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Just got my new Samsung Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch yesterday. Have 44 apps installed so far. Purchased many apps (more on the purchased apps later .....).
I am very impressed with this amazing smartwatch!!! Yes, there are some flaws, bugs and disappointments, but overall the Gear S is awesome!!! I am a power-user (also with my Note 3), so battery life is not so good with my Gear S, but with the battery pack should be ok when I'm away from home working or running errands. I also have two RavPower battery packs. I carry the RavPower Deluxe 13000mAp Extended Battery Pack with me when I'm away from home, and use my RavPower 14000mAp Battery Pack while at home.
I cycle everywhere (I quit driving). Today will be my first test using the Gear S away from home. I have paired my Gear S with my Bluedio Model B Bluetooth Headphones. Works great. Just paired my Gear S with my LuguLake Bluetooth speakers, which also works great with the Gear S.
Tested out the phone service, which works just fine. Not sure how using the Gear S as a phone will work away from home while cycling around town .... My Bluedio headhones work with phone calls, but have not yet tested that function .....
Charger is mobile too.
vja4Him said:
Just got my new Samsung Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch yesterday. Have 44 apps installed so far. Purchased many apps (more on the purchased apps later .....).
I am very impressed with this amazing smartwatch!!! Yes, there are some flaws, bugs and disappointments, but overall the Gear S is awesome!!! I am a power-user (also with my Note 3), so battery life is not so good with my Gear S, but with the battery pack should be ok when I'm away from home working or running errands. I also have two RavPower battery packs. I carry the RavPower Deluxe 13000mAp Extended Battery Pack with me when I'm away from home, and use my RavPower 14000mAp Battery Pack while at home.
I cycle everywhere (I quit driving). Today will be my first test using the Gear S away from home. I have paired my Gear S with my Bluedio Model B Bluetooth Headphones. Works great. Just paired my Gear S with my LuguLake Bluetooth speakers, which also works great with the Gear S.
Tested out the phone service, which works just fine. Not sure how using the Gear S as a phone will work away from home while cycling around town .... My Bluedio headhones work with phone calls, but have not yet tested that function .....
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If you did not know, the charger cradle does not need to always be plugged in to charge the watch. It acts as a mobile charger too that will get your Gear S about a 50% charge when the cradle has a full charge itself. I also have extra battery packs for holidays, but this is good for when another half charge will get you through the day. With that said, mine drains batter VERY fast in the gym without the phone around, using a bluetooth headset. Maybe 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours. Good luck. Cheers!
Today I had a bad experience with my Gear S. I don't know what happened .... I called Samsung Tech Support several times. Was having problems with Gear Manager suddenly quitting. Then my Note 3 froze. Then my Gear S did a Master Reset all by itself !!!
I called tech support again several more times, but they were of no help. After fiddling around for a long time, uninstalling Gear Manager several times, restarting both Gear S and Note 3, my watch seems to be stable.
Video working flawlessly! Music working. News working. PDF and ePUB files working, but some glitches with the PDF and ePUB files.
I get around five hours total with both the internal battery and charger (cradle). I'm somewhat disappointed with the battery time, but I am a Power User !!! I like to have the screen on full, sound on full. I change the clocks several times each day. Also use WiFi, which give me a much faster Internet connection. Yes, I use Opera for the Internet. Texting, Phone Calls, Reading News/Articles/Books .... watching videos (showing off to friends and people in the store). I have 13 Notifications turned on.
I might buy an extra charging cradle ..... I do have two RavPower battery packs (13000mAp and 14000mAp. I carry the 13000mAp RavPower Deluxe when away from home, which has two charging ports (2.1A and 2.4A), so I can always charge my Gear S and Note 3 and Bluedio Model B Bluetooth Headphones. Plenty of juice for more than one day. My Note 3 has the 10000mAp ZeroLemon Extended Battery!
I've had my Gear S for almost a year now, still going strong. I have 152 apps on my Gear S now ! I actually had more, but I've done a Factory Reset numerous times and still reinstalling apps ..... Trying to figure out if there is a solution to fix the problems with E-mail ....
I still cannot receive E-mail on my Gear S. I can send E-mail from my Gear S just fine. Also, E-mail Notifications are not working on my Gear S. I have E-mail checked in the Notifications Settings, along with other items checked (My Notes in Gear, Messages, S Health, Missed Call, and more, all working just fine, except I do not receive E-mail Notifications).
Seems that this is a Bug/Glitch, which Samsung has no fix for. The only suggestion they have is to do a Factory Reset (which I've done many times), or return my Gear S for repair or replacement.
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I've had my Gear S for almost a year now, still going strong. I have 152 apps on my Gear S now ! I actually had more, but I've done a Factory Reset numerous times and still reinstalling apps ..... Trying to figure out if there is a solution to fix the problems with E-mail ....
I still cannot receive E-mail on my Gear S. I can send E-mail from my Gear S just fine. Also, E-mail Notifications are not working on my Gear S. I have E-mail checked in the Notifications Settings, along with other items checked (My Notes in Gear, Messages, S Health, Missed Call, and more, all working just fine, except I do not receive E-mail Notifications).
Seems that this is a Bug/Glitch, which Samsung has no fix for. The only suggestion they have is to do a Factory Reset (which I've done many times), or return my Gear S for repair or replacement.
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If email works after factory reset but not after you install your apps, it suggests one of your 150 apps is causing a conflict...
Finally, E-mail Notifications are now working on my Gear S ... !!! I had to mess around with various settings, but some E-mail Messages do not arrive to my Gear S (but they do go through to my Gmail on my Note 4). My Gear S is receiving most of my E-mail Messages (I have a separate account only for my Gear S, so that way I keep the number of E-mail Messages to a minimum on my Gear S).
So, now I can receive and read E-mail on my Gear S (the full E-mail Message, not just a short clip, like with some other apps), and I can easily and quickly reply. I'm amazed at how fast sending and receiving message (both E-mail and Text Messages) works on this Gear S .....
BTW .... when I did a Factory Reset on my Gear S (many times) I did NOT yet install any apps. Still had the issue with E-mail not working.
I bought the Moto 360 Sport (which is essentially the v2 in a fixed band and GPS onboard) because I like fitness/smart watches - and prefer to not have to carry my phone if possible.
Pros:
GPS tracking
Can play music from watch to BT headphones
Heart Rate/Pedometer/Barometer/Android Wear
Very comfortable
Battery life is a solid day with moderate use and about 1 hour GPS tracked running
Cons:
BT range is poor
Constantly disconnects from phone
Music breaks up while hand is moving
Actions from watch to phone fail quite a lot
Cannot track general fitness activities (e.g. weight lifting)
Should be fully waterproof
What happens if the strap breaks?
Initially contacted Motorolla thinking I had a faulty unit - but have since read more and more reviews of a similar nature to mine. They did say I could send it back for service, but to be honest, I think it's going to be on all of them.
I have realised that I wear my watch on my left wrist and my phone usually goes in my right pocket. If I take the watch off, the BT connection is great. If I listen to music with the watch on the table - it has no problems and the range is huge. Put the watch back on my wrist and it breaks up again. That must be the flaw?
Contacted Motorolla again to raise these points more specifically and have been told they will raise with the responsible department and let me know the best solution for me.
Thought I'd create the thread in case others are experiencing the same issues - or if anyone has any suggestions/additional issues. Anyway, will post an update when I have one.
UPDATE from Motorolla:
If the watch strap is damaged, it would need to be sent for repair. Unfortunately it is not possible to replace the strap yourself on the Moto 360 Sport.
For the bluetooth connectivity issues, please follow these instructions:
- Uninstall the Android Wear app and un-pair all devices that are paired with your phone.
- Turn Bluetooth off on your phone.
- From manage apps on your phone, select “Bluetooth Share”
- Tap “Force stop” then “OK”
- Tap “Clear data” then “Ok”
- Power cycle the phone by turning it completely off and then back on.
- Perform a factory data reset on the Moto 360 by going to Settings > Reset.
- Re-install the Android Wear app and connect with the Moto 360 again.
- Wait until the Moto 360 has finished syncing apps. Transfer music back to the watch again via Google Play Music, pair your wireless headphones with the watch and test it again.
Note that bluetooth devices may disconnect or create noise when their batteries are low so ensure that the watch and all other Bluetooth devices are fully charged.
If you are using the device indoors, other wireless equipment such as Wi-Fi, cordless phones, or baby monitors, that operate on the 2.4 Ghz frequency may cause interference, and contribute to a dropped connection.
If you are using the device outdoors, the Bluetooth signal may be affected by the environmental conditions.
Keep metal objects, such as keys or coins, away from all Bluetooth devices to avoid interference.
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I have a Moto 360 v2 and I continuous connection problems with Bt and service "ok google" not available. The notifications seem to arrive, but when I want to respond vocally to a message, many times not working.
The problem is Android Wear or Motorola?
For billysa: removing moto connect from your phone will likely fix the ok google disconnect problem, it did for me.
Hi
I have one and what I would like to check better is the GPS accuracy. the rest of the things you speak about I have no problem. (I have some problems with the sound of the music where I am running and I put my hands down to stretch. But it only happens a couple of times... )
but the reason I bought the Moto 360 Sport is because the GPS and I do not get the same results as with the mobile
examples of this week in some routes with a lot of slopes:
Monday/Wednesday: same route
Monday: mobile with endomondo 8km 44
watch with moto body running 8km 69
Wednesday: mobile with endomondo 8km 42
watch with endomondo 8km 53
Thursday: mobile with endomondo 6,01 km
mobile with moto body 6,26 km
the mobile tracks the routes properly but the wacht does some little bends now and then, they are very little but enough to see that is the wacth which is doing it bad
I am going to do more tests in a flat route, looking more apps (perhaps ghorstraer could work) and I gonna compare it againts a friend's good garmin forerunner in order to get further information
have you had this kind of problems with the GPS???
regards.
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I have a Moto 360 v2 and I continuous connection problems with Bt and service "ok google" not available. The notifications seem to arrive, but when I want to respond vocally to a message, many times not working.
The problem is Android Wear or Motorola?
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I had this issue to begin with. First time I contacted Motorolla, they said to factory reset the watch and start again. I did that and it didn't work. However, I then installed Moto Connect & Body on the phone (as well as Android Wear) - all of a sudden it became more reliable with the vocal commands. In fact, when in range of the phone, it works every time now.
As Delano.88 had the opposite effect to get it working, could just be a couple of uninstall/reinstalls is what it needs.
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I have one and what I would like to check better is the GPS accuracy. the rest of the things you speak about I have no problem. (I have some problems with the sound of the music where I am running and I put my hands down to stretch. But it only happens a couple of times... )
but the reason I bought the Moto 360 Sport is because the GPS and I do not get the same results as with the mobile
examples of this week in some routes with a lot of slopes:
Monday/Wednesday: same route
Monday: mobile with endomondo 8km 44
watch with moto body running 8km 69
Wednesday: mobile with endomondo 8km 42
watch with endomondo 8km 53
Thursday: mobile with endomondo 6,01 km
mobile with moto body 6,26 km
the mobile tracks the routes properly but the wacht does some little bends now and then, they are very little but enough to see that is the wacth which is doing it bad
I am going to do more tests in a flat route, looking more apps (perhaps ghorstraer could work) and I gonna compare it againts a friend's good garmin forerunner in order to get further information
have you had this kind of problems with the GPS???
regards.
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I have noticed the same as you, yes. Been using RunKeeper on mine - when I look at the map, on the website, it's clear that the GPS is taking an age to lock on. It's a good minute before the run starts - but the route looks pretty ok. I can't see a way to determine when GPS is locked.
I see the bends too - but for me, they aren't that bad.
Good test comparisons you've got there - let me know if you find a good one! I'll just stick to RunKeeper for now - got friends on it and we compete for distance/calories done.
Edit: Actually - just had a closer look at the map and can see the route is way off! Read this review today http://www.wareable.com/android-wear/moto-360-sport-review ...it says third party apps aren't as good as the built in moto app, so I'll give that a bash today.
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Edit: Actually - just had a closer look at the map and can see the route is way off! Read this review today ...it says third party apps aren't as good as the built in moto app, so I'll give that a bash today.
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I agree with that review that the moto body running app is able to get faster (very fast actually) the gps. Endomndo takes more time to do so. and the endomondo is not able to use the watch's heart rate while moto body running do it properly. but In my case the deviate of the distance does not come from the begining, on the contrary is constant during all the route, each km the wacth do a litle bit more... with motorola running 30-40 meters per km
Besides, in my tests I foond the motorola's app less accurate than endomondo app as I wrote down in the previous post. the reviews says 'the 360 Sport was always within 100m on distances over 8km' but in my case the difference is almost 300 meters with the motorla app and only 100 with the endomondo. I wanna point out that my routes were with a lot of slopes and this could be the problem because:
at the same route:
mobile with endomondo 8,42 km Total ascent 141 meters
watch with endomondo 8,53 km Total ascent 51 meters
motorola body running does not show me this information
Thanks for the answers.
I'm testing the Moto 360 without Moto Connect and above without using the Theater Mode. For now I have seen an improvement (not always working), but it is always very slow to recover connection Bt. When the clock loses its connection freezes for a few seconds, this happens to you?
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Thanks for the answers.
I'm testing the Moto 360 without Moto Connect and above without using the Theater Mode. For now I have seen an improvement (not always working), but it is always very slow to recover connection Bt. When the clock loses its connection freezes for a few seconds, this happens to you?
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I'm not seeing that, but what I have noticed is when I use any watch face, other than a built in moto face, the connection is very unreliable and the watch crashed more. Which is no good when we're supposed to be able to customise the faces. I put up with the standard faces now.
For what it's worth, BT transmits very poorly through the human body from my experiences. If the two devices are on opposite sides of your body transmission may be temperamental.
One of my original BT headsets had an antenna that was placed in such a way that my body sat between it and my phone. When I walked outside in open areas my music would often breakup.
When you're inside this isn't much of an issues as there are plenty of surfaces (walls, doors, tables, windows) for the signal to bounce around. But in a wide open space there isn't much reflected signal to get around your body.
It might be interesting to try swapping your watch to your opposite arm during and run and see if that makes a difference.
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For what it's worth, BT transmits very poorly through the human body from my experiences. If the two devices are on opposite sides of your body transmission may be temperamental.
One of my original BT headsets had an antenna that was placed in such a way that my body sat between it and my phone. When I walked outside in open areas my music would often breakup.
When you're inside this isn't much of an issues as there are plenty of surfaces (walls, doors, tables, windows) for the signal to bounce around. But in a wide open space there isn't much reflected signal to get around your body.
It might be interesting to try swapping your watch to your opposite arm during and run and see if that makes a difference.
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100% get where you're coming from. I actually have to do that when I go out running (but I shouldn't have to for the price tag of these watches). The reason it gets me so much is - I had a Microsoft Band V1 and the BT range on that was incredible. Couldn't listen to music, I know that, but it was so good that when I was walking down the drive and the phone is charging in the kitchen - it would buzz me as I approached the house with notifications from the phone. This watch barely even knows the phone is in the same room, in my experience.
It's disappointing that if my phone or headphones are on my right side and my watch is on my left wrist, there's a struggle.
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100% get where you're coming from. I actually have to do that when I go out running (but I shouldn't have to for the price tag of these watches). The reason it gets me so much is - I had a Microsoft Band V1 and the BT range on that was incredible. Couldn't listen to music, I know that, but it was so good that when I was walking down the drive and the phone is charging in the kitchen - it would buzz me as I approached the house with notifications from the phone. This watch barely even knows the phone is in the same room, in my experience.
It's disappointing that if my phone or headphones are on my right side and my watch is on my left wrist, there's a struggle.
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FWIW, I've found the range on my 360 46mm to be quite on par with other BT devices I'd. I dunno is the sport has different placement of antenna or different materials around it that are blocking the signal perhaps??
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FWIW, I've found the range on my 360 46mm to be quite on par with other BT devices I'd. I dunno is the sport has different placement of antenna or different materials around it that are blocking the signal perhaps??
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Could be - maybe adding the GPS receiver has caused a problem...
Regarding the Bluetooth choppy playback I am not sure if it is Android Wear (software) related. Today I almost could not listen to music and putting my hands in my pockets almost broke playback. But as a test I changed the watch hand (from right to left) and I had no more issues with playback over Bluetooth. Can someone test if this helps?
Also to mention that Bluetooth choppyness happens only while tracking and outdoors.
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Regarding the Bluetooth choppy playback I am not sure if it is Android Wear (software) related. Today I almost could not listen to music and putting my hands in my pockets almost broke playback. But as a test I changed the watch hand (from right to left) and I had no more issues with playback over Bluetooth. Can someone test if this helps?
Also to mention that Bluetooth choppyness happens only while tracking and outdoors.
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Yeah that's what I'm getting too - but annoyed that's what I have to do to use the watch while running/listening to music. It's similar to the old Jobs meme "you're holding it wrong"
To solve the problem of BT connection, I have tried all the solutions proposed here including reinstalling Google Play Service and factory reset of smartwatch... nothing.
AT THE END, the problem was only in a well-known (except me) bug BT on the Note 3 with Lollipop (solved with an app).
Now I will try to reinstall watchface and app, but finally seems to work well.
Maybe it's already fixed??
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Yeah that's what I'm getting too - but annoyed that's what I have to do to use the watch while running/listening to music. It's similar to the old Jobs meme "you're holding it wrong"
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Acording to the 6.0.1 changelog: "We have introduced improvements that reduce the choppy audio when listening music through a Bluetooth headset while your watch is in motion, like when you are walking or working out" ... can anyone can confirm this?
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Acording to the 6.0.1 changelog: "We have introduced improvements that reduce the choppy audio when listening music through a Bluetooth headset while your watch is in motion, like when you are walking or working out" ... can anyone can confirm this?
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Did anybody indeed get the update? Nothing in Netherlands so far....
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Did anybody indeed get the update? Nothing in Netherlands so far....
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Ok, still choppy sound... maybe a little better than before, not sure, but not perfect yet
Just dropping in to let you all know it's not AW. No audio choppiness when running outdoors, tracking with GPS and listening to music on the LG watch Urbane 2 LTE, so it seems to be hardware related. Sorry
My Urbane has no problem keeping a BT connection with the phone ever, however I have to reconnect my BT headset with the watch every time i want to use them together, so this IS an AW issue.
Maybe the 360 antenna placement is causing this issue...
My Amazfit lost battery within half a day and i tried so much to fix this.
Started to believe in a hardware problem but after completely resetting the watch and pairing it with a new MI account and not restoring any data it runs several days without charging. I am quite sure the reason for the problem is an unfinished sync that is constantly repeated. Also seems that flight mode doesn't deactivate BT completely as it had no effect on the battery drain. When the connected phone was completely turned off, the battery seemed to last.
I am a bit confused.
What are your experiences with that problem?
I have the same problem and reset the watch to no avail. But, I didn't try to skip the restoration part. I'll try that and see if I get similar results. Anyone else having this issue?
I have the exact same issue. I already tried everything but nothing worked. When I compare the data from my Amazfit watch app with the Mifit app I can see that some days are not properly synced. So I guess you are right, it must be a syncing issue. I didn't try to make a new mi account after unpairing, but I guess I have no choice. This really sucks.
I also tried wiping it (resetting to factory) as well as new xi account. Didn't work. Then I tried uninstalling the app from my phone and turning the watch to airplane mode. No luck. I'm now not convinced it's a syncing issue.
After installing PACEFIED release 24 the battery drain is back. I am totally fed up with the watch.
Let's write down the facts to find a reason:
-I have a Chinese Version of the watch
-latest PACEfied installed
-Installed older chinese App, connected watch and then updated via Playstore to latest english App (Strava sync works)
-no wifi password entered for watch
-no music on watch, no headsets connected
-no additional apps or watchfaces installed
-no Mi-Fit App installed
-Phone is a Huawei P9lite on Android 7.0 EMUI 5
The sync with my phone works only once then i have to restart the watch, Notifications do not work constantly.
Then you seem to have a bluetooth problem.
It might be your watch, it might be the phone.
And when BT runs wild on the watch, it eats through the battery.
Can you check with a different phone?
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Can you check with a different phone?
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Already tried my tablet (Lenovo with android 5)
Today i connected my watch to my wifi. at third attempt i was able to do the "upload" now battery seems to be stable.
Could anyone else with drain issues try this?
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Today i connected my watch to my wifi. at third attempt i was able to do the "upload" now battery seems to be stable.
Could anyone else with drain issues try this?
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Doesn't work for me... It seems like you have a different issue, but thanks for the sharing. Today I also tried to unpair the watch and pairing it with a different Mi account but also that didn't work. Resetting the bluetooth settings in my phone didn't make a difference either. I have honestly no clue what the problem is.
i have the same kinde of issue, for two weeks it was great, now i have to charge it every day, try everything. . new account, wipe cashe, factory reset, still the same problem
i think it is a software problems with, first of all huawei phones and some particular watchfaces. In fact i didn't use my amazfit for 8 days and the battery drain was normal. When i reconnected it the battery started draining... maybe the kirin processors aren't completely compatible with tha amazfit... another thing i noticed is that some third party watchfaces cause draining problems.
Im using us rom 1.3.3a.. xiaomi mi5s..
I started having battery drain issue after playing at beach.. but i didn't swim more than 1m.. dont know whether its related or not..
Done factory reset twice..changed facewatch.. still draining.. on airplane mode, so no notification.. Backlight auto, no continuous HR.. only last a day average..
Anyone can help? Really hope for new official rom update will fix this issue..
I have the same problem. Could this be a real battery failure?
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I have the same problem. Could this be a real battery failure?
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As per Huami moderators, swimming is strict no no...
Hey guys.
I'm also having a battery drain problem. I didn't go swimming or did anything out of the usual. The watch works fine but the battery lasts close to a day, when a couple of weeks ago it would last at least three days.
I have continuous HR measures, do exercise with music every two days, but even in airplane mode there seems to be a drain.
I've un-paired and re-paired the watch back with the phone and the drain is still present.
I have no extra apps sideloaded, root or custom ROM. I have the latest international version of the app 1.7.1 and latest firmware 1.0.9.6.
Anyone found any fix for this? Does a any recent development version say anything in the change log related to battery drains being fixed?
Regards.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
I have a P9 Lite Huawei, and i have probleme with a lot of deconnection and drain battery .... somebody have a solution for me ?
Mine has started to drain from 100% to 0% in a couple of hours.
Must admit I might of got it wet as I wore it to the beach, got in touch with Huawei and this what they said, and my watch failed .
Hello Vince,
Thank you for contacting Amazfit.
We are very sorry that you have trouble with the device.
Have you ever submerged the device into water? For example, did you wear it when you were swimming or taking a bath/shower?
To troubleshoot your issue, please do a small test for us.
1) Fully charge your watch to 100%
2) Turn on the flight mode on the watch
3) Turn off the Bluetooth on your phone.
4) Make it untouched for 24 hours
5) Check the power consumption
If the power consumption is less than 15%, it's normal.
If the power consumption is greater than 15%, it can't be repaired, please contact the seller to find a solution.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Cheers and have an excellent day!
Sincerely,
Molly| Amazfit Support
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I have the same problem. I also got Mollys message you posted.
Is there a way to replace the battery?
Very disappointing!
After performing the test she requested and realizing that the watch dies on me after 8 hours I got the following message from her:
Molly (Amazfit)
Aug 10, 02:52 PDT
Hello Yoram,
Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately, your issue can't solved online.
As you purchased from GeekBuying, please contact the seller directly to find a solution if possible.
Of course, you can also mail the product to our service center directly to have it inspected. Our service center is located in China. Please note that you had to pay for the shipping charge back and forth as well as custom fees.
We are so sorry for the inconvenience.
Please feel free to contact us if you need any additional assistance.
Sincerely,
Molly | Amazfit Support
Same Issues
I'm having the same issues. Worked great for over a month. I was getting 4 to 5 days of charge easily.
Then last week It suddenly started to drain fast on me. Now i am barely getting 4 to 5 hours.
Did not get the watch wet.
I tried to run it in Airplane mode overnight. I woke up after about 3 hours and it was dead. Tonight i will try airplane mode and shut the bluetooth off on My Galaxy S7 as well.
A1612 firmware 1.3.3a
ps: Come to think of it my Galaxy S7 just had a software upgrade early last week. The problem started just after that upgrade I think.
i have charge the device at 100%, then turn it off for almost 2 days, now it seem like power is holding on, i hope it will last
I'm sorry rant ahead. But I've had enough.
I bought the Stratos, because I didn't really like my Mi Band 3 (constant connection problems and almost invisible screen in daylight). I wanted to buy the Bip, but I said, what the hell. Let's go big. Stratos also looks good (Bip does not). The transreflective always on display is also great. But here the good things end.
1. The watch is slooow. Sometimes it doesn't register a touch, and sometimes it registers a ghost touch. The menus are bad, the layout is bad, the navigation is bad (and slow). The watch is also way too thick.
2. The Amazfit app is abysmal. Once the acitivity is recorded, it cannot be edited in any way. Did you press "walking" when you started running by mistake (It can easily happen - see above)? Too bad. You cannot correct it. Amazfit can draw pretty GPS pictures and graphs, but that's about it. And it's so buggy, it's more or less unusable (see below). There is no internet page, like literally every other app has (Strava, Endomondo, Runkeeper), where you could edit the data. There is no homepage. There are no official help forums.
So, even if the watch and app were completely bug free, the whole package would still be, in best case, average. But they are not bug free. And that is an understatement of the century. I've seen buggy apps and gadgets before, but this one takes the cake.
3. When I got the watch, the battery life was a real rollercoaster. The watch could go form 100% to 0 in a few hours or in 5 days. Sometimes reboot or factory reset helped. And that is true for the watch as a whole. Three to four factory resets in a months is (was - it doesn't work anymore -see below) almost necessary for Stratos to work "normally".
4. Caller name on the watch started working with Amazfit app 3. It never worked before. So, this basic (and advertised) functionality started working almost a year after the watch was released.
5. So, you start to run/bicycle/whatever. You choose the appropriate workout, you wait for the GPS, you start, and.... nothing. You are riding a bicycle and the watch says your speed iz zero.
6. You are running, and suddenly you pace starts to drop like a stone. So, I run little below 5.00 min/km. Yesterday I was running, and suddenly I was at 11.00 min/km. Not in reality, just on the Stratos. I always run 6 km, but Stratos measured 4 km. A day before 5 km. I actually ran 6 km, as I know the way. Thank god for Strava, because when I got home and the Strava synced, the running length(and pace) was correct. But only in Strava. Amazfit app and the watch itself got the data wrong. No, I don't know, how that is possible.
7. So, I was bicycling downhill. Suddenly, my hearbeat goes to 160. 170. 180. Am I dying? I feel the chest. Everything is normal. The watch is just acting up again. A few days after that, I was bicycling uphill, usually my heartrate is somewhere around 130-140. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, my heartrate drops. 60. 50. 40. And I am paddling uphill in 35 degrees C! Am I Lance Armstrong? No, It's just the watch.
8. A few days ago heartrate and steps stopped syncing with the app. The watch is at 6000 steps and Continuous HR is on (and seems to work on the watch), but the app is at 0 steps and "no heart rate data. Syncing doesn't help. Rebooting the watch doesn't help. Factory reset doesn't help. Restarting the phone, reinstalling the watch, creating a new account doesn't help.
Let's end this. I paid 160 EUR for this POS. After many months on the market, even the basic functionality of the watch does not work. What does work now, might not work tomorrow, and what works, works badly.
Why are things like this? It's the age old truth: when you buy the product, you don't just buy plastic, steel and glass, you buy a service. You buy programmers, that will get your product running long after you bought it. And that's why Amazfit products just seem cheap. Because you just bought the plastic. Nothing else.
You got a broken watch, claim warranty.
I would also add there might be a problem with your smartphone bluetooth as well. I used Mi Band 1, 2, 3 and now 4. I also had 2 smartwatches and now Stratos. I also changed 2 smartphones and I never ever had connection problems with Mi Band on any version of it. Mi Band for me is by far the most stable bluetooth connection I've ever used on any bluetooth device and I have over dozen various bluetooth devices. Stable connection, along with battery life is why I'm still loyal to Mi Band. I had various situations where I couldn't connect to plain bluetooth speaker, or sometimes even Stratos disconnects and in each case Mi Band connection is the only one that would still be stable. But that is just my personal experience as it's impossible to account for all the different hardware out there.
Agree with you. I have an Verge, which is, till the moment, a money waste.
Software is the problem, let's see if Xiaomi do something.
hpto said:
Agree with you. I have an Verge, which is, till the moment, a money waste.
Software is the problem, let's see if Xiaomi do something.
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You will wait forever, Xiaomi has nothing to do with Pace, Verge or Stratos...
lfom said:
You will wait forever, Xiaomi has nothing to do with Pace, Verge or Stratos...
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Amazfit don't are an trademark from Xiaomi?
Btw, a money waste. Mi band do the job and far better.
hpto said:
Amazfit don't are an trademark from Xiaomi?
Btw, a money waste. Mi band do the job and far better.
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No, it's Huami's.
Thank you all for replies!
I don't think the watch is broken (in a sense, that warranty should be claimed) and I'll tell you why.
I may have been a little misunderstood in my first post (English is not my first language). The watch doesn't act up all the time. But frequently enough, that it cannot be relied upon. I don't need a watch that works 70 % of the time (which this one does). So, let me add a few things to my points in my previous post:
5. That happened twice (see number 5 in my first post). Rebooting the watch helped. And let me stress again, that it would happen a lot more often, if I didn't reboot or factory reset the watch every time it starts to act up (3-4 times per month).
6. If that was a hardware error (se number 6 in my first post), GPS data would be wrong (this happened only during my last two runs!). But the GPS data that the watch recorded during the run was correct. If it wasn't, Strava would be wrong, too. Activity (run) was measured (interpreted?) incorrectly by the watch and Amazfit app. Strava got the same (raw?) data and it gave correct results (kilometers, pace). If the watch was faulty, the GPS data would be faulty, too. But the hardware, it seems, is fine. Just the software is bad.
7. HR monitoring is just bad on this watch. I don't think I'm the only one that noticed that.
8. Steps and HR data syncing with the app currently works. It started to work the next day. But I noticed something strange. When syncing wasn't working, the Amazfit app said for steps and HR "08/17 19:52" (something like that, I don't remember the exact time). But it was only 11 o'clock! So, the app was claiming, that the last sync with the watch was in the future. Probably that's why it wasn't syncing. And that is not a harware error, it's the software.
So, I don't think the watch is faulty, it's just the software that's bad. That was my point all along. Right now, the watch is working fine. It was working fine yesterday and the day before that, when I was bicycling. But that is not enough. I want a watch that works all the time.
Amazfit stratos 3.0: poor watch
The watch is unreliable, sunset and sunrize notifications come and go without reason. Very disappointing.
You could use my app for sunrise and sunset times.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/app-amazfit-sun-widget-t4023903
Hello,
I'm using Amazfit GTR 2 smartwatch for a month. It's not alerting me when my android phone Bluetooth is disconnected or when my phone is out of range. How to enable this feature or is it missing for this model? Please let me know.
Thanks
Not sure to understand. It can only alert you if the watch is connected in bluetooth to the phone.
You didn't get my point. Let's say you wear the smartwatch and you forgot your phone on the desk and go away from the phone. Then your smartwatch should alert you when it lost Bluetooth connection or it is out of range. I know Samsung smartwatches have this feature. But I didn't find this feature on my GTR 2 watch.
Ok. It used to have this feature but like you, I don't find it anymore on my Stratos2 now. I don't remember if it was a setting on the phone or the App. I remember having using it sometimes back but maybe it was with the previous sw called Amazfit (now called Zepp). I used it for a while but it was always disconnecting and reconnecting as soon as you were going away from the phone. A bit annoying at the end. I stopped using it at th end. One thing also, I have noticed that the bluetooth distance is weak with my Stratos now. i'm pretty sure it was much better some time ago. I don't know if it is SW/ROM related, phone related or smartwatch related. I can easily disconnect as soon I'm getting away (5-10m in the house) but it has difficulties to reconnect. Sometimes, the watch is next to the phone and it does not reconnect for minutes. It might be related to Bluetooth managment from my phone (energy saving stuff, Low Bluetooth energy etc..). What I'm sure about is that my son's MiBand (Miband4) has a much better range than my Stratos, more than twice the distance and faster reconnection. My feeling, but it is not really rational, all this happened when they moved from Amazfit SW to Zepp SW. Again, personnal feeling.