[Samsung Gear Live] vsoma:
Hey guys, I am new to this gear live dev and I want to help out. I just got my gear a few days ago and I'm still playing with it I figured that my device is at 5.0.1 and has Dev-Key in the build number. I went ahead and did some research (more than 35 hours) and came to a conclusion. I figured I can help a lot of people by posting my method here. I am currently on 5.0.2 and I am trying to figure out why I still did not get the 5.1.1 update. Looks like Samsung is slow and I will ask around if anyone got the OTA or I'll sideload the OTA scripts. Making the long story short.

Entering the bootloader (hard way)

Press and hold down the power button until your device reboots. Don't let go yet. As soon as you see the Samsung logo you have to swipe from the top left corner to bottom right corner really fast 2 times. Now let go of the power button and you should be in bootloader. If not keep trying again. I would recommend this as the last resort.

Entering bootloader (easy way):

Enable USB debugging by going to settings -> about device -> tapping build number 7 times. A new option should now show up under settings called developer options. At this point make sure that you have proper adb fastboot drivers. If not you can use the minimal ADB FASTBOOT 15 second Installer I will provide a link to the thread. Make sure that the watch is paired with your phone and keep the phone near you. Connect the watch to your machine via USB and let it recognize the device. Open a terminal or cmd window and enter adb devices. You will most likely be returned with some number and unauthorized. At this step if you get an error such like ADB is not an executable program then you have not installed ADB correctly. Switching over to your phone you will now see a debugging request from your watch. Go ahead and it always allow. Now you have granted debug permissions on you watch. Run the command again and this time, the device should return authorized. Run " adb reboot bootloader ". You will be taken to the bootloader.

Unlocking Bootloader and Flashing and relocking the bootloader:

The first step is to unlock the bootloader (don't know if this voids the warranty but I think it will). After you unlock the bootloader (fastboot oem unlock) WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE and then boot back to the OS set it up and redo the steps under Entering bootloader. Once you have entered the bootloader you will need the stock os which is KMV78Y_stock. It is 4.4w and we will upgrade it soon. Open a cmd and run fastboot devices and you should see your device in the list. If not something is wrong , check if you have the right fastboot drivers and your watch is connected properly. Try a different usb port and don't use a usb HUB. ON WINDOWS extract the zip and navigate to the folder till you see the image files. Here shift+right click and you should see an option for open command windows here. For rest of the other people without windows cd to where the image files exist. Run the command “fastboot flash system system.img ” and “ fastboot flash boot boot.img ” . Once you have done that you will have to relock the bootloader. Relocking the bootloader is an important step to receiving further updates so I recommend relocking it.

IF YOU DON'T RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER THEN YOU ARE STUCK ON 4.4W WHICH SUCKS SOOOO MUCH!!!!

. Relock the bootloader by running “ fastboot oem lock “. Just keep in mind that you can re-unlock your bootloader after you have upgraded but unlocking bootloader will wipe your device again. *SIGH* I ALSO HATE READING LONG INSTRUCTIONS BUT YOU ARE ALMOST AT THE END!!!. After you relock your bootloader go ahead and swipe down on the screen until you highlight the recovery option and swipe right to select. Once you have booted into recovery you will see a warning sign. Don't Panic. Just tap on the screen and you will be brought to the recovery screen once again select reset and select yes.After the reset go ahead and reboot the device. You will be brought into the android wear stock os. Go ahead and set up your device again and go to the setting ->about device -> software updates. You will see that the update is available. There you go install the updates until you get to android 5.0.2. GREAT YOU HAVE UPGRADED YOUR WATCH. There a few ways to get to 5.1.1 but I have not tried them out. I will post the instructions as soon as I have tried it. If your watch says that there is an update the go ahead and install it. Samsung does not push the update to all users at once as it may kill their servers but roll the update out in batches. If you want to sit tight and wait till it comes through or I will be posting a how to soon.

UPDATING TO 5.1.1 AND TO 6.0

Hey, figured out how we can upgrade without waiting. It is actually really simple and easy. You will need to have a locked bootloader to do this or apply any stock update. It does not work with an unlocked bootloader. Your computer will not recognize your watch when sideloading if you have an unlocked bootloader. So let's get started. Download the ota update zip from the links below leave it in the downloads or move it wherever you want it. Open a terminal window or cmd window to the location of the zip either by shift+rightclick (only windows) or by cd’ing you way. At the location of the zip prepare your watch for sideloading. Reboot to recovery by commanding “ adb reboot recovery” or “ adb reboot bootloader” then going to recovery, or going to fastboot the hard way then to recovery. The choice is yours. Once you are in recovery select adb sideload. Now go back to your computer and hit " adb devices ". You should see your device and sideload. If not then something is wrong. Since you are already in the folder where the zip exists simply enter “adb sideload LIVE.zip” and it should send the file to devise. Don't panic if you interrupt the transfer. It will not apply the changes until the entire file has been transferred. Just redo the steps above to resend it. After the update is complete you can restart your device. Upon restart, you will see that your device has upgraded to 5.1.1. Congratulations. Now to go to 6.0 just go to software update and search for another update. I am starting to love this watch at what it can do in 6.0 so I suggest you upgrade.

Thank you, all and I hope this helped a lot of people out there.

Links:

Stock OS:

Android 5.1.1 OTA:

ADB AND FASTBOOT:

I will post inks as soon as I upload them.

-Soma