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How to Activate Samsung watch LTE
I need to activate a Samsung watch LTE
Just got the problem resolved. The message had been that the network
couldn't be set up from this device... So I took it to a T-Mobile store and
had a great manager who figured it out. We needed a device to activate the
cell network. We popped out the sim from my phone, put it in his Samsung
phone, went through the process, got the network activated, put the sim
back in my phone. Just re-paired it and it's all good. It's crappy that
it wouldn't set up. These should come already set for the network so that
they just need to pair it and customize it. But it's working now. Jay at
my local T-Mobile store was awesome and determined to solve this puzzle!
Seems to be doing exactly what we'd expected!
@kronikole@magenta10419802 and other trusty and intrepid explorers going where no man (or woman) has gone before.
I love reading these stories and realizing it's not just me. The way the forum is set up also leaves a lot to be desired. T-mo, you could do better than this. We are all relying on your good will as we ferret our way through this system of lack of proper signage, documentation, and software. This thread is over 3 years old, but I hate to say it , still relevant.
Today is Oct.1, 2021. I thank God I did not have to go through what most of you had to do. But it is still very far from seamless and intuitive. You do not need the 'Digits' app. You need the Samsung Wearables app and then another Samsung app piece of software for the SS watch 4, which is comparable to the latest Apple watch coming out later this month or so.
The t-mo documentation at this point is better. But I do not think every step is totally spelled out. I am assuming the SSwatch 4 device should be able to communicate with any/every other device of any brand as long as they are all connected to the internet in some way. The watch functions as kind of an access point to one of your phones and uses it as a base. The watch is not a standalone device which is not made clear by anyone. Its number is never used, but is like a number assigned to a hotspot device, used as an indentifier in their system, as far as I can tell.
You do most everything from your mobile phone with/thru the Samsung Wearables App. Your phone must 'find' and 'recognize' the watch first, and then you can jig with the settings, AND it is much easier to do that on your phone, not on the tiny format of the watch. I may be crazy, but I keep two phones going, and having or being able to leave one at home (as a backup and a spare) and just use the watch would seem to offer some utility, but I wish someone along the way had properly explained how this all worked. I am going to play with this thing for a couple of more days before I decide to return it. thanks for the use of the hall.
