Firmware Update Gear S3

[boufa]

After a few days of use and a couple of restarts my battery continues to be worse than before the update but luckily its not as bad as what some people are experiencing.

As with all updates, the way thing get shuffled around, and redone... the best thing to do if you are not getting the battery life you expect, do a hard reset, and reset the watch up. Its a watch, shouldn't be too hard to reset up.

 

[jsk0703]

Still waiting for the update for my Frontier on AT&T. I did get an update to the Gear app on my Note 8 though.

 

[stormywaters]

I had a friend get the update and was experiencing crazy battery peak (50% loss over 5 hours). He worked battery down until the watch shutdown. Charged fully to 100%. Then did the factory reset. Charged back up to 100%. He is sitting on 75% since his last charge about 21 hrs ago. Not bad.

 

[fantom555]

I keep getting this flash screen on my phone "gear S plugin keeps stopping" i reinstalled thch.e Gear software and did a reset on the watch. Any ideas?

 

[Ca_lvn]

After the update I'm on day two not charging at %55 ,it's been few days now no issues ,restarted once after the update

 

[BobLad]

After the update, the timer no longer beeps when the countdown is over. This makes the S3 much less useful for me. I use the timer a lot. It's very convenient to have it right with you on your wrist.

 

[BobLad]

I forgot to update the app. Now it sounds an alert when the time is up.

 

[pjwk81]

It's been an absolute disaster for connection since this update. Every time I go out of range I get some stupid message about my Samsung account when I reconnect.
A few times a day the watch will just disconnect from the phone and will not reconnect in the Gear app (no error message, no nothing). Have to reboot the watch to connect again.

Any way to go back?

 

[WelshBoa]

Not best pleased with the update. Watch maker app disappeared and can no longer find in the store. Had to reload Facer and all my watch faces and the S3 continues to reset watch face back to one of the crappy preinstalled ones.

 

[Deke218]

I was rather anxious for the update but after seeing some of the problem some people are having, I think I'll wait for T-Mobile to work out the bugs.

 

[dmlv]

I've had no issues since the update in terms of battery life.
I will say, I performed a factory reset the next day just to start fresh.
Developers do suggest doing that whenever there's a major firmware update.
I'm getting the exact same battery life as I had before. Plus the watch is much more quicker work very little lag.

 

[stormywaters]

Not best pleased with the update. Watch maker app disappeared and can no longer find in the store. Had to reload Facer and all my watch faces and the S3 continues to reset watch face back to one of the crappy preinstalled ones.

The watchmaker developers issued a notice last week that they have their app under review by Samsung for approval of inclusion of their companion app into the Samsung store. They seemed to think that it would not take much more time to resolve various issues and get approval.

 

[Therealm80]

Come on ATT!!!

 

[xweb10]

My battery is significantly worse after the update. I reset the watch 3 times to be sure. Usually at the end if the day I am left with 82%. I am now close to 70%.

 

[afblangley]

Come on ATT!!!

Maybe try a factory reset. AT&T has definitely released the update.

 

[Harry_Yambag]

Got the update this morning (att) although I've only had it for maybe 2 hours now, my battery life is somehow 1000x better! No factory reset or anything. To be fair though, I was one of the people who had had absolutely terrible battery life since day 1. I've had to charge my watch every single night because I've never had more than 50% remaining by the time I go to bed.

I noticed right after the update I had 61% (I looked cause I was sure updating on the fly would kill my watch before I got home tonight) but here I am 2 hours later at 60%!

This is awesome! Fingers crossed this is the new norm for my battery life.

 

[Therealm80]

my tizen version is 2.3.2.3 is that correct?

 

[Mattman86]

Got the update this morning (att) although I've only had it for maybe 2 hours now, my battery life is somehow 1000x better! No factory reset or anything. To be fair though, I was one of the people who had had absolutely terrible battery life since day 1. I've had to charge my watch every single night because I've never had more than 50% remaining by the time I go to bed.

I noticed right after the update I had 61% (I looked cause I was sure updating on the fly would kill my watch before I got home tonight) but here I am 2 hours later at 60%!

This is awesome! Fingers crossed this is the new norm for my battery life.

How did you get the update? I've checked through the Gear app on my phone but it still tells me that I'm up-to-date.

 

[jgreg02]

Maybe try a factory reset. AT&T has definitely released the update.

How were you notified of the AT&T update to Tizen 3?

 

[fkpalm]

Anyone know if TMobile released the update