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Thursday
If it still connects to your phone, you can try reset from the Wearables app.
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Saturday
Is there any way to take the watch out of sleep "mode" other than walking around? Background: My Galaxy Watch watch (incorrectly) thinks I'm sleeping when working at a desc or watching TV. It then decides that I probably don't want the AOD ON (altough it is still enabled). I can temporarily wake the watch up by gesture or buttons etc, but that is not enough to convince the watch that I'm awake, so exactly after 5 minutes the screen goes black again. Which watchface I'm using does not seem to matter. The only thing I have found that will end the detected sleep is walking a number of steps. Then the "sleep" period is ended and is visible in Samsung Health app on the watch. I would want to decide that my AOD display is visible also when I watch a movie (and not break for a stroll). Any one have a solution?
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a week ago
Samsung usually refer to this page (which is not so positive for iOS): https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-watch/device-compatibility/
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2 weeks ago
A feature that I think has been introduced in one of the FW updates (and was not in the original versions) is that the first text line in notifications (containing 'from' or what the notification is about) gets its color from the main color of the application logo. This can give a nice touch but depending on the icon color the drawback is a bad readability. It is well known that dark red or dark blue agains black backround does not give a good contrast. I therefore wish for a way to choose the text color. (Thankfully the rest of the text is in white colour.)
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2 weeks ago
My phone have the same limitation and, if enabled, my car handsfree and the watch will fight over the one possible connection to the phone of handsfree type. I understand that some phone models can do it but if your phone can't I don't know a way of automatic priority and what you would need is a phone that can handle 2 connections. (I disabled telephone audio to my watch as I value the car handsfree much more.)
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2 weeks ago
It's not "Reboot" you wan't, but a Reset. Either do it from watch Settings menu or from the phone Gallaxy Wearables app
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2 weeks ago
I'm guessing but the next I would check is that the permission to "Telephone" is set both in watch "Telephone" and all your phones related apps (Galaxy Wearable, Watch plugin). (Perhaps it needs toggling or cache clearing if something is messed up.)
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2 weeks ago
I have no idea why it would have changed but also check in your phone's detailed settings of the bluetooth connection to your watch that phone services is enabled.
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3 weeks ago
For number (2), I'm convinced that the Samsung Timer app is designed that way. You can temporary get your normal watchface by pressing home. buttton. At least the current time is displayed in the time app at the top. In earlier app versions this time used to fade after 2 seconds, so an improvement in newer versions is that it doesn't fade. However, the font size has been reduced (without obvious reason), so on my 42mm it's not easy to read.
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3 weeks ago
I don't know what that is, but when my Bixby adviced that the timer app first needed an installation and then updates, tapping on the screen revealed a button to do just that. Did you try tapping? (I turned out that also a restart was needed to make "update needed" to go away.)
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3 weeks ago
I have noticed that if I'm not active "enough" (according to Samsungs standard) the watch desides that I'm not allowed to have my Always On Display "ON". The AOD mode is still enabled but gesture activation or button clicks turns the AOD on only for 5 minutes at a time. Then the display is black again. This 5 minute cycle is very repeatable. When I check the Samsung health log I can see a high correlation with the watch thinks I have slept, but I was either working at a computer or watching TV. Could Samsung rep try to find out if there is anything I can switch on or off so that my decision of AOD is not overriden by the watch SW (only because I wasn't working out)? I tried denying the energy saving in system apps access to sensors, but that didn't do it. (All SW on the Galacy Watch and phone are updated.)
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3 weeks ago
If you care to wait for the answer and sometimes, "Try again", you can ask Bixby what time it is.
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06-27-2020
01:46 PM
I use "Watchmaker" and design my own watchface to do just that (on my Galaxy Watch). The standar watchface I know to do something similar is "my day". Searching for "Calendar" in Samung Apps watchfaces gives a few variants.
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06-22-2020
03:51 AM
I can add that I have now also tested a WiFi model (also Galaxy Watch). It behaves the same so I don't think it's due to a HW/sensor problem (on these two individuals). The Always On Display goes black after inactivity also without having a PIN security lock active. AOD remains switched ON in the settings. Is anybody else experiencing this behaviour?
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06-19-2020
04:02 AM
I have a technical question: What are the conditions and which sensors are used when the watch decides to lock (security lock) and turn off display altough the AOD is active? It conserns a Galaxy Watch with latest firmware and paired with a Sony Z3c mobile also with the latest wearable app/plugins. Background: AOD is On. I use a PIN code that I unlock after putting the watch on my wrist. Goodnight mode and DND are OFF (no schedule). The watch mostly works as it should and only locks and turns the display off only when I take the watch off my wrist. Now and then, it seems related to low activity (from my part) like sitting still working or watching TV it turns off the display. The display can be activated again by the wake up gesture. Sometimes the security lock requires the PIN code. The wrist band is "medium" tight, meaning the watch doesn't move around by itself. Is there anything I can switch off, or on to make it not lock and go dark while I wear it?
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06-09-2020
03:15 PM
Same here with Bixby on my Galaxy Watch. Happened a few days ago. Was hoping it is on Samsungs end (and would recover). Anybody else with this problem?
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05-30-2020
01:24 PM
So that must be using "Remote connection". It connects via our Samsung account. In your case the phone would be using mobile network and the watch using WiFi. "Remote connection" is switch on/off in the wearable app.
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05-27-2020
12:34 PM
Good that you found a work-around, but I think AOD is supposed to work also without continous HR measurements.
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05-17-2020
12:39 AM
I have the GW 42mm LTE model, but I don't bother to activate the cellular connection on the watch. (My carrier didn't support eSIM when I got it and now I don't need it.) So all network connection is via Bluetooth to my phone. The watch can connect directly to WiFi if not close to the phone, but I don't normaly use that either. So if you don't need network connectivity at times when the watch is completely in stand-alone mode, I'd say you don't loose anything. (I have read posts that suggests that some user's have bought a watch that is "locked" to carrier and any firmware updates to the watch is managed by the carrier, and they have to wait for it. Mine is not "locked" and updates come via phone/bluetooth connection.)
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05-07-2020
10:40 AM
I don't know about route data, but you can do one better than using your camera: Take a screen shot on the watch, open Gallery and transfer the screenshot to your phone. (I would expect that screenshot command is the same as Galaxy Watch: Press HOME button and swipe right at the same time.)
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05-07-2020
10:28 AM
It seems from their web page that the Samsung straps are available in S/M/L lengths. Just buy a longer strap that has the 20mm quick release springs. (The same fits active 2 40/44mm and Galaxy Watch 42mm.)
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05-04-2020
01:00 PM
You need to have the watch resolve your location before it can log your route. My Galaxy Watch is rather slow and inconsistent in acquireing a GPS lock when using the watch Samsung Health app. Try to have it fix your position with as clear view of the sky as possible before you start (a steady green location icon). (As a side note, the auto detect never tries to acquire the position to log on the map on my watch. Only a manual start does that.)
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05-03-2020
12:27 AM
Did you see the NFC icon on the terminal display? It happended to me (in the beginning) that the symbol on the terminal didn't show. I think because not correctly configured/commanded by the cashier. The watch will vibrate, pulsating, as long as it tries to communicate. When it succeeds it will beep and stop vibrating (or give up after a certain time-out). Some terminals have the NFC antenna at the side instead of under the display, but then the symbol is painted there.
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05-03-2020
12:15 AM
When I try to login to Galaxy Apps, I get stuck on a completely white page (before I can enter any login details). Is yours the same?
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04-29-2020
01:21 AM
If you mean in the phone settings, I don have a Samung mobile so there is not Samsung Account available in the phone settings. I have had it working by logging in via the wearable app. The information in the wearable app about the watch, still shows my Samsung account. I don't know if it does that if I realy would be logged out? The white page shows up when I go to Galaxy Apps and try to download. After pressing OK at the login question only the white page turns up (as an overlay window) where it stops.
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04-27-2020
11:04 AM
As topic says. Anybody else having this issue. (A search found the same issue but was a year ago.) Is this something Samsung needs to fix?
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04-16-2020
06:09 AM
@userQjWhBksFG3 wrote: Do not confuse third-party applications and watch faces with stock ones. I'm talking about Samsung's product from the box. Ah, that was not so clear from your title that said that the watch can't.
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04-14-2020
09:26 PM
I make my own whatchface using WatchMaker and the phone battery status works. So, also for users that don't want to design their own watchface, I'll gues a "WatchMaker watch face" is likely to work.
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04-05-2020
06:22 AM
The GPS needs to be locked on before you start. Mine is not consistant when and if it resolves the position, when using the Samsung Health app to track. Sometimes it locks after 5 minutes or so (in fairly open spaces). The manual says that when connected to a phone via Bluetooth it will use the phone GPS. That doesn't work with my Sony phone. The third party app "GPS Reading", however works by using the phone GPS! In my case having the phone (Bluetooth) connected or not doesn't seem to make a difference for the GPS locking by the Samsung Health. Sometimes locks after 1-2 minutes. Sometimes it doesn't manage to lock in a 30 minute walk. (Look for a steady green location indicator. Flashing means it is trying.)
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