The pedometer function is counting the wrong steps.
It show ways too many steps that i actually make.
And on top of that there is no way to reset the steps in S Health app.
Anyone facing the same problems?
Thanks!
Mine seems as accurate as other trackers I've tried. Always within 5-10% +/-
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Mine is less than my actual steps, and have two, and both are the same. Only counts about 75% of actual steps.
And no, can't find way to adjust steps in S Health app. Wish there was.
Mine is also about 25% less than actual steps and Gear Fit. Driving me mad!
I've been told (but have not found confirmation online) that Samsung's step counter will not turn on until you have taken >11 steps in a row. If you stop at 10, it doesn't count any of them. This fits with what I see: great accuracy on runs or walks but minimal recording if I am walking from student desk to student desk (I'm a teacher) or walking through the kitchen while cooking.
If anyone finds confirmation on this from Samsung, please post it here!
I wonder if there is a way to modify the step counter threshold to something more manageable like 4.
It's in your wrist, I mean, it will count steps from harsh movements of your arms even if you're not walking.
I had a Garmin Vivoactive prior to this and it used to count steps while I was driving, so does my Gear S2, get used to it.
Watch some videos on youtube of people comparing pedometers on shoes, watches and phones, watches are always less than accurate because they either don't count enough or count too much from registering false steps
my steps don't show on the watch faces. anyone know how to fix that?
Who knows, they might find this thread and act
To kick it off:
1) Heart rate sensor is more miss than hit. I see a lot of 'clean the sensor and move it backward' messages. Nonsense of course, it should just work.
2) Floor count is totally 1000% off. Today I climbed well over 20 stairs (3-4 meter stairs) and the S3 indicates a glorious total of 3. Yes THREE Samsung, 3.
3) Altitude meter tells me I live 16 meters below sea level. I live in Amsterdam which is 3 meters below (really). But it gets better. During my yesterday's run it registered an elevation of -112 meter.
4) Messages from the phone do not always arrive on the S3. Maybe aliens interfere but that's unlikely so Samsung, please fix this. nr 1 missed is GMail, then Whatsapp.
5) This is not a bug but I would really like to see an option to permanently disable this watch as a Bluetooth device to take phone calls. I have my car for that, or my phone. Not the stupid watch.
OK, over to you guys, bring it on!
For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...
veletron said:
For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...
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If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.
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If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.
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I was able to get it to stick permanently by repairing my car bluetooth and setting it to Phone Calls while having the watch disabled.
I'll try it again tomorrow, who knows!
Spotify
Advertising Spotify compatibility when as of right now, there is not.
Wrist gestures like in Android Wear
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
Regarding #4: are you using AOD? If not, try using AOD and see if your notifications are more consistent.
PLS give me options for Google maps directions. I need nothing more than the direction arrows on the watch. No map needed. Anyway screen is too small for that. Just xxx meter +arrow
But I am super happy with the rest (off topic)
edit. I have found possible solution for the nav arrows Directions gears s2, which works with google maps.
Both on Phone and on gear an app is needed.
odyseus said:
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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Tried both ways, Calibrate known height and altimeter.
Googling this there are loads of S2 complaints regarding this, I guess this is not much improved.
most people complaining about altimeter don't know how a barometer works
also the best altimeter based on atmosferic pressure must be calibrated every time is possible to give good results
when the weather change a variation in pressure can be of 3-5 Hpa in 30 minutes and on altimeter more than 50m
weather change is a storm but also a fairy wind
when s3 measure a floor it register a .3 Hpa variation that must be in 5 to 20 sec
also a slap on the watch can be seen as a floor and the immersion in 50 cm of water can be 10 floors and also a shower and a storm
after a shower o a swimming pool the barometer is out of order for hours
samsung is most of times a good tech but can't do miracles
sorry for english
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I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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It is a good thing to do. However it's based on barometric pressure so really doesn't matter that much. The key is to do it near something you know has a known elevation that way you know if it's correct. Like a sign in a national park or something that tells you, "you are at such and such El. ..."
BTW, a lot of you take things too seriously on this device. It's a watch, as long as the time is accurate all else are fun gimmicky gadgets for your wrist. If serious accuracy of data is important to you, buy the right tool for the job. It's like owning a repair business and trying to run it using a Leatherman tool.
Well, I live in Amsterdam, pressure has been 1027 hpa all day, we're at 3m below sea-level but the watch is all over the place and I've calibrated it like 209 times. Hasn't been wet, smacked, dropped. It's a watch with a barometer that's not too good.
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OK, over to you guys, bring it on!
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1. hair, tattoo, excessive sweat, a large band can and will interfere with HR
2. floors / stairs / floors / stairs / verdieping / trap (used GT for dutch) -- or maybe you're trying to tell something else because 20 stairs are relatively close to 3 floors
3. atmospheric pressure is pretty unstable even at known sea levels and when is taken into account for altitude can be messy
4. I don't know, it never happened to me but it could be an issue I suppose
5. connections, disconnect BT
20 floors, some 60.meters.
When wanting to look at widgets from the clock face the bezel it turned clockwise - but the display animation rotates anti clockwise
The opposite is true to see notifications.
This just seems wrong to me and I often turn the bezel the wrong way.
I cant see Samsung changing the default behavior and I am starting to get used to it but an option to make it work 'correctly for my head' would be nice.
Hey guys, I did a full test of the gear s3 heart rate against my chest strap and Apple Watch 2 Nike. I did indoor running and indoor biking for three days. My findings are that it's almost perfect, with 2 or 3 bpms difference with my chest strap. This difference is not always, some most of the time gear s3 was matching my chest strap. The Apple Watch was good too.
Method: chest strap + wahoo iPhone app. Gear s3 below my wrist ( this is key, when you find the sweet spot, it's super accurate) + s-health on iPhone. Apple Watch + workouts app.
Let me know your findings!
Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
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Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
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It does.
It should only count arm movements combined with forward motion but it also incidentally counts just arm movements. Plus, this morning, it showed 54 steps when I picked it up from the drawer. Obviously it should have been zero.
Than again, on a full day it's pretty good, about the same as my Pebble Time Steel (which I compared it with over the weekend).
Hi there,
having my Gear S2 now for quite a while I realiszd that the step counter is massively over counting compared to other devices ( FitBit and Apple smart watch and others). Just by going from bedroom to bathroom, brushing my teeth (with my other hand) it counts 300 steps while i have done mostly 10 ! Comparing it over the whole day compared to my fitbit it easily shows 20% more than actually walked.
Anybody with similar problems? Any ideas what is wrong? Rebooted a few times, still same problem.
Does anyone have any ideas on this? The more active I am during the day the further the gap gets. I just don't get it. In short step tests they are spot on. But at the end of the day they are way off. I wear both pretty much 24/7. I charge them together, so they are both eith on or off my wrist at the same time.
I wear both as well. Fitbit measures steps when you are doing nothing and Gear S3 misses steps if at 12 or below. I know you need 10 steps to be counted with S3, but Fitbit picks these up.
Like Garmin wich count only after 10 continuous steps. Really just Fitbit wich count right steps.
I have a Fitbit One on the belt, wich count real steps only with my legs move and not my arm I have a Charge 2 or Versa or Blaze at the wrist and all Fitbit at the wrist have almost same steps that the ONE on the belt. So seem that are only Fitbit that know how count steps correctly. Wear/Samsung/Garmin/Amazfit have bad count
That would make sense. Because I do very short walks in the office daily. Maybe 5 to 10 steps then back to my desk. And i do that a lot. So that would explain the difference. Thank you.
I had a fitbit Versa that would count steps when I scratched my head or moved my arm around while sitting. Very inacurate. I returned it because of that and sleep tracking being garbage.
The S3 actually measures footfalls, so it will be more accurate. As for the 10 step thing I don't think that is true. I just took nine steps and nothing. Then took nine more and it registered 18 steps. So it seems to cache them until it gets to the point where it updates.
Galaxy watch 4 is counting steps while I am swimming, it's totally no sense, is it possible stop steps while I'm swimming and track it? It happens in any exercise and generate a higher calorie as expected. It put 1km more in my steps while I was swimming.
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Galaxy watch 4 is counting steps while I am swimming, it's totally no sense, is it possible stop steps while I'm swimming and track it? It happens in any exercise and generate a higher calorie as expected. It put 1km more in my steps while I was swimming.
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Could be a bug. Report it to Samsung in Memders app (support - Feedback - Error report), so they know and can fix it.