[General Questions and Answers] therealduckie:
I think at one point that was the case, but the lure of ad revenue took over. I happen to know, from experience, that they simply take the towelroot process, replace the name of any phone or tablet, and repost the same article over and over. I agree, though, that ages ago I used them to unlock/root my S3. They were a decent site, but things have obviously changed.

I admit that I may have been harsh to use such vernacular. Here's to hoping they return to their former glory.

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Now, as for the Galaxy Gear--

Once we have root, I am going to compile all the working APKs and do a tutorial for those that need it. For now, the process is convoluted. I found that more items will work, if you tinker. The thing is, you have to install APKs from 2013, 2014, and 2015 in order for it to work, and the combination has no rhyme or reason. Most of the tutorials on XDA are antiquated and either focused on when Gear was Android-based or _NULL-based. Few exist for Tizen-based roms...and fewer still have working apps. (I.E. Only 4 clock faces are loaded as default instead of the normal 10+)

Here is a list the Gear and Samsung APKs I have installed to get the best possible performance, pre-root. This list contains the version numbers of each APK:

GEAR:

ConnectionManager 1.1.10

FindMyPhoneProvider 1.03

Galaxy Apps 14120405.03.012.1 (Doesn't load list of apps - Just installed as a core)

Gear Manager 1.0.02

Gear Navigator 1.1.0

Gear Plugin 2.2.14102499

Gear Tag Writer 1.4.131022

GearModule 2.2.14102499

goproviders 2.0.337

HostManager 2.2.1400299

InstantSettings 2.0.14051301

NSyncProvider 1.021

SAAlarmProvider 1.0.9.12

SACalendarProvider 1.0.9.6-1

SACameraTransfer Service 1.2.1

SAClockSettingsProvider 1.0

SAContactProvider 1.27-MK14

SAContextProvider 1.0.9.3

SALogProvider 2.2-MJ31

Samsung Accessory Service 2.15.83

Samsung Gear 2.2.12110499

SANotiProvider 1.0.9.42

saproviders 2.0.87

SASystemProviders 2.3.23

SAVoiceMemoProvider 1.1.4

SecCallHandlerProvider 1.0

svoice provider 0.2.103

teracalculator 1.0

TextTemplateProvider (crashes when loaded in GearManager but stable otherwise)

Update Gear Software 2.141021.2191

Watch Styler 1.2.06

SAMSUNG:

SPen 3.0.0

DroidSerifItalic 1.0 (Font)

SamsungSans 1.0 (Font)

SVoice 11.4.0.0 (Launches and crashes, but allows you to add a Samsung Account in Android Settings)

Samsung Account 2.0.0039

Samsung Hub 13101501.1.00.01

Samsung Music 131022802.1.00.02

Samsung Push Service 1.3.0.2

Samsung Video 13102403.1.00.31

SamsungHub Updater 13101101.1.00.01

SamsungTTS HD US English 1.0

TouchWiz Home 1.5.1 (version TouchWizUX)

Weather Daemon 120426.01

NOT WORKING:

SAPedometerSettingProvider.apk (Version unknown - of 4 installed, all crashed)

Clocks -

Antique : Analog 1.0.1

Chocolate : Analog 1.0.1

Colorful D-Day 1.0.2

Diamond : Analog 1.0.3

Metalholic D-Day 1.0.2

Mosaic : Digital 1.0.2

Pattern : Digital 1.0.2

Simple Alarm 1.0.5

Only thing missing is Weather. That will not work until after root as certain APKs have to be forced into the /system/app/ folder. Unknown which those are at this time as they could be any combination of about 6 different APKs.

BIG PROPS to [MENTION=352841]Brendo[/MENTION] (XDA-Dev) - Most everything I installed was from his Mediafire HERE

Cheers