Hy i am asking myself about the fiability of the heart rate sensor for runing. Do you use the Gear S3 to have your heart rate?
Ther is no such word as fiability. Do you mean viability?
The heart rate sensor is poor and often does not take accurate reading. It's supposed to take a reading every 10 mins but often doesn't due to movement of your hand or fingers. Try and take a reading whilst moving your fingers. When you run it takes a constant reading but is inaccurate due to movement. My Garmin has none of these issues probably due to the sensor being raised from the back and hence makes better contact. I do have a small wrist which probably doesn't help.
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Yep, it's totally crap. Hit and miss with 1:10 ratio. So it sucks. When you sit still that is. During running it does measure quite reasonable showing enough data points on the graph.
What I find more worrying is that is insists I live 18 meters below sea level even though I calibrated manually like 20 times!
Ok thanks for answers. So te heart rate sensor is not made for sport activity.
Can't say I've ever had an issue with mine. Works when it's supposed to.
Is it possible to use and external HR sensor like the polar h7 when runnig
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Ok thanks for answers. So te heart rate sensor is not made for sport activity.
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Actually I'm saying it's pretty good for sports. It just doesn't work well when you do a manual measurement, it than constantly nags to clean the sensor.
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Hi everyone,
When I purchased Gear Neo, I really saw the potential in it and today I have to say I feel frustrated with what I have... and the biggest deception might be the heart rate monitor. How awesome is this thing ? It works pretty great I think! But how much do I use it ? Almost never...
You have to think "oh, I'll measure my heart rate now" which feels quite weird... A real intelligent use of this thing would be to gather information automatically during the day. What about that :
- automatic measurement everyday every three hours, the watch gathers the information.
- at the end of every day, you can see a graphic showing the evolution of your heart rate during the day
- the watch then calculates your average heart rate during this day and is able to make another graphic for your week, month, year ?
That really sounds awesome to me and if you don't refresh the measurement too much, I think you can keep a decent battery life. What do you guys think ?
Other impressive tool could emerge from automatic measurements, far better than a pedometer...
I was thinking the same thing! Would be great if someone could create an app to automatically monitor heart rate every hour (or predefined frequency). Is anyone with programming experience able to write something??
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Hi everyone,
When I purchased Gear Neo, I really saw the potential in it and today I have to say I feel frustrated with what I have... and the biggest deception might be the heart rate monitor. How awesome is this thing ? It works pretty great I think! But how much do I use it ? Almost never...
You have to think "oh, I'll measure my heart rate now" which feels quite weird... A real intelligent use of this thing would be to gather information automatically during the day. What about that :
- automatic measurement everyday every three hours, the watch gathers the information.
- at the end of every day, you can see a graphic showing the evolution of your heart rate during the day
- the watch then calculates your average heart rate during this day and is able to make another graphic for your week, month, year ?
That really sounds awesome to me and if you don't refresh the measurement too much, I think you can keep a decent battery life. What do you guys think ?
Other impressive tool could emerge from automatic measurements, far better than a pedometer...
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I was thinking the same thing! Would be great if someone could create an app to automatically monitor heart rate every hour (or predefined frequency). Is anyone with programming experience able to write something??
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Thanks for answering, I thought nobody gave a F*** !!!
Hello everyone!
I'd like to know if it's possible to measure my heart rate using the S-Health App while running / doing a workout.
The app lets me measure my heartrate manually, but it won't influcence for example the calories I burned or other statistics.
Isn't there a way to measure my heartrate (intervalls) and let it be part of my statistics and workouts?
(Sorry for my not so good english)
Thanks in advance and cheers from Germany
While I don't know if the heart rate sensor could read your heart rate while running, measuring your heart rate every 5 minutes would not be very precise image of the intensity of the run.
Distance and time spent running would actually be a better. So either get a chest strap that measures heart rate continuously or just input the time and distance manually.
Thanks for your reply.
Question is: if I get a chest strap, will my heart rate then be part of my statistics during workouts automatically?
And yes... in some slow workout parts I am easily able to measure my heartrate on my S6 still running.
The heart rate sensor on the phone definitely won't help you while running. You have to get your finger on it just perfectly and hold really still. I find it absolutely the worst and most useless feature on the phone.
As for whether a chest strap would integrate with S Health, not sure, but I'm sure you could probably find a better app out there somewhere with chest strap support.
S3 Heart rate monitor wildly over reporting bpm
I searched, but didn't find a suitable post. I also Googled my querry with no satisfaction. Anyway my S3 has been working like a champ until a few days ago it started reporting 170-201 range. My age heart rate max is 156. After finishing a recent run, I dashed into the house while the HRM was still way over reporting and had my wife take my heart rate. As I suspected, mostly because I'm still alive, my heart rate was fine.
I factory reset the watch, played with heart rate settings and I am still at a loss.
My questions is, anyone else have this or similar issue that they overcome.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Did you try to measure your HR by your own by using ordinary clock and compare with the one on the Gear?
I made a thread about something similar: https://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/help/questions-heart-rate-sensor-monitor-t3665746
However, today I tried something new during my run this morning. Normally, they advise wearing the watch up past your wrist bone, but I decided to push it up even further, almost 3 or 4 inches from my wrist bone. The good news is that the results were much more accurate. Prior to the adjustment, I was getting similar results of 200 bpm, which is just impossible - my max heart rate is 189. The readings I received after the run showed 190 max and 177 average. That appears to be much more accurate and realistic, even if it may be 3 or 5 beats off. It's at least useful now in terms of maintaining peak rates during workouts.
I pushed the band further up my wrist and tightened that sucker like a bale of hay. Heart rate came down, but my wrist hurts now. LOL
I think it's time to try Sammy's support. Although I've had perhaps 8-10 Samsung phones in my life and similar number of other high end phones for family members, I have never had to deal with their support. Wish me luck and thanks for your help.
25% over reporting bpm
Chest hart rate band : 103 avg bpm
Fitbit BLAZE: 105 avg bpm
Samsung Gear: 129 avg bpm
I also have the same problem and could not find a way to real with this problem. I compare it to a new chest hrm and the difference is day and night. My S3 shows me around 190 bpm in a 10K run wheras chest strap hrm shows 150 bpm; so bad.
I have the same problem
I've had my gear3 for about a year and just this week it started reading my daily bpm range between 79-208. My normal resting is under 60 and I can only get it up to 180 in a dead sprint.
I turned it only always read and then watched it. As soon as I woke up the screen it would around 200 but would drop with every beat until it got to around 65 and go back to sleep. When I woke it back up it had climbed high again. I wonder if there is a way to recalibrate it.
You can stop discussing this issue as there is no solution.
In the official Samsung forum, there are hundreds of posts claiming this issue but no solution from Samsung.
It is a design error of the sensor which cannot be solved with SW. Even changing the mainbord several times did not solve the issue.
So finally: heart rate monitoring with Samsung watches (Even the new ones) is useless.
Regards,
Dodger
I have a watch 2 classic and it looks like the heart rate sensor works fine only up to 110-120bpm. After sports when my heart rate is way more than 150bpm it always shows something in the 110-120bpm range.
I don't care if it is off by +-5bpm, but being off by 40+ is definitely not ok. I understand that movement during sports could pose a problem, but that happens after I sit down and am not moving at all.
Does the heart rate sensor work for you normally for higher bpms?
If it does, then I should probably send it to be repaired.
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I have a watch 2 classic and it looks like the heart rate sensor works fine only up to 110-120bpm. After sports when my heart rate is way more than 150bpm it always shows something in the 110-120bpm range.
I don't care if it is off by +-5bpm, but being off by 40+ is definitely not ok. I understand that movement during sports could pose a problem, but that happens after I sit down and am not moving at all.
Does the heart rate sensor work for you normally for higher bpms?
If it does, then I should probably send it to be repaired.
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looking at my data via the Huawei Health app over the past few weeks, there have been a few instances (when running) when my heart rate got above 175. maybe the watch is not registering your heart rate during those peak times, so it only catches it on the way down?
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looking at my data via the Huawei Health app over the past few weeks, there have been a few instances (when running) when my heart rate got above 175. maybe the watch is not registering your heart rate during those peak times, so it only catches it on the way down?
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I doubt it. I have tried it many times using google fit, huawei health or just by launching the heart beat app. My heart rate was definitely much higher at that time than the watch measured.
Does it only peak for you or is it above e.g. 150 for a longer time?
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I doubt it. I have tried it many times using google fit, huawei health or just by launching the heart beat app. My heart rate was definitely much higher at that time than the watch measured.
Does it only peak for you or is it above e.g. 150 for a longer time?
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so looking at my 18-min 2-mile run on Tuesday, my heart rate was above 150 from 8:08am to 8:16am. keep in mind that my rest heart rate is about 55. i know that's a small sample, so maybe I'll test on an elliptical machine next time I go to the gym.
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so looking at my 18-min 2-mile run on Tuesday, my heart rate was above 150 from 8:08am to 8:16am. keep in mind that my rest heart rate is about 55. i know that's a small sample, so maybe I'll test on an elliptical machine next time I go to the gym.
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I think that's a good sample. Now I know that the sensor should be working and it's obviously not. I've only seen it peak a few times above 150 and then it was back to 110-120. I'll check if my brother's watch can measure my bpm correctly and if my watch can measure his bpm correctly. Then I'll definitely know if the watch is a problem or there's something with me
I noticed that the blood pressure calibration part is performed through the phone, so maybe use that as base
gonna pay for someone to develop? In my opinion it is almost a waste of time having this feature since you need to calibrate it with a blood pressure monitor every month
You have to completely still for it to be of any use, theres literally no point in having it automatically done every hour under those circumstances, you'd be getting unusable data
If you can sit down and still once an hour and hit the button manually, you'll get a proper reading...
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You have to completely still for it to be of any use, theres literally no point in having it automatically done every hour under those circumstances, you'd be getting unusable data
If you can sit down and still once an hour and hit the button manually, you'll get a proper reading...
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You're right but... And it's a big one. There's a test that's quite regular off randomly taking blood pressure across three days non stop. It to doesn't care about the inaccuracies that occurre by not sitting or resting and so on.
Further more some people are under pressure just by the test itself, and have more accurate results from random measure.
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You're right but... And it's a big one. There's a test that's quite regular off randomly taking blood pressure across three days non stop. It to doesn't care about the inaccuracies that occurre by not sitting or resting and so on.
Further more some people are under pressure just by the test itself, and have more accurate results from random measure.
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In case my previous post wasnt clear any measurements you take without being at rest are worthless, theyre of no value to a doctor etc. For instance my doctor is exactly with her BP procedure as the calibration routine for the watch is...dont move, dont speak...i have a heart condition, so ive had more BP tests than most people have had hot dinners
Well you are determined to ignore what l told you in previous post and I can't figure why. The name of the test is Blood Pressure Holter and it's a common test.
allso it's not rare that people are afraid and tens of the procedure of blood pressure measurement because the pressure applied by the cuff. So taking a random test is a solution.
Tasker - if you google you will find a Tasker task that automates the process (with the wear plugin) this could easily be scheduled to happen every hour. As previously stated however it is virtually useless as you must stay still for it to work.......
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Well you are determined to ignore what l told you in previous post and I can't figure why. The name of the test is Blood Pressure Holter and it's a common test.
allso it's not rare that people are afraid and tens of the procedure of blood pressure measurement because the pressure applied by the cuff. So taking a random test is a solution.
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Ive had holter monitor test for my heart condition, its a completely different test that a simple blood pressure test, it tests heart rhythm, over a longer period than an ECG/EKG (of which it is entirely more closely related than BP), not pressure.
See: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/holter-monitor/about/pac-20385039
For (hopefully) the last time, taking random BP tests when not at rest is a complete waste of time....
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Ive had holter monitor test for my heart condition, its a completely different test that a simple blood pressure test, it tests heart rhythm, over a longer period than an ECG/EKG (of which it is entirely more closely related than BP), not pressure.
See: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/holter-monitor/about/pac-20385039
For (hopefully) the last time, taking random BP tests when not at rest is a complete waste of time....
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I think the point is that a holter monitor is different hardware from the watches BP sensor, and the watches sensor isn't designed to be used in that way and won't produce any meaningful readings.
Aside from that, I think the suggestion of using an auto-tasker is your best bet, as there isn't much incentive for developers to make this app. There isn't much demand for it, and users would absolutely give it bad reviews for how inaccurate the measurements would be, even though it isn't the app or developers fault.
With that said, if you still have your heart set on an app, you could take a crack at making it yourself. There are plenty of tutorials online to get you started.
My Dr. is always higher than my watch and my home tester, those two are fairly close to one another.
Most Physicians take blood pressure incorrectly as per the AHA.
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