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Hello all. Does anyone know how I can properly sync S-Health with both my Note 3 and Gear 2? The pedo readings are incorrect on by the watch and the Note. Is there a way to sync it to correctly work with each other? Would using gear fitness work better then S-Health?
Just looking for recommendations . If not can I disable the pedo on the gear because the Note 3 seems more reliable
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Hello all. Does anyone know how I can properly sync S-Health with both my Note 3 and Gear 2? The pedo readings are incorrect on by the watch and the Note. Is there a way to sync it to correctly work with each other? Would using gear fitness work better then S-Health?
Just looking for recommendations . If not can I disable the pedo on the gear because the Note 3 seems more reliable
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To me it seems the Gear2 is more accurate. The pedo in my S5 counts steps ever time we hit a bump while I'm riding the bus. I use mine when I run and I have also noticed the 'distance' is way off. I assume it's because the gear only counys steps and the phone goes on both steps and GPS. When my Gear 2 Neo says im at 3 miles, the phone says 3.25. But if you go into settings in the S-Health pedo app on the phone, you can change which device the app uses.
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Greatness83 said:
Hello all. Does anyone know how I can properly sync S-Health with both my Note 3 and Gear 2? The pedo readings are incorrect on by the watch and the Note. Is there a way to sync it to correctly work with each other? Would using gear fitness work better then S-Health?
Just looking for recommendations . If not can I disable the pedo on the gear because the Note 3 seems more reliable
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I agree with the other guy...but all in all the Gear 2 sucks in how it tracks and the user above said the Gear 2 is just off so not sure how the sync will help. I tried jogging using the Gear 2 and I run a set course I know the mileage and it is just off. I run with my Note 3 phone anyway in a nice arm strape for it and I just turn RunKeeper on and give me true accuracy since GPS. I miss my Gear with had RunKeeper app so I could control from watch.
I think regardless how you sync you will find the phone and watch just way off track on S-Heatlth with the steps/pedometer. Disappointing
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parcou said:
I agree with the other guy...but all in all the Gear 2 sucks in how it tracks and the user above said the Gear 2 is just off so not sure how the sync will help. I tried jogging using the Gear 2 and I run a set course I know the mileage and it is just off. I run with my Note 3 phone anyway in a nice arm strape for it and I just turn RunKeeper on and give me true accuracy since GPS. I miss my Gear with had RunKeeper app so I could control from watch.
I think regardless how you sync you will find the phone and watch just way off track on S-Heatlth with the steps/pedometer. Disappointing
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Same here. I use C25K and map my ride/run and even 'tracks', they are all pretty close. As you said, I run the same route all the time and I know where a mile, 1.5 miles, 2 miles and 3 miles is and the gear 2 is off. I've since excepted the 3 mile mark on the gear 2 only because I'm trying to run about 3.2 or a 5k. But I know what the problem is I've noticed it when I run. Im 6"2' I run slow and take fewer steps than the shorter Koreans and pass them. In other words the they 'look' like they are running faster than me by the amount of steps they take. I look like I'm only jogging and I catch and pass them. So basically I take less steps in a mile than they do. I think if you could actually calibrate the gear2 with the input of your height in the profile, it would be more accurate.
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To me it seems the Gear2 is more accurate. The pedo in my S5 counts steps ever time we hit a bump while I'm riding the bus. I use mine when I run and I have also noticed the 'distance' is way off. I assume it's because the gear only counys steps and the phone goes on both steps and GPS. When my Gear 2 Neo says im at 3 miles, the phone says 3.25. But if you go into settings in the S-Health pedo app on the phone, you can change which device the app uses.
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Well my S-Health stopped recording my tracks anyway as of yesterday. Just stuck on 0
I couldnt find that setting in the pedo app, maybe because my S-Health is older than yours
Just updated my Huawei to AW 1.4 (Marshmallow), and now have calling capabilities on my wrist. For me, this is a high-value feature, and the reason I put the AW watch back in the drawer after 6 weeks with it and went back to Gear, buying a Sport 3G. I've since upgraded to a Classic 3G (Verizon, always hated the swatchy sport) to have calling features again (I've been on Gears since the first one).
No standalone 3G may still send me back to Gear S2 in the next days or week or two, but we'll see. Everything else on the AW platform is so superior (with a few exceptions), and of course "OK Google" -- the functionality, accuracy, etc. of this feature alone is almost enough to keep me from going back. May turn out to be enough.
It's sad. Samsung, IMO, has made a huge strategic error in failing to make S-Voice a higher priority. The customer base has been complaining from the beginning with the first Gear, years ago. Back then, "OK Google" was far more rudimentary, error-prone, etc. In that time, Google has invested enormous resources in making this "personal assistant" actually useful rather than annoying. Something you actually think about invoking to do something, because, like flipping a lightswitch, it "just works".
I think these voice-activated, hands-free "assistant" features are going to become the sine qua non of "wearables" in very short order. Samsung, with their neglect of S-voice are going to find themselves stuck in an uncompetitive posture regardless of how innovative their hardware and UI inventions are. The rotating bezel is cool, and it is a better way to do things than swiping around; however, simply telling your watch what to do while your hands are occupied (like driving) is far, far more useful.
Anyway, I'll post again in a week or so to reflect my plusses/minuses going back... I have a feeling I'll put the S2 back on my wrist, just because of the 3G -- I've come to really depend on that luxury, forgetting my phone somewhat regularly (or deliberately leaving it behind). I created a Tasker task that sends me a notification when the watch disconnects from BT to remind me to forward calls. Works great if I forget my phone. Once the 3/4G AW watches hit the street, I'm gone from Gear. Samsung clearly isn't going to improve S-voice.
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There are already 4G AW watches.
I am torn, AW is a larger ecosystem, but Tizen is a more robust system, it has actual apps that run independent of the phone (though not as many as I'd like). It's different, but honestly each are good in there own way, it's an opinion as to which is best.
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There are already 4G AW watches.
I am torn, AW is a larger ecosystem, but Tizen is a more robust system, it has actual apps that run independent of the phone (though not as many as I'd like). It's different, but honestly each are good in there own way, it's an opinion as to which is best.
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I tried the LG urbane 2 LTE. And it's awful. The gear has much better thought out 3g implementation. Even with Ok google, I returned the LG and went back to my s2.
Well, that didn't take long. One day.
The phone implementation is buggy, and the UI awkward.
I missed the Gear's much more sensible, usable UI for SMS/MMS immediately, the general notification mechanism and UI, and many more usage aspects that are routine every day with a smartwatch.
Then there was the 3G... my Huawei doesn't have a cell radio, so I couldn't compare apples/apples, and unteather. Still, that narrow feature/capability wouldn't be any different -- i.e. being away from the phone. The calling UI operates the same regardless, and that's what I found annoying.
Of course, the digital assistant ("OK Google") was brilliant, almost enough to make me suffer with the other problems. For now, I'll stay with the S2, and see how AW bakes over the next six months. Those damn cards are one of the most annoying "features" of all.
Very interested in the Tasker app you described above. Would you mind sharing the details please?
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Very interested in the Tasker app you described above. Would you mind sharing the details please?
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Yeah, I mentioned this in another thread, and was asked to share.
I need to polish one piece of it before I share (the automatic notification when you're back in BT range to remind you about the Forward All), then I'll zip up the profile and tasks and post it.
Not at the top of my list, though, so don't expect anything for a few days, maybe a week.
That's great, thanks. No tearing hurry, I'm using the Brrr app which does a pretty good job but am interested in other options.
Heard from standalone apps in wear at Google io this week.
It's the same for me. I had aw from the beginning and switched to gear s2 in autumn last year. There are pros and cons in both systems. After a few month now with the gear I feel the urge to go back to wear after the new features where announced this week. I'm probably going to wait till fall when the updates actually hit. And maybe hope to see similar feature like the bezel navigation. I absolutely love this. But also miss the hands free navigation from aw.
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Heard from standalone apps in wear at Google io this week.
It's the same for me. I had aw from the beginning and switched to gear s2 in autumn last year. There are pros and cons in both systems. After a few month now with the gear I feel the urge to go back to wear after the new features where announced this week. I'm probably going to wait till fall when the updates actually hit. And maybe hope to see similar feature like the bezel navigation. I absolutely love this. But also miss the hands free navigation from aw.
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I'm waiting for the new Qualcomm wear chip in a device with cellular connectivity. I'm intrigued by the stand-alone apps and I do miss setting timers with Google voice (I have kids and enjoy cooking so those are 2 times timers come in handy lol).
If Samsung gave us SamsungPay on the watch I'd be more reluctant to switch to AW though.
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I'm waiting for the new Qualcomm wear chip in a device with cellular connectivity. I'm intrigued by the stand-alone apps and I do miss setting timers with Google voice (I have kids and enjoy cooking so those are 2 times timers come in handy lol).
If Samsung gave us SamsungPay on the watch I'd be more reluctant to switch to AW though.
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Yeah the voice controls were excellent on aw that's true even in German it worked very good.
The pay options are not available neither from Sammy nor from Android here. So thats not important. Although I would love to have those options
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The pay options are not available neither from Sammy nor from Android here. So thats not important. Although I would love to have those options
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Aye, neither here in the US, if either had it in would be using that system lol.
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Aye, neither here in the US, if either had it in would be using that system lol.
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in the u.s. its a little better though. in foreign counties one have to wait for ages for some Services (e.g. no podcasts in gpm) or we won't get them at all. Voice control and assistance is a bad topic all the time.
sometimes i think all the fancy gadgets i buy are just worth half the money cause i can use just half the features.
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in the u.s. its a little better though. in foreign counties one have to wait for ages for some Services (e.g. no podcasts in gpm) or we won't get them at all. Voice control and assistance is a bad topic all the time.
sometimes i think all the fancy gadgets i buy are just worth half the money cause i can use just half the features.
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I feel your pain. I travel for 6-8 out of months every 18. A lot of things don't work even for Americans while outside the US. I was paying for Google play music (should be getting youtube red) but youtube red only worked in the US, felt like I was not getting what I paid for.
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It's utterly ridiculous that completely innocuous "internet things" don't simply work anywhere one has an (unrestricted -- think China) internet connection.
It's all about mandarins. They must have control over you simply to have control.
About the timer: There is a rather nice timer app on the watch, and it can easily be invoked via S-Voice. Just say, "set timer 15 minutes", and it will set and start the timer app for 15 minutes.
I use it all the time. No meaningful difference from AW, other than S-Voice is, of course, not as reliable in reading your voice in the first place.
I'm not trying to launch nuclear missiles or solve the national debt from my watch. I want a face that looks like i want it to, the data I need, battery that lasts at least one waking day, and that's about it. And the GS2 does that. Does another? Maybe, but I HAVE the GS2. I've found that the more whistles and bells on anything and the less reliable it is.
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It's sad. Samsung, IMO, has made a huge strategic error in failing to make S-Voice a higher priority.
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I don't get why they can't see that a well functioning S-Voice will make or break wearables for the company. Its that simple.
There are parts of my Motorola 360 I miss however the battery life on the GS2 is absolutely phenomenal. I have had it on since 730 this morning. It's now nearly 2200 and it's only at 80%.
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There are parts of my Motorola 360 I miss however the battery life on the GS2 is absolutely phenomenal. I have had it on since 730 this morning. It's now nearly 2200 and it's only at 80%.
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S-Voice has never worked for me, it always just says "please try again later"
For those of you who have a 3G version of the Gear S2 and don't want to fuss with manually call forwarding anymore, allow me to recommend an option many seem to have forgotten over the last couple of years: Google Voice
I've been using GV for years as the VM on my phone. Now, I have added the Gear S2 3G as another phone on my GV account. This gives two great benefits:
1. Calls automatically forward from phone-to-watch OR watch-to-phone if I don't answer on the originally called device, eliminating the need to enable and disable call forwarding phone-to-watch manually and giving a two-way solution if I leave the watch at home for a change.
2. Gives one unified voicemail box for both my phone and watch numbers. While only a few important people have my watch number for emergency purposes, I don't want people to have to remember multiple numbers to call or worry they are leaving a VM in the "box I rarely check."
To forward the watch's calls, just follow Google Voice's instructions with the manual call forwarding dial codes for your carrier and dial them on your watch AFTER you set the number up in your GV account. And, of course, this is only going to work for those who live in a country GV services (US & Canada, I believe). If you are outside the US & Canada, I'm sorry that I have no similar alternative to offer you.
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/07/08...-an-update-with-new-features-ux-improvements/
Exclusive: Samsung Gear S2 to get an update with new features, UX improvements
We love the Gear S2, and we think it is the best smartwatch currently available in the market (the lack of apps compared to Android Wear or the Apple Watch notwithstanding). Right out of the box the Gear S2 offers an excellent user experience, and we have received information on a major new update that will be released in the near future with a slew of improvements to how the smartwatch works.
The update will be the biggest yet, and the headline feature for many is likely to be the ability to use their photos as backgrounds in watch faces. Using personal photos as a wallpaper on phones is something everyone does (or has done at some point), and it is only natural that the feature be made available on*a smartwatch. After the update, the Gear S2 will also start offering watch face recommendations and will let users install these watch faces*from the watch itself.
This will extend to recommended apps as well – Samsung basically wants you to use the paired smartphone less often, which is why the update will also add the option to post exercise stats to Facebook directly from the watch. The Gear S2′s fitness tracking abilities will also be getting improvements, as the update will add a sleep monitor, a feature that probably should have been there from the start.
Other changes will include the addition of*UV index information in the weather app, the ability to start a timer using S Voice, and a menu for managing notifications when there are no unread notifications available. We’re told the update will roll out*sometime in the coming weeks, although there’s no concrete*time frame. With a big update such as this, Samsung is likely going to make sure everything is right before making it*available to consumers.
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If this is real, some of this should of been included already when this watch first came out along with the long awaited samsung pay!
I can already set a timer with S Voice. Hope they meant set Reminders.
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Oh, setting Reminders would be GREAT! Pebble does that and it was very handy. I don't use S-Voice for anything right now because it just doesn't provide me with a usable service. But Reminders? Oh yeah!
personally I think they meant reminders as others have said as settings timers is already possible....should have been a day one feature.
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All mentioned features should of been day 1 or at least top of this year
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http://www.sammobile.com/2016/07/08...-an-update-with-new-features-ux-improvements/
The Gear S2′s fitness tracking abilities will also be getting improvements, as the update will add a sleep monitor, a feature that probably should have been there from the start.
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Well I dont sleep with my watch on... but I do with my fitbit which lasts 5d. They are going to have to do more than "improvements" to get the watch as a fitness device. i would love to see that so dont get me wrong as I wear my watch every day, however Myfitness Pal for food tracking and Fitbit seem to be the best combination as you cannot get info from S Health into MFP (I have tried that one way and it was horrible). Personally I would love to be able to just use S Health but I dont see that happening anytime soon.
What is the current software version? Mine just got delivered yesterday and has R730VVRU2BPC7.
CPC5 is the most current, but this new version is still to be released.
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CPC5 is the most current, but this new version is still to be released.
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I have R730AUCU2BPD4, how do I get the CPC5?
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I have R730AUCU2BPD4, how do I get the CPC5?
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I think these update numbers are by carrier because I have bpd4 like you and have an at&t watch while my girlfriend has t-mobile watch and has bpc6
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I think these update numbers are by carrier because I have bpd4 like you and have an at&t watch while my girlfriend has t-mobile watch and has bpc6
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Thanks, yes I have AT&T
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I think these update numbers are by carrier because I have bpd4 like you and have an at&t watch while my girlfriend has t-mobile watch and has bpc6
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And Verizon is R730VVRU1BPC1 (http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-gear-s2-update/)
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And Verizon is R730VVRU1BPC1 (http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-gear-s2-update/)
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What a shock. Verizon is furthest behind in updates.
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And Verizon is R730VVRU1BPC1 (http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-gear-s2-update/)
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My Verizon version is R730VVRU2BPC7
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My Verizon version is R730VVRU2BPC7
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??? I'm on BPC1 also, and the Verizon page for the 4G Gear S2 says BPC1 too. How did you get 7?
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??? I'm on BPC1 also, and the Verizon page for the 4G Gear S2 says BPC1 too. How did you get 7?
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Bought it on Saturday at the Verizon store and this was on it..
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Bought it on Saturday at the Verizon store and this was on it..
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Weird! I wonder if that means an update is coming? Although, I would think it would be live by the time it was on a watch in the store...
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Weird! I wonder if that means an update is coming? Although, I would think it would be live by the time it was on a watch in the store...
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I honestly expected that my watch would need to be updated immediately, because it was the last one they had, and had been sitting on the shelf for quite awhile
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Anybody else with the Verizon 3g variant chime in worth what software version they have?
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Hello, not sure if this is old news but just noticed that after an update, my Gear S3 started receiving YouTube notifications. My life is complete now haha :laugh:
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Hello, not sure if this is old news but just noticed that after an update, my Gear S3 started receiving YouTube notifications. My life is complete now haha :laugh:
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Yeah it's there now good times are here again!!
I just got the update last night. I'm on T-Mobile. Any other new additions included in this update?
I was really hoping to get rid of the required PIN for Samsung Pay. Annoying to have to constantly enter it if I'm not wearing my watch super tightly all the time. Might just abandon Samsung Pay on my watch and just use it on my phone from now on...
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I just got the update last night. I'm on T-Mobile. Any other new additions included in this update?
I was really hoping to get rid of the required PIN for Samsung Pay. Annoying to have to constantly enter it if I'm not wearing my watch super tightly all the time. Might just abandon Samsung Pay on my watch and just use it on my phone from now on...
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The new update allows you to set the pin for payment only. I think the settings menu changed a little bit, not noticing other major changes.
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The update from T-Mobile states that VoLTE was added, a patch for the BlueBorne security issue was added and "Samsung Value Pack 1" was added. I have tried, with no luck finding out what this Value Pack 1 contains. I assume it is different than the Value Pack from April.
That being said, I notice no differences in UI, Settings UI or widgets.
The Galaxy Watch 4 & Watch 4 Classic is receiving second update in September. The firmware version R8**XXU1CUIE is releasing for the Bluetooth variants of both models in South Korea. As per the changelog, the new version provides system stability by applying stabilization code. The users find out, now you can silence the exercise count sound in vibration mode, and it improved exercise time notification. In exercise, when you start the workout, then you will receive a notification every 30 minutes about how many calories you have burned, heart rate, beats per minute, etc.
The Galaxy Watch 4 LTE variants will soon see the update in the coming days. To upgrade your watch to the new 102MB software, go to the Galaxy Wearable app, and install it from the Watch Software update section.
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The Galaxy Watch 4 & Watch 4 Classic is receiving second update in September. The firmware version R8**XXU1CUIE is releasing for the Bluetooth variants of both models in South Korea. As per the changelog, the new version provides system stability by applying stabilization code. The users find out, now you can silence the exercise count sound in vibration mode, and it improved exercise time notification. In exercise, when you start the workout, then you will receive a notification every 30 minutes about how many calories you have burned, heart rate, beats per minute, etc.
The Galaxy Watch 4 LTE variants will soon see the update in the coming days. To upgrade your watch to the new 102MB software, go to the Galaxy Wearable app, and install it from the Watch Software update section.
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Firmware and Combination Firmware and FOTA Delta and CSC change and...
Looks like it could be harder since Tizen... A Stock Firmware for netOdin/Odin not available yet... B Combination Firmware not available yet C FOTA Delta File for study I have...
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Got update today on my Classic Bluetooth 46mm in US. R890XXU1CUID. Update was 101.33 MB.
I don't have the update (yet), but I'm hearing that this update also makes the watch consum energy more efficiently. So better battery life ?
Can anymore elaborate ?
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I don't have the update (yet), but I'm hearing that this update also makes the watch consum energy more efficiently. So better battery life ?
Can anymore elaborate ?
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Update only had these details: "Improved system stability and reliability". Where did you see that update improves battery time? Charging up watch now. I will update after I run watch for a bit.
I read it on a Dutch forum, in a topic for GW4 watches.
That guy has read it somewhere, but does't know where.
Hope it does improve battery life...
Update just became available for my USA non-LTE so I updated. But mine is R890XXU1CUID (not CUIE) so I guess the last digit might be a country code or something.
CUID was released a few days ago...There are reports of CUIE being released after that.
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CUID was released a few days ago...There are reports of CUIE being released after that.
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Are you kidding? Wow. Well, it is a new product, so I guess there will be a flurry of releases. I have only had mine for a week and already had to update it when I got it, and then the CUID update tonight. Anyone know the difference between pre-CUID and CUID?
CUID broke my 10 minute heart rate recording. manual and continuous work, but not 10 minute.
Just got CUJ2 which fixed the heart rate issue.
Any one had update in UK since BUI5?
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Any one had update in UK since BUI5?
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Nope... They will start soon I guess as Samsung seem to release by region.
getting my watch today via fedex. Is there a particular order which i should follow? ie
debloat
do setup and set watchface
fix shm and sync issues
or maybe other things this will be a standard 44mm watch
Does anyone with the R890XXU1BUI5 update have access to blood oxygen levels function on their watch 4? im curious to know if a firmware change will resolve this issue eventually.
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Does anyone with the R890XXU1BUI5 update have access to blood oxygen levels function on their watch 4? im curious to know if a firmware change will resolve this issue eventually.
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Yup, seems to be working fine...