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[Samsung Gear 2] klwinkel:
I did thd same thing, bought myself a lg g watch R and gave the gear 2 to my son. And bought a used gear2 for my other son. All with Android Wear... Tizen s.cked anyway ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] elliot85:
Thank you! I'll try coming to my house with android 5.1.1, I hope work.
[Samsung Gear 2] thanhtuan1611:
I cant connect it on android 5.1.1 :( Please help!
[Samsung Gear 2] fernandogdl:
and most probably you are not going to be able to connect it to 5.1 so just port it to android wear
[Samsung Gear 2] Xa6a_xa6a:
Hello everyone. Does anyone tried to get worked gear 2 with zte v815w? I have Android AOSP based 4.4.4 . Tried to use manuals, described here, but still can't get them work together (( Can anyone suggest something please?
[Samsung Gear 2] brittoking:
At this point most of the old work a rounds no longer function and these guides don't work with the newest gear apks BUT luckily there's a way to flash android wear onto the gear now with almost no effort and it functions pretty flawlessly (except that you can no longer answer calls on the speaker of the watch or use the watch's camera). You can use this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2992953

Porting Android to Gear 2

The community is also very active and helpful whereas this tizen side has pretty much dwindled down to nothing.
[Samsung Gear 2] alone_in_dark:
any new way?

Is there any new way to connect gear 2 neo with other android... Or any port of new gear manager to work on non Samsung ? Tried every way found xda.. Not working for me on Xperia Z2 5.1.1 (Don't want to flash android wear as there is no way to talk over phone with gear).

EDIT: The process HERE works perfectly.. I just had to reset my phone.. and I did some mod to gear manager app after installing old host manager..
[Samsung Gear 2] dudu98:
Hi everyone! I have problem with my Galaxy S4. I use Cyanogenmod 13. I couldn't find in the Galaxy Apps the Gear Manager. And when i try to set the account, it is unfortunately stops. Is there any solution to pair with it?
[Samsung Gear 2] gargwlas:
Exists any method has works? anyone tell me?
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I found a solution to this, will post soon with update.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I've updated the tutorial. Download PreInstalled.zip and install all apps inside of it and then connect to your gear
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
OK, looks like there is finally a breakthrough with regards to proper Health data synchronisation. As I mentioned in the previous post, I managed to get the Heart Rate, Sleep and Exercise apps to work on the watch, and even see data from them on the mobile using Fitness for Gear, but couldn't synchronise any data to Samsung Account. Here's solution for this.

As usual, starting from scratch. First of all, changing build.prop as suggested by another mate here to pretend the device is S4. At the same time, push Samsung Apps and Gear Manager Stub APKs into /system/app, making sure they have proper owners (root:root) and permissions(644). Another step, push the Samsungservices.APK from any current S5 ROM into /system/priv-app. This is important! Reboot.

After reboot, go to Settings->Accounts and add an account. Samsung will appear as a new choice. Provide your account data (either existing or new). After that, when you open Samsung Apps, you will already be logged in.

As per my previous description, download Gear Manager and Fitness for Gear from Samsung Apps. Initialise the Gear and hook it up with Gear Manager. After you're done, tap on Fitness in Gear Manager. It'll ask you to agree to terms and your fitness data from now on will start synchronising into your Samsung Account. So your heart rate, sleep and exercising history will be kept online.

I also managed to make S Voice work. The procedure is like this:

1. Puch "svoice-signed.apk" posted above into /system/app. Reboot.

2. Run S Voice on the mobile. Confirm all popups and get to the voice prompt.

3. Remove the APK above and push S-Voice_Android_phone.apk (can be found somewhere here in the forums) into /system/app. Again, making sure owners and permissions are properly set. Reboot.

4. Now, run the new S Voice on the mobile. It'll crash, but don't worry.

5. Tap on S Voice on the Gear. You will hear voice prompt and it will now respond to voice commands, such as "Call X".

In addition to that, I found the Weather APKs that don't crash on non-TouchWiz devices. After adding them into /system/app and rebooting, the Gear Manager now shows Weather as a notification source. However, I didn't see it doing anything. Adding a Weather widget to the launcher works, but it then says "Tap to add a city", and tapping on it does nothing. So I don't think it works.

Last, I also found a way of adding "Alarms" to Gear Notifications. This can be done by pushing into /system/app a Clock APK ripped off an S5 ROM. However, upon reboot it crashes. The app itself force closes. So it doesn't do any good.

I'll write another update on Bluetooth earpiece with Gear solution soon.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Mind if I add this to the tutorial?
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Sure, go ahead mate!
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Can you link to the APKs you used? I'm trying to get it working but can't see S-Voice on my Gear
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
You need to start with resetting your Gear and pairing it up using the latest version of Gear Manager downloaded by Samsung Apps (search for it). This will bring S Voice app onto your Gear.

The second step is actually making it work. This is where the procedure I described in my previous post comes in. The first APK (svoice-signed.apk) was posted literally several posts up this thread. The second APK (S-Voice_Android_phone) is too big to attach. I'll search for it again and will post a link to it here.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Ive reset it so much I'm starting to feel bad for the little guy XD. Testing it now
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Ok so...somewhere I seriously screwed up. Not sure where. But it won't update. DX Need to start from scratch for the 4th time tonight I guess XD
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Mate, I re-read your tutorial, there are too many unnecessary steps there. Make it simple, I literally needed to manually push only 5 (eventually 4, 1 to be deleted) files into /system/app or /system/priv-app:

1. N_SamsungApps_14040104.21.007.0_HHP_TW_newkey_0401.apk from Samsung Web site.

2. GearManagerStub.apk posted here.

3. svoice-signed.apk posted here.

4. S-Voice_Android_phone.apk to be found again.

5. Samsungservice.apk (goes to /system/priv-app) from any current S5 ROM.

Everything else is properly installed on the device, no additional dodgy APKs!

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Here's S Voice I ended up using: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2692969
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I know, I'm re editing and fixing right now DX
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I don't if I just have terrible luck or I'm not looking hard enough, I can never find downloads on this site. Still trying to find Samsungservice.apk. Decided to try to just download a rom and get it from there. First one I downloaded didn't have it. Second one is a 13 hour download. *sigh* Sorry I've been up for going on 48 hours and Im a little cranky DX
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
any luck in getting shealth to work?

fitness installs but its not getting the data from my gear for whatever reason
[Samsung Gear 2] Nrogers192:
Will this work with cyanogenmod 10.2? for gs3 i747
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
I was wondering if this would work on 4.2.3 PAC-rom. I will probably test it tonight if nobody has yet but if someone has i'd like to know.

I returned my S5 for lack of root and dev community. Back on my S3 with PAC-rom 4.3. 4.4 is missing some of my favorite features. I'm going to keep my Gear2 but need it to at least have basic functions. Who the hell makes a watch that doesn't let you set the time on it manually!?!?!?
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Not sure if this works, I'm sure it doesn't hurt to try. And there is no true need to set the clock manually, it syncs through your timezone/mobile network.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Not sure. None of us have tested on anything less then 4.4.2. I'd sure love to find out though! Doesn't hurt to try.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
I didn't feel I really needed S Health after having Fitness for Gear fully working and synchronising with Samsing account. But we can give it another try. I did notice that, after installing, it replaces Fitness for Gear in the Gear Manager menu, but Fitness for Gear is still available for launch from the Android launcher, so they don't really conflict with each other.

Did you follow the new process from the very beginning (including resetting the Gear)? I like doing these experiments with everything fully reset to virgin conditions, so there is less noise from previous trials...
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Were there any extra steps in getting the Gear to sync to Fitness with Gear?
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
I think you misunderstood me, there are extra steps in order to get S Health onto the phone, and then it replaces Fitness for Gear in the Gear Manager menu. But now I don't quite understand why we would need S Health at all, even if we are able to make it work (which I doubt). I'm off now, happy hacking!
[Samsung Gear 2] Nrogers192:
Through trial and error I have gotten almost everything working except for email, and Svoice using other methods. Would I screw my phone up tho since it is already a Samsung device?
[Samsung Gear 2] hhhstonehhh:
i did everything but sadly gear2 connection failed... on my gpad tablet

oh and everyone have to be careful with build prop..

i made a mistake with my g2 build prop and i brick my phone..

have to send it to LG for repair...
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
That's why I was so specific
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
HOw did you manage to do that?! id think the worst that could happen is a soft brick but reflashing your rom should fix it

So i completely started from scratch as per mpogr's suggestions and now i have svoice and fitness working properly! Thanks [MENTION=787470]mpogr[/MENTION]
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Did you use the tutorial as posted or do something different? My Fitness isn't syncing DX
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Just download the original ROM and flash the whole system
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
the instructions you have in the OP
[Samsung Gear 2] hhhstonehhh:
what happen was on my g2 build prop, i coudnt change manufacture and brand. ( i couldnt right no more than two letter, i think because orgiginal name was lg) so i only change model name..so i guess phone miss understood it self

i download LGflashtool and tried to install stock rom but since devices name is GT-I9500

doesnt allow me to flash stock rom because devices name is diffenent from rom;

since i dont have twrp, i dont have any way to change my build prop file or intall new rom..;;;

mine is rooted i hope LG fix my devices

i bought gear2 yesterday, now i cant use it haha really sux

and i tried to connect to lg g pad and it doesnt work ;;

funny situation
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I get off work in an hour, if at that point you want to sit down with me on Skype or Google I'll be happy to help you solve this problem
[Samsung Gear 2] hhhstonehhh:
really?? that would be fantastic :)

my skype id - hhhstonehhh

ill be online thank u very much
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
If youre rooted then you shouldnt have any problem editing your build prop

you should take carbon up on his offer so you can avoid all that inconvenience of sending your phone through service and what not
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
So far, Followed the steps in the OP and all works well with PAC-Rom 4.3 with the exception of S-Voice! Thanks for the thread support!
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Sweet, thanks for the update!
[Samsung Gear 2] jag5516:
Does changing the model and company from nexusbto galaxy mean I won't get the updates when available like nexus usually does
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
I get a force close error when trying to load More Images from the Gear Manager. Basically cant add a custom wallpaper....
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
No idea since I havent had a chance to check. Most likely yes? I keep an eye on all that normally soo no idea.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Yep, that's happening for me as well. Interestingly, the old version of Gear Manager we had to use before the build.prop change didn't have this problem.

However, this is not a big trouble. Just connect your Gear 2 to the computer via USB and transfer any image you want onto it. Then you can select it as your wallpaper under Setting->Wallpapers.

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This is an interesting question. Not very relevant for most people here though, as they probably use custom ROMs anyway...

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Some additional updates. First of all, I seem to be able to get my calendar information in the Schedule app on the watch. So we can say it's partially working. However, the stock Samsung Schedule allows you to select specific calendars to be displayed there (there is settings section for it under Gear Manager->My apps, whereis on non-Samsung devices this section is absent). This is quite inconvenient, as I have huge amount of calendars available to me on my phone (Exchange, several from Google, Facebook birthdays etc.), of which I'm only interested to be updated on just two. Also, reminders from Schedule don't pop up on the Gear out of the box, but you can work around it by enabling Notifications from Calendar. You also can't edit the events on the Gear, but I'm not sure this can be done on Samsung devices as well.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Would you be so kind to edit your new steps into the tutorial? You should have permission to.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
I'll do this tomorrow when I have more time.

Now just wanted to briefly share some experience from using the Fitness apps:

1. Biking and hiking still don't work. They get stuck on acquiring location information from the device which never comes through. Occasionally, this is accompanied by "goproviders" process crash on the phone.

2. Running and walking are piece of crap. I just completed a 10K run with Runtastic while using the Running app on the Gear at the same time. 10K came out as 3.16K. Heart rate, which was assumingly measured, doesn't appear anywhere in the history. Activity stats in the Fitness for Gear display also don't have any details other than duration and calories burnt. Even the (dodgy) distance, which still can be seen in history on the Gear, is not there. Also, you need to forcibly synchronise data into your account, otherwise this happens only once in 24 hours, and Fitness for Gear shows details only for activities that had been synched to the account. With walking, I activated it just to see how it looks like while the Gear was connected to the charger (that is, not on my wrist). First thing it does (can be turned off) is measuring the heart rate. Guess what, it measured 86 BPM while on the charging cradle. And then it kept updating when I started the activity with the watch still on the cradle. So I think we can safely give both a pass.

3. Pedometer seems to be working pretty much OK, with data being within 5% difference from my Fitbit. It is difficult to assess how reliable it was, as most of the time it was active I was engaged in an activity that is challenging to interpret in terms of steps (figure skating).

4. Sleep also seems to be working quite reliably.

The last two, with ability to sync into the account and keep history, are enough to forego my Fitbit, which is good, as I would rather wear only one device on my wrist.

Just additional small update, with messaging app on the Gear, there are 3 methods of replying:

1. Templates.

2. Emoji

3. S Voice.

While the first 2 work fine, the S Voice doesn't, saying the messaging app is incompatible, which is pity. So here goes another limitation for S Voice functionality.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Here you are making all this progress and I still can't get fitness to sync correctly XD
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Don't know mate, I hopefully could find some time on Tue my time (that'll be Monday for you) to look at this with you via Skype or Google. PM me your Skype/Google ID.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Also the new instructions seem to have turned off my notifcaitons, even after reconfiguration. I'm quite displeased but alas, more is better in this case.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
No problems with notifications here...
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
What is going on with how I did it!! DX I did it as the posted instructions say, did I miss a step? Then again, when I got it all set up, the extra installs you have to do when you connect to your gear the first time didn't pop up. I had to manually install them, which didn't seem right. Maybe it's a nexus 5 thing.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
I concur about biking and hiking not working but my battery has been horrible since the reset though... Went to sleep with nearly 50% on and turned on sleep tracking w/o wake gesture on and 8 hrs later my battery is at 7% .... Gonna look at sdb log to see if anything is keeping the gear up
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
Questionable Gear2 Fitness Tracking

I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear2 at the same time and I had questions about the accuracy of the fitness tracking right out of the box. First thing I did was go for a run, MapMyRun shows my run at a 5K (Same as what Google Maps says it should be) but the watch shows 2.8mi. I did the same run the next day, MapMyRun shows my run at a 5k again but the watch showed 2.6mi this time. I am not sure where the watch gets all of its distance tracking from but I know the MapMyRun app uses GPS and has been very accurate for the various runs I've done. If anyone knows how it tracks, let me know.
[Samsung Gear 2] fafaffy:
It tracks by a model using your height/weight, and the number of steps your pedometer shows.

Only cycling and the others use GPS for tracking.
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
PAC-rom 4.3 + Gear2

Sorry for the lengthy post, This is an informational post for those interested. I have done a Nandroid restore to a time when I had no trace of any Samsung or Gear2. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S3 running the fully featured PAC-rom 4.3. I have performed the steps in the OP and here is what I got:

Step 10 of the Installation process, I do not have Samsung as an option in Add Accounts. I simply moved to the next step and opened the Samsung App and Signed In using the settings of that app.

SAWeatherProvider_Signed.apk will not install.

saproviders force closes often.

I have a call black listed so it doesn't ring my phone. It didn't ring my phone but did send the notification to my Gear2. It did not allow me to answer or reject the call and stayed notifying for 3 min until I reboot the watch. Made calls from my phone and watch after the reboot work fine. Must be a bug with the blacklisted callers.

Media Controller is not working for any of my media players. (DoubleTwist, Youtube, Google Music, etc.)

S-Voice gives Connection Failed error.

Everytime I reboot the watch I have to manually reconnect it. Although this is probably a ROM issue as I have to manually connect to most of my BT devices.

Other than that all is good and I am happy with what I can do without my phone being on a lame Touchwiz ROM. I will test Sleep Mode tonight.
[Samsung Gear 2] jag5516:
So I got the two device to pair but the gear Manger just stuck at the pairing screen with the thing spinning. And the watch doesn't get past the setup screens
[Samsung Gear 2] bryanhayn:
Same here. I've done all sorts of combinations of rebooting, erasing and reinstalling from a fresh rom, build.prop edits, apk installs, etc, and there's always something not working or force closing. I'm seriously thinking of returning my Gear 2 to Amazon and going back to my plastic Pebble.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Right now the only thing that fcs for me is software updater for gear which is random and not frequent at all to worry...
[Samsung Gear 2] jag5516:
I installed the connection fix but I'm still stuck at the gear manage connecting screen forever
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
For what I use it for as of now, I am okay with the few bugs it has. Once we can root it and get things like No Shutter Sound and maybe some Tasker triggers, then I will look to perfect it and get all services and features working properly. The Media Controller and Weather are the ones I would like to have the most!

Of Course with me using an S3, I could always go for a 4.4.2 Touchwiz Rom and have everything working LoL. I just can't give up my 4.3 PAC-rom. There is even a 4.4.2 PAC-rom but it lacks many of the features I like about the older build.
[Samsung Gear 2] jag5516:
So now I've got it to connect but how do I get messages from hangout to push to the gear. It says if messages isn't your default that it won't work but the nexus uses hangouts
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
You just need to follow the steps in the OP for Turning On Notifications. In the list of apps you should see Hangouts. Just check the box for that and the notifications will be sent to the watch. As for the Warning Message, if you are not using the Native Samsung Touchwiz Messaging you will not be able to use the watch to Reply to messages. I use Hangouts and I get Notifications no problem.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
By 5K you mean 5 kilometres or 5 miles? If it's 5 kilometres, then your reading of 2.6 miles is not that much off. Certainly not as much as it was for me (3.16K instead of10K).

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For me battery consumption was an issue with certain M8 ROM (Insert Coin 2.3.2). Since then I switched to Venom and then to Insert Coin 2.4 and my battery is stellar. On 94% now, 10 hours since last charge, either Sleep or Pedometer tracking all the time...
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Could I be having all these problem because I updated my gear to the leaked firmware?
[Samsung Gear 2] jag5516:
Ok so I got it working. It's pushes all the notifications selected but then it will just randomly stop pushing notifications until I restart my phone. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
No I mean I ran a 5K (3.2 Miles) according to the GPS on MapMyRun but my Gear2 shows I only ran 2.6 Miles. Pretty far off in my Opinion.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Yeah, the way it looks it's rubbish. They should have implemented Running and Walking using the phone as GPS and the watch as HR sensor (that is, if it was suited for the purpose, should I note) and as start/stop controller + progress information panel which is easier to see than the phone (which you'd preferably put on an armband).

For me, the ideal companion for outdoor running is Runtastic PRO + chest strapped HR sensor + a smartwatch that could serve as start/stop controller and information panel. I'm hoping Runtastic will release a Gear 2 companion app soon (they already have one for the 1st generation of the Gear).

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What leaked firmware you're on? I'm on ND8 (XSA), which is the Aussie latest officially available. Updated on the computer via USB using Samsung Kies 3 software.

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BTW, 14 hours since the last charge, 89% of battery. Either sleep or pedometer tracking all the time.

Also, regarding pedometer, I'm on 2179 steps now according to the Gear and 2088 according to Fitbit Flex. Both worn on the same wrist (non-dominant arm). That's pretty good accuracy for me.

Regarding sleep tracking accuracy, I feel the Gear is actually doing better job. Fitbit seems to be quite forgiving in terms of unrest detection, I feel Gear produced results closer to reality for my sleep last night.

So I'm getting closer to getting rid of Fitbit. The only thing I'm missing is online access to historical data (I mean, using a Web site). Samsung has a lot of catch up to do in this area...