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[Samsung Gear Fit] djurkash:
Yes, remember your review of gf1, now, as you've mentioned it..

I am using my third gf1 for 2 years now, tried some wear devices, sw3 was the closest to the level I wanted (although I am fan of Sony devices, damn, that thing was so ugly), fr230 was good from noon wear devices, but always coming back to gf1, and the simplicity and looks it had...

I will wait for few months to see how the development rolls out, and also whether will it be accessible in my country via official channels, but I am already pretty sure gf2 to be on my wrist eventually...
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
It is a huge improvement of the first generation GF even though I sold mine a while back. I read through my initial review of the GF, and wow has it changed! I tried a few Android Wear Watches. I'm enjoying the GF2 so far without any real issues which is a good sign. Let me know if you have any questions.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Qiangong2:
Can the gear fit 2 hold notifications on itself so it does not require a phone to be constantly connected for alarms to sound?

I love my Gear fit and Blackberry combo :) but I would jump to the gear fit 2 if alarms could still work without a phone constantly connected.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
It has a standalone alarm app that you can download for it that works well. The GF2 vibrates when the alarm goes off independent of your phone
[Samsung Gear Fit] Hexxer:
Any ideas about my problem?

I try to let Gear Fit 2 decide what i do. In the most reviews i see that GF2 should decide "bike" or "walking" and so on.

Today i run 2 testround with my bike, one 5km and one 3km....my GF2 dosent recognize that.

GPS: Is on. Handy is at home

I dont want to make a training, it should log what i do and if i drive with my bike it should log that
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
This might sound dumb, but are you actually cycling outside of using a stationary bike? Mine always recognizes when I'm walking outside even if I don't start an activity. I haven't tested cycling because I don't have a bike anyone only an indoor stationary one, and an elliptical.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
where is that "alarm" app? I don't see it anywhere

thanks
[Samsung Gear Fit] loriwass:
First Week's Use Notes

I have had my Gear Fit 2 for a week now and I have an LG G4 phone. It's replacing a 3 year old Fitbit One. Recently tried the Garmin Vivofit and the Microsoft Band 2 and I didn't like either of those as much as I like the Gear Fit 2.

Likes: I use the GPS on my outdoor walks by selecting the walking option on the band. I've been doing indoor "walks" to YouTube videos and I let the band pick up that activity itself--which it does at around 11 minutes or so. Both show up as walks in my daily activities. The band fits comfortably--I got a large, and I have three holes showing. I only had to charge my Fitbit One about once every 7-10 days. I wind up charging the Gear Fit daily while I'm in the shower, so it's hard to gauge battery life so far. I like the Spotify integration and I've set my double tap to automatically pull that app up. I haven't seen any new watch faces yet. I have not tried to put any music on the band yet.

Dislikes: the S-Health app is terrible compared to Fitbit. I'd like to be able so see a daily summary of all my metrics on the phone. I found a way to get a live picture, but it won't show the previous days. Fitbit sends a nice weekly summary too. I'll wait to see what kind of weekly summary I get from S-Health. I don't need or want Facebook sharing. When I do try to share something from the phone app to an email, I can't get a full report on a walking activity--only options for partial (the map superimposed over a picture) or a screen grab of the metrics (but not the full report like I used to get from MapMyWalk which I used to use separately on my phone with the Fitbit). There's no way (that I can find) to set an alarm, but I never did it with my Fitbit, but it would be nice to have.

So far, I like it and I'm hoping Samsung improves the S-Health functionality.

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Another dislike: the Gear Fit 2 doesn't count flights of stairs the same way as the Fitbit. The documentation states "One floor is calculated as approximately 3 metres. The floors measured may not match the actual floors you climb." I understand that inside my house, the tracker might not pick up a single flight of stairs. However, at the office, when I walk up four full flights of stairs, I don't consistently see 4 floors counted. However, I could live with that, if I have to.

I've been wearing the Fitbit all week along with the Gear Fit 2, and most daily step counts and calories burned are close to each other, so I'm not concerned. As long as the tracker is consistent with itself, that's a good thing.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
yeah, not ever measuring flights of stairs kinda sux, but, that appears to be the worse "flaw" so far..that, and notifications are sort of hit and miss, at least for me
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
In the galaxy app store as seen in my screenshot below. What phone are you using?
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
I have a nexus 6; that app does not show up in my apps to download in the Samsung app store

looks like a bunch of other apps also show up for you but not for me..
[Samsung Gear Fit] Dobromirr:
There is an issue of apps and 'faces' not showing for not Samsung phones. Should be fixed fast
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
For some reason it isn't showing up on non-Samsung phones as I noted in an earlier post. I sense in support ticket about that already, yet I haven't heard back.

Only a fraction of the apps show up on non-Samsung devices for some reason too
[Samsung Gear Fit] pandomaci:
Hi,

I'm considering buing GF2, but before I do it I have a few questions for the owners:

How accurate is the HR monitor while running?

Is it possible to link HR chest strap to it via BT (for more accurate HR monitoring, would the watch use that info instead of the internal HR monitor? :) )?

Is it possible to enable the screen always turned on?

Is there some kind of GPS navigation? I read there is only workout map which doesnt even show the map itself, only the trail line... I would like to use it for long bike rides where I need the navigation.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Gear Fit] Thiso:
Accuracy HR: no idea; general reviews say it is rather ok

HR chest strap: No

Screen always on: yes, at a great cost on battery life

GPS navigation: No --> showing directions (notifications) from google maps running on your phone: perhaps; haven't tried...
[Samsung Gear Fit] AdamAlter:
I don't believe so, currently. You would either need to merge the data manually into a file, or record them separately and merge them in something like GoldenCheetah. GF2 doesn't seem to accept external live data for activities, and doesn't transmit live data from activities to other apps that would allow you to also connect another HRM (that I know of). Maybe that will change with the Tizen update the Samsung rep spoke of.

I don't have run data, but I doubt many even have this, so I'll add it to try and help. Below (attached) is my cycling commute, comparing the Scosche to the GF2. The Scosche is pretty accurate, as I've compared it many times to a chest strap. The GF2 did well, however, it doesn't appear to be recording 1 second data, closer to 10 second data. I connected the Scosche to my cycling computer and started and ended it, along with the GF2 at the same time. I then pulled the raw data from both, and deleted all timestamps that didn't have values on both to allow the best comparison (see attachment)
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
You can link other accessories to S Health, but only with Samsung devices. This includes HRM's, other fitness bands, etc, so it is possible based on what S Health shows on my S7 Edge, but on my Nexus 6P
[Samsung Gear Fit] Hexxer:
Just for the info ;)

Im alone? In the sun (yes, we have some sunny days in germany) the display is not relay readable, isnt it? Im a little disappointed about that.

Regads
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
Did you crank it up to 11? I found it to be readable here stateside and posted a video of it in direct sunlight in my review.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Hexxer:
No - but "11" is only for 5 minutes. Should i set this up every 5 minutes?

The biggest problem are that glossy glass and not the brightness.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
Well its done for a reason because any panel running at max brightness will severely impact battery life. You can have it at 10 from what I recall without any issues where or would want to go down. I use mind at level 5 all of the time when in walking and I can see my display fine in direct sunlight but it various depending in what works for you personally. If they used an e ink display you could always see or, but AMOLED panels are better overall IMO
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
yep, no problems seeing mine outside set a 5, usually, sometimes at 7, if its really sunny out
[Samsung Gear Fit] loriwass:
Gear FIt 2 Weekly Report

I got my weekly report and it is pretty lame :( compared to the Fitbit weekly report.

S Health gives you 3 .pngs which are essentially screen shots, which I had to email to myself. One gives you your average daily active minutes and average daily steps, and then compares you to your group (by sex). Another screen gives you a bar graph of your daily sleep, total time slept, and average efficiency. The last screen gives you Heart Rate: latest, average, highest & lowest.

My Fitbit gives me totals, daily average and best days for Steps, Distance, Floors, Calories burned, weight change and would show stats for sleep (which I no longer track on the One) and would also show leader board of friends if they were still using their Fitbits.

Too bad I can't pair the Gear Fit Band 2 to the Fitbit cloud.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
you know what they say, no deal is perfect!
[Samsung Gear Fit] Eddiemc:
Is this a recognized issue by Samsung now?

People have experienced this since release (10.june) Some countries customer support have even reported that there's limited functionality with non samsung phones (basically giving customers the middle finger).

I'm starting to have doubts that this issue will be fixed "fast".
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
Samsung isn't known to fix things get, so I Adm inclined to agree until proven otherwise.
[Samsung Gear Fit] 74Marek:
Yop, you say it. S-Health is dissaranged and confusing. After a bit more than a week with gear fit 2, I returned it back and yesterday I bought first time Garmin (Fenix 3), it plays totally different league than Samsung (mailnly I see difference in SW site). Samsung isn´t wrong HW, but their SW and customer service totally harmed their image by me.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Hexxer:
There is a bug in tracking activities. GOS Modul ist, in both of them, non active. Thats the auto-tracking function. Do 10 minutes somewhat and it starts

Walking - as you see. Distance are tracked.

Biking - as you see. There are no distance shown and tracked.
[Samsung Gear Fit] ZiCott:
S Health is really not working so well...you can add Nike Plus "Link", but the recorded runs never get uploaded to Nike Servers, so whats the deal? Just for visual purposes?? Runs recorded on the Gear Fit 2 get sync'ed to S Health, but not Vice-Versa...

S Health is the HUB, where it just collects all DATA, but never goes anywhere...lame, I guess I am just going to use the standalone NIKEPLUS APP again...
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
S-health is horrible, compared to the apps you get with FitBit, Garmin, or several others.

The software part of this tracker is horrible, so I doubt I will be keeping this tracker much longer
[Samsung Gear Fit] Thiso:
with walking you can estimate the distance by your average step size and number of steps. No such thing is possible when bicking. I guess that's where the difference is
[Samsung Gear Fit] loriwass:
Gave up on the GearFIt 2

After about two weeks with the Samsung Gear Fit 2, I gave up on it and returned it to Best Buy :( . I loved the band itself, but the poor S-Health app and lack of cloud ecosystem just wasn't working for me. Got a FitBit Blaze. Although the Blaze is a little bit bigger than what I originally was looking for, the Fitbit Alta didn't have all the functionality I wanted. The Blaze's interface is not as well thought out as the Samsung (for example, all the music controls are not on the same screen) and there are a lot of wasted pixels with a black frame going around the screen. It uses the GPS from my phone to map my walks, but that is fine with me, since I take my phone with me anyway. I already have 3 years of data in Fitbit, so I can compare my progress to what I was doing earlier in the year, or last year--and I like that. Maybe Fitbit will take note of their competition and come out with a better designed band.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
sorry to see you go!
[Samsung Gear Fit] jlmf12:
Facebook group in spanish

For spanish users, I've created a group in Facebook to share all about the Gear Fit2. If you want to have a look or share something, you wil be welcome:

I can't post external links, so you can write in the Facebook search box:

Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit2 en español

Saludos ;)
[Samsung Gear Fit] memo951:
For English speakers, I've created a Facebook group with almost 200 members, the name is "GALAXY GEAR WEARABLES", feel free to join our group ;)
[Samsung Gear Fit] pptt:
I recently got the GF2 and am using a non samsung mobile. I am able to install the alarm app and various watch faces using the samsung gear app. Maybe something has changed over the last 2/3 month since its released so I suggest to try again if you haven't been able to install thr alarm app
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
That's entirely possible, I haven't synced mine with any of my phones in over a month now. I keep wifi in, and use the GF2 in standalone mode so its not killing my phones battery by using the GPS constantly.
[Samsung Gear Fit] pptt:
i didn't realise the gf2 uses the phone's gps. is there a way to stop this?

don't really care about tracking my run/walk routes...
[Samsung Gear Fit] Pilz:
If you turn off your GPS or don't use s health on your phone to track steps then out should be off. I don't particularly care about my routes either, but the GPS gives the GF2 a more accurate way of tracking your steps. I use mine in standalone mode so I don't have the issue where it uses my phones GPS
[Samsung Gear Fit] The Apostle:
Just turn location off in the watch settings. Settings>Connections>Location.
[Samsung Gear Fit] pptt:
Ta. Done that.

Did a run with gps on just for fun, and it shows a little map of my run. Pretty neat but useless feature for me
[Samsung Gear Fit] grmckenzie:
I bought a Garmin Vivosmart HR 2 weeks ago and am disappointed in it and am looking at trying a GF2. Readin through this thread, it sounds like I would have similar disapointments.

Biggest beef is it does not calculate calories burned well. At least it is not consistent. And if you turn on it's activity tracker, it double counts the calories (both as an activity and as steps). From the Garmin forum, it seems to have been an issue for over a year with no resolution coming.

I want to track steps and calories used. I want waterproof but don't really need GPS (it would be nice).

I have a Samsung Note 4 so I've used SHealth (without a tracker), but if this is the best software for the GF2 (no integration to MyFitnesPal?), I think I will look elsewhere.

So, does it calculate calories reasonably?

Can it connect to something else than SHealth? I do like MyFitnessPal but have only used it a week so I'm not tied to it.

Is there another one to look at?

Thanks for any help
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
for me, the answer to all my problems was a fitbit Blaze...
[Samsung Gear Fit] grmckenzie:
That actually helped me. Looked at the Blaze and noticed it isn't waterproof. I thought the Fit 2 was waterproof, but I see it isn't as well.

Knocks both of them out for me. Thanks for the reply. I'll look elsewhere.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
why do you need one that is waterproof? most of them are water resistant, so just dont take a shower or go swimming with them on..
[Samsung Gear Fit] djurkash:
After having first generation like 3 times, and SW3, Garmin 230 and Vivofit in between, I've finally bought second gen gear fit yesterday...

Really appears to be significant update over the first, but I am still not 100% satisfied overall, and expect that SW updates will solve it...Current version on mine is BPG3.'.

I'll write my impressions in the next days, but would like to hear first from the owners who got this newest update, that improves dynamic and repetitive workouts, what is exactly the version of the update?

Mi MAX
[Samsung Gear Fit] arielas:
I loved it , until It proved defective

I bought my Gear Fit 2 with every possible good intention to go with my Samsung 4 Note, and my active lifestyle. It was a love affair. I bought a ton of faces, I wore it all the time, and I liked the 2 day battery life.

Why I took it back to Target for a refund.

1) It drained the crap out of my phone. I enjoyed spotify, and the hands-free options, and the awesomeness of the watch faces by Stephan, BUT, it sucked the life out of my phone to use it with bluetooth constantly.

2) Suddenly after almost two months of wear it developed three gray horizontal bands on the watch face. Come to find out literally hundreds of people are experiencing the exact same thing. I do believe this to be a manufacturers defect, and Samsung even tried to wiggle out of it on their own support pages. Naughty Samsung.

3) The Band. The band is horrible. It made my wrist itch like the dickens. I developed a rash from the stupid thing, AND it does not come with a security band, so it falls off VERY easily. Your 150 dollar watch can hit the floor or go in the sink very easily.

4) Replacement bands that are not crap are hard to come by. The leather one I ordered on amazon was OK, but they are a pain to install.

5) The pedometer is crap. No really, it is crap. It does not work right at all. The heart rate monitor also is EH. So if you are looking for accuracy, move on.

6) All that said, all the other functions are pretty cool, and it was fun to play with for answering calls remotely. I do not think I will ever buy another Samsung watch after this. The use of a non-android operating system pretty much makes the thing useless as far as upgrades in the apps (which are notoriously freaky), even with really awesome patch work and third party software via xda.

You want something that works? Get a Chinese knock off, or a fit bit charge.
[Samsung Gear Fit] wase4711:
good point; my t mobile version just sits on my desk, never gets used

would love to find someone to buy it cheap, as its like new..
[Samsung Gear Fit] djurkash:
Hmmm, you should maybe consider to replace the phone...Note4 is known for not getting good update support. Could be bad bt driver, I don't know...don't have such issues using GF2 with my MiMax

I hope this won't happen to mine...I am using simple and minimalistic watch faces, hopefully this will help

Never experienced itchiness, falling off is an issue but not that big to me, so more so I am not considering yet to look for a third party replacement

Could you post a link to a model you've ordered...

My experience is different...I've been using simultaneously GF2 and a Vivofit2 and not only GF2 has been regularly showing less steps, but was more precise on a small distances I've been manually counted

I like GF2 because of fabulous screen and a convenient interface for managing calls and smses. I do agree that fitness party could be better, and i mean here more to a S health than to a watch, but for 150-it serves my needs and looks nice...And as soon as I get bored, I'll sell out and buy another...that's the fun part :)

Never used fitbit, maybe I'll get one of these next...

Mi MAX
[Samsung Gear Fit] pwel:
My experiences match those of Mi MAX. I used to have a fit bit Charge HR before. The pedometer of FIT2 is more strict but more precise (it does not add steps when cycling while the FB did) and the heart rate is similar (both are not always very precise though). The strap is comfortable for me, once I have it closed (which sometimes is an issue) it never fell off, I had problems with the FB falling off.

The only issues I face are:

1) sometimes when I start a training or sometimes even during a training the system seems to get stuck so the only thing working is the time. When I arrive at home after running it keeps on counting my steps for a few hours afterwards. This happend twice in half a year.

2) with that latest update (about 1 or 2 weeks ago), the training display does not stay on top: it irregularly jumps back to the watch face. This is not nice if you are running

3) In the training app you can choose what you want to display. Normally, it is time in large font and HR in small font. In the old app, if you changed from time to HR in the large font, the small font display changed to time. With the latest update the small font display always is HR. So if you choose HR for the large display, you have HR twice on your screen.

I hope that these nuisances will be fixed in a next update. But for me it is not clear in which forum to address these?
[Samsung Gear Fit] djurkash:
Maybe, to write in Samsung community, there is topic for the gear fit 2, in wearable part of the firum, if I recall well...

Mi MAX
[HTC 10 Accessories] LAURCORE:
Info and links can be found here: Mod Edit link removed

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask, and thanks for viewing!
[HTC 10 Accessories] heymynameiseric:
Looks awesome! Does it make it harder to use the touch buttons and FP button?
[HTC 10 Accessories] AliLaPointe:
One of these, in case form in order to add drop protection would be great. Looks cool as is, but definitely can't rock a phone without a case.
[HTC 10 Accessories] afuller42:
looks very cool, but i notice that as well. just having a tempered glass protector on mine for awhile was kinda thick for the fingerprint scanner.
[HTC 10 Accessories] cavist:
Quality looks horrible, and the person who invented the idea of the circle sticking to the lens glass should be moved to the moon.
[HTC 10 Accessories] AndroiderM:
I assure you the quality of toastmade skins is top notch compared to any other vinyl shins on the market. They are real wood veneer and hold up quite well on your device. I had one on my s7 edge and loved the look and feel. As far as the front skin I would be concerned about the home button cause even on my s7 once skin was installed home button was inset a little and the HTC 10 button in already inset with nothing installed on the front. Also the lens glass cover is optional.
[HTC 10 Accessories] cavist:
Maybe in the wood stickers world this is top notch. It really bad in my opinion when I see pictures like this.

Also the thickness of the front panel makes phone sensor and capacitivie buttons likely unusable - why covering your phone with something that ruins usability?
[HTC 10 Accessories] AndroiderM:
The front panel is optional but I did have the front installed on my s7e which has the capacitive buttons and they all worked.
[HTC 10 Accessories] mnguyen127:
I've used Toast products before, and the quality of their products is top notch. The cutouts are excellent. However, I wouldn't use the front portion on this as it looks like it makes reaching for the back, menu, and fingerprint sensor much more difficult. Also note that the wood is thick enough to prevent using a case with, but it does over some minor drop protection (really minor, but it's there).
[HTC 10 Accessories] LAURCORE:
Thanks! The wood is only ~0.7mm thick, so it doesn't conflict with the buttons. :good:
[HTC 10 Accessories] LAURCORE:
Thank you for the support. I haven't had any issues with the front on my S7 - the veneer is only ~0.7mm thick. Unfortunately we can't bevel the edges since the cutouts are so small and oblong shaped, but the edges aren't sharp or anything.
[HTC 10 Accessories] LAURCORE:
Highest quality wood skin you can get. The laser scored lines have to placed just right to enable the wood to stay smooth and wrap the curves. The lens cover is optional, but it helps protect the glass.