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IN THIS CHAPTER

Learning about the hardware features of the Gear S2

Charging the Gear S2

Starting up the Gear S2 and performing the initial setup

Putting the Gear S2 on your wrist and changing wrist straps

Turning off the Gear S2

Okay, you’ve taken everything out of the Gear S2 box. It’s time to turn on the watch and start playing, right? Uh, no.

The Gear S2 battery isn’t fully charged when you take it out of the box because the battery was tested before it was placed in the box. So the first thing you should do is check the watch and make sure that the device looks good. Remove the plastic adhesive coverings and look for scratches or any other outer signs of wear and tear that your brand-new device shouldn’t have.

In this chapter, I start by reviewing the hardware features of the Gear S2. Next, you learn how to charge the Gear S2 to get the battery life up to 100 percent. Then you find out how to start up the Gear S2 and set up your smartwatch for the first time. Finally, I show you how to put the Gear S2 on your wrist and adjust it for optimum comfort. In case you don’t like the large band, I show you how to swap out the large band for the smaller one that comes in the box.

If you do find there are scratches or any other defects in your Gear S2 or related components such as the charger, your Gear S2 is covered by a limited warranty. Call Samsung at 1-800-SAMSUNG (that’s 1-800-726-7864) to talk to a real person about your problems, obtain a new Gear S2 or related components, and return the broken equipment to Samsung.

Inspecting the Gear S2 Hardware

With the plastic adhesive coverings taken off the watch, hold the smartwatch with the screen toward you. The smartwatch itself is called the case. You know that the watch is right side up when the smaller wrist strap (the one with the buckle) is above the smartwatch case and the larger strap (that’s the strap with the adjustment holes) is below the case.

By the way, I’m not going to leave you behind with a bunch of dense text. This chapter has plenty of photos that illustrate all the features, instructions, and other good stuff.

I start off with Figure 2-1, which shows the black Gear S2 Classic that I own. This model sports the serrated bezel that borders the watch face. (If you have the standard Gear S2, the bezel is smooth.) Confirm that the bezel moves as it should by placing your index finger and thumb on either side of the bezel and then moving the bezel left and right. If the bezel doesn’t move in one or both directions, it’s time to call Samsung.

FIGURE 2-1: The bezel appears around the watch face with the smaller strap on top and the larger strap on the bottom.

Now turn the case so that you see the right side of the watch that you see in Figure 2-2. You see two buttons. The button on the top is the Back button: When you press it, you go back to the previous screen.

FIGURE 2-2: The Back button is on the top and the Power/Home button is on the bottom.

The bottom button is the one you press to turn the power on as well as to return to the Home screen, which is the screen that shows you the clock with the current time.

When you turn on the watch, the back of the watch warms up because you own an electronic gadget. The back of the watch contains a pair of sensors that light up on the back of the watch when you have an app that wants to count your heart rate.

For example, if you have the Heart Wave watch face, you can tell this face to take your pulse. As the Gear S2 takes your pulse, the two heart rate sensor lights light up on the back of the watch. Figure 2-3 shows you what these two little sensor lights look like since you can’t see the bottom of the watch when it’s on your wrist.

FIGURE 2-3: Two sensor lights appear on the back of the watch.

Samsung recommends that you don’t look at the sensor lights because you can hurt your eyes. If you do look at the lights to ensure that they work, look for just a second or two. Otherwise, I hope that the pain in your eyes and head will compel you to stop.

The charger is a curious thing: It’s shaped roughly in the form of an L. The horizontal part of the L sits on your desk, and you charge the Gear S2 using the vertical bar. One side of the vertical bar, shown in Figure 2-4, is magnetized so that you can place the bottom of the watch against the bar. When you do, the Gear S2 starts charging. Hang tight; I get to charging shortly.

FIGURE 2-4: Here’s a nice family portrait of the charger, cable, and plug.

Your smartphone plug and cable look a lot like the plug and cable you find with your smartphone, as you can see in Figure 2-4. The connector on one end of the cable is smaller than the connector on the other end. The small connector plugs into the port on the charger. The other connector is a USB connector, which means that if you’re not close to your power plug, you can charge your Gear S2 by plugging the USB connector into another device, such as a laptop’s USB port.

If you plug your Gear S2 into a laptop or desktop computer to charge it, remember that the laptop or computer has to be on for the Gear S2 charger to receive power. Your Gear S2 may also take longer to charge from your computer because the power coming into your computer is powering your computer parts as well as your Gear S2 charger.

Charging Up Your Gear

Now that you’ve seen your Gear S2 and ensured that not only the smartwatch but also all the parts appear to be in good working order, you can charge your smartwatch. The good people at Samsung test your battery along with the rest of the Gear S2 before they send it off so that some lucky person like you can buy it, which means that the battery is drained.

Now breathe in and out a couple of times, because you have to perform one final test: Make sure that the Gear S2 can charge fully and hold a full charge. This will take a few minutes, so get some other work done … or even relax. (Do people actually do that anymore?)

Start by plugging the cable to the charger and to your plug. Then insert the plug into your wall outlet or, even better, a surge protector. (Insert your favorite trite safety slogan here.) Now, place the back of the watch against the vertical bar on the charger with the left side of the watch case (the one without buttons) resting on the bottom of the charger.

The vertical bar has two sides, and only one side is magnetized. So which side do you use? Samsung made it easy by putting its logo on the side of the bar that is not the side you use. You guessed right: The glass on the front of the case isn’t magnetized, so you have to place the back of the case on the proper side of the vertical bar (see Figure 2-5).

FIGURE 2-5: The back of the Gear S2 connects to the magnetized side of the vertical bar.

If you don’t believe me, put the front or back of the case on the side of the bar with the Samsung logo and watch your smartwatch fall off the charger and clatter on your desk (or table, if you prefer).

When you place the back of the Gear S2 on the correct side, notice the magnet on the back of the case pulling it to the vertical bar on the charger. When the case and the vertical bar make contact, move the charger around so that you can see the Gear S2 screen. You can see the battery strength percentage on the watch screen, which registers a range from 0 percent (empty) to 100 percent (full).

The screen automatically rotates on the charger so that you can see the percentage properly without having to remove the watch from the charger.

The Gear S2 screen turns off about 15 seconds after you connect it to the charger, but you don’t need to turn the screen back on. Instead, look at the bottom of the charger below the front of the Gear S2 screen.

At the bottom of the charger, you see a light when your watch is charging (see Figure 2-6). If the light is red, that means your battery isn’t full and you should keep the Gear S2 connected to the charger. When the light is green, the battery is full and you can remove it from the charger.

FIGURE 2-6: The light on the charger tells you whether you need to wait to fully charge your Gear S2.

After you release the Gear S2 from the charger, if you’re viewing the smartwatch screen you see the battery strength percentage amount on the screen for a second or two. If the charger light is green, the percentage on the screen should be 100.

The battery will last for about two to three days before you have to recharge your Gear S2. Just as with your smartphone, if you use one or more apps on your Gear S2 that require a lot of battery juice, your battery won’t last as long. When your Gear S2 runs (or nearly runs) out of power, plan on doing something else with your time for about two hours as your smartwatch charges back up to 100 percent.

You can charge your Gear S2 while the smartwatch is on. However, charging may take longer because the battery is already using its power to keep the Gear S2 running. So if you don’t expect to use your Gear S2 soon after you place the smartwatch on the charger, you charge it faster by turning off the Gear S2 and letting the battery focus on charging alone.

Starting and Setting Up the Gear S2

When the light on the charger turns green, you’re finally (finally!) ready to start the Gear S2 for the first time. Hold down the Power button until you feel the watch vibrate; then release your finger. The Gear S2 logo appears on the screen, and you have to wait a few seconds more for the Tizen operating system to load. (I tell you more about the Gear S2’s Tizen OS in Chapter 1.)

When the Gear S2 is finished starting up, you see the Welcome screen shown in Figure 2-7.

FIGURE 2-7: Welcome to your Gear S2.

After you tap the screen, a message appears that asks you to install the Samsung Gear app on your smartphone, as shown in Figure 2-8. Yes, you need to use an Android smartphone with your Gear S2. Even if you purchased your Gear S2 from a phone carrier so that you can make calls on your carrier’s network without a smartphone, you need to use the Gear Manager app on your smartphone to install apps on and manage your Gear S2.

FIGURE 2-8: You can’t do anything with your Gear S2 until you set up Gear Manager on your smartphone.

As of this writing, Samsung has preinstalled Gear Manager on its latest Galaxy S7 Android smartphone. However, if you have an older Android smartphone, you need to install the Gear Manager app, as you learn to do shortly. There’s also media chatter about a Gear Manager app for the iPhone as of this writing, so you may want to check the App Store on your iPhone to see whether the Gear Manager app is available now.

You can’t do anything else on your Gear S2 after this point until Gear Manager is installed. The smartwatch screen turns off after 15 seconds.

Installing the Gear Manager app on your smartphone

Now you need to turn on or awaken your Android smartphone, which in this example is my Samsung Galaxy S6. Open your Apps screen and then tap Galaxy Apps. You may need to swipe to the appropriate page within the Apps screen to find the Galaxy Apps icon. Then follow these steps to set up your smartphone to work with your Gear S2 watch: