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I'm very unhappy with my Asurion forced upgrade from the Incredible to the Incredible 2. Is anyone else having these problems and is there any solution?
Aside from the issues in the pictures, the Bluetooth never gets connected. I keep getting "HF Error 68" on my stereo. I guess that could actually be my stereo though...
I'm not sure what you're trying to show with the map. GPS works great on my I2. I use it almost daily.
While I don't use the calendar heavily, it hasn't crashed one me.
I don't use Skype.
I use bluetooth frequently for stereo audio, primarily in my car. I have no problems with pairing, auto-connecting, etc.
Have you tried rebooting your phone? Contact support?
Basically, what nimdae said: no issues.
If you haven't already, try a factory reset too.
Tried rebooting and resetting my phone. Also, alarm didn't go off this morning. When I woke up the alarm thing was showing but no alarm and the "Snooze" button was greyed out and I could only press "dismiss".
With the map. I use Runkeeper to track my exercise activities. Do you see how it's jagged all over the road? It adds about 20% on to the length of every exercise. This ruins any chance or keeping track of distance, pace, estimated calories burned, etc. My Droid 1 and Dinc had fine GPS. Maybe it locks fast and works fine for navigation but for tracking anything it's terrible. I certainly wasn't zig-zagging all over the road like in that picture.
Sounds to me you have a defective phone. I can't comment regarding RunKeeper, as every phone I've had that I've tried using the app with, including the iPhone, I thought has sucked for GPS tracking.. Beyond that though, none of the issues you are seeing.
I have had none of those issues.
I have not tried run keeper but I use endomondo for running. For the most part it is VERY accurate...the only time it is a bit off is when I go around a sharp u - sometimes it cuts across rather than following the u. But I think that is a software polling issue.
I agree with the others that your phone sounds defective.
I'll have to load up one of those apps and see what result I get. It's always good to compare. I've noticed a geocaching app I used had a slight accuracy issue, but it wasn't all over the place. I was at least able to use it as a reference.
Another thing - do you turn gps on and off or just leave it on?
When I first got this phone I would turn it off and on. I noticed that when I turned it on it took forever to lock.
I leave it on now.
I don't really remember if I left it on or not but a 20 mile ride should have had a lock somewhere in the beginning.
It seems my calendar issue was just something with that event, as it works okay with editing others and after changing my alarm notification sound the alarm works.
I am still having this issue with Skype telling me that I'm not on Verizon in the US... I have the hybrid Alltel PRL, maybe that has something to do with it? The GPS issue is just too much. I rely on Runkeeper to keep track of my running and cycling and having to take note of length and route, then completely remove and manually add the every event back in just isn't going to work for me.
The GPS works great for me on the inc2, I've used it plenty of times to get me home. I use the calendar as well and never seen a F/C/ I'd call for a refurb.
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The GPS works great for me on the inc2, I've used it plenty of times to get me home. I use the calendar as well and never seen a F/C/ I'd call for a refurb.
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There's a difference between the navigation mapping and the GPS usage he's attempting, which I intend to test with my I2. Navigation shows your relative position on a set path so if you are slightly off, it still shows you on the set path. On the other hand, things like geocaching and bike/run tracking doesn't lock you to a path, but rather tracks what the GPS radio reports is your location, whether on a road or in the middle of a field. In his scenario, his GPS is reporting him zigzagging on a road, which increases the estimated run distance and throws off various calculations.
I have some interest in this issue because I use a mapping app called Waze and because of this potential issue I've been hesitant to use the feature that allows you to map new roads using GPS.
I've been pretty busy so I haven't had a chance to hop on my bike with a tracker. I'll try to get to it this weekend if I'm not stuck on conference calls :S
@Grouper
Somehow I missed that you are using this for estimating calorie burn. I would highly recommend a Polar heart rate monitor. Any heart rate monitor will be more accurate than making a guess based on run time and distance, and I've found the Polar monitors to be pretty great, though a little on the expensive side. I like that it works with my cardio equipment as well, and I'll use it with my weight training and martial arts training.
I was thinking about getting one of the chest strap monitors but just don't have the money to spend on one right now.
I'm very curious to know whether or not I have a defective phone or if the drivers for gps on this device are just crappy.
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Has anyone been successful in getting any applications working with the heart rate monitor? I was really hoping that from switching from the Gear 2 Neo that Google would allow for 3rd party application to read the heart rate and I can get an accurate (ish) measurement of my heart rate during indoor workouts. Apps such as MapMyFitness and Strava to name a few.
I know that the 360 constantly measures my heart rate throughout the day but I want to be able to count calories from a workout and see my heart rate graph after a high cardio workout.
Bumping because I posted in generic "Android Wear" forum and didn't know about this forum (had moderator move it but appeared on 2nd page). After reading through this forum doesn't seem like there is any hope yet...
we need this
Something I don't like about google is all of this stuff should have been out from the start
What I would like to see and have yet to find. I have a Polar Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor and it syncs to My motox 2014 with various apps. I want to display my current Heart Rate, calories distance, pace etc etc.
I thought Runtasic or Runkeeper would do that, but havent been able to make it work yet.
Show Heart Rate and/or Steps on Watch
Many are disappointed in the absence of this capability. Adding it would put the Moto 360 in the same commercial space as the Microsoft Band...which I had and returned because it was too limited.
A hope on the horizon comes from the makers of the app WatchMaker who said that they are working on displaying heart rate and/or steps in one of the customer watch face designs. No date announced.
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Many are disappointed in the absence of this capability. Adding it would put the Moto 360 in the same commercial space as the Microsoft Band...which I had and returned because it was too limited.
A hope on the horizon comes from the makers of the app WatchMaker who said that they are working on displaying heart rate and/or steps in one of the customer watch face designs. No date announced.
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Already implemented in watchface
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This could be useful! (google fit)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.heartsync&hl=en
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This could be useful! (google fit)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.heartsync&hl=en
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The app has a lot of promise and does exactly what a lot of us have been looking for however...
It uses a lot of battery... A LOT of battery. Its default setting is to continually monitor your heart rate and in doing so, cause my 360 to wear out after about 4 hours of use. 12 is typical for me. You can open the app on the watch and tap the heart until the circle quits spinning and that puts it into standby mode and the battery life improves. Hopefully future updates will make toggling it on and off a lot easier.
To see your heart rate in Google fit, you must launch fir and hit the + at the bottom of the screen to add another graph and it starts tracking your heart rate.
Its a "donate" app so be prepared to cough up a buck if you want to unlock all the features... and support the dev and encourage him to continue to support it. IMHO, its worth it.
David
I Don't Think It's Implemented in Watchface
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Already implemented in watchface
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I downloaded it and paid for it. Saw lots of "tags" but no explanation of which tag might display heartrate or steps on the watch face. Maybe it's my lack of understanding the app.
Uninstalled it and got my refund. I am contacting developer by email to see if I am missing something. Will reply back here with instructions if they help.
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I tried the link (sorry I can't quote it here...it's in the original reply to my post) and I got an error. That gave me a search box on Google Play and I typed in "heartsync" (without the quotes, of course). That gave me Heartsync. Installed it and trying it.
I am pretty sure that it does not display steps or heart rate on watch face. Without donation, I only get one measurement uploaded to Google Fit. Will donate and test some more.
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Already implemented in watchface
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Checked with the developer who was very responsive. As of now, steps and heart rate are not implemented on Watchface.
DaveTN said:
The app has a lot of promise and does exactly what a lot of us have been looking for however...
It uses a lot of battery... A LOT of battery. Its default setting is to continually monitor your heart rate and in doing so, cause my 360 to wear out after about 4 hours of use. 12 is typical for me. You can open the app on the watch and tap the heart until the circle quits spinning and that puts it into standby mode and the battery life improves. Hopefully future updates will make toggling it on and off a lot easier.
To see your heart rate in Google fit, you must launch fir and hit the + at the bottom of the screen to add another graph and it starts tracking your heart rate.
Its a "donate" app so be prepared to cough up a buck if you want to unlock all the features... and support the dev and encourage him to continue to support it. IMHO, its worth it.
David
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Thanks for the shout-out. I'm the dev for HeartSync (and Amplify).
HeartSync is definitely a work in progress. I have a lot of plans for it. Right now, here's how it works:
1) Automatic mode. You set the frequency to whatever you want, and HeartSync will try to measure your heart rate that often. You can see when the next check time is in the phone app. When it's time, Heart Sync will try to get your heart rate, then upload it to google fit. If it can't get your heart rate within 60 seconds, it gives up. If you set it to 5 minutes, you'll get some battery drain. I prefer 30 minutes because the battery life is really good, and you get a good spread of heart rates in Google Fit charts.
2) Workout mode. You open the app on the watch, and tap the heart. Heart Sync will now continuously monitor your heart rate, even after the screen turns off. You also get a card notification on the watch during this time reminding you that heartsync is running in the background. This will update your heartrate continuously to Google Fit. To turn workout mode off, open the app again on the watch, and tap the heart again. The battery will last about 3-4 hours in this mode.
After any kind of measurement, you should be able to open Google Fit on your phone and refresh it. Then you can click "See Charts", "Add Chart", and add your heart rate chart.
I'm keeping HeartSync in stealth mode a little bit for now. I want to get a few more features in before I create an app thread for it here
Thanks,
Ryan
@cryptyk,
Ryan, thanks for the quick response and fixes that you pushed out. App is working very well now and battery life is much improved.
Keep up the great work!
David
NoAxToGrind said:
I downloaded it and paid for it. Saw lots of "tags" but no explanation of which tag might display heartrate or steps on the watch face. Maybe it's my lack of understanding the app.
Uninstalled it and got my refund. I am contacting developer by email to see if I am missing something. Will reply back here with instructions if they help.
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I tried the link (sorry I can't quote it here...it's in the original reply to my post) and I got an error. That gave me a search box on Google Play and I typed in "heartsync" (without the quotes, of course). That gave me Heartsync. Installed it and trying it.
I am pretty sure that it does not display steps or heart rate on watch face. Without donation, I only get one measurement uploaded to Google Fit. Will donate and test some more.
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Checked with the developer who was very responsive. As of now, steps and heart rate are not implemented on Watchface.
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I have it on my watch right now?
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Thanks for the shout-out. I'm the dev for HeartSync (and Amplify).
HeartSync is definitely a work in progress. I have a lot of plans for it. Right now, here's how it works:
1) Automatic mode. You set the frequency to whatever you want, and HeartSync will try to measure your heart rate that often. You can see when the next check time is in the phone app. When it's time, Heart Sync will try to get your heart rate, then upload it to google fit. If it can't get your heart rate within 60 seconds, it gives up. If you set it to 5 minutes, you'll get some battery drain. I prefer 30 minutes because the battery life is really good, and you get a good spread of heart rates in Google Fit charts.
2) Workout mode. You open the app on the watch, and tap the heart. Heart Sync will now continuously monitor your heart rate, even after the screen turns off. You also get a card notification on the watch during this time reminding you that heartsync is running in the background. This will update your heartrate continuously to Google Fit. To turn workout mode off, open the app again on the watch, and tap the heart again. The battery will last about 3-4 hours in this mode.
After any kind of measurement, you should be able to open Google Fit on your phone and refresh it. Then you can click "See Charts", "Add Chart", and add your heart rate chart.
I'm keeping HeartSync in stealth mode a little bit for now. I want to get a few more features in before I create an app thread for it here
Thanks,
Ryan
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hey there bud,
i bought the app and tested it. did 1 hour cardio with it continuously monitoring my heart rate. after i'm done, i checked the data and voila, nothing got synced to google fit. what did i miss?
Here's what I did:
1. Run the app in phone so I can easily see heart rate while doing plyometrics.
2. Set it to update every 5 mins.
3. opened the app in watch and then tap the heart to enable workout mode.
4. at the end of the workout, i tap the heart icon to stop workout mode.
is the data stored in the watch, can it be retrieved and synced to google fit?
thanks!
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hey there bud,
i bought the app and tested it. did 1 hour cardio with it continuously monitoring my heart rate. after i'm done, i checked the data and voila, nothing got synced to google fit. what did i miss?
Here's what I did:
1. Run the app in phone so I can easily see heart rate while doing plyometrics.
2. Set it to update every 5 mins.
3. opened the app in watch and then tap the heart to enable workout mode.
4. at the end of the workout, i tap the heart icon to stop workout mode.
is the data stored in the watch, can it be retrieved and synced to google fit?
thanks!
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Hi - I'm so sorry it didn't work
It's still relatively new, and I'm still squashing some initial launch bugs. I just released a new version last night that should be more stable, and also includes some charting in the app.
What's not explained very well yet is that there are two modes:
1) Auto check. This is what you used when you moved the setting to 5 minutes. That will check your heart rate throughout the day.
2) Workout mode. This will measure your heart rate once per second until you stop it. To get into workout mode, launch HeartSync on your watch, then tap the heart icon. You'll see it start monitoring. Make sure you stop it when you're done because monitoring continuously will wear down your battery in about 3.5 hours.
HeartSync will keep getting better. Stick with me while I work out some of these early bugs
Thanks,
Ryan
Monitoring while using other apps
@cryptyk
Man, your app is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Just one question before I buy it: does it monitor the heart rate while I'm using other apps on the smartwatch? For instance, if I'm using RunKeeper or a similar app to track my workout (without heart rate), and start HeartSync in workout mode, will both work at the same time? RunKeeper in the foreground showing the workout stats, HeartSync in the background collecting the heart rate.
Thanks!
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@cryptyk
Man, your app is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Just one question before I buy it: does it monitor the heart rate while I'm using other apps on the smartwatch? For instance, if I'm using RunKeeper or a similar app to track my workout (without heart rate), and start HeartSync in workout mode, will both work at the same time? RunKeeper in the foreground showing the workout stats, HeartSync in the background collecting the heart rate.
Thanks!
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Great question. It *should*. You can give it a try for free. The workout mode of the app is free.
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Great question. It *should*. You can give it a try for free. The workout mode of the app is free.
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Tested and it does work. However, I noticed a strange behavior, that may or may not be related to your app: after some seconds, possibly right after the screen goes off, the heart rate stucks and doesn't update anymore (shows a constant value). The green LED is on, and it doesn't matter if I move the watch, clean the sensor etc. It only restarts measuring after I stop it in the app, and tap the icon again - just to stop after a few seconds, restarting the whole thing.
I say it may not be your app, because I noticed a similar behavior in other fitness apps like Endomondo. In fact, your app seems to have a good side effect for these other apps, triggering the heart rate measurement when it doesn't start or freezes (happens frequently with Endomondo). So, is it a design issue of Android Wear or Moto 360, not allowing a constant heart rate measuring for a long time? Is it my device which is faulty (have you tested the real-time measurement for a long time)? Is it a configuration / software issue, which can be solved by a reset (will try it later)?
Finally, I noticed some bugs and have some suggestions which I hope can help your development:
1) After the screen goes off, we have to select "Open" to see the heart rate from the app. That's fine, but it seems multiple instances are being started each time we tap "Open", because I have to swipe right several times to close it (same screen showing for each swipe).
2) You could allow showing the heart rate, after the app is minimized, by clicking on it and swiping left, instead of having to tap "Open". (Hope I made myself understood - it's the way some apps behave to show details.)
3) The heart rate graph, in the phone app, shows the wrong time, although it's correct in Google Fit. Perhaps you are not taking in consideration the time zone, getting UTC time?
4) It may be out of the scope of this app, but a good addition would be configurable heart rate limits (low and high), vibrating the watch or showing other kind of alert when out of range.
Well, I'll buy the app, because the basic functions work, it's not expensive, and I want to support your development (it's good to see the developer close to the community, hearing us). Thanks for that and keep up the good work!
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Nice Progress.
As others have requested, it would be nice to keep screen on (if it doesn't completely kill the battery) during workout (or some other special) mode.
Like the new graphs. Seeing success with the upload to Google Fit.
Keep up the good work; hope it's a big success for you.
dbolivar said:
Tested and it does work. However, I noticed a strange behavior, that may or may not be related to your app: after some seconds, possibly right after the screen goes off, the heart rate stucks and doesn't update anymore (shows a constant value). The green LED is on, and it doesn't matter if I move the watch, clean the sensor etc. It only restarts measuring after I stop it in the app, and tap the icon again - just to stop after a few seconds, restarting the whole thing.
I say it may not be your app, because I noticed a similar behavior in other fitness apps like Endomondo. In fact, your app seems to have a good side effect for these other apps, triggering the heart rate measurement when it doesn't start or freezes (happens frequently with Endomondo). So, is it a design issue of Android Wear or Moto 360, not allowing a constant heart rate measuring for a long time? Is it my device which is faulty (have you tested the real-time measurement for a long time)? Is it a configuration / software issue, which can be solved by a reset (will try it later)?
Finally, I noticed some bugs and have some suggestions which I hope can help your development:
1) After the screen goes off, we have to select "Open" to see the heart rate from the app. That's fine, but it seems multiple instances are being started each time we tap "Open", because I have to swipe right several times to close it (same screen showing for each swipe).
2) You could allow showing the heart rate, after the app is minimized, by clicking on it and swiping left, instead of having to tap "Open". (Hope I made myself understood - it's the way some apps behave to show details.)
3) The heart rate graph, in the phone app, shows the wrong time, although it's correct in Google Fit. Perhaps you are not taking in consideration the time zone, getting UTC time?
4) It may be out of the scope of this app, but a good addition would be configurable heart rate limits (low and high), vibrating the watch or showing other kind of alert when out of range.
Well, I'll buy the app, because the basic functions work, it's not expensive, and I want to support your development (it's good to see the developer close to the community, hearing us). Thanks for that and keep up the good work!
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Wow! Awesome feedback. I've added all 4 of these to the issue reporting system. I'll get the bugs fixed and enhancements included.
Thanks!!!
Ryan
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NoAxToGrind said:
Nice Progress.
As others have requested, it would be nice to keep screen on (if it doesn't completely kill the battery) during workout (or some other special) mode.
Like the new graphs. Seeing success with the upload to Google Fit.
Keep up the good work; hope it's a big success for you.
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I've added this to the enhancement list. Look for it in a future release
Ryan
To Ryan,
I'd like to report some issues with this app:
1. For some reason, tapping the screen to stop the continuous monitoring does not work if it is ran for 30 or more minutes. A restart is needed to workaround it.
2. If update automatically is on and im not wearing my watch, it will still try to check for heart beat and will not stop until it detects one.
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Just got my first smartwatch, the 360, yesterday.
Is there an app for tracking running/cycling without having to carry your phone around?
The Google Fit is very basic and gets calories very wrong when it comes to cycling. And Endmondo doesn't support standalone tracking for the 360 (would that becaome available with 5.1.1?). There are loads of apps in store but I can't install and check them all, anyone know of any?
Thank you
bv90andy said:
Just got my first smartwatch, the 360, yesterday.
Is there an app for tracking running/cycling without having to carry your phone around?
The Google Fit is very basic and gets calories very wrong when it comes to cycling. And Endmondo doesn't support standalone tracking for the 360 (would that becaome available with 5.1.1?). There are loads of apps in store but I can't install and check them all, anyone know of any?
Thank you
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RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
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RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
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It is a phone app wich works with phone GPS and you need satellites in view. Just send data to wear screen but not a Wear Fitness app. It do no use the watch sensor
Cinch. Good app by an XDA dev.
David
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RunKeeper https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro&hl=en
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Nope, I tried it and it doesn't use the watch.
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Cinch. Good app by an XDA dev.
David
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This one just takes HR every so often in "work out" mode, the only option on the watch.
I may be asking too much. Maybe with 5.1.1 update we'll see more (some) standalone running apps.
The watch has no GPS, and not the right kind of sensors to determine a distance traveled. All you would get out of an app on a watch is time and heartrate sensor recording.
Smartwatches are not powerful, they work by offloading anything they can to the phone.
I use RunKeeper for my runs and have my phone with me. Since the Moto 360 does not have GPS no GPS app will work on the watch without a phone.
For a stand alone app I have found that UP by Jawbone does a good job tracking activity. If I walk inside at lunch time it will notice I was active and ask if I did an activity and then will calculate the steps into what that activity was. It has like 20 different activities including cycling. I have found that the step count comes pretty close to calculating the correct distance for running or walking, but will not be as accurate as GPS.
Here is the thread on how to link your watch to UP!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-360/general/how-to-log-steps-to-fitness-pal-moto-t2997158
Hi everyone,
Coming from a xiaomi Mi band I had high expectations for the Sony watch's ability for fitness & activity tracking (steps, calories, distance, time, sleep). However, it has become clear that there seems to be no all-in-one solution available (yet). Since fitness & activity tracking for me is important purpose of this watch I decided to share my experiences with you and hope you will share yours with me. I will try and keep my experiences updated with the latest developments.
All-in-one
Currently there seem to be no apps availabe that are able to track activities, sporting sessions and sleep.
Sleep
Currently the only available working sleep tracker for the Smartwatch 3 seems to be Sleep as Android.
+ Tracks light sleep, deep sleep and time awake
+ Option to rate your sleep and use hashtags to add information like whether you drank alcohol, etc.
+ Detects snoring and wakes with vibration
- No automatic registration, needs to be manually started and stopped
- Heavy on battery, +/-25% per night
- Paid app
Update 24 september: somehow jawbone up seems to have a global way of sleeptracking. It will ask you every dat to conform your sleeping hours, which it seems to do pretty accurate. However no detailed sleep statistics.
Steps & activities
* Jawbone up
+ very nice interface & overview
+ converts steps into time and distance
- no sleep tracking
* Google Fit
- less nice design than jawbone
- inaccurate synchronisation of steps
- no conversion to time & distance
* Lifelog
+ very extensive tracking, not only fitness but also social activities, listening music, etc.
- cluttered design
- drains smartphone battery
- sleep tracking doesn't work for SWR50
Running with android wear & GPS integration
Endomondo
+ great interface
+ shows small map on watch
+ shows signal of GPS strength, does very accurate gps tracking
+ customizable views
- type of activity has to be set on smartphone
Runkeeper
+ simple interface
- Doesn't show GPS strength
- Type of activity has to be set on Phone
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Ghostracer
+ simple interface
+ shows GPS strenght
+ interfaces with Runkeeper and/or Strava
+ activity type can be set on watch, but limited to running and cycling.
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Update 24 september: I figured out that the differences in session times were caused by different algorithms/setting for auto pausing. So turning autopause off will fix the 'problem'.
My apps of preference are currently: Jawbone Up, Sleep as Android and ghostracer (syncing to runkeeper and strava).
I'm looking forward to reading your experiences with fitness apps on the Sony Smartwatch 3 and any additions to the app list are ofcourse very welcome!
I have been using fit and sleep as android. The latter does have wake detection but does not turn on and off automatically. To get that, you need to use tasker, but I have not wanted to do much with that because I have been working with my battery life.
I have noticed that sleep as android uses about 20-40% of my battery power.
I am on the latest update with tilt to wake on (but I sleep in theatre mode, the snorting detection still works well with that on), but WiFi on. As of now, I am using the stock kernel.
With all of that, I am getting about 30 hours of battery life.
Try also Sony Lifelog App. But GFit and LifeLog often fail to properly detect your activities.
Check out the UP app by jawbone. Works pretty well.
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Updated the topic start with my experiences so far.
sinvida said:
Updated the topic start with my experiences so far.
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Thank your for your detailed report !
I tried Jawbone Up and tracked my steps, but they differ from watch to phone. Can you please compare and tell me if they are the same ?
example today:
SW3: 4039 steps (40%)
Phone: 7341 steps (73%)
It seems like the phone tracks the steps itself but I disabled tracking at the first start of the jawbone app, so it should not track, only the watch should....
Please check it, thank you !
pietropizzi said:
Thank your for your detailed report !
I tried Jawbone Up and tracked my steps, but they differ from watch to phone. Can you please compare and tell me if they are the same ?
example today:
SW3: 4039 steps (40%)
Phone: 7341 steps (73%)
It seems like the phone tracks the steps itself but I disabled tracking at the first start of the jawbone app, so it should not track, only the watch should....
Please check it, thank you !
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Hi Pietropizzi,
I compared my steps in the smartwatch with the jawbone app and they matched 1:1. Do you have the up app with the purple icon?
sinvida said:
Hi Pietropizzi,
I compared my steps in the smartwatch with the jawbone app and they matched 1:1. Do you have the up app with the purple icon?
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Yes I do, I paired my watch at the first start and disabled steps tracking on the phone app. Thats strange....
edit : I rechecked the setting and saw that the motion sensor of the phone was activated. I disabled it now and will recheck the correct sync tomorrow !
Thanks for checking!
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I disabled Google fit and am now using Jawbone Up for steps counting as you suggested. It's working very well and it seems very accurate at the moment.
I connected my new jawbone account with MyFitnessPal to sync burned calories disabling my Withings pulse Ox activity tracker sync.
I am using Sleep as Android for sleep tracking too and have prepared music, bluetooth headset and the Adidas X_cell heart rate band to work with Ghostracer.
The only thing missing is my first "smartphoneless" run
Thank you for sharing your experience
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I have prepared music, bluetooth headset and the Adidas X_cell heart rate band to work with Ghostracer.
The only thing missing is my first "smartphoneless" run
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Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
I just made a 30 secs try at home and it uploaded to runkeeper without any problems. I hope I can try everything tomorrow during a run and then upload of the right amount of data. I'll report back here
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Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
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I figured out why the synchronisation was off. It was due to the way different running apps, such as ghostracer, runkeeper and strava deal with auto-pause. They all seem to use different algorithms explaining the differences. If you leave auto pause off in all maps than synchronisation from ghostracer to runkeeper/strava matches 100%. Problem solved!
Also a little update on jawbone up. It does seem to have some way of sleep tracking. Every dat it ask me to conform if I slept from x to y hours and mostly its pretty accurate. However no detailed sleep analysis. So sleep as Android is still required.
My experiences.
I'm using UP by Jawbone as my Fitbit replacement. I'm using Ghostracer on my watch to record runs, which is does using the onboard GPS, I have some concerns about its accuracy however. I run a 5k parkrun every Saturday, which for months my Garmin watch has recorded at 4.8 kms long, my watch Runkeeper tells me it's 5.2 kms! I tried Endomondo on the watch, but it seems to keep ending my run without my pressing any button!
I upload run data to Strava, which works well.
If you have a load of friends who compete against each other using Fitbit etc - then matchup (a website) allows you (And users of other fitness bands) to compete against each other.
Ghostracer works the best for me out of all the apps for running and it exports to runkeeper which is cool.
sinvida said:
Do you pair ghostracer with strava or runkeeper? In my experience synchronisation with runkeeper is buggy... Curious if it works well with strava.
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I use SW3 and upload all my ghostracer tracks to stravia. So far, it works flawlessly.
Matter-of-factly, FITSO (A new fitness app) is pretty decent for fitness activities. It has all the basic as well as premium features of Strava, Runkeeper, Runtastic etc in its free version (doesn't have a paid version yet).
I think you guys should give it a try. Here's the link for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jogo.play
iOS users can search on their own
I only use the watch for tracking my running with Endomondo.
I have been using Endomondo since late 2012. Until Nov. 2015 on my phone and then on the watch. It has so fare been working flawless, and actuality the GPS tracking seem to be more accurate on the watch than on the phone.
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Runkeeper
+ simple interface
- Doesn't show GPS strength
- Type of activity has to be set on Phone
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
Ghostracer
+ simple interface
+ shows GPS strenght
+ interfaces with Runkeeper and/or Strava
+ activity type can be set on watch, but limited to running and cycling.
- Synchronisation of session time with Runkeeper Phone app is bugged (See update)
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Also...
Runkeeper:
* does not show heart rate stats on AW
* does not allow customization of AW display
Ghostracer:
* displays heart rate stats on AW display
* allows customization of AW display
I also have noticed that there is big difference of the running reading with the watch and the phone. For example, I ran 2km. on my phone (using Nike running app), and on my phone it was 1.65km. I don't know which device to trust. But your opinions here are great and helpful.
Looking for a simple app to watch heartbeat?
Using a bluetooth brest strap like Polar H7?
An alert if the heart rate is too slow or too fast is usefull and necessary?
Works standalone?
Look here Heart Rate - Sport Gear + Wear :good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pnn.android.sport_gear_tracker
Hi there,
I just got a Huawei Watch active. I want to use the watch as an activity tracker wich tracks my activity and if possible also my heart rate occasionally. I want to synchronize my burned calories with myfitnesspal.
Right now I got UP By Jawbone and Google fit. I use Google fit as main platform to collect all my sport tracking etc However, up and Google fit does not synchronize with each other.
Does anyone know a good app or good app setup so I can :
- daily activity tracking
- sleep tracking (sleep like android?)
- sport tracking (crossfit)
- heart rate measurement
- correct calorie counting
Thanks!
Yay! Someone who is actually using it as activity tracker. Me too. It seems most folks could care less.
Anyway, I tried several heart rate apps and settled on Perfect Cinch. It doesn't do constant (which kills battery anyway) but you can set it to check at different intervals. There is a two week free trial and it's worth paying for after that.
Sleep for Android seems to be the best app for that function.
I also use Fit, Up, and Huawei Wear. Still trying to see best combination of what works.
And there is an app called Fithub that will sync various apps into one.