How to setup your new galaxy gear, without compatible phone?

You just bought your galaxy gear and you are trying to pair it, with your android phone... In fact you are just trying to make it work:) as actually, it only shows a video, which explains how to connect your watch to a COMPATIBLE android phone!!! These phones are listed in official galaxy gear page. 

But there is a small problem, your phone is not in this list:) Do not panic, you just need "gear manager" but you won't be able to download it from android market:( Actually Samsung prevent this, because "gear manager" will not support all features of your galaxy gear, as it is right now, if you run it, on a android device, which is not a "Samsung with android 4.3"

But if you just want to make your galaxy gear run and you expect to use it as a stand alone smartwatch, rather then a phone accessory!!! of course you don't care, how perfectly, it pops up your phone notifications etc...

So, for making your gear work, what you have to do is very simple; google "gear manager apk" apk means, android install package, it is a runnable setup file for your android. 

Once you download gear manager setup, copy it to your android phones's file system. Then, use any file explorer application which you can find from android market, for reaching to this apk file, and run it. 

When you click apk, it will be installed to your phone and you'll be able to pear your phone with galaxy gear, by following instructions, on the annoying video which is continuously playing on your gear's screen.

So, finally you'll be able to start to use your gear, as an android smartwatch.

Congratulations:)

How to convert your galaxy gear, to a SMARTWATCH

Hi Guys,

In this Blog, i will try to show you, how you can easily convert your Galaxy Gear, from a moderate phone accessory, to a functional "Smart" Watch.

Here, i would like to underline term "WATCH", because this will be the main point and focus of this Blog!!!

In today's world, everything about portable technology devices, turns around mobile phones. I am not against phones:) but, why not enhancing alternative devices, with similar technology.

From this point of view, a real smartwatch, with an operating system, huge application market and different accessory options like; gps, thermometer, phone, tv etc... seems quite reasonable to me. 

So, you can buy your smartwatch and if you need a simple phone, you just buy your mobile phone accessory, which only gives you dummy call functionality with a very affordable price, as it will be only a small box even without screen.

Unfortunately, such a watch concept, is not in place in the market yet and maybe will never be. But at least, thanks to Samsung, hardware of Galaxy Gear, has more then enough, for making real!!! my android based smartwatch dreams:)

If you are still asking the following question;

"why i would convert, my great phone accessory, to a simple watch?"

here are my reasons;

- For me, having some notification on my wrist, without checking my phone is not so fascinating. 
- It is not supporting all android phones:(
- Even making phone calls with your watch, which looks nice in first sight, is not so applicable in real life, because of some privacy reasons.
- Its price is not so affordable for a PHONE ACCESSORY.

- Having a watch with android OS, which support all application in the android market was my dream:) (YES ANY ANDROID APPS WHICH GEAR'S HARDWARE SUPPORTS, RUNS PERFECTLY ON IT AND I'LL SHARE YOU MY FAVORITES LIST)
- Its price is quite reasonable for a WATCH and even very cheap!!! if you can imagine all the possibility, to shape it up, according to your needs, by just adding new android apps, games etc...
- FOR DOING SUCH SWITCH YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY HACK, ROOTING ETC... YOU USE FULLY LEGAL APPS FROM THE ANDROID MARKET AND YOUR GALAXY GEAR'S INITIAL FUNCTIONS AS PHONE ACCESSORY, ARE ALWAYS IN PLACE, IF YOU WANT TO USE THEM!!!

NOW!!! if you are interested to make this happen, just get your Galaxy Gear and follow instructions in my posts.

Don't worry:) you don't need to be a programmer, expert, technology freak:) just any simple PC user, can follow & apply these instructions... Of course,  if you still encounter any issues, please just write me comments, i'll answer them asap...

HOWTO's will be here soon:)

Thanks