Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.

[altcmd]

Funny how this has to be a ‘feature’ but I understand why this has a charging requirement.

[A Former User]

I understand the charging, but the requirement to be connected to wifi is kinda annoying. I forgot to download maps before I went to my last trip and was stuck without maps for a week because there was no wifi available… or if there was, it was super slow.

[isazi]

@tomasbartko said in Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.:

I understand the charging, but the requirement to be connected to wifi is kinda annoying.

Well, the map is downloaded via wifi

[freeheeler]

@tomasbartko
additionally: it works very well with slow wifi, too. if you compare slow to high speed wifi, there’s no big difference in download time

[Egika]

@freeheeler

[freeheeler]

@Egika
now I would reeeeaaallly like to know what you’re thinking and what made you laughing

[A Former User]

@isazi No idea, just asking … is not possible to utilise the BT connection?

[isazi]

@tomasbartko no, too slow, the maps are not staged in the app, the watch connects to Suunto servers and downloads them.

[A Former User]

@freeheeler maybe, but I have tried to download a 96MB map and had to walk around to get a wifi reception with a powerbank connected to the watch. Was not so fun… and didn’t work out.

[Umer Javed]

@freeheeler said in Feature Suggestion: download maps when not connected to charger.:

@Egika
now I would reeeeaaallly like to know what you’re thinking and what made you laughing

I like you see the glass half full, instead of saying that the watch downloads slowly on a fast wifi.

[freeheeler]

@Umer-Javed
…I was distracted with work… I wanted to say that the speed is the same and the watch has a slow wifi bypass functionality

[Umer Javed]

@freeheeler I figured what you meant to say. I’m only teasing you

[Egika]

@freeheeler @Umer-Javed you both got me right.
Have a nice day

[Danny poleg]

Is there an intention to improve the maps a bit and on the way to increase the scale above 500 for the benefit of mountain bikers

[isazi]

@Danny-poleg yes, maps are being improved.

[Danny poleg]

@isazi You are great - we will patiently wait for the update

[peegee]

@Danny-poleg
And ultra runners

[Mff73]

With recent map updates, my SV was on charger a long time for map downloading, and during this download, the battery gauge didn’t change : no charge.
Is it normal, and designed like this?

[SuperFlo75]

@Mff73 This sounds crazy to me, because my SV is charging and downloading maps at the same time… but charging was much faster than downloading last time when I was updating the maps of Germany…

[Brad_Olwin]

@Rokelly Not a good idea as running out of power while downloading would be bad.