Is there a way to turn off certain apps in the watch like the fitness crap? It keeps telling me how many steps and how many miles I biked. I don't want that how do I disable it?
falcon26 said:
Is there a way to turn off certain apps in the watch like the fitness crap? It keeps telling me how many steps and how many miles I biked. I don't want that how do I disable it?
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You can disable the Auto Detect feature. On your Gear S3, tap the S Health and swipe or rotate the bezel all the way to the right to see Settings. Rotate to Workout Detection and turn off every single one of those items. Hope this helps.
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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"
I've been using a Sony Smartwatch3 but have jumped to the S3 Frontier because of its better looks and battery life. However, much as I love the built in chrono/sports watchfaces there seems no way to set them up in an 'ambient mode' like the Sony. This is where you can get a stripped down, dark grey representation of the face so you don't need to keep twisting your wrist or drawing attention to yourself with a lit up screen.
Is this possible at all, or would I have to be download some third party watch face that will, I suspect, be nowhere near as attractive as the Samsung one?
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Hi.
If you use the "always on" mode for watchfaces, and turn off the activation by movement, you will have a greyed out version of the watch face at all times.
Is this what you are looking for?
ga123 said:
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If you use the "always on" mode for watchfaces, and turn off the activation by movement, you will have a greyed out version of the watch face at all times.
Is this what you are looking for?
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I want it so that it's permanently greyed out (i.e. not backlit) so it's just about readable at all times and only comes on/lights up when I tap it.
Below is a Sony example.
the gear S3 has no backlight, it uses an OLED screen.
this means each individual subpixel is a light, and turning this off would make it black.
what ga123 suggested is the closest you can get.
urban75 said:
I want it so that it's permanently greyed out (i.e. not backlit) so it's just about readable at all times and only comes on/lights up when I tap it.
Below is a Sony example.
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You can use the very pretty "SamVictor" ...
Ga123 gave instructions that accomplish what you want. The always on display provides a simplified version of the watch face. If gestures is turned off, that will be shown until the screen is touched or the bezel is turned. That is the setup I run on my watch.
ThinkD said:
You can use the very pretty "SamVictor" ...
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Pretty indeed but too simplistic for my needs.
afblangley said:
Ga123 gave instructions that accomplish what you want. The always on display provides a simplified version of the watch face. If gestures is turned off, that will be shown until the screen is touched or the bezel is turned. That is the setup I run on my watch.
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Do you mean 'wake up gesture' in the 'Device' menu? If I turn that off the screen goes blank. Touching the screen doesn't do anything so I'm guessing there's some setting I've missed....
urban75 said:
Do you mean 'wake up gesture' in the 'Device' menu? If I turn that off the screen goes blank. Touching the screen doesn't do anything so I'm guessing there's some setting I've missed....
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Use a stock watch face or make one with the gear watch designer, you will get AOD. Some custom face watches will blank the screen.
urban75 said:
Do you mean 'wake up gesture' in the 'Device' menu? If I turn that off the screen goes blank. Touching the screen doesn't do anything so I'm guessing there's some setting I've missed....
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If the screen is black until you twist your wrist, you don't have the always on display enabled.* Goto settings, STYLE -> WATCH ALWAYS ON (the second option). Then every watch face will have two modes,* activated and ambient. The detail displayed depends on the designer's specifications.
Here's a picture of the watch face Boldindex12 with its ambient display and its activated display.
This op doesn't seem to be answered.
I was wondering the same thing and can't find an answer.
Atblangi posted pictures of what i want but it seems not capable of achieving in the means of the op.
Given my enquiry is the same, i will try to reword it.
I want a dim watch face that is always on; when i'm not looking directly at it. But a brighter face that is activated with a gesture (turn the wrist and look at the watch), or an action (press of button or turn of bezel).
I have seen faces that change with light intensity, but what i want (and the op), is a face that changes with a gesture.
Is this possible?
Use Watchmaker faces and you can set all you want for active or dim faces.
I recently bought the Gear S3 Frontier, and I keep getting annoying notifications about "Sleep Record", including some late at night just as I am dozing off.
I am attaching a screen shot of the notification (this one happened to come in this morning while sitting at my desk). I thought that I had disabled all of the sleep tracking functions, but apparently I have NOT done so.
How can I get rid of these notifications??
EDIT: If it matters, I am using the Gear S3 with a Pixel XL (not a Samsung phone).
Disable it in the watch Samsung Health settings, sleep report notification.
gpmg762 said:
Disable it in the watch Samsung Health settings, sleep report notification.
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Thank you!
gpmg762 said:
Disable it in the watch Samsung Health settings, sleep report notification.
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That doesn't work. Even though in Samsung Health settings ALL notifications are blocked, still get a "Sleep Record" notification on the watch every morning.
gruuvin said:
That doesn't work. Even though in Samsung Health settings ALL notifications are blocked, still get a "Sleep Record" notification on the watch every morning.
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You did this in the Samsung Health application from the phone (not in the Galaxy Wearable application), under Settings - Notifications, where there are entries for Current Exercise status, Health Insights, etc?
Optionally, you may be able to go to the Galaxy Wearable application, settings, notifications, manage notifications, and turn off/block notifications from the Samsung Health app, if you don't want ANY notifications from the Health app.
spiff72 said:
You did this in the Samsung Health application from the phone (not in the Galaxy Wearable application), under Settings - Notifications, where there are entries for Current Exercise status, Health Insights, etc?.
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Yes, that is entirely correct. I've tried two disable methods from within that section, both disabling "Sleep log reminders" which did not work, and then disabling EVERYTHING in that list of notification by using the global "OFF" at the top ("Notifications for this app are blocked.) Neither of those stopped the "Sleep Record" notification each morning.
spiff72 said:
Optionally, you may be able to go to the Galaxy Wearable application, settings, notifications, manage notifications, and turn off/block notifications from the Samsung Health app, if you don't want ANY notifications from the Health app.
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Yesterday, in the Galaxy Wearable app, I went into Manage notification and did finally disable Samsung Health (the entire app is now disabled)..... so far, no Sleep Record notification this morning, we'll see.... it's early yet! This is obviously the least desired way to disable a single function (aside from using a hammer), ESPECIALLY when, in the Samsung Health app, section "Manage items", there is a switch to turn off "Sleep"... that seems to be the appropriate way to disable "Sleep Record" (which is the first thing I tried, and did not work... sigh)
Thanks for your suggestion, though. I may just not use any of the health stuff..... Although the main selling point of these watches is THE HEALTH STUFF! LOL ...... It makes me wonder if the $300 Samsung response to the $30 FitBit is still not as polished as the $30 FitBit!
gruuvin said:
Yes, that is entirely correct. I've tried two disable methods from within that section, both disabling "Sleep log reminders" which did not work, and then disabling EVERYTHING in that list of notification by using the global "OFF" at the top ("Notifications for this app are blocked.) Neither of those stopped the "Sleep Record" notification each morning.
Yesterday, in the Galaxy Wearable app, I went into Manage notification and did finally disable Samsung Health (the entire app is now disabled)..... so far, no Sleep Record notification this morning, we'll see.... it's early yet! This is obviously the least desired way to disable a single function (aside from using a hammer), ESPECIALLY when, in the Samsung Health app, section "Manage items", there is a switch to turn off "Sleep"... that seems to be the appropriate way to disable "Sleep Record" (which is the first thing I tried, and did not work... sigh)
Thanks for your suggestion, though. I may just not use any of the health stuff..... Although the main selling point of these watches is THE HEALTH STUFF! LOL ...... It makes me wonder if the $300 Samsung response to the $30 FitBit is still not as polished as the $30 FitBit!
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Yeah - the disabling of the Samsung Health notification in the Galaxy Wearable app is basically the nuclear option - so not ideal.
I have upgraded my phone to a Galaxy Note 9 (from the Pixel XL) since I originally posted my question, and when I went into the settings to double check my response, I realized that I had not given approval to some of the permissions of the Samsung Health app. I forgot to put my watch on today, so I will have to check and see if I have issues with the sleep record notifications. I never wear it to bed, so it is pointless to use that feature. If I have any issues with it I will update here.
Is it possible to stop the continual 24/7 heartrate monitoring? I want the Watch 2 to only monitor HR when I'm doing a fitness activity or if I manually ask it to display my HR. This 24/7 monitoring is unnecessary and I find it especially annoying when I remove my watch, put it into Airplane & Do Not Disturb mode and the green LEDs on the rear still flash all the time.
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Is it possible to stop the continual 24/7 heartrate monitoring? I want the Watch 2 to only monitor HR when I'm doing a fitness activity or if I manually ask it to display my HR. This 24/7 monitoring is unnecessary and I find it especially annoying when I remove my watch, put it into Airplane & Do Not Disturb mode and the green LEDs on the rear still flash all the time.
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Pretty sure you can configure it in options.
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You have to go into the heart rate application and swipe to the right twice and there is a toggle for automatic measurement I'm not sure whether you will need to turn this back on to do fitness activities with your watch though
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You have to go into the heart rate application and swipe to the right twice and there is a toggle for automatic measurement I'm not sure whether you will need to turn this back on to do fitness activities with your watch though
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Tried that but it doesn't stop the 24/7 HR tracking.
You need to also go into the Google Play Services app in system apps and disable the sensor tracking from there. Google tracking everyone and everything again.
sunking101 said:
Is it possible to stop the continual 24/7 heartrate monitoring? I want the Watch 2 to only monitor HR when I'm doing a fitness activity or if I manually ask it to display my HR. This 24/7 monitoring is unnecessary and I find it especially annoying when I remove my watch, put it into Airplane & Do Not Disturb mode and the green LEDs on the rear still flash all the time.
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Afaik this is the watch trying to detect if you are still wearing it, and lock if you aren't... This is just a guess. If you are paranoid, go to permission settings and turn off ALL health related permissions.
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Is there a possibility to leave strava always on display?
Any third party app to turn screen on in strava?
NinoRS said:
Is there a possibility to leave strava always on display?
Any third party app to turn screen on in strava?
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Please contact me in Astroworld outfit if you find a solution.
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Try the following:
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