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Sleep tracking?

Hi, I have an interesting issue with sleep tracking. S3 starts sleep tracking automatically. However after I wake up I usually sit down on the couch to have my cup of coffee and read news for an hour or so. I have noticed that my S3 detects this time as sleep and reports about it Is anybody having same experience? I know, this is not a big issue however...
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romualdp said:
Hi, I have an interesting issue with sleep tracking. S3 starts sleep tracking automatically. However after I wake up I usually sit down on the couch to have my cup of coffee and read news for an hour or so. I have noticed that my S3 detects this time as sleep and reports about it Is anybody having same experience? I know, this is not a big issue however...
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I had sort of the opposite experience. It apparently started automatically, but stopped when I got up at 5am for a, um, waste elimination event. I was back in bed within a minute or two, but didn't go right back to sleep. While I was laying there my watch displayed a notification with the number of hours slept (signaling the end of the sleep period, I guess).
This was my first night with the watch, though. Wondering if it needs to learn my patterns?
EDIT: So ... I have to modify my observations a bit. The number I got for sleep time was from the notification that appeared on the watch. When I went into the S Health app on my phone, though, it showed the correct duration, including periods of light vs. motionless sleeping. I've attached screen shots with each of the sleep periods highlighted.

Second hand delay in always on mode

Today i notice that the second hand in all watch faces are delayed some seconds from time to time. When you wake the watch you see the second hand jumping serval seconds forward. Any way to solve this?

Same problem here. Sometimes theres a delay of 10+minutes and i have just enough time to realise thats not the time before it catches up. Frustrating when i need to simply glance at the time. Also on the "tachymeter" watch face I use the stopwatch function, however the stopwatch starts then stops showing the time recording, showing 0:00.97 every time. If i press stop, it tells me the true time I was trying to measure, But sometimes I'd like to see how the time progresses, For example if I need to countdown something. Is my watch too full of crap? Do i need to delete files???

SHealth app stops tracking exercise completely when it auto-pauses

Since I got my Gear S3 last year I use it when I go hiking to track my workout. My chosen workout type is set to default to Hiking and all I usually did was tap on the green start arrow at the start of my hike and it would track it and auto-pause when I stopped for a rest. At teh end of teh hike I then had to select to end the recording. This was working fine but for past 3 weeks when ever I try it I find that it only recorded the first part of a hike (say 30- 50 mins) and then stopped. I'm assuming it's giving up when I pause for a rest but cannot be sure. It's most frustrating as it used to work well but now I can't trust it at all. Any suggestions?

MapMy Run also auto-pauses and will not resume tracking
Update: My problem as described above with SHealth has continued. Yesterday I downloaded and installed the new MapMyRun app for the Gear S3 as just released by Under Armour. Today I went on a hike in the mountains for 3 hours or so and decided to try out MapMy Run. I set it for hiking mode, started it up, and for first couple of hours it was working great. It looked really good (nice clear sharp display with lots of information) and I was well pleased with it, until it just stopped tracking after around 2 hours 20 mins. The display just stopped at the same time and distance travelled etc and stopped updating.
I tried pressing the Back button and the voice announcement offered to Pause tracking. As I did NOT want to pause tracking I clicked the Back button again, and it said it had resumed, but it stuck at same time and distance for the rest of my hike. So it seems that my problem as reported above with SHealth is somehow affecting all exercise tracking on my S3. It appears that at some point it just auto-pauses itself and will not resume again. This is very frustrating as tracking my hikes and other workouts was one of the main reasons why I bought this smartwatch but it is now just totally unreliable for this. Soooo frustrating!
If anyone can suggest any fixes I should try I'd really appreciate it.

guitareth said:
Update: My problem as described above with SHealth has continued. Yesterday I downloaded and installed the new MapMyRun app for the Gear S3 as just released by Under Armour. Today I went on a hike in the mountains for 3 hours or so and decided to try out MapMy Run. I set it for hiking mode, started it up, and for first couple of hours it was working great. It looked really good (nice clear sharp display with lots of information) and I was well pleased with it, until it just stopped tracking after around 2 hours 20 mins. The display just stopped at the same time and distance travelled etc and stopped updating.
I tried pressing the Back button and the voice announcement offered to Pause tracking. As I did NOT want to pause tracking I clicked the Back button again, and it said it had resumed, but it stuck at same time and distance for the rest of my hike. So it seems that my problem as reported above with SHealth is somehow affecting all exercise tracking on my S3. It appears that at some point it just auto-pauses itself and will not resume again. This is very frustrating as tracking my hikes and other workouts was one of the main reasons why I bought this smartwatch but it is now just totally unreliable for this. Soooo frustrating!
If anyone can suggest any fixes I should try I'd really appreciate it.
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Just to update on my own issues with MapMy Run app on the S3 locking up part way through a workout. Since installing latest version 1.1.3 of MapMy Run I tested the app on a 6 hours + hike on Friday and it worked great without locking up at all. It automatically paused and resumed whenever I stopped for a rest. I will test it again this coming Friday before being overly confident, but so far so good!

Screen repeatedly changes back to watch face when running

Whenever I'm running, my watch screen constantly reverts back to the watch face. For instance, if I'm trying to click into Music to change track or to S Health to view the time or distance, it'll change to that screen for about half a second and then instantly flick back to the watch face before I can actually see what I want to see. I can understand it reverting to watch face after a normal 30 second timeout but this is instant. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this?

You can try mapmyrun from under armour, it stayed on throughout my run (there is a setting in the app to keep screen on).

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Whenever I'm running, my watch screen constantly reverts back to the watch face. For instance, if I'm trying to click into Music to change track or to S Health to view the time or distance, it'll change to that screen for about half a second and then instantly flick back to the watch face before I can actually see what I want to see. I can understand it reverting to watch face after a normal 30 second timeout but this is instant. Is there any way to prevent it from doing this?
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try to switch off the "Movement Activation". Then if you want your screen to stay on all the time, install Flaunt. That's what I do when I'm exercising.

Help with Strava and HW2 please.

Currently using Strava to track my cycling and finding in general The HW2 works pretty well, especially how easy it syncs to my phone afterwards. Seems to track pretty accurately with my favourite walks and rides. I am having two problems that hopefully someone can help with;
1. Whilst cycling the ride pauses occasionally when I have not pressed pause on screen. Does one of the physical buttons pause the session? Am I catching the button when descending over bumpy sections or climbing out of the saddle. I have considered wearing the watch upside down, so the buttons don’t catch the back of my hand. Has anyone got any other ideas?
2. The distance on my watch displays distance in kilometres but I would like this to be in miles. Can this be changed and do I do this on the Strava on my watch or my phone?
Thanks in advance.

Percy247 said:
Currently using Strava to track my cycling and finding in general The HW2 works pretty well, especially how easy it syncs to my phone afterwards. Seems to track pretty accurately with my favourite walks and rides. I am having two problems that hopefully someone can help with;
1. Whilst cycling the ride pauses occasionally when I have not pressed pause on screen. Does one of the physical buttons pause the session? Am I catching the button when descending over bumpy sections or climbing out of the saddle. I have considered wearing the watch upside down, so the buttons don’t catch the back of my hand. Has anyone got any other ideas?
2. The distance on my watch displays distance in kilometres but I would like this to be in miles. Can this be changed and do I do this on the Strava on my watch or my phone?
Thanks in advance.
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i haven't used Strava, but may consider.
i use Map My Run - and that automatically pauses when it detects that I am NOT moving. So it could be a GPS signal thing. I would imagine to change the measure to miles, you could do that within the phone app (imperial).

Thanks for that. Found Strava settings in the app on the watch and changed units to imperial. Just discovered the bottom button on the watch pauses and resumes the work out. So it looks like I will have to wear the watch a bit looser or where it upside down. Not ideal but should work.