Hi everyone,
I opened a discussion to understand how Sony Smartband works inside the core.
I don't know if anyone knows exactly, but one functionality that makes me think is the Sleep tracking with Smartband/Lifelog.
I realized that the smartband is capable of capture when we sleep and measure the deep sleep time daily, but anyone know how can it capture this information?
1- I see that the smartband only sees after midnight and so on, some times I sleep at 10pm, but it always marks as 00:00am, is there any way to monitor it more accurate?
2- Another curious feature is, how Smartband knows that I am not in a deep sleep and wake me up during the period I set to wake me up?
Anyone tried to create an app to access these functionalities outside the Lifelog? I would really appreciate that my smartband vibrates in my wrist every time I receive SMS, Whatsapp message and others... and will be best if we can change the vibration for every notification like:
Whatsapp = 1 short vibration
SMS = 1 long vibration
Incoming call = Constant vibrations until I accept or reject the call
Thank you!
UnderrTaker said:
I would really appreciate that my smartband vibrates in my wrist every time I receive SMS, Whatsapp message and others...
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Don't you have Smart Connect app installed? You can have your Smartband vibrate for notifications with that app
leocooper said:
Don't you have Smart Connect app installed? You can have your Smartband vibrate for notifications with that app
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Hi,
Yes, I have the app, but in my settings just show to vibrate when someone calls me...
Can you show me the path to vibrate when SMS or Whatsapp message arrives?
Thank you
UnderrTaker said:
Hi,
Yes, I have the app, but in my settings just show to vibrate when someone calls me...
Can you show me the path to vibrate when SMS or Whatsapp message arrives?
Thank you
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It's the second highest option for me, it reads "notifications". Enable that
Edit: Could you please show a screenshot of your Smartband app?
leocooper said:
It's the second highest option for me, it reads "notifications". Enable that
Edit: Could you please show a screenshot of your Smartband app?
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Found it, thank you!
Now I'm curious in how to improve the sleep measure.
Today I woke up at 06:20 but went to sleep again 5 minutes later, it won't mark the 1 more hour that I slept.
I'm not so happy with this measurement
Maybe you have auto night mode on so it switches to day mode and does not recognize sleep any more? Mine works even when I'm awake whole night in night mode it shows that I have been awake.
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ahvipardik said:
Maybe you have auto night mode on so it switches to day mode and does not recognize sleep any more? Mine works even when I'm awake whole night in night mode it shows that I have been awake.
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Hi,
My night mode is set to 11pm to 9am...
So it's strange that smartband captures just my sleep from midnight, and if I sleep until two hours or more after night mode (11am) it register ok.
The problems are :
I cannot wake up and sleep again
It don't mark my sleep before midnight
Example : if I fall asleep during the evening, it's supposed to capture this sleep time too?
Thank you
From my experience the smartband will only log your sleep time while on sleep mode, which you set to every night at the interval of your choosing. In your case from 11 pm to 9 am.
However you can always shift the smartband from day mode to night mode manually by long pressing the smartband button, it will vibrate and activate night mode at any moment during the day. After changing to night mode it will log your sleep cycle no matter the time of the day, as long as you keep it on night mode. And it's not magic either, I've stayed up late watching TV very still and the smart band thought I was "light sleeping" just because it activated night mode (due to time) and I was not moving much!
And for instance the time you woke up at 6, and the smart band switched to day mode you can just long press the button and it will shift the smart band to night mode again, and register the extra hours you sleep.
Hi Adolfo,
Thank you for your tips.
I was testing the sleep feature and I figured out the same of you.
Sometimes I went to bed and spend hours watching TV, and if I stop to turn over, it marks as light sleep.
Thank you again, from now on I can measure better my sleep and some other features.
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I can't get my S3 to wake me up... I have set the alarm to 8.30 in the morning on all days, but it won't ring...
I turn off sounds when i go to bed because i dont want to wake up if i get a call during the night.
Do i turn off the alarm sound when i turn off the sound??
Why not test it out yourself?
Just set an alarm for like 1 or 2 minutes from now with sounds off and then try the same with sounds on and you will have your answer in less than 5mins
I use the alarms but instead of turning off sounds so as not to be disturbed at night I just put the phone into flight mode (actually I use an app to automatically switch on flight mode at 12:30am and turn it off at 7:30am).
Olywa
My alarm always makes a sound even when my phones on vibrate or mute.
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Olywa123 said:
Why not test it out yourself?
Just set an alarm for like 1 or 2 minutes from now with sounds off and then try the same with sounds on and you will have your answer in less than 5mins
I use the alarms but instead of turning off sounds so as not to be disturbed at night I just put the phone into flight mode (actually I use an app to automatically switch on flight mode at 12:30am and turn it off at 7:30am).
Olywa
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Can you please tell me what app you use to make the phone automatically switch?
Fenrisulven_ said:
Can you please tell me what app you use to make the phone automatically switch?
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i'm using go master it allows to create profiles and switch between them by defining time periods also theres an app called llama see both
I'm using 'Auto Airplane Mode', it's very basic but it is free and does the job
Skivnit has some good suugestions there if you want to set up specific profiles.
Olywa
I am having this problem with my phone. Every time I set the phone ring volume, after a while (30-60 minutes) I suddenly hear my phone vibrate and then it automatically on its own goes into silent mode with silent icon appearing in the top bar. It is very annoying to keep checking my phone to see if it has not gone into silent mode.
Any idea what may be causing this. I cannot find in anything in the settings to enable or disable this.
please help!
I am getting tired of my phone automatically turning the ringer off and going into silent mode after emitting a short pulse vibration (like in notification) while sitting on my desk every few hours.
dr266 said:
I am getting tired of my phone automatically turning the ringer off and going into silent mode after emitting a short pulse vibration (like in notification) while sitting on my desk every few hours.
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same issue here, very annoying. I keep missing calls at work when i set on vibrate but phone switches back to silent.
goneflyfishing said:
same issue here, very annoying. I keep missing calls at work when i set on vibrate but phone switches back to silent.
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got this tip from an user on Android Central:
There is a settings tweak in the Power Save mode to toggle vibrations. I think the default is no vibrations.
I will give this a try now.
goneflyfishing said:
got this tip from an user on Android Central:
There is a settings tweak in the Power Save mode to toggle vibrations. I think the default is no vibrations.
I will give this a try now.
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Thank you for the tip. I want to say that I love this phone....however, given its rounded back shape, the vibration was especially loud and annoying. I had been looking for ways to disable all vibration but didn't realize the power saving mode was the culprit. Now, I wont jump out of my chair every time I get a notification. Thank you again for putting my nerves at ease!
Jane
taylor7667 said:
Thank you for the tip. I want to say that I love this phone....however, given its rounded back shape, the vibration was especially loud and annoying. I had been looking for ways to disable all vibration but didn't realize the power saving mode was the culprit. Now, I wont jump out of my chair every time I get a notification. Thank you again for putting my nerves at ease!
Jane
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so have been trying the new setting and the phone STILL switches on its own from vibra to silent... really annoying since i am missing calls and messages!
if anybody has additional info how this could be fixed, please let me know.
thanks!!!!
goneflyfishing said:
so have been trying the new setting and the phone STILL switches on its own from vibra to silent... really annoying since i am missing calls and messages!
if anybody has additional info how this could be fixed, please let me know.
thanks!!!!
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i figured out what the issue is - an app called Onavo has been changing the ringer profile to silent whenever mobile data is becoming active. uninstalled the app and it works like a charm.
good job
Its mostly caused by power savers. just uninstall apps you suspect one at a time
Hello Team ,
I am using one plus X phone . currently , my android phone version is 6.0.1 , Oxygen OS version 3.1.4 and kernel version us 3.4.0-perf-ge4f53e4.
I am facing the below problem :
My phone automatically went silent mode. i faced these type of problem since 1 week .
If any one face the same problem , please help me to solve the concern.
I am currently having this same issue with my U11. It`s very annoying when I miss calls and notifications!!!!!
The main reason I got the smartband was to use it as an alarm clock. So far it hasn't been able to wake me up even once.
Either the vibration is just too damn weak, or I'm a very heavy sleeper.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, and is it possible to increase the vibration somehow?
twinikita said:
The main reason I got the smartband was to use it as an alarm clock. So far it hasn't been able to wake me up even once.
Either the vibration is just too damn weak, or I'm a very heavy sleeper.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, and is it possible to increase the vibration somehow?
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does it vibrate well when you get txt message or phone rings? have you enabled alarm in smardband settings?
Not possible to increase, but from my experience the vibration wakes me up well.
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Lawido said:
does it vibrate well when you get txt message or phone rings? have you enabled alarm in smardband settings?
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Same vibration all around, so doesn't seem to be something wrong with the alarm. Also tested the alarm during the day to make sure it works, which it does, so it looks like this is about me sleeping too heavy or something.
Bummer.
I'm a heavy sleeper, my wife can attest to that, but it has woken me up every day!
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twinikita said:
The main reason I got the smartband was to use it as an alarm clock. So far it hasn't been able to wake me up even once.
Either the vibration is just too damn weak, or I'm a very heavy sleeper.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, and is it possible to increase the vibration somehow?
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Checkout the "Smart wake up" option; see if you have that option turned on.
I don't claim to understand how the feature works; but it says "SMart wake-up wakes you up when you are sleeping lightly". I'm assuming this feature prevents the watch to wake you up through the alarm feature, if you're in a deep sleep?
Do you have the SmartBand tight enough on your wrist?
As far as detecting light/deep sleep I'm not sure how advanced that feature really is.. beyond making an educated guess based on movement patterns that is.
I did try making it tighter, and today it actually woke me up. Downside is it leaves a nice imprint on my wrist. But I can live with that.
hidea said:
Checkout the "Smart wake up" option; see if you have that option turned on.
I don't claim to understand how the feature works; but it says "SMart wake-up wakes you up when you are sleeping lightly". I'm assuming this feature prevents the watch to wake you up through the alarm feature, if you're in a deep sleep?
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It does, but the smartband isn't very reliable when detecting sleep at all from my experience, so I don't really trust it detecting light vs. heavy sleep either.
However, the smart wakeup feature will always vibrate when set up. If you have looked at the description you may have noticed that it's not a set time point, but an interval. It basically should check for light sleep, and wake you up as soon as detected, but at the latest at the determined end of the interval regardless of sleep.
twinikita said:
The main reason I got the smartband was to use it as an alarm clock. So far it hasn't been able to wake me up even once.
Either the vibration is just too damn weak, or I'm a very heavy sleeper.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, and is it possible to increase the vibration somehow?
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Well I use my smartband as an alarm and it has never failed to wake me up. I use the small band with the last slot left open (the end slot), you must be a very heavy sleeper (I thought I was a heavy sleeper, reaching the record of 13 hours of sleep)
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I intend to let the sleep tracking trigger the alarm to wake me up at the time when my sleep is lightest. But the question is, is it strong enough to let the wearer wakeup from sleep?
IMO, no.
The watch's vibration is too weak for me
even in its highest setting
I wish there were some way to make it stronger.
i've just set 5 alarms in a one minute interval, and it somehow works for me
Wakes me up first time every time I've used it (other than when the battery died overnight) - though I highly recommend having a backup alarm fire a minute or so later just in case
Waking up from vibration is much nicer than a noise I find
How did you make your watch work to automatically wake you up? I have just written about it via "feedback" so they could work on that feature and I found out this thread afterwards. So there is already a workaround? It works already?
Hi guys,
When I'm in bed I use the DND (do not disturb) function from my phone and my Stratos.
But Watch Droid still pushes notifications through with vibration.
The only way to stop that is to manually toggle the "vibration when silent" option in Watch Droid settings on the phone. But then it stays silent (even when DND is over) untill I toggle it again.
My phone is always on vibration function (sound always muted) because of my job...
Can someone help me?
Use airplane mode on the watch along with dnd
adityavaidya said:
Use airplane mode on the watch along with dnd
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Can't do that. I need to be reachable for my "favorites": Alarm service, my mother (sick husband) etc etc.
With DND the favorites will go through on the phone.
WD does not "respect" watch's status - try using Amazmod for that configuration
I never realised that WD doesn't have a dnd hours option, because I've always used airplane at night instead of dnd, to save some battery life. It's so strange they've missed such a basic feature.
Only issue with amazmod is it doesn't allow responding to older notifications. Once that functionality comes in, it'll be fantastic
adityavaidya said:
I never realised that WD doesn't have a dnd hours option, because I've always used airplane at night instead of dnd, to save some battery life. It's so strange they've missed such a basic feature.
Only issue with amazmod is it doesn't allow responding to older notifications. Once that functionality comes in, it'll be fantastic
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So Amazmod is the better solution here?
Just bought WD
Have to test Amazmod further I guess...
dude-nl said:
So Amazmod is the better solution here?
Just bought WD
Have to test Amazmod further I guess...
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Depends if you need the ability to reply to notifications after they've gone off the screen.
adityavaidya said:
Depends if you need the ability to reply to notifications after they've gone off the screen.
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Nope... There for I will get my phone. Don't care about reply through the watch....