does anybody know how to calibrate the altimeter on the watch 2? it does work very precise tracking how many meters you ascent or descent while out and about, but knowing your excact altitude depends on barometric presure which is variable and needs calibrating. there is one standard watch face included called 'outside' on the watch which shows pressure and current altitude, but i cant seem to find a way to calibrate the altimeter. anybody any ideas?
glenner05 said:
does anybody know how to calibrate the altimeter on the watch 2? it does work very precise tracking how many meters you ascent or descent while out and about, but knowing your excact altitude depends on barometric presure which is variable and needs calibrating. there is one standard watch face included called 'outside' on the watch which shows pressure and current altitude, but i cant seem to find a way to calibrate the altimeter. anybody any ideas?
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Did you ever find a way? I'm at sea level and it tells me I'm -21m
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It's not that simple, and it's probably nothing that should be calibrated too. Giving you the altitude, based only on the barometic pressure (which is the sensor that the watch has), it's impossible. You need the local temperature too. Since the watch doesn't have a temp sensor, it relies on the temperature received from the internet to calculate the altitude. So, if the temperature is not accurate enough, it wil show you incorrect altitude "readings".
you can calibrate it by tapping the weather icon on Outdoor watch face ( see https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/faqs/detail/?id=154328&name=HUAWEI WATCH 2 ) .It has nothing (or very little) to do with temperature. Altitude can be directly estimated from pressure, the problem is that air pressure varies over time (cyclone, anticyclone...).
More to the point is how to calibrate the barometer. It reads way too low (by 9mb/hPa).
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Hey..
I think i have a Problem with my Xoom.
I installed the App Barometer HD from the Market. I start it and the pressure was always from 967-972 hPa.. but outside it has a pressure to 1020hPa (value of my Weatherstation)?
I think my Sensor was not really working? (Live in Switzerland)
deadlineone said:
Hey..
I think i have a Problem with my Xoom.
I installed the App Barometer HD from the Market. I start it and the pressure was always from 967-972 hPa.. but outside it has a pressure to 1020hPa (value of my Weatherstation)?
I think my Sensor was not really working? (Live in Switzerland)
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Mine works great. Did you try Weatherbug? It is the only other app i know that uses the barometer.
keitht said:
Mine works great. Did you try Weatherbug? It is the only other app i know that uses the barometer.
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Thanks.. But i found another app that show me the Barometer "Sensor List" it's also show me the same value
One time i tried the barometer app into a tunnel, i sitting in my train and then my value go over 970-990hPa, after then i think the sensor was working, but no that's crazy!
deadlineone said:
Thanks.. But i found another app that show me the Barometer "Sensor List" it's also show me the same value
One time i tried the barometer app into a tunnel, i sitting in my train and then my value go over 970-990hPa, after then i think the sensor was working, but no that's crazy!
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I think your barometer is working properly it's just that your station compensates for barometric pressure, perhaps already at sea level 0m. while your Xoom does this work automatically and then gives you the values of pressure that is lower than your actual altitude.
To verify this you can go to sea level on a clear day and see if you find the values of pressure around 1013hPa.
Hey,
Can anybody tell me what accelerometer counts are? I saw a chart showing a relationship between accelerometer counts and METs. I only get the X, Y and Z readings from the accel. What r counts/min?
IIRC, the accelerometer in the G1 was also a pedometer.
-Jobo
The accelerometer "counts" or "clicks" the graph is most likely referring to are the spikes observed in a graph of accelerometer values plotted over time.
Each "count" or "click" indicates a impulse i.e a quick small jerk.
The same principle is used in a pedometer i.e determine steps using clicks in accelerometer samples.
Hi Just wondering if there was a way to do a custom workout in s health then add to phone. Or is there a third party app that works on the watch to do this?
Or how do I get the ''otherworkout'' to at least record my heartrate
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Or how do I get the ''otherworkout'' to at least record my heartrate
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I too would like to know if this is a possibility. Seems like a pretty major oversight in my opinion.
I lift weights and the only s health workout i can find that doesn't pause constantly and still measures my heart rate is a treadmill workout. it doesn't use the gps feature, and records my real time heart rate. I left feedback for the same exact thing on the appstore for S Health.
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I lift weights and the only s health workout i can find that doesn't pause constantly and still measures my heart rate is a treadmill workout. it doesn't use the gps feature, and records my real time heart rate. I left feedback for the same exact thing on the appstore for S Health.
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Absolutely. There is a definite cardio benefit, when lifting at a high enough intensity, and it's generally a good visualization for me to see what my heart rate was doing when lifting, so I know if I need to turn it up, or if I'm where I want to be.
There needs to be a "General" or Weight Lifting" option, with the continuous HR monitoring.
Come on, Samsung.
I agree entirely, Samsung needs to add a general strength training or weight training option which also records heart-rate! It is cumbersome and impractical to have individual exercises for weight training not to mention lack of HR for those exercises.
Is there any solution to adjust the indicated Air Pressure? My watch is showing 5 hPa too low compared to real air pressure. I cant find any settings to manually calibrate it.
Can someone confirm that this is present on yours X5III? Wondering if this is by design or some fault.
I'm using barometer to log an altitude of my trips..
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Open app showing barometer data (preferably Phyphox), run pressure test.
Tapping or making pressure to middle part of the display makes pressure go peaking high and low. Like this:
Probably normal, you're changing the internal pressure when you do that.
Means the watertight seal still intact.
Fun fact: this water-tight seal, plus a barometric sensor, has been used by apps to simulate features like the side squeeze Pixels had from series 2 thru 3a.
I tried the same thing on my old X Compact and it does the same thing. Only the sensor on XC has a lot slower readout so it does not show so rapidly and sometimes it smooth it out. Well, need to be more soft on tapping while also recording altitude with barometet ) thx for replies