Hey guys!
I WAS (keyword) experiencing this exact same problem up until 2 days ago (for those referencing this post later, my last Samsung Pay pop-up occurred on Sunday, July 3rd, 2022).
I was very disturbed to read that not only were so many of my fellow Samsung customers having this issue, it looks clearly to be a software glitch AND if you were unlucky like most of us your watch was out-of-warranty and you'd be looking at repair bills (assuming Samsung could even fix it!)
Well, I did notice that some users had tried to do a factory reboot on their watch only to have the pop-up return.
I can't speak to how they did their resets, but I know for me - after going through the menu on the watch Settings -> About -> (and then it brings you to a screen that says, "Did you mean Reset?") I chose Reset.
What I did was bring it back to FACTORY DEFAULT, meaning I made sure that the watch did NOT restore any of the previous backups.
And once the watch gets wiped and you are back at the "Let's Go!" screen, continue to ignore any suggestions to get apps or any information from a restore point.
I know it's only been 2 days, but the Samsung Pay message has disappeared. My battery is no longer draining. And I have only done minimal additions back to it (allowing Weather locations, calls, etc).
I can't guarantee that it fixes it for you, but so far I've rid myself of that awful Samsung Pay spam.
Good luck!
~Rob
EDIT: July 6th, 2022
I just wanted to quickly update this post to say, that I had changed the watch display (face) from the default (yellow and black) to another watch dial and then IT CAME BACK! (The Samsung Pay pop-up). I changed it back to the default and it's been 7 hours and no pop-up. So it might look like it's stuck on the default but it works.
EDIT #2 - July 24th 2022
Hey guys!
Just thought I'd give the community an update.
So I was feeling really good about my solution with the reset/restore/accept default from July 6th. By July 8th or so, my screen just went black. It would still try to pair with my Galaxy S21 Ultra but I couldn't see anything on the Galaxy Active 2 watch display.
First I went to a local Samsung authorized repair center, and they told me try to contact Samsung direct because if they find the cause to be hardware (and it's past warranty) I'd be looking at a $300 bill, MINIMUM. (IKR?) I called up Samsung after and the first tier of support said there was basically nothing they could do, so I got it escalated to the next level and as I've been a very loyal Samsung customer AND it was roughly 4 weeks past my warranty, they made an exception and said they'd do a one-time repair fix on them.
The watch was sent and returned within about 10 business days I'd say.
This is now Sunday July 24th 2022 and (knock on wood)...my watch has been working as it was supposed to be. The notes said the LCD and back button were replaced. Samsung also mentioned it goes through quality control checks before it's sent back to the customer.
Fingers crossed for those who are past warranty the reset/restore fix keeps working for you, and if not, you can try Samsung directly and mention this thread which I also did pointing to a software issue that started it all with the Samsung Pay.
Cheers!
