Smartwatch Thread (news/apps/updates)
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And me. i will pray to the smartwatch gods it fixes the battery problem. the last 2 days for some reason my battery is tanking, not even lasting 6 hours. i have tried uninstalling facer and the facer app off the watch. i have turned off constant heart monitoring to every ten mins. i have turned off stress tracking and changed it to manual. this is strange as my watch used to last at least 8 hours with everything on. now i can barely last 5 hours.
Anyone got a Huawei GT2? The watch faces have disappeared from the Health app I've not found a solution to the problem. When I try to open them in the app I just get a blank screen. I've deleted the watch, reinstalled the app and the issue persists.
I don't know if you fixed this but my mothers watch did this last week.
There's a manual update available on the update screen which should direct you to a download the update.
I don't know why it doesn't go through the google play store updater, seems a bit silly.
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Good timing, I finally managed to sort it earlier this morning. Everything was up to date with the watch and health app but I downloaded what I'm assuming is a modified version of the app through Huawei app gallery, and everything is back to normal.
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Hi,
I have a Moto360 original which only powers up on the charging cradle and if I remove it from the cradle it dies !
So it seems the battery in dead, so where can I get the battery replaced and is it worth bothering ! ?
I have a Moto360 original which only powers up on the charging cradle and if I remove it from the cradle it dies !
So it seems the battery in dead, so where can I get the battery replaced and is it worth bothering ! ?
My original 360 did the same. It was a known battery issue. EBay did have batteries for about £15 but I neded up just getting the new Samsung Wtch 4 classic.
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Strangely enough I was also looking at Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic just after I type my question !
Not sure if I should try and repair the MoTo360 ! ?
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Well, I the latest Samsung galaxy watch 4 classic lte update did not fix the battery problems. But.....The power-saving mode on the battery has been better.I tested it today and thank the smartwatch gods it lasts all day when I'm at work now. But having said that it could have been fine using the power saving mode before.
For Some reason i had it in my head on power-saving mode the LTE would be shut off and the watch wouldn't receive any notifications. and also thought my step tracking ect would not work.
The battery problems are defo just using lte. when the watch is close to my phone battery life is fine. IE when connected via Bluetooth.
So at least i can install facer again then try it again.
What is everyones else experience of the watch 4 lte when there phone is not in Bluetooth range ?
For Some reason i had it in my head on power-saving mode the LTE would be shut off and the watch wouldn't receive any notifications. and also thought my step tracking ect would not work.
The battery problems are defo just using lte. when the watch is close to my phone battery life is fine. IE when connected via Bluetooth.
So at least i can install facer again then try it again.
What is everyones else experience of the watch 4 lte when there phone is not in Bluetooth range ?
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After owning the watch for one day I switched off the mobile networks because of the battery issue.
Yesterday after a full charge at 06.00 I switched the mobile network to auto and the battery reached 22% at 20.00 - the watch is mostly connected via Bluetooth but I do live in a rural area with really poor cellular coverage and the watch shows a LTE connection even set to auto and connected via Bluetooth to the phone.
Today I switched off the mobile network at 06.00 and at 20.00 the watch battery is at 61%, again mostly connected via Bluetooth.
Not a very scientific test but at the moment I'm leaving the mobile network off, will try again after the next update.......
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Thank you for the reply. I'm just glad it's not me. i cannot turn the lte off i need it for work. I am not allowed to carry mobile phones. Putting it on power-saving mode sorts it for me. i am a bit disappointed my old active 2 lte with everything on including aod at least lasted 9 hours. As i have said above though it is getting better with updates.
Also btw looks like the watch 4 is not getting the google voice assistant also.
Samsung is saying its google. Google is saying its Samsung and they control the os(They are in charge)
But it can be siude loaded so i have no idea what is going on there.
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I am still using a Samsung Gear Fit Original which I purchased apx year or two before I got the MoTo 360 and it works fine, in fact I was wearing at the gym tonight !
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I was looking at the Samsung watch 4 4G version, but could someone tell me the difference between getting one from o2 for £11 per month with 1gb data or one from Samsung for £300 odd. Will the one from Samsung come with data or is that an extra on top, and is 1gb enough for a month? looks like all you can add on the o2 website.
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the one from Samsung will not have a esim. you will need to purchase one from the same place you have your main mobile contract.
The one from O2 has the esim included.
I am with EE and mine has unlimited data but shares my main mobile minutes and txt(not that most contracts nowadays are unlimited).
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OK thanks clears it up a bit. Thinking to go for the o2 one, but it only let's me pick 1gb, does that seem low? I have 30gb with my s21. Do they work Bluetooth till out of range then start using the 1gb. Don't think it would last even a week. Sorry this will be my first smart watch.
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The way they work is like this. if you carry your phone around with you, you will be connected via Bluetooth or wifi. once your watch is out of range of your phone via Bluetooth, your watch then goes into to 4g mode. but the watch still needs to be able to connect to your phone.
And as for how much data you will use, only you can answer that. Sorry, i have only ever been with EE and i get unlimited data so i have never looked or noticed how much my watch uses sorry.
EDIT : If you will always have your phone with your. you will never use that data on your watch. If your going to have your phone with you most of the time and now and again you won't, it will be enough. bare in mind it depends on if you're going to stream Spotify etc or just use it for email notifications ect ect/.
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Thanks for the info! My phone us usually there or there abouts so should be in range pretty much all the time, going by o2 website 1gb seems to be fine for a while month so I'll give it a go and see how it is. Now decisions 42mm or 46mm...