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[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
...how did you do that? Nobody has actually managed that before and documented it, did you just have to dump the bin on your camera's SD?
[Android Software Development] bankwing:
First I try setup my laptop as a mirror server and update modified app to point to the mirror instead this solution is only work for checking firmware step when I push DOWNLOAD then app disconnected from Gear360. I did not have time to investigate yet.

Finally I found another solution.

1. Copy firmware file "R210GLU0ARB2_180201_1739_REV00_user.bin" to the SD card root

2. Copy "updater.sh" file with content below in the SD card root

#!/bin/sh
mount -o bind /sdcard/ /opt/usr/media
/usr/sbin/fw_upgrade_start R210GLU0ARB2_180201_1739_REV00_user.bin
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Thanks! I'll put that on the GitHub I've set up to mirror the server for the app.
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
New version: 1.4.00.4-FW

This is almost the same as the original 1.4.00.4 version, with a few changes:

- The firmware update URLs have been changed to those of the mirrored setup on GitHub here. They will point the app to download updates from XDA using the attachments to this post. You need to set the firmware you want to use (or latest) in the settings (after connecting your camera) before the app will be able to download an update.

- Minor crash fixes including the one reported by @Adam3Sixty (apologies this took so long!), though it might simply move the bug elsewhere as it's a hard one to resolve

As well as dumping the firmware and mirroring the setup of the XML files pointing to the downloads, I've mirrored the open source code on the same forum post linked above, and added instructions for installing the updates manually to the GitHub.
[Android Software Development] Adam3Sixty:
Downloaded. Will test tomorrow :)

Might finally be able to update the camera too as I have never done it since buying it many years ago :)

U sir, are a legend!!
[Android Software Development] Adam3Sixty:
Installed and tested.....

Positives:

Updated camera perfectly fine, everything went great.

Now able to click GALLERY on the front page, connect to camera (in the standard way) and view all images and videos perfectly.

Tested live view and the camera worked find while seeing the preview on my phone screen.

Negatives:

App doesn't show anything anything on the PHONE section of the GALLERY, even if an images is newly saved from camera to phone. I do not know if this is a bug in the original app, the mod workings, or just because its a OnePlus and not a Samsung, lol. Again tho, this is not a big deal, I can't do anything with the photos anymore anyway, so would only be showing them to people on my phone, when I have taken them, or uploading them as panoramas NOT 360 images.

Thank u for the work on this, time frames never matter, more often than not a rushed job is a botched job ;)
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
That's always been the case on more recent versions, it's something database related that I never figured out. If you download photos you can view them in Google Photos as an alternative.
[Android Software Development] Adam3Sixty:
Never realised Google Photos showed 360 images properly, that's awesome!! I guess the camera WILL be coming on holiday with me next time (if I ever get to go on holiday again!! lol)
[Android Software Development] ASghostKI:
Hello,

I having troubles getting this to work, I'll be grateful if anyone here is willing to help.

I just got a Gear 360 (2017), and I have a Pocophone F1.

I installed this port, it's able to connect to the camera but when I try to access the camera (Take 360 pics...) or the gallery It opens up the WIFI setting, I connect to camera WIFI (I got the password using the "connect to IOS" method), I 'm able to connect the WIFI and I stay connected to it (the system asks me if I want to switch to another WIFI since there is no internet access, and I choose to keep using the camera WIFI) with it still connected, I hit back, I get back to the app, It shows a loading screen, and it sends me again to the WIFI settings and on and on.

I also tied with the WIFI Direct method but I won't even connect to the Camera.

Here is a demo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18sqij_MR4wEG86lCetPpvyLLreMlS6IX/view?usp=sharing
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Not sure what to suggest with that tbh. It's clearly connected but something deep in the app isn't seeing the camera.
[Android Software Development] nakarmkir69:
Hello to all .

I just got my hands on a 2017 model .

But is not working on galery and live view .

I can use the phone as remote shutter so the app is connected to the camera .

I have seen that is required a decent phone as specs , mine is a Lenovo z6pro

And has a snapdragon 855 with 6gb ram

So if someone managed to get it working with this phone model , please help.

My phone is rooted

Thanks in advance
[Android Software Development] XZoli:
Crashing the gear 360 new app under Android 11, if you want to enter the gallery you can get some solution for samsung, it will no longer improve :(. So trash the camera
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Post the logcat, I can't do anything without that.
[Android Software Development] 123Alex321:
Hi, help please "make friends" bluetooth "gear 360 (2016)" and "motorola g8 power" (android 10): the phone finds and mates with the camera, and the camera does not connect to the bluetooth of the phone and is not activated in the application "Samsung Gear 360 Manager for all devices [Updated: 21 / Jan / 21, v1.4.00.4-FW] "but this pair (camera and app) works fine on Huawei
[Android Software Development] kalash86:
Hi there!. How are they?. First of all thank you for great contributions. I was able to use the application from a huawei cell phone but since I bought the xiaomi note 9 pro I could not make it work. My problem is that when I want to pair by bluethoot the application does not find my cell phone. From my cell phone when I look for the bluethoot I see the camera and I pair it, I try again from the app but it does not see the cell phone. Install samsung accesory and the last two versions of the app. The "no live view" mod version gives me an error on the phone and I can't open it. MIUI Global Version 12.0.2.0 (QJZMIXM) Android version 10 If someone can help me I would be very grateful.
[Android Software Development] Azony80:
I downloaded ur version and if I click on camera or gallery then app load for long time and open wifi when I enter password and connected successfully then nothing happened when I back to app

I tried to download it officially . App not completely with note 20 ultra

I downloaded it with old samsung officially and send it to note20ultra the camera work successfully but gallery crash

Please help I.just buy the phone and camera

If anybody help I will be thankful

My cam gear360 2017

Thanks
[Android Software Development] Azony80:
The camera gear 360 2017
[Android Software Development] Xv1d:
I'm having the same issue as this gentleman.

Entering the Gallery is impossible. It simply redirects to the WIFI connection screen and never leaves. Returning to the App Gallery screen you will only see the Gallery loading, and after a short wait you are looped back to the WIFI screen again.

Using WIFI Direct i am moved to the "Advanced" tab of my Wifi settings with a message displaying extremely briefly something about connecting manually to the WIFI. Sometimes the app will cose down my Wifi too.

Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra is my phone brand.

Logcat whilst i was clicking around in the app hoping to make it work with Wifi direct:

logcat_02-11-2021_16-23-10.txt

www.evernote.com

Logcat whilst I was clicking around in the app hoping to make it work with regular WIFI:

logcat_02-11-2021_16-33-23.txt

www.evernote.com

If this doesnt work I guess I need another software for stitching together the 2 images to make a 360 image. Anyone know of any alternatives?
[Android Software Development] novw:
Dummy Dumdum here.

1: when I install file from this topic, it states I have 1.5 installed and this is 1.4. When I click install anyway, I get "not installed".

Do I need to remove the official Samsung app first?
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Yes.
[Android Software Development] Azony80:
Please contact with me if you have any idea to solve the problem

Whatsapp 00966550178050
[Android Software Development] toblerone0:
I'm pretty interested in the camera and shooting 360 video and taking pictures, and the cost of one of them used is right in my budget.

I've done some reading so far but it's hard to try to figure out everything relevant to know, what's up to date, compatibility issues and all that. I'm just wonder: Using a non-samsung phone in current day, if I bought one of these cameras used, what all functionality would still be available and to what capacity?

I understand so far that it doesn't stitch or process right off the bat (I think so anyways) so if I do get one, it's still functional enough that I can actually have a usable 360 image/video in a format I can just load on a PC for instance and view with a VR headset, right? Thought of spending ~60 bucks on a good piece of hardware but unable to use it properly due to deprecated proprietary software is a horrible nightmare. I just want to be able to hit record, and take the video and view it on my PC with a VR headset.
[Android Software Development] bubur123:
the sd card method didnt work on 2016 samsung gear 260. am i wrong or anyone has successfully update via sdcard on 2016 gear 360 ?
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
You don't actually need the phone to capture images or view them on a PC. You can do all the capturing on the device and just put the microSD into a PC and use the ActionDirector software to stitch images (or other available software).
[Android Software Development] toblerone0:
Oh cool cool

I had seen so much about the mobile app and heard it reiterated the device does no stitching on site I had assumed it'd be doing some really annoying thing like putting it in some weird encrypted format until you transferred it to the app. Thanks for the reassurance
[Android Software Development] ikthrin:
Sorry, another dummy here I guess. I cannot seem to get the firmware updated on my 2017 model.

The SD card seemed the easiest to me so I tried it first, but cannot figure out why it will not work. I have command line knowledge going back to the early 80s in both dos and Unix and have looked over the script, and file name, and they seem good. (even cut and pasted the file name to make sure). The script ends up being... No quotes of course.

"#!/bin/sh

mount -o bind /sdcard/ /opt/usr/media

/usr/sbin/fw_upgrade_start R210GLU0ARB2_180201_1739_REV00_user.bin"

When I turn on the camera nothing special happens. The files are in the root directory as instructed. I have tried a freshly formatted card, formatted by windows, in exfat, and by the camera. Also I have tried taking a few pictures but the camera so that the memory card is not totally empty when I put the files on it. It does not seem to matter what I do, like I said nothing special happens when the camera is turned on. Is the memory card have to be named something special or something?

Then, as for the modified app, it tells me I am running the most up to date version - I'm not, I am on C200GLU0AQK1_171121_1257_REV00_user.bin. I have tried with it on a Samsung Galaxy S10+ running Android 11 and on a Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android 8. I get the same result either way. I've tried uninstalling each time and selecting the both "most up to date" and ARB2 choices in the settings for the modded app, trying both before and after pairing with the camera. Also with or without wifi direct enabled. Always get the same result - it claims I'm running the most up-to-date version. Some people mentioned needing the camera Wi-Fi password, which I found. But I'm not sure if I need that for something. Instructions on GitHub don't mentioned needing to do anything special, you just click upgrade and it's supposed to work the way the app used to correct? I appreciate anyone that can help me out with this. Sorry to be a bother. I just can't for the life of me figure it out. Driving me crazy. Thanks a lot Samsung. Figures they would turn the servers off the month before I got the camera. LOL. Anyway, thanks in advance again.
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
C200GLU0AQK1 is the latest version for the 2016 camera. Are you using a 2016 or 2017 model?
[Android Software Development] ikthrin:
It's the 2017 model, the second ie the second gen version. Sorry got lazy and copied that version number from another post. According to the actual Samsung Gear 360 app, the firmware I'm currently running is R210GLU0AQF2
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
If you go into the mod settings you can set which firmware you want to download, which will force it to download R210GLU0ARB2
[Android Software Development] ikthrin:
Yes, I have tried that. I'm not sure if I missing something or what. It does not download anything automatically, and telling it to upgrade the firmware it still tells me I'm running the most up-to-date version. Again as I mentioned I've tried setting that setting. Also the wifi direct setting. It does not seem to make a difference matter what I do and I do what to settings it tells me I'm running the most current version. I'm rather baffled.
[Android Software Development] bubur123:
ahhh same as my 2016 gear, i cant downgrade the firmware. it states " the latest version is already installed"
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Do you have access to a PC for ADB logcat or the ability to dump the logs during the time it's searching for an update? It dumps the version info to the logs and I wonder if my guessed version (0.85) might actually be too low for the 2017 camera to see it as an update.
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
The update modding isn't designed to allow downgrading, I don't even know if downgrading will work or whether it'll cause a brick. The option to choose firmware from a list is to pick which one you want to upgrade to, if you are on a version older than that.
[Android Software Development] ikthrin:
Yes I have a PC and I have ADB installed. I'm somewhat familiar with it, but have not used it for logcat. I will look into that tonight. Unfortunately, I have to go to work now, so I guess I'm going to have to wait to work on it until later. Thank you so much for your quick response and assistance.
[Android Software Development] Tri93:
The video results from the 360 camera cannot be read on the Samsung A6 + cellphone, why is that? only the voice can be heard. But for legible images, can you please help?8
[Android Software Development] pinch3indi0:
I just wanna Say thnx for Your incredible job
[Android Software Development] Beng Malea:
Hello, I want to use my Samsung Gear 360 with my Samsung M31. To do this, I absolutely need the Samsung accessory service APK. You can't do that via Google Playstore. Even if I want to install the app manually, that doesn't work. The installation starts and at the end "was not installed" appears. :-(

I would really like to continue using my 360 degree camera. Does anyone have a solution?

Thank You.

I've tried quite a few versions

:-(
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Not a lot I can do about Samsung's own apps not being compatible with their own phones. Did you get the APK from APKmirror?
[Android Software Development] Beng Malea:
I've tried quite a few versions. Without success
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
What version is already on your phone?
[Android Software Development] Beng Malea:
? I can't find an app on my phone. The Gear app tries to reload something without success.
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
You shouldn't get app not installed unless the app is either not compatible (which I've never seen for accessory manager, it's compatible with non-Samsung devices) or if it's already installed but doesn't like the APK you're trying to install of it. Try installing one or all of the APKs over ADB, it'll give the true reason why they're failing to install.
[Android Software Development] nightSnake:
Hi,i have a Gear360 2017 and my device is oneplus5 in android 10.

after connect camera with wifi,it still loading,disable mobile data and vpn could not changed.

Could you give me another advices?

Thanks
[Android Software Development] Beng Malea:
Hello,

If I try then I get

Failed to install 1.apk: Failure [-3003: INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_CERTIFICATION]

What can I do now?
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
That seems to be something specific to Samsung's Android framework rejecting it. Nothing I can do, sorry.
[Android Software Development] Beng Malea:
Thank you, i am sad :-(
[Android Software Development] zentran83:
Hi, got everything working fine with my mate20pro using direct wifi option. Thank you very much.
[Android Software Development] J0hnW:
Apologies that some of this is off-topic. I've just bought a Gear 360 2017 and this is the most 'alive' forum I can find. It's also where I can find new firmware versions and instructions to burn them. My questions are:

1. Is there a good general forum for asking questions about the Gear 360 camera?

2. My camera tells me firmware version is R210GLU0AQC6, which I can't see any reference to online . Can I assume it's older than R210GLU0ARB2, which is discussed here?

3. Is it possible that newer firmware will fix any of the following?:

In some videos after a while the picture suddenly becomes all just a single colour and continues like that to the end of the video segment (though the colour keeps changing). The sound is fine all through. The problem is there in the original unstitched video.

Some videos fail to transfer from camera to phone half way through the 'save' process, leaving a corrupted file on the phone. Stitching using ActionDirector on the PC kind of works, but seems to 'twist' the picture.

There's often a grey crescent visible after stitching where my hand is holding the selfie stick. It's like the stitching doesn't remove the base of the camera properly. It happens most when there's a difference of light intensity because the sun on one side (that's where the crescent shows). This happens both for phone stitching and ActionDirector stitching. I plan to paint the base of the camera matt black to see if that helps!

Any help much appreciated - thanks. And thanks for all the work on these resources for a now quite old camera!
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
R210GLU0AQC6 seems to be the latest in February 2018, it's mentioned in a French blog post here: https://infos2technos.blogspot.com/...la-samsung-gear-360-2017-street-view.html?m=0, whereas the blog post that gave me a lot of firmware info here: https://web.archive.org/web/2020112...ownload-the-firmware-without-a-mobile-device/ from April of 2018 shows that R210GLU0ARB2 is the latest, so I'd guess that ARB2 is indeed newer.

For your 'twisted' picture, you probably have the angle compensation disabled in the settings of ActionDirector, turn it on.

The visible seam at the bottom is normal in a lot of 360 photos. It's why you see professionally done shots on Google Street View have a logo at the bottom (and sometimes the top too), as it hides the tripod.
[Android Software Development] bankwing:
Just trying to create gear360 mod to upgrade fw for 2017 version

- Extract fwupgrade mod to root dir of sdcard and firmware file also your sdcard should be like picture below

- PowerOn camera

- You should see the blue light above the Power button light up for a second 2 times.

- Double-click the [Power] button on the camera. You should see a top light cycle green-orange-green to indicate it's start upgrade now.

- Check log in upgrade.log at root dir
[Android Software Development] J0hnW:
Thanks bankwing - that was super easy and worked just like you said. Glad I waited before doing my firmware upgrade - you did all the work for me :-).

Also thanks Quinny899 for answering my previous Noob questions - I appreciate it.
[Android Software Development] nikandr23:
Hey guys

I Can't copy pictures from Gear 360 (ball with 16mp cameras!) (+ samsung s10 )

any more!!

Gallery view fails!!!

evil Samsung!!!

I can get jpg from memory card, but they are pics with 2 circles.

how do i get that Rectangular Pictures?
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
You need to stitch the images, use ActionDirector.
[Android Software Development] nikandr23:
Just tryed my old Samsung s6 - still works there
[Android Software Development] VictoriaH:
Hi, will this work for the 2016 version? I see it’s the ARB version in the screenshot.

I’ve been unable to get the firmware to update on my 2016 via the app (my phone is a note 20u, and the app mostly seems to work), and the previous updater.sh didn’t seem to do anything.

Any tips?
[Android Software Development] Reag:
I know this is an old and dead thread, but thank you. This solution did in fact work. If anyone from the future is wondering, I used the device simulation feature of that Magisk module to change my phone to a Pixel 4 and the app works fine now. This is on a Galaxy S9 @ Lineage OS
[Android Software Development] Wilsonb:
I wished this worked on Oculus Quest 2
[Android Software Development] bankwing:
I dont have 2016 version to test the mod but i think i should be working just change firmware file

Update: It worked !! https://xdaforums.com/t/mod-port-sa...-21-jan-21-v1-4-00-4-fw.3400383/post-84801117
[Android Software Development] cybertruck19:
how long does the upgrade process take? or until it stops flashing?

edited: umm sorry i forgot to copy the firmware file XD. it works Thanks!
[Android Software Development] cybertruck19:
I tried to use the action director but it got stuck when I started stitching pictures. any suggestions for the most stable version? I use mac big sur.
[Android Software Development] genius@work?:
I tried @Quinny899 's Option 2 (https://github.com/KieronQuinn/Gear360_OSS/tree/main/firmware#option-2-via-the-microsd-card) firmware upgrade via sd-card for my 2016 model. But it does not work. I edited the updater.sh with the filename and copied the .bin file to the sd-card root (not into DCIM folder). And I turn on the gear360 and it doesnt do anything (in regards to upgrading).
[Android Software Development] Quinny899:
Follow this https://xdaforums.com/goto/post?id=84603699
[Android Software Development] Adam3Sixty:
Got a quick question.

Anyone using this app successfully, have u updated the Samsung Accessory Service??

Currently I am on Version 3.1.94.11128 and everything is working fine. Now there is an update to Version 3.1.94.11207.

I always hold off updating this just in case it breaks something.
[Android Software Development] genius@work?:
This Worked! The update took the Gear 360 (2016) ~2 Minutes to complete.
[Android Software Development] galaxyornothing2:
thank you
[Android Software Development] NewYorker7:
Thanks a lot for the port! I am using Poco F1, however I have a custom ROM (Oxygen OS). I can connect to the camera, but I can't access live view or anything which requires me to be connected to the camera's wifi network. Furthermore, I can connect to the wifi network but I can't do anything, the app is stuck on loading and nothing happens. I tried everything you said on FAQ but nothing worked. Is there anything I can do?
[Android Software Development] ElwynL:
sorry for asking a bit off topic, I have this 2017 gear 360 I had an update back in 2017 then the Bluetooth doesn't work anymore, and can't upgrade it. I found this topic relevant. I wanted to update my firmware to the latest FW using SDcard, if someone can help he how to do it step by step, I really appreciate it!