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I'm traveling overseas in September for over half a month and want to call Sprint and get them to freeze my account while I'm gone. I understand the monthly fee is $8.99 (don't know if they will pro-rate it or what) which is much better than paying for that month of service that you hardly use.
Since I'm going out of the country and won't be able to use my EVO, I'm assuming I can freeze my account but still use the phone, just without any mobile wireless capabilities.
The wifi should be able to look up stuff online, check email, and look at Google Maps, correct? I just want to make sure there's not some weird kind of thing that Sprint would lock out all the features of your phone.
Bottom line: you can freeze your account but still use all features besides making calls and sending texts via mobile broadband, right? But all apps (besides GPS) can work off wi-fi, unless the app is specifically designed to use mobile broadband only.
Thank you to anyone who helps!
get you a google voice number and you'll have a phone as long as you're on wifi too
goodelyfe said:
get you a google voice number and you'll have a phone as long as you're on wifi too
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I thought that would be the case too, but GV relies on the phone's non broadband capabilities - so you need mobile broadband/phone line for it to work.
I thought I was being clever and found away to never use minutes by using GV to dial to landlines but that's not the case.
I would venture to say that unless you are traveling somewhere that has cdma coverage, your normal phone related functions won't work anyway since you won't have reception. You really shouldn't need to pay a fee to basically disable the phone portion of your phone since on the evo, you have the option to have the airplane mode exclude wifi from the radios it disables. I traveled to the UK back in april and can attest to the fact that the wifi on my old pre worked without a hitch and I can also confirm that it did not receive signal either so there were no incoming calls or sms messages to worry about. All that said, you shouldn't have any trouble with wifi. As long as you're on wifi, google maps should work just fine as well.
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I would venture to say that unless you are traveling somewhere that has cdma coverage, your normal phone related functions won't work anyway since you won't have reception. You really shouldn't need to pay a fee to basically disable the phone portion of your phone since on the evo, you have the option to have the airplane mode exclude wifi from the radios it disables. I traveled to the UK back in april and can attest to the fact that the wifi on my old pre worked without a hitch and I can also confirm that it did not receive signal either so there were no incoming calls or sms messages to worry about. All that said, you shouldn't have any trouble with wifi. As long as you're on wifi, google maps should work just fine as well.
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OK thanks, I didn't want to assume anything, because, you know, I really wouldn't be surprised if a company froze more than just sending/receiving texts/calls capability (in addition to web surfing obviously).
I just don't want to pay almost $100 for 2 weeks of service out of the month - so I need to give em a call and see if they can freeze it for 2 weeks and charge me half as much, that way I can save a little cash.
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I thought that would be the case too, but GV relies on the phone's non broadband capabilities - so you need mobile broadband/phone line for it to work.
I thought I was being clever and found away to never use minutes by using GV to dial to landlines but that's not the case.
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hmmm are you sure?
i do remember using without the mobile broadband/phoneline and just wifi
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hmmm are you sure?
i do remember using without the mobile broadband/phoneline and just wifi
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Did you use it through a SIP program or just the GV app by itself? I will have to test it out when I'm there.
i blv i done it both ways.
also sorry bro for going off topic in your thread...lol just thought it might help lol
goodelyfe said:
i blv i done it both ways.
also sorry bro for going off topic in your thread...lol just thought it might help lol
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Well that would be even better, I do hope you're right!
Any VOIP should work on wi-fi... damn skype and Fring shenanigans... I was so looking forward to that when I deployed... would have made it so much easier to communicate with my wife. (shes not real big on technology and my short fuse of trying to setup/explain how to do new things sucks) lol...
You basically sumed it up, all apps should work fine unless they need specific network support. In my past experiences with deploying for short terms, it was actually just easier to suck it up and pay the bill instead of downgrading service. They don't always get it right and if you end up coming back early it can be a PITA to get it back on..
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Any VOIP should work on wi-fi... damn skype and Fring shenanigans... I was so looking forward to that when I deployed... would have made it so much easier to communicate with my wife. (shes not real big on technology and my short fuse of trying to setup/explain how to do new things sucks) lol...
You basically sumed it up, all apps should work fine unless they need specific network support. In my past experiences with deploying for short terms, it was actually just easier to suck it up and pay the bill instead of downgrading service. They don't always get it right and if you end up coming back early it can be a PITA to get it back on..
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Thanks, I was thinking about the same thing about it being such a pain in the ass to deal with it as well... and when I finally get back stateside at least I'll definitely have service.
Although Google Voice requires the mobile network for phone, it uses data for sms and I expect mms. So if you had WiFi access you would have texting available.
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Is it me or is the multi-tasking lacking in this samsung rom? With the HTC i could be on a call and still browse the web with wifi or take a pic or whatever I wanted to but not with this samsung phone. Also what the heck is up with not being able to use the phone at all which transferring data to/from the computer? Is this something that the developers will address or should I turn in this phone for the HTC 3D?
i dont know what you are talking about i browse the web and take phone calls all the time... are you hitting your home button in the phone app?
2nd that, no problems no complaints.
I don't know what you are talking about. All of that stuff works just fine for me.
If you wanna go for the EVO3D go for it, I had 3 of 'em. All of them had horribly weak 2G/3G radios. Bright screen, washed out. Narrow form factor (some like it, I hated it). The resolution was fantastic. The camera was craptastic, at best. Great dev scene, if you are into 50 themed version of the stock rom (though there are a bunch of great roms for it...most aren't).
All-in-all a great phone, but, I have never regretted the switch...not once.
If you don't mind the 16:9 screen and the super bright LED buttons ( which can be fixed with root) evo3d isn't a bad phone. I never had any radio issues, but it just wasn't right for me to hang on to.
I do all that stuff all the time. Pressing your home button during a call turns your notification bar green, and you can do whatever you want
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Weird my phones says I cannot while call is in use. Hmmm
I heard that the iPhone on at&t you call and browse the web at the same time... you should probably get one
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Weird my phones says I cannot while call is in use. Hmmm
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You can't 3g while you're on a call. However, you can 4g while on a call and definitely wifi while on a call.
When my gf calls and shes yammering about the neighbors or something im usually playing Greedy Spider or burn the rope or using LOLbrowser on the wifis.
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You can't 3g while you're on a call. However, you can 4g while on a call and definitely wifi while on a call.
When my gf calls and shes yammering about the neighbors or something im usually playing Greedy Spider or burn the rope or using LOLbrowser on the wifis.
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OMG, what ?!!! Hahaha..
Use Kies air to transfer files wirelessly. You can still use the phone if you do that.
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That's a perfect description of owning an E3D!
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i dont know what you are talking about i browse the web and take phone calls all the time... are you hitting your home button in the phone app?
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Weird. It's not working for me. Is there a setting you have to change first? I tried calling my land lie to test. It says it's not allowed while call is in place. It was the same thing with my old epic 4g, and I just assumed it was normal.
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Weird. It's not working for me. Is there a setting you have to change first? I tried calling my land lie to test. It says it's not allowed while call is in place. It was the same thing with my old epic 4g, and I just assumed it was normal.
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You cannot talk and browse at the same time, unless you are using 4G, or Wifi, this is a limitation of the CDMA network
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You cannot talk and browse at the same time, unless you are using 4G, or Wifi, this is a limitation of the CDMA network
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He said he was on wifi.
Currently, the Motoactiv app will only sync with the RAZR. I found a thread where somebody ported the apk and modified it to look for notifications outside of blur for incoming text messages.
Incoming calls are still hooked through blur and don't properly notify missed calls on the Motoactv even with the modified APK.
I am including the already modified APK, would someone be able to take a look at this and see if it would be easy to have incoming calls be hooked to the regular dialer?
I have a Nexus and the apk posted on this forum works fine for me with texts, calls and calendar appointments, have you tried it?
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I have a Nexus and the apk posted on this forum works fine for me with texts, calls and calendar appointments, have you tried it?
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I'm using a galaxy nexus with stock 4.0.1 as well, and I'm not seeing the same behavior. What's happening is I can receive text notifications. However, when I receive a call, it does not show the incoming call on the watch. I can't see who is calling or answer it from the watch. I have verified in the software that it's supposed to send both. It seems like it's not working with a non-blur dialer, as I was having the same problem with my Atrix after installing Cyanogen but not before.
I'm in the same boat as dajoey. Calls cannot be redialed through the Motoactv on the galaxy nexus, they can on the razr. If I miss a call without the headphones plugged into the motoactv, there will be no notification.
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Not to completely thread jack, but do you guys like the Motoactiv?
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Not to completely thread jack, but do you guys like the Motoactiv?
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I received a free one from my employer, I would say its a great piece of equipment to own and the notification feature built into it is amazing, but I believe that it is overpriced.
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Not to completely thread jack, but do you guys like the Motoactiv?
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Love mine tbh
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Anyone see the new hack that unlocks the android framework?
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Anyone see the new hack that unlocks the android framework?
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I did it to mine, without a launcher designed for that size screen its practically unusable.
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I received a free one from my employer, I would say its a great piece of equipment to own and the notification feature built into it is amazing, but I believe that it is overpriced.
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Thanks for letting me know, let's just say I can get them at a lower price, so cost isn't really an issue, but I'd rather buy something that is actually useful (which I think this could be) and cool. Nike's/TomTom watch is great if you use Nike+, but I like (or think I would) how the Motoactv can communicate with heart monitors and other accessories as well as be used on a bike.
Anything you particularly like it for?
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Thanks for letting me know, let's just say I can get them at a lower price, so cost isn't really an issue, but I'd rather buy something that is actually useful (which I think this could be) and cool. Nike's/TomTom watch is great if you use Nike+, but I like (or think I would) how the Motoactv can communicate with heart monitors and other accessories as well as be used on a bike.
Anything you particularly like it for?
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I did my Christmas shopping with it on, listened to music the entire time. With headphones plugged in it acts as a bluetooth headset so I was still able to hear all of my text notifications and take calls. That alone makes it a pretty awesome tool. Not to mention the motocast sync grabs my music and podcasts right from my iTunes library. I haven't used it for any fitness activities so I can't comment on that yet. Having the app made completely backwards (and forwards) compatible with other android devices would go a long way as well. It does look huge on the wrist though, I wouldn't wear it unless I had long sleeves to cover it up. Although while training, that would be a different story. I'll probably pick up a heart monitor for use at the gym with this.
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I hope a solution appears to activate Receive notifications of incoming calls with non motorola Phones
i have some questions
with using a cdma verizon galaxy nexus, is the apk working for notification of text, caller id, google apps like gtalk and similar?
im hearing conflicting reports and would like to know for sure.
thanks
I have the 16 & 8 gb models, they both have the updated firmware and text, weather, and answering calls work on my tmobile samsung galaxy 2s.
Thanks again!
okay so I cant even get text or email notifications on my galaxy nexus...it shows connected through the app (and yes it is set to get notifications) but I dont get any no text email nothing...any help?
Same problem here.
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okay so I cant even get text or email notifications on my galaxy nexus...it shows connected through the app (and yes it is set to get notifications) but I dont get any no text email nothing...any help?
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What version of ICS are you on? Is your phone rooted? I am having the same problem. I am on 4.0.2. The phone appears to connect fine and I am getting the notifications from the weather app but that is it. I also noticed that if I set it up as a Moto phone in the watch setup the bluetooth icon in my notification bar on my nexus is still dim, but again I am receiving the weather notifications okay.
If I set it up and say it is not a Moto phone the BT icon on my Nexus is light up like it is when connected to other bluetooth devices, however I cant get anything but the weather to notify to work.
MOTOACTV App to be released for all Android phones!
The MOTOACTV App will be released for all Android phones today (Apr 2nd)!
Please see this post for more details
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can anyone help me here?
i have the samsung note AT&T with ICS 4.0.3 and i cannot answer my calls from the MOTOACTV or return calls from it. the call back button is grey out i can't press it to received calls or to call back. i also have the motorola sf600 bluetooth , i can see the call on the device but i can't answer from it i have to use the button on the bluetooth to answer my calls..
Did anyone else have trouble connecting their MotoActv to their Gnexus via bluetooth? No matter what I try, I can't get mine to connect. I have the latest software on the MotoActv, and tried multiple versions of the MotoActv android app, and when I bluetooth scan, it finds the MotoActv, but when I click on it I get the message "Couldn't pair with MOTOACTV because of an incorrect pin or passkey".
What am I doing wrong???
Edit: I'm on ICS 4.0.3, Gummy custom ROM
Disregard above, I restarted the MotoACTV and my phone and it paired up just fine!
Wow, this is frustrating. After half a year of thinking that Sprints network sucks and suffering through terrible connections I finally fixed my issue. After an ice storm this week I was getting nothing but a slow 3g connection. Tonight I was digging through ##data# settings and switched the network from "hybrid mode" to "cdma/evdo/lte mode" and the thing connects giving me 1.1 mb/s for download speeds. I thought I was going to have to force LTE only to be able to connect but I have not dropped back to 3g since switching over to this. I wish I would have done this months ago but toggling airplane mode worked to give me my 4g back so I didn't really worry about it.
If I remember from the epic touch days when you mess around with that it doesn't allow you to send MMS or make calls I think. Might be different now.
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If I remember from the epic touch days when you mess around with that it doesn't allow you to send MMS or make calls I think. Might be different now.
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I didn't test mms yet but I made a call right after doing it and it worked. I will put it through some tests. I use google voice anyway so mms goes to email. This website, Whereismycellphone was able to call me.
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I didn't test mms yet but I made a call right after doing it and it worked. I will put it through some tests. I use google voice anyway so mms goes to email. This website, Whereismycellphone was able to call me.
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Okay cool. Also try seeing if texting works too. I would be surprised if it doesn't break anything.
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interesting, i'll keep an eye on this thread and see if doing this is worth it
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If I remember from the epic touch days when you mess around with that it doesn't allow you to send MMS or make calls I think. Might be different now.
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Why do you attach this link?
I have signatures disabled for this reason.
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Why do you attach this link?
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Because that's the only way to have it show on mobile? It'd fine if you disable them. I'm not getting rid of mine.
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lol, i also have signatures disabled and i wondered the same thing in a previous thread he commented in. i was like "oh okay, a screenshot or image of something relevant to the thread."
nope.
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lol, i also have signatures disabled and i wondered the same thing in a previous thread he commented in. i was like "oh okay, a screenshot or image of something relevant to the thread."
nope.
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If you don't want to see it then scroll past it, nobody cares about your whining, it's going to stay whether you like it or not... all y'alls whining makes me want to put 5 images in my Sig just to piss you off! Now move along and have a good day girls
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flastnoles11 said:
If you don't want to see it then scroll past it, nobody cares about your whining, it's going to stay whether you like it or not... all y'alls whining makes me want to put 5 images in my Sig just to piss you off! Now move along and have a good day girls
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chill out, no one's whining, and no one wants to hear you whining either.
I wish my issue was that simple. I have all the towers in my area NWed to 4G LTE, but the one next to my house. They skipped that one. Its like a gap, they won't be fixing anytime soon. My LTE speeds are ok, next to one side of my house.. but thats about it.
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If you don't want to see it then scroll past it, nobody cares about your whining, it's going to stay whether you like it or not... all y'alls whining makes me want to put 5 images in my Sig just to piss you off! Now move along and have a good day girls
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Lol, Calling people girls while you rant and rave like someone just said something bad about your boyfriend is hilarious.
Back on topic, OP have you had any issues with SMS/MMS since you did this tweak in the ##data# settings?
Same here with sprint's reception in my area and probably 70% of where I usually go out to. My friends have at&t and Verizon and they just blow away speed tests compared to sprint. I'm thinking of giving this a shot when I have some free time
Just had time to try this out and my setting is already at cdma/evdo/lte mode. Curious..
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Just had time to try this out and my setting is already at cdma/evdo/lte mode. Curious..
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That's odd it should have been on hybrid automatically and by default. It was the same way on the epic touch.
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Just had time to try this out and my setting is already at cdma/evdo/lte mode. Curious..
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Mine to
WICKED S3
Lol I just checked and mine is also on the same already. This is odd.
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Krazy_Calvin said:
I didn't test mms yet but I made a call right after doing it and it worked. I will put it through some tests. I use google voice anyway so mms goes to email. This website, Whereismycellphone was able to call me.
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This has me intrigued. Sometimes I have issues with MMS, and it would be great if I could get all MMS messages that are sent to my phone (stupid group messaging...) to also go to an email box as well.
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This has me intrigued. Sometimes I have issues with MMS, and it would be great if I could get all MMS messages that are sent to my phone (stupid group messaging...) to also go to an email box as well.
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This is off topic but if you have an exchange account there is an option to sync sms
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Sorry it took me a couple days to reply. I wanted to make sure to put it through all the paces. I have had nobody tell me they weren't able to reach me. This has actually been an improvement for me because while I was at home and would receive a phone call I would only hear the ring for about 5 seconds before it sent them to the voicemail. Phone calls are ringing right in now. One thing that happens is I get "darth vader" sounding either on my end or their end after a ten minute conversation or so. Although that happened before I changed this setting when I was stuck on 3g. Network pangs I guess. I am more than happy to call somebody back to have a steady 4g connection. All SMS/MMS questions do not apply to me because of how I use my phone. With google voice those are both going through data instead of messaging in its traditional sense. I LOVE google voice and the extensions to messaging that it provides me like being able to use it on wifi when I have 0 connectivity. I prefer typing out messages through the browser if I am at home because my stupid fingers have problems with hitting the wrong button on touch screen keyboards. Sorry for sounding like an advertisement for GV, lol. Nobody has my real sprint number... I use the GV number so I have extremely easy portability between providers when I decide to move. No mass messages to people with my new number that they might glance over.
Anyway, Hopefully other people have success with what I tried here.
Another thing I am wondering because of people saying they had different settings input. I should have mentioned in the OP that I am currently on TPR 3.12. Are the people who have a different option on a different rom?
Anyone have a Gear S 3 watch tied to their Pixel phone ?Getting one soon and wondering does it work without any issues with my Pixel . (I know Samsung pay isn't going to work )
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Anyone have a Gear S 3 watch tied to their Pixel phone ?Getting one soon and wondering does it work without any issues with my Pixel . (I know Samsung pay isn't going to work )
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Had my Gear S3 paired to my Pixel XL for a couple days now. For the most part it works as advertised, a couple glitches so far.
Yesterday I dialed my wife from my phone and it passed the audio through my Gear S3, then I hung up and tried it again and this time it routed the call through my Pixel.
Today my alarm went off and only the phone notified me, then later on the day another alarm went off and this time the phone and watch notified me (which is what it's supposed to do).
Another glitch today was I received a couple emails, the watch made the notification sound but no vibration. Then the next few email notifications it notified me via sound and vibration (which is what I set it to do).
Don't know if it's a glitch with the Gear S3 but its only happened a couple times. Still LOVE THE WATCH.
Oh by the way if you get the Frontier, the bezel feels loose and it almost drove me crazy until I went to Best Buy to try out the demo they had and it felt the same.
Samsung pay actually works for me. It's weird cause everyone online says it doesn't I have 5 cards paired and have used it at sheets. I had no issues. Maybe the app was updated today as I just got mine today... But that was the one thing I hated to let go from my note 7 now I literally have the best of both worlds... This is thee best smart watch I've used right down to build quality.
Have you guys gotten text messages and responding to work or is that Svoice and Samsung messaging app only?
I've had both paired for over a month now (since the S3 came out) and love it. The biggest feature for me was Samsung Pay since the S3 has MST support. The Gear app updated about a week after having it which worried me because I thought it would work right out of the box. Even with the Pixel XL rooted, running a custom kernel, and an unlocked bootloader, Pay works fine. You just have to sign back into the Samsung Pay app through the Gear app after every few purchases (which can get annoying when you're trying to be cool.). Anyway, once you set up S-Voice you can send texts through it. I am using Textra and it works fine. I would imagine it would work with stock messenger as well. I can also use S-Voice to make calls through the stock dialer. Haven't used it for emails yet.
There have been a few things on the watch that have bothered me. If I turn off the call feature (because taking calls through the watch is most times inconvenient) then turning the ring doesn't work to answer or reject calls. It would be nice if you were to turn it and the phone would answer in speaker mode. Also, my watch always locks on me. I think with the factory strap the watch rides up too high on my wrist and a tattoo there messes with the sensors and the watch thinks i'm not wearing it. It's annoying to have enter my pin everytime I want to look at a notification. I'm am ordering another strap which I hope will hold the watch closer to my wrist and tighter to the skin which I hope will help.
Battery life has been great with me, but I don't have LTE, Wi-Fi, or the AOD on. Through regular use from 0700-2200, I put it on the charger and it has 87% life left on average.
At the end of the day, I love it. I just wish Samsung would ditch Tizen and go with Android Wear. I'm sure they could make Samsung Pay work with Wear.
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Samsung pay actually works for me. It's weird cause everyone online says it doesn't I have 5 cards paired and have used it at sheets. I had no issues. Maybe the app was updated today as I just got mine today... But that was the one thing I hated to let go from my note 7 now I literally have the best of both worlds... This is thee best smart watch I've used right down to build quality.
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The only issue I had was that Hangouts would not allow me to reply until I installed Android Wear. Counterintuitive I know, but it seems there are some parts in Android Wear that Hangouts needs to work with Samsung Gear.
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I've had both paired for over a month now (since the S3 came out) and love it. The biggest feature for me was Samsung Pay since the S3 has MST support. The Gear app updated about a week after having it which worried me because I thought it would work right out of the box. Even with the Pixel XL rooted, running a custom kernel, and an unlocked bootloader, Pay works fine. You just have to sign back into the Samsung Pay app through the Gear app after every few purchases (which can get annoying when you're trying to be cool.). Anyway, once you set up S-Voice you can send texts through it. I am using Textra and it works fine. I would imagine it would work with stock messenger as well. I can also use S-Voice to make calls through the stock dialer. Haven't used it for emails yet.
There have been a few things on the watch that have bothered me. If I turn off the call feature (because taking calls through the watch is most times inconvenient) then turning the ring doesn't work to answer or reject calls. It would be nice if you were to turn it and the phone would answer in speaker mode. Also, my watch always locks on me. I think with the factory strap the watch rides up too high on my wrist and a tattoo there messes with the sensors and the watch thinks i'm not wearing it. It's annoying to have enter my pin everytime I want to look at a notification. I'm am ordering another strap which I hope will hold the watch closer to my wrist and tighter to the skin which I hope will help.
Battery life has been great with me, but I don't have LTE, Wi-Fi, or the AOD on. Through regular use from 0700-2200, I put it on the charger and it has 87% life left on average.
At the end of the day, I love it. I just wish Samsung would ditch Tizen and go with Android Wear. I'm sure they could make Samsung Pay work with Wear.
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How did you install S-Voice? Download apk and install?? I don't see it in play store
jamgam said:
How did you install S-Voice? Download apk and install?? I don't see it in play store
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S voice is on the watch only. You can download it through the Gear Manager app.
coolhandz said:
S voice is on the watch only. You can download it through the Gear Manager app.
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Cool thanks, last question for now. Do you have a messaging app on the apps screen? Is that possible?
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Most annoying issue for me is when im trying to answer incoming call using phone call is passed via gear s3 anyway - all the time
Anybody has same issue? Any suggestions?
Samsung Pay wasn't working initially but around a month ago I updated the gear app and up it popped. No other issues to report as yet.
xiaomishmiaomi said:
Samsung Pay wasn't working initially but around a month ago I updated the gear app and up it popped. No other issues to report as yet.
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So when you answering phone call using phone call is passed via phone or via watch?
Will Android Pay work on the Gear S3? I know, it sounds counter intuitive to use AP instead of SP but I've ran into situations before that no matter what I did, I couldn't get SP to work on an NFC payment terminal. Honestly, it's still so hit and miss I'd only really feel like messing with mobile payments via NFC which for me goes back to Android Pay.
Is there still those problems available with the s3 or everything is gone cause am planning to get one if everything is fixed!
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Will Android Pay work on the Gear S3? I know, it sounds counter intuitive to use AP instead of SP but I've ran into situations before that no matter what I did, I couldn't get SP to work on an NFC payment terminal. Honestly, it's still so hit and miss I'd only really feel like messing with mobile payments via NFC which for me goes back to Android Pay.
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I didn't know they had AP for the S3. I mean I don't think they do.
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wojtas29 said:
So when you answering phone call using phone call is passed via phone or via watch?
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If you have phone audio ticked in the bt profile audio goes through the watch.
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Mubarac said:
Is there still those problems available with the s3 or everything is gone cause am planning to get one if everything is fixed!
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Works fine for me
Disable LTE?
jamgam said:
Battery life has been great with me, but I don't have LTE, Wi-Fi, or the AOD on
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I'm considering buying one of these. I would sometimes want LTE capability, but would mostly want to turn it off to preserve battery. It sounds like you've got an advanced setup. Also, you mentioned being able to disable LTE. Is the option to disable LTE available to regular (non-advanced) folks like me?
Thanks in advance!
a789877 said:
I'm considering buying one of these. I would sometimes want LTE capability, but would mostly want to turn it off to preserve battery. It sounds like you've got an advanced setup. Also, you mentioned being able to disable LTE. Is the option to disable LTE available to regular (non-advanced) folks like me?
Thanks in advance!
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The device has a smart network function that disables the mobile radio while the Bluetooth connection is active. Then once you don't have a Bluetooth connection for like thirty seconds it enables it
In my first attempt at setting it up, it looked as though the "bluetooth only" model SM-R760 wasn't going to support text msgs with my Pixel XL. I reset the watch and did the setup again, and still no messaging app. Later discovered it DOES support text messaging with my Pixel, but only receive and respond. You cannot originate a message on the watch. A small compromise. It was confusing at first. But glad I don't have to pay more for a carrier supported model to have SMS on my Gear S3.