Software update 2.18.18 Sept 28 2021

[freeheeler]

@surfboomerang which is fine, since promised dates set you under unnecessary pressure and the risk is high that you make mistakes…
I know that by own experience by the way

[surfboomerang]

@freeheeler True.
I prefer fewer, but stable updates over more frequent and buggy.

More frequent and stable however…

[isazi]

Do not want to give false hopes because Suunto eventually decides when and if to release software, but in retrospect they have been pretty consistent on the WHEN part.

[cosme.costa]

@isazi So, December is a good month then?

[DMytro]

@freeheeler depends. Sometimes excessive pressure helps accomplish tasks faster.

[DMytro]

Is this a bug? Resources shot up despite me not resting and then even doing a training.
I wore an hr belt during the training, might it be that the algorithm could thus acquire better hr readings to correct resources?

[Frederick Rochette]

@dmytro have the same issue with some activity

[BinoWorld UK]

@frederick-rochette to be faire Suunto need to sort out few things about resources. One of them is the one hour charge and then it default back to 50% which makes that whole thing inaccurate. I tend to charge mine in increments so it doesn’t shoot back up to 50%

[safari]

I recently faced a situation like this:
I snooze in the morning after the alarm goes off. When the 2nd alarm goes off, even though I press all the buttons, the alarm goes off, but the screen does not light up.
It returns to normal after a while.
arm wake is also on.
in the morning it gets hard to see the screen in the dark

[inkognito]

@safari https://forum.suunto.com/topic/7147/alarm-doesn-t-turn-on-the-backlight?_=1636622791299

[plopes73]

@isazi, just as update. Today charged my S9P and went for a run at the end of the day.
Started with 97% - 30h estimation (GPS+Beidou +HR) no S+
Run during 49 min
Ended wirh 92% - 28h estimation

That’s what I was saying, with this consumption, no way it lasts 28h more. It will drain all the battery within 16h. This is way less than specified.
Hope that Suunto corrects also this excess drain is next firmware uodate.

If it’s not a issue, so my watch has some issue in Gps battery drain, and have to correct it while in warranty…

Thanks

[isazi]

@pedromslopess cannot say much about this, except that some people have higher battery consumption on their S9P than others. I have pretty good battery life. Suunto is on this though.

[zadow]

@pedromslopess Well, from my observation, battery consuption reporting is not linear. Especially on battery edge conditions (20% - 30% or at 90% - 100%). Try to repeat exactly the same test more times on different battery level. I guess that watch will report smaller/different battery consuption.

What I am trying to say is, that linear extrapolation of battery consuption, just from one measurement cannot prove anything .You need to make more measurement in different conditions to get a better picture of real battery consuption.

[freeheeler]

picture this:
family is sitting at the table, eating dinner after a long day of work and school…
son: daddy, I want a Fitbit again!
me: why, what’s wrong with your Suunto 3?!
son: it’s nice, but every time I tilt my wrist the watch goes anywhere in the menu and I have to set it back or stop automatic started activities etc…

…seems to be a family issue

[Mff73]

@freeheeler

[DMytro]

@freeheeler you’re not considering Fitbit too, are you? XD

[freeheeler]

@dmytro
the only watch I realistically consider is S9P once my S9B dies… unless Suunto surprises us with an S9P XL by then… I hope they have another 2-3 years time until this happens

[skydancer]

@nseslija Can you briefly describe the downgrade procedure? Is it really only about drag&drop the firmware zip on the SuuntoLink app while the watch is connected?

[nseslija]

@skydancer yes, only that. And after that ,unfortunately, resetup the device from the scratch…

[skydancer]

@nseslija And how is the battery drain now, back to normal?