If you have a Gear 360 or a Gear S2, you may have noticed that your backpack slots are showing as locked when you try to put something in them. This is because those devices come with an authenticator app that helps you keep track of your devices and access your data.
If you don’t have an authenticator app, your backpack slots will show as locked. .
The Gear 360 and the Gear S2 both come with an authenticator app because they use NFC (near field communication) to help you keep track of your devices and access your data. NFC is a technology that uses radio waves to help you make a contactless connection between two objects.
When you put something in one of the Gear 360’s or the Gear S2’s backpack slots, the device will start to send out radio waves. The Gear 360 and the Gear S2 will both detect those waves and will start to work on unlocking the slot.
If you don’t have an authenticator app, your backpack slots will show as locked even if you have a device that can unlock them. This is because the Gear 360 and the Gear S2 use NFC to help you keep track of your devices and access your data. Without an authenticator app, you won’t be able to unlock the slots using just your device.
