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Anyone else having problem activating galaxy watch 4 as standalone?
So I just got two LTE galaxy watch 4's to use when I don't want to carry my phone with me (while exercising). After spending two hours at a T-Mobile store and another hour on the phone with a technic...
fireguy_6364 wrote:SnakZ wrote:I had the gear s2 setup as a standalone with its own number and everything. Then upgraded to the s4 watch. Again a standalone that was around 2 years ago. It did take the people at the store along time to figure out what I wanted… the dude was a pain lol.
My only problem with the watch is that it keep saying sim card removed and that it overheats. What i learn from other's is that T-Mobile has the watch listed as a "phone" and not as a watch. The problem with that is the amount of power from the cell towers that get sent to the watch. It makes it overheat.
So them telling you it isnt able to is BS. As i have been using the 2 and 4 as standalone for a few years now.
lol thats not how it works..its pulling in the exact same signal your phone is..it’ll overheat however with a lack of signal seeing as how the watch or phone would need to keep searching over and over for a signal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4aXMJ_hlOI&ab_channel=ALLSTARSPACE
This guy seems to put it all in a nice video of the overheating. As the signal is there its not searching (low signal)
