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As many of you guys knows, the Gear S2 - Sport, Classic, and 3G - have a software bug whereby the Always On setting doesn't work/stick.
Even when one sets the Always On to "On," the watchface will turn off (go blank) after a while instead of always showing the Ambient Watchface. The only way to keep the watch display always on is by also keeping on the Wakeup Gesture setting. Doing so, unfortunately, leads to a massive battery drain.
I've contacted Samsung twice about this issue and each time they reply saying I'm the ONLY person to report this issue and for me to perform a Factory Reset. I did do a factory reset with and without restoring my backup data and the Always On bug is still there.
So let us collectively work together and each of us submit a bug report to Samsung. Here is the link to their online submission form.
https://contactus.samsung.com/customer/contactus/formmail/mail/MailQuestionProduct.jsp?SITE_ID=1
The more people submit, the better our chances of getting a fix, sooner rather than later.
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Edit, 12-30-15, with workaround to always-on issue:
Here is my tested workaround that is working for me right now on my AT&T Gear S2 3G (R730A) on the OL3 firmware.
I have tested this for 2 days and my watch display is always on and showing the dimmed, ambient watchface and NOT blacking out. For today, my Gear S2 3G was taken off the charger at 6:50AM and it's currently at 62% battery level at 5:36PM. And now at 12:24am, I'm at 35% battery left.
My Gear S2 settings:
-Display: Watch Always On = On
-Display: Brightness = 5
-Device: Wake-up Gesture = Off
-Connections: Bluetooth = On
-Connections: Mobile networks = Always off (I'm on Sprint)
-Connections: WiFi = Off
-Connections: NFC = Off
-Connections: Location = On, GPS
I have not tested out this method on that many watchfaces but the ones I'll be mentioning shortly always stay turned on in the Ambient Mode without blacking out.
** Apps from the Gear store I'm using:
1. Tested watchfaces:
-[Clay] Futuristic
-Gear O'Clock: Digital Sense
-Gear O'Clock December
-Calendar Digital Watch.
2. HR Monitor by appyhapps.nl
** Steps I have taken **
1. Go into your Settings and set "Watch always on" to On and "Wakeup Gestures" to Off.
2. Open the HR Monitor app and click on the Settings icon (the Gear icon). And set it up like this:
-Exercise mode = off
-Internal = 15 minutes
-Show date = Off
-Turn screen on with each heart rate reading = On
-Keep screen on during run in exercise mode = Off
-Dim screen brightness in exercise mode = Off
-All the options under Alarm = Off
3. Press the U-turn arrow icon to go back to the Main Screen of the app.
4. Press the Start arrow icon to begin the heart rate monitoring app.
5. Go back to the watchface screen homepage by pressing the Home button on the Gear S2. Long-press on your current watchface and select the watchface of your choice.
6. Finished!
By using this method, my Gear S2 correctly shows the ambient watchface and DOES NOT turn off the screen after a while.
The impact to my battery life is minimal and I can easily last all day until when I charge my watch at night, which is around 11:30PM.
What is interesting is that even though it was set within HR Monitor to turn on the screen when a reading is taken, most of the time the screen is not turned on to show the HR Monitor monitoring screen. Instead, the ambient watchface is maintained and the heart rate is measured in the background. This is probably why there is minimal, if any, impact to my battery life.
I don't know why this method works but no complaints here. Now my Gear S2 is behaving as it did when I first purchased it on November 20th on launch day (on AT&T) and when I was on the original firmware. My Gear S2 has gone through 2 firmware updates since then and one of those newer firmware updates changed the behavior of the always-on mode. FU Samsung!!
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Ive just done that, it does get quite irritating going to look at the watch and its gone off completely. Hopefully enough people who also have this and find it annoying will do the same
Anyone else submit a request to Samsung yet?
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Anyone else submit a request to Samsung yet?
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Yup, and here's there response:
"Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Samsung Technical Support. We always appreciate hearing from our customers.
It must be disappointing that the device screen is turning blank when the “Watch always on” feature is enabled on the Gera S2 watch. I will help you with the possible steps in this regard.
We have no such reported issues with the Gear S2 watch and Heart rate monitor is designed on the watch to monitor only the heart rate and it does not relate to the device screen turning ON. I request you to try following troubleshooting steps on the device and check if that helps.
1. Try restarting the watch and check if that works fine.
2. Un-pair the watch from the device to which it is connected and pair the device again and check if that works fine.
3. Verify if the device has any noticeable physical or liquid damages.
4. Try un-installing and re-installing the Gear manager application on the phone and pair the watch back and check if that helps.
5. If the issue persists, try disabling the “Always on” mode and enable it again after performing the above steps.
6. If the issue persists, I request you to try resetting the watch. On the idle screen select settings > About Gear > Reset Gear.
I hope the above provided steps will help you in resolving the issue. "
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Yup, and here's there response:
"Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Samsung Technical Support. We always appreciate hearing from our customers.
It must be disappointing that the device screen is turning blank when the “Watch always on” feature is enabled on the Gera S2 watch. I will help you with the possible steps in this regard.
We have no such reported issues with the Gear S2 watch and Heart rate monitor is designed on the watch to monitor only the heart rate and it does not relate to the device screen turning ON. I request you to try following troubleshooting steps on the device and check if that helps.
1. Try restarting the watch and check if that works fine.
2. Un-pair the watch from the device to which it is connected and pair the device again and check if that works fine.
3. Verify if the device has any noticeable physical or liquid damages.
4. Try un-installing and re-installing the Gear manager application on the phone and pair the watch back and check if that helps.
5. If the issue persists, try disabling the “Always on” mode and enable it again after performing the above steps.
6. If the issue persists, I request you to try resetting the watch. On the idle screen select settings > About Gear > Reset Gear.
I hope the above provided steps will help you in resolving the issue. "
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Have you tried anything new that fixes the always on issue?
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optimummind said:
Have you tried anything new that fixes the always on issue?
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Nope, just living with it for now.
I think I know why the always on mode sometimes doesn't work. It is b/c of samsung's retarded battery-saving mechanism.
You probably noticed already that even with the always on mode set to On, the display will turn off moments after you take off the watch or charge it in the cradle. Well, while wearing the watch, if the watch moves around your wrist and the little sensor window loses contact with your skin, it thinks you took off the watch and turns the display off.
Samsung can fix this easily by just getting rid of that stupid battery-saving feature so the watch will then have true always on mode and be more useful as a watch (night clock by your bed, see time while being charged).
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I'm currently using this workaround to have an always-on watchface without excessively draining the battery.
First, I have these apps installed: Photo Watch Pro & I am Alive.
I like to use my own pictures as a background and prefer a digital watch. So I send my pics plus an image of a black background to the watch.
Using Photo Watch Pro, I select all my pics + the black background as my watchface wallpapers.
I then launch I am Alive & set the display to be always on. When I'm not actively using the watch & want to save battery & prevent OLED burn-in, I tap on the screen (possible via Photo Watch Pro) to set my wallpaper as the black image file.
This way, now I truly have an always on display that works regardless of whether I'm wearing the watch or have it on the cradle.
I feel like I shouldn't have to do this in the first place but this will do until Samsung gets their software correct.
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i have submited email to samsung and they told me that this case beyond technical support so they need me to send the device to the them
Flight313 said:
i have submited email to samsung and they told me that this case beyond technical support so they need me to send the device to the them
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They told me the same thing, those tards.
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Interesting note, after changing the watch face to "Calendar Analog" the problem went away. Not sure what different about this face, but always on works now.
ColMustard said:
Interesting note, after changing the watch face to "Calendar Analog" the problem went away. Not sure what different about this face, but always on works now.
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Trying it out now. Will report back later.
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ColMustard said:
Interesting note, after changing the watch face to "Calendar Analog" the problem went away. Not sure what different about this face, but always on works now.
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It lasted for a while but the display still turned off on me.
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It lasted for a while but the display still turned off on me.
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Odd, it hasn't gone blank on me yet. Have you restarted the watch after changing the face?
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Odd, it hasn't gone blank on me yet. Have you restarted the watch after changing the face?
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No. Should I?
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ColMustard said:
Odd, it hasn't gone blank on me yet. Have you restarted the watch after changing the face?
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Tried rebooting but no difference. Still turns off after a while. What are the rest of your watch settings?
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optimummind said:
Tried rebooting but no difference. Still turns off after a while. What are the rest of your watch settings?
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1. Display is always on
2. wake-up gesture off
3. Bluetooth on
4. wifi on
5. Vibration intensity strong
6. Long buzz on
7. Screen lock none
8. Software version R720XXU2AOJ3
Edit: It just dawned on me that you have the 3G watch, I have the sport watch. That could make a difference.
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1. Display is always on
2. wake-up gesture off
3. Bluetooth on
4. wifi on
5. Vibration intensity strong
6. Long buzz on
7. Screen lock none
8. Software version R720XXU2AOJ3
Edit: It just dawned on me that you have the 3G watch, I have the sport watch. That could make a difference.
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Settings-wise, the only difference is that I have WiFi off. And yes, I have the 3G version. There was another firmware update last night for my AT&T 3G. It seems to address some NumberSync issues. I'll report if I see any improvements for the always-on mode, though I'm sceptical.
In Korea, all variants seem to be on firmware version OKK. I was on OL1 prior to the small update.
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Looks like I opened my mouth to soon, watch went blank twice within 6 hours. It's certainly better than before where it would go blank every hour though.
ColMustard said:
Looks like I opened my mouth to soon, watch went blank twice within 6 hours. It's certainly better than before where it would go blank every hour though.
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I'm on OL3 now & still no fix for always-on. Samsung fail.
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So apparently on Samsungs official news site , the AOD display has a sensor that will disable the AOD when it's placed inside a pocket or a bag (Why would your watch be in your pocket or bag instead of your wrist?). You would think this would also work if say you're wearing a long sleeve shirt. I have been unable to trigger this via long sleeve shirts and I don't have thin enough clothing to test the pocket, nor do I own a bag to test.
"The device’s 3-inch circular Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 360 x 360. Its 16 million colors, full color Always On Watch continuously shows the time rather than fading to black. The ambient light sensor helps to adjust the brightness of displayed information and works to automatically disable the Always On Watch when users can’t see the screen, such as when the watch is in a pocket or a bag. Users can opt to personalize their Always On Watch with customizable, interactive watch faces."
Who's willing to help me test this feature?
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So apparently on Samsungs official news site , the AOD display has a sensor that will disable the AOD when it's placed inside a pocket or a bag (Why would your watch be in your pocket or bag instead of your wrist?). You would think this would also work if say you're wearing a long sleeve shirt. I have been unable to trigger this via long sleeve shirts and I don't have thin enough clothing to test the pocket, nor do I own a bag to test.
"The device’s 3-inch circular Super AMOLED display has a resolution of 360 x 360. Its 16 million colors, full color Always On Watch continuously shows the time rather than fading to black. The ambient light sensor helps to adjust the brightness of displayed information and works to automatically disable the Always On Watch when users can’t see the screen, such as when the watch is in a pocket or a bag. Users can opt to personalize their Always On Watch with customizable, interactive watch faces."
Who's willing to help me test this feature?
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Someone already posted on the forums about how their AOD wasn't working, and they found out it was because their strap was blocking their wrist from making contact with the sensor. I'm guessing that the heart rate sensor didn't sense a pulse and turned off the screen completely, or some other sensor all together.
Here's the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s3/help/problems-feature-t3507324/page2
My AOD also turns off when the watch determines that I'm sleeping and then requires a security pin.
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My AOD also turns off when the watch determines that I'm sleeping and then requires a security pin.
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My AOD works just fine. But it will not turn off when sleeping or covered. It senses my heartbeat just fine. Perhaps my unit is defective? How did you get it to turn it when sleeping, anything special?
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My AOD works just fine. But it will not turn off when sleeping or covered. It senses my heartbeat just fine. Perhaps my unit is defective? How did you get it to turn it when sleeping, anything special?
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Nothing special. My Classic began to track my sleep automatically out of the box. After I wake up, I press a button or rotate the bezel then put in my pin. Shortly afterwards, I get an alert on the watch and it shows in numbers & a graph how long I slept and also shows me how long I was motionless, how long I had a little bit of movement, and how long I was restless.
When the watch is simply covered up by my longsleeve shirt or a jacket, my AOD doesn't turn off.
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It won't turn off AOD with long sleeves, because it knows you're wearing it. It only turns off if it's NOT on your wrist. Or when you're sleeping.
Did anyone install the new PK7 watch update on their Gear S3? Any issues with AOD? Like AOD not working or turning off despite the AOD setting being on?
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I just got my Frontier today, and I came here now looking for answers on the AOD feature i have been hearing about but have not witnessed as of yet... My watch goes completely black every time after about 4 to 5 second of inactivity. Like i said i was coming here now to XDA to find out if this was a config problem or what?? Two things I have seen here that may be an issue for me, 1 - i always wear long sleeve shirts, and 2 - i have always had trouble with the smart watch heart rate monitors getting a good pulse on my wrist. (This is my 5th smartwatch, 4th samsung) I did do all of the updates today when initially using watch. I have been wearing it about 8 hours. Hope this helps.
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I just got my Frontier today, and I came here now looking for answers on the AOD feature i have been hearing about but have not witnessed as of yet... My watch goes completely black every time after about 4 to 5 second of inactivity. Like i said i was coming here now to XDA to find out if this was a config problem or what?? Two things I have seen here that may be an issue for me, 1 - i always wear long sleeve shirts, and 2 - i have always had trouble with the smart watch heart rate monitors getting a good pulse on my wrist. (This is my 5th smartwatch, 4th samsung) I did do all of the updates today when initially using watch. I have been wearing it about 8 hours. Hope this helps.
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Settings > Style > Always on. Have you turned that on?
Also, it won't work if the watch isn't on your wrist.
Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.
lyall29 said:
Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.
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No, I just kept gesture motion on.
kronium said:
No, I just kept gesture motion on.
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That's my set up also.
lyall29 said:
Is there a way to increase the brightness of the AOD? Mine is hard to see unless I'm in a fairly dark room.
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Try Settings, Display, Brightness.
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Try Settings, Display, Brightness.
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Thanks, this does seem to be the only way to make the AOD brighter.
"Samsung Flaunt" is a widget you can install, i installed it on mine (you have to select it from widget once installed) as i found certain faces i have time out into a default (black face white hands and red second hand) i didnt want this, i wanted a face of my selection be it downloaded or a pre-installed face to remain on at all times especially if i go out, if you select the "Frontier" face (pre-installed) and have AOD Turned on you lose very little in quality / dimming when the time out kicks in, with "Samsung Flaunt" you install the widget and this then allows you to have the watch face on for up to 30 mins, However it will eat your battery, but then i can live with day to day charging, I like the idea of going out for a meal or a beer with pals and my face being on, i like the idea of a smart watch simulating a "real" watch look, as we all know there are thousands of faces we can select to show off.
S1CAR1US you can change the time out by going settings/Display/Screen Timeout/ then theres a choice of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 5 minutes, if you select the desired time out, and go back to your normal face, by clicking your bezel one click left (notifications) and one click right (watch face) your face should remain on for that length of time, if this isn't long enough (wasn't for me) i used the "Samsung Flaunt" widget.
Rgds
Is it possible or not to set automatique disable AOD for exemple every day at 23 h to 07 h ?
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Is it possible or not to set automatique disable AOD for exemple every day at 23 h to 07 h ?
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Would be very useful, but it is not possible.
I mean you can't set it in system settings, but it is possible to use a "complication" in Gear Watch Designer.
I designed a couple of watch faces setting a complication to turn off AOD every night, was very simple.
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"Samsung Flaunt" is a widget you can install, i installed it on mine (you have to select it from widget once installed) as i found certain faces i have time out into a default (black face white hands and red second hand) i didnt want this, i wanted a face of my selection be it downloaded or a pre-installed face to remain on at all times especially if i go out, if you select the "Frontier" face (pre-installed) and have AOD Turned on you lose very little in quality / dimming when the time out kicks in, with "Samsung Flaunt" you install the widget and this then allows you to have the watch face on for up to 30 mins, However it will eat your battery, but then i can live with day to day charging, I like the idea of going out for a meal or a beer with pals and my face being on, i like the idea of a smart watch simulating a "real" watch look, as we all know there are thousands of faces we can select to show off.
S1CAR1US you can change the time out by going settings/Display/Screen Timeout/ then theres a choice of 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 5 minutes, if you select the desired time out, and go back to your normal face, by clicking your bezel one click left (notifications) and one click right (watch face) your face should remain on for that length of time, if this isn't long enough (wasn't for me) i used the "Samsung Flaunt" widget.
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Where did u install it from.. Cannot find it in playstore store nor Samsung stire
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I went into samsung gear app/samsung Galaxy apps/searched for flaunt, installed and it should sync to widgets on your s3 gear, hope this helps?
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lyall29 said:
thanks, this does seem to be the only way to make the aod brighter.
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if you guys trying fix all the lil things like brightness and touch and sound go settings_gear info_about device_software version when you infront of this click 5x and that will bring up dialer on there then just press *#0*# from here you can mess with brightness and all sorts of stuff if you figure wat *#0011# will help me out been trying bunch old codes from my s3 s5 days alot work on this lil thing and also if anyone figures out how too turn on dev mode cuz of thizzz pm me thanks....
Is there any way to quickly set the phone to do not disturb, switch the wake up gesture to off? I like the sleep tracking feature of the watch, but I hate getting alerts in the middle of the night, or when my watch keeps waking up. It would be nice to have a single switch or those controls on one screen to put the watch in sleep mode basically.
I use quiet hours... Don't know if such app exists ...
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There is an app in the Galaxy Apps called Theater Mode. it is a widget. one tap and the screen goes very dim and is muted. it cannot turn off the AOD (Gear won't allow it). You can also set a schedule for Do Not Disturb (settings > device > do not disturb) so it turns on/off automatically on your schedule...
Can't you swipe down from the top and hit do not disturb?
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Can't you swipe down from the top and hit do not disturb?
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yes, you can. and you can also set it to a schedule so you don't even have to swipe down and select it twice a day...
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yes, you can. and you can also set it to a schedule so you don't even have to swipe down and select it twice a day...
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How do you set the schedule?
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How do you set the schedule?
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go to settings > device > do not disturb; from there select "turn on as scheduled" and then go down to "days" "start time" and "end time" to set your schedule.
wasn't aware of scheduling feature, so i'll look at that. The other issue with sleeping with the watch on is the screen lighting up. I have to also go in and turn off the auto wake up gesture, but even that doesn't prevent the bezel from turning and lighting up the screen.
So I can manually mitigate most of these issues, but it's several manual steps every night, then again every morning. Just seems like a small fix that could make it a much more convenient thing to use.
Silly but useful solution: I wear a wrist sweatband over it at night. I don't even notice it and it saves me an elbow jab from my wife in the middle of the night.
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wasn't aware of scheduling feature, so i'll look at that. The other issue with sleeping with the watch on is the screen lighting up. I have to also go in and turn off the auto wake up gesture, but even that doesn't prevent the bezel from turning and lighting up the screen.
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I use the Theater mode app (very dim screen) and turn AOD off... if the screen does happen to come on during the night due to bezel movement, it is not even noticable (at least for my wife and me!)
Theater Mode is great but does that also Mute the S3? If so it is not a solution for people, like me, that use the watch as an alarm clock.
I'm just wondering what everybody thinks of the "Frequent Syncing" setting in Samsung Health. For anybody that doesn't know what that is, basically it uses more battery to ensure your step count is always up to date and matching accurately between your watch and phone. The description specifically tells you that it uses more battery which is important to note because that means it's significant enough to notice.
Frequent Syncing is on by default. To Toggle it on/off, Launch the Samsung Health app on your PHONE (Cannot be edited on watch). Tap on your steps to bring up the Steps breakdown menu. Tap the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner, and then tap the Frequent Syncing option. There you'll be able to change it and see a description of it.
Back to my original question, is that battery drain negligible and does anybody have an estimate as to how much drain the Frequent Syncing actually is responsible for?
dont even have this option there maybe becouse iam blocking sensor acces for samsung health couse this stupid app count steps even when iam watching some memes : p.
my battery last +/- 3 days gesture to wake on and no aod and 2 days aod on gesture off
44mm standard watch
I also don't have that option on my Health App - and my sensor is not blocked. Strange !
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I also don't have that option on my Health App - and my sensor is not blocked. Strange !
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hmm do you have samsung phone i mean they cut out "contact us" for non samsung phone user in wear app so maybe they cut out some other options?
I have Poco.
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hmm do you have samsung phone i mean they cut out "contact us" for non samsung phone user in wear app so maybe they cut out some other options?
I have Poco.
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I've got a Samsung S20+
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I've got a Samsung S20+
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well thats quack up :/
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well thats quack up :/
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Maybe it's because I had to use the procedure in one of Dante's videos in order to get BP and ECG working on my watch.
These functions is disabled by default in my country - South Africa.
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Maybe it's because I had to use the procedure in one of Dante's videos in order to get BP and ECG working on my watch.
These functions is disabled by default in my country - South Africa.
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hmm idk but iam using it too becouse you know ekm poco : p
Same here, option is not available on a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Also, option is not there on my OnePlus 9 Pro!
I've had this turned off for a couple of days, haven't noticed any major difference other than maybe 1-2 hours of extra usage at max.
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dont even have this option there maybe becouse iam blocking sensor acces for samsung health couse this stupid app count steps even when iam watching some memes : p.
my battery last +/- 3 days gesture to wake on and no aod and 2 days aod on gesture off
44mm standard watch
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+/- 3 days is quite a lot I can say. What about other settings? I am with 46 mm lte (not using lte, I do not have eSim) and I can't reach full 48 hours, even with some battery management - Power saver, Airplane mode during I sleep, health measurements turned off.
I bought the watch 4 days ago and I am the second charge cycle yet.
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+/- 3 days is quite a lot I can say. What about other settings? I am with 46 mm lte (not using lte, I do not have eSim) and I can't reach full 48 hours, even with some battery management - Power saver, Airplane mode during I sleep, health measurements turned off.
I bought the watch 4 days ago and I am the second charge cycle yet.
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depends on usage i guess in my case without aod on but gesture to wake on, heart rate(10 min) notification on with screen turning on it can last about 3 days with aod set on brightness that i can see indoors not necessery in sunlight it last about 2 full days ;P
i have auto training detection off same for wifi and localization ;P and oxygen in sleep off too plus watch in that sleep mode over night
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depends on usage i guess in my case witchout aod on but gesture to wake on, heart rate(10 min) notification on with screen turning on it can last about 3 days with aod set on brightness that i can see indoors not necessery in sunlight it last about 2 full days ;P
i have auto training detection off same for wifi and localization ;P and oxygen in sleep off too plus watch in that sleep mode over night
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Of course it depends on usage.
Some questions:
1. Have you turned on gestures for answering/dismissing calls and alerts, because I have?
2. Power save mode - do you use it?
3. Regarding the notifications, you men you set it up to turn your screen when you receive notifications?
4. What about calls - do you have any calls on the watch in these 3 days?
5. What do you mean with "plus watch in that sleep mode over night"?
Thanks a lot!
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Of course it depends on usage.
Some questions:
1. Have you turned on gestures for answering/dismissing calls and alerts, because I have?
2. Power save mode - do you use it?
3. Regarding the notifications, you men you set it up to turn your screen when you receive notifications?
4. What about calls - do you have any calls on the watch in these 3 days?
5. What do you mean with "plus watch in that sleep mode over night"?
Thanks a lot!
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nope
nope
yes
no, i mean maybe 3 or 4 but short ones
that bed icon in quick setting iam forgeting the neme of it i set it up on 23-7
berni502 said:
nope
nope
yes
no, i mean maybe 3 or 4 but short ones
that bed icon in quick setting iam forgeting the neme of it i set it up on 23-7
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Ooookkay. That explains more or less these 3 days
evgeni.lalov said:
Ooookkay. That explains more or less these 3 days
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ussually 2 becouse i like to use it with aod but now they quack it up :/
Recently I have heard some feedback from people who update with the latest major update that there have been improvements in battery life. Any observations from anyone who has updated?
evgeni.lalov said:
Recently I have heard some feedback from people who update with the latest major update that there have been improvements in battery life. Any observations from anyone who has updated?
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i think it is worse or same ;P
berni502 said:
i think it is worse or same ;P
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I thought it's a bit worse as well. Also, some watchfaces (Skagen) I used started glitching.
First, sorry for the bad English. Then, I had a Gear S3 and when I disabled the Always on Display and gesture activation, the watch only turned off after the time set for the screen on. In GW4 this doesn't happen, the clock keeps turning off the screen when moving the arm, which is horrible. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks
ricma2011 said:
First, sorry for the bad English. Then, I had a Gear S3 and when I disabled the Always on Display and gesture activation, the watch only turned off after the time set for the screen on. In GW4 this doesn't happen, the clock keeps turning off the screen when moving the arm, which is horrible. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks
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doubt that this is a bug so i bet there is no fix for this
way more quacked up situation is when you turn aod on and then some quacking system digital clock/power saver messing up everything