After 2 days I can say with conviction that the Gear S is a worthy investment for the money.
A little research and I've got it all set up to my needs.
- Getting Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, & text messages, all with the ability to reply
- Getting my Google Now alerts (traffic, weather, etc)
- Streaming Milk Music as standalone
- Opera Mini browser enables me to check/reply/send Gmail, browse/interact with Facebook, Google Search, etc
- Enabled continuous swipe input in the stock keyboard in settings
- Changed my voice-wake to "OK Google"
- Battery easily lasts me almost 2 days entire day with moderate use
I can't think of a single thing that I am disappointed about. And that's saying a lot as I had high expectations.
If you're on the edge of buying this, I say go all in. Speaking of which, I'm on the Edge as well. T-Mobile
I just got mine today and so far I'm loving it. I only wish you had a manual to show me how to set mine up like that especially replying to Facebook messages.
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After 2 days I can say with conviction that the Gear S is a worthy investment for the money.
A little research and I've got it all set up to my needs.
- Getting Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, & text messages, all with the ability to reply
- Getting my Google Now alerts (traffic, weather, etc)
- Streaming Milk Music as standalone
- Opera Mini browser enables me to check/reply/send Gmail, browse/interact with Facebook, Google Search, etc
- Enabled continuous swipe input in the stock keyboard in settings
- Changed my voice-wake to "OK Google"
- Battery easily lasts me almost 2 days entire day with moderate use
I can't think of a single thing that I am disappointed about. And that's saying a lot as I had high expectations.
If you're on the edge of buying this, I say go all in. Speaking of which, I'm on the Edge as well. T-Mobile
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How are you getting Google Now alerts and using OK, Google?
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I just got mine today and so far I'm loving it. I only wish you had a manual to show me how to set mine up like that especially replying to Facebook messages.
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I'm using Gear Notification Extender (Play Store, have to purchase but worth it) Plus install Android Wear but don't set it up. Open it then back out. Set everything up in Gear Notification Extender, and disable the regular S Gear notifications from the Gear Manager app unless you want duplicate notifications. If you need help let me know
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How are you getting Google Now alerts and using OK, Google?
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See previous post. And you can change the wake voice command in your Gear S settings
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I'm using Gear Notification Extender (Play Store, have to purchase but worth it) - Bought
Plus install Android Wear but don't set it up. Open it then back out. - Done
Set everything up in Gear Notification Extender, and disable the regular S Gear notifications from the Gear Manager app unless you want duplicate notifications. - I only enabled things in Notification Extender that were not available in Gear manager.
My question is...IF the app shows in Gear manager and in Extender, why is extender needed if GM says it will notify?
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See previous post. And you can change the wake voice command in your Gear S settings
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After testing today I answered my last question. You, sir, just kept me from returning the watch. With this app I no longer need to touch my phone. I can do everything directly from the watch, by way of responding. I have had my phone on silent all day and managing all things via watch.
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After testing today I answered my last question. You, sir, just kept me from returning the watch. With this app I no longer need to touch my phone. I can do everything directly from the watch, by way of responding. I have had my phone on silent all day and managing all things via watch.
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Glad I could help. That's what we're all on XDA for!
I think the GS is the most amazing piece of personal tech I have ever come across (IT technician by profession).
I used to carry two phones, one personal and one work, which was a pain. Now I carry a Note 4 as my personal and the GS as my work phone. I run the GS in remote connect mode during the week so it acts as a stand alone number, then on weekends I run it in Bluetooth mode as a companion to my Note (I don't take work calls on the w/e). My exchange account syncs mail, contacts, appointments, etc across all my devices. Emailing, appointments, adding contacts, etc I do on my Note which syncs with the GS. Business calls/msgs I take on the GS and private calls/msgs on the Note.
This solves all my problems and works fantastically.
The GS is incredibly versatile and that may be it's biggest fault - too complex for the average user. Just read many of the posts on here and it is clear that people have no idea about it's features and functionality.
I feel same as you guys. I enjoy my phone everyday. Makes life easier for me. Only issue I am having is that if I get a text message and I go to reply the keyboard won't pop up. I have to go and close all apps thrn go back into messaging app then it works. Any ideas?
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Issues with double alerts
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I'm having some issue getting what looks like a duplicate for email alerts.
GNE Notifications in Gear Manager = ON
Email Notifications in GNE = ON
Email Notifications in Gear Manager = OFF
I get the email alert 1x with the reply arrows, then again with an "open on Android" at the bottom. Not sure where I'm failing the process. Very excited to get this sussed, this may keep the Gear S in my hands, was getting pretty discouraged!
Thanks for the help.
ingenious247 said:
After 2 days I can say with conviction that the Gear S is a worthy investment for the money.
A little research and I've got it all set up to my needs.
- Getting Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, & text messages, all with the ability to reply
- Getting my Google Now alerts (traffic, weather, etc)
- Streaming Milk Music as standalone
- Opera Mini browser enables me to check/reply/send Gmail, browse/interact with Facebook, Google Search, etc
- Enabled continuous swipe input in the stock keyboard in settings
- Changed my voice-wake to "OK Google"
- Battery easily lasts me almost 2 days entire day with moderate use
I can't think of a single thing that I am disappointed about. And that's saying a lot as I had high expectations.
If you're on the edge of buying this, I say go all in. Speaking of which, I'm on the Edge as well. T-Mobile
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Can you write some steps to make all this good?
I bought Gear Notification Extender and installed Android Wear and opened it then backed out but do not see the option for notifications in Extender to add Google Now. What am I missing?
I'm having difficulties getting Google music to work
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I'm having difficulties getting Google music to work
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So--I also have a new s6 edge and gear s that I just got today and I cannot for the life of me find opera mini. How do you get it/set it up. Don't see it in gear app store.
Help?
jonofpdx said:
So--I also have a new s6 edge and gear s that I just got today and I cannot for the life of me find opera mini. How do you get it/set it up. Don't see it in gear app store.
Help?
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Congrats to the Gear S and the S6 Edge. May your battery last a long time!
I found Opera in the Samsung app store, that I accessed through Gear Manager. From within Gear Mgr, once connected to your Gear S, you can install all the gear apps you want (not that there are that many). Hope this helps.
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Congrats to the Gear S and the S6 Edge. May your battery last a long time!
I found Opera in the Samsung app store, that I accessed through Gear Manager. From within Gear Mgr, once connected to your Gear S, you can install all the gear apps you want (not that there are that many). Hope this helps.
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Hmmm...
So, what did you search for in the app store? Because I searched for "browser" and "Opera" with no luck.
Is it possible they took it out of the store in the last couple days?
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Hmmm...
So, what did you search for in the app store? Because I searched for "browser" and "Opera" with no luck.
Is it possible they took it out of the store in the last couple days?
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I just checked and you are right: Samsung seem to have removed the app, and I can't even find the other browser I saw in there.
It used to be one of the very first apps popping up in the store.
I'm sure we can share the Opera file with you, I just have no clue how it's done.
Damn--looks like I missed it by a matter of DAYS...
Well, at least I know I'm not crazy now. Thanks guys!
Does anyone know a way of manual installing the app into the watch?
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I can't recommend Wearable Widgets enough especially on the Gear S
It works by creating a bridge from your phone to the watch for just about any widget that will fit on a 2" screen without it being too small to read.
I have experimented with a few widgets and 2 favourites are the BBC weather widget and Timely, but most impressive is an app called "HD Widgets". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cloudtv.hdwidgets&hl=en_GB
With this one I was able to quickly design a clock and weather widget and then use wearable widgets to display it on my Gear S. See screenshot.
There is so much potential, they have 2 apps in the Gear Store, one is Wearable Widgets Clock and the other is Wearable Widgets for Gear The first one allows you to create any widget and use it as a clock. That's good for keeping a selected widget always available. The second app (which it states does not have Samsung approval - but it works regardless) Allows you to open the app on the watch and view as many widgets as you want, on a 'one per page' view. Note that in order to have more than 1 widget, you need to upgrade to the pro version which was about £1 roughly. Definitely worth it. And if I have made this sound complicated, trust me it's not. It's very quick and easy.
You will need the free app for your phone in order to set everything up:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wearablewidgets&hl=en_GB
Hope this has been useful.
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I can't recommend Wearable Widgets enough especially on the Gear S
It works by creating a bridge from your phone to the watch for just about any widget that will fit on a 2" screen without it being too small to read.
I have experimented with a few widgets and 2 favourites are the BBC weather widget and Timely, but most impressive is an app called "HD Widgets". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cloudtv.hdwidgets&hl=en_GB
With this one I was able to quickly design a clock and weather widget and then use wearable widgets to display it on my Gear S. See screenshot.
There is so much potential, they have 2 apps in the Gear Store, one is Wearable Widgets Clock and the other is Wearable Widgets for Gear The first one allows you to create any widget and use it as a clock. That's good for keeping a selected widget always available. The second app (which it states does not have Samsung approval - but it works regardless) Allows you to open the app on the watch and view as many widgets as you want, on a 'one per page' view. Note that in order to have more than 1 widget, you need to upgrade to the pro version which was about £1 roughly. Definitely worth it. And if I have made this sound complicated, trust me it's not. It's very quick and easy.
You will need the free app for your phone in order to set everything up:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wearablewidgets&hl=en_GB
Hope this has been useful.
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Do we need to add this app from the playstore and the galaxy app store? Because I added it through the galaxy app store days ago it will not install it will download but not install for gear S ( on mine anyway)
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Do we need to add this app from the playstore and the galaxy app store? Because I added it through the galaxy app store days ago it will not install it will download but not install for gear S ( on mine anyway)
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I downloaded it form the play store first, then through Gear Manager/Gear App Store find the 2 Wearable Widget apps there.
Ignore anything on the main Samsung App Store.
apprentice said:
I downloaded it form the play store first, then through Gear Manager/Gear App Store find the 2 Wearable Widget apps there.
Ignore anything on the main Samsung App Store.
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ok I will give that a try that maybe my missing link
UPDATE this way works thanks I added a beautiful weather widget nice find
Wearable widget clock
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I downloaded it form the play store first, then through Gear Manager/Gear App Store find the 2 Wearable Widget apps there.
Ignore anything on the main Samsung App Store.
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Cannot find the wearable widget clock. Can you give me a link or something?
Go into the Gear store via Gear Manager and you will find it in the CLOCK category about one page down.
Note that some people say that some (random) apps don't appear. I cannot find the app called "Bike!" which someone else has for example!
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Sorry but on my gear manager there is no gear store section.. Gear manager was installed directly by gear s when connected the first time to the device via Bluetooth. How to have gear store?
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Sorry but on my gear manager there is no gear store section.. Gear manager was installed directly by gear s when connected the first time to the device via Bluetooth. How to have gear store?
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samsung gear manager open app -->Samsung Gear Apps or go on you gear S open apps scroll all the way done until you see
"Get more applications it will open your gear store
OK finally I got both the apps but how to use the wearable clock widget? I open it from the gear as get nothing but "undefined"... What I miss?
I own the wearable widgets app from the play store....
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maurizio53 said:
OK finally I got both the apps but how to use the wearable clock widget? I open it from the gear as get nothing but "undefined"... What I miss?
I own the wearable widgets app from the play store....
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open the app on you smartphone and set up the widget ho you want it to appear on the gear S
when your satisfied open samsung gear manager on your phone click home styler screens click clock scroll until you see Wearabl widgets clock click done look @ watch enjoy
How to set as a screen to the right
So regarding the wearable widgets for gear s (Not the clock version), I see that I can scroll down to the app then get my widget but what I really want is to replace one of the screens to the right of the clock with one of the widgets. I really like my watch face and don't want to replace it. It is too much swiping around to get to the widget in the app dwar that is below the clock. Am I missing something?
Thanks
J
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So regarding the wearable widgets for gear s (Not the clock version), I see that I can scroll down to the app then get my widget but what I really want is to replace one of the screens to the right of the clock with one of the widgets. I really like my watch face and don't want to replace it. It is too much swiping around to get to the widget in the app dwar that is below the clock. Am I missing something?
Thanks
J
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It's not currently possible to add anything to those pages other than the pre-installed Samsung widgets. You can of course move the app icon to the top of the app drawer (tap and hold then drag) that will save you a bit of thumb work!
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Need to update Gear S for more compatability
Samsung really needs to update their gear S Tizen software to be more compatible. We should be able to add whatever app we want to one of the widget slots to the right of the clock. Also no gmail or facebook app. WTF! The wearable widgets is an okay work around but I find there is an obnoxious delay when trying to scroll through the gmail widget and If I have to pull my phone out to look at the email after selecting it from the gear s widget then I might as well go straight to the phone in the first place.
The gear S has a lot of potential but the software just is not there yet..... I have never used an android wear watch yet but I wonder if it does some of this better. But I do really like being able to reply to txts from my watch or answer calls which android wear can not do.
dosomethinggreat said:
Samsung really needs to update their gear S Tizen software to be more compatible. We should be able to add whatever app we want to one of the widget slots to the right of the clock. Also no gmail or facebook app. WTF! The wearable widgets is an okay work around but I find there is an obnoxious delay when trying to scroll through the gmail widget and If I have to pull my phone out to look at the email after selecting it from the gear s widget then I might as well go straight to the phone in the first place.
The gear S has a lot of potential but the software just is not there yet..... I have never used an android wear watch yet but I wonder if it does some of this better. But I do really like being able to reply to txts from my watch or answer calls which android wear can not do.
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Regarding your email issue, I am now using the stock Samsung email app. It's not as good as the Gmail one but it gets the job done and more importantly it is fully compatible with the Gear's email app and notifications. I also think Facebook will follow.
Now with the Gear S.. there are some shortcomings I agree but it's still in its infancy. I bought the original Gear when it first launched and there weren't any apps for it, just some additional (and ugly) watch faces. It was expensive and I could easily have written it off as a waste of money. However things quickly picked up, the Gear store grew, developers did some amazing mods and roms for it, Samsung added Tizen and that meant more apps. I started appreciating it more. And I kept it right up to the Gear S purchase.
I am certain the Gear S will go the same way. There is a lot more potential with this than any other smartwatch as it has a large screen, a keyboard, wifi, gps and a cellular connection. These are all useful for a huge amount of development potential. I am also confident that Samsung will add more functionality and iron out the usability issues.
I bought an 'LG G watch R' initially, believing that Android Wear was the going to offer so much more. I had the watch for 24hrs before sending it packing. It was lame compared to Tizen and quite frankly unattractive and limited. It's designed to be a notification slave and not really cater for apps and standalone features. It hasn't exactly moved on much since it was announced either.
So hang on in there mate, and concentrate on how amazing this watch is in every other way. It's a cracking gadget and it's a keeper for me.
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Wearable widgets on gear s
Ok I am using an orange icon that says gear in it... I downloaded and installed both wearable widgets and I even upgraded but it does not show me how to get it to the watch.. I did click one thing on my wearable widgets app on my phone and it says I need gear manager.. I downloaded gear manager, but will not install, I'm assuming because of the gear app I currently use... If I remove the one that's orange and has gear written in it.. Will I lose what I have created clock wise and app wise alike?
You can use 4x4 widget also. The watch will scale it down.
Oh heck yea! This works great. Expands the Gear S tremendously in my opinion.
Sounds interesting. But will this work without a bluetooth connection to the pone too? A connection (over WLAN or remote) should be necessary, right? But will it work just with remote over 3G? And what says the battery?
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Has anyone found that wearable widgets drains battery. Is it possible to disable the watch home screen and leave wearable widgets running so when i wake the watch wearable widgets is running and i can just swipe over to next widget. Is there a watchface that can be used where i can launch the app just by touching the screen.
And unrelated but is there an app where i can see a full calendar in month view that can sync with splanner/google calendar.
Im trying to decide between switching from my omate to the gear s so im just trying to weigh my options.
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Has anyone found that wearable widgets drains battery. Is it possible to disable the watch home screen and leave wearable widgets running so when i wake the watch wearable widgets is running and i can just swipe over to next widget. Is there a watchface that can be used where i can launch the app just by touching the screen.
And unrelated but is there an app where i can see a full calendar in month view that can sync with splanner/google calendar.
Im trying to decide between switching from my omate to the gear s so im just trying to weigh my options.
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Yes WW drain the batt, you must be carefull with the WW oprion. WW as a watchface app so it is the standard Gear Clock and you can swipe from the face to other widget.
You have also another watchface for Gear with launcher and you can add shortcut for 4 to 20 apps on one face.
Got update today on Nike app, says syncs with shealth. Don't see how or where to sync
You need the update of s health as well. .. Just got it installed on my note 4. Now I see nike+ integrated in s health...
Thanks. Dumb q. How do you get the shealth update? My galaxy store doesn't show my apps some lollipop
I Dont see anything about sheal in the Nike + running app or s health and they're both updated
I updated everything and I see nothing.
Can you please tell us what to do?
S Health is not a simply app update. Samsung managed to create segmentations on S Health, e.g. each different phone models see different versions of S Health only. My Galaxy Alpha only sees S Health 3.5 that was last updated on Jan 2015.
I downloaded the new apk and updated by myself. Yes, now Nike is in S Health.
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S Health is not a simply app update. Samsung managed to create segmentations on S Health, e.g. each different phone models see different versions of S Health only. My Galaxy Alpha only sees S Health 3.5 that was last updated on Jan 2015.
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Hey. Thanks for sharing. Could you share the apk, please? Or point us in the right direction
Yes what is the app version and where to get it?
strikey17 said:
Hey. Thanks for sharing. Could you share the apk, please? Or point us in the right direction
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Yes what is the app version and where to get it?
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I don't know where to download it. My phone shows S Health app in Galaxy app store when it was on 4.4.4. But now with 5.0.2, it no longer shows. S Health is not a simple app to update. It depends on all kind of Samsung services to work. Samsung managed to get million different version of S Health targeting million different models of Samsung phone. I typically just wait and once in a while Samsung will push the S Health update to my phone.
Or you can search for S Health APK but keep in mind it may not work for you specific phone.
Odd thing. Updated to lollipop on my Note 4. S-Health is version 4.1.1.0037. It also now shows up in the Google Play Store as well as the Galaxy Apps store.
Casual jogging.
I've been using Gear S and Nike+ for running on a weekly basis. Here are some battery saving tips I have developed. My watch has no SIM card, so no battery drain that way. I use it simply as a GPS distance-measuring + MP3 player over BT mix.
1) Go to Settings just before a run and turn on "GPS". Usually it gets a signal pretty quickly. Then go to "motions" and disable all. Also, go to S Heath and disable the Pedometer.
2) If you jog with musicConnect your BT headphones. Turn on the Music from the Music player, as Nike does not know how to shuffle (whatever, Nike).
3) Go into Nike+ app, decline Music and Cheer requests. Wait a couple minutes, start your run and watch for the green GPS dot to appear.
When all goes as planned, I get more than two hours battery life (estimated). Went down from 90% to 40% battery life during an 1:25 hour 10 mile run. In theory, if you run fast enough Half-Marathon should be no problem, and if you do not use BT for Music at all, then it can probably go more than 3 hours on a single charge with Motion and Pedometer off. Good enough for casual jogging.
This watch is awesome for casual running. Share your tips, if you have any! Thanks!
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Got update today on Nike app, says syncs with shealth. Don't see how or where to sync
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There is a Running feature in S Health.
For those that updated, can you still use Nike+ or do you now need to use sHealth, because Nike is integrated into it?
I run every day, and switched from sHealth to Nike+ 2 months ago because the GPS signal would take forever to lock in sHealth. How are things after the update? Is sHealth faster? Nike+ slower?
I keep using the NIKE+ for running, but after the update GPS took about 5-7 minutes to lock...will retry again today or tomorrow.
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I keep using the NIKE+ for running, but after the update GPS took about 5-7 minutes to lock...will retry again today or tomorrow.
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Thank you thank you!! I have not even looked into possibly updating until I hear user feedback, as I was afraid it may slow down the GPS. Can't wait to hear back from you or others after you next run.
Is anything else new or different?
One more question: does Nike now track your HR? On my Gear S, it never did. Just wondering if that has changed since the update.
Thanks!
HR works for me sometimes, depending on how sweaty my hand is + hair . But it is imprecise, as far as I gather.
GPS lock now takes forever. .. ran yesterday and it pretty much skipped the first 750 meters + fooled around with the watch 5 mins beforehand. It still counts the distance though. I never carry the phone with me though.
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Thanks strikey17. Is there any benefit to the upgrade that you can see, then? Sounds to me like I should make sure it does not install, if it only slows down the GPS.
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Got update today on Nike app, says syncs with shealth. Don't see how or where to sync
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How Can I use S health in my Gear S2 to running then sync data with nike+ App?
Nothing to do with the watch app. Nike+ phone app now supports sync data into S Health phone app. Not the other ways around. Your watch S Health app already sync data with S Health app on the phone. So here is how it goes:
Nike+ watch app -> Nike+ phone app->S Health phone app
S Health watch app -> S Health phone app
Hi got the Gear S a few days ago and having a lot of fun with it..
Just wondering something, i bought my Gear s from a friend who purchased it in South Korea, its running latest firmware as far as i know as i updated the day i got it through the Gear app...
there is an app on the GS that has South Korean writing on it and a pic of a car etc I presume it is a navigation app of some sort because when i use the S-Voice Command to "Navigate to" it opens this app but its all in Korean and i havent a clue what it doing... is there a way for me to uninstall this app and set S-voice to use any other Nav apps i have installed?? itried uninstalling from the gear app but it is not in the list of apps..
S-Voice has worked perfectly for me on the Gear S and ive been using it quite a bit with great success except in the fact that for some reason Samsung have disabled it from doing some quite important things like setting tasks etc
oh yea one other thing, has anyone successfully used and installed NewsAce Rss App? i bought it last night and i keep getting a white blank screen when i try to sign in to Google on the app..
This truly is a smartwatch but could be so much better if Samsung allowed it to be.. its got plenty power etc so the lack of certain things is strange... real social network integration proper gmail etc etc Can anyone point me towards a File explorer that will let me view files on my phone.. would be great to be able to browse through folders and pick stuff i want ie proper music search of files i want to play and not just back and forth between last played etc!!
Im on a Note Edge..
Regards and thanks love this thing its awesome but again a bit artificially stunted by Sammy..
Peace.
Hi, I use the Gear Fit with a Huawei Android mobile. Pairing works fine. Unfortunately the notifications don't appear on the Gear. I turned WhatsApp, SMS, Calendar and phone calls on in the Samsung Gear mobile app, but the only thing that works is showing an incoming phone call...
Any experiences or suggestions?
thx
Try installing Android Wear onto your phone. I've heard it somehow interacts with the phone to send notifications to Tizen devices. S2 and Fit 2. You don't need to open it, just install it.
Did that and it worked... though now the Gear App crashes when I try to open it. but for now I'm happy getting notifications and there are no apps to download anyway...
thx for your suggestion! ?
take55 said:
Did that and it worked... though now the Gear App crashes when I try to open it. but for now I'm happy getting notifications and there are no apps to download anyway...
thx for your suggestion!
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Glad that worked, but Gear App should not be crashing. You may want to try and reinstall it if you have not. There are a lot of new faces in the Gear store now as well.
Unfortunately it still crashes after clicking the icon. Connection is working though. I uninstalled both Android Wear and the Gear app, cleared cache in the settings but didn't help.
I have a Huawei Mate S...
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Unfortunately it still crashes after clicking the icon. Connection is working though. I uninstalled both Android Wear and the Gear app, cleared cache in the settings but didn't help.
I have a Huawei Mate S...
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Okay, it could be the phone then. The app doesn't crash on a native Samsung phone from my experience.
if I turn off Bluetooth and disconnect, the app works fine. As soon as I turn it on it crashes so I never get to install apps and watch faces.
maybe it has something to do with my recent Marshmallow update that came in the middle of playing around with the Fit2...
1. Me I have had almost every kind of phone you can think of form early palms, blackberries, Sony Ericsson P900, Nokia N9 (One of my all-time favorites) Surface duo (wanted to love but horrible experience) most of today’s flagships including all the Samsung folds. Got rid of my fold to get the pixel 6 pro mainly because of the camera and I loved it, I had no issues whatsoever. But I didn’t realize how much I would miss the fold and was going to go back to it when Oppo Released the N and it looked like the perfect hardware for me. After much consideration and reading I purchased from a Hong Kong Seller. And have been using for about 3 weeks now. Daily Driver. I absolutely love the phone, the size, the solid feel, great battery life. So far one of my favorite phones, I have used.
2. Once I got the phone, I researched all I could about the small and major quirks.
3. First thing I did was factory reset, the phone once it arrived. (They installed Google Play for me). Wanted to make sure nothing was installed, that I didn’t know about.
4. Easily found and installed the Google Play apk.
5. Next I download Apk Extractor and removed all the Chinese apps, that I could using it. (I didn’t want to use adb commands, fear of removing something needed). All the other leftover Chinese apps I placed in a folder and moved it out the way.
6.The Launcher is no big deal for me, on most of the phones I’ve had, I stuck with the default launcher. (Group text is an issue will discuss that later)
7. Started loading all my apps that I use games, banking etc. (around 250) tested them and everyone of the work. When I got to an app they didn’t display correctly on the open screen, I adjusted through the phone setting no app download.
8. Download new keyboard changed from the Chinese one.
9. Notifications limits, I set my main apps I need notifications from, but what I found was a lot of the social accounts Facebook, etc automatically was added to running in background and notifications and did not go against the limit. All my main apps I set to run in the background and made sure notifications was on and that a sound or vibration was set (the customizations for notifications are a lot) So far, I am notified we notifications come in. because I have a lot of email addresses I use home, work etc. I have always used Blue mail and it only counts as one notification.
10 Group message was a make or break for me, because send and receive a lot of group messages. And I have researched everywhere, tried different apps and no luck. The solution for me and it’s working well.
11. I decided to use Google Voice (I have had a number for years, so I tested it first for couple days) And now has officially ported my number to google voice, I can now get group messages etc. I will keep using until I they update the message issues or swap phone. I saved all my texts using SMS Backup & restore because you can not import the texts into google voice, but you can export them out. I saved all the old text on the new phone using SMS Backup & Restore, because if I need to find an old text it has a search fixture on it.
Conclusion so far, I am very happy with this phone, it’s an amazing piece of work. I know my post was long and for give me if it doesn’t make since. But if you have any questions on my experience just ask and I will do my best to answer.
Me too, this phone Is very good and pleasant to use as a daily driver . I have imaginée this phone before (i used the nec 05e,thé royole
flexpai 1,thé fold1and flold2 and several zflip). A little'more slimmer and lighter would bé perfect...but its ok.
M'y only complaint is about wifi calling with erratic behavior and disconnection ..maynbe a solution will occur..(more accurzte localisation or wiffi setting
i missed...)
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1. Me I have had almost every kind of phone you can think of form early palms, blackberries, Sony Ericsson P900, Nokia N9 (One of my all-time favorites) Surface duo (wanted to love but horrible experience) most of today’s flagships including all the Samsung folds. Got rid of my fold to get the pixel 6 pro mainly because of the camera and I loved it, I had no issues whatsoever. But I didn’t realize how much I would miss the fold and was going to go back to it when Oppo Released the N and it looked like the perfect hardware for me. After much consideration and reading I purchased from a Hong Kong Seller. And have been using for about 3 weeks now. Daily Driver. I absolutely love the phone, the size, the solid feel, great battery life. So far one of my favorite phones, I have used.
2. Once I got the phone, I researched all I could about the small and major quirks.
3. First thing I did was factory reset, the phone once it arrived. (They installed Google Play for me). Wanted to make sure nothing was installed, that I didn’t know about.
4. Easily found and installed the Google Play apk.
5. Next I download Apk Extractor and removed all the Chinese apps, that I could using it. (I didn’t want to use adb commands, fear of removing something needed). All the other leftover Chinese apps I placed in a folder and moved it out the way.
6.The Launcher is no big deal for me, on most of the phones I’ve had, I stuck with the default launcher. (Group text is an issue will discuss that later)
7. Started loading all my apps that I use games, banking etc. (around 250) tested them and everyone of the work. When I got to an app they didn’t display correctly on the open screen, I adjusted through the phone setting no app download.
8. Download new keyboard changed from the Chinese one.
9. Notifications limits, I set my main apps I need notifications from, but what I found was a lot of the social accounts Facebook, etc automatically was added to running in background and notifications and did not go against the limit. All my main apps I set to run in the background and made sure notifications was on and that a sound or vibration was set (the customizations for notifications are a lot) So far, I am notified we notifications come in. because I have a lot of email addresses I use home, work etc. I have always used Blue mail and it only counts as one notification.
10 Group message was a make or break for me, because send and receive a lot of group messages. And I have researched everywhere, tried different apps and no luck. The solution for me and it’s working well.
11. I decided to use Google Voice (I have had a number for years, so I tested it first for couple days) And now has officially ported my number to google voice, I can now get group messages etc. I will keep using until I they update the message issues or swap phone. I saved all my texts using SMS Backup & restore because you can not import the texts into google voice, but you can export them out. I saved all the old text on the new phone using SMS Backup & Restore, because if I need to find an old text it has a search fixture on it.
Conclusion so far, I am very happy with this phone, it’s an amazing piece of work. I know my post was long and for give me if it doesn’t make since. But if you have any questions on my experience just ask and I will do my best to answer.
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Useful info here, thank you very much
Thanks for sharing your experience.
The Nokia N9 was one of the greatest phones ever.
And I too love the Oppo Find N.
After rolling with the Asus Padfone seriess for years (used the first gen Padfone for 1.5 years, and killed 3 new Padfone Infinities after that ). After that I had to switch to "boring" Asus Zenfones (had the 3 and 6)...
But now I finally have a fun and special phone again!
The best foldable ever this phone shifted me from iOS back to Android
To share my experience:
- The phone setup was painful and challenging. Reset, Install Playstore (with a Chinese Keyboard), delete and remove apps, Locale2 but now it feels like a normal phone I always use.
- The 5 apps notification limit is challenging. I use a messenger consolidator (Matrix based) so I only use one app there. You will need one for private and one for office email and I also needed one for the galaxy watch. So I had only one remaining. 2FA or Secure Code apps I normally need to load manually, same as credit card pushes.
- Hardware is amazing. Very solid construction. Guess I need to go caseless as the case adds to much bulk for me. But coming from a flip I feel those phones are unbreakable as long as they are closed. Charging speeds are decent (coming from a flip) and battery is holding more than one day in general.
- Software: There are nearly no apps optimized for big screen use. I miss the Kindle app from my surface allowing me to read a book "normally". Watching filmes is ok but you wont have more screen estate than on a S21Ultra by comparison. Fotos, Web is fantastic though. The OS Software is flawless, e.g. splitting screen with 2 Fingers is perfectly implemented. My hope is on Android 13 which is announced for this device in July, It should allow 3rd party developers to optimize their apps in a standard manner working on all foldables.
Generally: Very happy with this device. Caseless it is a one handed device for me and I use it as my only daily driver (except when near water or sand.)
deepsync said:
To share my experience:
- The phone setup was painful and challenging. Reset, Install Playstore (with a Chinese Keyboard), delete and remove apps, Locale2 but now it feels like a normal phone I always use.
- The 5 apps notification limit is challenging. I use a messenger consolidator (Matrix based) so I only use one app there. You will need one for private and one for office email and I also needed one for the galaxy watch. So I had only one remaining. 2FA or Secure Code apps I normally need to load manually, same as credit card pushes.
- Hardware is amazing. Very solid construction. Guess I need to go caseless as the case adds to much bulk for me. But coming from a flip I feel those phones are unbreakable as long as they are closed. Charging speeds are decent (coming from a flip) and battery is holding more than one day in general.
- Software: There are nearly no apps optimized for big screen use. I miss the Kindle app from my surface allowing me to read a book "normally". Watching filmes is ok but you wont have more screen estate than on a S21Ultra by comparison. Fotos, Web is fantastic though. The OS Software is flawless, e.g. splitting screen with 2 Fingers is perfectly implemented. My hope is on Android 13 which is announced for this device in July, It should allow 3rd party developers to optimize their apps in a standard manner working on all foldables.
Generally: Very happy with this device. Caseless it is a one handed device for me and I use it as my only daily driver (except when near water or sand.)
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Hi,
What is this 'messenger consolidator' you are using please?
Thanks,
Simon.
lombrozo said:
Hi,
What is this 'messenger consolidator' you are using please?
Thanks,
Simon.
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I'm using Beeper. It can consolidate Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, iMessage, Twitter, Slack and GoogleChat.
deepsync said:
I'm using Beeper. It can consolidate Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp, LinkedIn, iMessage, Twitter, Slack and GoogleChat.
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Ah ok. Beeper is still invite only I think?
I guess so but you can bypass the queue when prepaying for a whole year...
deepsync said:
I guess so but you can bypass the queue when prepaying for a whole year...
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How do I do that?
Register on the waiting list and email [email protected] or tweet them.
I absolutely love this phone and form factor. It's the perfect size.
I've had a pretty easy time of it thanks to a few posts on here and Gadget goddesses videos as well as my own know how. Maybe it was a little cleaner and easier for me than others since I've been using using google voice since before google bought grandcentral and I'm also on T-mobile.
0. Clone my old LG v60 dual screen over using the phone cloaner this thing came with.
1. changed all my app's notification permissions, battery permissions in app management section to ensure notifications
2. added some important apps that I want guaranteed notifications to the auto launch and recent apps manager sections, but so far even the apps that aren't in autolaunch or recent apps seem to be doing ok on notifications. I use tasker to launch my hotspot automatically when I get in my car and have the car connect to it, so I suppose if I really cared I could use tasker to ensure all my apps stay running and notify me. But so far haven't had to.
3. Under apps, under the "associated launch" the "Blocking records" log to figure out which apps were important to support notifications or proper operation of some apps, and then just activated associated launch to those apps that were blocked from launching(launched by other apps in background). For instance, outlook needed to launch the "company portal" app in the background to properly function and also give me notifications on incoming mail. So I jsut activated associated launch for Company portal. I didn't allow associated launch for all apps, as when I really went through the log, there were only a handful of apps I needed to worry about and would rather the rest not able to just get launched in the background to save juice.
4. I set google voice to prioritize wifi and Data. I get crap signal where I live so this is a must. Basically this has always replaced my voice over wifi anyway on all phones I've used past and present. I like taking calls on my desktop as well.
5. I used "Force LTE" app from the playstore to ensure I got 5g connectivity, although I don't think I really need 5g because even on my old tmobile phone, I noticed in the areas I live 5g is slower than 4g lte anyway. This is a known thing on Tmobiles rollout of 5g in rural areas and I'll probably turn off 5g. I'm just mentioning this to let people know 5g on T-Mobile works fine with this phone.
6. activated google assistant using gestures on the main screen
7. deleted all the chinese apps I could without adb, there's 10 I couldn't delete. I'll probably dump those with adb but it hasn't really been an issue. like everyone else I just stuffed them in a folder and hid it away. Although it seems to be important to at least do the updates in the chinese only app store because one of the updates was to the phones native google services libraries, which is required for a lot of stuff to run correctly including biometric face authentication on some apps.
8. replaced the keyboard like everyone else.
9. Installed Google camera for the heck of it. Gcam
Anyway, I'm not hitting any "quirks" or frustrations. This has been a pretty smooth transition. And again, I just feel this thing is the perfect size for chrome "desktop mode" browsing and reading manga and other reading apps.
I've only found one or two out of more than a hundred apps I use that can't be set to full screen in the display section. I suppose having to rotate the phone for some apps is one quirk I've hit, but it's not a big deal to me.
Anyhow good luck owners, and for those thinking about buying it, I give it a good solid yes.
wagz said:
I absolutely love this phone and form factor. It's the perfect size.
I've had a pretty easy time of it thanks to a few posts on here and Gadget goddesses videos as well as my own know how. Maybe it was a little cleaner and easier for me than others since I've been using using google voice since before google bought grandcentral and I'm also on T-mobile.
0. Clone my old LG v60 dual screen over using the phone cloaner this thing came with.
1. changed all my app's notification permissions, battery permissions in app management section to ensure notifications
2. added some important apps that I want guaranteed notifications to the auto launch and recent apps manager sections, but so far even the apps that aren't in autolaunch or recent apps seem to be doing ok on notifications. I use tasker to launch my hotspot automatically when I get in my car and have the car connect to it, so I suppose if I really cared I could use tasker to ensure all my apps stay running and notify me. But so far haven't had to.
3. Under apps, under the "associated launch" the "Blocking records" log to figure out which apps were important to support notifications or proper operation of some apps, and then just activated associated launch to those apps that were blocked from launching(launched by other apps in background). For instance, outlook needed to launch the "company portal" app in the background to properly function and also give me notifications on incoming mail. So I jsut activated associated launch for Company portal. I didn't allow associated launch for all apps, as when I really went through the log, there were only a handful of apps I needed to worry about and would rather the rest not able to just get launched in the background to save juice.
4. I set google voice to prioritize wifi and Data. I get crap signal where I live so this is a must. Basically this has always replaced my voice over wifi anyway on all phones I've used past and present. I like taking calls on my desktop as well.
5. I used "Force LTE" app from the playstore to ensure I got 5g connectivity, although I don't think I really need 5g because even on my old tmobile phone, I noticed in the areas I live 5g is slower than 4g lte anyway. This is a known thing on Tmobiles rollout of 5g in rural areas and I'll probably turn off 5g. I'm just mentioning this to let people know 5g on T-Mobile works fine with this phone.
6. activated google assistant using gestures on the main screen
7. deleted all the chinese apps I could without adb, there's 10 I couldn't delete. I'll probably dump those with adb but it hasn't really been an issue. like everyone else I just stuffed them in a folder and hid it away. Although it seems to be important to at least do the updates in the chinese only app store because one of the updates was to the phones native google services libraries, which is required for a lot of stuff to run correctly including biometric face authentication on some apps.
8. replaced the keyboard like everyone else.
9. Installed Google camera for the heck of it. Gcam
Anyway, I'm not hitting any "quirks" or frustrations. This has been a pretty smooth transition. And again, I just feel this thing is the perfect size for chrome "desktop mode" browsing and reading manga and other reading apps.
I've only found one or two out of more than a hundred apps I use that can't be set to full screen in the display section. I suppose having to rotate the phone for some apps is one quirk I've hit, but it's not a big deal to me.
Anyhow good luck owners, and for those thinking about buying it, I give it a good solid yes.
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Good experience sharing - For me 5G always runs - no need to force. I use macrodroid to force the main apps into background when starting in the morning - so far it works.
At the end the Oppo Find N is the best foldable hardware - for foldables and for Tablets - Android is not fully there yet, mainly apps are just not yet optimized. Let's hope Android 13 is the basis for app developers to jump on the train...
deepsync said:
Good experience sharing - For me 5G always runs - no need to force. I use macrodroid to force the main apps into background when starting in the morning - so far it works.
At the end the Oppo Find N is the best foldable hardware - for foldables and for Tablets - Android is not fully there yet, mainly apps are just not yet optimized. Let's hope Android 13 is the basis for app developers to jump on the train...
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Yeah, I just use the Force LTE app because it looks like they removed the preferred carrier band preference from settings on the find n. On all my other android phones, under mobile networks, there's usually a setting that allows you to pick which bands you want your phone to use. Like I said, 5g is actually slower for me than 4g, so I need a way to basically shutoff 5g when I'm in my home area. So without that setting on the android settings of the phone, I have to rely on an app like Force LTE. There's a lot of discussion on the interwebs about why 5g ends up being slower in some areas, like rural areas, than 4g. So it's something that will eventually get fixed and I won't have to worry about. But I just mentioned it in case someone needed a replacement for that android setting, not that people need it.
I've been using a Find N for about 2 months. I set up mine much like other people on this thread . Background on for almost all apps, auto-launch for main messaging apps, Google keyboard, Google assistant, GPay, default launcher, GCam/default Cam, Brave/Samsung Internet, Gmail/Outlook. I set up apps as full screen or 4:3 if they open sideways (still good to use). For social apps I use regular apps and WebApps too because the WebApps take full advantage of the big display (Instagram, Twitter and Instagram).
I've been playing games on emulators for the past 2-3 weeks (Switch and GameCube) and noticed yesterday that the screen protector on the big display has tiny marks (probably fingernails?). Is it ok to remove the factory screen protector and apply a new one? The marks are tiny and only on the "joystick area" so they don't bother me but I'm gonna eventually sell this in the future and may consider replacing the screen protector.