Why doesn't tizen studio connect to my S3 watch

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Subodh Nijsure picture Subodh Nijsure · Dec 8, 2016 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

What are the magic words one has to utter to get Tizen Studio to connect to S3 watch?

I have S3 watch that is connected to my wifi network. I can ping that device just fine. I have made sure debug option is turned on the watch.

I have been able to connect to this S3 watch multiple time. But anytime I change my wifi network (between work and office) I literally have to pray that Tizen studio would connect to S3 watch.

Is there a reliable way to connect with S3 watch from Tizen Studio?

If there way to connect to Samsung S3 watch over USB?

Unfortunately my employer has decided to develop app for Samsung Gear S3, but connecting to watch from Tizen Studio has been frustrating experience so say the least....

Answer

Liam Harrison picture Liam Harrison · Dec 23, 2019

Tested Solution

Hi everyone, after some tedious testing I've found a way to consistently get your Watch to connect to your PC, I've tested these steps on two devices and they are as follows:

  1. Enable developer mode (Settings > About Watch > Software > Tap on Software Version 5 times)
  2. Enable debugging (Settings > About Watch > Debugging)
  3. Switch wifi to always on (Settings > Connections > WiFi) and connect to the network your PC is on.
  4. Restart your Watch.
  5. Turn on your display and Leave the watch face by navigating to another widget (I used the contacts widget).
  6. Get the IP of your watch (Settings > Connections > WiFi > WiFi Networks > [Your WiFi SSID] > IP Adress)
  7. Now connect to your Watch with either the Tizen Studio Device Manager (Tools > Device Manager > Add) or via the CLI using the command sdb connect x.x.x.x

I've tested this method with success two times on two PC's with both Intel & AMD CPUs, the main takeaway is that the Watch seems to hate prompting the user for permissions on the Watch Face screen, and simply navigating off it will get things working correctly.

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