ForeverGOS I would just reset it
Galaxy Watch not working? You gotta be joking
p0well34
Oh right! So connect to the phone with bluetooth before starting anything? or after the installation and before customising anything?
In any case that´s great advice, I was wondering why bluetooth is not straightforward, sometimes it connects sometimes it does not. I see. Thanks
Oks, I wil start again, let´s hope for the best this time
ForeverGOS If you want to go even further grant Exploit Protection Compatibility to all the Samsung Apps before setup. Add the Google account to the phone before setup so everything's in place.
ForeverGOS or after the installation and before customizing anything
After installation. Just to be on the safe side.
To make sure I understand
- Reset watch
- Create a GOOGLE ACCOUNT! on my pixel (cant believe I am doing this, I guess I can delete it from the phoen afterwards)
- Open Wearable app, try again the installation
- Once installed (if) connect bluetooth.
ForeverGOS Yes. If it's a throw away Google account it isn't going to have any info on you. I made a fictitious Samsung account as well. It's a Google phone and will make connections to Google servers anyway. I was thinking about buying another phone to set the watch up and keep the GOS device more private but to hell with all that. Only thing that sucks is I wish I could put the watch in a second profile with the Google apps but it's not the end of the world while using GOS.
ForeverGOS To make sure I understand
Reset watch
Create a GOOGLE ACCOUNT! on my pixel (cant believe I am doing this, I guess I can delete it from the phoen afterwards)
Open Wearable app, try again the installation
Once installed (if) connect bluetooth.
This should work
Done, not working... ff
ForeverGOS
Where does it stop working?
p0well34
Literally
Open Wearable, link with watch through code
Accept Samsung Terms of use
Accept google Terms of use
Error
ForeverGOS Has to be a setting. Hmm. Are you using a VPN? Can you try with location ON?
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p0well34
Tried all time with location on, now that you mentioned it, tried with location off to see wheter it would trigger something. Nothing
Also no VPN
Also tried unnisntalling and reinstalling GPS, nothing
ForeverGOS Did you uninstall the Galaxy apps and reinstall?
p0well34 Dont have any galaxy apps, just the Wearable if that´s what you mean, and yep I tried reinstalling thsi one several times
Clearing catche and data, unninstall and reinstall of Samsung Wearable App
Clearing catche and data, unninstall and reinstall of Google Apps
Factory reset the phone from boot
Accept all Samsung Optional Data & Google optional Data
Restart my phone after all the above
Update the watch from the watch itself by connecting it to the wifi and try to pair it again
Installation with Location on and Off
Registered a google account on my Pixel phone
Downloaded Wearable app from Aurora Store
Downloaded Wearable app frmo Google Play Store
Manually turning off all Wearable Permissions, then accepting them upon installation
Manually turning on all permissions for Wearable
Same with GPS
ForeverGOS Are you using the Google Pixel Watch App? I have a 5 Pro. Not sure if there's something different that needs to be in place but I couldn't imagine. Are you using the pixel Watch App? I was just Googling some trouble shooting regarding the 6. I'll check back with you in a few. Gotta run.
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ForeverGOS Sorry, I'm not going to read all this, but I did a word search for location in the thread before replying. (edited: but you posted more whilst I was writing this message and I type very slowly). Two suggestions:
I have noticed with Garmin and perhaps Polar watch brands that Location = enabled and Location permission was needed when first pairing the device. I think this is something to do with the way Bluetooth works, rather than the watch/device app.
What version of GrapheneOS are you using? There were some difficulties but I think other people here are now successfully using Samsung Galaxy watches. There was a lot of discusson, start here and follow below:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11383-request-for-testing-and-feedback-with-bluetooth-on-android-14-qpr2-grapheneos/182
p0well34 Nop only have wearable app oks see u later. Thanks!
towersail Thanks for your input, I have just activated location on one of the Google Apps, still not working. Using the latest version.
Any other suggestions?
If anyone interested in reading, I will create another post summarising everything to make it easier for the troubleshooter.
I have recently purchased a Galaxy Watch to use with my GrapheneOS phone that does not have any of the Google Services apps to be downloaded from the "Apps" container. Let´s call them GPS.
I proceeded to download the following apps frmo Aurora Store
Samsung Wearables, manually gave it all the available permissions.
WearOS (Requested by Samsung Wearables). This app installed in Chinese for some weird reason
It did not work I learnt I needed GPS for it to work, so I tried on a second profile where I had GPS apps, it did not work.
I learnt it had to be on owner profile. Went on Owner profile, Installed GPS, initiated Wearable App, connected the watch, accepted all Samsung´s terms and conditions, including optional ones, accepted google conditions, excluding diagnostics and All worked fine, watch was perfectly connected.
I learnt that my Watch had stored an Esim from the previous owner, in an attempt to respect its privacy, I went ahead and reset the watch to remove that esim/phone plan. Here is where everything went down
After the reset, I went on my phone, opened Wearable up, attempted to connect the watch to it. Connected the watch by confirming the pin number on both my devices (phone and watch). Accepted only the required Samsung´s Terms and Conditions, accepted Google terms and conditions. ERROR message received. Here is were my nightmare starts.
I thought maybe there is some conflicting data on the apps so I tried all the following:
Clearing cache and data of Samsung Wearable App and begin set up again
Clearing cache and data, uninstall and reinstall of Samsung Wearable App ....
Clearing cache and data, uninstall and reinstall of Google Apps ....
Restart my phone after re-installing wearable and GPS...
Downloaded Wearable app from Aurora Store
Downloaded Wearable app from Google Play Store
Manually turning on all permissions for Wearable , Same with GPS
Manually turning off all Wearable Permissions, then accepting them upon installation, same with GPS
Reset the phone after going to Play Store, Google Play Services, and every single Google app manually, settings>permissions>nearby devices & location
Accept all Samsung Optional Data & Google optional Data upon set up..
Attempt set up with both Location On and Off..
Factory reset the watch from boot menu...
Update the watch from the watch itself by connecting it to the wifi and try to pair it again
Did the UNTHINKABLE Registered a google account on my Pixel phone in case that meant anything
Registered a Samsung account but haven´t used it yet.
Tried the phone on a spare normal Android Samsung phone:
Installed Wearable from AuroraStore
Paired the Watch
Everything worked perfectly
Tried again on my Pixel with GOS, not working.
I do not understand two things: 1. Why it worked perfectly in the beginning and then after the watch reset to try remove the previous data plan everything broke. Did I update the phone in between these two things? Can´t remember but don´t think so there are no updates to be done.
ANY HELP APPRECIATED I WANT TO USE MY BLOODY WATCH ALREADY
ForeverGOS I have a faint memory of reading somewhere that it may be necessary to explicitly un-pair the watch from the phone. But that's all I remember (I don't have one of those watches).