[MOD] Working Samsung Gear App for non (also rooted) Samsung devices.

[paulograve]

Thank you for this. It works with my Xiaomi mi5. The problem is that i cant make any backup, the option is grayed out. And the Samsung Health app doesn't sync.... Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks

 

[DubMonsta]

SHealth Sync Issue

Hello guys,
For those who cannot sync their Gear with SHealth; try to install only the modded Samsung Gear application, without installing the modded Gear S Plugin, SHealth and Accessory Service. Go thru the pairing process and there is the chance that the modded Gear app will not fail and will download all the other ones after pairing. After that, install the SHealth app from the Store and see if it syncs.

I came across the not syncing issue and tried for several days to make them work on LeeDroid and ViperRom on my HTC 10 with all the modded apps but it did not work. But last night, I tried the above and now it syncs without any issues.

Hope it helps!

PS: Thank you @j to the 4n for spending the time to make our modded phones work with Samsungs "mistake".

 

[paulograve]

I have tried everything, and with Xiaomi Mi5 the Samsung Health app does not work....
I think I can give my thank you again for at least Gear S3 works good!

Edit: Forget what I wrote before. It works!
Use the modded app and original plugin and acessory app.

 

[GuestD2137]

Hello guys,
For those who cannot sync their Gear with SHealth; try to install only the modded Samsung Gear application, without installing the modded Gear S Plugin, SHealth and Accessory Service. Go thru the pairing process and there is the chance that the modded Gear app will not fail and will download all the other ones after pairing. After that, install the SHealth app from the Store and see if it syncs.

I came across the not syncing issue and tried for several days to make them work on LeeDroid and ViperRom on my HTC 10 with all the modded apps but it did not work. But last night, I tried the above and now it syncs without any issues.

Hope it helps!

PS: Thank you @j to the 4n for spending the time to make our modded phones work with Samsungs "mistake".

Mate, I can confirm this is working! Had the same problem with non syncing shealth app over the last few weeks now and tried many different things to fix it. On my phone I had all four modded apps from here until today. Then followed your suggestion to delete all but the modded Gear app. The only difference was that the app then gave me something like "incompatible device", so I downloaded the gear s plug-in plus accessory services plus shealth from playstore manually. restarted gear app and upon connecting to the s2 it automatically initiated a soft reset on it. restored my backup and syncing, INCLUDING SHEALTH, is working like a charm! ?... thanks for pointing us into this direction!

 

[k4ever]

Tried installing the Samsung Gear 2.2.17022862-resigned.apk on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which has a fresh install of Lineage OS 14.1 on it. App fails to install with error: The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name.

I don't have any Gear apps installed on this phone....

Edit: Disregard. I had some rogue Samsung apps that were installed from my backup. I uninstalled them and Samsung Gear installed with no problems!

---------- Post added at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

Ok, need the Gear Fit2 plugin. Did not see that in your Google Drive...

Just to clarify, the Gear Fit2 plugin will not install from the Play Store, says it is incompatible with my device. I downloaded the apk from another site and tried to side load it, but it gave me a "The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name" error. Frustrating!

 

[j to the 4n]

Tried installing the Samsung Gear 2.2.17022862-resigned.apk on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which has a fresh install of Lineage OS 14.1 on it. App fails to install with error: The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name.

I don't have any Gear apps installed on this phone....

Edit: Disregard. I had some rogue Samsung apps that were installed from my backup. I uninstalled them and Samsung Gear installed with no problems!

---------- Post added at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

Ok, need the Gear Fit2 plugin. Did not see that in your Google Drive...

Just to clarify, the Gear Fit2 plugin will not install from the Play Store, says it is incompatible with my device. I downloaded the apk from another site and tried to side load it, but it gave me a "The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name" error. Frustrating!

..well, there also must be the fit2 app already installed then.

 

[k4ever]

..well, there also must be the fit2 app already installed then.

Thanks for the reply. I wish it were that simple, but I verified that there is/was no Fit2 plugin app installed.

The Fit2 plugin app is conflicting with your Gear app. I uninstalled your Gear app and the Fit2 plugin app installed with no issues. However, now your Gear app won't install with the same conflict message. I believe that it is either a signature conflict or there is a file shared between the two apps.

Both apps are needed for the Gear Fit2 to work. Will you please take a look at the Fit2 plugin app?

Edit: For more clarity, I was also able to install the unmodified Gear app along with the unmodified Fit2 plugin with no install errors. Too bad the unmodified Gear app doesn't like Samsung devices with custom ROMs. It gives me an error that my OS "has been modified in an unauthorized way" when I start it. Your modified Gear app does not give that error, it just won't let the unmodified Fit2 plugin install. Like I mentioned before, I think if you modify the Fit2 plugin, it will work with your Gear app.

 

[adammanson]

Hey guys so here is how i got it to work on my Galaxy S4 runnijg LineageOs 14.1 and rooted by magisk.

First i downloaded .buildprop and then typed Samsung , you get 2 items which is brand manfacturer and something else, change both to htc and reboot.
Download Samsung Gear from playstore, pair you device via bluetooth.
Go to google and download Gear S plugin and samsung accessory.
Now after installing these go to gear app and connect and yay! Its working perfectly.
Havefun.

 

[GuestK00351]

Today I received an update message inside the Samsung Gear app (not PlayStore) and I recommend not to update!
After updating inside the Gear App I got a slightly new design, but Gear S Plugin was crashing every few seconds. So I tried to reinstall just Gear S Plugin and after I did this, my phone was not able to connect to my watch anymore.
So I had to reset my Gear S3. Now everything is working again, but the "new" design disappeared.

I don't know what happened, but I wouldn't try this update again...

I'm using the modded Gear App, but Gear S Plugin and Accessory Service directly from PlayStore.

 

[XyByDy]

Thank you so much! I just could not pair the watch with my rooted Xperia XZ. And with using three of the patched apks it now works great.

 

[GuestK00351]

@j to the 4n Do you only provide updates from PlayStore or from apkmirror, too?
Because it looks like Samsung releases updates now in the Gear app itself, not in PlayStore.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...msung-gear-2-2-17082261-android-apk-download/

 

[j to the 4n]

@j to the 4n Do you only provide updates from PlayStore or from apkmirror, too?
Because it looks like Samsung releases updates now in the Gear app itself, not in PlayStore.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...msung-gear-2-2-17082261-android-apk-download/

updated

 

[GuestK00351]

updated

Wow thanks, that was fast.
Unfortunately I can't install it and I don't know if it's a problem with the app or something else on my side.

If I try to install it, I get the message "App not installed. The package appears to be corrupted."

Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs

 

[j to the 4n]

Wow thanks, that was fast.
Unfortunately I can't install it and I don't know if it's a problem with the app or something else on my side.

If I try to install it, I get the message "App not installed. The package appears to be corrupted."

Sent from my HTC 10 using XDA Labs

nope, sth is messed up.
will check.

Edit: check the new version

 

[GuestK00351]

nope, sth is messed up.
will check.

Edit: check the new version

Yes, it's working now. Thank you.
But I'm still a bit confused, because it still shows me an update inside the app...

Edit: Okay, the update button is for gear s plugin. But after updating, the plugin crashes every few seconds.
So I deinstalled every samsung app and reinstalled all latest versions. Resetted my watch and configured it. Everything was fine, until I finisehd the configuration. Now the plugin starts crashing again.

I made a logcat, maybe you can have a look at it @j to the 4n

This is the latest gear s plugin: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwF-T4LX8qMfaEV1ZEZmQmRhbTA
Not on apkmirror yet, but this is the one you get, if you update over the app.

 

[j to the 4n]

Yes, it's working now. Thank you.
But I'm still a bit confused, because it still shows me an update inside the app...

Edit: Okay, the update button is for gear s plugin. But after updating, the plugin crashes every few seconds.
So I deinstalled every samsung app and reinstalled all latest versions. Resetted my watch and configured it. Everything was fine, until I finisehd the configuration. Now the plugin starts crashing again.

I made a logcat, maybe you can have a look at it @j to the 4n

Process: com.samsung.android.gearoplugin, PID: 4463
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot keep your settings in the secure settings.
	at com.samsung.android.sdk.accessory.SASocket$3$1.run(SASocket.java:546)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java)
[B][COLOR="Red"]Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot keep your settings in the secure settings[/COLOR][/B].

Nothing I can do about.
Just system apps are allowed to do that.
you could move com.samsung.android.gearoplugin to /system that should fix the issue.

 

[GuestK00351]

Process: com.samsung.android.gearoplugin, PID: 4463
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot keep your settings in the secure settings.
	at com.samsung.android.sdk.accessory.SASocket$3$1.run(SASocket.java:546)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java)
[B][COLOR="Red"]Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot keep your settings in the secure settings[/COLOR][/B].

Nothing I can do about.
Just system apps are allowed to do that.
you could move com.samsung.android.gearoplugin to /system that should fix the issue.

I made a quick Magisk module and moved all relevant apps to /system. But Gear S Plugin is still crashing

 

[j to the 4n]

I made a quick Magisk module and moved all relevant apps to /system. But Gear S Plugin is still crashing

That's why you don't buy ****sung

 

[GuestK00351]

That's why you don't buy ****sung

I thought the same. I really love this watch, but why does Samsung fail to program functional apps

Btw.: Looks like Samsung fixed the pairing problem. With latest Gear app I'm able to connect to my watch without your modified version. But yeah... now Gear Plugin crashes every time, so I have to go back to your modded one with old Gear Plugin.

 

[mikdima]

Thanks for the reply. I wish it were that simple, but I verified that there is/was no Fit2 plugin app installed.

The Fit2 plugin app is conflicting with your Gear app. I uninstalled your Gear app and the Fit2 plugin app installed with no issues. However, now your Gear app won't install with the same conflict message. I believe that it is either a signature conflict or there is a file shared between the two apps.

Hello, same issue here.
If I try to install the Gear Manager and the Gear Fit 2 Plugin, the second I install is reported as "There is a conflict in the package name".
Unfortunately the "Gear Fit 2 Plugin" is unavailable for me in the Play Store, it is reported as "not compatible" with my Note3.

Can you please give me a hint?
Thanks,
Michele

EDIT: Both APKs have been downloaded from Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1uk1ESfnhXkblAzZWVJUC14aVE
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwF-T4LX8qMfaEV1ZEZmQmRhbTA/edit