yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
No, it won't work in download mode. Just connect your watch to your PC with USB and be sure it is recognized with "sdb devices" command first.
[Samsung Gear 2] yammizz:
Thx u jim..got the sdb.exe. just trying to get it to recognize gear2..after I just sbd root on ?

Sent from GS4 On the best app XDA Dev.
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers loaded on your PC and that you can see the watch in Windows Explorer. Then the sdb commands will work.
[Samsung Gear 2] yammizz:
Thank you for your help ..so let me get this right only time I can access root is thru SDB or is it on always ..and we don't get a superuser app

Sent from GS4 On the best app XDA Dev.
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Right. Always do these commands:

sdb devices (to make sure you're connected)

sdb root on

sdb shell mount -o remount,rw / (so you can modify the watch files)

sdb shell (copy, move, etc. commands)

sdb push (local files to watch)

sdb shell mount -o remount,ro / (**Make sure that you remount to read only before restarting**)

sdb root off

reboot watch
[Samsung Gear 2] yammizz:
Thank you so much or your help !! Didn't know all that ...cheers

Sent from GS4 On the best app XDA Dev.
[Samsung Gear 2] lightdelegate:
ok i cant find solution.

pc with windows 8.1.

sdb doesn't do anything on my watch.

whatever i try i get error msg: device not found.

yes i mark the usb debugging

yes i can see my watch in windows exploret

yes tried few usb ports

yes tried reinstall the root and same ... :(

any more ideas ?
[Samsung Gear 2] fibs:
Did you try to (re)install the driver?

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...NG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.33.0.exe
[Samsung Gear 2] yammizz:
How did you get sdb.exe on your computer. .cuZ I couldn't download from tizen. I had to download sdb.exe on S4 then transfer to computer after sdb worked for me..

Sent from GS4 On the best app XDA Dev.
[Samsung Gear 2] chiphimikee:
I was running through the first of your suggestions when your last one made me think, "Maybe I should try a different micro usb cable." Twenty seconds later the Tizen drivers are installing. Thank you, sir! Everything else went swimmingly. :)
[Samsung Gear 2] fazdnoah:
Guys

I pushed mp3 as my ringtone

Its ok to preview, but when I received calls its only play like 2sec

And the gear also gets delay in receiving call
[Samsung Gear 2] JakeyPie:
Great Work!

also keep the 1st post u made with all the recent changes (like a change log) it's to hard scrolling thru 24 pages to see if theres any new updated on the gear 2 neo root
[Samsung Gear 2] SpyFi:
Restore Backup and maintain root?

Can I flash my watch then restore from my backup and remain rooted?
[Samsung Gear 2] peter7:
I got stuck - I rooted the gear2 and now I use sdk.exe but what I get is "target not found"

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solution - install samsung usb drivers !!!

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After root do we get updates automatically via Tizen ?
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
You have to update via Odin once root has been done

Sent from my bloody mobile
[Samsung Gear 2] kashortiexda:
boot-animation

[MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION]

which file did you change for a new boot-animation ? ( is it the file in usr/bin/boot-animation ?)

, and where did you find a different boot-animation, compatible with Tizen ?
[Samsung Gear 2] lightdelegate:
thanks alot !

work now :)
[Samsung Gear 2] jlopez1286:
Ok, I loaded to Odin and flashed but it said it failed... im running ND8 firmware.. this is the first time i root a watch..lol.. any help??
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
When mine failed to root I just updated to NE5 and didn't have any problem at that point. I would recommend updating. Not going to hurt it or factory reset your device. Once that is done it should be just fine.
[Samsung Gear 2] fibs:
Gear 2 or Gear 2 Neo?
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Hey did you get the PM I sent you yesterday? If you were able to get it to work awesome! If not awesome! Lol took me more then once to figure it out. I can walk you through the process of getting it running if you'd like.
[Samsung Gear 2] texeros:
The downloads link dont work. Pls can post new link?

Inviato dal mio GT-N5100 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
I'm runnign a Neo. Fibs posted the file for NE5 Neo in the OP.
[Samsung Gear 2] fibs:
I know that you have the neo :) But what about jlopez?
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
My bad lol didn't realize I was quoting you. You still the man though
[Samsung Gear 2] bennyzsimon:
custom rom??

Hey guys I know you can now root the gear 2 but is there a custom rom for it out yet??? I saw the gear 1 running nova and was wondering if anyone has been able to do that yet?? Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] Chosimise:
Awesome

thanks for all the works!
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
At this time....no but i'm sure someone is working on it lol. We need a custom recovery first before we can really run anything.....unless pushing each file to the phone is idea lol
[Samsung Gear 2] gunflight:
I'm really a novice when it comes to running root command lines. Is there a step by step to turn off the camera sound. I flashed the tar file in Odin and it rebooted. Just want to turn off camera sounds. Any help would be great.
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Disable camera sounds:

sdb root on

sdb shell mount -o remount,rw /

sdb shell mv /usr/share/sounds/mm-camcorder/ /usr/share/sounds/mm-camcorder_bak/

sdb shell mv /usr/apps/com.samsung.w-camera-app/res/sounds /usr/apps/com.samsung.w-camera-app/res/sounds_bak

sdb shell mount -o remount,ro /
[Samsung Gear 2] gunflight:
Figured it out! One other question. What type of audio files can we use as custom ring tones or alert tones?

Thanks.
[Samsung Gear 2] gunflight:
Pushing notifications to watch?

I have successfully pushed ringtones to the watch but i was hoping to also push notifications. Anyone know how to do this?
[Samsung Gear 2] dansafe:
sdb root on

sdb push your_ringtone.ogg /opt/share/settings/Alerts/

reboot watch
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
You can use mp3 files but it is recommended to use ogg or wav files.

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Not yet. Developers are still getting used to tizen development. I know I've run into problems trying to create a rom for it lol.
[Samsung Gear 2] BlackZenith:
Has anyone been able to install Fleksy beta on a rooted and muted Gear 2?
[Samsung Gear 2] daretofaceme:
Even if you manage to install it there is no use to it, its slow and the use is very limited because its a standalone app that you have to open everytime u want to text.
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Talking about the Flesky Messenger?

Lol think wrong thread. Could be wrong.
[Samsung Gear 2] daretofaceme:
I am talking about the fleksy keyboard for the gear 2... I installed it on my non rooted gear 2 and it is barely useable... so don't get too excited about it like I did :(
[Samsung Gear 2] xmkz522:
i have root access on my gear 2 on NDD firmware and mute the camera shutter sound. now i want to flash the NE5 firmware and i want to know is it fully rootable with tar file in first tapic post and muting the camera sound??
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Yes, just use the NE5 root file and you're good.
[Samsung Gear 2] drizzle3000:
Me too
[Samsung Gear 2] davidned:
Device offline

Hey all ....

I've successfully rooted my neo 2 ... I think ... But sdb.exe is returning an error when I try to use any commands ... heres what I get:

error msg: target offline

just about any command through sdb will say that ... Ive tried searching and cant find anything ...

heres what I got:

windows 7 - 64 bit

samsung drivers installed

NDD version neo 2

Flashed root .img in odin

any help would be appreciated ... I know its something stupid im not doing ... help!

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... nevermind ... changed USB ports and now it works .... now can anyone point me to some .tpk files?
[Samsung Gear 2] xmkz522:
why when i add NE5 rootfs.tar file to AP section in odin nothing happened??
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Oh I got excited and disappointed when it came through. Though it is still in beta

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Odd. Is USB debugging on? Maybe try different USB port. Does the computer recognize the device? Also make sure that the file is in the PDA/AP location and is a .tar file not .tar.md5
[Samsung Gear 2] YGU:
THANKS.
[Samsung Gear 2] MrUnionFan:
Im having the same issue. I tried to mar it just a tar file; however It wont give me that option. Only the tar.md file is available in the dropdown box. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.Thanks!!
[Samsung Gear 2] MrUnionFan:
Disregard! I totally brainfarted...forgot to the Gear into download mode.
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
All I did was rename my file.

If the file name is rootfs.tar.md5 just rename it to rootfs.tar. This would be done in the explorer window.
[Samsung Gear 2] jsnali13:
sorry, total noob with adb and sdb but really wanted to push a ringtone to my watch... can any one tell me what im doing wrong? i have root.. but cant push my ringtone.

i have usb debugging on..

i get the following error... View attachment 2811965
[Samsung Gear 2] dansafe:
Example:

C:\tizen-sdk\tools
[Samsung Gear 2] Hielko:
I think you forgot to put a space between the file name and the directory name.
[Samsung Gear 2] jsnali13:
the missing space was the problem
[Samsung Gear 2] caiovbarros:
Very good I read all the 28 pages, I try the root today when I get home and also try to remove the camera sound. Everyone helping that's very nice to see.

I saw someone talking about the recording time, I saw an app in Samsung apps today that promises increase the recording time to 90 sec, I didn't try it yet.

One function that could be nice on gear two is when we activate the external mode instead of redefine the bright to 4 it could be redefined to the last bright before activate or we could be able to change to the one we prefer. Just an idea.

Thank you all

Sorry about my English, I'm from Brasil, so I don't speak very well.
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
Andy cam over in the G1 forums has a record rate of 1000 seconds. You would need to just side load it using the SDB. Post #134

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2770183&page=14
[Samsung Gear 2] Audigy187:
i am running windows 7

drivers installed without an issue.

when clickin sbd.exe it auto closes. changed compatibility mode to windows xp sp3 and admin but still auto closes. any ideas?
[Samsung Gear 2] Hielko:
You must run sdb in a shell, probably with administrator rights. When you click it, it runs and closes when ready, that's why you don't see the results.
[Samsung Gear 2] Audigy187:
i apologize for being a noob but if it closes automatically then where do i input the commans. Do i go into the command prompt.
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Yes, open a command prompt in the directory with sdb.exe.
[Samsung Gear 2] Audigy187:
placing the c:\ command gives me an error

i have placed the sbd.exe file in c:\- user - xxxxx folder

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got it. im an idot. been awhile since my mirc days
[Samsung Gear 2] cleskers:
Thank you!!! Awesome job and worked perfectly for me.
[Samsung Gear 2] DeathAdvice:
wgt files?

Can I extract the .wgt files from these img files? I cant seem to mount the files to see whats in them. I want to develop and app but need the code to access the next scheduled event like one of the clocks that come stock. I cant find an example anywhere how to do this and was hoping to find it here. Any suggestions? Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] raunaqseth:
is this root file or whole rooted firmware bcoz the official firmware is same size

is this root file or whole rooted firmware bcoz the official firmware is also of the similar size
[Samsung Gear 2] dansafe:
Once you have root it is possible to make a complete backup system Tizen?
[Samsung Gear 2] zzEvilGeniuszz:
I have a question, what is the point of this root? I see some people wanna disable camera sounds and other small things like that, however was someone able to find a way to rid Tizen completely and put the Android OS from Gear 1?
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
As of right now no. If anything they will put Android wear on it

Sent from my bloody mobile
[Samsung Gear 2] x3em:
Many thanks, This worked perfectly on my R380XXU0BNE5. I got root access :)
[Samsung Gear 2] x3em:
Another thing you can now do is add custom truetype/opentype fonts

Add Custom TrueType (TTF) Fonts:

sdb root on

sdb shell mount -o remount,rw /

sdb push your_font.ttf /usr/share/fonts/your_font.ttf

sdb shell chmod 755 /usr/share/fonts/your_font.ttf

sdb shell mount -o remount,ro /

The new font your_font should now be listed as an option for the system font under:

Settings/Display/Font/Font Style

Warning: /usr/share/fonts is under the rootfs "/" don't fill it up!
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
Has It Been attempted using this to allow the gear 2 to connect to aosp roms?
[Samsung Gear 2] BIGG13:
I'm lost, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I couldn't find my device in sdb prior to reading through 28 pages of comments.

I've reinstalled drivers 4 times and now I can finally see my device in sdb but it says it's offline.

I have tried multiple USB ports and cables, and yes USB debugging is on.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
I've been working on porting gear live firmware to gear 2. I think I'm stuck but sadly there's no way to install it yet lol and I'd need some help
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
I hope you get the help you need in due time the community awaits good results .

Demon Galaxy no Souls Noted!
[Samsung Gear 2] dazkeirle:
Joey Good for you man. Perhaps it may be useful for you to post your exact issues who may be able to help?
[Samsung Gear 2] lordmorphous:
There is a custom rom for the LG G Watch that includes a script of some sort for installation. Maybe that script can help you out.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/207402-rom-gohma-10-772014-android-wear/
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
Change or Disable Boot Animation

Hello,

Thank you so much for posting this Gear 2 root. I am trying to accomplish a few things with the root, perhaps someone can point me in the right direction.

1. Change or disable the boot animation - I would like to either disable the Samsung animation on watch boot, or customize it. Any idea where this file is or what the process is to change or disable?

2. Launch a widget in "kiosk mode" - I would like to launch a custom widget as soon as the watch is turned on.

3. Remove all apps and icons, etc from the watch screen so that only my custom widget is shown. I would like the watch to run only my custom widget, so that the watch launches the widget when turned on as if it were a custom watch face. The only difference would be that the user cannot swipe left or right to access other default icons, such as the apps or settings icons.

Thank you so much for your help and for posting the root instructions!

Best,

Jeff
[Samsung Gear 2] Diamond777:
I have an M8 AOSP rom with my gear 2 perfectly synced.

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But root? For what? So we can modify 3 strings, camera sound fonts and ring tones holly sh**

Is this it for the development of the gear 2? It is the most promising device as if now with many cool features, but very little to do with it. I think in this device root is worthless
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
I'll try to see what I can do the best I can. I only have a little background with porting. I'm going to open a thread when I get a little time soon. But thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
Well that's why I didn't root no real point . Also I assume you used the thread how to set up with non Samsung devices .

Demon Galaxy no Souls Noted!
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
As far as the boot animation goes you can delete it and that will remove it. I know that some people are working on changing it. The only problem is find what files are included inside of the ELF file that comes with tizen. That way it will work properly
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
Thanks [MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION] for the response. I have been able to locate the usr/bin/boot-animation file...is this the file that you are recommending that I delete to remove the boot animation? I am also going to be working on decompiling this file, I will be sure to post any results.

Thanks,

Jeff
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
[MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION] - attached is a decompiled version of the boot-animation file that I am working with, for your reference. I am trying to make sense of this...will post updates
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
[MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION] - apologies for so many messages.... I also wanted to mention that I am using the tizen boot-animation files as a rough guide, they can be seen in the git repo - h ttps://review.tizen.org/git/?p=apps/home/boot-animation.git;a=summary
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
Attached is a much cleaner version of the decompiled boot-animation file...I pulled it from the emulator and then decompiled it. The zip includes control-flow graphs as well
[Samsung Gear 2] jrweinb:
Custom Boot Animation is Working!

[MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION] - I got a custom boot animation working properly! This zip contains a poweron.edj file, which is for use on an emulator only, I have not tried sideloading it onto my Gear 2 watch yet. It should replace /usr/share/edje/poweron.edj This can be accomplished using the sdb tool from the command line (pushing the file from Connection Manager in the IDE was not working for me). Once this is replaced, restart the emulator and you will see my custom boot animation.

If anyone needs help creating their own custom boot animation, I will be writing a tutorial on it by this coming Monday. In the meantime, does anyone have any pointers for me in trying to:

1. Cause a widget app to load automatically when the watch boots up

2. Remove all other apps from the watch so that the user cannot access anything but the widget app that loaded on startup?

As you can imagine, I am trying to create a watch in "kiosk mode", that only has one app. It is meant to be used on a tour of a physical location, like a museum.

Tutorial coming soon...thanks [MENTION=4044573]fogame[/MENTION] for pointing me in the right direction initially. The poweron.edj zip is attached.
[Samsung Gear 2] chent7:
nice
[Samsung Gear 2] Acedooncoon:
Im sorry...Im still confused on how to add my own ringtone(s) and or notification sounds....I never was really familiar with the format required...when I open SDB it closes...like right after it opens....is that normal? what should I do?
[Samsung Gear 2] CartoonizedAmr:
thnx
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
You need to open a command prompt in the directory that has sdb.exe. Then use the sdb push command to copy your ringtones and notifications to the appropriate directories.
[Samsung Gear 2] Acedooncoon:
Im sorry...I do not understand how to do it....I got the command part open but Im not sure as to what Im doing next...what I should type or anything....for me...this is very confusing...
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
From the command prompt, enter "sdb devices" to make sure it sees your watch. Then do these commands:

sdb root on

sdb shell mount -o remount,rw /

sdb push your_alert.ogg /opt/share/settings/Alerts/ (if pushing ringtones change Alerts to Ringtones)

sdb shell mount -o remount,ro /

sdb root off

Reboot your watch for it to see the new sound files.
[Samsung Gear 2] Acedooncoon:
when I type in "SDB DEVICES" it says: "sdb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

Also...I noticed that the command prompt is labeled "cmd.exe"..is that correct? and can any of this be copied and paste or it has to be typed in ?
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Are you sure you should or want to be doing this? It sounds like you're not very comfortable with the Windows command prompt or Unix/Linux commands.

That said:

* You have to either be in the same directory as sdb.exe, have it in your path, or use the full path to sdb.exe in Unix format for every command. It will probably be easier for you to copy sdb.exe and your sound files into the same directory on your PC so you don't have to add the paths to the commands.

* Yes cmd.exe is the command prompt (DOS) window.

* All Unix commands are case sensitive, so type "sdb devices".

* Yes you can copy/paste each line one at a time and hit enter after each one. In your case I recommend doing that.
[Samsung Gear 2] Acedooncoon:
I finally got it....got damn that was an ordeal...and u know what...it wasnt has hard as it seemed lol...There was a video on youtube that made it much more easier to understand.....the main problem for me was the I didnt have the right drivers installed....but now im good. My question now is...how do I remove what I've pushed and what I dont want? ex (stock notification/ringtone)?
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
You really should spend time reading about the sdb commands here: https://developer.tizen.org/dev-guide/2.2.1/org.tizen.gettingstarted/html/dev_env/commands.htm

The DOS equivalents of what you want are DEL = rm and REN = mv.

After you turn root on and set the filesystem to read/write,

To delete a file:

sdb shell rm /opt/share/settings/Alerts/your_alert.ogg

To rename a file:

sdb shell mv /opt/share/settings/Alerts/your_alert.ogg /opt/share/settings/Alerts/your_alert.ogg_bak
[Samsung Gear 2] Acedooncoon:
Thanks....I really appreicate it. I know now how to push and pull files...and now rename...Now I will learn how to delete....Thanks again.
[Samsung Gear 2] Sams Android:
The best Android watch !!

Best the Sony watch because it can run without smartphone easy and nice looks better than Sony watch

Not good to root this watch u can't play any games or big app!!!

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Hey Everyone Easy way to root watch and smartphones

through PC !!

Just Google Root software

and u are done !!
[Samsung Gear 2] sajjjjjjad:
it's support new gear 2 fw?!
[Samsung Gear 2] itechengine:
Custom Recovery

Do we have a custom recover available for Gear 2?

I tried Twrp 2.7 on it but it doesnt work
[Samsung Gear 2] slaydog:
No, unfortunately. Hence no custom ROMs...
[Samsung Gear 2] fogame:
I know that some developers are working on a recovery. Will take time though. Tizen is a whole different ballgame then android is
[Samsung Gear 2] racersims:
Not sure about Neo or Fit but this worked fine on a USA Gear 2
[Samsung Gear 2] devilpriest:
Any solutions to lowering the Display Timeout? The time the Display stays on after waking up the device. I would like to give it a lower setting (than 10 seconds), like 2 or 5 seconds.
[Samsung Gear 2] racersims:
Alarm sound

This is great worked like a charm, is there a way to change the Alarm notification sound that happens when the alarm on my phone activates and send the notification to the Gear 2, I thought it might have been a part of the Alerts but its a different tone.
[Samsung Gear 2] rogerioteo:
Thanks root Works fine .
[Samsung Gear 2] ducati31Z:
Help :(

hey all, can someone please help :( i was up all night trying to get sdb to work, it flashed the file fine, but when i try to go into sdb i got an error message that says it is not compatible with 64bit.

I am running Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit.

Can someone help please, is there a 64bit version of sdb?
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
It works fine with my 64 bit Windows 7 Enterprise. I installed the SDK and it works from there, as does the sdb.exe in the OP.
[Samsung Gear 2] ducati31Z:
sorry i am new to this and not much of a "programmer" so to speak, would you mind giving me the link and the steps briefly?
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Everything you need to root is in the OP, including the link to sdb.exe. I have never heard of anyone getting a not compatible with 64 bit Windows message before. What are you doing to get that message?