To start, yes I have researched the issues before posting here. Seems a bit scattered and no good answers.

I have a Gear S3 running 3.0.0.1

I have put the device in developer mode

I have turned on debuging

I am running the latest version of Windows 10

I downloaded and installed Tizen Studio 2.1

I have Visual Studio Professional 2017 – v15.5.2

I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Tool for Tizen

I installed the Tizen SDK (separate from the one that I guess installs with Tizen Studio)

I used the Tizen Package Manager to install:

• 3.0 Wearable (0.0.26)
• 2.3.2 Wearable (0.0.15)
• Tizen SDK Tools (Version 2.5.32 , Installed Version 2.5.26 – I don’t know what the difference is here or if it matters.)
• Samsung Certificate Extension (2.0.14)
• Samsung Wearable Extension (1.3.0)

I opened the Certificate Manager and created BOTH Samsung and Tizen certificates.

I have my device connected via wifi through the Device Manager

I created a new Blank App (Xamarin.Forms)

I tried to deploy the unedited app project to the device and received the following error:

• Failed to install – SDB is not installed, or selected device refuses app install

I went to the Devece Manager and right-clicked the device and selecet “Permit to install applications” and received the following error

• No certificate profile for permit to install was found in the workspace…..blah blah

Tried multiple times with different certs and combinations of events after much researching.

(By the way, my device doesn’t have a home/developer folder listed when selected in the Device Manager)

I tried the emulator. (takes forever to open)

I get 2 pop-ups when starting the emulator:

• Extra package installation failed. sap must be installed MANUALLY!
• Extra package installation failed. cert must be installed MANUALLY!

And when I try to delpoy to the emulator, I get the same issues as above even after trying the same “Permit to install applications” stuff

• No certificate profile for permit to install was found in the workspace…..blah blah

So….any thoughts before I throw all of this off of my balcony?