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[Samsung Gear S2] matchev:
Just a question to satisfy my curiosity, what's the benefit to have the music on the watch instead on the iPhone and pilot it with the watch ??
[Samsung Gear S2] novovic:
If you go out for a run, so you don't carry your bulky phone :) (considering you have wireless headphones)
[Samsung Gear S2] matchev:
Thanks, this makes sense
[Samsung Gear S2] Book-D:
After reading all the posts here, I went to Best Buy and purchased an S2. Since I had been there a few times over the past week to play with the S2, I had a rapport with the Samsung team (in the store). I d/l'ed the Gear Manager file from a previous (#303) message. I can verify, it works and is safe. But anyway, I asked the employees if they would upgrade the firmware since I do not own an android, which they did and then I paired the iPhone with the beta gear manager app in the store - worked without issues. I hope they cannot get in trouble for this - they were as interested as I was to see this work. This version of the beta app is so solid, that the release must be very, very close. One caveat...

...Fitness.

I'm not sure what the plan is here, but there is no fitness tracking in the Gear Manager and it doesn't connect to iHealth/Apple Health (yet?). Right now you can see steps and monitor heart rate, etc, on the S2, but nowhere else. There must be a plan, but I'm not sure what it is.

What's working:

I'm getting app notifications, which you can modify/block

Clock is synced

Calendar is working.

App store it looks like it works (I'm nervous about using my email in this pre-sale version)

Phone messages works (I didn't get any calls today, but saw prev voicemails)

No email (someone mentioned that this doesn't work yet)

Connection to the iPhone is very good - it does let you know when there isn't a connection due to range, but only discreetly, no message that immediately alerts you that you're out-of-range. Reconnect worked flawlessly. Quitting the app will kill the connection, but it is fine running in the background.

Battery life is good with moderate use - I had it on all day, looking at it occasionally, checking hear rate once in a while, now at midnight it is at about 58%.

Wore my Fitbit One today as well to gauge the step count - there was a disparity - 10500 on Fitbit vs. 8500 on S2. That's notable. Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to tweak your stride length or specify which wrist you wear it on . I want to see that added.

Feels good wearing - I don't have giant wrists so I'm using the smaller ones that are supplied as well. (This is not the 3G version or the Classic, just standard)

Can't wait for the release version, it's going to be very stable if this is any indication. The fitness tracking is my only concern right now, otherwise - love the S2 on iPhone.

Instructions:

As #290 said:

- D/L beta Gear Manager (#303, as of 4/24/16)

- Install it via iTunes

- Connect iPhone to computer

- Double-click beta file which launches iTunes

- Sync iPhone

- App will install on iPhone (I have an iPhone 6 - posts say 5se and 4/4s doesn't work)

- Buy S2

- Classic and 3G versions should all work according to posts

- Update S2 firmware with an android phone that supports Gear (I borrowed a Galaxy S3 which didn't work BTW)

- Unpair from that android phone

- Restart device (important)

- Pair inside iPhone beta Gear Manager app

- Bliss
[Samsung Gear S2] zigismall:
2 days ago I visited Filesmaster home page to check upgrades for my s2. Seems they develop filesmaster for iPhone users. There is video for Filesmaster iOS Plugin, file transfer.
[Samsung Gear S2] PattyPie:
Transfer Music from Iphone to paired Gear S2

Thanks for your response. I will check out Filemaster on IOS but from the few seconds I've spent looking, I assume this means I have to install Filemaster on the Gear S2, correct? This means I would have to pair with an Android to download Filemaster to the Gear S2, then a soft reset and re-pair to my Iphone? Then using the Filemaster for IOS transfer the music files and play on the Gear S2 using Filemaster? Just making sure I'm following the same thought process. Part of the problem is once I pair with the Iphone the Music app on the Gear S2 no longer gives me an option to play music the gear and only remotely control music playback on the Iphone. When paired with Android earlier I transfered music to the Gear. then i did a soft reset back to the iPhone hoping the soft reset would not erase the music files transferrerd.
[Samsung Gear S2] zigismall:
I wrote to Filesmaster's author and got response almost immediately.

Asked: "Do I have to reset my iPhone to use Filesmaster iOS Plugin to copy files to my Gear S2?

Answer:

"No, Filesmaster iOS Plugin for iPhone doesn't need to reset iPhone. It is not companion app for Android

and not need to pair Android phone with Gear S2. The plugin searches for Bluetooth devices with installed special

service. called Filesmaster After finding any Bluetooth device with that service, allows to send/receive file or files (it handles multi-selection).

This plugin uses standard Bluetooth technology to send data and is not limited anyway to Samsung devices.

The plugin works with special version of FM called Filesmaster iOS and will available by Samsung Apps for smartwatches.

For now, Samsung added category iOS for S2 in seller office but is not active yet. Must wait for official Gear Manager for iOS phones.

All is ready and waits for Samsung move.

We also work on computer plugin for Windows and MacOS. It will allow to send files direct from computer to Gear S2.

Probably will be made plugin for iPhone by Apple Store."

Seems you don't need to reset your iPhone to transfer files :)

Cheers!
[Samsung Gear S2] PattyPie:
Sorry guess my response wasn't quite clear. I am not looking at resetting my iPhone. I have the Gear S2 and have it paired with my iPhone 6plus using the Test Gear Manager app for IOS. I am trying to get music files transferred to the watch so I can play them from the watch to my paired bluetooth headset - all while paired with my iPhone.

I reset the Gear S2 and paired with Android phone and was able to send Content (music) to the watch, pair to my bluetooth headphones and play the music from the watch to paired headphones. However, i then do a light reset on the Gear S2 to re-pair with my iPhone again using the Test Gear Manager app for IOS. Doing a light reset is supposed to leave the data (music) on the watch but once I am re-paired the music app on the watch does not give me the option to play music that is stored on the watch unless the light reset erased those files? Once paired with iPhone the music app will only remotely control the music playback on my iPhone.

I know the Test Gear Manager app is just Beta. Looking to see if anyone has been able to find a way to transfer music files to a Gear S2 & play them when it is paired with an iPhone.
[Samsung Gear S2] Biggzz99:
Got it working

Went to Best Buy and acted interested in an S7 - paired my watch - download the updated software using tethering on my iPhone - the entire process took like 30 minutes and I couldn't go out of range from the phone. Needless to say standing there acting like the S7 was so cool and asking a few questions when employees would come by started becoming uncomfortable. Finally everything updated and I reset the Gear S2 and paired with my iPhone 6s Plus - profit
[Samsung Gear S2] esseti:
So far the clock is pretty useless.

It shows just notifications and reminders. Notifications are a mirror from the phone, except for some apps like email. This means that if you hide the text in the notification (e.g. for whatsapp) you get just a "this guy wrote to you" and no way to read or reply the message. Wondering if it does the same in android (I do hope not).

There's no spotify/maps, you can control only itunes music. No integration with fitness app (I haven't tried it out honestly).

Anyone knows if they are going to expand the integration? Beacuse i'm thinking of selling the clock.
[Samsung Gear S2] janxb:
I think this is the default behavior for many smartwatches (beside of apple watch) when used with an iPhone.

My current android wear watch can show notifications and control music, no other fancy stuff like apps and so on.

as far as i know, most of those limitations are set by apple (sms reply, siri control ...) so we will see if anything will change in the future. I am hoping that most of the advanced features (email voice reply) can be implemented with custom apps made for the watch.
[Samsung Gear S2] PattyPie:
So for anyone following my Quest to be able to load music to the S2 watch so it can be streamed to connected bluetooth headphones so I don't have to lug my iPhone 6plus with me at the Gym or on a run..... yesterday I tried re-pairing my watch with an Android, downloaded & installed the Filesmaster app (cost $3.00 by the way but small price to pay if it works) with thoughts from previous posts that if i then reset the watch and re-pair with my iPhone the app will be listed in my Gear Manager beta app under "My Apps". However, that app was not listed, hence unable to re-install it to the watch while paired with the iPhone.

If anyone has been able to find a way to load music to the watch please reply. This should be basic functionality of the watch and have nothing to do with the phone it is paired with. Nothing I am doing is reliant upon the phone.
[Samsung Gear S2] xverde:
Link's or files

Anyone have a last link's of app on Iphone and firmware on s2?

Thanks
[Samsung Gear S2] ThinkD:
Look at #382 and #303 and #290 in this threat. If you follow #290 you need no special firmware!
[Samsung Gear S2] Brewc:
I update my S2 3G version on AT&T from a friends android have R730AUCU1AOL3 software version on watch; I have the gear app installed on my iPhone 6s Plus and app will not find S2 at all and I have hard reset and light reset.

When I did update it through the galaxy it wiped most apps except for 5-6 after reboot and connect to iPhone; I reboot and pair back to Android and have three pages of apps. So I just disabled BT and reconnect to iPhone with BT. Kept all apps but now no contacts as I had before, no notifications from text just calls and can answer calls on watch.

Weird that if I reboot watch I get a different setup of apps, with weather missing etc.
[Samsung Gear S2] npmvio:
Hi, please have you an alternative link to Baidu?

I have a lot of problem to open baidu

Thanks
[Samsung Gear S2] charly_14_69:
There is another link in post #303 provided by ThinkD
[Samsung Gear S2] Scotty1963:
See #275 in this thread: There you'll find a link where you can download firmware for Gear S2 classic (R732...BOKK).

Origin of this firmware seems to be russia. Gear starts with Russian language but switches to correct language after pairing with iPhone.
[Samsung Gear S2] Mathefreak:
Does anybody know if it is possible to pair the gear s2 to more than one mobile?

So can I pair it to an android phone and parallel to an iPhone?

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
[Samsung Gear S2] novovic:
It isn't possible.
[Samsung Gear S2] npmvio:
I registered But I need a premium account To download...
[Samsung Gear S2] millz1029:
Like I stated already I paired my watch with the Sony z2 uploaded what I wanted and pair it to the iPhone 6s without any problems you may have to unpair it from the other android phone first.but I did get it to pair it without having to reset
[Samsung Gear S2] VIVES_Matt:
Any news on the Gear Lite app "100% bug" front?

There is this new watch face "Luna S2", and it looks awesome (weather info, different colours, moon phases, cool ambient mode) ;) , however it stops at 100% when installing. Do you experience the same with this app?

Any news about the official app?

Second matter, from the time I installed this leaked Gear Lite app my iphone battery is going down pretty fast. I know it is beta and probably it is not optimised yet. However, do you guys have the same experience with the battery?

Thanks for answers!
[Samsung Gear S2] Scotty1963:
At my iPhone 5S the battery life didn't get considerably shorter with the Gear Lite app.
[Samsung Gear S2] Marwene:
help

hi

gears s2 firemware R732XXU2CPC4 I cant connect with my iphone 6 ver ios 9.3.1

can you help please
[Samsung Gear S2] michast1:
me too (iPhone 6). Had the Pebble before, nothing changed. Approx. same time until charging is necessairy (2 to 3 days)

Did you install Gear Manager App? If not, read from Post #290
[Samsung Gear S2] audax69:
Works great with my iPhone6. Did you factory-reset your gear?

BTW: Could someone please tell me the difference between R732XXU2CPC4 and R732XXU2CPC5?

Any why does my gear still say, that I already have the newest firmware, when I manually try to update from CPC4?
[Samsung Gear S2] Edu333:
hi guys! I'm installing some watch faces on my samsung gear s2 sport connected iPhone via samsung gear app (unofficial). The thing is that there are some watch faces that is possible to change the colors, etc and also to choose AN AMBIENT MODE and it changes the format of the watch face. Do you have any idea about that? do you know how it works or what is about?

Many thanks
[Samsung Gear S2] Marwene:
Gear manager Windows

Hi

I asked is there an application do Windows to manage gear s3 with wifi
[Samsung Gear S2] Miketortorello:
Please help me. Send it to miketortorello@icloud.com
[Samsung Gear S2] npmvio:
Hi, I'm looking for a new firmware to download with Wifi Odin, now I have a version without flight mode but I can't upload my Gear S2 with Gear Manager, so I need the complete version for Odin...please can you help me?

Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Gear S2] npmvio:
Hi,

have you a premium Account to download this file?

Thanks
[Samsung Gear S2] ThinkD:
No - of such sites I would never do a download. I only have passed the link for people with problems.
[Samsung Gear S2] npmvio:
Ok.. You were Very kind, unfortunatly You need a premium account To download from that link...if everyone has another link that will be a Very Good thing!

Thanks a lot
[Samsung Gear S2] pjbnz:
Hi,

I know it is mentioned in #290 that it is not compatible with SE. But has anyone tried this with SE?

I have a Gear S2 Classic (SM-R732) and is about to buy SE.

Cheers,
[Samsung Gear S2] rockfresh15:
I have. it is not compatible..you'll just have to wait ever so patiently with me..
[Samsung Gear S2] matchev:
And me :)

Or simply use your S2 without The app, with the 1st firmware, direct Bt connection works
[Samsung Gear S2] rockfresh15:
Right, I should have specified. Downgrading and connecting to Bluetooth still works perfectly fine but I have to say, I borrowed a friend's galaxy s6 for a little over a week now and jeez is the experience different with the full fledged app vs Downgrading to use on BT. Having the messaging app and the email app on your watch to scroll through and delete emails or quick delete when the notification comes in..man I hope that's what it's like with the ios gear manager app....and I'm still crossing my fingers to be able to move songs onto the watch..
[Samsung Gear S2] christophe.leriche@neuf.f:
Hi everybody,

Does anybody using an iphone and a gear S2 manage to dowload some paid applications ?

The only ones I can get are free apps or watchfaces ...

Regards
[Samsung Gear S2] zigismall:
You will be able copy files with Filesmaster direct from your computer onto Gear s2

I found news about that on theirs page http://slandmedia.com/apps/gear/Filesmaster/

Cheers!
[Samsung Gear S2] xverde:
how can i install it?
[Samsung Gear S2] zigismall:
As I good understood you have to wait until official release Gear Manager for iPhone. Then you will able to download filesmaster for s2 paired with iphone.

By the way, is GM already available by Apple Store?
[Samsung Gear S2] :
Anyone have a copy of the .ipa they could send me? Mediafire link seems to be flagged
[Samsung Gear S2] ThinkD:
http://www.usp-forum.de/downloads.php?do=file&id=2555
[Samsung Gear S2] VIVES_Matt:
Any news on the official app? I keep my google alerts set up but my "little birds" sing nothing :/
[Samsung Gear S2] boypro25:
who can help me?

I set times for sleep is 15s or 30s. but it 's not active and off screen immediately.
[Samsung Gear S2] Brewc:
Any new updates on the app? Seen there's a new update for the AT&T 3G watch anyone applied it does it help or hurt connectivity? I have to borrow a phone to update the watch.
[Samsung Gear S2] boypro25:
help me!
[Samsung Gear S2] ChocolateCookie:
Hi boypro25,

Is the watch facing you in the meantime? If not, this is the cause of the issue.

Turn your hand so that the watch turns on automatically and then make the setting. After you apply, please do not turn your hand and just wait.

Hope this helps.

Cookie
[Samsung Gear S2] boypro25:
I'm tried. but it's not still sreen on (15s) when i turn down my hand.

It alway off screen when i turn down my hand!
[Samsung Gear S2] ChocolateCookie:
This is how the gear works, bypro25.

The screen will remain on (for 15 sec) only if it's facing your head, so there is nothing wrong with it :)

Cookie
[Samsung Gear S2] boypro25:
yes. it's too.

but, in setting, I see an option what I can set 15s or 30s or 1min.....

I think that S2 will stay screen on when turn down my hand in 15s or 30s.....

Sometime my gear s2 can do that (I don't know the reason), but after i reboot gs2, it can't do that.
[Samsung Gear S2] charly_14_69:
If you don't want the gear s2 screen to turn off when you turn down your hand, you can disable the wake up gesture in Settings->Device->Wake up Gesture

Then if you set 15s, it will remain on for that amount of time BUT once your watch's screen turns off it will remain that way until you press a button or rotate the bezel. You will lose the option of check the hour just lifting your arm, unless you activate the "watch always on" setting.
[Samsung Gear S2] mfraticelli@icloud.com:
hello, I have the Gear S2 running Knox with an iPhone 6s plus. I can pair the two devices. It gives me all the emails and text messages and I can see who is calling me. If I press on the watch when someone is calling me and then fish out my mammoth phone out of my bag. Does anyone know when the app is really coming out? Should I wait it out? It's mid May and everyday I hope for better news.
[Samsung Gear S2] VIVES_Matt:
We are all waiting for the official app to appear. I use the leaked one but I it feels a bit incomplete with some functions not working properly and some apps are not possible to install.

I keep making my own watch faces via GWD.

I think my experience would be considered fulfilled once we have an ability to answer messages/FB messages/viber ... via dictation.

Walking down the street and receiving a message from someone, you just dictate a short answer and replay from the watch, instead of taking the big beast phone and start typing while walking.
[Samsung Gear S2] FN2187:
Here is how I think it works. The 15s or 30s setting has no impact on how long the watch stays on when you turn your wrist to turn it on. It will always stay on for 8 seconds unless you turn your wrist away which turns it off immediately. If you press a button or turn the bezel, the watch will stay on for 15s or 30s depending on the setting. I think this makes sense since the watch will turn on randomly sometimes just based on your arm movement and you would not want that to last too long and waste battery. The wake up gesture is really indented for glancing at the time quickly. If you want more info you need to interact with the buttons or bezel. If the watch is off and you press a button once it will turn it on for 15s or 30s without bringing up the menu. You have to press the button a second time to bring the menu. If the watch is already on, pressing the button will bring the menu immediately. I actually think this behavior makes a lot of sense to preserve battery life.
[Samsung Gear S2] :
Any one make a video on the iOS one to show us what's working and not working?
[Samsung Gear S2] ThinkD:
And again a month has passed without Samsung has said or done something for compatibility with the iPhone. It's a shame!

Or are there any news?
[Samsung Gear S2] MokonaW:
Hi guys, just wondering if there is any way to install the app " Mr. Time Maker " on an iPhone ? If yes, how ?

Thanks a lot ! :)
[Samsung Gear S2] Edu333:
NEWS:http://www.albanydailystar.com/tech...ow-to-use-pasadena-technology-time-39848.html

After being used are produced by Samsung only available on the Android operating system, and therefore criticism Gear S2 has now become compatible with iOS operating systems. This development is expected by Samsung after a long time update after update broadcast said Gear S2 can be used with iOS operating systems.

Smart clock manufactured by Apple is located in the market to compete with Apple Watch Gear Q2 this update after it has opened a new page in the competition. So much so that Apple Watch models only work with the iPhone Gear S2 advantageous in this regard. Gear S2 with both Apple products can be used with products with the Android operating system.

R730VVRU1BPC1 smart hours after this fit that model number possible with the publication status update can now be used in a more comprehensive way. an official update on this issue, the current study is completed by making use of the presentation also noted that Samsung has taken this update to users on devices in the coming days.

Update and that is an important point to remember Gear S2 owners who want to use their time in the iOS operating system iOS devices with iOS 8.4 and later operating systems that have this possibility.
[Samsung Gear S2] todely:
---------- Post added at 12:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:58 AM ----------

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What is working:

- you can receive all notification and see the content of notification as on your iphone notification center (Mail, message, whatsapp, FB, twitter etc..)

- you can see who call you and choose to answer or refuse call

- you can redial a missed call

- you can drive music (play pause next song)

What is NOT working:

- Reply to message, mail, twitter....

- launch a call

- send a message,mail...

- miss lot of application in gear store (it seems)

- no connexion with Apple health app

- Svoice is pretty useless with limitation on IOS...

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false alarm, new has been corrected
[Samsung Gear S2] VIVES_Matt:
is it true or not? The article does not mention any new official app. So is the firmware update going to make it more compatible?

I totally do not understand the quoted article.
[Samsung Gear S2] todely:
It's a FALSE ALARM so nothing new for official support
[Samsung Gear S2] esseti:
Quite sure that someone in samsung is reading this thread.

So, sir. samsung, we will quite happy to be your beta tester. Just "leak" your app somewhere, as last time ;).
[Samsung Gear S2] rjohnstone:
Who the hell wrote this article?

It is a grammatical nightmare.

Reads like this was poorly translated from another language.
[Samsung Gear S2] zigismall:
anybody knows when official gear manager for iPhone in Apps Store?
[Samsung Gear S2] christophe.leriche@neuf.f:
Never ... it's just an urban legend ... and a good way to sell more S2 to credulous people, like me ...
[Samsung Gear S2] swyner:
HAHAHAHA. The current "leaked" app is far from optimized so I have no doubt it will still be a bit for an official release. There are stability issues (constant crashes) with the current app. The bluetooth connection stays in tact during these crashes so you don't lose any notifications, but any data driven apps like weather do not work once it has crashed.

Either way, the functionality of the S2 even in it's limited state with a "leaked" app is really no different than Android Wear is today....in fact the Tizen OS and the functionality of the S2 seems to be way better than any of the Android Wear watches out there.
[Samsung Gear S2] todely:
Event it's a beta app it works without any crash on my 6s.

Bluetooth connexion very stable, reconnect fast when back in range.