Gear S: Anyone pair with Samsung KitKat Phablet 10.1/12.2?

[Sammuel1973]

Does your tablet have the correct Android version V4? I think what my question boils down to is if the Samsung Gear S works on ANY phone that has the proper Android V4+ software?

I'm currently looking at the slick small (by today's standards) Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. It has the proper Android KitKat software just like the Phablets mention here, but no one can tell me if it will remote connect or not...

My Tab 4.0 7" T235Y did have KitKat 4.4.2 out of the box, and I was able to update to the latest Gear Manager. It worked perfectly with my Gear 2, but can't even scan and pair with my Gear S, so I returned it, expecting in a few days the Galaxy W T255S, another 7" phablet but with better specs. See pic. Good luck with your Sony, but like foxbat said, not sure if it is even compatible.

 

[Active55]

...Good luck with your Sony, but like foxbat said, not sure if it is even compatible.

Haven't purchased the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact yet, just for that reason. Also considering the Samsung Alpha, but they "down freatured" it when they down sized it. Too bad.

Hoping the S6 will look like the Alpha and come in different sizes with no down featuring; just a nice pocketable size option that is compatible with the Gear S.

 

[xendula]

I am also currently going through all the different options of a new phone or tablet I could pair with my Gear S. I'd love a very small phone, or a phablet/tablet to leave at home... Still undecided on this. I am just getting tired of my aging Note 2.
I asked Smsung on FB and they are unwilling to tell you anything except Galaxy device on Android 4.4 as a minimum. I bought the Wifi only Tab 7 for that reason, and it won't even find the Gear S. When I asked them again, they pointed me to the ATT list of devices, and when I told them that ATT would obviosuly only list the devices they sell, and none of the others, there was zero help from them.
I have been looking into the Alpha, which as Active said is not high end enough, into the smaller Tab S, which I don't like too much, and which seems to not be working anyway... and am now researching additional alternatives.

Anyhow, long story short, I am now researching compatiblity lists posted outside of the US, since they get a ton of devices that never see the US. I found the attached list of compatible devices on the German Tmo site, but would like to know if the Galaxy Core 2 dual sim that is available on amazon.com is also compatible. Would you believe that Samsung is not able to answer this simple question when asked?!
You can buy the Gear S directly from Samsung (unlocked I assume) in France and the UK. Narry a mention of compatibility or even the need of a specific phone on the French page, and on the UK support page, Samsung support either does not answer questions at all, yet leaves them visible and unanswered on the page, or gives out wrong info. Bizarre to say the least.
I love my Gear S to pieces, but find the unsupport Samsung offers for this device mindblowing.

ETA: The Italian Samsung site actually lists compatible devices (available in Italy):
Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note 3 Neo, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S5 mini, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S3 Neo, Galaxy Mega 6.3, Galaxy S4 zoom, Galaxy K zoom e Galaxy Alpha.

I had considered the K Zoom for a bit, but it's pretty large and heavy.

 

[Active55]

I'd say the Samsung Galaxy Core II would work, because the list above shows the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE (second phone listed) as compatible and the Core II is new; released June 2014.

You must be outside the USA. Neither of those phones 3G fequencies will work in USA, only their 2G, but at $150 with WiFi it might work for updates and the like.

ADDED: Might be worth waiting for THIS anouncement early next year. Hope they make in in a "same features" MINI form factor too.

 

[xendula]

I'd say the Samsung Galaxy Core II would work, because the list above shows the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE (second phone listed) as compatible and the Core II is new; released June 2014.

You must be outside the USA. Neither of those phones 3G fequencies will work in USA, only their 2G, but at $150 with WiFi it might work for updates and the like.

ADDED: Might be worth waiting for THIS anouncement early next year. Hope they make in in a "same features" MINI form factor too.

No, I live in the US, which is why I looked on amazon.com for the Core LTE, and instead only found the Core 2. I was thinking the same as you: it should work, so I may try it, even though it does not have the 1700 band - neither does my current Note 2 (international version)...

Or maybe wait for the S6 or S6 mini. Sammy has always made lower spec'ed variations of their mini phones, though, so I am cautiously pessimistic that the S6 mini will be any different.
Maybe they will change their approach to smaller phones again, who knows....

 

[Active55]

... Or maybe wait for the S6 or S6 mini. Sammy has always made lower spec'ed variations of their mini phones, though, so I am cautiously pessimistic that the S6 mini will be any different.
Maybe they will change their approach to smaller phones again, who knows....

I think they have to come out with a full featured mini or Alpha; that is what is holding back the current Alpha IMHO. That and the battery life not being more like the Sony Z3 Compact, plus IP65/68 dust/waterproof ratings. If money didn't matter, I'd probably buy the Z3 Compact right now to give it a try as a replacement for my SGS DUOS (about the same size, but old).

Check the feaquencies closely on the Core II. I believe it will only work on 2G in the USA. There is no proper 3G freaquencies listed on GSM Arena. ;-) Might still do what you want with only 2G though...

 

[dorrien12]

I wish they had a Mega with the Note line features. I love the size of the Mega.

 

[rwcherry]

I tried to reply with as much as I knew about this thread but it wouldn't let me.

 

[Jacco Meijvogel]

Curous if anyone has paired and setup the Gear S with a Samsung 10.1/12.2 phone enabled phablet ?

Yep

Step 1: root your tablet
Step 2: modify buildprop so that tablet looks like an S4 or S5
Step 3: download gear manager from samsung appstore
Step 4: connect your gear S
Step 5: update gear manager and gear S
Step 6: restore buildprop to original settings

If you forget step 6, your phone functionality on your tablet will crash

 

[rhyecute]

Can you teach me how change the buildprop to make my rooted note 10.1 to be like s4 or s5