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Samsung Gear App??

Was wondering where i could find an updated Samsung Gear App that will run on Cyan 14 / Android 7.1. I miss my syncing of steps / notifications sent to my wrist.
I know that there was one out there, but it was old and wouldn't sync with my Gear Fit 2. the one i have direct from app store says "unofficial system, cannot use". Starting to hate how Samsung is starting to lock down things and become more like Apple. Heck even the Microsoft Band works on Android, Modified or not.
Thanks for any info!!!

Access to the Galaxy App Store when paired to a non Samsung Smartphone

The S3 got a lot of bad publicity because some of the available apps for the watch could only be installed if the wearer's watch was paired to a Samsung smartphone. Is this the same with the Galaxy Watch? I am seriously thinking of getting this watch but lack of access to the available apps could be a deal breaker for me.

You can install apps from Galaxy Apps in a Samsung smartphone, but you can download them also directly from the watch, even if you are not connected to the phone with Bluetooth.
The bad thing is that when you download an app from the watch, you cannot see the screenshots or detailed information, and I think paid apps are not shown.
So basically you can download free apps from the watch, but the functionalities are very limited (I don't know if Galaxy Apps store can be accessed through the Galaxy Wearable app in non-Samsung smartphones)

Thanks for the insight. I've read a lot about this lately. I bought an old Samsung Galaxy S5 on EBay for €30. I hope to initially pair the watch to this phone, install all the apps I want. A lot of users say that you can then backup the watch to your Samsung account, unpair from the Samsung Phone, repair to another Android device and then restore the backup. I hope this actually works.

You can access Galaxy Apps from the Galaxy Wearable. There is a link in the Settings. Works on my SONY Xperia XZ Premium.

I have no problem accessing Galaxy App Store on Lenovo P2

I have been researching on other forums and it seems that some apps on the galaxy app store will only be shown if the connected phone is from Samsung. The Here We Go app is apparently not availabel for non-Samsung phones.

Mister-B said:
I have been researching on other forums and it seems that some apps on the galaxy app store will only be shown if the connected phone is from Samsung. The Here We Go app is apparently not availabel for non-Samsung phones.
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That is not true. I have 'Here WeGo' on my watch - and my phone is a SONY XZ Premium.
- and the app 'Here WeGo' (on the watch) got an update the other day.

pkylle said:
That is not true. I have 'Here WeGo' on my watch - and my phone is a SONY XZ Premium.
- and the app 'Here WeGo' (on the watch) got an update the other day.
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So glad to hear that. Thank you.

Mister-B said:
I have been researching on other forums and it seems that some apps on the galaxy app store will only be shown if the connected phone is from Samsung. The Here We Go app is apparently not availabel for non-Samsung phones.
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I think it might be regional issue. For example I'm not able to find Samsung Internet Browser or Speedo On apps. Although, I'm not even sure it the latter is available for Galaxy Watch. If someone has that could you send it for me.

miloytyn said:
I think it might be regional issue. For example I'm not able to find Samsung Internet Browser or Speedo On apps. Although, I'm not even sure it the latter is available for Galaxy Watch. If someone has that could you send it for me.
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From Speedo FAQ: The Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro and Samsung Gear Sport are compatible with Speedo On. Other Samsung watches are not compatible due to lower water resistancy.
https://on.speedo.com/faq

pkylle said:
From Speedo FAQ: The Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro and Samsung Gear Sport are compatible with Speedo On. Other Samsung watches are not compatible due to lower water resistancy.
https://on.speedo.com/faq
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I know the FAQ but I have read from Reddit that someone has installed the app for Galaxy Watch in Canada. But I'm not sure if that is correct info. Also Samsung is advertising Speedo On for Galaxy Watch on their webpage.
Found the link https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyGear/comments/9g5hpd/is_speedo_on_available_to_download_for_galaxy/

if your phone is not a samsung, i think you did not have all apps ...
I have a samsung A5 and all is fine on my 46mm watch .
But my wife on her 42mm did not have messages applications ( for SMS ) , her watch was synced with an HTC U11 .

Z e k said:
if your phone is not a samsung, i think you did not have all apps ...
I have a samsung A5 and all is fine on my 46mm watch .
But my wife on her 42mm did not have messages applications ( for SMS ) , her watch was synced with an HTC U11 .
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From the manual:
Messages
Change the message feature settings.
On the Settings screen, tap Apps → Messages.
• The Messages options are not displayed when you use the Bluetooth model
without connecting to a mobile device.
• Some options are not displayed on the Bluetooth model.
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Addition: Remember to enable notification for Messages on the phone (setting in Galaxy Wear) to get them on the watch.

I'm looking to get this watch. Is there a browser for it to do minimal search's, etc.

pkylle said:
That is not true. I have 'Here WeGo' on my watch - and my phone is a SONY XZ Premium.
- and the app 'Here WeGo' (on the watch) got an update the other day.
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I use this app on my phone and I have the map downloaded, which is over 1gb. Can I use the watch to navigate with this map, instead of using my phones data?

Cannot set location for weather app

Hi,
Using Xiaomi MiMix2s with Glaxy Watch app Galaxy Wearable.
All functions in Galaxy Watch app works except weather location setting.
Weather / Settings gives me an error like "connection not successful".
Even use current location does not work.
Galaxy apps has connection, all internet access works on the phone.
Just bought the watch 3 days ago. So, it is pretty new.
Everything is under default setting and also did one software update when turned it on first time.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Kulad

kulad said:
Hi,
Using Xiaomi MiMix2s with Glaxy Watch app Galaxy Wearable.
All functions in Galaxy Watch app works except weather location setting.
Weather / Settings gives me an error like "connection not successful".
Even use current location does not work.
Galaxy apps has connection, all internet access works on the phone.
Just bought the watch 3 days ago. So, it is pretty new.
Everything is under default setting and also did one software update when turned it on first time.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Kulad
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Hi, I can't answer your question, but I wish to know how you got the Galaxy Wearable app, on your Xiaomi

Did you try turning on location in settings>connections?

Hi, any idea how to fix the problem with location in weather app?
I have mi9se Android 10 and have the same exact issue with weather app on gwa2.
All permissions for wearable app on a phone are on.

I have the same problem.
My smartphone is a Xiaomi Mi8
I have tried with several ROM's and with any AOSP ROM, it works correctly, but with a MIUI ROM, the same error appears as everyone.
It's reported to Samsung, but they haven't answered me yet.
If with an AOSP ROM it works and with MIUI it doesn't work, then the problem is in some incompatibility with MIUI.

The weather app on my watch gets all info from the weather app on my Samsung phone, which was pre- installed. I believe the app comes from The Weather Company. My guess is that you can add locations if you install that specific weather app on your phone.

congusto said:
The weather app on my watch gets all info from the weather app on my Samsung phone, which was pre- installed. I believe the app comes from The Weather Company. My guess is that you can add locations if you install that specific weather app on your phone.
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I don't think it has anything to do with The Weather Company app.
I don't have any App of The Weather Company installed in AOSP and the location works the first time.
The problem is in MIUI. There must be some restriction and it is almost impossible to find out the cause of the problem.
In any case, I have sent the report to Samsung along with the fault log. Let's see if they answer me soon.

Goldeneye007 said:
I don't think it has anything to do with The Weather Company app.
I don't have any App of The Weather Company installed in AOSP and the location works the first time.
The problem is in MIUI. There must be some restriction and it is almost impossible to find out the cause of the problem.
In any case, I have sent the report to Samsung along with the fault log. Let's see if they answer me soon.
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I have this problem with AOSP rom in K20 Pro, MIUI works very nice with Samsung Wearable app, ít can find current location but in AOSP rom like EvoX or PE it can't fin

The problem is in the latest miui update, it was working perfectly before miui update ( phone mix 3)

crabamer said:
The problem is in the latest miui update, it was working perfectly before miui update ( phone mix 3)
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I don't have any problem with lastest MIUI 11

Just solved it as ww speak, open galaxy wearable app, open notifications and enable notifications for the weather apps, it solved it for me.

crabamer said:
Just solved it as ww speak, open galaxy wearable app, open notifications and enable notifications for the weather apps, it solved it for me.
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I can't get it to work. I have granted all permissions to the application and I have also activated all notifications, but still cannot find the current location.
It only happens with MIUI. I currently have xiaomi.eu
I have also tried other ROMs MIUI and exactly the same problem occurs.
However, with LineageOS, it works perfectly.

I have the same issue it was working in (K20 Pro stock ROM MIUI 11) but after I installed the EU MIUI 11 I got this issue

Hesham Elswalhy said:
I have the same issue it was working in (K20 Pro stock ROM MIUI 11) but after I installed the EU MIUI 11 I got this issue
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yeb it works perfect in official MIUI 11 India Global rom, but i have this problem in AOSP Rom like Evolution X or Pixel Experience rom

Have you found a solution? I am uncomfortable with this problem. It caused the latest security update

farelko said:
Have you found a solution? I am uncomfortable with this problem. It caused the latest security update
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My solution has been to use LineageOS instead of MIUI.
With xiaomi.eu (weekly and stable) it does not work.
However, with MIUI Global it does work.
But I prefer LIneageOS.

Goldeneye007 said:
My solution has been to use LineageOS instead of MIUI.
With xiaomi.eu (weekly and stable) it does not work.
However, with MIUI Global it does work.
But I prefer LIneageOS.
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EvoX and PE rom doesnt work :'( i prefer it than MIUI

Do you have any solution for this?

dtosun said:
Do you have any solution for this?
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No, I continue with the problem.
I have contacted Samsung, but they make me do many tests and do not solve anything.

Great! It seems that since the last two Xiaomi EU builds, it already works!

Huawei Mate 20 X can running Samsung Notes Apk??

Hi everybody. I want the working with my Mate 20 X Samsung Notes application. In the Google Play versiyon says "You'r device is not supported" I download the all apk Samsung Notes, yes i can install but can't opened..
Andbody can help me how can i install and run with Samsung Notes on my Mate 20 X..
Thanks a lot..

Simply said - not possible.

apocalypse_bg said:
Simply said - not possible.
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I dont undersand why? Samsung give's running version for all devices in the google play market. But Huawei Mate 20 X says "This app not confortible you'r devices"... i hate it!!

If you want to run the Samsung software, you need a Samsung phone... that's the name of the game....

apocalypse_bg said:
If you want to run the Samsung software, you need a Samsung phone... that's the name of the game....
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But could there be a workaround?

I'm not familiar in depth with the Samsung Notes App, but for the core functionality you'd need the S-Pen APIs to be available on the phone, which is only possible on Samsung Phones/Tablets with S-Pen. I'm not sure if the notes app functions on touchscreen phones only (i.e. S10, S9 and so on). If it works, then it still might be possible to port it over, but the amount of work is still considerable and complex.
So as I said, the Mate 20X is no Note device. If you like the Note software, get a Note. Otherwise you're stuck with whatever is built-in or available on the play store.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

apocalypse_bg said:
I'm not familiar in depth with the Samsung Notes App, but for the core functionality you'd need the S-Pen APIs to be available on the phone, which is only possible on Samsung Phones/Tablets with S-Pen. I'm not sure if the notes app functions on touchscreen phones only (i.e. S10, S9 and so on). If it works, then it still might be possible to port it over, but the amount of work is still considerable and complex.
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Wow. I really wish I could install the samsung messages app and samsung contacts app on the mate 20x. It would be perfect for me. Is there any way you might think of or any dev you think may be able to install messages and contacts?
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I guess the sudden interest in that comes from the recent addition of handwriting recognition to the Notes app. There are alternatives, that you can use with Mate 20 X, if that's your cup of tea....

erhandavran said:
Hi everybody. I want the working with my Mate 20 X Samsung Notes application. In the Google Play versiyon says "You'r device is not supported" I download the all apk Samsung Notes, yes i can install but can't opened..
Andbody can help me how can i install and run with Samsung Notes on my Mate 20 X..
Thanks a lot..
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Hello, My device is Huawei P30 Pro and it works with Samsung Notes that I downloaded from Uptodown.
Sent from my Huawei P30 Pro using XDA Labs

falcaobr said:
Hello, My device is Huawei P30 Pro and it works with Samsung Notes that I downloaded from Uptodown.
Sent from my Huawei P30 Pro using XDA Labs
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Doesn't work on the mate 20X. The app forces closes & never opens.

Smartthings crash on LineageOS with Samsung tablet

Hi
I have recently setup LineageOS on 2 different Samsung tablets -
LineageOS 17.1 on Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
LineageOS 14.1 on Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
On both tablets I have the same problem with the (new) Smartthings app.
After installing the app from the Play store, I can open it, but then after clicking either "Get Started" or "Sign In" from the menu, the app immediately crashes.
I can use the Smartthings Classic app successfully.
Any help or guidance would be sincerely appreciated, as the S2 has been setup as a dedicated smart home control device. Without Smartthings working, I'll probably look to go back to stock.
Thanks you.

hendo25 said:
Hi
I have recently setup LineageOS on 2 different Samsung tablets -
LineageOS 17.1 on Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
LineageOS 14.1 on Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
On both tablets I have the same problem with the (new) Smartthings app.
After installing the app from the Play store, I can open it, but then after clicking either "Get Started" or "Sign In" from the menu, the app immediately crashes.
I can use the Smartthings Classic app successfully.
Any help or guidance would be sincerely appreciated, as the S2 has been setup as a dedicated smart home control device. Without Smartthings working, I'll probably look to go back to stock.
Thanks you.
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Smartthings is an app for samsung devices. With LineageOS your tablets are no longer real Samsung. Many apps will fail. Try to find open source alternatives. Smart home can be quite privacy invasive.
openHAB (Technologie- und herstellerunabhängige, quelloffene Automatisierungslösung) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.openhab.habdroid

kurtn said:
Smartthings is an app for samsung devices. With LineageOS your tablets are no longer real Samsung. Many apps will fail. Try to find open source alternatives. Smart home can be quite privacy invasive.
openHAB (Technologie- und herstellerunabhängige, quelloffene Automatisierungslösung) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.openhab.habdroid
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Hi @kurtn - thanks for your reply.
Smartthings can of course be used on non-Samsung devices.
Since I've been using Lineageos I've successfully downloaded and used all other apps - this is the first one I've used which doesn't work.
I believe that there must be a workaround, as there is for Netflix etc. I just haven't found it yet...
Thanks

Smartthings crash on Lineage OS with samsung tab s2
I have the same problem, galaxy tab s2 8" (wifi 2015). Just installed lineage 16, everything works but the new smartthings app, crashes as you state. Smartthings isn't just for samsung devices as a poster suggested, I'm running the app on an iphone as well. Hopefully someone figures it out.

Solved
I changed:
ro.product.brand=google
ro.product.manufacturer=google
And the app worked after reboot
The values of course were samsung previously. My guess, smartthings checks if its a Samsung device, then does something Samsung unique and thats not supported by the lineageOS.

stef6 said:
I changed:
ro.product.brand=google
ro.product.manufacturer=google
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Could somebody please point a noob like myself to some documentation on how to apply these settings?
I'm using the official LineageOS builds for Samsung Galaxy S5 (klte).
Many thanks in advance!

stef6 said:
Solved
I changed:
ro.product.brand=google
ro.product.manufacturer=google
And the app worked after reboot
The values of course were samsung previously. My guess, smartthings checks if its a Samsung device, then does something Samsung unique and thats not supported by the lineageOS.
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Nevermind

I had the same issue with an S10e and S5e with LOS 17.1 and 19.
Setting the props fixes it. Thanks!

I am a new Root / Mod / Rom User, can someone who successfully accomplished the goal of this thread please educate me on how I can do this with my rooted Verizon Samsung note 4 running Lineage 18.1?
Thanks

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Maybe that?
GitHub - Linux4/GalaxyWearable
Contribute to Linux4/GalaxyWearable development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com

kurtn said:
Maybe that?
GitHub - Linux4/GalaxyWearable
Contribute to Linux4/GalaxyWearable development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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I greatly appreciate your sending that file my way, but sadly it cannot work for my use. Basically I need to use the Smartthings app on my Samsung Galaxy note 4 running Lineage 18.1 (so that I can see inside my smart fridge and or use my smarthings home security system) but unfortunately all the samsung apps check whether your device is a samsung device or not, so unfortunately as soon as I install any version of smartthings the app will not open after I install it. One work around that I trial and errored from reading this thread is going in with root, every time the word Samsung comes up in any of the Build props I simply changed them to "google" but unfortunately that then makes lineage run unstably on my phone What I need is some sort of modified smartthings app that does not check what brand the device is, or somehow a program that spoofs my device manufacturer name.