Software update 2.11.38 for S5/S9

[isazi]

Did a 2 hours walk today (still keeping social distance, people are getting better at this and everyone smoothly moves to opposite sides) with two watches. The track of the S9 with GPS+Baidou was good but not as good as yesterday, but you know different days and different conditions. Still more than acceptable, but maybe today GPS only would have been enough (I’ll never know).

[zvonejan]

In my opinion one test is not a test. 5 days in one same track witn one setting (e.g GPS) and then another 5 days on that same track with another setting (e. g GPS + BAIDU). The worst track from first 5 and another 5 can be removed because we all know, that bad days can happen. And then if first 4 in group are significantly closer with less deviation than second four, you have the answer

[Bulkan]

@zvonejan Agree, maybe we could set a protocol for this forum to tell about the accuracy of the GPS.

[isazi]

Those are my training runs/walk around the neighborhood, always the same few since 2015 or so, so I know what to expect in terms of accuracy. I’m not aiming at scientific comparisons, mostly at show me where I have been on the satellite view and don’t make me swim in canals and lakes.

[nseslija]

@isazi same thing, test walks in the neighborhood, regular walking paths three days in a row, two times BeiDou and one with GPS only. All three were very bad, one of the worst, if not the worst, with S9B… I hard reset the watch yesterday…and will try next week again… I hope to have better results…

[A Former User]

@mountainChris Good theory re: cold wrists. Trouble is, I’ve been having issues even during much warmer months like September and October in New York, and neither my Polar, nor Garmin, nor even Suunto 7 seemed to suffer during coldest time in January and February.

I think S9 high profile and a wobble it introduces does play a role. But I definitely don’t remember it being that much of a problem soon after the initial release. Nor do I remember this being an issue that much on Spartans.

[sartoric]

I would say that the real utility of the wrist warmer is not to keep the wrist warm, but to keep the watch firm

[Łukasz Szmigiel]

@sartoric I have the same observation when using long sleeves that have a cutout for thumb - I like to use this cutout for watch and hardly ever experience strange ohr readings with this setup.

[surfboomerang]

@nseslija keep us informed. I did a soft reset and tried GPS only. It was acceptable but not great. Galileo and Glonass were both horrible. They were ok before the firmware update.

[Saketo Nemo]

I took two 10-minute walks, round trip and the track was very good.
Running on the same pre-upgrade route, however, the first track was better, the second worst (yesterday, very cloudy, this also counts).
I’m curious to try again only GPS and GPS + Galileo.

[___Alejandro___]

@sartoric Actually, these wristbands are not designed to keep your wrists warm. Oddly enough, because the wrists do not get cold so fast, these wrist bands (from X-bionic) are supposed to regulate the heat flow from the wrists in order to cool you down (so called, evaporation cooling effect ). That’s the theory according to the company. It’s science, man!

[sartoric]

@Alejandro
Yep, I know, but remember “It cools when you sweat. It warms when you are cold”

[___Alejandro___]

@sartoric Ah! Yes, I see…

[nseslija]

@surfboomerang I went for a walk today on my stanard route using Beidou, and the track is much better then the first three were prior the reset. it was on the same level like good tracks with the previous firmware. If I’m able to I will do the same walk tomorrow… The hiking is now impossible, the cycling is questionable… but with this couple of walks (flat) it seems that Fusdalti is improved…

[jsr184]

@Michał-Rudzki from IG Suunto’s reply about future of Spartan line:

It is quite clear what it means (at least to me).

[A Former User]

@nseslija … about bad tracks and restart…

Strange. I never had a bad track on my S9 and never had to reset the watch. Never…
My S9 runs like a machine. Precision built-in…

[surfboomerang]

@nseslija I will try to hard-reset the watch tomorrow. See if that solves the issue

[nseslija]

@mountainChris Between upgrade and clean install I will always choose clean install… this things can happen…If it is an upgrade issue at all…
Regarding the S9B… yes, it is a good watch, accurate and reliable , I really like it…

[nseslija]

@surfboomerang I am still not sure if it’s the hard reset that changes things for the better. If it is not a bother for you give it a try…

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@surfboomerang no hard reset is needed to improve GPS etc. That is placebo