I walked a 5K downtown with the Gear S2 3G in standalone mode, starting and stopping at the finish line, and the S Health summary screen says I only went 1.8mi, a little more than half of a 5K, 3.1mi. That's a tremendous error.
What's strange, though, is the map of my path is accurate, and if you use a tool like Google Earth to create a path roughly following this picture, you'll get about 3mi. The area is downtown Knoxville, if you're wanting to try it out. Race course map is also attached.
I don't see how it can draw the map correctly and then be unable to measure the distance of the line.
Yep...Gear S had same problem. Needs a better GPS tracker
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health activity disconnecting issue
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The problem with s2 is that , after a period of time, it disconnects from the phone. I'm talking about the s2 non 3g version, that from the official specs it doesn,t have GPS. The local store where i bought the watch it said that it has internal GPS, so that's why I bought this watch. Anyway, in health activty, like running, after a 6 km running, the s2 only showed me 5.5, because it disconnected a period of time from the phone. Why in the hell is disconnecting when you are in an sport activity, isn't this the main reason that you sell this watch, Samsung ? I am so pissed of of this, I will sell it if they do not fix it in an update. When you are running, cycling or any gps monitorised activity, the s2 SHOULD NOT DISCONNECT from the phone until you stop the sport activity ! If you know any fix about this problem, please share it ! Thanks !
I wrote a pretty long review of my similar experience. I saw your post before buying and decided to try it anyway. When I got to the end of my street, my Garming Forerunner said .40 miles and my watch said .20. This is using the AT&T version with the GPS. Pretty terrible.
Its a shame because it was really nice as a smart watch. I would really love to get a running watch that doubles as a smart watch. I can't justify the smart watch alone. Really putting hope into the Moto 360 Sport....
I am glad I found this thread. I purchased an S2 3G for the sole purpose of replacing my Moto 360 and using it as a standalone GPS running watch. I am 2 days away from reaching the end of the 14-day return window and had not yet used it on a run.
So after reading this thread, I immediately went for a run. I am glad I did. The watch is going back to T-Mobile tomorrow. I ran with the watch in standalone mode and with my phone so that I could compare the two.
According to my phone using Runkeeper, I ran 2.16 miles; the watch: 2.02 miles. Also the watch lost GPS signal after walking under a tree. I then compared the maps. Runkeeper had an accurate map of the entire run. S Health only tracked on the map something the equivalent of a quarter mile but yet showed 2.02 miles.
Thank you guys for bringing this to my attention.
Edit: I too hope great things for the Moto 360 Sport.
Xlegendxero said:
I am glad I found this thread. I purchased an S2 3G for the sole purpose of replacing my Moto 360 and using it as a standalone GPS running watch. I am 2 days away from reaching the end of the 14-day return window and had not yet used it on a run.
So after reading this thread, I immediately went for a run. I am glad I did. The watch is going back to T-Mobile tomorrow. I ran with the watch in standalone mode and with my phone so that I could compare the two.
According to my phone using Runkeeper, I ran 2.16 miles; the watch: 2.02 miles. Also the watch lost GPS signal after walking under a tree. I then compared the maps. Runkeeper had an accurate map of the entire run. S Health only tracked on the map something the equivalent of a quarter mile but yet showed 2.02 miles.
Thank you guys for bringing this to my attention.
Edit: I too hope great things for the Moto 360 Sport.
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If youre looking for a running watch, I ended up getting a Garmin Foreunner 230. Smart watch wise, it doesn't come close to the Gear S2, but is great for running. 10 hours with GPS active. I can even see what side of the road ran on during a past run.
You get Notifications, but can't respond to them. The screen isn't backlit either, but front lit. I don't see me liking the Moto 360 Sport better than this, but I figure I can return the Forerunner if the reviews are good for the Moto.
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I am a runner and I first tried Garmin Forerunner 235. Smartwatch features doesn't come close to Gear S2 but GPS worked perfectly and runner software features were great. My wife wanted me to be reachable when I run so I returned it and got gear s2 with great hopes. Unfortunately I didn't read these forums, there was one good review somewhere else and I got mine from t-mobile last weekend. However, gps is really bad. I believe some of the issues can be resolved with software updates but if the gps reception is bad, there won't be any remedy for that. I will try a few more days and return probably. I tried to attach the screenshots from a walk recorded with gear s2 nike+ and runkeeper on galaxy s4.
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I'm in the same boat. I talked about it more in the Nike+ thread, but my watch is currently at Samsung being diagnosed. I'm not hopeful that it will be fixed though, seeing that everyone else is having the same issue.
Has anyone compared the Moto Sport 360 GPS to the Gear S2 3G GPS?
Also, do we know anything about what type of GPS chips they both use? It doesn't look like iFixit has done a teardown on either device yet.
Lucent said:
I walked a 5K downtown with the Gear S2 3G in standalone mode, starting and stopping at the finish line, and the S Health summary screen says I only went 1.8mi, a little more than half of a 5K, 3.1mi. That's a tremendous error.
What's strange, though, is the map of my path is accurate, and if you use a tool like Google Earth to create a path roughly following this picture, you'll get about 3mi. The area is downtown Knoxville, if you're wanting to try it out. Race course map is also attached.
I don't see how it can draw the map correctly and then be unable to measure the distance of the line.
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Hello everyone.
I have a s2 3g gear and when I use the s-health of the clock to register my race training it does not record the route taken with the internal gps. Now if instead of opting for a race training I start a bicycle training the gear s2 makes the registration of the course from the beginning to the place of termination of the training on the map. Is there any way to make the s2 record the route taken in the race training? Or does my gear have a problem? Because that does not make any sense if it's the way that samsung programmed the app!
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The problem with s2 is that , after a period of time, it disconnects from the phone. I'm talking about the s2 non 3g version, that from the official specs it doesn,t have GPS. The local store where i bought the watch it said that it has internal GPS, so that's why I bought this watch in the first place. Anyway, in health activty, like running, after a 6 km running, the s2 only showed me 5.5, because it disconnected a period of time from the phone. Why in the hell is disconnecting when you are in an sport activity, isn't this the main reason that you sell this watch, Samsung ? I am so pissed of this, I will sell it if they do not fix it in an update. When you are running, cycling or any gps monitorised activity, the s2 SHOULD NOT DISCONNECT from the phone until you stop the sport activity ! If you know any fix to this problem, please share it ! Thanks !
P.S. Correct me if I am wrong, this is only a suposition !
Can the Samsung Gear S2 (T-Mobile) 3G be used as a Hotspot?
I was thinking in a pinch it would be nice to tether your tablet or Laptop to it...
Of course, I expect some software to be made to accomplish such a feat...
But given there are Tizen Smartphones who have Hotspot apps already written??...
How difficult might it be? I wonder what the Guys at XDA would do?
Why would you leave your phone while bringing the laptop or tablet? Your phone will be perfect as hotspot.
As hotspot Gear S2 battery will be drained very quickly.
I don't see this as a realistic or useful option.
Phone batteries die....nice to have options. I agree with shadow
just another option?
OnnoJ said:
Why would you leave your phone while bringing the laptop or tablet? Your phone will be perfect as hotspot.
As hotspot Gear S2 battery will be drained very quickly.
I don't see this as a realistic or useful option.
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I am more curious than something I would use on a constant basis?,
I was out and about the other day when in the park was a friend who lost his WiFi conection (Park Router went down)
All I had of my S2 in my walk around the park, I looked at the S2 and thought it would have been nice if it could just to brag that it could!.. Who else has a Hotspot on their wrist?
But as I said "In a Pinch?" it would do for an emergency Hotspot device!
I want to lose the smartphone - or at least move it to my wrist. Like many others, I have a Laptop PC, a tablet, a smartphone and bluetooth headsets. O, yes, and a heart pulse monitor chest strap (It is NOT a bra!). An Eco-system of things that, need to be programmed, configured, charged, connected and synched.
I would love to replace that with a combined PC tablet and a capable Smartwatch (and the headsets, of course).
Today, there is no-one to provide me with the components I need. The latest Smartwatches seem to be only lacking a little programming (HotSpot and fitness apps that synch across platforms) and battery capacity. Nearly there!
Want a smart watch but confused and upset about connectivity. I have a Samsung tab s 10.5 tablet and tried to pair a Samsung gear s with it but no way. Funny that Samsung would limit sales in such a way as to not include tablets bluetooth connections.
I am new at this and really not sure what or how to ask but I think I need a true wifi smart watch. The Samsung gear s claims wifi but you have to pair with one of their phones first which I find is impossible. I called Samsung tech and they were very vague on what will work with their smart watches.
Is there any smart watches that will connect with a tablet or just run pure wifi for internet without doing the phone pairing dance?
I am hooked up to Verizon but only prepay for tablets and I don't really want the smart watch using a service anyway,,,just a wifi connection or tablet connection that works.
I found several videos on the net on how to force my tablet to pair with the watch but they are far over my head with procedures like route the watch but I would be much to afraid I could brick the tablet.
Any advice or ideas would be welcome, thanks.
Was really hoping from some help here.
Brand new to the Watch, this could be an issue with iPhone or maybe it doesn't support it, but I jut got the gear s3 early, just while waiting for my new s8 plus to arrive in couple weeks, I set it up with the limited iPhone, but I was having bad problems connecting to the internet, it worked if I turned Bluetooth off and on and used wifi only. But one question does this Watch not just connect to my phone and then use the phones data like my Apple Watch did?
Or is this just limited due to iOS ? Downloading watch faces just gets stuck and goals all the time too, can't wait for my new s8, not complaining just interested on connectivity I expected it would use the data on the phone via Bluetooth. Maybe I just set it up wrong