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[Samsung Gear 2] mksudol:
New bluetooth profile in Android 4.4

I think it is not related to Gear manager, rather a new bluetooth profile support in Android 4.4. Here is a quote from Android Development website

Android 4.4 support for two new Bluetooth profiles to let apps support a broader range of low-power and media interactions. Bluetooth HID over GATT (HOGP) gives apps a low-latency link with low-power peripheral devices such as mice, joysticks, and keyboards. Bluetooth MAP lets your apps exchange messages with a nearby device, for example an automotive terminal for handsfree use or another mobile device. As an extension to Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3, users can now set absolute volume on the system from their Bluetooth devices.
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Yeah that was it... lol glad you found it. I couldn't find it at work for the life of me. All I know is what samsung told me. Depending on which version of manager you have though cause connection issues as well. With the new firmware update its recommended to use the updated manager as well.
[Samsung Gear 2] extremetm:
Sounds like you got a defective unit or charger. I'm at 65% after 1.5 days of heavy use. Just got it so I've been in it a lot setting things up and testing apps.
[Samsung Gear 2] Geaquzzil:
i think the problem is not from the gear 2 , it's from the Samsung gear Manager

everytime i control my music from my gear 2 , an error message appears in my phone (goproviders stop working) and after this message I noticed that my gear 2 spend a lot of battery so restarting the phone i gusse is the only solution for now . try it
[Samsung Gear 2] mihalisp:
For sure the battery life is day and a half with motion on, notifications and brightness to level 3 . That's all. Every single

Day I charge it like my Note 3.Also Geaquzzil is right something

happens with Gear Manager.
[Samsung Gear 2] nklv_aleksa:
Guys, I think I know where the problem is. Im using GS3 paired to my Gear2Neo. At the beginning my G2N had a very slowly battery discharge. Since two days ago battery gone mad. It went down 4% per hour even I was not using it. Finally, after experimentnig with varios combinations I found that if you uninstall goproviders app (in aplication manager on your phone) you wont be able to receive Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc notifications but the battery will be back to normal. Ofcourse, I can still receive standard notifications (calendar, sms, email...), make or reject calls. In last 1,5 hour I lost 2-3% of battery with normal usage. For the conclusion, it is not BT but Gear manager bug. Hope they will make this work properly.
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
Here is my issues one day the battery will be just fine but next day I will take it off charger at 9am and by 5pm battery is dead even if I am not using it to do anything. Wondering what is causing the random battery drain. Mine is connected with Note 3
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
I don't know what is causing the issue is it the gear or the note 3 that I am using right now
[Samsung Gear 2] mksudol:
I'm sure it's phone and BT connection itself. Just disconnect the Gear, and it can last for days! I also noticed that sometimes battery lasts longer and other day shorter. We need to wait for Samsung update. It must be software glitch.
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
Same is happening for me and I have noticed if I keep the clock interface with the weather on then it dies faster else it can last almost a day but again sometimes you are not close to a charger and last thing I want is my watch not telling me what time it is lol
[Samsung Gear 2] emaderam:
I just received mine Monday afternoon. Charged it to full overnight and ran it through its paces yesterday. Turned on the sleep monitor before getting into bed. When I woke up this morning, it was at 72% remaining. I could probably go 3 days without charge without incident.
[Samsung Gear 2] Cellisimo:
What phone are you using it with and which version of Android is it running?
[Samsung Gear 2] mksudol:
Problem solved. 3 day and still 43% of battery. I think the last update from Samsung for Gear helped.
[Samsung Gear 2] Cellisimo:
Thanks for the headsup, I didn't realise that there was an update. Installing now...
[Samsung Gear 2] nklv_aleksa:
I have just updated GM but no change, battery still drains a lot. I unistalled GearM and installed it all over again, done factory reset of Gear 2 Neo but no success. I'm on S3, Android 4.3. With BT off battery can last for a week or maybe longer
[Samsung Gear 2] apuljain:
Reset your gear

I was also facing similar issues with battery, i am on 4.3 on S3 and i thought that was the issue. After a lot of searching through forums I tried the age old trick once.

Backup your data,then

Reset your gear.

This did the trick for me, now the battery lasts for around 4-5 days on decent usage..

Hope this helps..
[Samsung Gear 2] nklv_aleksa:
Factory reset Gear 2 Neo......done

Factory reset Galaxy S3........done

It seems ok for now, if that was a trick.

Thanx
[Samsung Gear 2] Gerardosanmartin:
Same problem. Low battery life after a few days

At first, lasted for 3 days... After a couple of weeks, barely lasting one day, at the most... Was it a firmware? I have not installed any additional App... What is going on Samsung... Less than a day of battery life makes the watch totally useless...
[Samsung Gear 2] BigDanInTX:
What are your settings for brightness and timeout? How many texts/calls/emails do you get in a day?

I can get about 2-3 days on a charge, but I always top off when I'm at my desk at home and when I take a shower, so I usually start my day with at least 90% charge. This morning before charging (after a full-day's wear, tracking sleep overnight, and tracked a walking session this morning), I was down to 60%.
[Samsung Gear 2] Gerardosanmartin:
Low battery life

Setup is at 10 seconds and nr. 4 brightness... Without automatic opening of the screen (since it opens almost with every arm movement), getting around 20 emails, 5 whatsup, 5 calls and 5 messages per day, so its not a large amount of notificatios, setup to receive them without sound (just vibration), and still battery is draining by 5 pm, not lasting one full day... I am now trying no notifications, brightness at 3, to see how it works... But if it does, would mean that a lot of twisting would have to be done to make it really last...
[Samsung Gear 2] BigDanInTX:
It does sound like something may be wrong with your unit. I run 15 seconds, lvl 3 brightness. I get about 50 emails per day, maybe 10-15 texts. No problems with mine. =-[
[Samsung Gear 2] Gerardosanmartin:
Thanks

Thanks. Since it didnt have this battery problem the first few days, it is probably a hardware problem... I'll return it...
[Samsung Gear 2] mksudol:
Guys, that's awesome! 6 days of using Gear 2 and still 15% of the battery! I noticed that you should watch out all news apps. They drain battery like a hell!
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
Mine is so random sometimes will last 5 hrs and sometimes more than a day. This is really big issue

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You kidding me right ? 6 days ?
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
Contacts?

Guys experiencing drop in battery life, how many contacts do you have? If you have high number of contacts (1000s), you might be experiencing the same issue as described here.
[Samsung Gear 2] mksudol:
Really, six days. Brightness 2, calls, messages, gesture clock off. Notification on all the time. Pedometer, but black background and only agenda on the screen. You can try to turn off the option of locking your phone automatically if your gear is out of range. I noticed the battery improvement. What's more, if you fail to install any applications on gear you have to reset your gear and uninstall gear manager. There's a glitch in the software. Avoid zdclock and news apps, they drain the battery like a hell
[Samsung Gear 2] IP IHI II IL:
I've only had mine a day, and have been playing with functionality a LOT, but the lack of information from the Gear manager is sad. I'd like to see more information about what's going on within the watch, and a widget to see real time data from it, like running apps, storage use, and available space. Hell, I STILL don't know how to get pictures or media on it, and I've spent the last 24 hours scouring the Internet... On day one, though, I'm happy that it does what I need it to (so far)...
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
So basically you are looking for a smart phone and not a watch ?
[Samsung Gear 2] IP IHI II IL:
Definitely wasn't looking for a SmartAss...
[Samsung Gear 2] ngravatt:
i use my for 8 hours a day. check it probably 10 times and hour and talk on it at least twice a day and it has always lasted 4 or 5 days.

i would ask the store to replace it.

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thats why there is 15 day return policy. the gear 2 watch is simply a bluetooth headset on your wrist. its not worth $299, but it is useful. I work in an office all day long and everytime my phone vibrates in my pocket, all i have to do is look at my wrist instead of leaning up, pulling out the phone, unlocking it, opening an app, and the close, lock put back in pocket. same thing if i am walking around or driving. all it does is save me a lot of hassle of messing with my phone. i can reject meeting notices, turn off alarms, ignore calls and read an alert i have setup.

i did not expect, or purchase the watch to use the apps. the screen is one inch. i dont expect to do anything productive on a one inch screen besides use the calculator. It blows my mind that people expect more from this smartwatch. wait a few months and there will plenty of watches running android and all us nerds will look like even bigger nerds with 3 inch touch screen on our wrist :)
[Samsung Gear 2] IP IHI II IL:
That's the exact reason I bought it too... I work in a coffee shop, and have 3 clumsy kids, so I need to read every notification I get. I guess I wasn't clear when I said "Gear Manager" (which is not on the watch itself...). Anyways, battery life is good for me and though I'd like to see more from the manager, the watch is working great!
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
Sorry if I offended anyone but it was just a random joke and not a digg at anyone
[Samsung Gear 2] dharmesh88:
Thnks you so much ....
[Samsung Gear 2] devdav2167:
FWIW, I've found out recently that I was daft using my own Gear 2. Tizen is still an OS, and as such, apps tend to run in the background, even if you 'close' them. There's a Recent Apps section under Settings - I've changed the double-press on the home button to show the apps list. It kind of goes against how one should treat the OS, but I've found clearing out any running apps occasionally has helped battery life. I went from 3-4 days initially between charges, to 5 hours max. Since clearing out the Recent Apps list, I'm back to 3-4 days again. Might help to look into that.:eek:
[Samsung Gear 2] Jade Flameheart:
Mine 7 hours
[Samsung Gear 2] apexhugger:
I had terrible battery life from my G2N out of the box. It would drop 1% of battery every 5 minutes, at that rate it would be flat in 7 hours. It would go for days if I disconnected it from my GS5.

The settings I ran:

Shortcut clock

Pedometre on

Calculator app installed (only 3rd party app).

Standard notifications plus ones for FB Messenger, Viber, Whatsapp, Skype.

Getting notifications every 30 minutes or so.

I read through this page and mpogr's post plus this one pointed at an issue with Gear Manager. So I cleared all the data from every Gear APK and uninstalled them manually. Rebooted then re-installed Gear Manager. Unpaired and re-paired the G2N. I setup Gear Manager the same way as before and now it is losing 1% every 47 minutes. At that rate, it should go for 72 hours (3 days). I was getting about a notification every 15 minutes.
[Samsung Gear 2] wanggit:
which post are you referring? Please advise.
[Samsung Gear 2] mpogr:
I meant this one.
[Samsung Gear 2] wanggit:
thanks! installed it as instructed..will report the result.

edited:

It works! thanks mpogr!
[Samsung Gear 2] jimmyjjohn:
Sounds faulty to me. Mine lasts 3-4 days with reasonable use.
[Samsung Gear 2] vikramdhani:
Is there a way I can stop the contact to sync from the gear manage
[Samsung Gear 2] Yoshi1221:
Just received my gear 2 a few days ago, fully charged it and drained it, first time died within 7-8 hours, second time I did a charge and drain cycle, it lasted 1 day, think you have to drain it a few times, using a note 3 with 4.4.2 kitkat. Also did a firmware update for the gear 2.
[Samsung Gear 2] HTCMario:
just bought a Gear 2 to complement the Note 4. Battery drained 16% in an hour. moderate use. this is worrying.
[Samsung Gear 2] mroien:
Same problem

I just flashed the Tizen 3.0 and ran into bad battery problems. It will not last for a full day. Before it would last for a few days. Any help??
[Samsung Gear 2] Bruno_Brunetti:
I get 2 days
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
Reserved 1
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] John_wba:
The gear with Null rom can do most those things anyway? Or am I missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] h00rj:
This could be useful for non-touchwiz phones, I suppose.

I may give it a go just to see what it can actually do.

--wait... "need internet connection on the watch" For serious?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
A little confused myself. One part says Bluetooth supported and other part acts like both devices need Internet connection as in Gear tethered which drains much more battery on the gear.

I'm not interested in the actual "Notifications" as Gear Manager does this fine for me, otherwise, the other functions listed, GPS, battery status on other device, ect.. Yes, I would be interested but still confused as to my first comment/paragraph above as to how this works. :confused::confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] Lokifish Marz:
The internet connection "requirement" is for those smartwatches that do not have working BT, like every one of the Umeox x201 based smartwatches. The internet connection is also for doing things over long distances (think miles).

It does more than just notifications. I'm running Null and have been placing calls and sending texts using the Gear and leaving my Nexus One in my pocket, or the other room, the whole time.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Hrmmm, Interesting. I'll be having a look at this. Thanks! :)

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Ok have it installed on my S4. Problem. Can't get it on the Gear. In the Play Store it says not compatible with (gear) device so I can't use chrome extensions downloader either for some reason. And I'm tethered to the gear to access internet thru playstore directly and it's not listing on the gear to download???

Disregard, I got it downloading now with Chrome extensions, will transfer to gear and give it a whirl shortly.

Ok, I set everything up. Selected BT for connection on phone side's app. There is so setting for this on Gear Side's app. Entered devices names, ect... all it does is sit on phone side saying "Connecting". None of the features are doing anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
this is for using without BT connection (for smartwatches that don't have bluetooth), it's not needed for direct bt connection.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
you need to select BT on both the watch and the phone, then it will connect
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
On the Gear, the settings did not have a place to set a connection type unlike the phone's settings with the app. It started off with email. I even tried to scroll up and down and look all over for the settings for connection on the gear and it certainly wasn't there, at least for me. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
i have uploaded the apk in download section as Gear might have difficulties getting it from playstore
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
Do you have the conncetion choice in your settings on the watch ? it's strange lazer9 is saying it's not there ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Hold the phone! Literally , lol. I just uninstalled from gear and re-installed from the one you posted here in downloads and now I have the connection settings on gear. Now to re-install on phone side and go from there. :victory:

Update: Blah, now when I either set bluetooth on Gear or Phone, I get a force close on each device.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
i have uploaded a new version, could you try it ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
WORKS! Finally able to connect to gear & phone and did a test by pressing battery icon on gear and it showed my Phone's battery level!

Super! Now to figure out what all I can do with this nifty app :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
Great ! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Strange thing going on right now. On gear I pressed Battery Icon to get the info from phone and it says uptop that it's connected to my phone but nothing is happening after "message sent" dialogue. So I opened into the App on phone side and it's sitting up top saying "connecting...." forever. :(

Update: Went in on phone side and "Force Closed" the app in app settings. Reloaded it and it connected right up. Must be a quirk or something...
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*SWApp Link dev update 0.934d*

*BT Virtual Leash*

You watch will help you not to loose or forget your phone !!

New feature will allow to get notified if the bluetooth link is broken.

User selected delay to trigger the alert.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] machmandp:
Hi

This looks promising but i have a few issues and questions

First of all the App keeps Force closing on the watch (i'm running NUll_23)

but i have been able to connect it for a short while and can get SMS messages and the watch vibrates but the screen does not light up

What i wondered is that i want to replace the Samsung Notification system completely as i want to see more of the notification

on the screen than just a small excerpt, especially with Gmail and Email

do you think your app be able to do that down the line

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*SWApp Link dev update 0.934e*

*Auto Lock*

In virtual leash feature, you can now enable "Auto Lock" feature which will set a password on your phone if the link is broken.

It's a low level action on the phone, so you'll be asked to enable Admin rights to the app.

You will be able to enable or not the broken virtual leash notification.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Hi .. Great Great work ;) where I find the .apk(download section... ) for Gear ,PlayStore don't want to install it in my Gear...

Thanks ;)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
thanks, it's in the download section up there ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Ok ,You upload the first post ? Right ?

Thanks ;)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
what do you mean ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
I don't see a download section in post 1 with tapatalk.... or is there one somewhere ???? Sorry... ;)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
i guess you need a browser to access it:

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=3825#downloads
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Exactly ;) Thanks again ;)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ebart:
Bug report: if I try to send an SMS using the watch which is connected to my phone with Bluetooth, unless I'm responding to an SMS, nothing happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] panjaby:
For people like myself who couldnt get the download link.

Install Mobogenie app on your phone.

In the app settings uncheck delete after install

Install swapplink or any other app

You now have that apk file in Mobogenie folder

Transfer to the gear or keep for later use to save on data.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*Retrosmart Hi Res on Steroïd*

I took the liberty to upgrade +Daniel Ortiz clock with an OSD Module 

The « date » line is now replaced with an OSD module that features:

•	Date like before (touch still toggle format)

•	Next alarm and link to watch alarm dialog

•	Stopwatch

•	Timer

•	And brand new feature: D Date counter : will show the remaining days until the date you set

It will be included in coming very soon next release.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Thanks for new version ;) but I have a stupid problem.... No way to install Google map on my Gear (always error package when I install it) .

Thanks ;)

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*Send to Remote Clipboard feature*

*SWApp Link dev update 0.97b*

How many time did you get frustrated because you add trouble entering a text on you watch ?

Thanks to SWApp Link this won’t happen again 

Hit the Paper Plain icon on your phone, enter your text, send your plain…

And the text is ready to paste on your watch !

Here for example to enter a wifi password.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] mse_uk:
Hi Mate,

Firstly, thankyou for your sterling work here!

I do have one problem, If i go to Phone or SMS, click on the Address book, I get "Compete Action Using" and the two options i'm presened with are both file managers?

Thanks mate, appreciate your efforts.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Hi :) What do hou think about drain battery with this App....For me drain/consum too much....

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] juggamonkey:
With new version im am getting very bad battery drain and cant downgrade the app due to it saying its outdated
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*Auto Update / Mini help*

*SWApp Link dev update 0.97e*

1.For users that have installed the app from an apk because then don’t have Play Store on their device, the app will check if a new version is available and if it’s the case will allow you to download the new apk on your device.

2.Now if you long click on any icon of the main page you’ll get a mini help about it’s feature

3.The language translation have been updated for French, Finnish (+Eemeli Saarelainen) , Russian (+Артем Шургальский) , Greek (+Christos Vorkas) and Hebrew (+Pavel Shatsman) . The Hungarian (+Gergely Turcsányi) has been added.

4. i have removed keep alive for Bluetooth it didn't seem to help but had a big impact on battery drain. You should loose less battery now.

The timer setting on the osd modules have been fixed.

If you don’t have play store here is the link to download the apk file:

http://goo.gl/tD0vle
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
can you try again please, i have checked and it's working fine for me
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
it's actually sending an intent to your phone requiring to open contact. this could mean that you don't have any contact app on your watch ?
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] thedid63:
Thanks for Update.... ;)

Edit : After a few hours ,no battery drain with this new version ;)

Thanks

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[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lazer9:
Any thoughts on developing this App for Tizen in the future?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] cyrilp:
*Custom UI themes !!!*

You liked SWApp Link ? Well now you will be able to like it more and make it fit your tastes :)

*SWApp Link Dev update 0.98*

I am very glad to present to you the new "flat" look of Swapp Link !

and as i want everybody to be able to customize it i have began to make the app use themes. So far it's only for the main screen (icons, background color, digital clock color and font)

if you want to start working on it, here are the files:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8obsfdfnn4dphd3/firstflat.rar

You'll find the theme.xml file where you will be able to change the backbround color and digital clocks properties and to change the icons names if they are different from the one i used.

Others modifications:

* i have added a light vibration when clicking on an icon to give some feedback

* i have added an option to forget Bluetooth device in case you need to pair with another one.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] adame:
I installed the new version on my phone, but I'm not able to install it on my watch. It gives no reason why it fails
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] ebart:
Thanks, it seems in the newest update it works, but the problem of notifications not coming up over previous notifications unless the app is open is still there.

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Also is there a way to switch the clock from 24 hour time to 12 hour time?