solar charging
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@Todd-Danielczyk
you should see all circles filled if the sun is strong enough.
I have seen it many times and in solar watch face I also see (almost) all bars filled when spending a day at the beach with different activities (of course the watch can not always be pointed at the sub, hence “almost”) -
@freeheeler I saw a different behavior of the solar circle after charging, until the battery level was the first time under 95% after being full charged… then I saw only the little flash inside the 3 circles, when the screen is locked. I say most times, because sometimes it was not different from the ‚normal‘ behavior…
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@SuperFlo75
double checking in a bit… it is the behaviour I saw and recall.
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@freeheeler I can check this about every 4 weeks, because the battery lasts very long
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@SuperFlo75
I know, it’s hard to test, right? 6 charging cycles after Vertical release the Race was released
I have tested it just now and it seems to be inconsistent.
I get full circles above 95% but only when I touch the screen while the watch is already exposed to the sun. when I touch the screen and then expose it to the sun it shows the flash only, as you report.
same with the harvest widget.
my impression: it’s a small UI bug. in the background there will be no charging.
I’ll report it.
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@freeheeler It is also my observation that this behavior is inconsistent… but in case when I can see the charging circles above 95%, the charging level increases, and when I cannot see the circles, the charging level does not increase…
But it‘s not a big thing! -
Unfortunately at this point, I doubt it could be a bug of the new firmware … in full sun it never reaches all the full circles. I think I’ll contact the assistance
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@riccardo88ve
you can but you don’t have to.
I’ve reported an issue to Suunto -
This morning I tested it again and I had the UNLIMITED POWER gauge consistently showing for many minutes … then I stopped looking at it
Of course I was under 60%
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@freeheeler So for you it’s not a malfunction of the vertical … but a software bug?
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@riccardo88ve
I wouldn’t even call it a software bug, but I am not a software developer… my wild guess: it’s simply a wrong output.
but actually it doesn’t matter what it is as we can’t do anything anyway except for sending logs and describing the observations. and that’s what I did, so they know, they prioritise and then look into it -
@riccardo88ve said in solar charging:
@freeheeler So for you it’s not a malfunction of the vertical … but a software bug?
it’s a feature, not a bug
Jokes apart, as said it probably simply doesn’t use solar if the watch still has a certain percentage of charge
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@Todd-Danielczyk thanks
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Posted in wrong thread. Sorry.
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About solar… how it is safe to have long time on sun? I was today on trip, gained a lot of sunny from direct lighting, and my watch was pretty hot. How long its safe to expose watch on direct sun? I know its not recommended, but does was there someone that damaged watch by that?
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@Tami999
Well, overheating electronics it’s never a good thing.
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@Tami999
I know people who take their watches to the sauna… -
@riccardo88ve today I got some trail riding in with plenty of sunshine. 3 rings.
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@Todd-Danielczyk what strap is that one ?? Seems interesting
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@thanasis it’s a knock off version of the Apple Ultra ocean.
NotoCity for Garmin Fenix 6 Band 22mm Ocean Watch Band for Fenix 7, Fenix 5, Fenix 6 Pro, Fenix 5 Plus, Forerunner 955/945, Approach S60/S62, Epix (Army Green) https://a.co/d/8eKD1je
Super comfy and keeps the Vertical tight enough to get good HR readings.