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S Health app doesn't always work

I just got my phone last week and it is my first Samsung. I love the phone. I decided to get serious with the S Health app and it is already driving me crazy.
There seems to be very little information on how to use or troubleshoot this app. This morning, it would not even recognize it was a new day and the pedometer would not kick in. Suddenly it did and started working. It seems like there should be a refresh button to tell the app, hey, it is a new day. Or, hey, it should just know by the clock that it is a new day. I even restarted my phone and then starting jumping around with it in my hand. Grrr.
Also, there is no way to record sleep. Is this function only available with the watch??

JDTS said:
I just got my phone last week and it is my first Samsung. I love the phone. I decided to get serious with the S Health app and it is already driving me crazy.
There seems to be very little information on how to use or troubleshoot this app. This morning, it would not even recognize it was a new day and the pedometer would not kick in. Suddenly it did and started working. It seems like there should be a refresh button to tell the app, hey, it is a new day. Or, hey, it should just know by the clock that it is a new day. I even restarted my phone and then starting jumping around with it in my hand. Grrr.
Also, there is no way to record sleep. Is this function only available with the watch??
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You can only monitor the sleep with what they call a "wearable" a watch or device with the compatible sensor and that works with the phone.
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Also there was a large update last week I believe that removed some features, blended others, changed the settings and bugs etc based on your carrier model. Maybe check to see if yours is updated to clear out bugs. You could also clear the app manager data and cache to "start over" with the app and perhaps fix issues you're having.

Thank you for the info. The pedometer started working this morning pretty easily. I am also getting a gear fit watch today.

Review on the New Lollipop Update to Moto 360

I got an update this morning and was very excited as soon as I booted up after downloading the new update file.
1. Nothing was pretty much interesting as far as lollipop for wear is concerned as compared to lollipop for Phones and Tablets. No vibrant colors, no extended settings, ,
2. Accessibility option has been included which I personally don't care of.
3. Battery Drain - More (To be frank - Worse) than the previous KitKat version. Almost drained 30% (might differ from one to other) with minimal use in 4 hours which would last 8-9 hours with KitKat.
This is the review of my Moto 360. I'd better stick to previous version if I were to suggest and would wait for some patches or stable fixes to the battery issues and some decent vibrancy to the watch. Please do provide your feedback on your Motos.
Thank You.

Do you run Lollipop on your Android device?
I think it'd also be beneficial if anyone posted their reviews with device model + OS version.
I haven't gotten my 360 update yet, but I'll post mine (phone is Lollipop 5.0.1) once I do.

I got my update yesterday. Running HTC M8 GPE on 5.0.1. Battery life hasn't been much different for me, but the voice recognition is terrible now. That was during my initial testing last night. I have upgraded to the latest google play services on apkmirror since then and have yet to test the voice recognition this morning. I'm at work and won't really have time to test it out without looking like a lunatic in my quiet office. until later. I'll report back hopefully.

I got the update here in the Philippines last morning.
The battery is terrible but after I uninstall Facer the battery is normal again.
The notifications is now manageable, I can use priority when I'm busy, show all when I'm not doing anything or none when asleep.
Sunlight mode and the theater mode is OK but not useful for me.
App priority is the best for me, especially when a specific application is being used frequently it makes me stopped using the wear app launcher (though this app is not working at the moment).

digitard said:
Do you run Lollipop on your Android device?
I think it'd also be beneficial if anyone posted their reviews with device model + OS version.
I haven't gotten my 360 update yet, but I'll post mine (phone is Lollipop 5.0.1) once I do.
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It is not necessary to have a mobile running Lolllipop OS. Because, I'm on 4.4.3 right now .
I'd suggest you to do the following steps
1. Settings---->Apps---->Moto Connect----->Clear Data and Cache
2. Uninstall your Android Wear App
3. Reset your Moto 360.
4. Install Android Wear Again
5. Pair both of the devices.
6. Check for Updates. Now you should be all set with a update notification.

phaniblaze said:
It is not necessary to have a mobile running Lolllipop OS. Because, I'm on 4.4.3 right now .
I'd suggest you to do the following steps
1. Settings---->Apps---->Moto Connect----->Clear Data and Cache
2. Uninstall your Android Wear App
3. Reset your Moto 360.
4. Install Android Wear Again
5. Pair both of the devices.
6. Check for Updates. Now you should be all set with a update notification.
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Never said you needed Lollipop, but when reviewing it would be good to know what OS is on the device (and model) and such. Because you may have a variance in behavior, etc, between the OS' and integration of components. As AW5 and the Lollipop Tablet/Phone OS were designed to work together we may see differences in performance (.ie battery life like the user above mentioned) depending on the OS combination, installed components, etc, when compared to 4.4.X devices. Also, since companies have a tendency to bloat up software a bit knowing what phone / OS combination might help too if X users have problem and others don't on the same OS it could be a piece of software talking (.ie Facer was DESTROYING battery performance w/ their most recent update the other day due to changes made for AW5).
So if 10 users have 4.4.X devices and have one performance issue/etc, and 10 users have 5.0.X devices and do NOT have that issue... it helps us with useful information on thigns you may see, based on the users review, if you have a similar setup.
Also that didn't work for me. I tried it last night. Hence why I'm still waiting.

Are you using Facer? Have you switched to the Facer for Android 5 face on the watch yet?
see-> http://www.reddit.com/r/Facer/comments/2p2in2/battery_life_android_wear_5_duplicate_watchfaces/
When you receive Android Wear 5, please switch to the other Facer watchface. It should be called "Facer for Android Wear 5." Please note there was an issue with the names and an update is rolling out that fixes the names.[/qoute[
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I got the update too. The biggest problem is that it stops notifying from time to time and requires a restart. Battery life seems as good as before.

I have the same problem with notification. It stops and I need to restart the watch.

Voice recognition is almost absolutely worthless now with new update. I try to send a text.. Doesnt recognize the "send command", let alone string it all together in one phrase "send text to (contact's name) hello." which is said as "send text to john hello period"
I have to now say each part of the command separately. "send text" to whom? "john" message? "Hello" and when I said period, before it would put a period, now it spells out period.
There really is not difference with this new update, except there were some bugs with facer/watch maker syncing.
Battery life is the same. Im running Lg g2 5.0 alpha build and battery seems fine.
Also, when i delete an email through Gmail on my watch, it vibrates confirming it was deleted. I dont like this very much, and wish it could be turned off. The new option "tilt to wake screen" seems to make the screen turn on very easily, just by rotating your wrist instead of lifting and rotating your arm. This is good and bad. Good it makes it easier to get the screen to come on without such a defined motion. Bad because I found it turning on when i didnt want to (typing, driving, doing daily tasks, etc). Which i would think will waste more battery.

How do i get my update i reset it like 4 times still nothing ?

How can you give an opinion on battery life when you've had the update less than a day. The download and install process alone take a large chunk of power then you have to take into account settle in time and you playing with it more than usual to see what's changed.

Updated last night, connected to my stock rooted Note 3 (4.4.4)
Using watchmaker
Battery last night was horrible.
left for work this morning at 6am and I am at 75% right now at 3pm. Been getting notifications all day long at least a 4 or more per hour.
I have not had a chance to test speech Recognition yet, besides "ok Google" a few times.
So far been very happy with update.

What are your settings? Tilt and ambient settings?

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Voice recognition is almost absolutely worthless now with new update. I try to send a text.. Doesnt recognize the "send command", let alone string it all together in one phrase "send text to (contact's name) hello." which is said as "send text to john hello period"
I have to now say each part of the command separately. "send text" to whom? "john" message? "Hello" and when I said period, before it would put a period, now it spells out period.
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I can't believe more people aren't talking about this. I am experiencing the same thing. My battery life is fine.

Flandro said:
I can't believe more people aren't talking about this. I am experiencing the same thing. My battery life is fine.
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Anyone else struggling with consistent voice recognition?

Update has been perfect for me. Batter life is still amazing. Have about 60% left after 10 hours off charger getting at least 8 notifications an hour. Not including phones calls ( 3 and hour give or take).

Samsung Galaxy watch active with pixel 3 xl

I got my wife the Samsung Galaxy active watch and it paired just fine with her Pixel 3 XL. The watch is missing a messaging app. She is able to get messaging notifications and reply to messages, but can't access previous messages because the little blue messaging app is nowhere on her watch. I tried to got to app store on the watch but couldn't find anything to download. All reviews on YouTube show that app right from the start. Am I missing something? Is this an option only for Galaxy phones? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

KDash4 said:
I got my wife the Samsung Galaxy active watch and it paired just fine with her Pixel 3 XL. The watch is missing a messaging app. She is able to get messaging notifications and reply to messages, but can't access previous messages because the little blue messaging app is nowhere on her watch. I tried to got to app store on the watch but couldn't find anything to download. All reviews on YouTube show that app right from the start. Am I missing something? Is this an option only for Galaxy phones? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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You won't be able to see the messages unless you you a Samsung phone (which has the messages app), but when you get a text message, it will show on the watch, you can reply back to it and see previous messages. Make sure you have "messages" notifications enabled from the wear app. I am using the galaxy watch with the pixel 3 xl.

matteosaeed said:
You won't be able to see the messages unless you you a Samsung phone (which has the messages app), but when you get a text message, it will show on the watch, you can reply back to it and see previous messages. Make sure you have "messages" notifications enabled from the wear app. I am using the galaxy watch with the pixel 3 xl.
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Hey dude, I don't have one but am considering switching to it from my Fossil Sport because the Sport battery sucks. I have a couple questions for you since you're the only person who said they have one that I found! If you don't mind:
1. What's your battery life like?
2. I use the Nike Run app... if you open it on your phone will you geet any view of it on the Samsung watch?? That is why I originally got the Fossil
3. Do you think the Active is just as good with your Pixel as it would be with a Samsung? I have an S10+ now but I change phones like most people change underwear lol.
4. Anything else you can tell me to help me make my final decision..
PLEASE!!!! lol. thanks man.

eorsini said:
Hey dude, I don't have one but am considering switching to it from my Fossil Sport because the Sport battery sucks. I have a couple questions for you since you're the only person who said they have one that I found! If you don't mind:
1. What's your battery life like?
2. I use the Nike Run app... if you open it on your phone will you geet any view of it on the Samsung watch?? That is why I originally got the Fossil
3. Do you think the Active is just as good with your Pixel as it would be with a Samsung? I have an S10+ now but I change phones like most people change underwear lol.
4. Anything else you can tell me to help me make my final decision..
PLEASE!!!! lol. thanks man.
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Hey there,
1.Battery life in my case is like around 15% usage a day which is great given, the idea of the tizen is very different than wear os. sarcastically, I got the fossil sport as well, and I have been using that over the galaxy watch. The galaxy sport would probably have a great battery as well, maybe a little less than the galaxy watch.
2. I have not seen the nike app on the galaxy watch, however, I have used s-health. I was able to get decent tracking but without a map gps, you'd be limited to mapmyrun a few other ones, I honestly only used shealth since I found third party apps to drain the battery much much much quicker.
3. Yes, going with the active would be a solid choice, again, then only thing you won't get is the ability to recall text messages at any time, but you'd be able to view them and reply back to them as notifications or as they come in + you can compose a new one. Keep in mind that it doesn't have the real bixby, it is s-voice, which is extreme trash.
I also change phones like underwear "JOD"... It even works on the iphone but that's different "you won't be able to reply to notifications or messages, just view them"
3.a -- there is an app called pulse sms I believe or something like that that would allow you to sync text messages on the watch, view them, do anything you'd want with them, just will drain your phone's battery and watch like crazy.
4. Anything to help you. Well, if you will hold onto your android wear, it is nice to have both. I went back to android wear "with the faults of it and the bad battery life over the galaxy wear stuff", for me:
Pros of the galaxy wear:
-Great battery life.
-Consistent performance "once in a while it would lag but not that much"
Cons:
-Using it as a smart device is just not great.
-It is s-voice branded bixby which is just bad, like really frustrating to use, to the point that you'd find yourself typing on the t9 keyboard they provide rather than talking to that piece of S.
-App support sucks. Forexample, I am grocery shopping and I made a list in google keep, and I don't want to have my phone out, you can't pull google keep on the watch like android wear. Also, other apps like spotify is more frustrating to use than good.
-No google assistant. I use smart home stuff, and unless you have the samsung hub, you cannot control your stuff, wink, wemo ifftt, etc. That ecosystem is still very very very poor compared to android wear.
Overall: If you are looking for a watch with great battery life, and the ability to see and minimally reply back to text messages while using stock-ish apps like s-health and you're okay with a very limited app and community support, go for it.
If you're looking to have more apps, watch-faces, voice assistant, more fitness apps, you're in the google eco-system, stay with wear OS because it can be a very unpleasant experience after the honey-moon period.
Hope this helps, let me know if you have anymore questions.

Thanks that exactly what I needed. Today my Fossil battery life was way better so maybe it just had to bake in after the recent update. I went with Android WearOS originally because of the app support and potential. I'm hoping the battery continues to get better. I was struggling to make a day without a bit of a charge, however I'm on my final walk with the dog today and it's still around 30% after a 7am wake up. I couldn't justify both watches but I'm jealous you have em lol

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Thanks that exactly what I needed. Today my Fossil battery life was way better so maybe it just had to bake in after the recent update. I went with Android WearOS originally because of the app support and potential. I'm hoping the battery continues to get better. I was struggling to make a day without a bit of a charge, however I'm on my final walk with the dog today and it's still around 30% after a 7am wake up. I couldn't justify both watches but I'm jealous you have em lol
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I hear you, one was a gift and I wanted the fossil and it was on discount so picked it up.

Is the GT 2 really this limited, I must be missing something?

Just got myself a GT 2 - love the hardware and just hope I will be able to live with the software. There are a few thing I haven't found, can you please let me know if I'm missing something?
Is there no way to adjust the step goal per day? It is set to 10.000 steps and I want to change it.
Can't I receive notifications while in the workout mode, like a walk och running?
If I get a notification on my phone and delete it from the phone it is still visible on my watch. And if I delete a notification on my watch it is still visible on my phone. This can't be right?
Is there no way to see coming calendar entries?
I got a Gmail but could only see the subject and sender, nothing of the content?
Is it likely that more features will be added, maybe when GT 3 is released?
After an update incomming phone calls do not show up on my watch. And in the list in the Health app I can no longer enable notifications from "Phone". Anyone else with this issue?
Would really appreciate if someone could comment on the above.
Thanks a lot!

You're right, hardware is great, software is limited.
#1, change step goal in Health app on phone (settings, goal).
#2-5, unfortunately correct.
Having said that, I'm wearing this watch since December, day and night, only taking out during shower. I have latest Samsung watches, have few Wear watches, like all of them, but GT2 just looks great and does just enough job (tell time and show notifications). I've loaded multiple custom watches and love it.

ddavtian said:
You're right, hardware is great, software is limited.
#1, change step goal in Health app on phone (settings, goal).
#2-5, unfortunately correct.
Having said that, I'm wearing this watch since December, day and night, only taking out during shower. I have latest Samsung watches, have few Wear watches, like all of them, but GT2 just looks great and does just enough job (tell time and show notifications). I've loaded multiple custom watches and love it.
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Thanks @ddavtian! I have been through every single menu without finding step goal, can you please help me find it? I consider myself as a "power user" so this is really embarrassing

Health app: Me, Settings, Goal
There you can set weight and steps goals
6. I do jot think so.
7. What firmware version are you on? Did incommig call work correctly before update?

bokyfly said:
Health app: Me, Settings, Goal
There you can set weight and steps goals
6. I do jot think so.
7. What firmware version are you on? Did incommig call work correctly before update?
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Wow, that one wasn't there until I switched to English language on my phone. Now it was there and I could finally change it. What a bug
Regarding incoming call I cannot even find "Phone" under notification settings in the long list of all available apps. It worked just fine when I got the watch a week ago. Do you have "Phone" in the app list in the Health app under "Notifications"?
Firmware: 1.0.6.32
Health app version: 10.0.5.317

No, if you gave Health app permissions, it will do its work, no need for separate settings, just watch needs to be connected to phone via bluetooth.

GT2Pro - clearing notification on the watch does not clear notification on the phone

So. Finally decided to move away from a Casio hand watch and MiBand 4 to Huawei Watch GT2Pro.
This wasn't an easy decision as I know Huawei's LiteOS isn't android GearOS but from all the list of pros and cons, I think it wasn't such a bad decision.
Of course the Russian Internet trolls will constantly throw the same topics about Huawei's watch in the comments in social media that "No NFC?!" and "Can't install apps! Samsung is the best" but I have just realised that I just don't really need it.
It is always a case of ticking off the boxes when buying something that has a long list of requirements.
But. Anyway.
As in the topic. There is only one thing which does really bother me.
When a text message (or What's App message) arrives to my phone (Huawei P20Pro) I do get the notification on the phone and the notification on my watch.
If I will clear the notification on the Huawei Watch GT2 Pro, the notification about new text message will still remain "unread" on my phone.
And sadly, I can't get over it and can accept that it works this way.
Can anyone recommend anything to fix it?
I do understand that so far this is how this works out of the box, but I am hoping that there might be an additional app (like Miband tools for MiBand) or at least any contact to Huawei to raise it as a concern/complain?
I have tried speaking to Huawei UK customer service but sadly, they are just the customer service for distribution and the only thing that was offered to me was an opportunity to return the watch.
I have also tried to find any info about HarmonyOS 2.0 and if it would actually be coming live any time soon, but this topic seems to be:
a) dead
b) delayed to the point that any news are just YT oriented views-focused sh** videos
c) nowhere an info to confirm for sure that this system would be available for GT2Pro
anyone may help?
Even to help where to send an email for Huawei to even "consider" that this is really essential for the watch to be "almost perfect"?

No action on notifications from Huawei Watch. Huawei just display the notification when arrive on phone. Even if you delete this notification on your phone this stay on your watch. (and of course if you delete from the watch they stay on phone) You must delete 2 times
On Amazfit watch the notification on watch match the phone notification and if you delete on watch they are also delete on phone (but just delete, no read mark )

I own a GT2 Pro since yesterday and thats what is annoying me also. Could you find out any solution?
Otherwise I'm thinking of returning the watch. I really like the watch, but the notification issue is annoying

Got mine today. The notification thingy is the only prob that bugs me. Other than that I am ready to retire my old Ticwatch Pro. Hope the promised os update from liteos to harmonyos fixes this problem. Other than that, a beautiful watch with great battery life!
Hope that after the launch of hw3, the harmony update for gt series rolls out soon!
HUAWEI Watch 3 with Harmony OS set to launch on June 2
The HUAWEI Watch 3 is set to launch alongside Harmony OS on June 2. The flagship smartwatch could bring eSIM support and a long battery life.
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Notification management is not good enough on Huawei watches. HarmonyOS is even less finished OS.
notification won't light up the screen
notification dismissed from the watch won't be dismissed from the phone and vice versa
notifications don't have the specific app icons except few
can't reply to notifications with custom text except few messengers on Watch3
calls from messengers won't get a notification or popup screen at all
some notifications come twice

so a year later there is nothing new.

edmun said:
so a year later there is nothing new.
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yeah this is valid for both GT2, GT3 and Watch3. I look at all the changelogs. Given the fact that Watch3 is pretty dumb, i wanted to downgrade to GT2Pro. But GT2 has one more issue: cannot display emojis.