Hi to all.
I've a little problem: I go to work with a motorcycle and my S2 recognize it as a sporty activity (cycling): is there a way to stop this behaviour?
Thanks
GS
Italy
GS, I'm with you. I have the exact same problem. Every day I have to zero out the record for that day and then I turn off the cycling tracker (hoping that it just might stay disabled, but of course it never does). I wish there was a way to permanently disable this tracker, as I seldom ride a bicycle and could easily do without tracking this activity...
There automatic activity recognition settings in S Health. Just go to settings
Sorry but I don't have this option...
It seems that you can disable all automatic detections, and that you can not select with detection disable...
GS
ITALY
I have this same issue, the only solutions I've found are:
1) Download S-Health and disable it through manage items, but that does nothing.
2) Contact Samsung for support, which I've read is basically the first solution.
I want to set my watch for all my notifications but I think it's weird how you can't disable a function like that. I also tried factory resetting my watch to no avail...
Same problem here.
I don't want to disable cycling because i DO cycle sometimes and want to record it.
What annoys me is everytime I step in my car or ride a motorbike it detects me as cycling for a few hours.
Seems to be no way to disable it.
Anyone found a fix?
I'm still having the same problem. Strangely, it only seems to happen in my truck. When I drive the sedan, nothing happens and my watch works as intended. i'm not sure what I do in the truck that has my watch convinced I'm cycling down the highway at 70 MPH.
I've had to run off auto-detect which makes me sad because I forget to log my walking and my elliptical all the time. The watch we very good at detecting these 2 activities.
For future users who end up here with a google search:
the workout auto-detection settings are not the the S-Heath (or now "Samsung Health") app on your phone, they are in the S-Heath app that's on the watch itself. In last screen, "settings"
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I'm not sure I've actually identified the problem so let me start at the beginning.
I have a new Gear S3 Classic. It randomly will beep and vibrate for no apparent reason. If I look at the watch the only difference I can detect is a watch icon in the 12 o'clock position on the face. If you swipe on it, it will display the word 'standalone.'
The problem is that it should not be in standalone mode since this always seems to happen when the watch is in close proximity to my phone. What's worse is that it doesn't just happen once but 2 or three times in close succession before it finally gives up.
I think I can defeat the notifications by putting the watch in do not disturb mode but that has other obvious disadvantages.
So is my watch defective? Do I need to pursue a warranty claim? Am I doing something wrong, do I need to reconfigure my watch somehow? I have no idea how to proceed from here. Any help is appreciated.
I think the vibrations are BT disconnection alerts. This can be disabled in settings CONNECTIONS -> ALERTS.
In terms of addressing the underlying problem of why the watch and phone aren't able to maintain a solid BT. Have you tried pairing to a different phone, to rule out a problem on that end?
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I think the vibrations are BT disconnection alerts. This can be disabled in settings CONNECTIONS -> ALERTS.
In terms of addressing the underlying problem of why the watch and phone aren't able to maintain a solid BT. Have you tried pairing to a different phone, to rule out a problem on that end?
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Thanks for the tip. I set it to turn of the alerts. That will be very helpful since it could be seriously distracting at times not mention annoying for other people with me.
My guess is that it's an issue with my phone - Alcatel Idol 4. It probably doesn't send out an "I'm here" signal or whatever the technical term is, often enough for the S3 to realize that it's in range. The last time this happened, I swiped the icon and looked at the watch face and within about 10 seconds it reported that it was connected again.
As long as I don't have to listen to the watch and phone work out their marital differences though and they can manage to stay connected when I need them to be, I'm not going to worry about the watch going standalone periodically.
Thanks again.
Hello everybody.
So, I have just purchased a Gear s2. I know it's late, but it finally got cheap enough for me.
There is something I believe to be very simple to develop and very useful for millions of orthodox Jews: We have issues with electricity on Saturdays. Simply put, an app that turns the smartwatch into a dumb watch for either a given period of time, or until one of the buttons is pushed, would do the trick. This means that the time and date would be constantly displayed in the most energy saving manner possible, touch screen and all other sensors on the watch are off, and all connectivity is off as well.
A simple version of the app will allow the user to turn it on and off manually. A more sophisticated version will know by itself when to switch to "dumb watch mode": the times when a user needs his watch to turn dumb are calculated by ancient Jewish calendar and clock. But they are preset and known in advance. There are many apps, programs, calendars add-ons, etc. that already know to calculate those times. Applying such existing plug into the smartwatch would predetermine when it needs to get dumb and when to get smart again, without the users' need to do anything manually.
Can this be programmed?
I think enabling both Airplane Mode and Power Saving Mode may be what you're looking for.
Hi, I apologize if this was posted before but I could not find anything (neither here or on other forums). I have recently bought a Gear S3 (watch) Classic (no LTE) and so far I love it, however I have one question concerning its usage and battery life. I do not wear it when I sleep, and I do not plan to, so I was wondering if there was a way for the watch to detect that I am not wearing it (it's laying on my desk when not charging so it could use the absence of data it recieves from heart rate and movements) and then automatically disables S Health and other functions (except for alarms and maybe phone calls) until I pick it up? I know that there is Power Saving option in the settings, but to manually turn it on and off every day seems like a hassle when I think that it should be able to do it automatically. Is there any way to do that?
Thank you!
It already does detect that you are not wearing it. When that happens it will turn off the screen. Watch also has a "do not disturb" mode which you can turn on on a schedule. This will disable alerts (except alarms) and disable the screen!
Hope this helps!
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If I run on a treadmill, the watch will track the steps correctly. It even registers the speed correctly, or at least close enough. However the mileage is not even 10% of the distance reported by the treadmill. I did a hard reboot (hold down both buttons until it rebooted) and that fixed it for 2 runs. Then it quit working again and the reboot didn't fix it. I'm at a loss.
Maybe if you do a few outdoor runs, it will better calculate your stride and give you more accurate results.
I have the same problem, and it's very intermittent. It will track treadmill distance for a few tenths of a mile and then stop. I think it starts trying to use GPS for some reason but that's just a guess. If I turn off "location" it will usually start tracking again. Today even that didn't work, so I went in and denied location permission for samsung health and health services. It tracked fine after that and was really pretty accurate. I've allowed the permissions again and will see what happens tomorrow.
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I have the same problem, and it's very intermittent. It will track treadmill distance for a few tenths of a mile and then stop. I think it starts trying to use GPS for some reason but that's just a guess. If I turn off "location" it will usually start tracking again. Today even that didn't work, so I went in and denied location permission for samsung health and health services. It tracked fine after that and was really pretty accurate. I've allowed the permissions again and will see what happens tomorrow.
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Interesting.... I'll give that a try myself.
Same issue here. It used to read about 10 percent low for distance on a treadmill activity. I would get somewhere around 2.7 miles on a 3 mile treadmill activity. Then after the most recent Samsung Health update on the watch, it now reads about 85-90 percent low. I'm getting .15-.17 miles on the same activity.
OK, I found a bandaid that will fix this. Apparently the latest update of Samsung Health on the watch inexplicably enables GPS to track the distance of treadmill activities. Disable GPS when you start your activity and your distance will be as close to accurate as it was before the recent SHealth update. Then reenable GPS when you're done. Hopefully Samsung will fix this.
Just finished in the treadmill, and same thing. Started with location on and it tracked .02 miles. Turned off location for the watch and it tracked to .05 miles and stopped again. So then I went in and denied the location permission for samsung health and it worked fine. I agree, it had to be an issue with samsung health using gps instead of just using step count to estimate distance.
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OK, I found a bandaid that will fix this. Apparently the latest update of Samsung Health on the watch inexplicably enables GPS to track the distance of treadmill activities. Disable GPS when you start your activity and your distance will be as close to accurate as it was before the recent SHealth update. Then reenable GPS when you're done. Hopefully Samsung will fix this.
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I'm happy to report that turning location off before this mornings treadmill run seemed to have done the trick. Watch tracked less than a tenth of a mile difference from what the tread reported.
I got a question. On my old Gear S3 when i enabled auto workout detection and started running, after 10 minutes my watch said "Keep it up!" And i could track how long i was running and stuff. Is there a way to have this on my Watch 4? Cause it does auto track my workouts but i cannot track em trough my watch and it does not pop up after running for 30minuted and stuff while i'm exercising. Thanks for the help!
Nobody?
I was using this option long time ago. If I remember well you can switch on Auto detect Activities in Settings - Samsung Health . Watch detects only walking and running, after ~10 minutes. Tracking screen should pop up or there will be small Activiti icon at screen bottom. Just touch it to see full tracking.