I've had my Tab S (T700) since tax time earlier this year and I just found out (like 10 minutes ago) this thing has a heart rate monitor! Anyone else not know this?
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Er not it doesn't. Unless if you are using a third party app that uses the led flash and camera to read your heart rate.
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Hi! A question about the heart rate monitor. Its little red light seems to be always on if covered by something else, even if the phone screen is off and the S Health app is not open? That is, the light is on if the phone is sitting on a table, or in my pocket, or covered by my hand, etc. I'm concerned that this would negatively impact battery or somehow wake the phone up, but can find no settings related to the heart rate monitor. Is this how it should be?
My Note 4 is running Lollipop, and was factory reset after the update just two days ago. I don't recall how it was before, though, as I only just noticed.
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Hi! A question about the heart rate monitor. Its little red light seems to be always on if covered by something else, even if the phone screen is off and the S Health app is not open? That is, the light is on if the phone is sitting on a table, or in my pocket, or covered by my hand, etc. I'm concerned that this would negatively impact battery or somehow wake the phone up, but can find no settings related to the heart rate monitor. Is this how it should be?
My Note 4 is running Lollipop, and was factory reset after the update just two days ago. I don't recall how it was before, though, as I only just noticed.
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If you don't have Google Fit, it's a known bug according to sprint, they say they are sending a bug fix soon, but I don't see it happening for a few more weeks. In the meantime, I used my otterbox holster to stop the red light from continuously going on and off. If you have Google Fit, uninstall it until they come up with a bug fix.
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Was just about to ask this. Google fit is causing it? How interesting, are they going to support the heart rate monitor soon?
If you disable the activity tracking on Google Fit, then the problem will go away. It's a temporary solution for now. Or, you can uninstall Fit and restart your phone.
Fit is back on the play store for note 4 running lollipop. No more heart rate turning on by itself
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Hello everyone,
i am looking for an App that automaticly check my heart rate every 15 min. I have tested Heart Rate OS2 and Cinch. But the Program doesn't work. If i check the Heart rate manually the green lights on the watch are constant on and don't stop. The automatic doesn't work to. i am waiting for hours.
I am using the Huawei watch 1.4 and the Huawei P8 with Android 6.
Thank you for help and sorry for my bad english.
I experience the exact same thing. I even got HR OS2 working on a samsung gear 2 with AW running on it. Something is wrong with the HR sensor......
I had some issues with Heart Rate OS occasionally. I've been using Cinch and it's been great. Takes my heart rate hourly.
kimtyson said:
I had some issues with Heart Rate OS occasionally. I've been using Cinch and it's been great. Takes my heart rate hourly.
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So works accurately Walking, Jogging, Aerobics?
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So works accurately Walking, Jogging, Aerobics?
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Lol where not there yet. Its like me telling my watch "where are my key?" And it magically tells me. Some things will just have to wait. Its the limitations of current technology. We have smartwatches, that really in 5 years theyll be more simple than analog. In 5 years i can see a Bold future where phones not only dominate our life, but the world around us. IoT is going to really take off next year.
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for fun I played around with the HRM and started it without the LED facing anything. Only air. Why is my Watch showing a heartrate between 80-110 bpm ? There is absolut nothing to measure.
Is Huawei kidding us?
Please give a comment if you can confirm this behaviour.
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Lol mine does the same. Well **** that sucks lol my s7 edge actually starts measuring when it i put my finger on it it even vibrates to my heart rate. I can confirm it's legit.. but the Huawei watch giving us a reading in midair is a disappointment
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I can confim its totally accurate as long as u rest your arm still and the back is nicely connected to your wrist. Just checked the results with another medical HRM and its the same. Idle and high
I have problem with the HRM on my watch. The HR measuring is working well in rest mode, but when I start a training, the sensor measures my HR, but after 1 minute it stops working, and no HR data on my watch. The green leds are flashing, but no HR data. Anybody has the same issue? Or my watch is defected?
Did you follow the manual on how to wear the watch? There is a section for that. Placing the watch at the right place help the monitor to work more appropriately.
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I did a 2 hours hike today and after 50 minutes I had to remove the watch and wipe my wrist and the back of the watch to make the HR monitor work again. So to me it looks like it has a problem with sweat/humidity. This is a huge problem IMO, enough to return an almost perfect smartwatch.
Galaxy Watch uses optical heart rate monitor. These are pretty good & easy to use while measuring rest heart rate.
If there is moisture (water, sweat) between your wrist and the sensor, readings will be probably off or cannot be measured.
Because of this, these sensors are pretty useless at intesive training, where you get sweaty.
These are not really sport clocks. You can read more by googling "optical heart rate monitor"
It works well for me while playing soccer, so I detest the theory that this does not work while being sweaty
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It works well for me while playing soccer, so I detest the theory that this does not work while being sweaty
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maybe you dont sweat much ? I lose more than 1 liter of water in 90 minutes while training.
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I did a 2 hours hike today and after 50 minutes I had to remove the watch and wipe my wrist and the back of the watch to make the HR monitor work again. So to me it looks like it has a problem with sweat/humidity. This is a huge problem IMO, enough to return an almost perfect smartwatch.
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It works great for me when I'm swimming tho.
I have to tighten it down before jumping in the pool, but I have not had any issues while submerged in water.
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It works great for me when I'm swimming tho.
I have to tighten it down before jumping in the pool, but I have not had any issues while submerged in water.
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will give it a try Tuesday and will report back. Thanks for the advice.
same issue here. after 5min running the heart rate just shows -- sometimes it comes back after few minutes, but very unstable...
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i found out that this happens when the heat rate hits exactly 100bpm and again at 160bpm. at that time the heart rate cannot be detected. very reproducible!
it has definitely nothing to do with sweating, moving or anything else.
once the heart rate gets a bit higher or lower than it comes back.
you can check that out by using the heat rate app in continuous mode or just use the app headset rate graphic and see what happens at 100 and 160bpm.
can somebody else confirm that?
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will give it a try Tuesday and will report back. Thanks for the advice.
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went for another 2 hours hike and I had to wipe the back of the watch 3 times to "reset" the HR monitor. This is not acceptable IMO so Ill probably just return it.
I've had two Galaxy Watches and they exhibit the same behavior. If I move the watch further away from my wrist it helps a bit. It seems that it has issues during high intensity training where it'll just blank out for a bit. Overall it's still pretty decent and not enough to make me want to return the watch.
happened last while... sitting watching TV. I had a flatline every time I manually activate the HR monitor. Only a reboot could bring it back to life.
Many threads about this problem here: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Wearable-Tech/bd-p/wearabletech and on the EU equivalent.
Has anyone been able to get it working with a external chest strap?
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i found out that this happens when the heat rate hits exactly 100bpm and again at 160bpm. at that time the heart rate cannot be detected. very reproducible!
it has definitely nothing to do with sweating, moving or anything else.
once the heart rate gets a bit higher or lower than it comes back.
you can check that out by using the heat rate app in continuous mode or just use the app headset rate graphic and see what happens at 100 and 160bpm.
can somebody else confirm that?
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I just got my GW 3 days ago. I did a test run today, and it seems to me that after my hr got to 104rpm, it lost reading.
SInce this is the only run I have tried with it, and it was raining, so I am not sure what is the actual cause. But your findings are really helpful, at least it gives another perspective!
My rhr dies not work on my galaxy watch active 2, it always shows - -.
A few days ago I changed the hrm from periodic to constant and I noticed this thing with the resting heart rate two days ago, not sure if it worked before this change or before the last firmware update.
I also made a Google search and found many topics with users having the same problem, with no solution.
Any ideas? Does resting heart rate work for you gwa2 owners?
Cheers
T.
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