[Samsung Galaxy Gear] mmick:
Well, trying to put some order on one of the most important (yet problematic) app for our Samsung Gear: GEAR MANAGER

Until now (30th Dez 2013) Samsung Gear communicates basically with Gear Manager to configure the overall settings, Samsung Gear launcher, sync settings/multimedia or to receive notifications.

Some of the most important threats (IMO) are:

"gear manager update v1.5.121601" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586480

"Unable to reply SMS-es through S-voice" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48581831

"Gear Manager Uninstalls Feedly" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48582488

As of 30th Dez 2013, Samsung Gear MK7 and Gear Manager v1.5.121601

Issues:

1) Gear Manager v1.5.121601 crashes/freezes when people press "Notifications" and then "More Notifications" (ex: to turn ON Whatsapp or other app notifications) (temporary fix: uninstall v1.5.121601 -> find & install Gear Manager_1.5.120903 apk)

2) My Samsung Gear has Null_ 16 ROM. Before Gear Manager v1.5.121601, when I tried to update my firmware through Gear, it said "no updates (as I have the latest MK7, though with Null_), now it says "your Gear has been modified".

3) S-Voice does not work to answer SMS: A) voice recognition is horrible! B) it tries to send the SMS to a complete different number!!!

Example: I live in Germany, I received an SMS from (example) +49 1 777 55 66 77. When I reply using S-VOICE, the reply fails "Unable to send SMS" as the stupid software through S-Voice replies to (example) (it is sent to 49 1 0000 777 55 66 77 --> WRONG Number!!! FIRST it ignored the "+" and SECOND it added "0000" to the number...)

4) Gear Manager uninstalls Feedly, another company´s application, and without my consent! (gReader does the trick, but nevertheless... ridiculous!)

What to improve:

1) S-Voice...voice recognition! It is so bad comparing to my Note 3´s S-Voice, that hurts!!!

2) S-Voice capabilities: first I thought that Gear´s S-Voice was just a channel from Note 3´s S-Voice, so it would be (a little) smarter, and could also do some basic web search, etc.... but it doesn´t!!! And so stupid it is...when I try to know the weather in some city that is not the one I am at (or well known like London, Paris, Madrid), it always says the weather to the city I am at! Even "New York" or "Miami" fails! (at least if I speak in German or Spanish)

3) No basic web search....(original software)

4) No basic keyboard writing (original software)

5) No basic RSS / Feedly / Google Translate (original software)

6) No photo/video sharing capabilities to common ways like E-Mail, MMS, Whatsapp, Viber, Facebook,...

7) No standard (-alone) alarm??? what??? (original software) So...if my Note 3 ran out of battery while asleep, my Gear just won´t sound any alarm, or just do alarms.... No comments.

8) No possibility to turn off the camera sound (original software. Null_ 16 ROM turns this off)

9) Auto-Internet teethering (but with On/Off option)

10)

Work on every single (also non-Samsung) Android 4.x or iOS device

!!!!

Please be free to add Issues: and What to improve: and, if possible, alternatives/solutions to it that do not mean "hard core" solutions like editing system files and others

Personally I have some questions:

A) with Null_ ROM, is it possible to answer Notifications (SMS/E-Mail/Whatsapp) with keyboard? (I can use the keyboard for other apps, but to the default Gear-Manager-mediated-notifications, despite Null_ ROM, I am still limited to the standard Samsung options)

B) Is there a way to take pictures, and directly send to whatsapp/E-mail? (note that I still want to manage my E-mail/Whatsapp on my phone. I just want to send the pictures and basic answer)

C) Better installable alternative to S-Voice? (with web search, more options, etc)