New Update

[nickdeck]

Got it here, too. Maybe I'm missing something, but my screen still times out after 7 seconds, regardless of what I set it on.

 

[Amochi013]

Smh samsung, where is the samsung pay app update ??

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[bdtnrp]

I just got the update - went through and set watch to 5 minute display timeout. Turned watch off and back on to reboot and it still only stays on for 7 seconds when I bring it up to look at. Frustrating!!

Update - if I press the home/back button while bringing up to look at, it will stay on. HOWEVER, as soon as I rest my arm, the display goes off. Not at all what I was hoping for. I want it to stay on for 5 minutes even if I look away no matter what!!

 

[nickdeck]

I just got the update - went through and set watch to 5 minute display timeout. Turned watch off and back on to reboot and it still only stays on for 7 seconds when I bring it up to look at. Frustrating!!

Update - if I press the home/back button while bringing up to look at, it will stay on. HOWEVER, as soon as I rest my arm, the display goes off. Not at all what I was hoping for. I want it to stay on for 5 minutes even if I look away no matter what!!

Exactly what I'm seeing. So, let's say I need to time some event or activity for one minute. Unless I push the button to activate the screen and hold the watch steadily in viewing position while doing the timing, the screen goes off in 7 seconds.

Once again, the S2 fails as a basic wrist watch. Guess you'll need to activate the stopwatch for that sort of thing.

 

[haus]

No update on 3G/Verizon, though that's not surprising.

 

[bdtnrp]

Believe this update to be only for the non-3G versions (Sport & Classic) that have not seen any updates since last November. The 3G versions were getting updates in January from what I recall.

 

[nickdeck]

One good thing I found with the update is that the Special Edition watch face includes hour tick marks on the ambient face.

 

[bdtnrp]

Another finding - I have Display Timeout set to 5 minutes, Gestures turned OFF and Always on set to ON. What I am finding is that if I move the watch to look at it (gesture), it comes on and will stay on for 5 minutes then turn off. Although completely bass akwards of what I would have thought, it is doing close to what I want. I am open to hearing what others are seeing. Thanks.

Update: This was noticed, while NOT on my wrist, had it sitting on a desk and would see it go off after 5 minutes but could get it going again by shaking. On my wrist, it is hard to tell, as I'm moving around to much.

 

[nickdeck]

Another finding - I have Display Timeout set to 5 minutes, Gestures turned OFF and Always on set to ON. What I am finding is that if I move the watch to look at it (gesture), it comes on and will stay on for 5 minutes then turn off. Although completely bass akwards of what I would have thought, it is doing close to what I want. I am open to hearing what others are seeing. Thanks.

Ah, good find. I see what you mean about *** backwards, but I see what they're doing: Having gestures ON uses more battery because random movement turns the watch face on. So, they're saying you can have longer timeout options, but only if you sacrifice the wake up gesture option.

 

[nickdeck]

But, I see that the old always on behavior is still a misnomer. If you don't move the watch at all for a certain amount of time, the screen goes completely dark and you have to touch the watch to fire it up again. Boo.

 

[A0425A]

Just got it. Alabama here.

 

[audri5]

Anybody in the Midwest get this update?

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[anon(2383976)]

Just got it on my S2 classic . Am from CA

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[nickdeck]

Anybody in the Midwest get this update?

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Yup, I'm in Missouri. It wasn't automatic, though. Had to go to settings in the Gear app on the phone app and ask for it there. Took a couple of tries, as I guess the servers were pretty busy.

Is your watch non-3G?

 

[audri5]

I've tried over and over. Haven't gotten it yet. Keeps saying I'm up to date.

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[A0425A]

Yup, I'm in Missouri. It wasn't automatic, though. Had to go to settings in the Gear app on the phone app and ask for it there. Took a couple of tries, as I guess the servers were pretty busy.

Is your watch non-3G?

+1. I had to initiate a update check.

 

[audri5]

That's what I'm doing. I've done about a thousand update checks. Lol.

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[nickdeck]

That's what I'm doing. I've done about a thousand update checks. Lol.

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Is your watch the non-3G model?

 

[audri5]

No. I thought this was the update that will give us setting changes for timeouts and the orange dot notifications. I'm T-Mobile 3g version.

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[audri5]

No updates in January except for a "supposed" battery improvement.

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