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Gear S2 and iPhone... Not working?

Lloydbm41

Lloydbm41

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I've seen plenty of vids with the iPhone easily setting up via Bluetooth with an iPhone. Well, no matter what I do, my iPhone 6s+ will not see the Gear S2. I have reset the watch numerous times and tried on both ios9 and ios10 with the iPhone to no avail.

Does anyone with a Gear S2 have theirs connected to an iPhone?
 
Lloydbm41 said:
I've seen plenty of vids with the iPhone easily setting up via Bluetooth with an iPhone. Well, no matter what I do, my iPhone 6s+ will not see the Gear S2. I have reset the watch numerous times and tried on both ios9 and ios10 with the iPhone to no avail.

Does anyone with a Gear S2 have theirs connected to an iPhone?
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It worked with my 6S+ when I tested it on iOS9. S2 Classic wifi only version. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the Gear app.
 
LIVEFRMNYC said:
It worked with my 6S+ when I tested it on iOS9. S2 Classic wifi only version. Try uninstalling and reinstalling the Gear app.
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There is no gear app that I can find for iOS??? I'm strictly trying to connect via Bluetooth as per the videos I've seen.

If there is a gear app for iOS, do you have a link?
 
Lloydbm41 said:
There is no gear app that I can find for iOS??? I'm strictly trying to connect via Bluetooth as per the videos I've seen.

If there is a gear app for iOS, do you have a link?
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My bad, I forgot it was a sideloaded client gear app, not the from Samsung themselves. I'll try to find the link for you later on. I think I downloaded it from demonoid. That was the only way I got my S2 to work, but there are probably other ways.
 
LIVEFRMNYC said:
My bad, I forgot it was a sideloaded client gear app, not the from Samsung themselves. I'll try to find the link for you later on. I think I downloaded it from demonoid. That was the only way I got my S2 to work, but there are probably other ways.
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Ok, got ya. Thought maybe I was going crazy.
 
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HappyJB said:
Hi, you could try the leaked app, that would work fine with iPhone 6s+ according to following site
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s2/general/gear-s2-iphone-remarks-t3259155/page74
comment number #735 provides the link (I am not sure if that is a working link or not)

It did not work for my SE, but others there are saying it works for 5S, 6, 6+, 6s, 6s+. For me, I had to become a beta tester.
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Awesome! Thank you for the link. Once I got the ipa file, I was able to get the app side loaded into iTunes and then the phone. The only trick is to add Samsung as a trusted developer in the iPhone settings. After that, the watch is working perfectly with my iPhone. Couldn't be happier. Thank you again for the link!
 
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