Future S9 firmware wishlist summary

Brad_Olwin

@Алексей-Омельченко said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

@sartoric just because I had a long email convesation with your support team.
Your time is up, now I want everyone to know first you are liars doing nothing to fix bugs and last and the least you destroy previous models intentionally to force people buy newer models.
Such as “buy Suunto 7 because Suunto 9 is outdated and full of bugs”

Try to argue… good luck

I am not a Suunto employee either, but what are the bugs regarding the S9? I have an S9 baro model and have no issues at all with altitude, I can provide the data if you wish. My S9 baro is not full of bugs, in fact I don’t have any at this time, what bugs are you referring to? Finally my S9 is not outdated, I have both an S7 and S9 and I cannot use the S7 for the exercises that I use the S9 for, which is my favorite watch of all time. I did own an SSU and all the Ambits.

freeheeler

@Brad_Olwin
I catched he has an S9 without baro… but honestly that is something we as customers should consider before purchasing a new watch: do I care about alti, if yes - > baro

Cuba1hr

I get some of Aleksei’s frustrations about firmware. I would also like more things to be customizable on the watch (or through app, even better through proper web interface). I can’t praise enough Polar Flow, true that they screwed a bit users with earlier products and Polar Trainer…That reminds me on this situation with Movescount and Suunto app.

@TELE-HO “nothing compared to Suunto official support” - e-mail or? What is the best way to submit a bunch of suggestions so that Suunto take them into consideration? I see things on the forum that are not solved from 2018 and 2019…and won’t be.

In 3 months of having a watch, just one fw with day correction. They must be working on 7 and 9 successor:)
About baro and altitude. I don’t get this watch, never had problem like this with Polar. In watch mode, I live at 253m above sea level and it was fine on the watch until it decided to increase that altitude for more than 20m and keep it for a few days. I know about pressure, but still.

Speaking of Polar and bugs. I mentioned that my Polar reset 2-3 times during an activity in 5 years. Well not good start for S9B. With no activity, just “watch mode”, it had 60% of battery. Few minutes later I looked at the watch - blank screen.
Pushed a button, nothing. Double finger tap for light - nothing. Connected it to a charger - nothing, dead.
Did a software reset (top button for 12 sec or so) and it came back to life. What happened I don’t know.

As I am finally starting with activities outdoor I was hoping a new firmware would be out for a while, but nothing yet.
I lost my hope for better light control/activation, vibration customization, race pace, interval training, more screens, waypoints and POI (I mean, c’mon how many months does it take for Suunto programmers to add freaking waypoints to the app)…and “we are all moving to the new platform”.

Question for those who use gloves or sweat during run (everybody) - how do you activate backlight (if it isn’t set to ON with button press)?

I cannot double finger tap the screen with gloves or it doesn’t work with sweaty fingers when it is hot (I rub my fingers to my shirt or pants to try to get them dry and then activate backlight in 5th or 6th attempt.) That backlight and missing dedicated light button is just stupid, what were they thinking while designing the watch…and the same thing on Suunto 5 I think…and they are Finnish company…I guess it is cold during the winters there and people wear gloves. Maybe it is the global warming so we don’t need gloves anymore.
And no, I don’t want to waste the (mediocre) battery life with every button press or have the light all the time. Someone mentioned tilt to activate the light, but that wasn’t accepted with much of approval here on the forum. I mean it could be done with what we have on the watch. For example 1-2 seconds middle button press or press 2 buttons at the same time (easy to press 2 buttons at once with a glove).
I just remembered also unchangeable Sunday for the start of a week…resurces after battery charge and so on and on.

gerasimos

@Cuba1hr said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

and the same thing on Suunto 5 I think…

you are wrong at this point man!!.. check yourself
dedicated button…1. Upper left button

https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_5/suunto_5/getting-started/buttons/

and

https://www.suunto.com/Support/Product-support/suunto_5/suunto_5/features/backlight/

for the problem with gloves …and always open backlight on S9… agree…100% not so practical fora hardcore situtations

Cuba1hr

@gerasimos
yes, I wasn’t checking for 5, that why I wrote “I think”, sorry. Thought about it as a bit weaker version of 9

gerasimos

@Cuba1hr
all good man just I mention…

also me too i have little problems with s9

use compass at exercsice mode (and bearing locks)
backlight function (i solve it unofficial with press upper or mid button for 2 sec)
lock buttons in navigation mode because when i hike in difficult conditions and use my hands to get over an obstacle press accidentally the button and change the screen or open the bottom nav. menu)
when i pause the activity i want to access in the menu to see my all exerscise data or redefine my navigate position when rest ( like ambit or new S7 )
poi name at "the fly’’ to know wich is wich
lock button in IN TIME MODE big buttons - easy accidental press…

but i still fucking love this watch…and the “pros” in crucial and important fuctions are always in 101% functionally - trustworty.
this minimal tech- watch companion has NEVER BUT NEVER betray me in the mountains or sea.

i try a lot in the market…but… : S9 PURE POWER

Vladimir Ustinov

Longer duration of vibration for alarm.
I suppose it is topmost new feature for next firmware. Currently notification/alarm vibration is so weak that it cannot be sensed even in relax condition…
I want power of vibration be configured. For persons who prefer longer battery life maybe it will be necessary to choose current vibration duration but for those who really want to know what happening without periodically checking phone duration of vibration must be much much longer and powerfull than current.
P.S. I constantly asking about this feature for more than a year, but still no luck. Time to time I’m finding myself in one step from smash this watches with huge hammer when I miss important notification… again.

Cuba1hr

Yes, vibration is so weak and short that I still use miBand for waking up in the morning.

tomahawk5000

Totaly agree regarding vibration.

freeheeler

@Vladimir-Ustinov said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

smash this watches with huge hammer when I miss important notification…

what really?
if notification is that important to you, why don’t you just set the phone volume to maximum?

tomahawk5000

@TELE-HO I think that that guy just kidding but I for example don’t want to have sound notification to loud and I prefer vibration, that is why longer vibration than now is so important for me

Cuba1hr

@TELE-HO

I don’t want to wake up other people with alarm sound (or little nephew when sleeping over) that remain sleeping when I get up for work.

Vladimir Ustinov

@TELE-HO My phone mostly in pocket or on table somewhere. I’m not a big fan of bomb alarm couple times every minute, so I have to choose “not too loud” sound level. You know from the time of first smart bands all wearable electronics with notification function can handle sensible vibration. My wife have 3 fitness and that watches also can handle it. Why so called “flagship” product cannot?

Vladimir Ustinov

@Cuba1hr There was a time I used both watches and miband. But that watches wasn’t smart.
I’m owner of not so tough nervous system, so having “best suunto smart” watches means for me that they should handle function of $20 miBand. But… suunto think different

Vladimir Ustinov

@tomahawk5000 No kidding. I was a big fan of suunto. That was the only reason why I bought this.
But nowadays I’m absolutely sure that there will be no more suunto watches… mine. And they will be placed on “history” shelf if suunto will finally fix all issues or youtube will have a video about it resistance to drilling, sawing and smashing

QwertyBoy

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Could you hint, when will the new firmware come out, please?

isazi

@QwertyBoy we’re all waiting to see if we get Baidou
BTW I skied with the S9 today, the tracks are spectacular. Will share later on, if I manage to export the image on my mobile with QS.

Edit: no luck on my mobile, I need to work on that.

nseslija

@isazi glonass?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@isazi whats the prob

isazi

@nseslija Galileo.