Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces

pilleus · 17 May 2020, 21:52

@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.

Egika · 18 May 2020, 03:29

@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…?!

pilleus · 18 May 2020, 07:07

@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.

Egika · 18 May 2020, 10:06

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

JANTIKAINEN · 31 May 2020, 18:13

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?

pavel.samokha · 31 May 2020, 18:19

@JANTIKAINEN Try other earbuds and other application (For example, NavMusic/NavExplorer or Wear Casts).

isazi · 31 May 2020, 19:26

@JANTIKAINEN check on which side the antenna is on the earplugs, and match it with the watch.

JANTIKAINEN · 31 May 2020, 19:27

@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.

isazi · 31 May 2020, 19:29

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

Randy Penn · 1 Jun 2020, 05:39

@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.

JANTIKAINEN · 1 Jun 2020, 05:39

@Randy-Penn Thanks, I’ll try.

who93 · 2 Jun 2020, 08:20

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…

Egika · 2 Jun 2020, 15:05

@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?

JANTIKAINEN · 2 Jun 2020, 19:28

@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.

Brad_Olwin · 2 Jun 2020, 20:18

@Egika I will test today and if I can replicate it, I can report it to Suunto as a bug.

pilleus · 9 Jun 2020, 11:18

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:

Brad_Olwin · 9 Jun 2020, 15:57

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

Sofija Kontrimaite · 21 Jun 2020, 06:36

@pilleus This also works out very well with adidas run app. Jus sync it with suunto app and and google fit

Egika · 21 Jun 2020, 06:55

@Sofija-Kontrimaite said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

@pilleus This also works out very well with adidas run app. Jus sync it with suunto app and and google fit

How do you sync to Suunto App?
When using Syncmytracks, I found all altitude data missing. It seems to use the Sports Tracker api that is not working well here…

Sofija Kontrimaite · 21 Jun 2020, 07:07

@Egika I have connected adidas running to suunto app (go to settings, connect to other services). All data - altitude, GPS, HR etc transfers with no issues. But to have it synced to Google Fit you have to open adidas app. It does not sync until then.