Amazfit BIP ignores daylight saving time switching, why? - Amazfit

Hello,
in Germany, last night clocks were adjusted at 3:00am to 2:00am due to dayliht saving. My Android phone switched the time instantly, my Amazfit BIP ignored it, even at 11 am, the time was still faulty, syncing with the Mi Fit app didn't help. The only thing that helped was to unbind and rebind the BIP to the phone
This is really a pitty, I wonder how often at all the BIP does syncronize at all, and why the people developing this piece of software are so ignorant not to implement the most obvious use-cases.
Any tips and hints how the time sync behaviour can be improved? Thanks!

Turn off and then on the Bluetooth. That's all. Works every time. I travel a lot and that's what I do to sync the time when I change timezones.
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A lot Xiaomi/Amazfit Products (Miband, Bip, Cor etc) has to connect one time to mifit after time change to get the right time again! I use mifit since a few years now and i‘ve never a problem with the time change!

I tried reconnecting bluetooth as well as syncing in the MiFit App, both did not help. Only unpairing and repairing solved the issue Even if these two did work, it is a shame that things like that do not work automatically out of the box...

Hello, i have same issue. Just turn off and on your bip and it solve the problem.

Restart the phone
I had same issue today and restarting the phone connected to my BIP solved the issue instantly. Hope it helps!!

4 years later and my brand new Amazfit Band 7 ignores daylight saving even after a full shutdown. Disappointing indeed because (almost) all my devices, clocks, watches use either DCF or NTP to avoid this issue in the first place.

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Using Amazfit Bip AND Stratos interchangeably

I have a Bip and a Stratos and like them both for different types of usage and occasion. Does anyone have a good way of using both throughout the week at various times but having all the data go to a single app (ideally mi fit I guess). I’m using an iPhone, so this is an iOS question (although I’m considering a switch to Android). Thanks in advance!
At the moment I’m pairing and unpairing when I switch which is on, but a bit of a pain as various watch settings in the Bip have to be reconfigured each time.

Amazfit Verge with IOS issue

Hello all, new user here.
I just got Amazfit Verge, I'm using it with iPhone XR and I have a problem, the watch has constant reconnect issues, when for example I'll go out of phone range, it won't reconnect (or reconnect only one device as there are two devices visible in bluetooth menu, one for calling and contacts and one for notifications it seems). I've removed and forgot the device that is for calling and now it reconnects like 70% of time which is still no good. I didn't find any info about that in google but maybe someone has faced similar issue and found a fix or has a clue if any custom rom fixes that?
I like the watch a lot but that problem is realy annoying.
i have same problem with my verge and iphone 7. i did factory reset both devices and nothing changed. after that i synced the watch with old an android phone s3 mini and the watch perfectly worked. i think there is a problem with iOS

Bad bluetooth connection with Amazfit and Bip/Bip S

I've been using an Amazfit Bip together with the Mi Fit app for a long time without any problems. The Bip hardly ever lost connection to the phone. Then I bought an Amazfit Bip S and as the Mi Fit app does not support it, I had to use the Amazfit app. I recognized that the Bip S permanently lost bluetooth connection to the phone, no matter what settings I changed. So I thought it would be a problem of the Bip S and bought a normal Bip again. But same problem... if the phone does not lie directly on the table, most of the time Bip has no bluetooth connection. Even if the phone is in its case on my belt, the Bip loses connection.
So it must have something to do with the Amazfit app, I guess. Somewhere I read that if you uninstall and reinstall it, Bluetooth connection problems may be gone. But if I uninstall the app, I lose all data, so before I do that I try to investigate what could be the problem.
The phone is a Blackview BV9700 Pro. I already cleared all data and cache of the Bluetooth app. I restarted the phone. I turned Bluetooth off and on again. I turned the option for a permanent notification in the Amazfit app on and off, makes no difference.
Can anyone confirm that the Amazfit app has a bad Bluetooth connection compared to the Mi Fit app? Could the problem be caused because both apps were installed at the same time at the beginning? I had Mi Fit installed, installed Amazfit and because the Bip was recognized by both apps I uninstalled Mi Fit and kept only Amazfit.
In case my english sounds strange from time to time: I'm from Germany
Homer J. S. said:
I've been using an Amazfit Bip together with the Mi Fit app for a long time without any problems. The Bip hardly ever lost connection to the phone. Then I bought an Amazfit Bip S and as the Mi Fit app does not support it, I had to use the Amazfit app. I recognized that the Bip S permanently lost bluetooth connection to the phone, no matter what settings I changed. So I thought it would be a problem of the Bip S and bought a normal Bip again. But same problem... if the phone does not lie directly on the table, most of the time Bip has no bluetooth connection. Even if the phone is in its case on my belt, the Bip loses connection.
So it must have something to do with the Amazfit app, I guess. Somewhere I read that if you uninstall and reinstall it, Bluetooth connection problems may be gone. But if I uninstall the app, I lose all data, so before I do that I try to investigate what could be the problem.
The phone is a Blackview BV9700 Pro. I already cleared all data and cache of the Bluetooth app. I restarted the phone. I turned Bluetooth off and on again. I turned the option for a permanent notification in the Amazfit app on and off, makes no difference.
Can anyone confirm that the Amazfit app has a bad Bluetooth connection compared to the Mi Fit app? Could the problem be caused because both apps were installed at the same time at the beginning? I had Mi Fit installed, installed Amazfit and because the Bip was recognized by both apps I uninstalled Mi Fit and kept only Amazfit.
In case my english sounds strange from time to time: I'm from Germany
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Hello,
Few things:
- I would recommend you to use only one App, AmazFit or MiFit at a time. I guess AMazFit is preferable depending on the watch you have. Unpair from one app and uninstall the app you don't want to use
- if you uninstall and reinstall the Amazfit or MiFit app with same credentials, Mi account or with mail/phone number, you should recover your data saved and you won't loose all your history. Maybe the one from the current day, I think. I jumped from MiFit to Amzfit with same account with no problem, recovering data for many years
- concerning the bluetooth, not sure what OS your are using, iOS or Android. You could check in the Amazfit or Mi Fit app properties if the OS is not using "battery saver" functions. Sometimes, by default, the battery saving is in "restricted mode" which can affect connections like wifi/bluetooth to save power. Try to see if you have this battery saving function ON and set to "no restrictions" - at least this is what I do on my Android phone.
Tzar92 said:
Hello,
Few things:
- I would recommend you to use only one App, AmazFit or MiFit at a time. I guess AMazFit is preferable depending on the watch you have. Unpair from one app and uninstall the app you don't want to use
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Yeah - as I wrote I uninstalled Mi Fit and only use Amazfit now.
- if you uninstall and reinstall the Amazfit or MiFit app with same credentials, Mi account or with mail/phone number, you should recover your data saved and you won't loose all your history. Maybe the one from the current day, I think. I jumped from MiFit to Amzfit with same account with no problem, recovering data for many years
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Hm, now as you said it... the Amazfit app also loaded the data from the Mi account.
- concerning the bluetooth, not sure what OS your are using, iOS or Android. You could check in the Amazfit or Mi Fit app properties if the OS is not using "battery saver" functions. Sometimes, by default, the battery saving is in "restricted mode" which can affect connections like wifi/bluetooth to save power. Try to see if you have this battery saving function ON and set to "no restrictions" - at least this is what I do on my Android phone.
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The phone uses Android 9. The Amazfit app is not restricted by any battery saving modes as I put it on "Not optimized" just like the Mi Fit app before.

The challenges with my BIP continue

I've had my BIP for a while and after I finally got it working (it took over a month to get it working at first), I have enjoyed the BIP and it's functionality. The other day both the MiFet and Amazfit apps connecting to my watch. I tried resetting the BIP, only to end up with the screen locked on, "Open the app to pair". Neither app will connect to the BIP and no matter what I do, I can't even get to the time.
If anyone might have a suggestion for how to get back to normal I would sure appreciate it!!
Thanks all!
Richard
Give this a try:
https://old.reddit.com/r/AmazfitBip/comments/i3ufx8/it_lost_bluetooth_connectivity_i_factory_reset_it/

Zepp battery drain

Hi Guys
I have an Amazfit GTS 3 and use it with the Zepp App on a Galaxy S10. I have the problem that the Zepp App suddenly drains my Battery in the Background while I don't use any specific feature on the Watch. I use the watch for showing me Notifications but I have set it to just let some Notifications through that I want. I have reinstalled the Zepp App but nothing changed. Does anyone know this problem and how to solve it.
Thanks
I had this issue with my GTS 3 and Samsung Galaxy S8. Just unpair my watch and waited for 1 month. Latest FW fix this issue. I recommend you to update Zepp app and watch firmware to latest version.
I will do that. Thanks a lot.
Same problem here with the latest Zepp app v7.2.9 on a Google Pixel 6a phone, watch firmware is up to date. It's the app that uses the most battery and does not let the phone go to sleep, there's a wakelock from the Zepp app that keeps the phone awake for hours.
I contacted Amazfit support but they are not helpful at all. Disappointing because the watches are decent, the watch battery life is really good, but the software on the watch and phone is full of bugs, some I can live with, but things like battery drain I will not tolerate.
Intrestingly, my problem resolved itself after some days. Maybe it is because I put the app into the Standby for not frequently used Apps in the Samsung Battery settings. I still get all the push notifications to my watch. I don't know if the Google Pixel Phones have such a Feature or if my problem got resolved in another mysterious way, but maybe it could solve your problem aswell, if you put the app into Standby.
I have the Zepp app battery usage set to Restricted and it still doesn't help. But you are correct notifications still come. Anyway, we should not have to set it to Restricted, this is clearly a bug in the Zepp app.
Having the same exact issue starting just a couple of days ago. Tried uninstalling the Zepp app, removing Bluetooth connection on phone, put the Zepp on Sleep or even hard stop, but nothing seems to work.
What I just did was to remove the watch from Zepp app and leave the app alone on the phone and see if somehow the connection between Zepp and watch is causing the battery drain on the phone.
BTW: I just upgraded the latest firmware on the watch and the Zepp app was just installed from PlayStore.
Hope someone knows how to fix this annoying issue. I like the watch a lot, but leaving the app draining the battery is not an option for me.
I fixed it by returning the watch. Nice hardware but garbage software and I don't tolerate battery drain. I reported it to them in Oct, nothing changed in 3 months, clear sign to move on rather than hope for a fix.
Ninja914 said:
Having the same exact issue starting just a couple of days ago. Tried uninstalling the Zepp app, removing Bluetooth connection on phone, put the Zepp on Sleep or even hard stop, but nothing seems to work.
What I just did was to remove the watch from Zepp app and leave the app alone on the phone and see if somehow the connection between Zepp and watch is causing the battery drain on the phone.
BTW: I just upgraded the latest firmware on the watch and the Zepp app was just installed from PlayStore.
Hope someone knows how to fix this annoying issue. I like the watch a lot, but leaving the app draining the battery is not an option for me.
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Hello, I have the same problem with the GTS 4 mini.
Has removing the watch from the Zepp app had any effect?
Have you found out anything?
Have you tried installing an older version of the app?
Thank you.
As I already wrote above my problem seemed to misteriuosly resolve itself. I don't really know why and how. I just put the app into the list of standby apps and I still receive all the notifications. However the Bluetooth Connection to the watch draws quite a bit of power. It's quite weird. Some days my phone has good deep-sleep percentages and the other day it drains the battery quite a bit while just beeing in my pocket. I think the WIFI and cellular Connection at where I study has an impact on it. I could write a full thread about my battery life in the everyday life vs at the weekend but thats not the main Topic here. All in all my problem with the Zepp app seemed to have resolved itself but my battery life is still inconsistent. When I look at the wakelocks from the Zepp App a lot of them are caused by updating the weather, so maybe you can try disabling the weather functionality of your watch if you dont regularly use it. And I also recommend to put Zepp into Standby. If that resolves your problem i'm happy and if it doesn't, you can always put the settings back that I recommended.
I hope that I could help you and that your problem got solved.
Have a great day
Fast_Lessy
Thank you.
I have found that if I disable the Alexa connection the issue is completely resolved. This is of course very annoying, because then I can no longer use Alexa.

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