Samsung Gear Watch stuck on "finishing pairing" Simple Fix (Try before you resetting your phone)

This might be a simple fix for your Samsung Gear watch if you have tried resetting your watch resetting your phone and clearing cache data and all of that but none of it worked. This could be the simplest fix you could try.
Do note that this does not require clearing any cache data or resetting the phone or uninstalling and re-installing any apps.
This worked for me and some people but it might not be the same problem for you in which case, it would not solve your problem pairing if you're having issues but it's worth a try to rule it out before you start with resetting your phone and watch, etc

[@haro82]

Thank you. I'm going to try this. For a leader like Samsung, this is unacceptable.

[@kojam1]

Trust me. THEY ALL SUCK! Not an apple fan but all this Android crap is getting on my nerve! 😡 Google has problems ppl have been complaining about for years. THERE HAS BEEN ZERO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THEM! Apple is not without sin, but I think they are more responsible. I'm the only Android user in the house. I'm strongly considering making that dreaded leap I swore to NEVER make.

[@Fylosofy_]

I think when it comes to device choice, you cannot afford to make emotional decision. The devides you choose must serve you at the end of the day. For many people, this will differ and while android would be perfect for one person, Apple would better suit another. So you really must look at what your needs are and make the decision based on that alone. Don't care about the company if it doesn't serve your needs because trust me, they do not care about you.

[@EdwinIlarraza]

I have to tell you I just watched your video. Well done I just opened my watch and was wondering why I couldn't pair it. You saved me a ton of time and money. I was ready to bring watch back to the store. Your video was clear to the point and you should make more you Rock.

[@AldoRyan]

Dude, you are the man! Thank you so much for this step-by-step yet fast and easy tutorial!

[@cvdvan2307]

THANK YOU!!!!! I have been researching for a solution to this pairing problem for hours, and was just about to return the watch. You saved my sanity and restored my faith in my ability to have technology!!!

[@rwkar619]

this is the most useful video I found for this problem. I was very scared for that specific error but it totally helped me thank you dude. It deserve a lot of views

[@pete94533]

Thanks for this brotha! My watch was stuck like that for an hour. All I did was turn off wifi, and the pairing finished. Didn't need to un-pair, uninstall or restart anything.

[@tommasobarbiero6547]

I really thank you. You are the man! After months of lost hopes, I finally managed to pair my watch. Now I can use again the watch for my workouts

[@LaurenMaddison-RevLauren]

BRILLIANT!!!!! Your solution worked immediately, and it was extremely easy. THANK YOU!!

[@RanisChoice]

I was about to send my watch back to the store, but you saved me!! Thank you so much!

[@shajuthallapally4881]

Thank you, this fixed my issue, even the Samsung official forum hasn't mentioned this.

[@madalin934]

Great video my good man, had the same problem and was getting rather annoyed but tried your fix and it worked. Thank you.

[@tijldeclerck7772]

Life saver! I tried so many things before I came across this video, thanks!

[@kevinfussell5777]

Excellent. Tried this and it took two minutes to connect rather than the 18hours I had tried beforehand. Thank you.

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it helped

[@aileenmai6605]

Thank you for this! It took me 2 days following Samsung's advice and this solved it in a minute.

[@garnetlongano2271]

Thank you for taking the time to save our sanity! Also a quick tip rebooting/restarting and reset are different. I know it seems obvious but I restarted the watch several times before it clicked.

[@Fylosofy_]

Thanks for the info!

[@joensd]

I don't understand why Samsung does not alert you about turning off your WiFi. I was getting ready to return the watch. Very frustrating. This actually fixes the issue 100%. Thank you!

[@trimman1]

Thanks . It worked! Been trying for over a week to get it paired and finally, a smart watch I can use..

[@janmarchewicz]

So simple a fix and it actually worked on my watch as well. I couldn't figure the problem for few days, but now it's solved Thanks man

[@gcsanchez1997]

Thank-you so much. Your fix worked for me, but I did have to restart the pairing at least a couple of times after disconnecting wifi

[@bas6778]

Great fix, worked for me on the first try on my active 21 Thanks!

[@sodoodle296]

Your suggestions worked perfectly. Thank you!

[@BritGeeks]

Saved me a stressful afternoon thank you.

[@jbrayda9]

After trying this for over an hour, it finally worked! I ended up restarting my phone and then unpairing it from Bluetooth and trying it again and it worked! Thank you so much for this video.

[@dominiquejames2105]

Oh my gosh sir!!! You are a genius!!!!! I had given up and was actually thinking of replacing my phone with a Samsung but now I don't have too because this totally worked! Such a simple fix!!!!!

[@Fylosofy_]

Happy for you.

[@malavbhatt1053]

Its still like that after a year. Problem was fixed after following your method. Thanks a lot.

[@tobey75231]

Thank you so much for this!!! It fixed my pairing issue WITHOUT having to factory reset my phone.

[@vladamarianciuc2255]

Thank you! I was starting to go insane while trying to figure out what was wrong. 😅👍👍👍❤️

[@Fylosofy_]

No problem 👍

[@TofyLion]

THANK YOU! I've been having this problem with my watch and it's been going for about 2 weeks. I tried to reset both the watch and the phone (with backups), tried to wipe the dalvik cache, and even unrooting my phone, but nothing worked. I'm pretty surprised that this worked, but it worked! Thanks a lot for sharing what worked for you :)

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it helped you ;)

[@cruzanbay1]

It doesn't work for me

[@cruzanbay1]

Why

[@stef2079]

@@cruzanbay1 same

[@brycemibeck6807]

Didn't work for me, either. The truck where he unpaired the watch in the middle of the galaxy app pairing, my watch closed and I had to restart the whole thing again.

[@maxrighi929]

Brilliant I had no idea how to fix this problem, especially with my spotify account, thank you very much

[@madfaith777]

Thanks so much guy!!!Such a help!!God Bless you!!

[@chivdude]

worked straight away after many others had tried to help me. Thanks

[@cainmarkov]

woooow bro, you are truly a King for posting this. Thanks so much, it's been very helpful for me. the watch becomes better when you connect it to your phone 😊😊😊🎉

[@chupoposama]

I have the same problem, and thankfully resolved following your method. Samsung makes great hardware, but lousy software. My phone is paired to many other devices such as my car, my headset etc, and never had such problems unlike my S3 Frontier. It cannot be separated from my iPhone else it would either disconnect and unable to reconnect again (time to reset!) or it will reconnect (80% of the time).

[@ronfitzpatrick5112]

Very helpful, thank you!😃

[@MarineRealtor]

It worked once I did a factory reset on my Samsung Frontier phone then it worked. It only took 2 min to reset my Z fold 2 phone. Great job!!

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad to hear that.

[@germanycze4130]

Thank you so much. i was stuck with my gear sport and you saved me :D

[@Fylosofy_]

No problem 👍

[@linwoodsly7101]

Thanks Bro ,worked like a charm!

[@yournumber2fan]

thank you! worked a treat

[@akshaychavan5511]

Thanks dude! It really helped :)

[@kurumatt473]

Worked for me as well. Thank you. Thumbs up.

[@Yambob]

Thanks alot this video was a great help with my new Galaxy Watch 3 and pairing to my one plus one phone :)

[@jaysonroper0989]

WOW.... this worked... thanks mate!!!

[@ArjunaDixit]

you're my hero!!!! this worked for me.

[@Fylosofy_]

So glad this video is actually helping people. Thanks for the feedback.

[@tarangsoni9028]

maaaaaaaan, you are the best i was trying since last 1 hour but you solved in just 5 mins

[@thematrixx81]

My man, this worked like a charm

[@swethagumpena3491]

Thank you! It worked :)

[@unbreakable5510]

This happend to me as well, I had to put apps to sleep to help with my battery life and one of the apps that controlled the samsung software must have been on the list. I enabled all the apps and did what you showed in the video and it worked. Thank you

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it worked.

[@ahmadwedyan2496]

thank you so much man you saved my life i was actully going to throw my watch away because I thought it was broken

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it worked for you. I spent 2 days trying to figure this out when it happened to mine. Lol I had to be brave then first time I thought I figured it out to disconnect and reset so I could make the video.

[@myNICKdoesntMATTER]

Thank you!!! Worked for me!!

[@jamesstone1772]

Thanks. Worked a treat.

[@jemi4711]

Dang, it works brother. Thank you.

[@yardiewrx]

Thx bro. You saved me a lot of stress.

[@Nabusakox]

Works like a charm!

[@user-re9wt5pu2w]

Thank you so much it worked. You are a genius. Extremely grateful.

[@sandramary3936]

Fantastic, exactly what I needed to do. Thanks 🙏

[@theredapartment]

It worked - thank you. Key advice: disabling the wifi :)

[@TechHuntBD]

It’s working, Thank you so much. I was stucked with this issue. ❤️

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it helped

[@valaxiar]

Thanks for the help!

[@MrOscar619773]

Thanks for the video!

[@DuroisinMichael]

Great! Thanks a lot!

[@captainmlgbanana4722]

you are a legend man thanks

[@Thewarmestpanza]

Awesome!! It worked immediately! Thank you!!

Thanks, it WORK!

[@uttaragupta898]

Voila!! It worked. Thanks 👍🏼

[@novembercat6070]

Thank you so much:) I was trying to pair it with iPhone, it got connected at first but then while I was creating a Samsung account it disconnected and didn't want to react anymore. I did all the steps from the beginning and TURNED OFF WIFI and it paired. I have created the Samsung account once I was in the application with wifi.

[@faniashf]

So helpful, thanks so much!

[@Fylosofy_]

Try wifi off, Bluetooth on and data on

[@sarveshvarts1643]

Thank you so much for the video

[@zemzezeze6546]

Thanks so much😊🙌

[@PerciseWindom]

Worked for me thank you

[@berksanuygun5933]

Thank you thank you thank you very much!

[@leothetezo2]

it works thanks!!

[@itzmekogamingyt2598]

That man is AWESOME

[@manpower1999pk]

Thanks dear! It helped

[@alanchong8121]

Thank you for the suggestion.

[@Erfan.Ebrahimi]

Thanks man you saved me

[@theresarehling1122]

Will try thank you

[@PeJchA993]

Thanks for the instructions, God bless you! Let me add my experience... When I switched from Samsung to Xiaomi device, I couldn't connect my gear S3 at all. Tried all your steps, but still didn't work. In order to get it done, I had to get into developer mode and then turn of MIUI optimization in developer options. Only after that I managed to set it up following your instructions. Hope someone will find this comment helpful.

[@Fylosofy_]

Thank you for your comment. I always encourage people who don't find the video as a solution to their problem to scroll through the comments here because there are lots of people who have updated their experiences.

[@kunalp19]

Thanks bro its really helpful

[@daveferber8340]

@Fylosofy I have a Galaxy Watch3 and a Galaxy S20 +5G. I had a Galaxy S9+ that paired perfectly with the watch. I have done all your steps several time along with suggestions to clear cache (as others in this thread have mentioned) in Galaxy Wearables and deleting all my bluetoothed connected items (as a referenced link in this thread advise). Still no luck. I can't believe how difficult it is to pair the same manufacturers devices. Any suggestions on next steps?

[@trevormark7115]

Same problem how did you fix it

[@shayanbaig7328]

I've same problem with watch 3 and note 10+

[@kamehameha7143]

Hey followed your video and I didn't have any luck until I turned on mobile data. Not sure if that was mentioned but hopefully it works for anyone who's frustrated with the pairing failing. Try: WiFi off, Bluetooth on and data On. The pairing screen should come up after trying to connect.

[@lh9512]

Yes I had to do this too and then reset my watch Thank you 😊

[@jgftubsgil]

thanks alot it really worked👍

[@paulessdee9569]

Thanks👋 saved me an awful lot of hassle.

[@kha_leesi2596]

Thank you! And mine the time was fixed and this worked!

[@Fylosofy_]

Great!

[@richardhickling849]

Great - thanks. This worked. Strange the Wifi interference if that's really what's going on.

[@farazcheema8086]

Thank you so much brother you solve my problem

[@pardeshi101]

thanks, it worked

[@eduardorobles2465]

Thanks a lot !! that solved my problem

[@tyronogle101]

Thank you thank you thank you. It worked, I was going crazy.

[@Fylosofy_]

Glad it helped.

[@wr4i]

Whew! That fixed it for my S2 phone! Txs!!

[@indigo_dreamz]

Your video should come default in the Samsung watch box thank you so much!

[@jonathanrivas6421]

Awesome it worked!!!

[@knightofmordor]

This works thank you

[@marcovw6415]

THANK YOU MAN

[@jarocho721]

you are awesone!!! Thankiu so much!!!: I couldn´t fix the problem

[@Fylosofy_]

So this fix didn't help you? Read the comments because other people have added their solutions.

[@harshdeep_23]

Thank you 😊

[@germanbr2670]

Thank you very much , it worked for me

[@rponguleti]

Fantastic. Struggled for 3 days to pair my Galaxy Watch with new S23 Ultra. It worked but in my case, when I switch off wifi Galaxy watch Plugin is automatically switching it on. So, I have to uninstall watch plugin on phone and redo the pairing with wear. A big Thank you 🙏.

[@oliverhonig6701]

Still didnt work for me 😢

[@Fylosofy_]

Please have a look at the other solutions in the comment section? Some of them have worked for others. Good luck

[@paulandrews7092]

genius. thanks so much.. it works 👍

[@megeorgebush]

Thank you a lot

[@Mar1chu]

It hasnt work for me but im just gonna keep trying, this tutorial is really good and it helped allot of people so thanks!

[@Fylosofy_]

Please read the comments because there are people who have had the same problem which this video could not solve for them, but they share in the comments what worked instead. Different fixes.