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Hey guys,
Anyone know of a good app to use for the Nexus 5 built in pedometer sensor? Highly overlooked, but if low powered enough, might be interesting alternative to the Fitbits of the world. What apps would you use?
-OA
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Moves (Play Store) - Updated 11/1 for Nexus 5 support.
Over Achiever said:
Hey guys,
Anyone know of a good app to use for the Nexus 5 built in pedometer sensor? Highly overlooked, but if low powered enough, might be interesting alternative to the Fitbits of the world. What apps would you use?
-OA
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hmm...i thought only android 4.4 was getting support for this feature. I do not think the Nexus 5 actually has this chip....
someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong. I hope I am wrong.
This is from the consumer website:
Step counting built-in
When you use fitness apps like Moves on Nexus 5, the phone acts as a pedometer to count steps. Android 4.4 and updated hardware make this a more battery-friendly way to measure your activity.
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From the dev website
Step Detector and Step Counter
Android 4.4 also adds platform support for two new composite sensors — step detector and step counter — that let your app track steps when the user is walking, running, or climbing stairs. These new sensors are implemented in hardware for low power consumption.
The step detector analyzes accelerometer input to recognize when the user has taken a step, then triggers an event with each step. The step counter tracks the total number of steps since the last device reboot and triggers an event with each change in the step count. Because the logic and sensor management is built into the platform and underlying hardware, you don't need to maintain your own detection algorithms in your app.
Step detector and counter sensors are available on Nexus 5, and we're working with our chipset partners to bring them to new devices as soon as possible.
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Over Achiever said:
This is from the consumer website:
From the dev website
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Well you mentioned one there, Moves. It's free, I am tryign it for a day in conjunction with my fitbit to see how they correlate
Over Achiever said:
Hey guys,
Anyone know of a good app to use for the Nexus 5 built in pedometer sensor? Highly overlooked, but if low powered enough, might be interesting alternative to the Fitbits of the world. What apps would you use?
-OA
(I can update this post with suggestions below)
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Moves: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.protogeo.moves
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vido.ardes said:
Well you mentioned one there, Moves. It's free, I am tryign it for a day in conjunction with my fitbit to see how they correlate
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Please post your results. I'm on the market for a FitBit force as well.
vido.ardes said:
I am trying it for a day in conjunction with my fitbit to see how they correlate
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Will this be with the Nexus 5? I'm interested to see if the step counter is accurate enough.
Also I wonder will this work with Google Now? They have a monthly step counter card.
Wouldn't it make sense for Google to incorporate this into an update to the My Tracks app?
jalanjkcarp said:
Wouldn't it make sense for Google to incorporate this into an update to the My Tracks app?
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Man that would be very cool; hopefully they do that!
Moves also tracks you via GPS, so it's going to still drain a lot of your battery. I'm waiting for another application to show up that incorporates this well, I don't really need the GPS part.
vido.ardes said:
Well you mentioned one there, Moves. It's free, I am tryign it for a day in conjunction with my fitbit to see how they correlate
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I would be very interested in what you find out!
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Moves crushed my battery, I uninstalled it after 1 day. Massive wakelocks
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I heard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runtastic.android.pedometer.lite should also work. Haven't tried it, yet.
Tried moves for 2 days, wasn't sure what was killing my battery, found out that was it. Uninstalled =(. Hoping they add support with Runkeeper!
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jalanjkcarp said:
Wouldn't it make sense for Google to incorporate this into an update to the My Tracks app?
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honestly when i first saw the news with the screen shot of moves i thought that was a google now feature
Moves kill the battery.. Use lots of gps.. I use the runstatic pedometer
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I'm pretty sure you can enable the activity summary card in Google Now and get counted steps.
laur3n.newm4n said:
I'm pretty sure you can enable the activity summary card in Google Now and get counted steps.
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How/where? I couldn't find it...
dagaetch said:
How/where? I couldn't find it...
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The wand in the middle (between the reminder finger and the three menu dots) lets you configure what shows up in Google Now. If you go into "Everything else" and say Yes to "Continue to get activity summary" I think it should start reporting it for you. Took me a while to re-find it, I was trying to find it in Settings.
laur3n.newm4n said:
The wand in the middle (between the reminder finger and the three menu dots) lets you configure what shows up in Google Now. If you go into "Everything else" and say Yes to "Continue to get activity summary" I think it should start reporting it for you. Took me a while to re-find it, I was trying to find it in Settings.
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Hmmm
everything else only has...from top down, weather updates for home, weather for work, temperature units, how do i commute, sports updates? how do i usually get around?.
seems more limited than the old phone's list of items.
*edit*
searched around found this..
This information isn't available unless you've turned on Location Reporting and Location History for at least one of your Android devices. If you've turned these on for more than one device, the Activity summary card reflects the one you used most often that month.
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which makes sense as to why i cant find that option
Can't find anything related to steps count in Google now
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But Runtastic looks good. will give a try for a week
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Unlike my previous androids, once you set your alarm, it tells you a quick count on how many hours left until it reaches the time you had set. On my S6, it doesnt say anything. Is there any app/fix on this? Im too lazy to count my sleeping hours.
Missing it too.
jhun80 said:
Unlike my previous androids, once you set your alarm, it tells you a quick count on how many hours left until it reaches the time you had set. On my S6, it doesnt say anything. Is there any app/fix on this? Im too lazy to count my sleeping hours.
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I have noticed this too and I actually enjoy It in stock android.
I will defently try and find some answers.
It does once you click save
trenzterra said:
It does once you click save
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No, he doesn't.
He just show you on which day the alarm will be
Mine does... It shows "alarm set for 11 hours 21 minutes from now"
trenzterra said:
Mine does... It shows "alarm set for 11 hours 21 minutes from now"
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mine too
jhun80 said:
Unlike my previous androids, once you set your alarm, it tells you a quick count on how many hours left until it reaches the time you had set. On my S6, it doesnt say anything. Is there any app/fix on this? Im too lazy to count my sleeping hours.
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As far as I know, new firmware builds adds this feature back. When I got my S6 I was also annoyed my this, but now after two updates it seems it has returned
schoolsux said:
As far as I know, new firmware builds adds this feature back. When I got my S6 I was also annoyed my this, but now after two updates it seems it has returned
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Ok, now i'm getting curious about what firmare you have: i'm with LRX22G; and neither this and previous version has this feature, and i'm missing it.
Now I'm wondering if there is any option to enable in settings...
I installed the google alarm clock, and that has this.
wolf230 said:
Ok, now i'm getting curious about what firmare you have: i'm with LRX22G; and neither this and previous version has this feature, and i'm missing it.
Now I'm wondering if there is any option to enable in settings...
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Whats the build after "LRX22G-xxxxxxxxx", I'm on OE3. If you are on OE3 and still doesn't have it, then its probably the custom rom dev. who added it to the software, but I doubt it
Just got my Samsung Gear s2 today and love it so far except for s health. I can't get anything to work. I've been walking all over the place and it's not registering any steps. When I do my heart rate it says try again and nothing registers. I've been researching this for a couple of hours now and I keep coming across something that talks about the s health manager and I have yest to find that. Is it something on my phone or on the watch itself.? What am I doing wrong?
What phone are you using? S Health features only work with Samsung phones.
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What phone are you using? S Health features only work with Samsung phones.
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That's not entirely correct. I'm using all of those features on a Huawei Mate 7 with no issues.
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That's not entirely correct. I'm using all of those features on a Huawei Mate 7 with no issues.
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Really? Well, that is good news for people who do not have a Samsung phone. I read it in a review of the GS2 and originally the S Health app was only available through the Samsung app store. I double checked and it is indeed now available in Google Play.
Thanks for this insight!
S Health
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
CarolDNC said:
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
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It doesn't track sleep like you are looking for. I'm guessing that may be coming in a future update.
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CarolDNC said:
I am using a Samsung mega. I finally got it to work. Well what I should say is I went back and did a factory reset and then it worked fine. Now if I can just figure out how to make the sleep quality part work. All it registers is how many hours I sleep (or don't sleep) and I have to put that in manually.
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The first one I had did the same thing yours did. I had to reset it to get steps and heart rate to work. I had lots of trouble with notifications on this watch as well and was having to reset it all the time. I took it back and swapped it and the second one has worked near perfect. I think it has only missed one notification so far and the other one was about 50/50. I would watch it close and return it if need be while you can.
Can anyone confirm if the beta version has the 'one touch to enable mobile data' thingy ?
You know how we have to click twice to enable mobile data, does that still exist in Oreo Beta ?
And Happy Holidays everyone
I can confirm that tapping the data icon toggles it without having to do su twice.
Omg how tricky and lengthy process it is. All the energy in the world is wasted in clicking 2 times.
Mate have not we become to lazy that 2 times clicking is tricking us. Come on get a life man
This double click to enable data is a thing of Nougat. So yeah, it should be one tap as per Oreo's behavior.
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Omg how tricky and lengthy process it is. All the energy in the world is wasted in clicking 2 times.
Mate have not we become to lazy that 2 times clicking is tricking us. Come on get a life man
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Dude,
Its a matter of convenience rather than 'being lazy' . I prefer it like this so i just asked whether the update has it or not that.
(Btw appreciate your concern towards the conservation of energy :good: )
MayanKKaushik said:
Omg how tricky and lengthy process it is. All the energy in the world is wasted in clicking 2 times.
Mate have not we become to lazy that 2 times clicking is tricking us. Come on get a life man
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its not really about being lazy. consider trying to toggle data while riding a bike(and i know its not recommended but there are times when such things need to be done) u need to take your sight off the road twice. does that sound safer than one click?
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its not really about being lazy. consider trying to toggle data while riding a bike(and i know its not recommended but there are times when such things need to be done) u need to take your sight off the road twice. does that sound safer than one click?
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I think that toggling data is less important than life. At road you can not risk yours and others life just for the sake of some messages no matter how much important are they. You can stop your bike or car to side n do whatever you want.
You should not be endorsing such thing at XDA mate
sachin273 said:
its not really about being lazy. consider trying to toggle data while riding a bike(and i know its not recommended but there are times when such things need to be done) u need to take your sight off the road twice. does that sound safer than one click?
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That was not what i was talking about, i would not recommend using your phone while driving, i would prefer to have that quick toggle when you are in a hurry to switch the data ON/OFF. Thats it
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I think that toggling data is less important than life. At road you can not risk yours and others life just for the sake of some messages no matter how much important are they. You can stop your bike or car to side n do whatever you want.
You should not be endorsing such thing at XDA mate
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That was not what i was talking about, i would not recommend using your phone while driving, i would prefer to have that quick toggle when you are in a hurry to switch the data ON/OFF. Thats it
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you are both very smart people i just gave an example where a quick toggle was good idea. there are certainly more occasions where it is handy. its just that the above was the first thing that came to my mind.
Since this went OT.
Two clicks increases entropy compared to one click. Which means with one click our universe will live little longer even if by ato second.
In short lazy people save universe
Now I understand how there are so many sh***ty interfaces.
rakenol said:
Can anyone confirm if the beta version has the 'one touch to enable mobile data' thingy ?
You know how we have to click twice to enable mobile data, does that still exist in Oreo Beta ?
And Happy Holidays everyone
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In 7.12.27 the latest oreo build you can toggle mobile data just with 1 click on notification bar.
PS: happy holidays
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MayanKKaushik said:
Omg how tricky and lengthy process it is. All the energy in the world is wasted in clicking 2 times.
Mate have not we become to lazy that 2 times clicking is tricking us. Come on get a life man
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Don't be a smart a*s. Just answer the question or call a moderator to clean the thread if you think it's irrelevant or the thread already exist.
has the audio hissing been solved? somebody please answer this!
Just an FYI Huawei Health and Huawei Wear haven't been updated to work with the first developer preview of Android P. Both apps keep crashing. If anything changes I'll advise here.
I have been struggling with the same issue, is there any other application that can sync the data from watch to phone, like sleeping analysis ?
That's a bummer, I don't plan to run the DP until Google I/O so hopefully huawei addresses this fast. Hope you sent a bug report ?
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I have been struggling with the same issue, is there any other application that can sync the data from watch to phone, like sleeping analysis ?
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Nope. No huawei health data can sync without the phone apps. You'd be better off using google fit for steps, and sleep as android for sleep.
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That's a bummer, I don't plan to run the DP until Google I/O so hopefully huawei addresses this fast. Hope you sent a bug report ?
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Yeah I got a little too excited.... Whats the best way to send a bug report to huawei?
mrlb said:
Yeah I got a little too excited.... Whats the best way to send a bug report to huawei?
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Typically when an app crashes it will have a little pop-up to send feedback. I almost always just hit cancel, it's become second nature. Other than that I'm not sure how else to send a bug report to them...maybe on the huawei health play store page?
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Typically when an app crashes it will have a little pop-up to send feedback. I almost always just hit cancel, it's become second nature. Other than that I'm not sure how else to send a bug report to them...maybe on the huawei health play store page?
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Thanks! I always thought that went to Google but makes sense it would go to the developers. I have done this now. I really don't expect much movement on this for a while. Considering rolling back to Oreo.
mrlb said:
Thanks! I always thought that went to Google but makes sense it would go to the developers. I have done this now. I really don't expect much movement on this for a while. Considering rolling back to Oreo.
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Just be careful rolling back, think I read somewhere that you can't recert to a previous version anymore with pixels. I think it's because of security reasons, so they only allow you to update....I could very well be wrong, but check it out before flashing anything
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Just be careful rolling back, think I read somewhere that you can't recert to a previous version anymore with pixels. I think it's because of security reasons, so they only allow you to update....I could very well be wrong, but check it out before flashing anything
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Thanks Gators. I found a good article about downgrading. But I decided to stay with Android P for now. I have survived without Huawei Fit and Huawei Wear. Google Fit seems to be holding up alright
Good news. Today Huawei health was updated and no longer crashes.
However Huawei wear has not been updated yet and seems to get less updates. Last one was February. Hopefully they do an update soon.
mrlb said:
Good news. Today Huawei health was updated and no longer crashes.
However Huawei wear has not been updated yet and seems to get less updates. Last one was February. Hopefully they do an update soon.
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Thanks for the news! But still without Huawei wear update watch won't connect to health app right ?
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Thanks for the news! But still without Huawei wear update watch won't connect to health app right ?
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Correct. Only half of the problem is fixed. So now we are just waiting on the other half.
After Unlocking and re locking the bootloader, Android Pay will stil work?
Can anyone confirm if this works now after DP2 on phone and watch?
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Can anyone confirm if this works now after DP2 on phone and watch?
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The main Huawei phone app doesn't work for me on DP2. It doesn't crash like before but it does crash as soon as you try and pair the app on the phone with the watch.
Just try to connect to Huawei health app. It works for me!
AlexRAV1 said:
Just try to connect to Huawei health app. It works for me!
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Health data from the watch doesn't sync with the phone if the Huawei Wear app isn't installed on the watch unfortunately.
I wonder why it takes them so long to fix it.
Guys finally it works with Huawei health beta app!! You can add the watch from the health app, no need for Huawei wear app anymore.
EDIT: just search for "Huawei Health 8.0.2.317-wearBeta.apk" you should be able to download the apk and install it normally
Link?
Nevermind... https://download.dlapk.org/?apkid=com.huawei.health&ver=8.0.2.317-wearBeta&server=dennyssantos