3 s voice apk can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45948394

Hit my "THANKS" button! Come on, you can do it!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
I'm going to try loading side-loading apps using the usb debug:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...real-apps-running-on-the-samsung-galaxy-gear/
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
Thanks premiatul however I tried that version of s-voice and it is only the BETA (as listed in it's info page) so it won't sync. It looks like I need one taken directly from the note 3 via root or something.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Can you try to side load gmail and see if you get emails? I saw that video and dolphin browser won't work due to requiring data connection. I assume gmail would also need data. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
So I was able to update my adb sideload program I always used to use and install standard .apk files:

http://briananim.kicks-ass.net:9000/ftp/droidapps/sideload_apps.zip

Here's some video of me tooling around in minecraft PE:

[YOUTUBE]J5r_0OtjfAU[/YOUTUBE]

I didn't keep minecraft on the watch but I wanted to see if the watch could handle it.

Thus far I've installed a small calculator, and an uninstalling application to remove things I don't want to keep. I've also tried other launchers like Nova. Nova worked fine except you can't load widgets and there is no clock on the top right so the device is useless as a watch. I'll be sticking with the standard touchwiz launcher as it has a working app drawer.

I've taken the standard launcher and taken all the home screens out except for time, app drawer, and notifications so it's much more stream lined and I can get to all my apps with just one swipe. The question is, what apps do you think would be good additions to my wrist aside from calc, schedule, phone, and time? .apk links would be great too.

You can't use any apps the require a data connection as the device doesn't have wifi. I tried using pdanet tablet edition & foxfi between this and my phone via Bluetooth but it force closes unfortunately.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Thanks for the update bro. This thread right here is a big turn off about the Gear. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2477441

I run with my pebble and sweat a lot. Pebble is totally waterproof even in the shower. That's really pathetic on Samsung's part. They clearly didn't do enough testing.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
I can't say I've had the chance to test for this moisture problem, I hope mine's not going to have it but fingers crossed.

I feel kinda stupid for not posting this in the galaxy gear sub forum. Should we move the post or is it okay here?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
This is bad, indeed. Moisture was #1 issue with original Sony SW. That's why they put it at the top of fixes list going to SW2. Omate has some ridiculous IP67 rating where you can go diving with it in deep salt water. Their latest update is very impressive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3FjLfWXZ8g

Their watch is not as elegant as SW2, but from a functional perspective (and without even a need to use sim or battery draining 3G service) this is definitely at the top of my list. With included camera (720p), 600 mAh replaceable battery, super high durability, option for 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage plus micro-SD expansion, IPS display with sapphire crystal scratch proof glass, it's own wi-fi to pair up wireless headphones or maybe game controller or maybe even login to IP remote camera, etc - I'm very excited about it :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Yeah, I hope you don't run into that problem, and I think this thread is good to have here. Keeps the accessories section interesting.

[MENTION=3996566]vectron[/MENTION]. I agree with you on the amazing specs of the Omate. Just time will tell what is the best option when it's out compared to the other new ones.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
time or maybe some luck if I get a chance to review and to compare these ;)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
Anyone have any recommendations about what other 3rd party apps to put on here that don't require live internet connection? I have coin flip, calc, magic the gathering life counter, light saber, and the stock apps.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
Try a different camera app and see what features you can use and if you can take longer videos than 15 seconds. Also try run keeper if the Samsung can use GPS with your phone.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
Good idea, 4gb of ram should hold a lot more video than this! However I'm not sure if the transferring will work correctly.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] opasha:
True, def a good test to try. Is there any way at all to connect the Gear to your computer?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ali.alsayed.98:
got an idea !

u just said that the device (gear) does not have wifi..

but it has Bluetooth

so..

here is my idea

from your note 2 device

1.go to settings

2.more networks

3.tethering and portable hotspot

4.bluetooth tethering

then.. rom the watch.. connect the gear

I didn't try it

but as you got the watch

why don't u ? ^_^:highfive:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
I don't have any tethering plans, and that way would charge me. I am grandfathered into the unlimited data w/ Verizon so I don't have free tethering. I am looking for other Bluetooth tethering solutions like pdanet, foxfi etc.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] halaletarian:
Agreed
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] yinxzon:
has anyone figured out a way to beat the notificatons part
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rainbow ng:
Thank You Brainanim for the apk provided.:fingers-crossed:

For the others who don't have a Gear or do not plan to purchase the Gear, It better to keep this thread concerning the connection of Galaxy Gear with Note2.

There are forum of SW2 and Peddel in XDA. There is no reason to push other not to have gear in this thread. If u want , go to comment on Samsung facebook , Amazon, Ebay...etc.

I follow Brainanim's way to connect the note 2 and GEAR. It works and all the other thread said Gear MUST collect with android 4.3 and the TW launcher with bluetooth 4.0 isn't true. Great work. Wish you can have look on the notice part and the weather part to see is there any way to solve.

Also I find that it is not possible to install apk through Samsung app store maybe the apk have locked to installed on note3 only. Your suggestion to use ADB to push apk to the gear directly is a good idea:good:

Waiting for you good news
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] evil1skull:
Note 2

Hi, can this work on T889 t mobile 4.1.2 rooted stock rom?I have the apk manager installed alreadyI love my note 2 and would like to use the gear with it Thanks in advanced.

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Will this work on Tmobile t889 stock rom 4.1.2 rooted?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] egzoti4en:
Have you tried to used the Gear with any custom rom from here. Which work and which don't. Thank you very much for the information.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] BrianAnim:
I'm just using the current released stock ROM.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Gamsner:
tried with phoenix rom. rom is fast and stable. Galaxy Gear funcion like with the original rom. Tried also with cm 10.2 snapshot. It function only with the custom rom for the galaxy gear. No connection with original gear-rom.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] aguiamaster:
I am on skynote custom and all is fine except bluetooth tethering share net
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Tha_Dynasty2049:
Nope it will not

and also no it will not work because you ill need the Samsung Suite only provided in 4.3 update

unless its a workaround but its only for 4.3
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] theleland:
All good here using beans 4.3 rom on Verizon note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] theleland:
Noticed that I'm not getting all my notifications in a timely manner. Starts out good after rebooting the watch and phone, but after a while notifications stop.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nbolas:
Thanks

Thanks to your post I tried and now use my Note 2 with the Gear, actually, it seems weird but I am on a 4.1.2 custom ROM, not all works but overall is good for a product that was supposed to work with my favorite phone. Keep the tread alive please. And thanks again.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] turbo50t:
4.3 update

Now that the 4.3 update is out, you have full compatibility with Gear.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jim Wilde:
Is the updated Gearmanager.apk avail other than the AppStore. For some reason, my Note 2 will not update from the store with this new updated Gearmanager....says my rom is wrong one....using 4.3 :(.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Vandam500:
Try on official stock 4.3 rom?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jim Wilde:
I am on official stock rom. Just wondering if the .apk was avail anywhere
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xxxnewman:
Does it (gear) shows a time without BT sync?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Jim Wilde:
Yes

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I installed the older version of the Gearmanager from this thread, but I need the latest update of Gearmanager in order to get proper notifications. Cannot update via Appstore.... Would be grateful if someone could link, or tell me where I could get the .apk other than the store.

Many thanks in advance.