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    • SteffS Offline
      Steff @isazi
      last edited by Steff

      @isazi don’t know what’s the normal behavior for the Huawei GT2 but I’m sure that it didn’t shared the phone GPS because I remember I had it disconnected.

      For Samsung I think they share the phone GPS, but does it even matter? At least with them I have an option to obtain some usable results and I always take my phone with me, especially on long hikes.

      Is there an option to share the phone GPS on S7? Because I will gladly use it.
      Not only that it does not have this option, but if I leave it connect to my phone I loose another 2-3 hours of battery.

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      • EgikaE Offline
        Egika Platinum Member @Steff
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        @steff I think “good” GPS is the issue here together with the hiking mode.
        Suunto states: “When running or cycling, FusedTrack™ is used to improve tracking quality.”
        So in hiking mode FusedTrack maybe is not used and you just end up with a 10s GPS fix.

        If you not already had a watch, for day-long hikes I would always recommend the Suunto 9B anyway! I have both the S9B and the S7 and for single oder multiday hikes I am taking the S9 with me.
        I don’t have to care for battery consumption at all and can use best GPS.

        The S7 stays on my arm during my daily life and for the casual weekend run or afternoon activity.

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        • SteffS Offline
          Steff @Egika
          last edited by

          @egika said in Suunto 7:

          @steff I think “good” GPS is the issue here together with the hiking mode.
          Suunto states: “When running or cycling, FusedTrack™ is used to improve tracking quality.”
          So in hiking mode FusedTrack maybe is not used and you just end up with a 10s GPS fix.

          It’s very possible, I remember that I tested the FusedTrack with running profile, but walking not running, through the city, and it was nowhere near as messed up.
          Probably the FusedTrack algorithm works best after a certain speed, but I don’t understand why Suunto are not enabling it for all profiles.
          Worst than without it I don’t think it’s possible

          If you not already had a watch, for day-long hikes I would always recommend the Suunto 9B anyway! I have both the S9B and the S7 and for single oder multiday hikes I am taking the S9 with me.
          I don’t have to care for battery consumption at all and can use best GPS.

          The S7 stays on my arm during my daily life and for the casual weekend run or afternoon activity.

          Or I can get a Venu 2 and have a single watch for both daily wear and day hikes 😀
          I know the smartwatch capabilities of Garmin are not comparable with WearOS, but for what I need(and I think most people also) in 90% for situations (notifications, payments, music) Garmin it’s enough

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            Egika Platinum Member @Steff
            last edited by

            @steff correct. No need to stick to Suunto if the grass on the other side of the river is greener for you 🙂

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            • Martin VrskaM Offline
              Martin Vrska @Brad_Olwin
              last edited by Martin Vrska

              @brad_olwin Hi, This morning, after updating Google Play services in the watch, a GPS icon appeared that had not appeared before. Does anyone have it too? Thanks. screen.png

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              • Jamie BGJ Offline
                Jamie BG Bronze Member @Steff
                last edited by

                @steff
                I am in a similar but different boat.
                I have bought a Fenix 6x Pro (solar) because I wanted what I had as close to possible as the S7 but with better normal battery life.
                From what I have seen there doesn’t seem to be a major difference in terms of tracks, distance, altitude etc - Fairly close, but then so far max distance i have used is 4km but done quite a few of those and all fairly close to my S7 on same routes.

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                • SteffS Offline
                  Steff @Jamie BG
                  last edited by

                  @jamie-bg yes, unfortunately the perfect device does not exist.

                  Before the S7 I always said that the perfect device for me would be a Fenix with amoled and touchscreen.
                  S7 and Venu are the only ones which come close to this.

                  I still think that S7, even with the current hardware has a lot of potential.

                  Maybe a 5sec GPS FusedTrack with 8-10 hours of battery and enabled for all profiles will solve all my problems but I doubt that this is something which Suunto would ever consider.

                  Until then, I think I will go to the other side of the river where the grass is greener, like @Egika said 🙂

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                  • isaziI Offline
                    isazi Moderator @Steff
                    last edited by

                    @steff said in Suunto 7:

                    Until then, I think I will go to the other side of the river where the grass is greener, like @Egika said 🙂

                    Hopefully you will not discover that cows are dead on the other side too. And water is poisonous 🤣

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                    • SteffS Offline
                      Steff @isazi
                      last edited by

                      @isazi if the water is poisonous, both sides of the river will have dead cows 🙂

                      Depends on which side of the river has fewer dead cows 🙂

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                      • isaziI Offline
                        isazi Moderator @Steff
                        last edited by

                        @steff said in Suunto 7:

                        @isazi if the water is poisonous, both sides of the river will have dead cows 🙂

                        In fact I said “too” 😉

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                        • Jamie BGJ Offline
                          Jamie BG Bronze Member @isazi
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                          @isazi amazing how the grass always looks greener on the other side and even if it is, sometimes by the time you get there it isn’t. Sometimes it is though and worth the cost of the change.

                          Learnt that lesson in sailing dighies that just cause a side is favoured, if you get caught on the wrong side, it isn’t always worth changing side straight away, sometimes the initial cost of transferring is worse than continuing on, however in some occasions staying on the wrong side is even worse and you have to cut your losses… The ideal thing is being able to judge and pick the right moment (and or hope we never end up on the wrong side).

                          But my personal opinion in Suunto vs Garmin is there isn’t a better side - they both have their good and bad - it really comes down to what works for you now. Ideally would love a marriage of the two i.e. Garmin’s health features in Suunto’s layout, Garmins complex training with Training Peaks training at top level (though that would be interesting as they aren’t really the same from what I can make out) and the Fenix 6x Pro Solar with all its features (smart included) with the S9 Peaks screen, and ability to manage customization in the app…

                          But unfortunately until that comes its what works for you best at this point in time.

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                            isazi Moderator @Jamie BG
                            last edited by

                            @jamie-bg I agree, there’s no one size fits all. As I said already, I owned all Garmin Fenix watches (excluding the original one), 6 included. I owned more Garmin devices, and used them for more years, than Suunto ones 🙂

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                              vr2udt Bronze Member
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                              Solstice watch face on the Summer Solstice day
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                              • Nigel Taylor 0N Offline
                                Nigel Taylor 0 Bronze Member @Martin Vrska
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                                @martin-vrska said in Suunto 7:

                                @brad_olwin Hi, This morning, after updating Google Play services in the watch, a GPS icon appeared that had not appeared before. Does anyone have it too? Thanks. screen.png

                                Yes - it annoys me!

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                                • Martin VrskaM Offline
                                  Martin Vrska @Nigel Taylor 0
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                                  @nigel-taylor-0 The icon disappears when turned off and on again. At least for me.

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                                    Nigel Taylor 0 Bronze Member @Martin Vrska
                                    last edited by Nigel Taylor 0

                                    @martin-vrska said in Suunto 7:

                                    @nigel-taylor-0 The icon disappears when turned off and on again. At least for me.

                                    I ain’t doing that after the pain I had yesterday!

                                    Did a reboot because of other issues and ended up wasting about an hour having to fully reset and reconfigure the Watch the way I like it 😞 (and an hour recharging)

                                    https://forum.suunto.com/topic/6632/no-continuous-hr-sleep-or-stress-then-further-issues

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                                      macdav Bronze Member @Nigel Taylor 0
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                                      Some day ago, I realised this layers over. Has anybody same problem?
                                      IMG_20210806_150958.jpg

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                                      • Martin VrskaM Offline
                                        Martin Vrska @macdav
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                                        @macdav Naštěstí ne 🤨. Fortunately not 🤨.

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                                        • Brad_OlwinB Offline
                                          Brad_Olwin Moderator @macdav
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                                          @macdav This is showing that there is a screen underneath this one as the overlay is a settings screen. There is nothing wrong here that I see.

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                                            A Former User @macdav
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                                            @macdav said in Suunto 7:

                                            Some day ago, I realised this layers over. Has anybody same problem?
                                            IMG_20210806_150958.jpg

                                            It shouldn’t look like that. It looks pretty much like a burn-in.

                                            @brad_olwin said in Suunto 7:

                                            @macdav This is showing that there is a screen underneath this one as the overlay is a settings screen. There is nothing wrong here that I see.

                                            Overlay of what over what? This below looks like a Solstice watchface.

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