I don't know Chinese but I have been using Google Translate to read comments on the official Huami forum GTR discussion group. It appears some are saying that that the GPS hardware is the same in both the GTR and GTS and the inaccuracy in tracking is a hardware issue so it can not be fixed with firmware. Can anyone confirm?
If it is hardware then I will be returning my watch for a refund.
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they did update today on gtr and the gps is fixed
Yes there was an update today, but the GPS was not improved yet.
Most probably it is a hardware issue, since it wasn't fixed yet and GTS suffers for the same issue (basically the same hardware and OS, just square and a AppleWatch wannabe).
snoofaki said:
they did update today on gtr and the gps is fixed
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Joke or naive?
No gps accuracy improvement, hope in next update.
dukynko said:
Joke or naive?
No gps accuracy improvement, hope in next update.
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i choose the second option, naive
i had answer based on https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80192742&postcount=35
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when trying to update the watch it says that everting is up to date but it shows that it has software number 20140120. what should I do?
Urgento22 said:
when trying to update the watch it says that everting is up to date but it shows that it has software number 20140120. what should I do?
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What do you think it should be?
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20140120 is the most recent firmware.
How to force the update?
Lokifish Marz said:
20140120 is the most recent firmware.
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Any idea on how to force the update? I'm stuck with 20140115-1542, wireless update says I'm up to date.
P.
Without knowing what device you have not much I can do to help. There are three TrueSmart models and 4-5 other brands that fall under x201
Lokifish Marz said:
Without knowing what device you have not much I can do to help. There are three TrueSmart models and 4-5 other brands that fall under x201
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Sorry for that. It's the Omate TrueSmart 1900/8 Gb. Do you think the update could fix the poor Bluetooth reception and stuttering wireless music when I move the Omate TS away from theBluetooth speaker or headphone?
Thanks for being there, Lokifish! Merci beaucoup!
For your TrueSmart, you are already at the most recent firmware. Your issues with Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity are not due to the firmware on your watch. I have the same watch with the same firmware and both Bluetooth and WiFi reception are excellent, several meters at least.
Probably there is a problem with your watch's antennas. Bluetooth and WiFi share one antenna connection, which seems odd to me, but it works on mine. You need yours repaired and that is going to be tricky, at least short-term.
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So question is in title.
Thanks...
not yet.
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not yet.
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So this is software problem, are they going to update firmware in the future to support this ?. It is too bad they did not include this, yet all other competitor watches have this feature.
Also does Amazfit have barometer, (altitude sensor)
it's compatibility with new update. :victory:
i have CooSpo H6 hrm chest strap. it's working now.
how you did that i cant pair it
alexstrat said:
how you did that i cant pair it
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Make sure the HR band is not paired with anything else and it's in "pairing mode" when you try to add it using the "Accessories" option in activity Settings, and it only works with bands that support BT 4.1+ (BLE), watch doesn't support ANT/ANT+.
Thank you it worked smoothly
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Thank you it worked smoothly
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Are you speaking about the Stratos or Bip watch?
It is about Amazfit Pace 1.
I using my Amazfit Pace (2.8.1) with chest strap . It works well, but battery life is terrible. 1 hour is -30% of battery. Do you have the same problem?
That is normal.
Bluetooth needs energy and it doesn't matter if you use a chest strap or headphones, they need ~20%-25% per hour in addition to the GPS
Explore3 said:
Are you speaking about the Stratos or Bip watch?
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Stratos
Hey guys.
I made five runs on the same route with my new Amazfit Bip - all of them showing around 3,6 km.
Yesterday I had A-GPS update (triggered out of nowehere) which I think might be the issue of my last ran that was off by 2 km.
Since I can´t show you the link as I am new on this forum I will describe the route to you.
The shape of it is almost the same but is seems as if I was running from left to right constantly. There is not a single straight line, despite my route being somewhat a square.
There is zig-zaging wich makes 3,6 run a 5 km run.
I am sorry if I broke any rules of this forum and also please excuse my editing. I am not used to using this as I can almost always solve the problem on my own, but I am honestly lost here.
Gearbest is selling the GTR international version that supports English. I'm in the US and I was wondering if I buy the international version now, will it be 100% the same as the US version of the GTR when available?
Another question. Is a phone with bluetooth 4.2 compatible with the new Amazfit GTR bluetooth 5.0?
Usually there are only two versions :Chinese and International, there was never an US only version of BIP, Pace, Stratos or Verge...
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Another question. Is a phone with bluetooth 4.2 compatible with the new Amazfit GTR bluetooth 5.0?
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This is text from Xiaomi Today: "Being the smartwatch, the Amazfit GTR concludes multiple connectivity options for better performance. It comes with jam-packed features like Bluetooth 5.0v for wireless connectivity". It doesn't matter which operating system running in yours device, bluetooth technology in all devices is just bluetooth. So if is written 5th version, that's mean must be 5th version and it's doesn't matter iPhone or Samsung, Xiaomi, Sony, Huawei and ect. android or Apple's software.
I can't quite follow what Xiaomi Today is saying in your quoted text. Will my phone need Bluetooth 5.0 for it to work with the GTR? Or will 4.2 be compatible?
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I can't quite follow what Xiaomi Today is saying in your quoted text. Will my phone need Bluetooth 5.0 for it to work with the GTR? Or will 4.2 be compatible?
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With a quick google search I found that the watch has Bluetooth 5.0 or 4.2 LE (and there where shops naming both -.-), it may be the different released versions... Sorry for the comment but... Chinese being Chinese...
Anyway back to the question, I found an article pointing out that Bluetooth v5.0 is backwards compatible with v4 and also improves the connection, hence, it should work.
I guess the confusion is that the articles I have seen only mention that phones with Bluetooth v5.0 will work with accessories (speakers,watches,etc) that only have Bluetooth v4+ and not the other way around. Do accessories with Bluetooth v5.0 work with phones with only Bluetooth 4+?
any news about tha pairing issue? its still happening or they fixed the problem?
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any news about tha pairing issue? its still happening or they fixed the problem?
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I'm not aware of a pairing issue. Where are you hearing this?
I read under some YouTube comments. But back to the first question it will work correctly with 4.2 Bluetooth system or we need 5.0 on our phone. Any experience? (I talked some people but all of them used Bluetooth 5.0 so now I don't have correct info about working with older sys). I want to buy this watch but I have a xiaomi mi a2 lite and now I don't want to change the phone
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I read under some YouTube comments. But back to the first question it will work correctly with 4.2 Bluetooth system or we need 5.0 on our phone. Any experience? (I talked some people but all of them used Bluetooth 5.0 so now I don't have correct info about working with older sys). I want to buy this watch but I have a xiaomi mi a2 lite and now I don't want to change the phone
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I'm still waiting to receive my GTR so I can't answer whether a 4.2 bluetooth phone will work with it. Being that only a few high end phones with bluetooth 5.0 are available at this time, I would think we'd be hearing complaints about the GTR not working on older phones (4.x). So I'm leaning toward it will work fine. I will come back to this post to confirm the 4.2 question when I receive my GTR.
What do people think the outlook is like in terms of updates to this watch, new faces etc?
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I'm still waiting to receive my GTR so I can't answer whether a 4.2 bluetooth phone will work with it. Being that only a few high end phones with bluetooth 5.0 are available at this time, I would think we'd be hearing complaints about the GTR not working on older phones (4.x). So I'm leaning toward it will work fine. I will come back to this post to confirm the 4.2 question when I receive my GTR.
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Amazfit ensures that GTR paring works fine starting from Android 5.0, and there were no Bluetooth 5.0 devices at the time it was released. That's why I assume that a 4.2 Bluetooth phone will have no pairing issues.
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I'm still waiting to receive my GTR so I can't answer whether a 4.2 bluetooth phone will work with it. Being that only a few high end phones with bluetooth 5.0 are available at this time, I would think we'd be hearing complaints about the GTR not working on older phones (4.x). So I'm leaning toward it will work fine. I will come back to this post to confirm the 4.2 question when I receive my GTR.
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Hi. Are you still waiting?
Guys one question . GTR supports Greek? I dont mean Greek menu but reading for example Greek SMS messages , Greek tweets etc
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What do people think the outlook is like in terms of updates to this watch, new faces etc?
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Xiaomi devices are known for their popularity in the developer community, I expect the same to continue with this device. The Mi Band 4 was recently released and there are already over a thousand watch faces for that bad boy, and it has already gotten a few firmware updates.
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Hi. Are you still waiting?
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Yes, tracking shows FedEx is in possession with a scheduled delivery of Monday 8/19.
Hello,
I just received the beautiful Amazfit GTR 47mm aluminum version. I made all the updates of the watch, the font, the A-GPS... but the GPS can't be found / detected in France! I stay more than 3 minutes in the same place, in a clear place where there are no or very few buildings, but the GPS doesn't work...
I compared with my Amazfit Pace... which finds the GPS signal in less than 15 seconds! Look : i.ibb.co/8z5rwzZ/pace-vs-gtr-fr.jpg
By the way, I already reset the Amazfit GTR, I restarted the watch several times, I did the calibration to the compass. Nothing works
Someone had the same problem?
aftercem said:
Hello,
I just received the beautiful Amazfit GTR 47mm aluminum version. I made all the updates of the watch, the font, the A-GPS... but the GPS can't be found / detected in France! I stay more than 3 minutes in the same place, in a clear place where there are no or very few buildings, but the GPS doesn't work...
I compared with my Amazfit Pace... which finds the GPS signal in less than 15 seconds! Look : i.ibb.co/8z5rwzZ/pace-vs-gtr-fr.jpg
By the way, I already reset the Amazfit GTR, I restarted the watch several times, I did the calibration to the compass. Nothing works
Someone had the same problem?
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For me everything work ok on GTR Global version...
For Compass did u make this (∞) motion?
One more thing, this ceramic bezel is very soft, I already have a micro scratch! I didn’t drop it, I take it off at night ...
I can confirm, that GTR (international) pairs with my iPhone7 (bt 4.2) no problem. Battery life seems very good 4% battery used on the first day and night (with all the initial tinkering with a new toy ) without continuous HR and gps.
aftercem said:
Hello,
I just received the beautiful Amazfit GTR 47mm aluminum version. I made all the updates of the watch, the font, the A-GPS... but the GPS can't be found / detected in France! I stay more than 3 minutes in the same place, in a clear place where there are no or very few buildings, but the GPS doesn't work...
I compared with my Amazfit Pace... which finds the GPS signal in less than 15 seconds! Look : i.ibb.co/8z5rwzZ/pace-vs-gtr-fr.jpg
By the way, I already reset the Amazfit GTR, I restarted the watch several times, I did the calibration to the compass. Nothing works
Someone had the same problem?
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Hello i have a similar problem. GPS fixing is very very slow and GPS isnt working until A-GPS data is updated. But i can't find anywhere in Amazfit app where i can manually update A-GPS data. Do you know is there any option in Amazfit app to update A-GPS manually? Also have alluminium Aloy version.
Hello,
I made my first Cycling yesterday but was very disapointed with GPS tracking. After my run the track was about 50 m out off the real road.
Sometimes it is ok sometimes not.
if i stop moving the watch still detect movement and indicates a speedsometimes. Stratos did not have this pb (so sad the HR sensor died)
Do you have same issue?
Hi,
I've the same issue in my GTR.
Very disappointed.
I hope Huami solve this in future firmware update
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Same issue with my GTR. I do hope they plan to improve it in a future firmware. I just sent a tweet to them to ask about the GPS issue I will let you know if I get a response.
Same here, tried to update agps without success
The GPS isn't good at all in general (I have a verge). The accuracy of the distance is really bad. Compared to a GPS bicycle computer (I have compared it to wahoo, garmin and lezyne) the distance recorded with the watch is always too less. It differs 2-5% of the real distance.
I have the same issue with my GTR It looks like off the road/streets by 20meter, sometimes on one side sometimes on the other so it is just very inaccurate... My pace worked much better (until I went inside the pool with it), I regret I didn't buy a Stratos to replace instead of the GTR. Also if you are used to a allways-on-display it is hard to downgrade to AMOLED, pity the transflective LCDs seems to be abandoned.
Yes i really hope they will be able to fix that because the watch is unusable in this configuration for sport tracking... again they've released their product too early without finishing to develop it...
My Stratos was really good for GPS tracking but HR sensor died...
Bought this GTR thinking it could be better as it is their latest product (and hope it would be more reliable)
Lets hope for a good update
I send a email to Huami support and they demand examples to check.
Please, feel free to do the same.
Hello,
i've sent email to support also here is what they've just answered to me:
Hello There ，
Thank you for contacting Amazfit Customer Support. We apologize if the products caused you any inconvenience.
As for the GPS issue, our developer team has located the issue and are working on it. And we will release an update to optimize it soon. Hope you understand.
Should you have any further questions, please contact us with opening a new ticket or just reply to this ticket and it will automatically reopen in our system. We are more than happy to help!
Sincerely ,
Alice
Amazfit Support
we just have to wait...
winni21 said:
Hello,
I made my first Cycling yesterday but was very disapointed with GPS tracking. After my run the track was about 50 m out off the real road.
Sometimes it is ok sometimes not.
if i stop moving the watch still detect movement and indicates a speedsometimes. Stratos did not have this pb (so sad the HR sensor died)
Do you have same issue?
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Same....
Friday I received the new firmware and after going for a couple of runs I can confirm that it didn't fix the accurancy. The only improvement I see is that it fixes satellites very fast now (before it would take a minute)
With amazfit app and with GTR... I could not be more disappointed.
kulaki0 said:
Friday I received the new firmware and after going for a couple of runs I can confirm that it didn't fix the accurancy. The only improvement I see is that it fixes satellites very fast now (before it would take a minute)
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very fast? you are lucky then... It's true that sometimes it fixes them faster, but other times dosen't fix any at all.
I will try to return it back to the seller.
The gps tracking with GTR and the Amazfit app
https://ibb.co/MN44Twx
https://ibb.co/WfmP60q
I'm having the same problem. Last night the A-GPS was updated, but it didn't seem to improve at all. Does anyone has any news regarding this problem?
just wait for Amazfit update (according to Amazfit and Gearbest...)
The shop offered a full refund and I decided to return mine. Will buy the Stratos 3 instead.
kulaki0 said:
The shop offered a full refund and I decided to return mine. Will buy the Stratos 3 instead.
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Why do you think it will be netter?
My Pace was pretty good and from what I read the Stratos is also fine. The Stratos 3 support more GPS satellites than the GTR so at least is not the same hardware
After reading all the bad news about the GPS accuracy, I tried a 6 km run yesterday for the first time with my new GTR (aluminium). I was really surprised that the track it recorded was actually correct and pretty accurate. I think there many factors that influence the performance of the GPS.