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Polar IWL (WearLink) Bluetooth Heary Rate Monitor and Nexus 5 Any success?

So I though it might be the battery in my device, so i replaced it... still no go.
The polar wearlink bluetooth heart rate monitor will not even show up on my nexus 5.
Any ideas? any known bluetooth issues with other devices?
Anyone else have this issue?
I'm on stock rooted nexus 5.
Link below to the polar site for the product.
http://www.polar.com/us-en/products/accessories/Polar_WearLink_transmitter_with_Bluetooth
Thanks all,
RR
P.S.- the polar wearlink appears to be bluetooth 2.0, it should still work on the nexus 5 bluetooth 4.0 right?

Any news or solution to this topic ? I changed my phone from Nokia/Symbian to Nexus 5 and would liek to continue using the HRM monitor. Otherwise I will start looking for an activity tracker (fitbit or equivalent) but ... before buying more gadgets would be great to find a solution.
THanks,
Antoni

Weak Bluetooth?

Anybody else experiencing a weak bluetooth connection with the S6? I'm losing the connection with my Garmin Vivosmart in places I've had no problem connecting with other devices. I'm curious about other's experiences on this as a search hasn't turned up much yet.

I have noticed this as well. I could walk pretty far away from my S4 before it would drop. With this S6, I only get a few feet away before audio gives out. Doesn't disconnect, just loses audio.
Also, random loss of audio from time to time, even when the phone is right next to my head.

Yeah I've noticed the same thing with my S6. At work I don't always keep my phone on me and with my M8 I could walk around the whole building without my G Watch disconnecting and with my S6 I can only get a few feet away before the connection drops.

Yes happening with my moto 360 it is annoying and hopefully will be fixed soon

Haven't had any disconnect issues, but for some reason connecting to my car stereo has been a nightmare. It takes like 5 tries before it actually connects.
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)

sd0070 said:
Haven't had any disconnect issues, but for some reason connecting to my car stereo has been a nightmare. It takes like 5 tries before it actually connects.
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)
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I'm having issues with my car bluetooth too. It works fine initially, but every couple of days I have to delete my phone and re-pair it for it to connect again.

grim281 said:
I'm having issues with my car bluetooth too. It works fine initially, but every couple of days I have to delete my phone and re-pair it for it to connect again.
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Same here, takes me 3 or 4 times to try to bluetooth sync with ford sync system. Yesterday it would sync then play for 30 seconds and pause play back. I don't know if its the phone or lollipop as alot of the problems I see are also happening on my nexus 9.

I'm getting sent a new one since I've been having these problems
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sleightofhandus said:
Same here, takes me 3 or 4 times to try to bluetooth sync with ford sync system. Yesterday it would sync then play for 30 seconds and pause play back. I don't know if its the phone or lollipop as alot of the problems I see are also happening on my nexus 9.
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I had Bluetooth issues on an old phone, and when I flashed different roms the issues were fixed. This leads me to believe that it's software related
Galaxy S6 (Verizon)

iowabowtech said:
Anybody else experiencing a weak bluetooth connection with the S6? I'm losing the connection with my Garmin Vivosmart in places I've had no problem connecting with other devices. I'm curious about other's experiences on this as a search hasn't turned up much yet.
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Identical experience. With my S4 and my Nexus 9 I was able to literally get to the edge of my large yard before losing connection with my Vivosmart. Now I can't leave the room since getting my S6. I hope it's software and we can somehow change it, because it's ridiculously bad. I also have had to turn my BT off and back on three times this week because it would crash and refuse to talk to either my Vivosmart or my car. As soon as I toggle the BT on the phone it reconnects to everything. Seems to be triggered by starting my car (i.e. the BT car interface becomes available.) Never had either problem with the S4.

lilshooter said:
I'm getting sent a new one since I've been having these problems
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Since so many people are having this problem, it's probably phone related and not just an isolated incident.

cybermage1 said:
Identical experience. With my S4 and my Nexus 9 I was able to literally get to the edge of my large yard before losing connection with my Vivosmart. Now I can't leave the room since getting my S6.
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Yeah this is one of my only remaining complaints about the device. I can't use my Vivosmart for sleep tracking anymore...it disconnects/reconnects way too many times and the persistent vibes wake me up.
So honest question...let's assume it is fixable by software tweaks. What's the fix in that scenario? Reroute more power to bluetooth radio? Other?

iowabowtech said:
So honest question...let's assume it is fixable by software tweaks. What's the fix in that scenario? Reroute more power to bluetooth radio? Other?
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Well I've seen a lot of threads online for other devices where an Android update affected bluetooth range. Obviously there's some sort of software control for this. I'm rooted, and I'm willing to try some things but I don't know where to begin. I'm not an OS / Kernel guy.

i wonder if its what it is connecting to as well as a problem with S6? i have the Motorola Buds headset and it has worked as expected giving me about 100 foot range when talking on it. i also have a 2013 Ram truck with Uconnect and have not had any issues and it connects right away and reads my text etc.. as it was doing with my Note 3 and ATIV.
i havent tried other devices but have a few like a speaker and will see as i use them if i have issues.

Haven't messed with Bluetooth that much on this phone, but I think wifi is a bit weak
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I've had Bluetooth issues. Seems really short range.

Wifi is about the same as my LG G2, but BT is about half as far. I used to be able to get around 15m at work (lots of shelving) but now I'm lucky to get 5m before hearing static and starting to cut out. Sucks because BT is my main source of music at work.

Anybody had better luck after applying the new ota?

Bluetooth trouble

Anyone else having trouble getting the phone to play nice with their car's built in Bluetooth?
I have a 2012 Chevy Equinox and my Phab 2 Pro refuses to maintain a bluetooth connection with it. It pairs without issue, but then disconnects 2 seconds later.
I have no issues when using the Phab 2 Pro with a bluetooth headset (although my headset supports A2DP and my car does not, so that may be a factor).

Sorry for no help with your issue, but my Bluetooth experience has been Flawless. I have a Ford F150. Also works great with my headsets. Even seems to have better signal strength than my Nexus 6.

Haven't received my phone yet, but my Toyota RAV4 is a major pain when it comes to Bluetooth (current phone LG G3). My Pebble watch is also sensitive. I use both regularly so if there's a problem I'll know soon enough. I'll try to report back once I get the phone and try it out.

Ford SYNC has occasional issues (i have a very early version of SYNC), but it connects automatically 95% of the time.

Got my P2P today. Used it to listen to a podcast for about 30 minutes in the RAV4, and hooked up my Pebble later. So far it has been completely painless. No Bluetooth drops at all. Will update if that changes.
Edit: still working great, haven't had a single drop or crash.

shdwphnx said:
Anyone else having trouble getting the phone to play nice with their car's built in Bluetooth?
I have a 2012 Chevy Equinox and my Phab 2 Pro refuses to maintain a bluetooth connection with it. It pairs without issue, but then disconnects 2 seconds later.
I have no issues when using the Phab 2 Pro with a bluetooth headset (although my headset supports A2DP and my car does not, so that may be a factor).
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Hi, Did you get this problem solved? We just bought a Phab 2 pro and it has the same trouble as you described with a 2011 Chevy Equinox .

wwmhf said:
Hi, Did you get this problem solved? We just bought a Phab 2 pro and it has the same trouble as you described with a 2011 Chevy Equinox .
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No, I did not. I wound up returning my Phab2 for a refund. I got an Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra instead, and am much happier with it.

shdwphnx said:
No, I did not. I wound up returning my Phab2 for a refund. I got an Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra instead, and am much happier with it.
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Thanks a lot for the feedback. I am also leading toward to returning it. I can connect this Phab 2 pro to any other bluetooth devices except for this most expensive one: Chevy Equinox. By searching the internet, I got the impression that GM's cars around 2010 have a lot bluetooth problems especially with newer phones.
I am also interested in this Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra. I will be grateful if you can let me know which carrier you are using and whether Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra can use the LTE/4G service from that carrier.

wwmhf said:
Thanks a lot for the feedback. I am also leading toward to returning it. I can connect this Phab 2 pro to any other bluetooth devices except for this most expensive one: Chevy Equinox. By searching the internet, I got the impression that GM's cars around 2010 have a lot bluetooth problems especially with newer phones.
I am also interested in this Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra. I will be grateful if you can let me know which carrier you are using and whether Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra can use the LTE/4G service from that carrier.
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Sorry for the late response. You have likely already sorted out the answer for yourself, but I am posting anyway in case anyone else has the same question.
I am using the Zenfone 3 Ultra with T-Mobile here in the USA. Unfortunately, it does not work with LTE/4G at all - however, the speeds with 3G on it are faster than I ever got from the Phab 2 Pro (which did get 4g according to the icon on the notification bar). That having been said, I can no longer recommend the Zenfone 3 Ultra to T-Mobile customers as they are starting to decommission their 3G network in many areas of the country. If you have some other carrier, then I definitely recommend checking if the Zenfone 3 Ultra supports their bands - it is an amazing phone and definitely worth getting if it will work with your carrier.

Do your airpods work well with your Pixel? Mine don't

I've had my airpods for over a year and since the beginning I've had a bad experience with them when using them with my Pixel. One consistent problem is that I fairly regularly have to unpair the airpods from my Pixel and then repair them to get them to connect. The biggest problem, however, is that when I put the airpods back in their charging case they almost always remain connected to my Pixel. I didn't realize this for the longest time but this seemed to be killing their charge. Does anyone have this problem?

airpods..
The AirPods will not support features like automatic disconnection after taking out the headphones or double tapping if it is paired with a non-Apple device though by default
now that said the airpods can connect to 2 things at one like an iphone and an apple watch at the same time this is why you see them stays conncted on your phone it did the same with my smart tv and my pixel 3 which was weird to me hearing my phone ring while watching tv with the airpods ... anyway there is a way to counter that .. just download the airbattery app on the playstore
this app will bringing pretty much all functions avilable with ios including disconnecting em when take em.out of your ears or when you put em in their case as well as automatic discovery when you open the case and the google assistant as well as spotify options note that you ll need to keep the app on all time or re-run it everytime

Yeah, I've had "AirBattery" installed for a while and it didn't make a difference. I got a Pixel 3 a few weeks ago so I don't know if I still have the issue with my Pixel 3.

Time to change device!!

After nearly 2 years I have had enough and will change.
The whole time I had the watch with Huawei P9 > Nokia 8 > Honor View 10 > P30 Pro there have been issues with the bluetooth constantly disconnecting and removing from trusted device unlock.
To happen with all these phones is clearly something wrong with how it connects to Android / bluetooth stack.
I love the watch so put up with constantly going into Wear app and "reconnecting" but now the battery is draining at an insane amount.
At the start I could manage 2 days without charge, now I am charging it before sleep and waking up with 23% left.

you know i guess there might be something wrong with your device because my hw2 always stays connected to my phone and in the past year I have only noticed one or two times of disconnection, and i wear it at least 8 hrs a day.

It most be your watch
I agree with Kianush, must a problem with your watch. I have a Huawei Watch 2 Classic and I've never had those issues. I do charge before going to sleep, but even doing sleep monitoring in the morning I have usually 75% and it lasts thru the day.

As I say battery was very good until recently so maybe it is on it's way out.
The bluetooth has always had disconnection issues for me at random points in the day.
Also seems it can't handle other BT devices connecting to the phone - i.e. earphones or car head unit will make it disconnect and then it will not reconnect and I need to go into Wear app on phone and reconnect which of course means Smart Lock needs to be added again.

shaunydub said:
As I say battery was very good until recently so maybe it is on it's way out.
The Bluetooth has always had disconnection issues for me at random points in the day.
Also seems it can't handle other BT devices connecting to the phone - i.e. earphones or car head unit will make it disconnect and then it will not reconnect and I need to go into Wear app on phone and reconnect which of course means Smart Lock needs to be added again.
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I had always the problem of it disconnecting randomly as well (and I changed a bunch of phones in the meanwhile as well). But, after all, it is still good looking
I bought a fossil gen 5 the other week and I sent it back... It was slightly faster (I recently installed on the HW2 the janjan ROM+KERNEL) but, I couldn't stand how it was looking with a part of the screen that actually was bazel (at least the HW2 fake a big crown ) So, waiting for next-gen or I'll buy a Ticwatch pro LTE that has 1gb of ram as well (processor wise, won't change anything in term of speed) but it has a bigger full screen

mr-mauro said:
I had always the problem of it disconnecting randomly as well (and I changed a bunch of phones in the meanwhile as well). But, after all, it is still good looking
I bought a fossil gen 5 the other week and I sent it back... It was slightly faster (I recently installed on the HW2 the janjan ROM+KERNEL) but, I couldn't stand how it was looking with a part of the screen that actually was bazel (at least the HW2 fake a big crown ) So, waiting for next-gen or I'll buy a tickwatch pro LTE that has 1gb of ram as well but a bigger full screen
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Yes, I like the watch very much but the disconnection issue is just annoying, somedays it never disconnects and other days its every 10 minutes even under the same circumstances.
I decided to try Galaxy Active 2 for now, doesn't look like Huawei will make a HW3 with Wear anytime soon.

shaunydub said:
Yes, I like the watch very much but the disconnection issue is just annoying, somedays it never disconnects and other days its every 10 minutes even under the same circumstances.
I decided to try Galaxy Active 2 for now, doesn't look like Huawei will make a HW3 with Wear anytime soon.
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Galaxy Active 2 is nice and it has faster processor than the snapdragon400-2100-3100 My only concern is the fact that it doesn't run WearOS Let us know how will it work out with Tizen

mr-mauro said:
Galaxy Active 2 is nice and it has faster processor than the snapdragon400-2100-3100 My only concern is the fact that it doesn't run WearOS Let us know how will it work out with Tizen
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Yes, I am also slightly nervous about Tizen but watched a Youtube video of Tizen vs Wear vs Android on several devices and it seems to be very similar in use + I found an app that synchronises data to Google Fit.
However I do use several Android apps on my HW2 such as Keep Notes and Fotmob, plus I like the media controls so I will need to fully test this with my P30 Pro before deciding to keep the Active 2.

So I have had the Galaxy Watch Active 2 for a week now and all I can saw is WOW.
This feels like huge upgrade from Huawei Watch 2 in nearly all areas.
The watch itself feels premium, feels more like a real watch on the arm.
The colours are bright and vivid, the speed the watch operates at puts Wear OS to shame, the speaker is great and so many more options with sound and notifications and pretty much everything.
My initial concern was about the lack of Wear OS store and while I do not have Outlook or Fotmob apps everything works., the main app I miss is Google Keep Notes.
I can control my music on my P30 Pro, I can respond to messages in Whatsapp or SMS with voice or type.
Ok it has Bixby instead of Google Assistant but I never used it and I can achieve some similar results such as "set alarm" etc.
It is the first time I tried a non Wear OS watch and I am pretty surprised by it and can't see how Wear can catch up, it is just too slow and dull in comparison.
Plus it has wireless charging and you can backup the watch ready for if you need to wipe or transfer to new phone.
I loved my HW2 for a long time but now GA2 is the new king (although nothing still has the UV sensor I had on my MS Band 2)

Does anyone have any other idea's about what to upgrade to? I'm not a fan of Tizan, but do we wait for the never appearing Pixel watch? Has anyone else updated since this thread started? If so, what to and how is it?

Apart from Fossil there were no real options hence my semi forced move to Samsung.
I like it and it performs much better but I miss some apps like Keep Notes.
And Bixby is useless.
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