yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
That is quite strange... If you're still running the stock Rom then may be there is some other check that is preventing modifications to system

You might find help in your phone forums .. sorry

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I'm running this on m7 viper Rom sense 6 so I know for sure this method works... You might try changing model to GT-I9505 but it should allow you to view the main screen despite the updates...

I get the prompt for the app update too but I can get out of it and use the store normally
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
This is strange, are you sure you haven't missed the Search button? See the attached.
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Thanks for the info. I have tried a couple of variations - uninstalling and reinstalling Gear Manager after applying Connecting-Fix apks, applying Connecting-Fix apks before installing Gear Manager the first time. I'm still getting inconsistent bluetooth behavior even on the first connect attempt just as I can't seem to switch BT connections after I get some amount of capability. I'm not too optimistic with my Nex5/stock 4.4.2 possibilities. I'm considering trying other ROMs and then attempting a Gear 2 connection.

Anyone out there with a promising Gear 2 story on a Nexus 5 ROM?
[Samsung Gear 2] eltoro5:
Thanks, I have gotten there now, I am now getting the proper app store screen, but last night I was not. The only thing I did different when starting the whole process over again was use the suggested file browser app "Solid Explorer" to change all permissions, first time I was using "ES File Explorer" with full root access. I don't know go figure. Now I have to experiment with all the non functioning parts like the rest of you!

Thanks for the help, appreciate it.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
If you are on a HTC One M8 you need to install a custom ROM (after unlocking and S-Off) I and mpogr are using Insert Coin.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
You are a genius!
[Samsung Gear 2] beagle1974:
Thanks for your great tutorial can confirm this is working on nexus 4 with carbon ROM :)
[Samsung Gear 2] rlabarca:
This all makes sense, except the part where you say that Text Templates and Emoticons work. I'm on a rooted GPE M8 and neither Messaging or Email apps work. There are no apps working that seem to allow me to send any type of text.

When trying to configure an Email account in Gear Manager, it FCs. But regardless, it seems like you're saying that this is enabling texting. Are you able to use templates by assigning Messaging as your default messaging app?
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
Samsung Apps will not install

Samsung Apps fails to install, I have moved the apk to /system/app and changed the permissions to -rw-rw-r-

The apk opens, and I click install, a few moments later.. Samsung Apps Not installed

any suggestions?
[Samsung Gear 2] beagle1974:
Make sure you follow tutorial and don't miss a step on my first attempt I was unable to download any apps but on my third attempt can now download apps there are a few that don't show up on gear even thou they have installed but other s like different clocks and calculator apps load up just fine I'm using a nexus 4 carbon rom
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
I just went thru the steps a 2nd time, but no change. Still cannot install Samsung Apps, exact same error msg.

I'm running Stock rooted Nexus 5.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Yes, Messaging (not Hangouts!) needs to be your default SMS app. After you make this change and tap on "Messages" on the Gear, what happens?
[Samsung Gear 2] rlabarca:
Ah you know what, I disabled a bunch of components including messaging which caused Gear Manager to crash. Now that I enabled it again and set it to default, I can send messages. I see how modifying the custom replies would be helpful now, thanks.
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Don't install, just move the apk to /system/app and when you reboot, Android sees the "new" app and puts a shortcut in the menu.
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
Awesome, I got Samsung Apps installed now, I've got Gear Manager installed too.

Now another issue, what the heck!

after accepting the pairing from the Gear, GM attempts to connect indefinitely.. nothing ever happens.. I've tried deleting the pair, accessing Gear recovery and doing a full system reset and rebooting the phone, all with the same outcome..:confused:
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
I'm running stock rooted Nexus 5 also. This is where you need to install the apks that are in the Connecting-Fix.zip. This time, you copy the zip to your sdcard and extract the apks (or extract first and copy them over to the sdcard). Then install all the apks the "normal" way (double click on the apk in a file manager). The weather apk will not install.

After that reboot and try to pair and initialize again. I usually do a factory reset on the Gear 2 neo to start clean.

Hard reset - push and hold the button until the watch starts to reboot - hold it right through the shutdown/reboot menu. When the watch restarts, tap the button a few times and a small text menu appears. Tapping the button after that moves the highlighted text. Tap down to "recovery" and hold the button for a few seconds one last time.
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
Awesome, it works now!

I've got my fingers crossed a fix for the WeatherON comes out soon.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
It will not. It is one of the few things that is completely reliant (absolutely) on Samsung TouchWiz. Mopgr has been digging through the code rather copiously and found a that the fact that it even works now is extremely amounts of luck.
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
Noticed email isn't working, from GM when I click to add an account I get saproviders has stopped..

a few mins of googling has found nothing, any suggestions?
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
mpogr I think has a fix for this, let me get in touch with him and see what he has to say!
[Samsung Gear 2] sliverworm:
:angel:

Good deal..:good:
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I'm pretty sure it has to do with the Samsung Email app, he doesn't seem to be around right now but when he is, I'll see what's up with it.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Just talked to mpogr he says "The best you can get is notifications from Gmail and exchange, which often has subject, sender and a glimpse of the text, but that's it."
[Samsung Gear 2] hg10163:
I can confirm "WatchOn" working on Nexus 5.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Taking care of that now
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
SamsungApps install/uninstall behavior

So, I have observed some odd behavior with SamsungApps and Gear2Plugin on my Nexus 5 and was wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences.

First off, on my Nexus 5 I had to install the cadre of Connecting-Fix.zip apks to get the Gear 2 Neo to work at all. It sounds as if others have had these dependencies automatically installed by simply installing GearManager from the SamsungApps program (HTC One M8?). If this is accurate, I'm willing to bet that this is the related other issues.

- When installing a Gear app from the SamsungApps store, for example a new clock face, the program installs on the watch and is listed in "My Apps" in GearManager, but when I expect an "Options" icon (to change colors for example), non appears.

- When installing GearManager the first time, three dependent apks (Samsung Billing, Samsung Push Service and Samsung Inapp Purchase) all downloaded and allowed me to accept and install, but one or more never "finished" installing (with the "done" button).

- When I connect to the SamsungApps store from my home network, it's painfully slow. But quick on my cell provider's data network.

and recently,

I installed a couple of calculator apps on the phone and they appear in "My Apps" in GearManager. But when I go to delete the app (Trash can icon then "-" icon), the Gear2Plugin force closes and the app is still on the watch.

Has anyone else had issues with uninstalling a Gear App from the watch?
[Samsung Gear 2] rlabarca:
Yes, I can't remove apps or watch faces. Gear App FCs.
[Samsung Gear 2] beagle1974:
Same here..also some apps like appy geek don't show up on watch? But others do
[Samsung Gear 2] giant22000:
Purity ROM can be added to the list of ROMs that work for the nexus 5 with the gear 2.
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Thanks for trying it out. Did you happen to run across any oddities on the purity rom? For instance, did you have to manually add the Connecting-Fix apks or did GearManager do that for you? Can you uninstall a watch app without GearManager force closing?

I've been digging into the the log messages (using an app called SendLog) and a common thread that I am seeing is that packages are attempting to use the INSTALL_PACKAGE and DELETE_PACKAGE permissions and are failing and causing fatal errors. For instance, when I tried to uninstall a simple calculate watch app, the Gear2Plugin was denied DELETE_PACKAGES and the process died. If you look at AndroidManifest.xml in the Gear2Plugin apk, it suggests that it needs INSTALL and DELETE permission, but it does not show up when you manually install the apk (in the permissions list).

There's probably an android guru out there who would say - of course an app cant install or delete that way - you need to do ______. Anyone? ;)
[Samsung Gear 2] irresisti:
What I do on my note 2 with ditto rom to unstall a gear 2 neo app is hold the home button on the phone and then go to the left button and downloaded apps.. There should be all the apps for the gear you can unstall.
[Samsung Gear 2] irresisti:
Anyone out there know a fix for some apps not installing on the gear with custom roms?
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Just tried it myself with the stock purity kernel and the behavior seems to be exactly the same as my stock KK (i.e. need to manually install supporting apks, cant delete watch apps, etc.).
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Looks like you nexus people have something weird going on with your setup because I can install and uninstall gear apps just fine on my HTC one
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Ya. The old tutorial worked for nexus users. Less things work on it but it connected properly. And my HTC One M8 is doing it just fine also
[Samsung Gear 2] DAGr8:
So bought one was running aokp the tutorial worked fine was having a few fc here and there and couldn't get styler to work so I decided to revert to touchwiz still no luck with styler . Hackin tw framework is my cup of tea so if we need more feature I may look into it more if I decide to keep the watch as im getting rid of me note3 soon .. feel free to reach me on irc for dev talk about the watch I sorta hate the fact the watch isnt Android but well see
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Feel free to drop me a line on Google+
[Samsung Gear 2] gryphin81:
Line missing.

I have a weird question. I have a note 3 rooted with VanirAOSP - to get a way from the Samsung apps,(kinda funny that im going to be reinstalling them to get my gear back lol) Im trying to get galaxy gear working and I saw this, I wanted to try this out but the following line isn't available ro.product.model= is this something I can manually add. Sorry for my novice question this is the first time i'm attempting this. Thanks in advanced for your assistance. :silly:

1. Download Solid Explorer

2. Browse to /System/

3. Open "build.prop"

4. Edit the following:

Code:

ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung

ro.product.model=GT-I9500

ro.product.brand=Samsung

5. Save

6. Restart Phone
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I honestly have no idea. It should work naturally with the note 3 since its a Samsung device. But if it isn't you might want to look more in depth into build.prop editing
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Will update when I get home.
[Samsung Gear 2] gryphin81:
Thanks maybe ilk perform the other steps without changing that line. I'll let you know.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
You absolutely need that line for non Sammy devices. You shouldn't have to do any of this though.
[Samsung Gear 2] gryphin81:
After flashing that rom I can't install any Samsung apps
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Which ROM are you using?
[Samsung Gear 2] gryphin81:
vanir_hlte_4.4.2.050314.zip flashed = VanirASOP
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
did you change your build prop after you flashed the rom?
[Samsung Gear 2] ghostvirtualз:
thanks for the tutorial
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Thanks for using it :D I hope everything worked out.
[Samsung Gear 2] Cyman:
Working with 4.2.2?

Sorry about this stupid question. I have a Mediapad X1 with Android 4.2.2 and I consider to buy the Gear 2 just to test if it's working. But if you tell me now that it will only work with KitKat-Devices, I will drop this idea. But if it could work, I'll try it out.

Best regards, Cyman
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
No idea! That's just what it's been tested on. I think someone already got it working on 4.2.2
[Samsung Gear 2] Cyman:
Give it a shot

Alright, I'll give it a shot;) Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Let us know how it goes!
[Samsung Gear 2] :
Can you get Samsung apps on the Gear 2 now without a Samsung device?
[Samsung Gear 2] gryphin81:
Most of the lines were already changed to samsung probably because I have a note 3. I couldn't find "ro.product.model="
[Samsung Gear 2] nrseife:
I got it working on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Stock android, still 4.2.2).

However, a few things are not working....notification of corporate/exchange email, no contacts I can search, and I do not see any Gear 2 apps in the Samsung store.

I am patiently waiting for the 4.4.2 update, which had been announced back in February....Samsung...please....

Your issues will be worse, not having a Samsung device and being on 4.2.2....I recommend to see+wait whether it can be rooted and made to work with other phones/tablets and Android versions...
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Nexus 5 (stock KitKat) Tweaks

I have spent quite a bit of time trying to understand and clean up the process of using my Nexus 5 with stock KK. Unlike HTC One M8 users, when I install Gear Manager via Samsung Apps, it will not sync my Gear 2 Neo and I have to manually add the dependent apks (that are embedded in the Gear Manager apk download and the OP's Connecting-Fix.zip file)

A problem that I found was that several packages require the INSTALL_PACKAGES and DELETE_PACKAGES permissions which are not allowed by third party (non-system) apps. This is likely the reason why the dependencies fail to automatically install as Gear Manager is installed via Samsung Apps as a third party. HTC must be doing something different w.r.t. handling this issue and why some people seem to have a smoother experience.

Anyway, one annoying issue I had was that I could install a Gear app to the watch, but the Gear2Plugin FC-ed if I tried to uninstall the app. Inspecting the logs showed that DELETE_PACKAGES was being denied (obviously). A little more digging and googling I found that when PackageManager installs apks, it assigns "user ids" that also reflect the permissions requested by the package. If you do a long file listing of /data/data as root you can see the user id assignments as "u0_a###" for the Samsung related packages. I also inspected the AndroidManifest.xml in the dependent apks and noticed that those packages that needed INSTALL_PACKAGES and DELETE_PACKAGES had the same user id.

So, my guess is that these packages need to be installed in a system location to properly behave. This is a WIP, but I performed the following additional steps to successfully remove Gear apps from the watch.

1) Perform the OP's procedure as is: Download Gear Manager, try to connect (fail), manually add the Connecting-fix apks, try to connect, profit!

2) Download the "/system/app mover" app from the Play store. Launch and grant root privilege

3) Reboot the phone (precaution to halt any running apps)

4) Using /system/app mover, promote the following apps to "system" apps (when asked to reboot, hit cancel until all apps are moved, then reboot):

Gear Manager

Gear2Plugin

HostManager

SAFileTransferCore

I believe the mover moves the apps to /system/priv-app rather than /system/app

5) Reboot the phone and then try to install and remove a simple watch app like a calculator app. It worked for me without FC-ing on the uninstall.

It would be nice if I could find the proper incantation to get Gear Manager and Samsung apps to work with the proper permissions from the start, but this does seem to help one little annoyance.
[Samsung Gear 2] darklord6661:
I have been running the stock Samsung jellybean ROM on my Galaxy Note 2 since the gear came out and I am starting to not think it is worth running this crappy ROM but I don't want to loose too much functionality with the gear2.

In general, did you get everything to work except those couple above? S voice and media control are pretty big for me (when s voice works...).

Otherwise, do camera photos transfer automatically?

Really want to go back to CM11 or some other ROM as long as it is fast

Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] nrseife:
Svoice does not seem to work (asks me install something on my tablet which I have not tried)

Media control at least works with PowerAmp. Have not tried anything else...

Photos are transferred automatically if I remember correctly.

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I thought KK is out for Note 2....have you tried it and checked whether you can install apos via Samsung app store?
[Samsung Gear 2] riffetto90:
with this method are you able to sync fitness data with fitness with gear on nexus 5? or these changes of the permissions and folder do not affects synchronization ?

with my nexus 5 have not yet been able to synchronize the data with the fitness app .
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Regarding fitness data synchronisation, something happened with Samsung servers in the last couple of days. Sync works (sometimes needs to be repeated), but, when you're trying to see history for any of the synced activities, it goes into really long wait and then comes up with an error message and an empty screen. I hope this is a temporary issue and I'm pretty sure it's affecting all users, not just the non-Samsung ones.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Will test then update. I'm super far behind on this thread now, too much information!!
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
I will likely install the latest PAC-Rom 4.4.2 on my Galaxy SIII tonight. I will follow the OP again and let y'all know if this works.
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
It should work natively with the Samsung Galaxy S3
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
I have not been able to get the health data to sync or s-voice to behave. As I have time, I'm planning on looking at the logs to see where there may be disconnects, but I have no feeling whether or not it can be done. All I did was try to identify why Nexus 5 AOSP people have to perform the extra steps to get a working device.

BTW - I've found a little app called SendLog to be pretty useful. I send log information to OneNote in the cloud and the open it right up on my computer. When you experience a Force Close or a sync doesn't work, you can dump the log and see what was going on at the time.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
You can also use sdb dlog command for the watch's log
[Samsung Gear 2] Sublim3_Tilt:
It should work natively with the Samsung Galaxy S3 IF I weren't running a custom Cyanogen Mod Based ROM. The OP works fine for PAC-Rom 4.3. I am going to see how well it works on the 4.4KK Version.
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
I went ahead and installed the tizen wearable sdk and was able to get sdb running. I can execute "sdb devices" and I get a response

List of devices attached

4486xxxxxxx unknown device-1

However, whenever I try to shell, dlog, or set root "on" , the terminal simply hangs. Is there something I need to root or unlock on Gear 2 Neo to get a response?
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Did you install the gear drivers from Samsung?
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
I'm working in Ubuntu Linux. Are there drivers that need to be installed on the gear? sdb dies seem to be able to communicate to the gear (at least to get the serial number). I'll look for Linux drivers for the Gear.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
There is nothing that needs to be installed on the gear but there are drivers for Windows... Not sure about linux
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Did you turn on USB debugging?
[Samsung Gear 2] Starfire-1:
Yes - I'm all set. I was working in Linux (like I usually do with Android), but there is no Samsung Linux SDB driver (that I could find). So I pulled out the sdb.exe from the tizen sdk distribution and the driver from the KIES 3 software. So I can connect and shell in. Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] cosanostra2000:
how to install samsung apps htc one m8

hey guys i am using on my HTC one m8 the revolution rom 5.0 , things went for me not as smooth as the rest , i bricked my phone after changing , the build.prop , i used es file explorer , give permission to root , mounted the system and changed the permission of the build.prop , then i edited the build.prop and reboot, after this my htc was f*cked, used tean twrp and installed the rom again. what did i do wrong ?

i changed exactly the build,prop like how is mentioned.

how did the other users of HTC one m8 get samsung apps to work ? is there a another step by step tutorial or something or can i use adb to pull and push the build.prop without crashing the system ?

or are the more specific changes i have to made in the build,prop , like for example , somewhere i read that if u change something to samsung in the build.prop , there can not be any HTC in the lines below , is this true or i only need to change this :

ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung

ro.product.model=GT-I9500

ro.product.brand=Samsung

because i saw a lot of HTC in the lines below

(excuse me for my english , i am with hangover)
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
Hey, send me a PM on google+ and we'll talk. I haven't used that ROM but I'll look into it.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Rom shouldnt make a difference but why did you change permissions of the build prop file
[Samsung Gear 2] CarbonWyre:
I don't see that he edited the permissions of it. He gave ES explorer Root access if that is what you're talking about.
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
He says he changed permission of the build prop
[Samsung Gear 2] cosanostra2000:
i had to change the permissions to edit the file like read write etc etc . otherwise i wasnt alloud to change it , i am now about to try again with the adb method with usb and transfer files with adb push build,prop , i hope my phone wont crash again , probably it will , but this time i made a recovery backup with twrp
[Samsung Gear 2] thesparky007:
Hmm.. you shouldn't have to change permissions on the build prop file at all... If you have root and your file manager has root, you don't have to mess with build prop permissions at all