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[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
You will most likely get 4-5 hours at best to be honest...maybe 6 if you are lucky. The GPS eats the battery on this thing.

- Greg

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Craig,

It is a known issue with Strava and their post processing calculations. They don't take the raw data from the source, but instead post process it using their own methods after the fact. Garmin users see this same problem on strava - i see with my bike as well

https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/21278088-How-Distance-is-Calculated

http://forums.roadbikereview.com/ge...ulating-average-speed-differently-341467.html

You may be screwed here, though a different calc method may be able to minimize the differences. You may be able to caveat this somewhere in the app or offer alternative sites to upload to (runkeeper, endomodo, etc...) that pull the raw data as is.

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As an example,

The same run on runkeeper & strava from Dec 30th

Strava: 7.8 miles, 8:10 pace

Runkeeper: 7.84 Miles, 8:09 pace

Ghostracer: 7.6 miles, 8:20 pace

another run from a day before

Strava: 4.3, 7:38 pace

Runkeeper: 4.3, 7:37 pace

Ghostracer: 4.2, 7:48 pace

So...something on the android side is surely odd, but you can see the differences within the apps

I also noticed the dates on the history are wrong and off by a day (tracer says 12/31, when it was 12/30) and the speed/distance should be in X.01 decimal places, with an option to show min/mile instead of mph (which we dont really use in the US for runners). Lastly, the export file default name should use the date of the run and not today's date.

Thanks
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
One more update.

Ghostracer: 10 miles, 8:35 pace

Strava: 10.4, 8:24 pace
[Sony Smartwatch 3] imnoob55:
I am very happy with Ghostracer so far -- works excellently for myself. I would love if there was a way to upload to Endomondo and MyFitnessPal in addition to Strava directly, though. Google Fit integration would be kinda cool too.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Basch88:
Strava uploads to myfitnesspal...
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
Get tapirik, for 2$ it syncs all your runs from over 10 services
[Sony Smartwatch 3] jwelch010:
Can you please post the link? Can't find it in the play store.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Basch88:
It's a website: https://tapiriik.com

You just log in in the different services you want to be synced and it will do it for you automatically (if you pay) or you can do it manually for free
[Sony Smartwatch 3] JMonkeYJ:
I can recommend tapiriik, too. It has been working very well for me.

I love the app and will gladly support it when you decide to monetize. But, of course, I have some suggestions ;)

- It would be really great to be able to set the time/distance it averages over. For instance, I generally like to see my pace over the last mile. It would be nice if the averaging time/distance you set applies to all average stats. I suppose an alternative is the split feature people have been requesting, but I would be happy with just setting the averaging distance.

- I would really love to have audible callouts at intervals. I understand that Google has not yet implemented text to speech for Android Wear, which sucks and seems like a huge oversight, but I would still really like this feature.

Great work, and thanks a lot!
[Sony Smartwatch 3] freewing70:
Today I had 1 hour of training with music from swr50, but it drained all my batteries... From 75% to 0% in 61 minutes. What's up?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
Could you see what was using the battery in the wear app on the phone?

Ran for an hour today with ghostracer with a heartrate monitor and used less than 20% in low power mode.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] dougi83:
17% during 50mn of training this morning, without any BT device connected.

This app is really Perfect :good:
[Sony Smartwatch 3] freewing70:
...mmm, no, how can I do that?

From Android Wear App I can only see today consumption (since I recharged it).

Doing some other tests.

Is htere a good RAM cleaner App for Android Wear?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] andyrtr:
Did another run tonight. Suddenly it stopped to increase the distance. Time and heart rate kept working. Not sure if the watch lost GPS signal there. When I realized this the GPS signal showed fixed signal, 2bars. Tried to pause and resume but no distance got added. Any idea?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
This is probably the 3rd reported bug of the watch refusing to give updated gps position during a run. Its happened to me once and like you said starting and stopping seems to have little effect. I've added some code in the next update to show an error screen if its a Google service problem, as this is where the app requests gps signal. But because it has only happened once to me its really hard to work out what's going on.

If any one else has gps signal issues it would be really helpful on the watch to go to settings->developer options-> manufacturer->gps and see if that will pick you gps position. You must have developer mode enabled on your watch to see the dev options in settings. Seeing if that app got a gps lock would help rule out some issues and give a better chance of working out what's going wrong.

As for getting the app to get gps signal again the only option might be to turn the watch off and restart it, though I never did this when it happened to me.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
Never had it die mid run, but many times had to restart it before the run to get the GPS to lock. Over 25 runs on the app.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Tonio1987french:
I confirm the bug reporting position.

the route is well recorded, but it does not give the speed during the race.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] timostr:
Same to me. Yesterday Ghostrunner stopped recording GPS after 6.5km (34:50).
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
Did you have a heartrate monitor on? Every other report was, just wondering if its a common theme. Even though the heartrate still updates it may be effecting the Google service some how.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
I run all the time with mio link and no stopping. Perhaps other brand monitors having issues? Gotta love intermittent bugs

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I did find in earlier ghostracer releases that moving between menus to other apps like music or my tracks and then going back in would often cause it to stall out. I never had the problem since one of the updates, but curious if people were moving between the apps.

Also I find it may hiccup when going to ambient mode as is evident in other apps, eg music will skip on occasion or the watch face won't update. Perhaps it stops on one of the ambient switches.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] timostr:
No heartrate monitor used..
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
New update uploaded to the play store. Quick change log below.

Change Log 0.74 - 0.75

lapping feature.

Add new wear pages from templates

Ghost summary on ghost finish

Small bug fixes: timezone bug, export name bug, average speed bug

Pace instead of speed on run history page and finish page.

Also added a screen to appear if google reports an error. This might help with finding the cause of the no location updates bug. If you see just a screen during your run reporting an error let me know.

Lapping feature is fairly basic. Auto laps, as in every mile or km are going to come under ghosts in a future update. This will be an option when adding ghosts on the phone. So you will be able to add interval distance with a target pace. With this last update I made it so when you finish a ghost the watch vibrates and a summary screen pops up for ten seconds then disappears, so that will tie in nicely. Maybe a bit confusing having two systems but setting a target pace and having slits times/distance will be good(hopefully).

I started trying to add runkeeper support, but got stuck in the app when the runkeeper site was not responding to my clicks on allow or deny in the authentication process. So I left it and forgot all about it until 5 minutes ago when I realised I had not removed it from the update. I'm guessing it wont work for anyone and will probably update the app tomorrow to remove it. Otherwise people will be complaining it's not working.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] alunx:
About Lapping Feature, before i use SW3, i already use a Garmin Forerunner220 and i like a feature of auto lap that i can set the distance that i want eg. 400m or 800m and after passing the distance that I specify the watch will be vibrate, and garmin display will show the amount of lap that i have passed.

whether this feature is available with ghostracer ???
[Sony Smartwatch 3] joachimersnill:
Ghost functions

Hi did find a list of how the ghostracer works.

Questions I hope someone can answer:

1: can you upload ghosts to clock?

2:Run /ride against ghost not having the phone with you?

3: Get notifications when you are inn the segment how far behind/ahead you are compare to the ghost, this also not having the phone with you ?

regards Joachim

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EDIT:

did "NOT" find a list of how the ghostracer works :)
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
[MENTION=3234354]alunx[/MENTION] re: auto lap , that hopefully will be out in the next version.

[MENTION=6335033]joachimersnill[/MENTION] re: ghosts, you can get split times against ghosts on the watch. You set up the ghosts on the phone and then on the watch swipe down the the ghost page where there is a sync button to copy the ghosts across. An image from the ghostracer community here shows the screens. Hopefully that link works otherwise just click photos in the Ghostracer community and a picture of the different smartwatch screens is there.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] alunx:
I plan to buy "Scosche Rhythm +" bluetooth HRM , but I still doubt whether it can be used with ghostracer.

what do you think, cjkiller ????
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
Awesome news... Any vibration time or distance alerts?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
There should be no reason it should not work. All bluetooth 4.0 low energy(smart) devices seem to work

[MENTION=4304097]gs05[/MENTION] Thats coming next, hopefully it wont take to long. Will be under the ghosts section when done, wrote about it in the update post I did. Will design it so you choose between distance or time intervals and have the option of adding a target pace.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
Took it for a spin today. Pacing is better in real time but still some avg differences

Strava: 2.8 miles at 7:21 pace

Ghostracer: 2.83 at 7:15

Usually ghostracer was slower than strava and now is a good a tad faster. The real time pace updates are much more accurate than before which frankly is more important.

Thanks
[Sony Smartwatch 3] marclewe:
Just wanted to say that this app is what I consider Killer-app and is frankly the reason that I bought a SMW 3 last weekend. It is working well, is there any BT 4.0 HF sensors reported to _not_ work with Ghost-Racer / SMW3? I got that all should work, before I purchase one, I want to be sure :)

Offtopic: same question basically for BT Audio headset, also question, is there any recommendation for sports (leightweight, stiff position in the ears...)?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] jwelch010:
I use the Jabra Pulse. Great bluetooth headphones and also happens to have a heart rate monitor built in. Great sound and lowest profile. Works great with the SW3.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] gs05:
I like the bluebuds X, but I had to put comply foam tips on them to get a nice secure fit. 200 miles on them to date and not complaints. They pair perfectly with the SW3 everytime and the sound is pretty good to me with great battery life, with the over the ear setup being the most secure (have yet to fallout).

I like the MIO link for HRM...its small, works on a wrist and works great with ghostracer. I use it biking too as it has ant+ signals too for garmin edge units. If you care about true accuracy, the mio wrist products are much better than ear type monitors.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] dougi83:
How do you use the Ghost functionnality with the SW3 ?

Ghost is set on the app phone.

Ghost synced on the SW3.

I start the training but "time +/-" is always at "0". (At the end, i was 8 second slower today on the same track/distance)

Do i need to select a ghost on the SW3 ? How ? Tap on it has no effect

An icon (or light point, name of ghost...) would be useful for knowing if the current training is being compared to another

How the SW3 recognize which Ghost to use (if the 1st kilometer is identic between 2 ghost but not the rest of the track) ?

What is the "Start/Finish" functionnality ? How is it calculated ?

Thanks.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Tonio1987french:
Please add auto pause I am on bike it is very important thank you

Envoyé de mon Nexus 5 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Sony Smartwatch 3] mickael91210:
+1....

For me this app is VERYGREAT ! ! ! I use it two times a week and it's perfect !!!! Auto-pause would be a bonus.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
The ghosts start and stop automatically, based on a virtual start/finish line based on the first and last point. If you are trying to race a previous run then be aware that you would need to start your new run earlier to cross the virtual start line. Then follow the same run as before. The main phone app has buttons to start and stop manually but I have not put that function on the watch yet. Mainly because 99 times out of 100 the automatic system works.

In the next update I'm hoping to have the option to add generic ghosts where you just set a distance/time with a pace target which to race. Which will start when the app starts recording. Another plan is to add an option to race against history, where you can select a run from the history page and use sliders to change the start and finish line.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] andyrtr:
Thanks for this great app. It's already very usable for generic running. This is the app why I've chosen to buy the Sony watch!

My last two runs after the latest update showed a heavily fluctuating current heart rate value within the first 700 meter. Then it's back normal. Not sure if this caused by my heart rate strap (Polar H7) and the current cold outside (not wet enough) or if this is due to the changes in your app.

Auto laps and programmable interval running guidance are missing for me to make it feature complete. And a bonus would be a low battery level indicator for the heart rate strap like Endomondo shows.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] britishguy4:
app not showing up on sw3

I'm having trouble getting the ghostracer app to show up on the sw3.

Joined google plus community. Registered as tester and downloaded app to phone but not synced to watch for some reason :(

**EDIT** Re-installed app and all working now :)
[Sony Smartwatch 3] srj228:
I've been using GR for about a month now. Definitely love the app and would like to see a few things if possible:

1. Auto pause / resume. Especially when I turn the face off, it takes me a bit to find the pause button at lights, then I sometimes forget to resume. All user error, but it'd be nice to do hassle free.

2. I'd like to have some sort of auto export function as well where my history either saves or syncs with Google Drive.

I guess the theme is I like more automated functionality. Not big deals, but great bonuses if possible. If I'm overlooking these, let me know.

Thanks for a great app for us to use.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Tonio1987french:
For bike you can use this https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7ODz45fOUKVaXJwLU05cHA2eFk for rotate screen.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] tu3218:
I'm confused, I click finish an save when I finish my run but than it just disappears. I go into GR on my phone and it's not there. What am I doing wrong?
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Batman85:
Accumulated altitude during the run?

Thanks a lot Cjkiller for this amazing app!

I don't know exactly how hard is the job to create this app, but I think you've spend a lot of time to do that. So thank you very much, because Ghostracer is very useful for me!!!

I've been using it for a few months now, and for me it's the best app (associated to Strava) for sports on the SW50. I use it with a 3D printed bike mount I've done on my MTB, and with the standard Sony Strap for running.

Actually I'm training for a vertical kilometer run, and I'd like to know if it's possible to have some improvements in Gostracer?

Showing the accumulated altidude during the run (positive, negative, total). This information is very important for the type of trainings I've to do

Having on the watch a graphical representation of the altitude in function of the distance. It's interesting to show to my co-runners the altitude profile of the route. And It's better if it's possible to show that in real time (during the run), and not only at the end. Withthis kind of information, we can know the difficulty of our tracks during our run...

I don't know if my proposals are possibles or not, and how hard is the job to do that, but I think's it could be very nice to have that on Gostracer. Expecially for people who lives in mountains...

If it's not possible it doesn't matter. We'll do whithout that!

Thanks again for the job!

NB: Sorry for my poor english level...
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
Hi, where abouts in France are you? I have some friends who live in Les Gets (with the rest of the English invasion) and go out a couple times a year.

Good work with the bike mount, I started designing my own bike mount but have yet to finish it. I was designing mine to clip in, though and am having trouble getting a good enough model of the watch.

Back to the app....

Altitude gain has been on my to do list for a while, its just not as simple as it sounds. With altitude coming from the gps its not very accurate and so jumps around a lot meaning it would give excessive altitude gain. I've been looking at various methods of smoothing out the data and will get it done one day.

Interesting idea on the altitude graph. I'm wanting to show a graph for routes/ghosts in the future like I have on the phone as shown on this mock screen here, so maybe I will combine that to show the current route/altitude if not following/racing a ghost.

Will try get the altitude gain added in the next few weeks.

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
New update out

Supports uploading to Runkeeper.

History activity page now shows newest at the top

Added Ghost Intervals

The ghost intervals are a bit rough around the edges. I still have not fully decided on a few features. So basically you can add an interval session by creating a Interval ghost on the phone using the + icon on the action bar, then Intervals/Manual. You can then set up either distance or time intervals that the app will loop though during your workout. Once added to the phone they then have to be added to the watch. To do that on the watch you have to press the sync button on the ghost page to copy it across.

You could also use the interval feature for autolaps until I create that separately. So just adding one interval at one mile would mean that every mile the watch vibrates and a new screen appears for 10 seconds with a summary. This could also be used for bigger distance say 10k and setting a target pace would allow you race the ghost virtually, seeing split times under the ghost split time field. I want to make this feature easier/ more obvious and will add a Race manual ghost option in the ghost menu later.

So to recap a new not very user friendly feature in the new update....

Craig
[Sony Smartwatch 3] hammer-is:
I have a "Scosche Rhythm+" and it works out of the box. Simply turn it on, start Ghostracer and run/ride :)

I have only used Ghostracer for a single run so I can't tell if I was just lucky.

Fun fact: I had a Garmin Forerunner 220 on my left arm and the Sony Smartwatch 3 on the other and both watches recieved HRM data from "Schosche Rythm+" at the same time! (FR220 is using ANT+).
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Nick0742:
New update

Awesome work on the new intervals feature. Like you said, it isn't exactly user-friendly, but it will work just fine for me.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Batman85:
Unfortuntaly I don't live in French Alps... But I go there very often (my major sport speciality is moutain climbing. But I practice raids (trail+mtb+climbing+etc...) and orienteering race in moutains too)... And I know that Les Gets is a nice place to be! Happy to learn that English people like this place!

Thank a lots! I fact I've tried 3 differents designs before this one. But for me, it's the strongest...

Thanks a lot (even it's not very accurate: it's just for having a global idea!). With this option, this app will just become perfect for my use! (It doesnt matter if it's not possible!)
[Sony Smartwatch 3] ColonelRunner:
GPS freeze

Hi to all the community :D

I made 2 runs with GhostRacer this week, both on previous version (0.75).

First run, my GPS stopped tracking my session after 8,70km, then it came back 3km later and stopped again sometimes. 13,5km only have been recorded, but i made 17km for real.

Second run, today (just before updating to 0.76). It took me 10 minutes to get a GPS Signal. I live in a big city in France, downtown, and never had any GPS problems with any other apps.

Any other guys getting the same issue?

Too bad because everything else is really good with this app.

I got a Galaxy Note 2 (GT-N7100) with latest official Android 4.4.2 update.

Using Sony SmartWatch 3 - Standalone - with Runtastic Heart Rate Monitor Combo BLE (working perfectly with this app).

Need help please, thank's :good:
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Toggich:
Unable to Login with Runkeeper's -google Auth

Hey,

looking forward to testing the new interval feature!

I have some trouble loggin in to Runkeeper with gAuth - i just get a white screen after i clicked login with google. Tested on nexus 6 and 9.

Thanks for all the hard work!
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Nick0742:
I had the exact same problem. No issue with the normal login, but using Google left me at a white screen.
[Sony Smartwatch 3] Toggich:
interval edit section

My app i crashing when i try to edit a interval, like change name or make it as favourite/stared.

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My app i crashing when i try to edit a interval, like change name or make it as favourite/stared.

After trying to edit -crash - I can't go into 'ghost' section without app crashes

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My app i crashing when i try to edit a interval, like change name or make it as favourite/stared.

After trying to edit -crash - I can't go into 'ghost' section without app crashes. App requires reinstall

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My app i crashing when i try to edit a interval, like change name or make it as favourite/stared.

After trying to edit -crash - I can't go into 'ghost' section without app crashes. App requires reinstall
[Sony Smartwatch 3] cjkiller:
Sorry about this , totally for got about Favorites, so will have to sort that out asap. Also I need to change the page when you click the ghost so you can edit the intervals easily. Right now all you can do is delete it and add a new one. I think its fair to say the update was rushed out. There's quite a few real small bug fixes done so was keen to get them out and stop a few crash reports coming in.

[MENTION=6415310]ColonelRunner[/MENTION] I have had problems getting gps lock the last two times I've been out, where as normally it takes seconds. I'm sure one of them was caused by the Google play api where I get gps location though. I took my phone with me on my bike but turned off GPS on the phone which normally forces the watch to use its own. But for 5 minutes I hung around waiting for signal and I wasn't until I turned off Bluetooth on my phone(breaking the connection) that I got gps signal on the watch. I'm going to do some more test on this.

Craig