Curious as to what others are seeing in the real world:
How far away can your Galaxy Active 2 Watch be from your phone?
The Active 2 has BlueTooth v5, which has a theoretical distance of 800 feet, or four times as far as v4.2. Of course, that's theoretical and clear line-of-sight.
The range I'm seeing is a bit disappointing.. I have a Galaxy Note 9 which also has BlueTooth v5. so I was hoping to see more range.
For example, if my phone is left on the third floor of a traditional residential home, and I go to the first floor, the watch often disconnects from the phone. That's only about 20-30 feet away. There are two floors (carpeted and wood) between the two, which of course cuts down on the reception. But still, seems like you should be able to have more distance between the two.
JohnNadeau said:
Curious as to what others are seeing in the real world:
How far away can your Galaxy Active 2 Watch be from your phone?
The Active 2 has BlueTooth v5, which has a theoretical distance of 800 feet, or four times as far as v4.2. Of course, that's theoretical and clear line-of-sight.
The range I'm seeing is a bit disappointing.. I have a Galaxy Note 9 which also has BlueTooth v5. so I was hoping to see more range.
For example, if my phone is left on the third floor of a traditional residential home, and I go to the first floor, the watch often disconnects from the phone. That's only about 20-30 feet away. There are two floors (carpeted and wood) between the two, which of course cuts down on the reception. But still, seems like you should be able to have more distance between the two.
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My experience is the same as yours - two rooms away in my house is the limit. Obviously a bit more would be nice but not sure that is too bad really.
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Samer distance here: max 30 ft.. But it must be in the phone
I test my Galaxy buds and they have the same problem. (note 10+)
At exactly the same distance of the phone they both give problems. it is a relatively small distance, but I can live with it.
Maybe Samsung cuts off the real power of Bluetooth to save battery?
Huib
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I have a Hero and have tried several running apps and some are better than others.
I like RunKeeper http://runkeeper.com/home and find it to be ok for accuracy but not perfect. On a clear days it works well but cloudy days its a bit off. I don't think the accuracy issue is due to RunKeeper I think it is the phone. However other apps are terrible for accuracy like Cardio Trainer which shows 4.3 miles for a 5K/3.11 miles.
Here's a map showing what it looks like on a cloudy day using RunKeeper
http://runkeeper.com/user/d12bn/activity/26716842
Showing 3.36 miles for a 5k/3.1 miles measured with a Garmin and my car.
Its not bad but my Garmin would still be very accurate on the same day. So just wondering if the EVO GPS is any better?
Thanks JB
Personally, my gps is spot on. If it says X is 5 miles away, I only have +/- .1 tolerance.
I have not tested it over distance like this, but I do know that I've seen my GPS as accurate as 4m.
I havent tried mine over several different weather conditions but when I have tried it I can watch the little arrow move from the front of my house (facing east for example) to walking around to the back yard and facing another direction... Even if I turn it on in the house, or somewhere else, it always places me w/in the same 1/4 of a block -- I know that's not a scientific measurement, but all I'm sayin is that for me, the times I've tested it, it's pretty dang accurate... Also, I havent tested it over distances when runnin (it is accurate in the car)... But I think I'll give it a shot now that you mention it
Simply better than any other GPS for me so far. I agree on couple of meters difference.
Thanks
Cool let me know what you find. I can say using my Hero for navigation while driving works great. However using it to measure walking/running may have to be more accurate, 3 tenths of a mile short or long makes a difference at the end of 3 miles.
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I havent tried mine over several different weather conditions but when I have tried it I can watch the little arrow move from the front of my house (facing east for example) to walking around to the back yard and facing another direction... Even if I turn it on in the house, or somewhere else, it always places me w/in the same 1/4 of a block -- I know that's not a scientific measurement, but all I'm sayin is that for me, the times I've tested it, it's pretty dang accurate... Also, I havent tested it over distances when runnin (it is accurate in the car)... But I think I'll give it a shot now that you mention it
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d12bn said:
Cool let me know what you find. I can say using my Hero for navigation while driving works great. However using it to measure walking/running may have to be more accurate, 3 tenths of a mile short or long makes a difference at the end of 3 miles.
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Mine has been as accurate as I previously stated, even when walking.
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Mine has been as accurate as I previously stated, even when walking.
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Mine has been accurate down to 3 meters. Walking down to the park (about 1.7) miles is pretty much spot on in google maps. I just have to tap the little blue arrow a couple of times to "improve" the location before I start walking or driving anywhere.
Longest I've tested it is about 17 miles driving. It was off by about .1 as a prior user stated.
with older phones, there would be this rubber tab you could pop off to reveal a connection intended to hookup an external antenna. on this nexus, there doesn't appear to be one. with the battery door removed though, i see various points that could potentially be such a connection(G, L1 C2, C1, L2). the marker labelled "C1" looks like it could be a possible connection point. has anyone tried using a make-shift antenna(insulated wire, paper clip, etc)?
Reception is fine in most places on the gnex. Its a 600-800 dollar fone why would I ductape a paper clip to this gorgeous fone for reception.
But no I have not tried
Android - making grown men pee sitting down since 2.0
Paper clip? I macgyvered a hat with an old tv antenna.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
I've had great reception so far, so haven't tried.
If you try that out, let us know how it goes--never know when I'll be stuck in some building blocking signal and need to create a long antenna to poke out a window!
I had a Rezound briefly and found that I had much better signal strength + transfer speeds with that phone then I do now on my Nexus. Most likely due to how the Rezound's antenna is integrated into the back door. I frequent a local library and while I'm there the signal on the Nexus will show 1 bar 4G and lot's of times it will switch to 3G & even temporarily drop signal completely. With the Rezound though it always had 2 - 3 bars + speeds were also considerably faster. Anyway, so far I've tested out the paper clip... and upon making contact it instantly went from 1 bar to 2 bars. No matter how I adjusted it though it would not go any higher... but, upon removing the paper clip it would go back to 1 bar. I'll have to do further testing... although of course, I only do plan to do this for such situations. If I'm somewhere with a good signal I'll leave the phone be.
[EDIT] p.s. this is also my 2nd Nexus. the 1st one also had reception issues.
Hi people,
I have recently bought a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, brazilian version T211M with 3G and digital TV.
The idea was to use it as an in-car multimedia and GPS device using Waze. I made some tests using my Nexus 7 2013 for this purpose, and it worked flawlessly. So I bought the GTab 3 to be a dedicated tablet for this.
The thing is: the GTab 3 GPS is nowhere near the Nexus 7 GPS performance. My N7 is able to find three or more GPS satellites and lock position in a couple minutes inside my car's garage (which, BTW, is not underground, it's the building's third floor). And without A-GPS (it doesn't have 3G connection, it's the wifi version). In the same situation, the GTab 3 keeps looking, looking... and nothing. Yesterday I went out driving, and it took 15 minutes for the GTab 3 to finally lock GPS position.
Another funny thing that happens is when I stop, for example, in a traffic signal. The GTab 3 GPS gets confused somehow, it's not sure if I'm moving or if I'm stopped. Its speedometer marks 0 km/h, then 2 km/h, sometimes even 10 km/h, then 0 km/h again, the speed keeps going a little bit up, then down. Again, different from my N7, which was very precise.
As a last test, I put both tablets in my place (I live on the 9th floor), over my sofa, right beside a window and a door to the balcony. Using GPS Status (you can get it from Google Play), I tried to find GPS satellites and lock position. The N7 could do it in a couple minutes. The GTab 3 couldn't do it. I had to go outside to the balcony, stood in its end, and then finally the GTab 3 got a GPS lock. But when I go back inside, it loses the GPS signal.
I'm very disappointed about GTab 3 GPS performance, it really ruined my car tablet experience. But before I sell it and lose some money, I have to ask: is there a way to improve it's GPS performance, so that those issues are gone? Or that's the way it is, and I can't do anything about it?
I recently bought one too, haven't tested the gps yet, but comparing with my Note 3 with AGPS, it´s surely much worse.
This post talks about a gps bug?: http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=138317
Just picked mine up this afternoon and gotta say I'm pretty disappointed thus far. I had a gear live when it became available and my phone could be upstairs, and still stay connected to my watch in the basement. With the 360, I go down just one level and it disconnects. I will say that before with the gear I had a Moto X and now I have a G3. I don't think the phone would make much different but so far it's pretty big difference as far as range goes. Everything the 360 is better imo. I don't want this to be a deal breaker as usually my phone is on me, but it was nice being able to lounge downstairs and still get my notifications on my watch. What kind of range are you guys seeing?
I live in a 3 story townhouse and they will stay connected when one is in the basement and the other is on the top floor. My 360 is paired to an M8.
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I live in a 3 story townhouse and they will stay connected when one is in the basement and the other is on the top floor. My 360 is paired to an M8.
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i get some good distance also but it depends on where i am. At home i can walk to the mailbox and back but at work only one floor. I think it depends on the interference in the area.
Yeah I think I'll be returning it which really sucks. Even if it is the phone, I can't just switch phones because of the watch. Really odd this is happening.
I’ve tried many Apple watches and non Apple watches. None of them are accurate with tracking distance.
I go to a track. I go a mile or whatever. Every single watch is not accurate. It will say .25 for one lap. Then gets worse every lap. Each lap is worse then the one before.
Or it can be accurate for 2 laps. .50. But then gets worse each consecutive lap.
I have tried Apple Watch series 3, 5 and now 7. Fitbit sense. Garmin venue 2 plus. They all exhibit the same behavior but with different results.
I just returned the Apple Watch 7 Nike edition lte. The build in Apple walk workout open goal said 0.41 after a half mile. The Nike app for the next time I walked a mile said I went 0.88 even though I went 1.0 mile.
I’ve been to different tracks too. Always the same issue. Gps is connected and good. No clouds. Everything is good.
What the heck is going on?
How can i connect my smartwatch with my phone? can someone please guide me
buggs1a
I suggest of reading an article.
What training with the Apple Watch Ultra taught me about multiband GPS and failure
Turns out, running is a mental sport.
www.theverge.com
I also agree. I run often and my apple watch is not keeping the right calculations