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    Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces

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    • JANTIKAINENJ Offline
      JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member
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      What is the best message app for S7?
      I’ve tried wear messages and informer but neither of them show pics for me in whatsapp messages.

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        pilleus @JANTIKAINEN
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        @JANTIKAINEN Android phone? IPhone?

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          JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member @pilleus
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          @pilleus android

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            pilleus @JANTIKAINEN
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            @JANTIKAINEN said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

            @pilleus android

            I do not understand why there are no pictures shown in wear messages. I never had a problem with the app. 🤔

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            • EgikaE Offline
              Egika Platinum Member @pilleus
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              @pilleus said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

              Google Fit and battery usage

              I experienced, that deactivating Google Fit will deactivate all tracking of heart rate, steps and calories at the moment. Suunto WearApp doesn’t do this job quite now.

              Setting up the S7 in the beginning I deactivated location services for Google Fit, but in the settings of the S7 I saw, that location service is enabled after all. I didn’t track my activities with Google Fit, therefore I deactivated activity tracking in Google Fit too. No need for location services.

              Then I decided to deactivate location services for Google Fit in the S7 settings. Just follow the screenshots (excuse me for the German language, but you will find the corresponding settings in your own language).

              Open settings - apps&notficiations - app info - scroll down to system apps - open system apps - scroll down to Fit - open Fit - scroll down to permissions - deactivate location services - confirm the dialog field with the warning.

              Thank you for these hints. I probably don’t get the point.
              Would this (disable GPS for Fit) have any effect if I don’t start tracking an activity from Fit?
              If I use Fit to record something, location is needed. If I don’t use Fit this way, it should not activate GPS anyway…?!

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                pilleus @Egika
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                @Egika if I don’t allow Fit to use GPS (in the initial setup), GPS is enabled nevertheless. Therefore I disabled it in the app settings. No permission, no battery usage. 😊

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                  Egika Platinum Member @pilleus
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                  @pilleus Thanks, and out of curiosity: how do you get the information, if an app uses GPS?

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                  • JANTIKAINENJ Offline
                    JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member
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                    Just took my S7 for a run with Jabra elite 65t.
                    Had downloaded some offline music to google music.
                    What a horrible experience! The sound was cutting off all the time. Is there anything I can do about it or do I just have try with some other earbuds?

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                    • pavel.samokhaP Offline
                      pavel.samokha @JANTIKAINEN
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                      @JANTIKAINEN Try other earbuds and other application (For example, NavMusic/NavExplorer or Wear Casts).

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                      • isaziI Offline
                        isazi Moderator @JANTIKAINEN
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                        @JANTIKAINEN check on which side the antenna is on the earplugs, and match it with the watch.

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                        • JANTIKAINENJ Offline
                          JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member @pavel.samokha
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                          @pavelsamokha Funny thing is that I have no issues at home even when I’m running and jumping around.
                          The cutting off started when I got outside.

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                            isazi Moderator @JANTIKAINEN
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                            @JANTIKAINEN may be also environmental. There was a particular intersection in downtown Singapore where my headphones would disconnect from my phone. Almost every morning.

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                            • Randy PennR Offline
                              Randy Penn @JANTIKAINEN
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                              @JANTIKAINEN You may be having trouble outside because there is nothing for the Bluetooth signal to bounce off of. Inside, there are walls everywhere to reflect the signal. You might have better luck if you wear your watch on the other wrist outside.

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                              • JANTIKAINENJ Offline
                                JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member @Randy Penn
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                                @Randy-Penn Thanks, I’ll try.

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                                  Is it somehow possible to completely turn off the screen when tracking sports in the Suunto app? Some elements are always on, and I guess therefore also consuming some battery power…

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                                    Egika Platinum Member @who93
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                                    @who93 said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

                                    Is it somehow possible to completely turn off the screen when tracking sports in the Suunto app? Some elements are always on, and I guess therefore also consuming some battery power…

                                    Now I think I found a bug while trying as follows:

                                    Start a running activity on the watch
                                    Press left button to go to home screen
                                    Then swipe down
                                    Select cinema mode to leave screen off

                                    Firstly when turning my wrist the display came on anyway.
                                    From now on the whole touch screen stopped working. Completely. Only buttons functional.
                                    Had to hard reboot my watch.

                                    Can anyone Co firm this behavior and where to report to?

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                                    • JANTIKAINENJ Offline
                                      JANTIKAINEN Bronze Member @Egika
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                                      @Egika I remember trying this when doing an 18k run and was starting to get low on bat. (had only 29% when I started the run and finnished with 2%)
                                      But anyway I turned off my screen when I had 3k’s to go and remember also that when I turned my wrist the display went back on.
                                      Touch screen was fully functional though.

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                                      • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                        Brad_Olwin Moderator @Egika
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                                        @Egika I will test today and if I can replicate it, I can report it to Suunto as a bug.

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                                        • pilleusP Offline
                                          pilleus
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                                          Weather radar mapped to the lower button with Wearable widgets and Windy. Have fun!

                                          It’s more precise and actual than any other radar in our area. And you can see the direction and movement of the rain area. 👍

                                          This is the output of the windy applet on the watch: test.mp4

                                          This is the initial (actual) screen of the windy applet when opening:
                                          windy.png

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                                          • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                            Brad_Olwin Moderator @pilleus
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                                            @pilleus I have that app on iOS and love it. It will not work on the S7 unless you have an Android phone.

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