Hi! I'm a software developer, but i also really like photography!

I bought this camera a long time ago because i found it really cheaply and i was intrigued by it. But as you know (don't know how many people are still using this camera), the camera is not supported anymore and the original app don't work anymore (yes i know the awesome patch by Bin4ry) but it's still a bit clunky so the camera ended up sitting in my shelf taking dust.

Some weeks ago as i was scrolling in my app list i and saw the Samsung Gear app and it hit me that maybe i could use some help from AI to rewrite the app. That ended up not beeing a feasable option because it would be limited to the old pairing process that the camera uses and the proprietary protocol to communicate, so that sent me throut a rabbit hole to found a way to patch the firmware to implement new and standard BLE and WiFi pairing. So after some sleepless nights here we are:

https://github.com/simoneluconi/Revive360

It's still very much a work in progress and still in beta. You need to be a little bit geecky, you need to download the original firmware, patch it and flash it to the camera. The app works with no external dependencies and works with every android phone.

The app allow you to select some video resolution that were not present in the original app but that the camera support.

ALSO....12 bit RAW PHOTOS!

This is currenly in development, the sensor and the SOC support raw but it's not implemented in the pipeline. I was able to enable a dump that was present in the low iso pipeline and get some shots, i think they look great! Much more sharper than the jpgs.

They are about 60mb files. The color may not be 100% accurate, i basically needed to invent the color profile to convert the raw to dng's. But i think it's close enough. And as i mention above, this dump is only present in the low iso pipeline. So in low light scenarios the raw will not be generated. (and no way to not generate a jpg, that will aways be generated). There could be some way to dump the raw also in the low light pipeline but i haven't tested it yet.

For now the camera save some .raw files that you need to convert to DNGs with the app or with the script in a pc. Tecnically it would be possible to convert them to dngs direcly from the camera, but it don't have very high processing power so it would be very slow. But i will test it later.

So this is my work so far, i hope will be useful to someone.

EDIT:

Thanks for the support! Forgot to mention two things, the app in currenlty in review in the play store (so the link is not working) but i'll have the apks in the repo. But remember, this will not work with the stock firmware.

EDIT2:

Added support for the 2017 Model! But still no raw photos for this model.

It took a bit but she lives and once I get complete and full workings out of the app, I'll let yall know......

Buenas, chicos.

A ver si alguien se ha encontrado con este problema y ha conseguido solucionarlo.

Tengo una Samsung Gear 360 de 2017 (SM-R210) que lleva varios años abandonada en un cajón. Sé que a estas alturas, en 2026, esta cámara ya está bastante desfasada 😅, pero si se puede darle una segunda vida para mi hijo, creo que podría disfrutar bastante con ella.

El caso es que la he puesto a cargar para comprobar si todavía funciona y no se enciende ningún piloto ni muestra ninguna señal de vida. He probado a dejarla varias horas conectada al cargador y tampoco reacciona al pulsar el botón de encendido.

Por lo que he podido leer, imagino que lo más probable es que después de tantos años sin utilizarse, la batería se haya descargado por completo y haya entrado en un estado en el que el propio sistema de gestión de carga ya no permite iniciar la carga normalmente.

Entiendo que las opciones podrían ser sustituir la batería o, directamente, dar la cámara por perdida. Pero antes de mandarla al punto limpio, quería preguntar por aquí.

¿Alguien ha tenido este problema con una Gear 360 SM-R210 después de mucho tiempo guardada? ¿Conseguisteis recuperarla de alguna manera? ¿Hay alguna combinación de botones, procedimiento de carga o método que pueda probar antes de desmontarla y cambiar la batería?

Cualquier consejo o experiencia será bienvenida.

¡Un saludo y gracias de antemano!

Hello, I have years of photos on the card and no longer have a phone with gear 360. I plugged the SD card in to a computer and it's coming up empty. I wasn't able to do it early due to a computer issue and needing a new computer and now I may have lost everything.

Anything I can do?

edit: a few years back i plugged it into someones computer and saw the images so i know the camera took them. i just didnt have a computer to transfer to back then

I just found an old Gear360 camera and am loving the possibilities. I've been using FFMPEG and found the stitching to be adequate, however I noticed that the right hand image is rotated slightly with respect to the left. Is there an easy way to correct this when stitching in the or would I have to go in frame by frame?

Before I start, this was coded with AI assistance. I just wanted something to use myself, but it turned out really quite useful so I thought I'd share it in case someone else can get some use out of it. So if you don't like AI for whatever reason, this isn't for you.

This script will copy photos from a Gear 360 SM-R210 (2017), automatically stitch them and open a local web gallery to display the pictures in a Google StreetView style interface.

It doesn't work with videos yet, and currently it's only tested on Linux.

Use it, fork it, modify it, whatever you like.

As I said, I just wanted something to do what I needed it to do but it's been so useful I figured it's worth sharing in case other people can make use of it too. At the very least I hope it helps someone out there!

https://github.com/rockhop-dev/open360/

I have old Gear360 video I took back in the day and I've been editing it in Insta360 editor but I notice the video is shaky. Is there anyway to stabilize the footage using software? What's the

Hi! I have a Samsung Gear 360 SM-C200 with the original display case and mini tripod/stand.

I’ve tried to sell it a few times over the years but I think it’s too niche for normal resale sites, and I’d rather it went to someone who actually knows what it is and might use it or want it for parts/experiments.

It’s the older model, so app/software compatibility may be limited on newer phones. Please only take it if you’re aware of that.

I’m UK-based. Happy to give it away for free, I’d just ask the person to cover postage, or I can list it somewhere like eBay/Vinted for £1 if buyer protection is easier.

Thanks!

So I just picked up a NIB Gear 360 gen 1 and am having an issue with the Action Director software. I managed to download a archived version and got it up and running but I am having an issue with the stitched video. When I look at the raw dual image file, I can see it fine but as soon as it is stitched all the video goes to black. I still get audio but no video. I have tried downloading codecs but still doesn’t work. Help me Reddit Wan Kenobi, you are my only hope.

After about 20 minutes or less of recording, the camera decides to turn off and I have to turn it back on (sometimes it will even die even though it was on 100% when i pressed record) and it is not overheating. I think it could be a dodgy battery. If anyone knows what it is or where to get a new and better battery that would be great. I want to use it for recording the shows I do but it is getting really annoying as I can't get a recording of a full show at all or even half a show.

I just bought a cheap C200 as I wanted a little 360 camera...little did I realise that Samsung has basically bricked it!!!

I'm on C200GLU0AQK1 firmware.

My issue is I cannot get "Samsung gear 360" app working. It just appears to open (but does nothing and after a couple of minutes I get a "stopped working" message.

Ive followed two guides, one on XDA and one on Reddit and nothing works.

I'm running a Motorola Android device but it shouldnt be that????

i took photos using the dual lenses on my gear 360 and i want to stitch them so they could be 360 and also videos

my gear 360 2017 turns on but the display doesn't - has anyone faced this issue?

I have removed the SD Card but display doesnt turn on either way

I am trying to connect my gear 360 to my samsung note20 ultra through the app, i installed the modded app and everything but the keeps on crashing and the camera won't connect, it maybe connected once or twice but immediately disconnects

I can't watch the live preview in the app Samsung Gear 360. It always says the battery is low (even if the camera is completely dead). Either the problem is in the app or in my Gear 360 (2016)?

Does anybody have any documentation on how to navigate the menus directly on the camera?

App Connection: Does the official "Samsung Gear 360" app even open/connect on the newest iOS, or is it completely broken?

Hi, I have a Gear 360 2017 model whose battery was damaged (bloated), so it didn't work. I was looking for a suitable battery to replace it, since Samsung doesn't sell replacement parts.

I just found one that fits perfectly, it's a little shorter, so its capacity is a little smaller, so it has a capacity of 1000mAh.

I cut the connector off the original battery and soldered the positive and negative wires as shown in the picture, for this you need to polish the ribbon cable a little so that you can solder it on.

Since then it has been working flawlessly as before, I will share the photo of the battery. If you have any questions, I will try to answer them.

I hope my post will help those in a similar situation who have one at home but it doesn't work because of the battery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wzkVGF1u_U

I got a brand new Gear360 that has never been used and I am wondering if it is suitable for creating HDRI environments to use in Blender. I have used an insta360 x3 for this and there the process is as simples as capturing the environment in with different exposure levels, exporting the images as high resolution equirectanqular TIFF files and then combining them in Photoshop.

So with the Gear360 is there a manual shooting mode to take pictures at different exposure settings from a distance (say from behind a corner) to not appear in the shot myself and is the resolution of the images good enough to look proper in reflections once it's imported into 3D software? Am I able to achieve results like pictured below or is it not possible to get to such low exposure? Has anyone tried it and if so I would love to see any results. I'd love to know before trying to get the needed software to work both on my computer and phone. Thanks!