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[Samsung Gear VR] sandman7793:
Lol. I still haven't Givin up on you guys. I'm still messing around with this stuff. I love the gear vr and you probably will to.
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
I wish i could love it. I love the design at least [emoji14]
[Samsung Gear VR] tecoboy:
Carmack about the Brazilian exynos note 4.

I asked Carmack "I got a note 4 in Brazil and I'm still in the dark if I can get the US gear vr while there in January. Is it going to work?"

His answer: I don't know, but there is a good chance it won't, so don't risk it.
[Samsung Gear VR] lucianolsp:
Wow! That´s very frustating. Does that mean they won´t release the Gear VR in Korea, home of Samsung??

Why does our firmware have gear vr services installed to begin with?

Maybe the exynos is not doing well on the tests?

Unbelievable!
[Samsung Gear VR] tareeko:
If it's not compatible or working with my device by end Jan, I'm doing a stress test video on this piece of ****.
[Samsung Gear VR] RChang:
I don't really understand this - Carmack has posted that the Exynos works, could it be doing that badly with optimisations that they wouldn't release it?

As for the Gear VR from different regions, I was under the impression plugging in the Gear VR just ran the "VRSetupWizardStub" - this has been shown to be successful in getting devices to install the necessary software to use the Gear VR in advance so I don't see why getting the Gear VR from different regions would cause issues (the Oculus store hasn't been region locked either so that shouldn't be an issue, should it?)

I would have thought that the main issue with using an SM-N910C (Exynos) instead of an SM-N910S (Snapdragon) should come down to processor optimisation differences - this would also explain why some Snapdragon variants can use the Gear VR while all Exynos variants still cannot.
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
ANL4 update today for the N910U Hong Kong... I noticed that it now has the Gear VR service installed but I haven't yet tried it. *fingers crossed*

EDIT: Initial connection succeeded... downloading GVR apps...

EDIT: .... no dice :( said it was not yet compatible and exited the download process. But at least the Gear VR service was installed so that gives me hope at least. And now I can disable the service so I can insert the Note 4 into the GVR properly and use Google Cardboard I guess. haha
[Samsung Gear VR] thewise999:
guys i received my gear vr on Tuesday 16/12 and it worked perfect for me

my note 4 model is SM-N910C and i am from Oman in meddle east

it worked until Thursday, i received an update for oculus after i installed the update my gear vr wouldn't work

the message that appear is "The Gear VR is not compatible with your current software. An update will be available soon"
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
Thanks man, I am in Bahrain and I had to go through crazy measures and ask for some favors to order the Gear VR...

I only found out about it not working few days ago and it should be here this week... I am so angry with Samsung for not saying on the order page that it doesnt work with Exynos, I mean what the hell??? This version is made for the early adopters and developers... people who often get things shipped to them from around the world before it reaches their country.

I hope it works like yours when I get it, and I will do my best not to let it update... I hope someone finds a fix or Samsung get its act together and release a fix very soon.

This is so depressing :(

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Honestly I think part of it is that they want it to be a perfect experience, the other part is that they dont want to over work on it since they have been sold out in the US a few times already and they are not selling out side yet so they dont view this as a legit problem worthy of their attention to solve for the people outside of the US... yet

My suggestion is to spam them with complaints... complain 2-3 times a day on their forums, review page, youtube page, Samsungs video support, email.... and get a bunch of other friends and people to do the same :p then they will know what you and I feel lol

Kidding aside, they need to know how many people they have harmed by omitting this information on their page and they need to fix it. (and yes I mean harmed, other than the psychological stress and hair pulling it put us through :p but financially as well since we all have a 200 dollars plus shipping and tax, white paper weight)
[Samsung Gear VR] Ali khalaf:
I am from Bahrain as well and i recieved the gear vr but it doesnt work with my note 4. And even google cardboard cant br used with it !!
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
:crying: nooooooooooo please say it aint so!!! :crying:

That... that... that just :eek: makes me... so so..... :mad: angry!!!

*falls down to his knees and rips his shirt* DAMN YOU SAMSUNG!!! DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

I have been waiting for over 3 years to experience VR, ever since I first heard of the rift :(

*Goes into the fetal position in the corner*

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Oh and drama aside, try sliding the phone under the micro usb on the Gear VR, heard some say that will make u able to use some cardboard apps... let me know if it works. ;)

Aside from that please go on the samsung support page below :cowboy:

Edit: site wont let me post a link.... just google "Samsung video support"

Click on "Live video chat" and let them hear about this.... I already did that

The more people they hear from, the sooner they will get a fix released. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Gear VR] tareeko:
I'm in Qatar and managed to get the Gear VR 4 days after the day it released. I've been doing research and posting reviews and tweets directed at Samsung an Oculus on a daily basis since then. It sucks when you have all the hardware and software but can't do anything because of this server-side compatibility check! I was a big supporter of Samsung but now I'm just pissed off. I blame Oculus for this because they have strict regional policies when it comes to their content and licenses.

I have a strong feeling that even when it releases we won't have access to most of the content in their store!
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
:( I know me too... but have you tried VPN? maybe if you set it to a US IP it might work?

To be honest I don't care for the games or apps as much (Saving that for the Consumer Oculus rift) I wanted the VR mostly for the VR videos/Pictures and the VR Cinema (and to satisfy my insanely growing curiosity to find out what a modern VR environment feels like).

I just dont get why the same phone would have two different chips (snapdragon and exynos) and why the hell they wont release it with compatibility for both??? :mad:

Wish we could do a collective lawsuit against them :p but something tells me that might be taking it overboard lol
[Samsung Gear VR] sandman7793:
Ok who is willing to test here in a few hours? I'm going to Odin my phone, make a ghost oculus account (for protection of my data) install oculus on my phone, remove all the apps with libs, data, apk and create a flashable zip. Will need someone to test that hasn't installed a rom yet. With a rom installed you have to have a kernel that supports gear vr like AEL kernel. So who is willing? Send me a PM
[Samsung Gear VR] tareeko:
I've actually tried using a US VPN. Wish it was that easy but it didn't work! It's merely based on your variant (ie: SM-N910X).

Samsung has been releasing Exynos models in select markets for the past few Galaxy models. Until the Galaxy S5, most Exynos variants used to suffer from crashing apps, compatibility issues, overheating and no support for 4G. I think they did it to test it out before eventually switching over to Exynos permanently on all variants. My SM-N910C is Exynos and finally works like a charm. They've been using us as beta testers >_<

Unfortunately, now we're having to cope with its inability to work with Gear VR.
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
LOL yeah we in the M.E are test subjects for all products that are ****... the good ones they test outside... FML. :laugh:

Did you try bugging poor john Carmack on twitter about this? :p I mean the dude is really nice, and I hate bugging him about it (but i did already lol :p ) I think he is our only hope (Samsung wont listen I feel)

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Super awesome of you man :good: :)

even though I have no idea what u said or how to test it :p i get the feeling it might help :laugh:

:fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
Simply to play Devil's advocate, they did say it would (at first) only be available in the US and currently only sell the GVR in the US (if I'm not mistaken) and thus could be assumed to only be compatible with US model Note 4s. :) Not that I entirely agree with that reasoning, but it is reasonable nonetheless.

I've tried this... my "review" got shot down by Samsung because it violated their "terms" for posting reviews. Apparently that means they'll filter out any/all negative reviews. Seems to be quite the norm today in product reviews outside of Amazon.

Yes, this works, I've tried it myself but I highly suggest against doing it. Not only does it scratch up the bezel of the Note 4 but it also puts quite a bit of strain on an already shaky USB plug. For a $200 device, this isn't worth it just to use Cardboard for a few moments of VR that you can't control unless you hold up a very strong magnet around your phone, waving it while trying to find it's sweet spot for activating a "tap." Every Note 4 model should be getting an update soon that include the Gear VR service (if you don't already have it). Once you get that service, regardless of whether or not you can install the Gear VR software (see my previous post), you can then disable it (rooted) and plug your Note 4 into the GVR normally without triggering the initial setup and or displaying a black screen.
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
Thanks for the tip about the micro usb (it would have been the first thing I would have tried when I got it lol) :laugh:

As for the "available in the US only", it usually means that they dont have the stock to sell outside, copy write issues, or have some exclusivity deal going on

There are many people in the US (students, tourists, employees...etc) that might have bought the gear vr while in the US to use with their exynos note 4... to assume that "availble only in the US" means the same as "will only work with a US snapdragon note 4" is illogical and silly defense by Samsung.

So... no, I am afraid Samsung withheld that important bit of info, "available only in the US" means nothing other than you can only buy it from the US :p many products throughout the years have been listed as "available for the US only" (Nvidia shield, and special editions of the PS Vita are two quick examples) and no one ever had problems importing these technological awesomenesses before :good: :)
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
That's why I don't agree with it either... just throwing it out there :) In an age where people can order pretty much anything from anywhere shipped to any country, it's silly to not assume that clarification needs to be made.
[Samsung Gear VR] sandman7793:
Man I tried all morning and party of afternoon. It ends up not working though. Sorry guys.
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
Thanks bro for trying so hard for us... :good: :)

This is such a sucky situation :( ... I have never been as depressed about a purchase before lol... upset, disappointed, or even angry yes sure... but never depressed about a purchase lol :p

It would be such an awesome Christmas present from Samsung and/or Oculus and/or a third part genius person/team to give us support for our very expensive machines :laugh: (doubt it would happen tho) even if its not perfectly smooth... just something to give us a taste at least.

:fingers-crossed: a Christmas miracle would be awesome right now... :) hehe
[Samsung Gear VR] priyal.jeena:
Can you guide me as how to amment the build.prop and install the verizon firmware
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
if this actually works for anyone (or anyone figures out a work around or a fix) please let me know :(
[Samsung Gear VR] T-119a:
I´m on the Xnote 3.2 Custom Rom. I have edited my build.prop from ro.product.model=SM-N910C to ro.product.model=SM-N910F and complete the Setup over the Oculus 360 Photos App from the SDK. I don´t know how, but it works at least for me.
[Samsung Gear VR] thewise999:
yesssss it worked for me :o

here the steps

1. you must root your device

2. use root explorer or any file manger that can access to the root

3. in root explorer go to System then open build.prop in Text Editor

4. change ro.product.model=SM-N910C to ro.product.model=SM-N910F

5. restart your phone

6. download SDK from oculus developer website , you can find in google

7. extract SDK file

8. install Oculus 360 Photos App from SDK folder

9. it ask you to download some apps

now enjoy ;)
[Samsung Gear VR] tareeko:
Congratulations!

Congratulations everyone!!!! A redditor has found a workaround that requires no rooting or toying with firmware!!! I've tested it out for myself. God bless 'cleoag'.

http://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/2qcrzp/howto_enable_gearvr_on_exynos_note4/
[Samsung Gear VR] AluCel:
Looks like...

Looks like this works! Although I still don't have my VR, I already installed everything :D. Whenever I click on the icons, it says "To open this application,insert your device into your VR." Can't wait for this. My VR arrives next week.

Thank you very much! Happy Christmas!

Exynos Note 4 User_bahrain
[Samsung Gear VR] raulcevan:
Eureka!!! God bless this man

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[Samsung Gear VR] reclaimyoursenses:
Can confirm it works!! Just tried on my SM-N910H UUB, had to add CSC code in url requests but works perfectly!
[Samsung Gear VR] maxamaral:
Christmas Gift

Now I do believe in Santa Claus!!! Worked like a charm for my unrooted Exynos 910C! Awesome guys, really really congratulations for you all!!!
[Samsung Gear VR] raulcevan:
Im making an account in reddit just to say thanks to this guy XD

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[Samsung Gear VR] abdR1978:
Thanx a lot man
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
I was just coming here to tell everyone the news! :D its amazing

It works and my god is it beautiful :D
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
Works great, but is anyone else having occasional video issues? Like the right side doesn't want to render but keeps trying? (N910U)
[Samsung Gear VR] raulcevan:
Yes, but it takes the first 30 secconds. After that, at least for me, it works normaly

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[Samsung Gear VR] maxamaral:
Hi guys, I think we should keep this thread alive until, at least, the Exynos version is officially supported. I noticed that some games (Playhead, Temple Run) do have issues of rapid heating, so we can't barely use these games. not to mention the flickering that happens everytime we initiate the session (that can be quickly solved by preesing the back button until the reorient device is shown).

There are indeed some tweaks that need to be done, but overall I'm pretty amazed by this product, it's really awesome!

Regards,

Max
[Samsung Gear VR] bkai:
Cinema VR and the game Proton Pulse are the most impressive in my opinion :)
[Samsung Gear VR] raulcevan:
Agreed

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[Samsung Gear VR] shollywood:
I mistakenly did an update for one of the videos and now it goes back to saying software not compatible yet? How can I fix this?
[Samsung Gear VR] corrupteddata:
It happened to me too. Just repeat the steps again and it works.
[Samsung Gear VR] AEVortex:
Exynos N910C

Hi bro I tried to install but it requested a software update which is not available since my phone is rooted. What should I do :crying::crying:
[Samsung Gear VR] lucianolsp:
For rooted phones the Best solution is Just edit one line in build.prop and then you can install and update everything from Oculus and you are good to go.

Look a couple pages back tô Know what tô change.
[Samsung Gear VR] AEVortex:
I thought it would only result in a bootloop?
[Samsung Gear VR] reclaimyoursenses:
my phone is rooted works fine - build.prop route is a waste of time.

It's pretty straight forward - just follow the instructions from http://www.cleoag.ru/2014/12/25/howto-enable-gearvr-exynos-note4/

Uninstall updates of vrsetupwizard & stub, make sure vrsetupwizard is the 1.0.24 version, the trick is to NOT run the stub, and to run the actual VRSetupWizard. works just fine on exynos and rooted exynos.
[Samsung Gear VR] lucianolsp:
Just need tô change 1 line :

ro. Product. Model=SM-N910C

To:

ro. Product. Model=SM-N910F

Dont change anything else or it will be stuck in bootloop.

For already rooted devices is the Best solution imo.
[Samsung Gear VR] Epiphanies:
Having the same prob. Black flickering from right side. In the menus it tends to go away after a while, but in some more demanding games it seems to just go on ( or maybe I've been to impatient to wait enough). My guess is that this bug is what made them block the Exynos version until fixing it (or forever if they are too lazy)
[Samsung Gear VR] Domen Lo:
Solution is really simple (stumbled upon it by accident), just go into menu, then return to app. Instantly fixed.

Works for all games and apps except Coldplay, McCartney and that rock scanning thing.

Enjoy.
[Samsung Gear VR] Epiphanies:
Thanks a lot, easiest hack ever ;)
[Samsung Gear VR] Domen Lo:
I know right? I figured this would be a purely inferior CPU thing, which was unable to reproduce 60 frames per second. Looked like that right? Then I started experimenting with alteratives while inside of Milk VR and auddenly normal mode appears.

Maybe one should tell carmack that the answer is simpler :)
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
You dont need to go to menue guys, just press and hold the back button in the middle of the app/game until you get the reorient, see through..etc screen.

press back again and presto!! all of them work great with it :D

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Does anyone have any idea if official update for exynos is out yet? I mean if we are all never updating how will we find out? :P (I heard its supposed to be out this month?) we need a lot of fixes, including heat and battery life...

(btw lower the brightness to level 4 or 3 inside the rift, it helps a lot and looks great still :D )

Also, if I update the photo 360 and video 360 apps would they still work? :D

Thanks :)
[Samsung Gear VR] Domen Lo:
Heh, that

is

the menu mate. You hold back for menu, then hit back for app. Short tap also works for apps without navigation.

Dont expect less heat and extra battery in the official fix though, they will probably just patch the flickering and be done with it. But then again, that same event might also open the store.

PS: I think you can uninstall and reinstall apps without it also updating oculus libraries. Btw, does coldplay work on yours?
[Samsung Gear VR] tareeko:
Coldplay, Matterport and Little Crane are either not functional or just not functioning well.
[Samsung Gear VR] Domen Lo:
Yeah, Matterport glitches on mine as well. I figured one could at least rip the video bit from coldplay as is possible with the jaunt (so you can get all their vr content and not just the one) so I could check it out on 360videos but can't locate the folder where the data is downloaded. Can someone with a snapdragon (or a connection to someone who has it) check it?
[Samsung Gear VR] ZK85:
oh sorry I guess I missunderstood i thought your going back to the home page thing with all the apps

and yeah coldplay doesnt work
[Samsung Gear VR] krispapa:
Hi guys,

I've tried to apply the solution by ''cleoag' described under the link posted by 'Tareeko' (I wanted to re-post the original link but due to the fact I am a new user the system doesn't allow me to past links to external websites).

Anyway - the solution seemed to have worked - all software installed etc and then prompted me to plug my Note into the Gear VR.

Unfortunately then I've hit a wall.

I believe that after installing ver. 1.0.24 Oculus software installed updated it to 1.0.28 (without prompting me for any approval whatsoever).

I wasn't aware of this until I tried using Gear VR - it displayed the message about unsupported software again.

I followed the workaround again - uninstalled ver. 1.0.28 and installed 1.0.24 once more. This time it installed but it is no longer showing up when I try to search for it using 'QuickShortcut Maker'.

It is simply not listed there anymore, therefore, I am unable to finish the configuration/installation process.

I am not an Android developer therefore any help/pointers to the solution will be much appreciated.

Best regards,
[Samsung Gear VR] krispapa:
All sorted!

All I needed to do was to re-install 'QuickShortcut Maker' ;).

It all works now.
[Samsung Gear VR] FlakeyApollo:
Thank You All!!

I have been following this thread since it was born lol because I have the same problem like anyone else here but a slightly different story..

I did my research to find how to get my hands on a delicious Gear VR and A Note 4.. I fell in love with VR since I heard about the Oculus and I thought if Samsung's going to make it easier than buying expensive computers then that's superb!

After that I was surprised at the Gear VR availability as I am living in the Middle East. So I ordered it new using the official website and then I was SHOCKED that the stupid Samsung made two variant of the same Note 4 and because my country is a "3rd world country" I'm stuck with the Exynos. So I tried to find an international version of the stupid Snapdragon! and I found the European SM-910F on Amazon and then WOW it IS SIM LOCKED!

After that point I hated Samsung so much but still wouldn't buy a stupid iPhone if it cost me everything! So I started to talk to Amazon to return the phone and they accepted that thank God. Last night I remembered this post and it was talking about the Exynos so I came here and then went to a shop near me and bought the Note 4 910C the Exynos for Gulf region and followed the instructions and after that MY MIND WAS BLOWN AWAY! LOL

I joined this website and wrote this reply just to say to you

YOU ARE AWESOME!! thank everyone of you!! Especially the Arabs here because they gave me the confidence I need to buy the Exynos Note 4 :)
[Samsung Gear VR] raulcevan:
Hi everyone, nothing about an exynos oficial update yet?

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[Samsung Gear VR] Toss3:
Think they are waiting for the lollipop update which should come sometime in February.
[Samsung Gear VR] Jay-Taicho:
Hey OP, fellow kiwi here. Am about to order one for our NZ Note.

Did you manage to get it all working with the mentioned fix?
[Samsung Gear VR] aitorpiku:
milkvr missing

I am waiting for gearvr for my exynos but Milkvr is not listed for installation as it was before. Anyone having this problem? Could be a region restriction for European customers?
[Samsung Gear VR] Toss3:
Use a VPN - freedome from F-secure is pretty awesome. You can get a free 4 month subscription with this code: w9f4ct. :good:

Anyone else having issues with 3D movies stuttering like crazy? Could be my custom kernel, but not sure. Changed the build.prop in order to update to the newest version just to be sure.

EDIT: Guessing I'm seeing issues due to using ART (testing Dalvik now).
[Samsung Gear VR] Dub Tech:
Sure did! If you can buy a snapdragon I'd still advise to do that but the Exynos version sold in NZ does work with the fix mentioned in this thread.

Hopefully with the international roll out of the GearVR will come the necessary firmware update for our devices!
[Samsung Gear VR] AluCel:
Exynos just had a software update, so all the VR apps start smoothly without flicker. TAKE NOTE: don't update the VR. It still doesn't work with the latest Setup Update.