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***UPDATE*** after 3 hours charging and stuck at 3%, the watch jumped to 100% and installed and update. So far, it is working as it should, but I have read many people have had this same issue. I've had the Samsung Gear S for almost a year and though I don't like the physical look of the...

Hi, all! I was so excited my LG Urbane arrived today and I let it charge up a little when I got it, and it was at 100%. When it got just under 80% it shut off completely and told me the battery was drained. I plugged it in and it's been at 1% for quite a while, at least 30 minutes. I have heard...

I actually like GO SMS PRO better than anything else, but it is slow and drains the battery with all of the cool graphics and themes. I ended up going back to Textra because of how much faster and more efficient it is. No bells and whistles, but definitely a better functioning app all around.

UBS on the Apple Watch - Business Insider Here's a good article. Apple is disappointed in lackluster interest and sales. I spent 6 years with apple phones and though they are good quality and work well, they are boring and behind the times. They are arrogant enough to think that as soon as...

An update from me: I'm a few weeks into using my Gear S regularly now. I have come to the conclusion that the primary reason for my battery drain is the location I am at work. I work in a school with cinderblock walls. My room has no windows. My phone even struggles with connection sometimes...

If you're a social media person, the Twitter and Instagram apps for the Gear S are nice. No, there's no Facebook app, but the Opera browser is great and you can easily access Facebook from there. I love my watch. It is so much more comfortable than my Gear 2, and though I don't use a lot of the...

I second the Gear Notification Extender app. It allows me to respond from alternate texting apps instead of the stock, and has all kinds of customizable features. You just have to set up your notifications within the app and turn them off in the gear app, or you'll get all your notifications...

Best money I've ever spent in the app store. Thank you so much for doing this. I can now respond to any texting app and I am not stuck with the stock messaging. It doesn't work for go sms pro, which is a bummer, but works great with chomp sms which is what I'm using now. Thank you for doing...

Does this also work for group MMS? I have several group conversations with my husband and kids and when I use the notifications for Go SMS Pro it won't show me conversations unless they are just SMS between two people.

I didn't have any luck with this app on Go SMS Pro, which I paid $20 for to have access to all of the layouts. Now I can't even use it anymore. My biggest beef with my Gear S (other than crappy battery life) is the lack of text messaging options. I hate the stock Samsung messaging app and it...

How do you turn Ambient off?

Ah, did not know that. Still, with no SIM card it can't fully function like the Gear S, which is a bummer. However, I have no doubt they will have apps galore to use on their device, and Samsung has really dropped the ball in that arena. Very lame and only half-functioning apps for the most...

For those wondering about the Apple watch, as usual, they are about 2 years behind android. They are about to launch a smart watch with a base price of $350 ranging into the THOUSANDS (really) that has no sim card and cannot be used for much at all without being Bluetooth tethered to an apple...

Go into your settings > connections and make sure your mobile data is set to auto switch and not ON. I think the watch has it set to on by default, which means your gear is always searching for a network. If it's on auto switch it will use Bluetooth as long as you're in range and switch to your...

I turned my settings to auto-switch and my battery life has greatly improved. I didn't realize the default setting is to have the network on all the time. I would expect it to drain if I'm streaming music or doing an exercise session, but not just on a regular day like yesterday. I also turned...