[Samsung Gear S] Megaflop666:
First and foremost, several of the features won' work when connecting a Samsung Galaxy Gear to a non-Samsung device or non-Touchwiz firmware.

Post #212 in this thread literally has everything you need, so thank you [MENTION=1374643]zelduy[/MENTION] for writing the post. I'm going to try and break it down a little more for those people still having problems...

From [MENTION=1374643]zelduy[/MENTION] (my additions will be in blue, my directions assume you have root):

What we need:

-Root device

-latest Gear Manager (I used 2.2.15022599) from https://www.mediafire.com/folder/e7h...i/Gear_Manager

-GearManagerStub.apk (I used 1.0.02 949kb) from same site above

-HostManager.apk (version 2.2.14100299) from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3u...FsVGRLN28/view

When choosing the gearmanagerstub.apk, choose the older one, NOT the one fr lollipop. Make sure you get the correct host manager from the link above as well.

How it Works:

1. Copy GearManagerStub.apk into /System/app/ (don't forget to change the permission into rw-r--r--)

After you copy the file and changes permissions, reboot your phone

2. backup build.prop from /System/ into 2 copies of files and rename one into buil.prop.bak

just make a copy of your current build.prop and copy it to your backups folder in your sd card partition, also take note of your original settings if you're going to use build prop editor

3. Edit the backup build.prop again, use build prop editor from play store

(If using build prop editor, my directions are as follows)

Ro.product.model

SM-G900T click no for reboot and edit next part

Ro. Product. Brand

Samsung click no for reboot and edit next part

Ro. Product. Manufacturer

Samsung click yes to reboot

4. Install and Run GalaxyManager.apk , after pairing your Gear S, you will be asked to install additional downloaded files

Install all of them except HostManager.apk (hit cancel when it tries to install)

if host manager installed the new file, you will need to go find it in data/app/com.samsung.android.hostmanager-1/ delete base.apk, and reboot, after reboot, run the correct hostmanager.apk and install it, edit your build.prop back to original settings and reboot; or copy the correct one over and rename it base.apk and change it's permissions, edit your build.prop back to the original and then reboot. (however your do this part whether with build prop editor or by copying your backup back over, make sure you have the correct build prop back in place before reboot.

5. Run Gear manager app, you will be prompted to install HostManager again, skip the installation.. and your Gear will be connected successfully without the dreaded HostManager force stop

I hope this works with everyone using OS 5.0.1 and UP

between this post and post #212, you should be able to get things figured out. It DOES work and I have done it on several devices with success including Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Samsung Note 4 running CM12, and 12.1, as well as other devices, and have done it with Gear, Gear 2, and Gear S.

What's not Working / Problem so Far

1. Can't Transfer Music/Images from Phone

2. Weather on Gear

3. Install apps from Galaxy Apps (if someone can/knows how to do this PLEASE share..)

4. if Gear and Phones got separated and got back together it won't automatically connected

Good luck everyone, and if my added instructions don't help, sorry. If you screw up your device, YOU did it, not me.