Basics
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Connecting the Gear to a new mobile device
When you connect the Gear to another mobile device, a pop-up window will ask you to reset
the Gear. Make sure you back up any important data stored in your Gear.
1
Back up your Gear’s data on your mobile device.
On your mobile device, open the Apps screen and tap
Samsung Gear
→
Settings
→
Back up and restore
→
Back up data
.
2
End the connection between your Gear and mobile device. Refer to
for more information.
3
Connect your Gear to another mobile device.
Refer to
Connecting the Gear to a mobile device
for more information.
If the mobile device you want to connect to is already connected to another Gear,
your Gear cannot establish a connection. Disconnect your mobile device from the
previous Gear to connect to your current Gear.
Remote connection
You can remotely connect the Gear to your mobile device when a Bluetooth connection is
not available. With this connection, you can still receive notifications from your mobile device.
This feature is automatically activated when you connect to your mobile device via Bluetooth
for the first time.
If this feature is not turned on, on your mobile device, open the Apps screen, tap
Samsung
Gear
→
Settings
→
Connection
, and then tap the
Use Remote connection
switch.