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Can I access GPS location from phone over bluetooth (ex: like a Garmin)?

Hey guys,
Ok...a bit of a unique question here, and I'm praying the answer is yes . So, I have a new DSLR camera and want to geotag photos. I've been doing that for some time with my previous point-and-shoot, and this DSLR (the D300S) has a GPS interface built-in. I can go buy a GPS module and plug it into the port on the camera, but I found a couple of sites selling Bluetooth interfaces for the camera. These interfaces just pair with whatever GPS device that is nearby and receive coordinates (usually, the device is something like a Bluetooth-capable Garmin, etc.). Can I pair it with my phone and (I assume running a piece of software someone here hopefully has undertaken to write) transmit GPS info over Bluetooth? This would be awesome for a couple of reasons...
1) Don't have to buy a GPS unit
2) Don't have to carry around an extra device (phone+camera, not phone+camera+gps)
3) Since the phone uses A-GPS, the lock would be much quicker than with a standard GPS unit (at least I would assume).
Any help or pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated guys. Thanks!
Austin519

GPSGate Sounds Like The Answer
A third-party product: http://gpsgate.com/index.php?id=73
I use this to route the GPS signal from the phone to my netbook which runs a variety of aviation moving-map displays, also Google Earth. On the ground, with the netbook tethered, I can even use Google Earth satellite view. Works well.
It is not a primary solution since the Tilt flies through battery life with the GPS on, but it is a decent backup solution. For my primary solution, I use a Garmin GPS 10, a small WAAS-capable 3"x1/2"x1.5". The Garmin lasts 6-8 hours on a charge and provides much more accurate altitude readings (fairly important in flying).

Hello,
Please have a look on this thread, i think it will help you also: Internal GPS sharing over bluetooth
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605978

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can't believe this was so easy, and I really appreciate you both responding so quickly. It works like a champ, and now with this program, plus this:
http://www.foolography.com/products/unleashed/
for my D300S, I have a GPS unit always on me (my phone), wireless, without having to buy an additional GPS unit. Awesome!
Austin519

Bluetooth heart rate monitors

Hello all, I have just updated my GS3 to Android 4.3 stock and was looking to purchase a bluetooth heart rate monitor to use with runkeeper or endomondo.
I have read a lot of articles about the issues of android bluetooth 2.0 and the upgrade to 4.3 giving the GS3 SMART/Bluetooth 4.0 support. As this update has not long been out for Vodafone UK (I am not sure of the rollout times for other devices) I am struggling to find anyone who can confirm if any of the 4.0 HRMs actually work with the stock ROM and these devices.
I was looking at getting the Kyto device or a polar H7?
Thanks for the help.

I can confirm that stock 4.3 works fine with Polar H6. i've used Runsastic Pro and Polar Beat. Tried Endomondo quickly and it didn't find HR.
PM if you want Polar Beat apk. Nice app.

In my opinion, the Polar Wearlink+ Bluetooth (Classic) heart rate monitor provides live heart rate on your Android using your Digifit app. The soft fabric chest strap seamlessly adapts to your body shape, bringing full freedom of movement to your training. Use it with Digifit to run, bike, Spin, walk, or do any other cardio exercise and track the metrics that are important to you.

One and heart rate monitor belt Polar H7

So I bought the Polar H7 heart rate monitor belt. It transmits both on 5kHz and also BT 4/BT Smart/BLE. I tried to check beforehand if it was compatible, which was not easy as HTC does not say that One is BT Smart Ready (that is the term for a phone) and the accessory shall be BT Smart compatible. So this post is just to bring the good news and to say I got it to work
OK, it is not so difficult as both Polar H7 and One is listed on BT's official site. Then I guess it should be straightforward..
However the app Polar Beat which goes together with H7 is not compatible with One, I tried to install it, but it is not possible to get it to work. So then what?
You use another app as iCardio, Runtastic pro or Endomondo, Endomondo which just today got support for Bluetooth Smart.
This works OK. However for stationary training Runtastic will not calculate kcals, so using iCardio or Endomondo should be the solution. I have not tried either of the last two yet.
Edit: I tried Runtastic Pro, iCardio and Endomondo at the Gym, 1 hr 20 min of Circle training not too hard intensity, I got 1055 kcal burnt with Endomondo which seems very high.
With iCardio app I got 724 kcals burnt which seems more reasonably. Probably high too, but at least more likely.
So I guess to soon to be impressed by Endomondo's new support for BT Smart
The blocking of Polar Beat seems to me to be because of commercial partnering between Apple and Polar, and possibly Samsung.
I have even called Polar headquarter in Finland to get an answer, but they will not say anything.
Some places it says that Samsung S4 and S3 is beta testing for android, I do not know. Of course, it is possible.
Anyway the belt works with different android apps, but I miss the Polar Beat app which seems a little more refined and advanced.
I would think Polar would want to sell the belt H7 to as many customers as possible, but I guess they are comitted to Apple and possibly Samsung.
As the belt both communicates with 5kHz and BLE it will show your pulse on training equipment displays in the gym and also on a Polar BLE compatible monitor as RCX5 or another.

I understand your frustration.
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So I bought the Polar H7 heart rate monitor belt. It transmits both on 5kHz and also BT 4/BT Smart/BLE. I tried to check beforehand if it was compatible, which was not easy as HTC does not say that One is BT Smart Ready (that is the term for a phone) and the accessory shall be BT Smart compatible. So this post is just to bring the good news and to say I got it to work
OK, it is not so difficult as both Polar H7 and One is listed on BT's official site. Then I guess it should be straightforward..
However the app Polar Beat which goes together with H7 is not compatible with One, I tried to install it, but it is not possible to get it to work. So then what?
You use another app as iCardio, Runtastic pro or Endomondo, Endomondo which just today got support for Bluetooth Smart.
This works OK. However for stationary training Runtastic will not calculate kcals, so using iCardio or Endomondo should be the solution. I have not tried either of the last two yet.
Edit: I tried Runtastic Pro, iCardio and Endomondo at the Gym, 1 hr 20 min of Circle training not too hard intensity, I got 1055 kcal burnt with Endomondo which seems very high.
With iCardio app I got 724 kcals burnt which seems more reasonably. Probably high too, but at least more likely.
So I guess to soon to be impressed by Endomondo's new support for BT Smart
The blocking of Polar Beat seems to me to be because of commercial partnering between Apple and Polar, and possibly Samsung.
I have even called Polar headquarter in Finland to get an answer, but they will not say anything.
Some places it says that Samsung S4 and S3 is beta testing for android, I do not know. Of course, it is possible.
Anyway the belt works with different android apps, but I miss the Polar Beat app which seems a little more refined and advanced.
I would think Polar would want to sell the belt H7 to as many customers as possible, but I guess they are comitted to Apple and possibly Samsung.
As the belt both communicates with 5kHz and BLE it will show your pulse on training equipment displays in the gym and also on a Polar BLE compatible monitor as RCX5 or another.
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I am in the same boat and I used to use Runkeeper to track my runs and i loved it. But it doesn't support this feature and after inquiring with their help team it seems as though they have no intention of supporting it any time in the NEAR future if at all. I have since moved over to Map My Run and Map My Fitness, they can log indoor activities and pair VERY easily with the Polar H7. It's not a perfect situation but I hope that helps you until everyone else catches up with the curve.

Yes, like you, I manage , but I hoped Polar would make it possible to use One with Polar Beat.
Or that it will be other good apps to use.
At the moment I use several, but am not happy with any one.
I have used several apps, among them iCardio which pairs easily.
I was surprised that Polar Beat have released an update April 29 and now it is possible to install the app on HTC One, M7 and probably lots of other mobiles with BT 4 /BLE.
Good news, I thought.
However, so far I am not able to pair and get the app showing heart rate.
I have used my One with H7 and 4 apps and never had any problems pairing.
I even used 3 or 4 at the same time to compare, and no problems.
So I hope Polar will fix the app in a coming update, or does anyone have a solution?.
Update : I fiddled around and finally managed to pair with both Beat and iCardio active and paired iCardio first. Then Beat found the H7 belt and heart rate worked and showed.
I will try out Beat now and see how things works.
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[Q] Polar hear reate monitor for Sony Z3C - which will be best?

Hi,
I have to buy Polar Hear Rate Monitor for Sony Z3C (Android 5.0.2 Lollipop). I will use this polar with endomodo app. There are two option:
1) Polar H7
2) Polar Wearlink
My question is: which polar will be full compatibile with my sony z3c and endomodo?
What are differences?
Maybe there is something better on the market?

Its works with Endomodo: http://www.polar.com/en/support/FAQ..._Compatibility?product_id=30454&category=faqs
I was using Polar WearLink on my Z1C, give me some times to try
Tested on Z3C and is working in 98%, it`s seams that connection is loosing every ~8s (see attached file) and then is back, i had this same issue on Z1C, Polar says that this is happen on phone with Bluetooth 3.0.
Try H7

H7 works without issues with Z3C. Works with Enomondo just fine.

I have wearlink and I had issues with it. After sending back and forward to repair (warranty) I got finally to the conclusion while discussing with service expert.
Wearlink is done for Bluetooth 2 (B2) and while Bluetooth 4 (B4) is backwards compatible polar sometimes doesn't work ok with B4.
So what happened/can happen: if not correctly disconnected wearlink can still be turned on until the battery is drained. To get wearlink unstuck it has to be reset by the service. Until it is reset it can't be found by any other Bluetooth device and once it is reset it again works perfectly. The reset is done by taking the battery out and shortcut the + and - pins inside.
With H7 (B4) there is no issue and the battery anyhow lasts longer.
What I currently do is always disconnect (turn off) the Bluetooth on the phone prior to taking the wearlink of the strap. In the last two months I had no issues.
Cheers, Matjaz
Sent from my Z3c

Do you have any reason to choose Polar?
I guess in HR belts most of the times the problems are in the band/connectors than in the sensors.
For 1/3rd of the price of the Polar you have Bluetooth HR Belts from Decathlon (I guess their brands are btwin or geonaute) and from Lidl (Brand is Medisana), you have a review here in spanish.
With Android and Bluetooth in terms of sports I guess it is something like trial and error. For example Suunto is trying to do an app to connect to their bluetooth Ambit 3 watch and they are having an hard time, with some brands of phones working others not...

There is garmin, That uses ANT+ protocol to comunication btw watch and HR monitor strap.
It happens that sony and samsung flagships, (z3 included) are capable to receive Ant+ signals.
So you could buy an garmin watch, or just its HR monitor.
Be aware that not all apps are ant+ compatible, endomondo is, but, for instance, runtastic is not

anyone knows if Garmin ant+ HR strap will work with Z3C?

I have had two garmin straps that worked great
Now I use a fitbit charge HR, (not as excact, but good enough for me) so I don't use them anymore.

RUNNING, BIKING, SWIMMING : MOTO 360 or SONY SMARTWATCH 3 ?

Hi everybody,
I would like to buy a smartwatch to prepare a marathon. First, I looked to sport watches but I found them very expensive. Moreover, I want to use this device as a casual gadget.
I use ENDOMONDO for more than one year on Android and i love this app. Moreover, and it's a good news, ENDOMONDO is available on Android Wear.
I'm looking for a smartwatch that allows me to go running, biking, swimming (not necessary), walking,... without my phone. I will synchronize my data using bluetooth when i will be back at home. Also, I don't want to spend more than 200$ in this smartwatch.
I really like the design of the MOTO 360, its price and its native compatibility to ENDOMONDO. However, MOTO 360 doesn't integrate a GPS chipset. In the other hand, SONY SMARTWATCH 3 has a GPS chipset inside but the design isn't as well as the MOTO 360 for a similar price.
Which one can you advice me ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Go with the sony watch. The battery and lack of water proofing on the 360 makes it not suitable for your needs.

LGSilva said:
Go with the sony watch. The battery and lack of water proofing on the 360 makes it not suitable for your needs.
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Tanks for your answer.
Moreover, can you confirm that I need to bring my phone everytime with moto 360 ?

Yes, you will need to have your phone along with you if you need gps tracking. The moto 360 have a compass and gyroscope but not gps built in.

Thanks for these details. I've just bought the Sony watch at a very good price. I have just to run now...

Curious why you were interested in those two and not something like Garmin devices?

Hi cliffr39,
I looked for Garmin or Pulsar but I found these devices expensive for my personal use. I preferred a smart watch that I can use either during my trainings and as a casual watch (I mean a gadget).
Moreover, I wanted a device easy and user friendly to follow my stats on my endomondo app.

Hi guys,
This message to let you know my smartwatch 3 does the job. I can run without my phone, it's pleasant. The GPS is also fine (5 min to find the good location).
Next step will be to get deezer on the smartwatch...