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I hate to revive an old thread but have a battery question. I've had my Gear S2 for a week and the battery has been better than I expected. This morning, however, I ran into an issue. I took it off at 11pm last night and turned off notifications and set it on my dresser. Eventually, I turned...

Re: Music playlist on gear s2 The simple answer is no. If you have a playlist on the watch (i.e. you have transferred music to your watch) then you can. If you're playing music from your phone, you will need to use your phone to switch through albums or playlists.

I figured it out. Apparently, it was popping up the download for the companion app on my phone but as I wasn't looking at my phone, I never saw it. Still, it would have helped if the message wasn't cut off on the S2 :) This may be my final workout update but I figured I would make one more...

Okay: on the Gear S2 you went to the music app; tapped the 3 dots on the right and then either tapped the icon (either shows Gear or Phone) or you can long press on the center and it will give you the option to switch. When you're on "Phone" - I was incorrect: you won't get the options I...

Go to the music icon on the S2 and when it opens, you should see 3 horizontal dots on the right side: tap that and it should bring up a little bubble that says either "Play music from: gear" with a picture of a watch or, "play music from phone" and the picture of a phone. When it's on the music...

Yes - I have the non-3G version. But I'm confused because Milk Music comes pre-installed on the watch so I would assume I would be able to use it if my phone is nearby? Maybe I'll contact Samsung and ask because the message is cut off and I can't get the rest of their directions, lol. I am...

Sorry to add a post late to this thread but I wanted to add something about the heart rate. I have been using my Gear S2 alongside a Polar FT60/chest strap and the readings have been pretty spot on. I will say that you will get outlandish readings if you do not tighten the Gear S2 before...

I'm hoping the update the other poster mentioned for the screen-on time comes soon! That being said, I'm only using it for walking (used to be a runner) and I personally prefer S Health to Nike+. With S Health, I can scroll between music, pace, heart rate and distance or leave it on one of the...

Can I ask how you got Milk Music to work? I have the app on my phone and it comes up on the watch but when I click on it on the S2, it tells me to download something on my phone and the message is cut off... not terribly useful. I did a 4 mile race on Thanksgiving morning with S Health and...

You don't need it connected to your phone - especially if you're using S Health - and it seems to be most accurate when you're outside or moving around and not on a treadmill. That said, however, I would probably say a GPS watch would be a better fit. If I were still running, this just wouldn't...

So I tried Nike+ for one mile and S Health for the second mile. This is all walking as I'm unable to run *sad face* Nike+ Treadmill (take with a grain of salt - may need to be calibrated) = 1.25 in 21:20 Gear S2: steps 2193 Fitbit: 2065...

I'm about to try Nike+ on the treadmill to see if it works better than S Health. This morning I turned on S Health for walking and walked around my house for about 6 minutes. It picked up .25 miles and had my "speed" at 2.8 - 3.0 which I thought was actually pretty good. I really wish you...

In all honesty, I share some of the same concerns. You can change the HR monitor to "less frequent", "frequent" or off and then it obviously stays on the entire time you're working out. Right now, I've done 3.98 miles and yup, only show 339 calories burned which really sucks. I think the S2...

I've used the Gear S2 Classic for three workouts so far - all using SHealth - so I'l share some thoughts. I did a 4 mile Thanksgiving walk and my watch showed 4.08 miles (I think I started it a little before reaching the timing chip as I was getting used to how it works) using GPS; hr was all...

Thank you, Kelly! A friend was actually able to point me to a link to get that info last night and I didn't have a chance to respond. To Oscar above: I DID read that thread in the forum before posting, however, my issue was that the entire phone was locked, with the screen on, for over 10...