Download the Recovery and save it to your Desktop (it is located under Downloads in that post). For a full list of its features (including allowing other devices to connect to it besides Samsung verified ones) head to the developer’s page here.ġ. Flash a Custom RecoveryĪt the time of writing this there is only one popular custom ROM for the gear, but it is pretty awesome.

Head to our How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Gear procedure, complete it, and return here to continue.

UPDATE 02/27/14: Replace the video to add the Uncheck Auto Reboot new step.ġ. Interested? Give it a try, it’s quite easy to flash a custom ROM on the Galaxy Gear. This ROM has a ton of features you can find listed here, but suffice it to say it turns the Galaxy Gear into a full-blown Android device complete with live wallpapers, Play Store, and removes the Samsung signature verification so you can pair the Gear with other devices (although Gear Manager still won’t work without some tweaks I’ll show in a video later this week).

Here I’ll show you how to flash the most popular custom ROM for the Galaxy Gear from developer fOmey (who you should definitely donate to if this procedure ends up helping you). Now that you have root access, it’s time for the fun stuff.

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