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[Samsung Gear 2] Henkl:
I managed to make things work with http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-gear/general/galaxy-gear-motorola-moto-g-t2844391 :victory:
[Samsung Gear 2] Durahsel:
Gear 2 lost of BT connection with GS3

Hi everybody,

I followed this usefull head tutorial to connect my gear 2 to my galaxy S3 i9300 which is on Cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4). That's was not easy but finally worked.

Nevertheless I've a big issue that I did not had when I was on Android 4.3 : BT connection is not automatic on GS3 start (even if gear manager starts ...) or when BT connection is lost, I have to fix it manually in Gear Manager (not in BT Android menu). Before (4.3) it was of course automatic ...

Furthermore when I manually fix connection in Gear Manager, "ConnectionManager" crashed, each time (but it's ok, I can retrieve gear 2 connection)

Have you ever seen this issue (I'd like to do my best before downgrade my mobile to 4.3 :(...) ?

(I had the same problem with last SlimKat ROM)

Thanks a lot !
[Samsung Gear 2] justexpect:
Have anyone tried with S2+ ?

Does it work with its official Android 4.2.2 ?
[Samsung Gear 2] poopoope:
Xperia Z2

Hi everybody,

Been looking around the forums and messing up with the phone/watch for a couple of days, and here is my report:

- Xperia Z2 with stock ROM (or custom for that matter). Rooted

- Stock Gear 2 Neo

I followed the instructions by the letter but a lot of things arent working that seem to work for others.

I basically dont get anything more than i get with installing the GearManager by itself.

What works:

- Make and receive calls

- Contacts perfectly synchronized

- Notifications from any apps on the phone

- Alarms ARE synced (which doesnt seem to work for others)

- Locate watch from phone and locate phone from watch

Whats DOESNT work:

- S_Voice: I see the app on the Gear 2 but when i launch it, it tries to connect to the phone but eventually times out and says network connection error.

- Music Control: no errrors, but it doesnt launch the player on the phone.

- Messages: Doesnt work through the messages app, but i can see the messages through the notifications. Therefore i can see the messages, but i cant send any, i get the same behavior as svoice above, times out after trying to connect.

- Samsung Store: Cant install some apps from the samsung store. I can install new watch faces for example but not gear manager or other apps. It downloads the app but gives me an error when it tries to install it.

- Fitness: Bikes and other sport apps, time out too trying to connect to the phone to get the GPS data.

-Background on watch: I can change it before installing all the samsung apps but once i am done with the build.prop edit, apps moving, etc..... then i cant change the background anymore, clicking on a color or different shape does nothing and trying to click on the image icon to set a picture makes the Gear2 Plugin crash on the phone.

I think i got it all. If you guys have any idea about how to make at least svoice and messages work, it would make my day (and music control too). Anything else would just be icing on the cake.

I changed my S5 for the Z2 because i wanted a high end that actually looks like one and didnt want the heavy touch wiz. I was hopping to get the Gear2 to work in the process as the swatch2 is really crap compared to it which is why i kept the Gear2 when i changed phones.

Not a deal breaker as i will keep my Z2 ( i love it) even if i dont get the Gear2 to work like i would like it to.

Thanks a lot.
[Samsung Gear 2] vinny.1967:
HTC One M8

question, I've follow every steps but when open up sam apps store it show blank? and most of the apk from fix folder don't fail to install. Can anyone tell me what i did wrong.

thanx

Vinny:confused:
[Samsung Gear 2] docmarioce:
HI. I have a Verizon LG G3 that I just rooted and tried to change the build.prop and did not work at least the in-phone method. I keep reading cases where people have bricked their Verizon LG G3. Maybe this have been asked before but what chances I have to brick my phone if I do this.

Thanks

Mario
[Samsung Gear 2] svele69:
Hi,

I've done everything from your tutorial, but I can't install any App from the samsung store. Download will start, but than message appear "Installation failed". I have Galaxy Note 3 on Cyanogenmod 11.

Any help will be great.

Best regards,

Svele69
[Samsung Gear 2] yeswap:
I have a T-Mobile LG G2 running stock rooted 4.4.2. I suspect it's pretty similar to the G3. I also had a lot of trouble editing the build.prop. The editors in Solid Explorer and ES File Explorer only let me type Sam not Samsung in the ro.product.manufacturer and ro.product.brand fields. I aborted those edits to keep from hosing build.prop. Several build prop editor apps I tried seemed to work but when I rebooted the change to build.prop were gone. The same thing happened using adb and editing build.prop on the PC.

I finally found an editor that worked, PO Prop Editor Ads from the Play store. It requires Busybox and will complain if it's missing. Use Busybox Installer from the Play Store to fix that.

Other issues I encountered:

Installing Gear Manager from Samsung Apps always failed with an error. I downloaded it from Brendo's thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573200 ) and installed it normally

Gear Manager hung connecting to the Gear 2. I used Connecting-Fix.zip to fix it

I think what causes bricking after build.prop edits is bad build.prop edits, especially when using a general purpose text editor. Use a dedicated build.prop editor and triple check that you entered everything correctly. Especially watch out for upper vs lower case and extra white space at the beginning, end and middle of the properties.

Install TWRP and make a Nandroid backup, it should make recovery much easier if you do brick.
[Samsung Gear 2] puredp1:
I want to let everyone know if you don't that you can install the latest gear manager a after you install first the old one needed for HTC one m8. I did that with my gear neo and now I have the latest gear manager on my HTC and the latest firmware on my watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] docmarioce:
[Quote. =yeswap;55068612]

I think what causes bricking after build.prop edits is bad build.prop edits, especially when using a general purpose text editor. Use a dedicated build.prop editor and triple check that you entered everything correctly. Especially watch out for upper vs lower case and extra white space at the beginning, end and middle of the properties.

Install TWRP and make a Nandroid backup, it should make recovery much easier if you do brick.[/QUOTE]

Hi. Thanks for your long reply. I will definitely look into those programs you mentioned. I don't think Verizon LG G3 has a TWRP no yet or at least I haven't seen it.
[Samsung Gear 2] jewnersey:
For install failed errors ..try wiping data and uninstalling your current samsung apps. Then installing the app from here. Normal install not copy to system.

http://apps.samsung.com/mars/mw/apk_en.as?COUNTRY_CODE=USA
[Samsung Gear 2] docmarioce:
Hi

I changed the build.prop and got Samsung Apps working and was able to pass some clock faces to my phone and even flesky. I have some issues in my LG G3 though. My screen does not fill up the screen completely in landscape mode so I cannot change the wallpaper on the phone. It's like the home touch buttons don't retract when they have to. Also my phone alarm did not sound this morning, I don't know if that has anything to do with the change of build.prop.

Thanks

Update: I went back to the original build.prop and everything is back to normal. Flesky and Watch Styler still work so I am happy although I don't see the Samsung apps in the Gear Manager app anymore...
[Samsung Gear 2] tembares:
About not being able to install the Gear Manager I find out that you can with the 'old' Samsung app store.

After installing the Samsung app store it wants to update itself. Reject that!

Search for the Samsung Gear app in the old store and install it.

After installing you can update Samsung app store.

Please, let me know if this helped for your, too. For me it was the solution multiple times.
[Samsung Gear 2] antiguangenius:
After Build Prop Mod, My Phone no longer sees MicroSD.... anyone has this issue??
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
I am trying to move the flies to the /system/app but getting this message "Cannot Write to the filesystem, Mount as read/write has failed"

I am using oneplus one phone
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
What app are ypu using use root explorer or rom toolbox.

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Change back and that should fix it.
[Samsung Gear 2] antiguangenius:
Won't that break Samsung app store
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
Which is more important to you. I say download what you want then just change back to original prop.
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
I am using the solid explorer app
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
Check permissions in supersu
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
I guess the ROM is not rooted lol I need to check
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
That might help but you should know if you rooted or not.
[Samsung Gear 2] antiguangenius:
True!!!!
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
I thought it would have been rooted since it is CM ROM that comes with the oneplus one but I guess it is not rooted
[Samsung Gear 2] puredp1:
Hi. Has anyone tried to install the latest gear manager after the one they suggest(that is older version) to make it work with htc one m8 and gear 2 neo? I tried that and now I have the latest gear manager working with my gear neo!

Just wanted to share.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Hi,

read through the whole thread and got my Gear 2 Neo to connect with Nexus 5 (rooted 4.4.4 Stock) now by following description linked in OP.

Problem for me are notifications. I can recieve them once after every reboot of the phone, but after that "goproviders" force closes.

After FC it is displayed as running but with next notification to send to the Gear it just stops without any message and notifications no longer appear on the Gear.

I can fix this just by rebooting phone as well as clearing application data (it starts itself again afterwards). Already tried moving it to system\priv-app and different versions of this apk (from connection-fix in OP and from updated GearManager.apk). Never got it to work.

Everything else works fine for me like installing apps on Gear through Samsung App-Store, calls, calendar and so on.

Is there anyone who faced the same issue and may even know a way to fix this?
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Hi guys..i've readed something on this thread that is very useful for some who want to connect gear on non samsung device! I've a moto g not rooted..and now my stock gear it's connected to my phone using a specific version of gear manager..and all that interest me works out of the box now..except for apps installation..so my question is..can I Install only samsung app store from this thread then root my phone and change build.prop only to download apps then revert back build.prop to stock? I want only that features..no interest on other things..I'd like how gear works now out of the box! Thanks in advance for your answers and sorry for my English!

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[Samsung Gear 2] Siso93:
Use galaxy apps apk from Samsung site (a few pages back)
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Thanks..if you know..have some dependencies? Or just need galaxy manager?

Inviata dal mio Moto G utilizzando Tapatalk Pro
[Samsung Gear 2] Siso93:
Only change build. Prop install as normal apk
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
OK.. done! now i can access into samsung app store and browse gear apps.. but when i try to installa an app it says installation failed? tips?
[Samsung Gear 2] Siso93:
I don't have this problem, I had when I changed wrongly my build . prop
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Ok..i followed all the tutorial from the beginning.. now it works as expected! now i need to install some apps and then revert back the build.prop in stock moto g.. let's see what happens!:good:

EDIT: ok.. yesterday i can't install any app on gear.. now after done all from beginning i'm able to install only some gear apps.. for example can install pacman, 2048, a flashlight and some watchface, but i can't install news republic or appygeek.. someone knows why?

EDIT3: solved using nexus 5 connecting issue guides :good:

EDIT2: fyi.. s-voice doesn't works at all.. it gives "connection error".
[Samsung Gear 2] puredp1:
Hi I am wondering if that trick will work with HTC one m8 and gear neo so I can install samsung gear apps. Anyone tried that with HTC one m8?
[Samsung Gear 2] trapdogg:
I have a m8 and I'm having a good not perfect experience with my m8.
[Samsung Gear 2] puredp1:
Hi. Mine works good too but the only thing I miss is that I can't install Samsung gear apps
[Samsung Gear 2] dangduccong:
Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] ScottM8:
M8 question

I believe I've gotten my M8 working as well as possible, e.g. I have Samsung Apps, I get notifications, etc. A big problem I have now that I see mentioned nowhere else is that my audio through my regular headphones is broken. Any music player I try will play one song then stop. I thought it had to do with the watch using the Bluetooth audio profile, but it happen even with the watch disconnected. Anyone else experience this?
[Samsung Gear 2] virus154:
When using s voice, the gear 2 uses the mic and speaker on my g2, so I can't have the phone in the pocket or be far from the phone. Anyone else experienced this problem?
[Samsung Gear 2] antiguangenius:
Fitness Gear never worked for me it just doesn't connect... Any clues?
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
any one able to connect the Gear 2 with OPO (oneplus one)
[Samsung Gear 2] hg10163:
Hi, I have a Nexus 5 as well and I can tell you that all was working pretty well until two or three weeks ago. Then notifications stopped working for me like you said. I guess you are right that the crashing goproviders causes the problem. I have not yet found a version that works, but I guess there might be one.

I tried versions

2.0.87

2.0.61

Both don't seem to work well.

Since yesterday I tried the following to alleviate these problems: I set up a tasker task that kills goproviders every two minutes. This results in goproviders beeing restarted and working again. I don't know about battery drain or general problems this causes but for now it helps.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
I tried several versions of Gear Manager too, but they all contain goproviders.apk only in version 2.0.87 or 2.0.61 and they didn't work for me either.

Tasker task killing goproviders frequently seems to be a good idea but I am unable to set this up. In the list of apps available in tasker goproviders is not listed for me.

Any suggestions how I may set it up?
[Samsung Gear 2] hg10163:
You need the TaskKill Tasker Plugin. I have my Nexus rooted but I am not sure if that's needed.
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Got it working now. Thank you very much. I have rooted phone too and tasker needs root permissions to kill the running process.

So now I will test how battery life is influenced and wait for Samsung to hopefully release one working update.
[Samsung Gear 2] puredp1:
Sorry I don't know about your problem. To what watch you manage to install Samsung gear apps? Neo or gear 2? Can you tell new how you did that please?
[Samsung Gear 2] hoangtu2410:
I changed build.prop of my Xiaomi MI3 , installed galaxy app store but still can not search any app, it show "no item" . Any idea ?
[Samsung Gear 2] edpete97:
Are you saying you got 'Fitness with Gear' to sync? If so, can you post more details on what you cleared cache on and the steps you went through to install?

Also, is there any benefit to using the OP install method for a Gear Fit over using the Gear Fitness manager? Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] trondjl:
I installed as in the Op. Then I upgraded the phone, flashed in recovery and cleared cache in recovery. Then it just started to work....
[Samsung Gear 2] mestguy182:
Sorry for what I think is probably a noob question but I searched and couldn't find an answer. I just picked up a Gear 2 and mostly everything is working with my LG G3, but I don't have S Voice on my watch anywhere. I went through the tutorial and I have the app on my phone which closes as soon as I open it but there is nothing on my watch; I can install apps from Galaxy Apps without issue so I'm not sure why it's not showing up.

Also, has someone found a workaround for making/answering calls without having to transfer from the watch to the phone every time?

Thank you
[Samsung Gear 2] Crewchief521:
When i try to install gear manager it says installations failed. I followed the Phone GUI instructions exactly...Why doesnt it install?
[Samsung Gear 2] crimsonstain3:
I've followed all the steps above and every time I try to connect to my Gear 2 Neo it says "unfortunately host manager has stopped". I'm on a Verizon One M8 running the latest version of skyfall
[Samsung Gear 2] beagle1974:
Yes I believe there has just been a gear manager update this happened to me when I updated ..
[Samsung Gear 2] TheRealTricky:
Yep.. Happened to me too. On a Nexus 5. Trying to see if I can backtrack right now...

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First and Foremost: If you haven't already had the Gear Manager update pushed to your phone. Be sure to go into the "Galaxy Apps" store and disable Auto Updates.

If you have... I have my connection (sort of) working again.. Here's what I did:

1. Disable Auto Updates in Galaxy Apps store

2. Force stop Hostmanager app

3. Uninstall Hostmanager

4. Uninstall Samsung Gear Manager app (this is the new one that the Galaxy Apps store just installed)

5. Install OLD hostmanager.apk from Connecting-fix.zip you used for the original setup

6. Restart phone

Your phone and watch should pair and connect once your phone restarts. The OLD Gear manager is missing so you won't be able to change any settings or make updates to your Gear 2 from your phone, but everything else works: Phone calls, notifications, etc.

I'm working on getting the old Gear Manager back and working and will post an update as soon as I do..
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Not works for me.. not more hostmanager.apk crash but not connection to gear too.. ideas?:rolleyes:
[Samsung Gear 2] haha5039:
I am using Gear 2. I used to have no connection error until I upgrade my gear manager to Sept. 5th version. I think HostManager is making a problem(Keep saying stopped working). Any solutions?

Sorry for my bad English.
[Samsung Gear 2] ptfdmedic:
Here's the gear manager from March 2014, I found it today and it's working on my G3. I took the update yesterdayand it killed everything for me as well. Now it's working again.

Hope this helps. Gear Manager v 2.0.14031004
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Hi..I think all that have updated gear manager from Samsung store have now connection issue related to hostmanager.. I've updated too and I've to restore nandroid backup with an older version of gear manager to make all working! Waiting for someone more expert than me to tell us what to do to make things working again!
[Samsung Gear 2] TheRealTricky:
I was working today so didn't have a ton of time to look into a fix.. however, everything I tried fixed one issue but caused another. I ended up just deleting everything Samsung and going back through the guide in the OP...with one exception..skip steps 12 and 13 and instead I installed the Gear Manager 1_2 apk (ptfdmedic posted a link a few posts ago). And then I went into the Galaxy Apps store and disabled auto update. This brought be back to where I was yesterday.. and I'm fine with that. Hopefully someone will come up with a solution that works with the updated gear manager, but until then it looks like the only way to get "full" functionality back is to go through the entire setup process again..
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Guys..I've restored nandroid backup as I said before..but can't block gear manager update! I've turn off auto update from Samsung app but when I try to open gear manager he tell me that gear manager needs to be updated and if I decline it crash..BTW now I've a broken gear manager but connection with gear still works with all features..but no configuration or app installation since gear manager is broken! Someone tell me how to prevent this fu**in update?[emoji4]
[Samsung Gear 2] trapdogg:
Thanks TheRealTricky

Yeah this worked for me thanks I I've been trying everything to get to work for the past two days HTC m8 running latest insert coin Rom s-on

All I did was uninstall everything gear related then install older gear manager then reconnect I Dont have to do every step over

Weird thing after fighting the host manager bug for two days after the gear manager update I finally got it to reconnect. I just updated gear manager through Samsung store and it updated with no problem.

The only difference I can think of was the gear wasn't connects when it first updated. I also haven't disconnected and reconnect watch

I hope this helps.

Ps disconnect and reconnect with no problem.?
[Samsung Gear 2] haha5039:
I am using Gear Manager March version that ptfdmedic posted.(File name Gear Manager 1.2) Now, I can skip `need to upgrade from Samsung Apps` screen.

However My apps, Clock, Wallpaper change is not working.....

Sorry for my bad English.
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
I'll try that version..I need to skip that "need upgrade" message!
[Samsung Gear 2] trapdogg:
Give it a try it help me plus I was able to updated gear manager to new one
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
By the way seems to be a problem with gear manager that will be fixed soon by samsung since cause issues on Samsung phones too..
[Samsung Gear 2] gav83collins:
Thanks dude. Worked for me. Minus the build prop edit on my galaxy s5 running cm11. Except the final step of installing hear manager from Samsung apps. Failed to install. Luckily I backed up my gear manager from my tw omega ROM. Installed that inside android. And it worked. Nice guide. Very clear and easy to follow. Thanks a lot

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I also had to use the nexus 5 fix. For cyanogen mod 11 on galaxy s5
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
any kind of news about new version of gear manager guys?

EDIT: I can't block this fu**in auto update of gear manager, every time that i reinstall old gear manager he tell me that an update is needed! how can i block that? (already turned off automatic update of apps)
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Go in the parameters of Samsung Apps, you can normalyy find something that would stop that, I did.
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
Done..but still ask update request..btw after 2 or 3 time reinstall old gear manager seems to be solved..not more update request! Mah![emoji4]
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
The best way of dealing with it so far:

If your Gear Manager hasn't been upgraded yet, go into Galaxy Apps and disable automatic updates for it. Also, don't open Gear Manager WHILE THE PHONE IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET!. If you absolutely must do so, turn your WiFi/Mobile Data off before. Then, after you opened it, you can turn the data back on and download Gear apps etc.

If you Gear Manager has been updated, you can do this:

Uninstall the new Gear Manager and all its dependent apps.

Restore it from backup or install previous version from the Internet.

Before opening it, MAKE SURE THE PHONE IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET (turn WiFi/Mobile Data off).

Open Gear Manager and set up the watch. While the Gear Manager is already open, you can turn the data back on, it won't try to update itself as long as it doesn't get swapped out of memory and needs to be launched afresh again.
[Samsung Gear 2] docmarioce:
Genius! Thanks. Although a temporary fix, it worked for me.
[Samsung Gear 2] daevoq:
News about latest version of gear manager? Someone make it works?
[Samsung Gear 2] antiguangenius:
I basically installed the gear manager on my g3 without changing build prop everything works except the fitness app from Samsung can't sync, svoice, weather but I use navi watch screen that has weather... Endomondo works for fitness
[Samsung Gear 2] jamm513:
Can you please tell me how do you do to use your gear 2 without change build pro? How do you install Pps on gear?