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[Q] One x and heart rate monitors via bluetooth

Hopefully someone knows more about bluetooth accessories than I do (which is next to nothing)
I mountain bike often and use the endomondo application. I was just curious if the one x is compatible with heart rate monitors such as this
http://us.store.endomondo.com/collections/frontpage/products/wahoobluehr
The one x is bluetooth 4 I believe , but what is a smart ready device?

Hi Aimetti,
A bit late reply but I found this thread with Google.
I've bought a Polar H7 bluetooth heart rate sensor to use with Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO on my HTC One X.
Unfortunatly the HTC One X/Android ICS is having a issue with bluetooth smart ready (Bluetooth 4.0).
>> HERE you can read more about it.
Hopefully a hotfix will come soon.

Another update, I've returned the Polar H7.
Now I bought this >> Zephyr heartrate sensor and it works great on my HTC One X.
You can also charge it with you pc and usb cable.
I use it with Runtastic app, Endomondo is great too but Runtastic has manual input options and is a bit easier in use as Endomondo to my opinion,
manual input I need as I use the app indoor for Cardio and weight lifting (Indoor it doesn't track distance and other measures).

Thanks alot !
been a while since i posted this and forgot about it lol. I will check that one out.
Thanks again

Continuous heart rate monitoring?

Does this watch support continuous heart rate monitoring during exercise or throughout the day? I have seen conflicting information regarding this feature, some saying that it works in S-Health and Nike+ and others saying you have to manually check each time you want a reading.

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ECdOc said:
Does this watch support continuous heart rate monitoring during exercise or throughout the day? I have seen conflicting information regarding this feature, some saying that it works in S-Health and Nike+ and others saying you have to manually check each time you want a reading.
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Looking for a response on this too. Went to the gym tonight and tried it out, found out I have to press the heart rate monitor to give it a test every time I wanted an update. Was hoping I could just look at the watch to know my current heart rate every time I wanted the info during cardio.

nickn0it said:
Looking for a response on this too. Went to the gym tonight and tried it out, found out I have to press the heart rate monitor to give it a test every time I wanted an update. Was hoping I could just look at the watch to know my current heart rate every time I wanted the info during cardio.
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Were you using any of the apps (S Health, Nike +)? I saw this thread about the older "s" watch that says they can do it. http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-gear-s/459764-continuous-heart-rate-monitoring.html
In S Health on Gear S, start an exercise and you will have the continuous heart rate displayed on screen. It records all the history and has nice chart for it all on the watch itself. If you have a compatible phone (Samsung's 2014 models), you can use S Health app on the phone to show the results as well. Older Samsung phones don't work though without hacking through hell to port the apps that currently are only available on new phones so far.
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I knew I couldn't be the only person with this question. You can see my question and answer to this person's review. At about 10 minutes in his YouTube video he shows some things that the watch does, that I could not get it to do. And he answers the question if it provides live continuous heart rate monitoring while you work out, and the answer is yes. I couldn't get it to do it. But I will try again later today.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UGXC8Npgedo
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Yes
Yes it has continuous heart rate monitoring. And there is an option to turn it off. I have it off during normal use. However, it always activates when I'm working out. It works pretty well I'm my opinion

Yes, go to shealth app on watch. Go to record exercise screen. Pick any icon does not matter just use hiking for you work out. Then set a time. It start recording continuous heart rate plus other stats. Then saves them to your shealth account for reference.

Confirmed.

first time try with new s2 watch and heart rate monitor performed horribly compared to polar chest band..it was as far off as 40 bpms...i am a fit 50 year old man but do have some vascular issues so i tried flipping watch on inside off wrist no luck...was using shealth app.. anyone with similar issues or ideas...thx

drewmc2007 said:
first time try with new s2 watch and heart rate monitor performed horribly compared to polar chest band..it was as far off as 40 bpms...i am a fit 50 year old man but do have some vascular issues so i tried flipping watch on inside off wrist no luck...was using shealth app.. anyone with similar issues or ideas...thx
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Could've been the sweating or maybe you had the watch too loose.
From my experience, the Heart Rate readings are pretty accurate and fairly consistent with my other devices.

TyrantCAT said:
Could've been the sweating or maybe you had the watch too loose.
From my experience, the Heart Rate readings are pretty accurate and fairly consistent with my other devices.
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also make sure that the watch is not sitting on your wrist bone (if there is such a thing) something you have to move the watch off of your bone.

drewmc2007 said:
first time try with new s2 watch and heart rate monitor performed horribly compared to polar chest band..it was as far off as 40 bpms...i am a fit 50 year old man but do have some vascular issues so i tried flipping watch on inside off wrist no luck...was using shealth app.. anyone with similar issues or ideas...thx
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I had a similar experience. I was wearing the S2 and a Polar chest strap at the same time. At times they were very close and at times they were VERY far apart. I believe this issue could be the sampling rate of the S2 and that it is not picking up on changes as fast as the chest strap. Does anyone know the frequency of readings in "continuous" mode and how to make it more often?

Does anyone know if it's possible to remotely monitor someones heart rate? For example, a lot of people are dying from heroin overdose these days, So I was wondering, if the user was cool with it, I could see his heart rate somehow from his watch while sleeping? Not in the same house.

Attention Samsung, these are our TOP complaints!

Who knows, they might find this thread and act
To kick it off:
1) Heart rate sensor is more miss than hit. I see a lot of 'clean the sensor and move it backward' messages. Nonsense of course, it should just work.
2) Floor count is totally 1000% off. Today I climbed well over 20 stairs (3-4 meter stairs) and the S3 indicates a glorious total of 3. Yes THREE Samsung, 3.
3) Altitude meter tells me I live 16 meters below sea level. I live in Amsterdam which is 3 meters below (really). But it gets better. During my yesterday's run it registered an elevation of -112 meter.
4) Messages from the phone do not always arrive on the S3. Maybe aliens interfere but that's unlikely so Samsung, please fix this. nr 1 missed is GMail, then Whatsapp.
5) This is not a bug but I would really like to see an option to permanently disable this watch as a Bluetooth device to take phone calls. I have my car for that, or my phone. Not the stupid watch.
OK, over to you guys, bring it on!

For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...

veletron said:
For your point 5, I think you can do this in the bluetooth settings for the watch on the phone - just turn off 'call audio'. NB: I have not tried this...
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If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.

blackspp said:
If it worked... But it keeps switching back on, also after a soft and full reset.
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I was able to get it to stick permanently by repairing my car bluetooth and setting it to Phone Calls while having the watch disabled.

I'll try it again tomorrow, who knows!

Spotify
Advertising Spotify compatibility when as of right now, there is not.

Wrist gestures like in Android Wear

I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???

Regarding #4: are you using AOD? If not, try using AOD and see if your notifications are more consistent.

PLS give me options for Google maps directions. I need nothing more than the direction arrows on the watch. No map needed. Anyway screen is too small for that. Just xxx meter +arrow
But I am super happy with the rest (off topic)
edit. I have found possible solution for the nav arrows Directions gears s2, which works with google maps.
Both on Phone and on gear an app is needed.

odyseus said:
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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Tried both ways, Calibrate known height and altimeter.
Googling this there are loads of S2 complaints regarding this, I guess this is not much improved.

most people complaining about altimeter don't know how a barometer works
also the best altimeter based on atmosferic pressure must be calibrated every time is possible to give good results
when the weather change a variation in pressure can be of 3-5 Hpa in 30 minutes and on altimeter more than 50m
weather change is a storm but also a fairy wind
when s3 measure a floor it register a .3 Hpa variation that must be in 5 to 20 sec
also a slap on the watch can be seen as a floor and the immersion in 50 cm of water can be 10 floors and also a shower and a storm
after a shower o a swimming pool the barometer is out of order for hours
samsung is most of times a good tech but can't do miracles
sorry for english
hallo
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odyseus said:
I always thought that you had to calibrate the altimeter at sea level???
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It is a good thing to do. However it's based on barometric pressure so really doesn't matter that much. The key is to do it near something you know has a known elevation that way you know if it's correct. Like a sign in a national park or something that tells you, "you are at such and such El. ..."
BTW, a lot of you take things too seriously on this device. It's a watch, as long as the time is accurate all else are fun gimmicky gadgets for your wrist. If serious accuracy of data is important to you, buy the right tool for the job. It's like owning a repair business and trying to run it using a Leatherman tool.

Well, I live in Amsterdam, pressure has been 1027 hpa all day, we're at 3m below sea-level but the watch is all over the place and I've calibrated it like 209 times. Hasn't been wet, smacked, dropped. It's a watch with a barometer that's not too good.

blackspp said:
OK, over to you guys, bring it on!
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1. hair, tattoo, excessive sweat, a large band can and will interfere with HR
2. floors / stairs / floors / stairs / verdieping / trap (used GT for dutch) -- or maybe you're trying to tell something else because 20 stairs are relatively close to 3 floors
3. atmospheric pressure is pretty unstable even at known sea levels and when is taken into account for altitude can be messy
4. I don't know, it never happened to me but it could be an issue I suppose
5. connections, disconnect BT

20 floors, some 60.meters.

When wanting to look at widgets from the clock face the bezel it turned clockwise - but the display animation rotates anti clockwise
The opposite is true to see notifications.
This just seems wrong to me and I often turn the bezel the wrong way.
I cant see Samsung changing the default behavior and I am starting to get used to it but an option to make it work 'correctly for my head' would be nice.

Hey guys, I did a full test of the gear s3 heart rate against my chest strap and Apple Watch 2 Nike. I did indoor running and indoor biking for three days. My findings are that it's almost perfect, with 2 or 3 bpms difference with my chest strap. This difference is not always, some most of the time gear s3 was matching my chest strap. The Apple Watch was good too.
Method: chest strap + wahoo iPhone app. Gear s3 below my wrist ( this is key, when you find the sweet spot, it's super accurate) + s-health on iPhone. Apple Watch + workouts app.
Let me know your findings!

Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
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Techvir said:
Is the step count accurate and for everyone. For me I think it counts too many...,
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It does.
It should only count arm movements combined with forward motion but it also incidentally counts just arm movements. Plus, this morning, it showed 54 steps when I picked it up from the drawer. Obviously it should have been zero.
Than again, on a full day it's pretty good, about the same as my Pebble Time Steel (which I compared it with over the weekend).

Which one to choose? B09 or BX9

Hey guys, I've finally decided to buy Huawei watch 2 (Hard choice between LG watch sport and Misfit vapor).
in my country there's only HW2 sport in store and no classic version
So I want to ask you which variation, BX9 or B09, is the better one to choose? is there any difference?
does any of them support simcard?
I want the English version and the one which gets better updates and support(if the updates are different!!)

Kianush said:
Hey guys, I've finally decided to buy Huawei watch 2 (Hard choice between LG watch sport and Misfit vapor).
in my country there's only HW2 sport in store and no classic version
So I want to ask you which variation, BX9 or B09, is the better one to choose? is there any difference?
does any of them support simcard?
I want the English version and the one which gets better updates and support(if the updates are different!!)
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Don't buy any HW2. I have HW2 sport and I'll be happy when I sell this.
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strekib said:
Don't buy any HW2. I have HW2 sport and I'll be happy when I sell this.
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Would you explain you reasons? Or give me other options? Thanks

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Would you explain you reasons? Or give me other options? Thanks
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App by Huawei to making sport report is fine but not have export to others like Endomondo and other. Only Google fit but with trouble. Endomondo you can install but heart rate is not good. GPS on sport app on about 2 minutes. Google maps not navigate without phone but I have version with SIM and data connection. Horrible. It's Google wear 2. Mass storage not exist in wear 2. Music I must sync by Google music via WiFi but very slowly. Memory optimalizition of task is very bad. Every week I must watch restart, because not usable. Watch going to slow and slow. I have TomTom runner 2 and I prefer this for sport activities. Better statistic, better GPS, absolutely not problematic export of data. Swimming not problem for Tomtom. Watch 2 after 10km run have from 95% to 20%. GPS, data ,Bluetooth music on. One thing is fine - notification.
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strekib said:
App by Huawei to making sport report is fine but not have export to others like Endomondo and other. Only Google fit but with trouble. Endomondo you can install but heart rate is not good. GPS on sport app on about 2 minutes. Google maps not navigate without phone but I have version with SIM and data connection. Horrible. It's Google wear 2. Mass storage not exist in wear 2. Music I must sync by Google music via WiFi but very slowly. Memory optimalizition of task is very bad. Every week I must watch restart, because not usable. Watch going to slow and slow. I have TomTom runner 2 and I prefer this for sport activities. Better statistic, better GPS, absolutely not problematic export of data. Swimming not problem for Tomtom. Watch 2 after 10km run have from 95% to 20%. GPS, data ,Bluetooth music on. One thing is fine - notification.
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Hmm, thabks for your into
I absolutly love android wear 2 so I cant go for other devices, I also need gps thats why I decided not to buy Vapor(not released yet!) and also watch sport has low battery and if bands get damaged its useless! So only option for now is hw2. i have seen many good reviews its a shame that gps lag on this device as you say... I will wait a little longer then...

Kianush said:
Hmm, thabks for your into
I absolutly love android wear 2 so I cant go for other devices, I also need gps thats why I decided not to buy Vapor(not released yet!) and also watch sport has low battery and if bands get damaged its useless! So only option for now is hw2. i have seen many good reviews its a shame that gps lag on this device as you say... I will wait a little longer then...
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I hope that update watch 2 will made more usable. Full memory and lag of device is worst thing.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on your points. The hw2 classic is spot on with the heart rate monitor. I use it for runs and the gym and it is pretty accurate. The GPS works well and so do the third party apps. Runtastic works well, Strava works well, Endomondo works just fine, Huawei app is really good, and Google fit is good. It's all about your flavor of exercise app. As far as storage, most aw watches lack decent storage. And this watch is blazing fast and lasts two days on a single charge. Seems like you got a bad one. I love this watch so much more than the Moto 360 I had before.

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I'm going to have to disagree with you on your points. The hw2 classic is spot on with the heart rate monitor. I use it for runs and the gym and it is pretty accurate. The GPS works well and so do the third party apps. Runtastic works well, Strava works well, Endomondo works just fine, Huawei app is really good, and Google fit is good. It's all about your flavor of exercise app. As far as storage, most aw watches lack decent storage. And this watch is blazing fast and lasts two days on a single charge. Seems like you got a bad one. I love this watch so much more than the Moto 360 I had before.
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Thanks for the info!
I finally ordered HW2 b09 which is wifi only, I wanted to ask you what features will I lose if I leave the phone behind? Because I wont be getting 4g (for example I know that google maps wont work wothout it)

Kianush said:
Thanks for the info!
I finally ordered HW2 b09 which is wifi only, I wanted to ask you what features will I lose if I leave the phone behind? Because I wont be getting 4g (for example I know that google maps wont work wothout it)
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You would be losing access to anything that requires a dedicated internet connection like play music streaming, Spotify streaming, and such. Anything that doesn't need immediate internet is fine.

I use SIM version primary like wearing mobile. When I go to Pub, forest, sport I prefer my watch with duplicated sim card. Without any problem except for battery.
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Hello!
I'm a runner. Because of my job, I need to be available on phone calls. So I decided to try and buy a smart watch.
Is there any smart watch in 2017 with battery life about 5 hours when using the SIM card and GPS turn on (for a single marathon)? I would like to use the Endomondo application. Can anyone help me with the advice?
Thank you!

mercyANDjustice said:
Hello!
I'm a runner. Because of my job, I need to be available on phone calls. So I decided to try and buy a smart watch.
Is there any smart watch in 2017 with battery life about 5 hours when using the SIM card and GPS turn on (for a single marathon)? I would like to use the Endomondo application. Can anyone help me with the advice?
Thank you!
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are you asking your own question in a different question's topic? lol
well, to answer your I have to say my 3000mAh phone wont survive 5 hours on continues 4g usage, let alone a watch with with 400-600mAh battery!

mercyANDjustice said:
Hello!
I'm a runner. Because of my job, I need to be available on phone calls. So I decided to try and buy a smart watch.
Is there any smart watch in 2017 with battery life about 5 hours when using the SIM card and GPS turn on (for a single marathon)? I would like to use the Endomondo application. Can anyone help me with the advice?
Thank you!
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Probably the only watch that would maybe work for you, would be the Samsung Gear S3. Android Wear watches don't come close to the Gear S3's battery life. Only other option would be using an iPhone and the Apple watch. It would probably last the 5 hours.
Let's be clear, you wouldn't be able to talk continuously or stream music for 5 hours. But having GPS on and maybe a very short phone call should be ok. I believe the battery life on the Apple watch is 2 hours of continuous talk time.

step counting accuracy is horrible unless I have a bad model. Count steps and compare to my xioami... it counts double steps!!!
When I disable Huawie apps, step couting in Google fit is fine but then heart rate is broken. This is after latest update!!!!

Heart rate monitoring during activity

Hi,
I have had the Gear Sport for a few weeks and while I miss the battery life of my Pebble Time Steel and the app selection of an android wear watch, overall I am pretty happy with it apart from one thing. I bought it as a present to myself to get a bit of inspiration to be more active, mainly running and cycling. Spotify offline and GPS tracking works very well, but I wish I could say the same about heart rate monitoring. It monitors the heart rate OK when I am not active, even if it skips some of the measurements when set at 10 minute interval, but it tolerable. However, when I am running or cycling - apart for some jumps up, or down, the trend is normally just a flat line. I have tried tight strap, loose strap, re-position, inside wrist, etc, but to no avail. I have managed to track HR as it should for one run when I actively used the HR widget (while under running activity) and by that kind of forced (turning off and on a few times) the watch to track HR. Not very practical though.. I can see from the flashing IR that it is continuously trying to measure HR during activity, so apparently there is no hardware faults with my watch. For info I have also tried factory resetting the watch.
I know that wrist HR monitoring will never be accurate, but for a watch with Sport in the name I did expect better than this. Is this just one of the drawbacks with this watch, or do I have a faulty watch and should return it? Experience from other users would be highly appreciated.
Steinar

For info - I gave up this watch due to the above mentioned issues and returned it in favour of a Polar M600.
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dust40 said:
For info - I gave up this watch due to the above mentioned issues and returned it in favour of a Polar M600.
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Here the heart rate monitoring works ok during my gym time.

Same problem too.. I was wondering if it is a defective unit..

After month i have to say that i have no problem with mine at all.

I have had the same problem. I have tried everything like you have. Worn it tighter, looser, other wrist, other side, ect. It is completely unreliable as a fitness monitor. For something that is at a premium price, and supposed to work underwater, I am appalled that it cannot handle a basic workout without going blank. I was hoping for a patch or update but even today I am seeing the same issues. I cannot recommend this to anybody and will be jumping ship to a different brand as soon as I get another chunk of money saved up.
One thing that helped slightly during daily use was the continuous heat monitor setting.

the gear sport is a piece of **** !

Sharing Experience of your smart watch
When i was going to buy smart watch, i was not sure that it is good or not. But after buying it, its help me to manage many things. That was my first smartwatch. . It came with a small box with a watch, charging cable, and a user manual. The build quality and the touch response is amazing. Talking about the display, the display size is good with awesome screen quality. It's a phone in the size of the smartwatch. It can do all basics tasks like a smartphone. It has a sim card slot for calling, plus it also has a front camera for capturing pictures. All the pictures and music can be stored in the memory card. In addition to that, it can play songs on its inbuilt speaker.