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[Samsung Gear 2] cosanostra2000:
ey man i am F*cked again , i pushed the new build.prop and i havent done a reboot but instead i pushed the samsung files directly , because now after reboot i fear i screw my phone again , but then after i pushed the files with adb , i wanted to do this

Type "adb shell" press enter, type "su" press enter

15. Type "chmod 644 /system/app/samsungapps.apk"

16. Type "chmod 644 /system/app/GearManagerStub.apk" (Make sure you get the caps)

and the system wont allow me to

i used to know a lot about computers but technology goes fast , now i am kind of a noob , so please help

(5 minutes later), as i try to reboot , again my phonescreen went black and is soft bricked (i hope) , i really dont understand what i did wrong in the build.prop

i followed these steps exactly

3. Open CMD in ADB/Fastboot Folder

4. Type "adb remount"

5. Type "adb pull /system/build.prop

6. Backup the old build.prop (now contained in the adb/fastboot folder)

7. Open build.prop in Notepad ++

8. Edit the following:

Code:

ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung

ro.product.model=GT-I9500

ro.product.brand=Samsung

9. Save

10. Type "adb push build.prop /system/"

except for step 11 i tried to push the files before to reboot , this time i didnt even type the corrections in build.prop, i just copy pasted because i was scared to screw my phone again

11. Restart Phone[/QUOTE]

really sorry to post so enthausiastic ,

thnk god for restore backup of team twrp!!! respect to u people , u can expect some donations 1 of these days

, thnk god there are people like u who know what they are doing ,

took me 228 seconds and now i can try again ,

only waiting now for some of u people to help me where i get stuck , so if u can and understand what i did wrong , send me some help
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
It is really not necessary and possibly dangerous to mess with permissions of the build prop file...

download solid explorer or an equivalent file manager and grant root permissions to it

open build prop, edit it, save then reboot..'

thats all you need to do..

here is a quick video

http://tinypic.com/r/jsnfpz/8
[Samsung Gear 2] cosanostra2000:
cant connect anymore to gear manager

thnx for ur help (Y) but i already found a way to install the samsung apps , the problem now is that my phone wont recognize my watch anymore , and before i had the samsung apps installed , and was able to acces the appstore of samsung , it connected really easy , now i am already waiting for 10 minutes and the watch and the phone cant connect anymore , what is it that i am doing wrong , do i have to change back the build.prop ? or is it something else why i cant connect anymore
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
I experienced the same problem as cosanostra2000 2 days ago when I tried to update my One M8 ROM from Insert Coin 2.5 to 2.6. The upgrade procedure, obviously, overwrites the build.prop file leaving everything else in place, so I had to make the changes there again. After reboot, the phone screen was just going consistently blank. I found it difficult even to get to the fastboot menu, so I could reboot into recovery, because the screen was going completely blank, so the Vol Up + Power combination was difficult to operate (pressing it for too long just triggered normal reboot, took me a while to time it and let the buttons go at the right time to be able to press Vol Down button and get into fastboot menu). I ended up restoring from backup and I'm still on IC 2.5. I think I will end up doing IC 2.6 installation from scratch and repeating the process to make it work.
[Samsung Gear 2] cosanostra2000:
samsung apps installed but fail to install anything from samsung apps

hi guys , step by step i get further and further on my htc one m8 , ok so i woke up today and decided to give it another try , yesterday i tried the steps of the installation guide and my gear failed to connect in the gear manager , today i tried different ,

1. first i pre installed the files of the gear manager 1.6----- and later put 1.7 so went ok , and my phone connected to my gear manager

2. i followed the usual steps to modify the build.prop with es file manager and rebooted this time went ok

3. i put the files in the system/app samsung apps , s voice signed and gearsub changed the permission rw-rw-r

4. put samsungservice in system/priv-app and changed permission rw-rw-r

5. opened s voice and installed , then openened and agreed on anything

6. deleted and installed svoice android phone to system/app and change permission rw-rw-r

7.logged in with my samsung account , opened samsung apps , agreed on everything

8 updated gear manager and was still connected, so this went fine this time

9 try to install watch styler or any other app and says failed to install

also my svoice keep on working , it didnt stopped

so what happened? , i am almost after 4 days of non stop trying about to give up, i want my life back

can somebody help me with the trouble shooting

when i try to install watch styler , the apps says failed to install (0), when i try to install manually it gives a failure in the app itself and doesnt appear in gear manager ,

other apps when i try to install give me failed installation , try again later (WO:WO:Failed)
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
FYI, just upgraded my Gear 2 Neo firmware to R381XXU0BNDD and Gear Manager to 2.0.14042803. Didn't notice any differences, at all.

US folks: I think the new firmware has been released for the US as well, give it a shot to see if S Voice is working for you now.

What I did notice, regardless of the upgrades, is that the more days pass since the watch reset, the faster my battery is wearing off. After I reset my watch, it's quite good in the beginning, but then it starts deteriorating over time very quickly. Watch/phone reboots, that I thought in the beginning were helpful, prove not to be. This is getting quite frustrating...
[Samsung Gear 2] Jymsogr:
I tried what you said but to no result

Sent from my XDA Free mobile app
[Samsung Gear 2] darklord6661:
Hi all,

Trying this on my Galaxy Note 2 phone running Cyanogenmod 11. As said previously, messaging does not work unless you use the samsung app but I can at least see SMS' by enabling notifications for hangouts. Media controller doesn't seem to work at all though on CM11. Any idea's what could be missing from stock Touchwiz but that is present in Sense6 that could fix this?

Camera and camera transfer seems fine as well. Though, I cannot update wallpaper from the phone as also stated in other posts.

Is anybody else trying to get the gear2 to function on a samsung device without the stock ROM?

Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] Jymsogr:
Tried on my phone but gear says its connected but with no sign on mobile
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Gear Manager Update

so I made one of the cardinal mistakes of hacking today and that was saying "yes" to an automatic update too quickly. My Gear Manager software wanted to update after reconnecting to my Gear 2 Neo (Nexus 5 stock Kit Kat - see the install instructions). Version 2.0.14042803 installed and then tried to install all of those dependencies that I have had issues with on my Nexus 5.

Much to my shock, *apparently* all of the dependent apks installed. Go figure. I'll edit this post if I find post-update issues. You all might want to backup your phones before getting an update just to be safe.

Edit:

Looking a little closer, not all of the dependent apks were installed on the update. So I performed the following steps manually to clean up:

1) Deleted old apk from /system/priv-app

- GearManager

- Gear2Plugin

- HostManager

2) Booted to recovery and wiped Dalvik cache and cache

3) Back in the system, I used "/system/app mover" to promote the following new apks from /data/app to /system/priv-app

- GearManager

- Gear2Plugin

- HostManager

4) Copied and unpacked the new GearManager APK so I could get to the dependent apks and manually updated

- SANotiProvider

- TextTemplate

- NSyncProvider
[Samsung Gear 2] irresisti:
I also have the app failed to install problem. On a note 2 with Ditto Rom.

Have tried both jellybean and KitKat versions and the problem persists. It must have something to do with the permissions or signing of the apps

Part from that everyhting is working great here.

I think we are close to solving this install issue
[Samsung Gear 2] Cyman:
Samsung Apps?

As mentioned I'm trying to get this thing running on my Mediapad X1 with 4.2.2

I followed your instructions - but Samsung Apps won't install...I put all the files in system/app (in 4.2.2 there is no priv-app) and restartet the phone. After that, S-Voice appeared but Samsung Apps isn't here...Can you help me?

Thx!
[Samsung Gear 2] Cyman:
Works without notification

Nevermind, I got it working with installing the Gear Manager.apk and the APK's from the Connection-Fix.zip, thanks for that.

Now the main problem remains: No Notifications, I guess it's because of 4.2.2?

What works: Changing Home Screen from Phone, Auto-Transfer Pictures from Watch to phone, Making Calls, Find Phone

I have a Huawei Mediapad X1 with Android 4.2.2
[Samsung Gear 2] wesleycp4:
thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] sarahzohar88:
Okay I'm debating to get one or not. What can it do on a Samsung device that can't on the Nexus?
[Samsung Gear 2] mrisad007:
Intermittent notifications from Gear 2 (using one M8)

I'm getting intermittent notifications from my htc one m8 to my gear 2. For example, I got gmail and hangouts to send notifications to my gear but the second try after a few minutes isn't working. I'm not consistently getting my notifications. Anyone face this issue before?

Other non-major issues:

- media controller not really working with my gear 2: I can get it to do volume up and down but can't skip/play/back.

- can't get default mail app to work at all - don't get any notifications.

- s voice seems to work fine except it doesn't stop taking voice input. When i press the button to start taking my voice input, it doesn't stop automatically - I have to manually press the button for it to stop recording.

tips/ideas/hopes/dreams? oh yea i'm using stock rom. but phone calls are working just fine - everything other than notifications is working just fine.
[Samsung Gear 2] str8upx:
Huge thanks to everyone that contributed to this. When I got the Gear a few days ago I was able to get everything working on my own but when I tried installing apps from Samsung I got error wo:wo:failed, I ended up wiping my phone and starting over using this thread and now everything is working as expected.. almost.

The thing is tho that gear 2 update apk & sa-providers apk that are force closing now worked in my previous setup. the apks in the "connection fix" folder were automatically installed on my first attempt but when using this thread I was forced to manually install all the apks. Not only were these apps not FC'ing but they were functioning as well. (eg: able to use custom wallpapers from gear manager and adding an email account)

Im going to keep digging and will post when I have this worked out.

Can someone post how to setup tasker to force the gear to reconnect to bluetooth after disconnect. I work 90+ hours a week and haven't used tasker for years and don't have time to waste on another project. Thanks.
[Samsung Gear 2] DAGr8:
Im on stock samsung f/w atm and im using hangouts. There is nothing to be envied from the stock email/sms application notifs.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Battery consumption issues

Please, read this post if you have high battery consumption issues with non-Samsung devices.
[Samsung Gear 2] antvuur:
Gear Manager

Hi,

Firstly my set up is gear 2 with unrooted Sony Z. Connecting using the app 'gear 2 superfixer'.

In my gear manager I miss samsung apps.

Here below are some photos.

I think I need to update stuff.

Any advice??

Thanks

Ant
[Samsung Gear 2] antvuur:
Is it possible to access samsung app store even though I have a Sony?
[Samsung Gear 2] hshah:
Is anyone else missing Watch Styler under the Clock settings in Gear Manager?
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
Watch Styler was there a couple of weeks ago for me but I have switched to Multi-Watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] hshah:
I followed this guide yesterday and it worked but now Samsung Apps has disappeared from my app draw. The apk is still in the system apps folder though.
[Samsung Gear 2] hshah:
How do I delete some clock faces? The Gear2 Plugin crashed when I try it on the phone.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
I'm assuming Samsung Apps are now working on non-samsung devices?
[Samsung Gear 2] eugenechoong:
anyone tried it on Alcatel One Touch Hero/ TCL Hero ? anyway its running on 4.2.2..
[Samsung Gear 2] hash70:
anny goood

Are these things any good......
[Samsung Gear 2] localhostEU:
Any success with pairing Gear 2 with Galaxy Note 1 (n7000) ?

Could pair my Note only with Tizen Emulator via USB but couldn't with real device at market.
[Samsung Gear 2] grantb:
good work

you guys are doing great work - keep it up!

i hate all the samung bloatware on my phone and avoid it when at all possible, thanks!!!
[Samsung Gear 2] Jade Flameheart:
Thank you :)
[Samsung Gear 2] drenched10:
thankyou for share
[Samsung Gear 2] badcrow35:
hello.Is the methood which you have tried for Samsung Gear 2,does it work in my phone Sony Xperia Z2 too?
[Samsung Gear 2] BaXo95:
It should work with any kind of Android device above 4.3.+

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[Samsung Gear 2] haha5039:
I'm using Nexus 7 2013 Now. But when I try to connect, my gear says failed to connect and my tablet is keep saying connecting to gear. What should I do?

Ps.I already tried to use connection fix file
[Samsung Gear 2] kdeezy:
If I'm updating my ROM do I need to restore the build.prop file before doing so?
[Samsung Gear 2] BaXo95:
If you are using rom updater it's better to do restore the build.prop as it could be used in order to download the new rom (so for a different device than yours), but if you flash it from the recovery, it shouldn't be necessary....

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
It's always the safest if you edit your new build prop than restore an old one...

There is a good chance of a soft brick if you restore an incompatible build prop
[Samsung Gear 2] BaXo95:
If you restore the original build.prop that comes with your actual ROM I think that there's no chance of brick... You could eventually make some advanced function don't work anymore, but you're going to flash a new rom, so that doesn't matter... However if you dirty flash there's no chance of brick at all... It's always overwritten...

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[Samsung Gear 2] kdeezy:
Doesn't dirty flash wipe out all of the samsung apks installed during this process?
[Samsung Gear 2] droe2001:
this is awesome, picking one up for my sprint lg g flex when we get a custom recovery!
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Hotspot / Tether Issue ?

I was wondering if anyone else has had problems with their tethering capability after adding the Samsung apks for the Gear 2. I was able to tether on my carrier without a problem for months, but did not have the need since playing with the Gear 2 Neo. A couple of days ago, I tried to enable it and it simply responded with an "ERROR". As a test, I restored a "pre-gear" backup and I still got the "ERROR"

At this point I thought my carrier was clamping down on tethering, so I switched to another provider and was surprised to see that the problem still existed. None of my backups would clear the issue. I had to do a factory reset and a full ROM/gapps install to get it back to normal. I played with PA and made a backup right after I got everything updated. I then followed my usual procedure to get the Gear 2 connected, but of course, the tethering stopped working. I reinstalled my fresh and very simple PA backup and it did not clear the error. I wiped dalvik and cache and the error persisted. Once again I had to do a full wipe and reinstall (this time with stock 4.4.2 on my Nexus 5).

Now I'm back on stock/rooted KitKat, but I'd like to hear if this is a problem for anyone else before I either try again or sell the Gear. Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Are the Samsung Apps working on non-Samsung devices?
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Just tested WiFi tethering on my HTC One M8 with Venom 1.6.0 ROM, everything works fine.

---------- Post added at 06:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:15 PM ----------

Yes, if you follow the tutorial.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Oh really? I might just have to pick one up then!

If I sync my wife's to my phone, will it wipe all her settings?
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
It shouldn't, but be careful, did you notice you need to have root access to your device to be able to do this?
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Yes, which mine is. I was able to sync it to my phone before I gave it to her, I just never tried the Samsung Apps part.

As long as I can do these things, I'll be happy.

- Notifications

- Receive / make phone calls

- Take photo's

- Use it for fitness (which I hope one day I can have an actual Nike+ app on it)

- Change watch faces

- Weather

- Respond to texts

- Widgets count (how many emails / texts)
[Samsung Gear 2] story:
Can this co-exist with Gear Fit Manager?

I got both watch and Gear Fit force close after I followed this guide.
[Samsung Gear 2] BaXo95:
It depends... For example if you upgrade from omega ROM to a newer version of the same ROM without wiping, it should keep the apks... But in any case the best way is to upgrade and then redo everything needed to make the gear work, also because some passages effects would be completely erased by any kind of upgrade.. What I mean is that it could even keep the apks, but not their correct functionalities as before... As a result you should however redo everything... Considering that isn't so long to do, I'd suggest it.. Maybe the best way to do it could be a flashable zip files followed by just a few manual actions... My Gear 2 should be delivered next week, then I could try to pack something to make it easier

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[Samsung Gear 2] kdeezy:
This would be great especially for those of us that are on nightly builds like myself.
[Samsung Gear 2] BaXo95:
As soon as it will come to me, I'll try to pack everything ;)

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300
[Samsung Gear 2] kdeezy:
Running Gummy ROM on my oppo find 7a using the nexus 5 setup in this thread, the default messaging does not go to the watch. I have to use hangouts or another messaging app. Any ideas?
[Samsung Gear 2] jonntek:
Thread doesnt really help anyone. Gear 2 works with any device.
[Samsung Gear 2] emuandco:
You really should read the almost 40 pages and you will see that this claim is plain wrong!
[Samsung Gear 2] FinityPT:
So I have a nexus 5 and I wanted to user a gear 2 or neo with it.

The thing is that i dont want to root my device I just want to use the method mentioned in other threats, download and install gear manager apk and connect the watch. I understand that using this method everything works out except for svoice and health stuff syncing with my mobile phone. So is that simple? Just buy the watch pair it using gear manager apk and i will have camera (not on neo of course), calls, contacts, notifications, ir remote, heartrate sensor, some other sport/health apps with one week database and at last music player??

Help please!! I'm desperated trying to find one direct answer! Thanks a lot:good:
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
You need to root to be able to push the gear manager stub apk to /system/app without it, gear manager won't function... Sorry
[Samsung Gear 2] FinityPT:
So I can't just download and install it just like a normal apk?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2713446

Here people say it is just like that... Out of the box, install gear manager and voila!

I'm very confused lol

Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] exodusx187:
ictsdk mine

I believe that's what I did on my Nexus 5 and it works just fine. I installed the apk and was able to connect to my gear 2 neo all in 5 minutes. Able to receive notifications, shall, make/receive calls. Phone isn't rooted either.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Gear fit manager works that way but gear manager doesn't afaik..

Someone correct me if I'm wrong
[Samsung Gear 2] FinityPT:
Nice, were you able to use the ir remote app? Tks for the help I'm having a lot of trouble deciding if i get one lol

So everything works fine for you? I mean without svoice and health activities syncing...
[Samsung Gear 2] FinityPT:
No news? I managed to install GMstub and Gearmanager.apk and have it working on my nexus 5 but without a watch can't test anything...anyone that managed to connect gear neo to non sammy devices without root process only installing gmanger? Or the process to make gear 1 with tizen fully work....tks
[Samsung Gear 2] Jack Blackmount:
I have the following problem in my gear 2 neo, menus appear as show in the pictures, some way to solve it?

im using a HTC One M7 with InsertCoin 3.0.1 | 5.11.401.10 | Android 4.4.2 & Sense 6
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Hey I said that XD Wow people love quoting me, but less narcissism and more helping. Go on your gear, open settings > bluetooth > headset and make sure you make your headset visible (put it in connecting mode or whatever it is these days).
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
If your phone loses connection on the N5, it doesn't change much since you can't download apps from the Samsung Apps application. All it truly does is:

No notificaitons

No phone

and that's about all I noticed.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Do you think it's worth it to use the Gear with the N5? Can you use the fitness portion?
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
The fitness apps you can use (for now*) are as listed:

Heart Rate

Pedometer

Sleep

Exercise

-Running

-Walking

-Biking

-Hiking
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Does it link to any fitness page like Nike?
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Currently using the Galaxy Gear 2 on any non Sammy device does not support any application that does not come with stock.
[Samsung Gear 2] hg10163:
For me only Running and Walking seem to work. Trying to use Biking and Hiking shows me a message that location sharing via bluetooth is required but this doesn't seem to work on Nexus 5.
[Samsung Gear 2] SCHERMROSSBOSS:
Association to Sony Xperia Z1

Hello, I have a Sony Xperia Z1 with Android 4.4.2; I wanted to know if it was possible to follow the same guidance to associate the gear 2 to my device.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Should be the same, the title of the thread really needs to be changed.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
changing brand and manufacturer to Samsung and model to GT-I9500 in build.prop now lets me use samsung apps and download apps on to my gear using an htc one
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Can you link the download of Samsung apps you used? Or was it just in the gear manager app?
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Its the latest one from Brendo's thread
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Can you link to it? I can never find it for the life in me
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Change the build prop entries and go to this link

http://apps.samsung.com/mars/mw/apk_en.as?COUNTRY_CODE=USA
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I can't seem to get it to work. I keep getting "App has failed to install" here's my build.prop. I'm a little new to this XD
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Change product model to GT-I9500
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Now I feel like an idiot XD Thanks testing it now
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Samsung apps works but I can't get s health to work
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Still "App not installed" on Nexus 5
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
You have to push it to system/app
[Samsung Gear 2] Jack Blackmount:
heeeeelppp

Im trying to connect htc one m7 to G2N, the connection is done, i can answer and make calls, watchon is ok, find my device ok, heart rate works but with some isues like a show in the pictures, in general the problem is that "the menus" of my G2N

very grateful for the help received is that if I get :p
[Samsung Gear 2] Jack Blackmount:
Thanks for your help!!!!!! i solved the issue, it just was a problem with the idiom, im from peru and my language is spanish, the gear identified spanish because my sim is from here but in may phone don't have spanish installed
[Samsung Gear 2] wintersky:
OPPO N1

has anyone tried the oppo n1? i can't connect OPPO N1 with Gear 2 Neo.