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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Gneechee:
Can't root gear

I've tried everything, followed all the instructions in the various threads, and I still end up with failure when trying to install the Gear drivers.

When attaching my Note 3 to my laptop, all the necessary drivers install fine - either manually, or via Kies. However, with my Gear it's a different story.

My setup:

Kies 3.2.13114_22

Galaxy Gear: OTA update this morning to MK7 (though this was happening before the update). USB Debug is enabled.

Samsung USB drivers from Samsung's website.

I have removed/re-downloaded/re-installed the drivers and rebooted several times, and tried various USB ports and different cables ... however, when I attach the Gear and try to install the drivers (either manually or via Kies), it always fails on "SAMSUNG_android".

Kies recognizes the Gear for what it is, but in Control Panel/Devices and Printers the Gear is "Unspecified". ADB shows no devices attached.

Admittedly I'm a noob at this, so I'm probably missing something obvious - I just hope somebody here can help me out.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] n11:
Stock
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Paddiis:
Remove the drivers for Galaxy Gear then install Pdanet, it will install the correct drivers or did for me on Win8.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tkjeeper:
Seems my weather stopped updating. I am still stock. Do I need accuweather on my note 3 also? I tried restarting the gear, and changing settings to update the weather every hour, no luck. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] shatroghistro:
Hey guys, is it possible to use any messaging app and reply on messages on the gear with google keyboard? Also, does viber work? Can you type on your gear in viber and reply to the messages? Also on emails and in facebook app?

Thank you very much, and happy holidays!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Gneechee:
Interesting idea, but it didn't work :(

I appreciate the response, however ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] DreddJudge:
Has anyone worked out how to get notifications working on the Nexus 5 yet? I have gear manager working and phone calls. etc. Just notifications arent working.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] borelis:
Hi guys. Got my gear yesterday and love it. Got it paired with Note 2. Everthing works except missed calls notifications? All other notifications works. Im on stock rom.

From another Note (GT-N7105)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ktetreault14:
What dpi's are you guys setting your apps?

sent from my Note 3 or Galaxy Gear:D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] phiphi45:
Just thanks for this post; I was lost my debbug mod.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] blkscorpio:
mine do the same thing. but at the end it still pass
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] traxxasislife:
I'm on an AT&T Galaxy SIII SGH-I747 running PAC-Man 4.3 and a Gear running Null 15

gear manager wouldnt install anything so installed all the components manually and got it working, but i have a few issues:

1. No notifications get pushed to the gear except for calls.

2. The stock contacts app on the gear doesn't sync, and the AOSP contact app doesn't present an option to call.

3. Media Controller does nothing

4. Find my device does nothing, while find my gear works fine(????)

Just about everything else works though, any help is appreciated:)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ckarrow2:
Check your Android version; SETTINGS/MORE/ABOUT PHONE

It has to be 4.3 or above.

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You have to be on a stock TouchWiz (4.3 or above) Rom. ASOP roms aren't really working completely with all features of the galaxy gear.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ktetreault14:
Any way to set double tap button to equal menu button?

sent from my Note 3 or Galaxy Gear:D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] redline57:
You need the US version... it was explain in one of the forum

find here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48706113
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ktetreault14:
I am rpoted with twrp and null 16 and note 3 rooted on international for tethering. When i try to use s-voice it says connecting then connection failed. Also i only recieve calls. No other texts. It used to work. So far i have tried rebooting

sent from my Note 3 or Galaxy Gear:D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] shatroghistro:
Re-quest. :)

Guys, can someone reply? Can anyone try viber and reply? A video on YT would be awesome! :)

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] aviguera:
I use viber but considering the keyboard / screen size limitations is almost guarantee to be a frustrating experience on the Gear.

I have Hangouts installed and it's useful to see incoming messages, but replying is a nightmare. I would imagine viber (and any other messaging app) would be similar.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] shatroghistro:
Thanks, Aviguera, for your reply. So, you can see viber notifications on your gear? That is sufficient for me, and reply would be only "Ok" "call u later" or similar. And one more thing:

Is there a messaging app we can use to send messages from? I know KB is small, but one or two words is enough in certain situations. I am about to buy the gear, so I need some info.

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ktetreault14:
Wondering the same thing also

sent from my Note 3 or Galaxy Gear:D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] reekotubbs:
Can anyone tell me what to download and install to get "Google Search" working correctly on null_16?

I have installed velvet.apk and I can open Google Search/Google Now, but when I attempt to do a voice search or even a manual search Google Search FCs.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] aviguera:
I sideloaded com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox-3.1.8.914827.arm.apk and I don't have any issues.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291677093

My only real problem is -- as expected -- when tethering disconnects and it fails to connect to Google's servers.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] reekotubbs:
Thanks did you side load into /system/app and chmod 755?

edit: Downloaded and sideloaded to sdcard then manually moved to system/app and chmod 755, but still FC when doing search with internet connection.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] horizons1:
S-Voice, Data Connection and Battery Life

First, thanks to the OP (Photon) for creating this thread.

EDIT: Moved question about battery life to existing battery topic. Trying to keep things neat!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] aviguera:
Nope. Just copied it to the /sdcard folder and clicked on the apk and it installed without issues. My searches (voice and typed) worked just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] reekotubbs:
Funny, I think I found the issue. When I boot to twrp recovery and try to do any thing it fails. I had to manually format data in adb, but still not fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] maximus96:
I didn't see this help thread before I made my post, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my note3/gg auto re-connect issue below,

everything was all fun and well when i got the gear this past weekend. always connected to phone and everything. However today I got in my car, the phone connect to the bluetooth audio as usual, and I get an alert on the gear saying its been disconnected. I messed around with it and discovered that my note 3 can only connect to either the gear's call audio or the car's call audio, not both at the same time. (it can connect to the gear's call audio and the car's media audio though) The car connection takes priority every time. I figure I can live with that but when I get out of my car, the gear doesn't auto reconnect to my phone. I know auto-reconnect works because it does that with my car but how can I get the gear to do that as well?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] reekotubbs:
I solved my issue by:

1. flash mk7 using odin

2. flash twrp using odin

3. Wipped data, system, and cache

4. Rooted using impactor

5. Installed null_16.zip (with all options)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] aviguera:
Yeah when in doubt just start over I guess :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] philippeg42:
Hello, i'm sorry if my question was asked, but i don't speak english very well and it's very hard for me to read all.

On my galaxy S4 i activate modem bluetooth in option. But i haven't connection on my gear, in bluetooth's option of my gear i have "bluetooth on / off " and an option about visibility. In options of connection with bluetooth to my gear, on my phone, i can change the name, separate gear and phone, and option for use gear for call, but i haven't option for use connection.

I can't use lot of application because my gear haven't connection, my gear is on stock rom update to MK7.

Thank you for answer

Envoyé de mon GT-I9505 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] jamen:
Having problems getting Gear Manager working

I just got my Gear 2 days ago. I put nullgear_16 on the gear this morning, i had a hard time getting gear manager installed. I ended up using the earliest version i could find 1.2.131013. the watch paired and everything was good. then i installed 1.5120903 over top of it. I got the message that it needed to update with samsung apps. which i didn't have installed. so i found an old apk, installed it, updated it to the newest version. installed Gear Manager 1.5.121601 and now I get a notice that says:

Unable to connect to the Gear.

Connecting to the Gear is not supported by your mobile device, or your software needs to be updated.

Check that your mobile device is able to connect to the Gear, then update your mobile device software.

I'm on 4.3 eclipse, I don't know what it could be complaining about.

I cleared data/cache on both the phone and the app. It gives me the same error message for the previous versions:

1.5.120903

1.5.120601

1.5.111304

I started by installing 1.2.131013 again. everything worked as intended. I tried updating to the next available version 1.4.102504 and i get the error message from up above. So I have concluded that Gear Manager really doesn't like my ROM for some reason. I don't know why it would care if it's a 4.3 rom though.

Updated to an MK2 rom (Eclipse) Works perfectly except for weather settings aren't available on the watch or Gear Manager.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ptfd139:
Stuck in limbo...

Attempting to Recovery/Rom my gear.... have it rooted with SuperU installed and can add apps through Wondershare.... Going through Odin appears takes recovery fine as I get a "Pass" after about 2 min. I then put the ROM on SD through Wonder and when I boot to recovery it gives me Android guy with working belly and does full reboot??? Have tried just about every option I can find out there, any ideas or thoughts to try? Am working with the Null recovery and ROM
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tarricone:
hi,

i installedlast null rom.

battery down very fast.

after 6h fear sgut down.

with original firmware batrery live more.

could you help me please ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vanisleguy1976:
The one thing I've never managed to get to function is weather updates, and that's both before and after rooting my gear.

I have ticked "use current location" in gear manager>my apps>weather. I have accuweather installed on my phone as well.

Any suggestions?

Devices:

- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 on X-Note 7.0 (ML2) with Compulsion Kernel 6.0

- Galaxy Gear on null_16 (MK7)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tkjeeper:
Works for me, but its directly tied to the accuweather widget. Occasionally the widget on my n3 won't update, I have it set to update hourly, and I have to manually refresh the widget, then automatically, the watch updates also. But, you MUST have the widget running on your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ajnicho:
I've noticed since installing Null Rom that the wrist flick to turn the watch on is much more temperamental. It comes on a lot now which is draining the battery. Is there anyway to change this at all?

Many thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] snake65:
I also have the weather problem and taken all the steps in the weather sync page and still no go. I have the latest null and Iam using skynote and everything else seems to be working fine. Any help appreciated.

Cheers

John
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ajnicho:
Hi

So I installed the NULL_TWRP and NULL_16. I've been searching all over this forum how to return it back to factory without any additional software, like i just got it?

I know how to use Odin, do I just flash the ROM for my country? Will this remove the recovery thing I installed too?

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Hi

So I installed the NULL_TWRP and NULL_16. I've been searching all over this forum how to return it back to factory without any additional software, like i just got it?

I know how to use Odin, do I just flash the ROM for my country? Will this remove the recovery thing I installed too?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ben503:
I got this as a Xmas present. Someone help me. I reset the gear and now I'm stuck at the screen with the gear telling me to dock the device with the phone. I don't have the note 3, so how can I get this going? Can I root the gear as is or do I have to have access to setting to enable USB debug?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vanisleguy1976:
If you'd like to disable it, go into gear manager > settings > wake up gesture and turn it off. You'll save tons of battery (though the gesture wake up is pretty darned cool :p)

Devices:

- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 on X-Note 7.0 (ML2) with Compulsion Kernel 6.0

- Galaxy Gear on null_16 (MK7)

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Same! I'm certain my settings are all correct, but still no weather on my gear

Devices:

- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 on X-Note 7.0 (ML2) with Compulsion Kernel 6.0

- Galaxy Gear on null_16 (MK7)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] insleyid:
Confused

Having some issues with rooting/installing TWRP. Actually with rooting itself. I have the Impactor program installed, and enable debugging/run the program. The program runs through various messages, then completes. The device does nothing. Then when I go to the App Store via MobileGo it says my device already has SuperSu installed. It does not show in the listing on MobileGo or in Gear Manager (Also doesn't show in the app drawer of the device). When I try and install TWRP it obviously fails and resets the phone. Confused as to what I am doing wrong. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to blast me for being a noob, but I did use the search function, and skimmed through millions of posts, as well as every video I could find, prior to posting here.

As of right now I have reflashed the stock rom via Odin, and resetting the device and am going to start again from scratch. Wish me luck...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] vanisleguy1976:
Sounds like root isn't sticking, follow the guide in post 3! Hope this helps you:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48323918

Devices:

- Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900W8 on X-Note 7.0 (ML2) with Compulsion Kernel 6.0

- Galaxy Gear on null_16 (MK7)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] insleyid:
Well, after a little more toying, I realized that I was over thinking this. I was stressing over the SuperSu.apk, Ended up pushing it with MobileGo, from a downloaded .apk. Worked fine, updated the binary, and recovery took the first try. About to flash NULL... we'll see how that goes. I will say that I am very proficient with returning the damn thing to STOCK now, lol. Oh well... killed a little time, and atleast now I know what to do in case of emergencies. Many thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] drocksmash:
challenge accepted!

Hello,

I have a note 2 running the beans 4.3 rom that came out a few weeks ago. The watch was working great with my note 2 as soon as I got that rom. Ever since the last update, when i get a notification on the phone and view it with the watch it sometimes stays on the phone as unread. Also, it will not count as "read" on the watch. I will have 43 notifications, even though I clicked and viewed each text message as it came in.

Any idea why after the last update the notifications are not working right? Pretty pointless to have to go through the watch to delete every message I had that day every night.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ajnicho:
I really like it but the NULL Rom wrist gesture is more sensitive than it is on the stock ROM. I would prefer it to stay the same! To be honest, it's the only thing keeping me from wanting NULL ROM on my Gear! The battery drain is dreadful using it with such a sensitive wrist flick gesture.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ben503:
How did you get gear manager to work on a Nexus 5. I'm thinking of selling my n5 and get the sgs4

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Sorry I was asking DreddJudge. My xda is acting up
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] merkman:
New to the thread, and just got my first Galaxy Gear. Thanks to all of you helping folks like me. That's awesome! :)

Okay, a few basics before I dive in:

1) My phone is a Google Play Galaxy S 4. So while it's an S 4, it is NOT a carrier edition with Touchwiz or other addins. In fact, I don't have any of the Samsung Apps, which was clear when I tried installing the Gear Manager yesterday and it said I had none.

2) My Gear is from All4Cellular. It was a "refurb" that I got for $200. It looks to be in EXCELLENT shape, with no nicks or scratches. Screen is likewise clean and free of any obvious issues. Didn't know if it was rooted or not, so after "connecting" it to the phone and installing the Gear Manager, I followed the root thread instructions and BELIEVE it's rooted.

3) Once I installed the "Gear" software to the phone, my keyboard on the phone would not come up. In fact, when the gear software installed and showed it was "connected" at the top bar, I also got a keyboard thing telling me to choose a keyboard on my device. I had English selected, but when I went further it said something about SASound.keyboard or something. Only way I could get my keyboard on the phone working again was to uninstall the Gear Manager and all the related apps. Now the phone works fine again in web browser, text messaging, etc.

There may be more specifics you need, but that's what comes to mind. The good news is the NFC *DID* work when I finally figured out to use the "charger" and not the watch to the phone. And while the watch may need to be "reset" or "recovered", if I did the root, will one or both of those be wiped out?

And the big question - Is my Google Play Galaxy S 4 causing me trouble with the setup because I don't have Touchwiz or something else? Is there software I should load onto my phone to make it "more compatible" before I try again?

Thanks again to those who help here, and have a wonderful New Year's Eve! :cool:

P.S. Oh, I forgot to mention when I installed that third party app for installing apps to the watch... that I got an error about failing to find source or something. Got the feeling it wasn't finding the APK's through the Android Market the way it should. But I hadn't logged into using my Google account either. Any info about what I'm doing wrong there is appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] drocksmash:
I am not an expert by any means... however the lesson i learned was that you [/B]must[/B] have touchwiz in order for this to work properly and it must be 4.3.x based for full functionality.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] merkman:
Well, I'm on 4.4.2. If I add Touchwiz, that should do it?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] nickthegreek7306:
Soft-Bricked my Galaxy Gear

Hey everyone,

I tried rooting my watch and installed twrp recovery along with the null mod and then I started fooling around with the recovery menus and wiped everything including the OS from my watch by accident. It still boots and you can get into RECOVERY/DOWNLOAD but it says "no os installed". When in download mode it is only seen by ODIN. Tried adb sideload but ADB cannot see the device when trying "adb devices". So I think I need to get the stock rom and flash it with ODIN but this is where I've been having trouble. I tried the thread with links the Samsung-updates but the website isn't letting the download. Anyone know if I can somehow convert the null_16.zip file into a flashable ODIN file and then use KIES to go back to stock????

So as a recap:

-Rooted watch using supersu

-Had null twrp custom recovery

-installed null_16.zip

-Fooled around with twrp recovery and wiped all the info out including OS and zip file in memory

-watch is in bootloop, can get into download and recovery mode

-watch is seen by ODIN but not by ADB or KIES.

-I need to either flash the null-16.zip file on the memory and reinstall or flash the v700xxuamk7 file and go back to stock. Stuck how to get it back to stock.

Methods:

1) Flash stock rom v700xxuamk7 file from ODIN

2) Get null_16.zip on the memory somehow and reinstall from twrp

3) convert null_16.zip into a tar file to flash from ODIN

I wont fool around with that again!!!! lol

UPDATE: Managed to unbrick my watch!!! :) I was in download mode instead of twrp when trying to use adb sideload. I went into recovery-> advanced settings->adb sideload and loaded null_16.zip and all is well! :) What a noob lmao.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] toastido:
I too have a gear on 4.4.2 Gs4 gpe. I have all but weather and some notifications working. I've been working on porting over the touchwiz apps (or framework) and I'm getting close. If I pull it off I'll start a thread here and/or in the i9505g Dev board.

I do have Samsung apps apk ported.. EDIT: Here's the thread I started with the samsung apps apk: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2593004

Happy new year!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] tcm2008:
Hi after rboot null 16 the original interface still there? is it can be switch between the two versions of it? If I dont want to this rom , is it can use the system reset gear to restore it? Thank you and Happy New Year
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] merkman:
toastido - Awesome. Very glad someone who knows more than Is working on this. I'll download and install the Samsung Apps apk, and look forward to your info about Touchwiz. But if the Google Apps prevents the keyboard issue I had above, AND let's me install apps... that's a great start!!! :)

Edit - On the reinstall, I found a setting about a physical keyboard. I disabled that, and my phone screen is working again! Haven't tried making calls, but installed a couple apps with he Samsung Apps and my login from my note II. Seems good so far, and look forward to Touchwiz. Thanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] BMEL:
USB Debugging box gone

didn't root properly before trying to install ROM USB Debugging box gone About Gear is only thing in gear info
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] nickthegreek7306:
Did you try going to about phone in settings and tap on the build number field multiple times? This will put it in developer mode and should let you debug again
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] BMEL:
Thanks so much now about to root and flash the recovery then rom
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Patosbuddy:
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS.

I have searched but can't find out how to lock the brightness on the highest level.

Outdoor it's called translated from my language.

It says it will return to level 4 after 5 minutes and it always does that. I have adjusted the level in Nova too but no difference.

I can't find a way to make it stay in level 6.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] bahamasjkh:
changing notification sounds

Hi photonicgeek, I am trying to change the notification sound on my gear. I already have it rooted and am using wondrrshare.. i have found the 3 notification choices on my gear.. downloaded and converted the sound i want to the .ogg format... i just cant seem to get the file into that folder. I can copy and paste to the sdcard directory but not to \Phone\system\media\audio\notifications. any help would be greatly appreciated.

many thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] jaggedx2:
help plz!! my galaxy gear says no operating sys. help plz!!

hi, im sure I am posting in the wrong area but I really need help. I wiped out my OS while trying to reset my galaxy gear. plz help :[. I would truly appreciate it if someone could take me through the steps on getting my watch up and running. I need galaxy gear for dummies. I sure hope someone has the patients to help me.

thanx

jaggedx2*
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] gilgamesh888:
Motion Effect is greyed out for me in watch settings

How do i enable it.

firmware is V700XXUAMK7