[Samsung Galaxy Gear] fOmey:
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TODAY I BRING FORTH TO YOU A FIX FOR A ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED COUNTLESS AMOUNT OF TIMES, TODAY I FINALLY DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE HEAD ON.. ITS A DIRTY FIX, ALTHOUGH IT DOES WORK.

THE ISSUE:

TOUCHWIZ LAUNCHER USERS NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO SET SIDELOADED/CUSTOM APPS AS FAVORITES IN GEAR MANAGER !

I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT GEAR MANAGER STATICALLY UPDATES THE LIST OF INSTALLED APPLICATIONS WHEN CHANGES ARE MADE VIA GEAR MANAGER EG. INSTALLING APPS & REMOVING THEM, IT DOES NOT HOW EVER PULL THE APPLICATION'S FROM THE GEAR BESIDE THE INITIAL PAIRING PHASE.

IT SEEMS GEAR MANAGER ALSO STORES THIS LIST OF APPS AS A .XML FILE ON YOUR PHONE AND QUERY'S IT WHEN YOUR MAKING CHANGES IN GEAR MANAGER.

THE WORK AROUND IS SIMPLE, DELETE THE LIST AND FORCE GEAR MANAGER TO PULL ALL THE AVAILABLE APPS FROM THE GEAR AS IT DID ON THE INITIAL PAIRING PHASE!

YOUR PHONE WILL HAVE TO BE ROOTED IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK, OTHERWISE YOUR SIMPLY OUT OF LUCK TILL FURTHER NOTICE.
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CUSTOM TOUCHWIZ FAVOURITE SHORTCUT EXAMPLE:

GEAR MANAGER EXAMPLE:

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INSTRUCTIONS (DONE ON PHONE):

NAVIGATE TO "/DATA/DATA/COM.SAMSUNG.ANDROID.APP.WATCHMANAGER/FILES" IN YOUR CHOICE OF A ROOT FILE EXPLORER.

DELETE THE FILE "WAPPLIST.XML".

RESTART YOUR PHONE IMMEDIATELY.

*NOTE: THIS HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED AND CONFIRMED WORKING USING GEAR MANAGER 1.5.123002

*NOTE 2: IF YOUR EXPERIENCED WITH TASKER, I WOULD SUGGEST CREATING A SYSTEM POWEROFF EVENT TO DELETE THIS FILE EVERY TIME YOUR PHONE TURNS OFF/RESTARTS.. THIS WAY YOU CAN ENSURE YOU HAVE A UP TO DATE APPLICATION LIST, WHICH IS ALSO MORE OR LESS AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED.
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IT SEEMS GEAR MANAGER SOMETIMES WILL DETECT CERTAIN APPS AS ONLY WIDGETS AND WILL IGNORE THE APPLICATION SHORTCUTS. GOOGLE NOW IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS.

YOU CAN FIX THIS BY MANUALLY EDITING THE "WAPPLIST.XML" FILE:

*NOTE: REMEMBER TO SET THE CORRECT

FILE PERMISSIONS & FILE OWNER

WHEN PUSHING THE FILE BACK TO THE GEAR, IMITATE THE PERMISSIONS ON ANOTHER XML FILE IN THE DIRECTORY. OTHERWISE YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ERROR IN GEAR MANAGER.

FOR: "GOOGLE SEARCH"

ADD

THE FOLLOWING:

<item>
<AppName>Google Search</AppName>
<PackageName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox</PackageName>
<ClassName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.SearchActivity</ClassName>
<ImageFileName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.SearchActivity.png</ImageFileName>
<SettingFileName>null</SettingFileName>
<IsAppWidget>false</IsAppWidget>
<PreLoad>true</PreLoad>
<PreCheckSettingsCondition>false</PreCheckSettingsCondition>
</item>

FOR "GOOGLE VOICE SEARCH"

ADD

THE FOLLOWING:

<item>
<AppName>Google Voice Search</AppName>
<PackageName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox</PackageName>
<ClassName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity</ClassName>
<ImageFileName>com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.VoiceSearchActivity.png</ImageFileName>
<SettingFileName>null</SettingFileName>
<IsAppWidget>false</IsAppWidget>
<PreLoad>true</PreLoad>
<PreCheckSettingsCondition>false</PreCheckSettingsCondition>
</item>

FOR "FULL SETTINGS"

ADD

THE FOLLOWING:

<item>
<AppName>Settings</AppName>
<PackageName>com.android.settings</PackageName>
<ClassName>com.android.settings.Settings</ClassName>
<ImageFileName>com.android.settings.Settings.png</ImageFileName>
<SettingFileName>null</SettingFileName>
<IsAppWidget>false</IsAppWidget>
<PreLoad>true</PreLoad>
<PreCheckSettingsCondition>false</PreCheckSettingsCondition>
</item>

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