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I think it is the best fitness companion and here's why.
It has phone.
Heart rate monitor.
Music player with Bluetooth headset.
Light weight.
Tracks steps
GPS.
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NeatSheep said:
I think it is the best fitness companion and here's why.
It has phone.
Heart rate monitor.
Music player with Bluetooth headset.
Light weight.
Tracks steps
GPS.
@NeatSheep
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I think the pedometer on the note 4 is much better then on the gear s. It says I have walked way more then my phone does. Off by about 700 steps from the phone. Watch showing more. I was in the car most of the day today so not sure how I did 2k steps.
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I think the pedometer on the note 4 is much better then on the gear s. It says I have walked way more then my phone does. Off by about 700 steps from the phone. Watch showing more. I was in the car most of the day today so not sure how I did 2k steps.
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How much of this is because you literally do not have the phone in your hand as much as the watch on your wrist?
I am coming from the fitbit line and this watch tends to give me less credit the fitbits do.
So, I just get a base line number and improve about it.
Look at the photos. To me the watch is much better
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By the way it's measuring my steps, speed, location heart rate at the same time with a chart and a map. You can see that in the photos
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By the way it's measuring my steps, speed, location heart rate at the same time with a chart and a map. You can see that in the photos
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I will have to test it out at work as im always walking there. Maybe it is better. I never had a pedometer that was not my phone so maybe this is more accurate.
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By the way it's measuring my steps, speed, location heart rate at the same time with a chart and a map. You can see that in the photos
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Does the s health app give you verbal specs for while you are out? Like split times, or lap times and such?
Yes you you choose an exercise it will start recording the time, distance, speed, calories burned, location on the map and heart rate.
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The problem with a pedometer on your wrist is that it will register steps just from the movement of you hand. If you are like me and move your hands a lot when you speak, or point a lot at a board (I'm a teacher) it registers way more steps than a pedometer attached to your hip or a phone in your pocket.
I also note that when I'm sitting at my desk, flipping pages of an article or assignment will register steps too ?
To be honest. If it making you move more the it's doing its job. And the normal steps they don't do much and it can tell you the healthy pace that really matters.
And you can only depend on the star an exercise function and it can tell the time you moved so you look at the chart and remove the steps that you know that are not correct.
There is may ways to solve the problem but i say if it's making you feel good and makes to want more and move more then why not.
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The problem with a pedometer on your wrist is that it will register steps just from the movement of you hand. If you are like me and move your hands a lot when you speak, or point a lot at a board (I'm a teacher) it registers way more steps than a pedometer attached to your hip or a phone in your pocket.
I also note that when I'm sitting at my desk, flipping pages of an article or assignment will register steps too ?
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I had two Nike Fuelbands, and believe you need to look at any wrist device like they do. They all give you "points", whether they call them Fuel or steps, etc. Just establish a baseline and improve from there. I put my hands on my knee during biking at the gym, and get points this way, and don't worry that the elliptical is not real steps either, and I use the poles on this machine instead of keeping my hands stationary on the smaller arm rest handles. Improvement is the key. I lost 88 lbs. this year and credit my Gear 2 very much in helping me push my goals daily. I have it set still at 11000, but today got 16,000 points for example. Have fun with it. I am loving the new Gear S too.
True. If you use it to establish a baseline and set goals, it should be a good way to motivate yourself and improve.
I just laugh when it says I've 8,000 steps and I know if just sat on my ass in the office and car all day
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The problem with a pedometer on your wrist is that it will register steps just from the movement of you hand. If you are like me and move your hands a lot when you speak, or point a lot at a board (I'm a teacher) it registers way more steps than a pedometer attached to your hip or a phone in your pocket.
I also note that when I'm sitting at my desk, flipping pages of an article or assignment will register steps too ?
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I have never gotten that to work flipping pages.
Go through a normal day and see the number steps you get. Then set your goal higher than that. Nothing will be perfect, but that gets "you" moving more, and isn't that the goal?
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I had two Nike Fuelbands, and believe you need to look at any wrist device like they do. They all give you "points", whether they call them Fuel or steps, etc. Just establish a baseline and improve from there. I put my hands on my knee during biking at the gym, and get points this way, and don't worry that the elliptical is not real steps either, and I use the poles on this machine instead of keeping my hands stationary on the smaller arm rest handles. Improvement is the key. I lost 88 lbs. this year and credit my Gear 2 very much in helping me push my goals daily. I have it set still at 11000, but today got 16,000 points for example. Have fun with it. I am loving the new Gear S too.
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1) Does it have Nike+ app already?
2) Has anybody used any semi pro watch in the past? Forerunner, ambit? Just wondering how Gear S compared to those devices.
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Yes it has a Nike+
And most pedometer not professional.
I have a Garmin GPS watch. I can compare them together if you want
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Yes it has a Nike+
And most pedometer not professional.
I have a Garmin GPS watch. I can compare them together if you want
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I have many questions.. if you can answer - that's nice. I have experience with Garmin Forerunner 620 and Endomondo mobile app. Both suites me fine. And I just want to know if Gear S can replace them.
1) How often would you need to charge it if you would do 1 hour running every second day?
2) Is heartbeat recorded during the running or after the run? Is HB recorded by Nike+ app?
3) Can Nike+ app:
- Show average pace of the last kilometer? (after each km)
- Vibrate or in any other way inform every 1km?
4) In one of the videos I've seen Endomondo icon in Gear S. Have you tried it?
- Can Gear S+Endomondo work without!! the phone? That would be ideal solution for me.
- That stuff Endomondo records during workout? GPS coordinates? Heart rate?
Ok lets see. First i have garmin forerunner 910xt and i stopped using it and replaced it with gear s.
1. I charge my gear s sometimes every 2 days and the fact that the charger has a battery is good for me because sometimes i change it on the way to work.
2. I didnt run with the watch but walked really fast and it kept recording my heart rate during that time.
3. Nike+ works without phone after setup(UPDATE )************
4. Endomondo don't work without the phone
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If Even Nike+ can't work without a phone - that's a no go for me
Does that mean that only Samsung fitness apps can utilize the mobility and GPS of Gear S?
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Ok lets see. First i have garmin forerunner 910xt and i stopped using it and replaced it with gear s.
1. I charge my gear s sometimes every 2 days and the fact that the charger has a battery is good for me because sometimes i change it on the way to work.
2. I didnt run with the watch but walked really fast and it kept recording my heart rate during that time.
3. and 4. Endomondo and nike+ don't work without the phone
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How are you getting away with charging every 2 days? When i use the gear s for my runs it needs a charge every 11 hours.
Ninja, how long are your runs?
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Hi,
I understand the step counter on the Gear S is tied to arm movement, and does not work well on a treadmill if you are holding on to the rails.
I have just set up a treadmill desk in my home office and am trying to figure out if there is another way to "wear" the Gear S to make it work. The first day I tried, I attached it to my lower leg, it counted the steps, but the next day it did not.
Has anybody experimented using either Gear S or Samsung phone (I have the Note 3) on a treadmill while not swinging arms and walking at a slow pace? I have tried to add the steps taken manually, but that does not appear to work. I also figured if the phone shows more steps, it would overrule the Gear S count, but I don't think S Health works hat way.
Any suggestions?
What would happen if you try using the Nike+ running app on the Gear S while you're walking on the treadmill? I just finished a treadmill run today and it was my first time using the Nike+ app on my Gear S. The app knows that I'm indoors and it estimates my running pace and mileage based on how I swing my arms.
I have the exact same setup. A desk on my Treadmill. Like you, I only walk at 1.6 MPH because I can actually talk on the phone and use my laptop while walking. I do a couple hours a day.
I have had NO problem having the Gear S in my pocket and having it record steps. It works quite well in fact. I even attach the recharger (unplugged) to the back while it is in my pocket. That way I end up measuring steps AND having a fully charged watch.
Sorry I can't help you but to tell you mine is working this way fine.
I tried tying it to my ankle...first day, it worked great. Second day, it must not have been tied tight enough and it registered 24000 steps in 2 1/2 hours. While it looked great on my statistics, needless to say, it was absolutely incorrect. Because it had been tied too loosely, it bounced too much, recording each step multiple times.
I typically wear yoga pants, so no pocket. Will try wearing something with a pocket today to see if that helps...
Thanks for the tip
The swinging arms issue is the problem... While I am at my treadmill desk, I type on my computer. Not much swinging going on unless I am on the phone and upset about something
Will try the pocket option below.....
Hi,
I've been using an Amazfit Bip for two days, and I've noticed a strange behaviour when it counts the steps and km. It's not a bit inaccurate, it's hugely inaccurate.
I walk to work every morning and then back in the evening (~2.5 km.). If I start the walk activity, the GPS records the walk perfectly and says I walked for 2.6 km., which is fairly accurate. But the continuous step counter says I walked for 1.3-1.4 km. and aroud 2200-2400 steps. Before the Bip, I was using a Huawei Honor Band Zero watch, which said it was 2.5 km. and around 4000 steps.
Should I get a replacement or am I doing something wrong?. Or maybe the watch face is to blame? I'm currently using a custom watch face that shows everything, including 24 hr. time, weekday, date, heart rate, battery level %, steps, km., and weather (including current temperature). Maybe it's too complicated and messes with the counters? I'm using the Bip on my left arm (does that make any difference?).
I'll try again this evening, using the default (and ugly) watch face, but I'm not sure this will fix anything.
When I first turned the phone on and synced it, MiFit installed firmware V0.1.1.36, and noticed this behaviour. Yesterday I upgraded to beta version V0.1.1.41, to see if it fixed the issue, but it didn't.
Any ideas, besides getting a replacement?
I've finally requested a refund and will be returning the Bip, as it's definitely defective. Today, I've walked for 3.42 km. (verified manually using Google Maps) and the Bip says I just walked 2.06 km. The walk activity using the GPS registered the correct kilometers, and in order to match km. and the steps the pedometer registered (around 2500) it says that my stride length during the walk was 114 cm, which is not only huge, but also impossible, since I'm just 163 cm tall.
So I'm returning it for a refund. I might get a new one, but I'm in doubt right now.
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I've finally requested a refund and will be returning the Bip, as it's definitely defective. Today, I've walked for 3.42 km. (verified manually using Google Maps) and the Bip says I just walked 2.06 km. The walk activity using the GPS registered the correct kilometers, and in order to match km. and the steps the pedometer registered (around 2500) it says that my stride length during the walk was 114 cm, which is not only huge, but also impossible, since I'm just 163 cm tall.
So I'm returning it for a refund. I might get a new one, but I'm in doubt right now.
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I have the similar issues for calories burnt syncing with google fit with wrong values. I cant refund my watch but if you can, i recommend that you buy an gear fit 2 (which is my old watch and works fine , shealth app really solid app i realised now)
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I've finally requested a refund and will be returning the Bip, as it's definitely defective. Today, I've walked for 3.42 km. (verified manually using Google Maps) and the Bip says I just walked 2.06 km. The walk activity using the GPS registered the correct kilometers, and in order to match km. and the steps the pedometer registered (around 2500) it says that my stride length during the walk was 114 cm, which is not only huge, but also impossible, since I'm just 163 cm tall.
So I'm returning it for a refund. I might get a new one, but I'm in doubt right now.
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When GPS registered 'correct kilometers', then you know that GPS runs/walks register properly. When 'steps' do not match could it be that the step-counter does not register steps ? The registration depends on body/arm movement. It is by no means 'accurate'. I assume some correlation is done by Bip, to match a registered (GPS) distance to a corresponding #steps. It would then calculate the 'average stride length'. Also, it knows your length, so it may use a fixed table to determine average stride length. The calculation of distance-walked is then simply #registered steps x average stride length ..... it should only be seen as a rough calculation. Actually if you move smoothly and not move the arms..... it might not register -any- movement. You are incorrect as to drawing a firm conclusion of it not registering properly because GPS is ok, but #steps on a different measured distance is not.
But you could possibly have a (gyro) x-y-z movement chip that is faulty ... so it simply doesn't register steps properly. GPS and thy accelerometer operate totally independent.
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When GPS registered 'correct kilometers', then you know that GPS runs/walks register properly. When 'steps' do not match could it be that the step-counter does not register steps ? The registration depends on body/arm movement. It is by no means 'accurate'. I assume some correlation is done by Bip, to match a registered (GPS) distance to a corresponding #steps. It would then calculate the 'average stride length'. Also, it knows your length, so it may use a fixed table to determine average stride length. The calculation of distance-walked is then simply #registered steps x average stride length ..... it should only be seen as a rough calculation. Actually if you move smoothly and not move the arms..... it might not register -any- movement. You are incorrect as to drawing a firm conclusion of it not registering properly because GPS is ok, but #steps on a different measured distance is not.
But you could possibly have a (gyro) x-y-z movement chip that is faulty ... so it simply doesn't register steps properly. GPS and thy accelerometer operate totally independent.
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In recent times, I've used three different devices on the same route:
1) Huawei Honor Band Zero. It used to register around 3600-3700 steps average.
2) Finow X5 Plus (this one I borrowed from a friend): Used to register around 3700-3900 steps. I've borrowed this one again and had been using it since monday. Same results.
3) Amazfit Bip: This just registers around 2200-2300 steps.
The distance is still the same (~2.6 km) and I double and triple checked using Google Maps. If I check the last walk activity I registered with both the GPS and the pedometer, the latter one says I did 2229 steps, while the GPS said the distance was 2.6 km. As part of the data, the GPS calculates your stride length, dividing distance by steps. That calculation yielded a result of 114 cm, which is impossible for me, as I'm 163 cm tall. That's pure maths.
And then, the distance the pedometer said I had walked was 1.4 km. I can assume a 10% difference, but not almost 50%. That's why I'm sure I have a deffective sensor somewhere, and why I asked to return it.
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In recent times, I've used three different devices on the same route:
1) Huawei Honor Band Zero. It used to register around 3600-3700 steps average.
2) Finow X5 Plus (this one I borrowed from a friend): Used to register around 3700-3900 steps. I've borrowed this one again and had been using it since monday. Same results.
3) Amazfit Bip: This just registers around 2200-2300 steps.
The distance is still the same (~2.6 km) and I double and triple checked using Google Maps. If I check the last walk activity I registered with both the GPS and the pedometer, the latter one says I did 2229 steps, while the GPS said the distance was 2.6 km. As part of the data, the GPS calculates your stride length, dividing distance by steps. That calculation yielded a result of 114 cm, which is impossible for me, as I'm 163 cm tall. That's pure maths.
And then, the distance the pedometer said I had walked was 1.4 km. I can assume a 10% difference, but not almost 50%. That's why I'm sure I have a deffective sensor somewhere, and why I asked to return it.
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So with your info, and comparison to other devices.... The GPS is just fine, and quite accurate/ consistent.
The accelerometer (counting steps) however is off by 2200/3600 steps.
Compensating the calculation makes your actual stride around 70cm ... which sounds ok for your length in combination with 'walk'.
You are right to blame the accelerometer's accuracy in my opinion.
I have the same problem
If you have a flakey sensor then I have one too! But I have noticed something rather weird... if I am walking normally, it seems fairly accurate but if I am golfing and pushing my cart it is out by almost a factor of 2. Is it because I'm not swinging my arm when I'm pushing the cart? Very frustrating and it seems to me that it is a software problem. I found it interesting that when you put it in Activity mode for walking it gives correct results.
I have a problem with the steps counter in my Amazfit Bip. A lot of my walking is done when pushing my wife in her wheelchair. I get absolutely no steps recorded when pushing the wheelchair, I think the watch is fairly accurate when I am out walking normally on my own. Am I right in thinking that the recording of steps is done by the swinging of my arm which I obviously don't do when pushing the wheelchair? I really like the watch, especially the battery life but it is no good to me if I cannot overcome the problem with not recording steps when walking and pushing my wife's wheelchair.
I can confirm this problem.
If you use the built in GPS of Amazfit Bip it does register the correct distance. I have verified this several times, using my phone and then measuring on Google Maps.
The problem is that Amazfit Bip does not display the correct, or total distance, so the distance number will often be much lower than reality.
I have counted several times to a few thousand steps in my head and it seems that the Amazfit Bip is very accurate and gives a similar number. To get this accurate number I need to be swinging my arm and not carry a bag or something. If I am pushing a stroller for example, I might get 5 kilometers on the built in GPS but the watch might say 2 kilometers, that is because my arm does not really move.
If I look in the MiFit app the same numbers will be shown there. There is a daily total distance but it's usually lower than all my activities combined. Say I walked 12 kilometers total in the Activity mode (using GPS) plus everything else I've walked that day, the total could say just 9 kilometers. This daily total should of course be higher than all my activities because I walk around at work, go shopping etc.
This a bit annoying as I would like to see the total distance, including my exercises, in the MiFit app and on my watch. Currently I do not display steps and distance on the phone because I am not interested in how many movements the watch registered. I want to see the real distance.
This could be fixed in a few different ways:
-by showing separate fields for the total of all activities (using GPS) and steps.
-by dividing the GPS distance with a calculated stride from your height (not including any movement that was done while exercising) and then displaying previous steps plus distance combined.
-setting a treshold where steps are calculated from the distance (your height etc) if the number of steps and stride seems impossible, for example a very long stride, which could happen when the GPS distance is much longer than the number of registered steps, for example when pushing a stroller.
it is totally weird for me!
i always get way more steps than i actually take. i just went to the kitchen now, and it shows 224 steps taken. it is 5feet from me!
one fourm said, changing the hand it is on in the app helps solve the issue. it didnt work for me though.
This sounds like a bad watch itself. I have my own Bip and it works great.
Just a thought from an ex marathon runner (#17 marathons). (#43 half marathons).
Aged 75 cannot run without quickly getting injured, however I'm addicted to long walks AND my Xtrainer-
My findings:
*GPS is fairly accurate.
*On xtrainer- STEPS/Distance is of no use.
*Normal STEPS in every day life.. very hit and miss for accuracy.
However by having long walks to analyse (8s, 10s, 12s miles), when I am stepping out an swinging arms, then the STEPS have a marked consistency to distances. If I divide total steps of each walk by accurate GPS miles, then that shows that within small margins I'm consistently doing 1900 STEPS per mile.... being 33.35" strides (say) 85cm strides.
Now, I have not found any method of manually entering my stride length anywhere in the Mi Fit App, but by installing an additional app "Notify & Fitness for Amazfit"
alongside (or even instead of Mi Fit App) I can insert my stride length, and I find that the resulting STEPS/DISTANCE on the 2nd app is more in-keeping with my expectations.
I agree with many of the comments, in that, if we don't swing our arms some of the steps (around the home etc.), may be missed.... And if some non-fitness activity involves excessive use of 'watch' arm then we appear to be rewarded by bonus fictitious STRIDES.
But realistically for the typical price that we may have all paid, when used for actual fitness activities then it is a decent piece of kit.
Miscount step problem on Amazfit Pace.
To solve this problem, you just need to restart your watch again. Go to: “setting” > “device” > “reboot”.
This watch have an accelerometer / gyroscope in them for features including daily steps, sleep monitoring as well as treadmill running.
For treadmill running, the watch is calibrated each time you run outside with GPS. When you run at a specific pace with GPS, the watch stores what your movement is to correlate that to a pace without GPS. So, the more different paces you run outside with GPS, the better the accuracy will be without GPS.
After you run on a treadmill (you will need to run at least a mile) and stop the activity, you can scroll through the menu that pops up and select Calibrate & Save. From here you can enter the distance that you covered. The next time you run on a treadmill, the distance and pace should be more accurate.
You will need to have run at least one time with GPS before you can calibrate a treadmill run.
*For step count, please move your hand like a normal walk movement for better result. Please understand, accelerometers are used to detect the orientation of the watch and the gyroscope adds an additional dimension to the information supplied by the accelerometer by tracking rotation or twist.
So, if you walk while you pushing a trolley, it won’t count your step!
Same here, i was sitting on a bus and the watch counting steps. Suddenly i achieved my walking goal by sit still on a moving bus
A lot of reviews but all seems to be biased favoring buy. None of them are speaking about any issues or problems. Is the watch that really good?
2 weeks i have GTR2.Battery 14 days, normal use. Updated, playing music from the watch, speaking with the watch and Swimming. Really good stuff for a 170 usd. Change strap for metal bracelet. Looks amazing!
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2 weeks i have GTR2.Battery 14 days, normal use. Updated, playing music from the watch, speaking with the watch and Swimming. Really good stuff for a 170 usd. Change strap for metal bracelet. Looks amazing!
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How do you transfer mp3 files to the watch. Mine keeps failing
Used since 2 days and steps counter seem totally wrong in daily tracking. Before go to sleep my Fitbit One has 1300 steps and GTR2 310 steps. Fitbit One is always right steps count because it is in the pocket and count only when the leg move. In exercice mode GTR2 has right steps. It is like GTR2 start to count steps anly after 40 (or more) continuous steps
At this time Fitbit One 6136 steps vs GTR2 3302 steps, totally wrong and unusable
GTR Watchfaces from "Notify for Amazfit" do not load, Fail each time.
the steps counting is better, if you do perform a reset on the GTR2/GTS2.. (after the last fw update)
watchfaces from 1st generation do not work on GTS2/GTR2 !!!
and there are no custom watchfaces yet, seems to be the apps for modding are still missing.
battery life of my GTS2 is about 9-10 days ... my GTS1 got 19-24 days
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the steps counting is better, if you do perform a reset on the GTR2/GTS2.. (after the last fw update)
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Tried factory reset, nothing changed. After 40min in my kitchen, my Fitbit One count 306 steps (and with the One it count only when the leg move) and the GTR2 counted 62 steps. So still totally unusable as daily tracker.
Really incredible that Amazfit can stay with a new (recent) watch wich can not do the basic with counting right steps ???? I can use my GTR Lite and the steps are correct, no much difference with my Fitbit One.
yeah it is a bit annoying, the GTS1 was so much better.
I dont know what they did @amazfit.... it seems to be the GTR2 / GTS2 are beta
devices for maybe the mini-Version that will be released soon
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Tried factory reset, nothing changed. After 40min in my kitchen, my Fitbit One count 306 steps (and with the One it count only when the leg move) and the GTR2 counted 62 steps. So still totally unusable as daily tracker.
Really incredible that Amazfit can stay with a new (recent) watch wich can not do the basic with counting right steps ???? I can use my GTR Lite and the steps are correct, no much difference with my Fitbit One.
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The algorithm for steps counting is trying to measure actual walking steps not just random movements which is why it's best checked in a walking activity. I got my GTR 2 a couple of weeks ago and so far I'm happy with the step counter.
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The algorithm for steps counting is trying to measure actual walking steps not just random movements
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But it fail today Fitbit 6200 steps just for leg movements and not arm and GTR2 2800 steps, totally wrong
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But it fail today Fitbit 6200 steps just for leg movements and not arm and GTR2 2800 steps, totally wrong
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That's weird, maybe you have a faulty one. I have GTR 2 and my wife GTS 2 and step counting is good on both (around 1200 steps per kilometer during activity) and even around the house it accumulates as expected. Try to feedback to Huami in Zepp app and see what they say.
Great Watch but very limited watchfaces. GTR watch faces do not work.
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That's weird, maybe you have a faulty one. I have GTR 2 and my wife GTS 2 and step counting is good on both (around 1200 steps per kilometer during activity) and even around the house it accumulates as expected. Try to feedback to Huami in Zepp app and see what they say.
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But it fail today Fitbit 6200 steps just for leg movements and not arm and GTR2 2800 steps, totally wrong
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Firmware update for GTR2 yesterday
In change log :
- setup for wrist watch
- optimize accuracy of steps counting
at this time :
- Fitbit One : 3767 steps
- GTR2 : 3897
so no faulty unit, just faulty Amazfit developers
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Well I have a gts 2 and I've been a bit disappointed with it so far. No Alexa connection (to follow so amazfit have told me) and the on board voice control is only part working.
I can start playing a song via voice command but cannot then say play next song or pause playing.
Contacted amazfit about the problem and they said oh yeah we know about that and we're working on it!!
Ever get the feeling that you bought something a bit too soon
Hi all,
I'm having problems with the heart rate monitor, while I'm resting it's more or les accurate, but when I'm doing some exercise it's useless, having a differences somtimes up to 50 bpm lower than the real heart rate, I tried a factory reset but is still the same.
Does any of you have a similar problem? I have just sent a feedback on the app, let's see
It's a great watch but I'm thinking on returning it...
Does anybody get voice reminders when doing a run for example? There's a setting during the run for voice volume, and I have it set to maximum, but there's no voice to say 1 mile and the time etc. Is my unit faulty? Music works OK.
Maybe it works only with earphones, try it.
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Maybe it works only with earphones, try it.
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The watch has speakers so it shouldn't be necessary to have headphones connected. Music plays nicely through the watch speaker.
Hi there! I'm pretty sure there's no fix for this, but I want to give it a try.
I used to pool swim with my Amazfit GTS and it recorded quite well the activity.
It's now some time that the swimming pool measurements are totally wrong. Like half of the distance, but not even precise.
I tried:
- change multiple times the pool distance parameter
- reset, restart the watch
- calibrate the compass
- try a previous stock firmware, then rollback to the last one
No changes... Any further ideas?
Thanks!
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Hi there! I'm pretty sure there's no fix for this, but I want to give it a try.
I used to pool swim with my Amazfit GTS and it recorded quite well the activity.
It's now some time that the swimming pool measurements are totally wrong. Like half of the distance, but not even precise.
I tried:
- change multiple times the pool distance parameter
- reset, restart the watch
- calibrate the compass
- try a previous stock firmware, then rollback to the last one
No changes... Any further ideas?
Thanks!
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Hi jumpertrekker, I came across your question because I have the same problem. I've been using my Amazfit GTS as a swimming counter for 3 months. Despite during the first 2 months it worked well, in the last one the counter kept counting less than half of the distance. I was wondering if you had found out something about how to fix this issue.
Thanks!!
Same here. After over a year with a GTS well functioning, actually my watch shows about half the strokes, and half the distance (of course half the laps too).
Actually I know it's not a matter of lane length. The very strange thing is happened 5 minutes ago, I'm looking for a solution, and I try to "swim" in my bedroom (moving arms in the air) and it shows the RIGHT LENGTH (for me is 34 strokes = 25 meters) without the need of "hit" the border. I try three sets of 34 strokes each, the first I "hit the border", other I don't (simply I stop "swimming in the air"), but the watch counted regular three "laps".Does it make any sense?
I'll try this afetrnoon in the pool water...
EDIT: After some tests:
1) No matter if you hit the pool's border. It doesn't count the lap
2) In the water the counting of the strokes is wrong, this affects the meters and then the numbers of laps
3) Swimming with a MI band 3 on the right and the Amazfit on the left. Mi Band counted right, Amazfit counted half strokes (and half meters, and half laps)