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Open water swimming suddenly stops reading gps

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    thanasis Bronze Member @freeheeler
    last edited by thanasis 8 Dec 2022, 10:42 12 Aug 2022, 10:42

    @freeheeler I don’t know what is happening but s9p has a serious flaw then .
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    https://share.icloud.com/photos/00aOkH1BElRpx4k4YKfKMrLeA

    The green represents the course whereas the red is that s9p recorded . It seems to me that the watch cannot be used for openwater swimming

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      freeheeler @thanasis
      last edited by 12 Aug 2022, 12:48

      @thanasis
      I am sorry that you have bad experience with tracking OWS. OWS works very well with my S9B and S9P shouldn’t be any worse.
      There was another thread where S7 users mentioned basically inexistent recording and my wife has no issues with her S7 whatsoever.
      I know for sure that any other swim style than crawling does not work as the watch is submerged too much to record.

      Did you try to change settings, too? like different battery modes, power settings, different combination of satellite systems?

      living sideways

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        thanasis Bronze Member @freeheeler
        last edited by 12 Aug 2022, 14:22

        @freeheeler said in Open water swimming suddenly stops reading gps:

        @thanasis
        I am sorry that you have bad experience with tracking OWS. OWS works very well with my S9B and S9P shouldn’t be any worse.
        There was another thread where S7 users mentioned basically inexistent recording and my wife has no issues with her S7 whatsoever.
        I know for sure that any other swim style than crawling does not work as the watch is submerged too much to record.

        Did you try to change settings, too? like different battery modes, power settings, different combination of satellite systems?

        I have Done all of them . I mentioned that many other users have reported the same and it seems that it is device specific . My ambit 3 peak has no issues whatsoever

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          herlas Silver Members
          last edited by 12 Aug 2022, 15:57

          I’ve done OWS with both A3P and S9P quite a lot recently and S9P convinced me to leave the A3P at home, the GPS tracks are better than with A3P, the only issues I have with S9P are no temperature recorded unless S+ weather is used, and heart rate summary (avg, min or max) not displaying for my auto laps when using the smart belt, think both are reported to Suunto

          SRS Ti
          A3P (drill mode for pool swimming 🤦🤷)
          Galaxy Z Flip 3 / Galaxy S24+

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            thanasis Bronze Member @herlas
            last edited by thanasis 8 Dec 2022, 16:58 12 Aug 2022, 16:58

            @herlas i am not talking about marginal differences… my s9p stops recording the track and resumes after some time or even not at all …

            See the posts above to better understand. If this is hardware related I am happy to send it but some other users seem to complain about the same

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              herlas Silver Members
              last edited by herlas 8 Dec 2022, 19:00 12 Aug 2022, 17:14

              Right I do get it, I’m doing freestyle swimming and haven’t seen your issue with my S9P, hope you get it sorted out soon

              SRS Ti
              A3P (drill mode for pool swimming 🤦🤷)
              Galaxy Z Flip 3 / Galaxy S24+

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                angela angela @thanasis
                last edited by 25 Aug 2022, 08:56

                @thanasis have you added + glonass on you gps system?

                S9P moss grey
                S5

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                  Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
                  last edited by 25 Aug 2022, 14:23

                  From my experience if the s9p is submerged a coupe of minutes it takes more to recover than other watches I have used.

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                    angela angela @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                    last edited by 19 Sept 2022, 15:53

                    @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos It seems i have a similar issue with my s9p on open water swimming only on start though.I allready locked gps 3 minutes before swimming, i press start, i start swimming and meters stay at zero . I have to stop swimming, keep hand out of water for 15 seconds and then it starts counting. That would be a big problem on open water swimming race. This did not happen at all on my s5. Anyone have found a way to resolve this? Thank you.

                    S9P moss grey
                    S5

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                      thanasis Bronze Member @angela angela
                      last edited by 19 Sept 2022, 16:00

                      @angela-angela said in Open water swimming suddenly stops reading gps:

                      @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos It seems i have a similar issue with my s9p on open water swimming only on start though.I allready locked gps 3 minutes before swimming, i press start, i start swimming and meters stay at zero . I have to stop swimming, keep hand out of water for 15 seconds and then it starts counting. That would be a big problem on open water swimming race. This did not happen at all on my s5. Anyone have found a way to resolve this? Thank you.

                      actually I feel it is not possible to rely on my watch as it stands at the moment. Maybe it is hardware related and maybe applies to specific LOT but unfortunately I have had major issues that make it useless for OWS including your case @angela-angela

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                        angela angela @thanasis
                        last edited by 25 Sept 2022, 17:48

                        @thanasis Today on open water swimming i pressed start 5-10 seconds before i enter water and my watch recorded everything correctly from start. No stops or missing gps. I hope it works.

                        S9P moss grey
                        S5

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