Samsung Gear S2 User Manual

QUICK REFERENCE MANUAL

Device Functions Setting Up Your Gear S2

Step 1. Charging the Gear S2

Back Button

Bezel

Power/Home Button

¬ Carefully place the Gear S2 on the

charging dock and connect to the charger.

Wireless Charging Dock

Caution!: Use the Samsung charger that ca me with

your devic e. Use of other chargers may damage the device and void the warranty.

Step 2. Turning Your Gear S2 On and Off

• To turn on the Gear, brieﬂy press and

hold the Power/Home button.

• To turn OFF, press and hold the

Power/Home button and tap Power off.

Step 3. Pairing your Gear S2 to a smartphone

To connect your Gear and mobile device, install the Samsung Gear app on the mobile device. Launch Galaxy Apps or visit

apps.samsung.com/gear to download it.

For non-Samsung devices, download the Samsung Gear app from the Google Play™ store.

Compatible with A ndroid 4.4 and later with 1.5GB RAM. Some features may not be availabl e. For best compatibility, connect with S amsung Galaxy devices.

1. Gear S2: Make sure your Gear S2 is

turned on.

2. Smartphone: Download the Samsung Gear app from the Galaxy Essentials widget.

3. Smartphone: Turn on Bluetooth.

4. Smartphone: Select the Gear S2

model name.

5. Smartphone: When the Bluetooth pairing request window displays, tap OK.

6. Gear S2: When the connection window displays, tap OK.

7. Smartphone: Ta p Finish.

Activating the Gear S2

Once you have connected the Gear S2 to a smartphone, follow the step below to activate the Gear S2 for standalone use.

1. Tap Activate and follow the

instructions to activate your Gear S2.

2. Tap Restart when activation is

complete.

Home Screen

¬ Press the Power/Home button at

anytime to return to the home screen.

Moments Bar

From the clock screen, swipe the screen down to view the notiﬁcation panel. Quickly forward calls, adjust volume, display brightness and the Do not disturb feature.

Opening the Apps screen

From the home screen, press the Power/Lock button.

Notifications

Rotate the Gear S2 bezel to the left to view messages and notiﬁcations, or to the right to access Settings and Apps.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.

Use speech-to-text.

Open the keyboard. Tap to send message.

Insert emoticons.

Tap a emoticon to send response.

Insert a text template. Tap a message to send response.

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Calls

Making a call

¬ Open the Apps list, tap Phone →

, enter a number to dial, and then

tap .

NOTE: If a Bluetooth connection between the Gear S2

and smartphone is not available, outgoing calls will be made from the Gear S2 phone number.

Forwarding calls to the Gear S2

Set the smartphone to forward incoming calls to the Gear S2. Ensure that the Gear S2 is connected to the smartphone to enable call forwarding.

1. From the Apps screen, tap Settings

→ Call → Call forwarding.

2. Tap Turn On

forward your calls to your Gear S2.

→

to automatically

Messages

Sending a Message

1. From the Apps screen, tap

Messages .

2. Tap More Options g New message.

3. Enter a recipient phone number or tap to add from contacts g NEXT.

Viewing a Message

1. From the clock screen, rotate the bezel

to the left to view notiﬁcations.

2. Tap Messsages and scroll up to

veiw your messages.

3. To reply to a message, tap .

4. Enter your message and tap

to send.

Customize

¬ Connected smartphone: Ta p Apps

→

Samsung Gear .

• Tap Watch faces to change the

look of the clock.

• Tap Notiﬁcations to manage

your notiﬁcations.

• Tap Manage apps to

add, remove and organize applications.

Connection Settings

¬ Gear S2: Press the Power/Lock

Settings → Connections.

Bluetooth

• BT headset: Search for Bluetooth

headsets.

Mobile networks

• Gear network: Enable the Gear

S2 to connect to the mobile network when not connected to a smartphone.

• Mobile data: Enable/disable mobile

data connections.

• Data roaming: Use data

connections when you are roaming.

• Roaming network: Select a

preferred network for roaming.

→

Wi-Fi

Connect the device to a Wi-Fi network to update news and weather when in standalone mode.

NFC

Make payments and buy tickets for events after downloading the required app.

• NFC: Activate the NFC feature to

link your Gear to your credit or debit card.

• Tap and pay: Set the default

payment app for mobile payments.

Airplane mode

Turn off calls and messaging functions and Mobile data and connectivity funtions such as Wi-Fi.

Data Usage

Keep track of your data usage amount.

Location

Set the Gear S2 to allow apps to use your current location information.

Connection Modes

• Bluetooth: Connected to the

smartphone via Bluetooth.

Receive notiﬁcations and calls from the connected smartphone.

• Connected remotely: Connected

to the smartphone via the wireless network.

Receive notiﬁcations and calls from the smartphone and Gear S2 phone number.

• Standalone: Not connected to the

smartphone.

Send and receive calls and notiﬁcations from the Gear S2 phone number only.

Notes