I don't have a smartphone ...

eeonefivebee

Just had the Movescount changes information but I don’t have a smartphone or tablet computer, nor do I want to be forced by Suunto to buy one. It seems to mean that I can no longer access my training data other than by using the limited in-watch log from the end of October or is it possible to still download the data to a web service somewhere? Anybody know?

sartoric

Based on Suunto info, not on MC

But you can take a look to some 3rd party application, like @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos’s https://quantified-self.io

You should check if you can enable the connection to your account from QS … I don’t remember, but many people here probably do

eeonefivebee

Great, thanks for the link, it has led me to a solution, a bit ugly but at least it works (at any rate until I lose Moveslink2 for some reason). The problem is downloading from the watch to get the data off, the Suuntolink software will require a connection to the app for downloading data, which I can’t do without smartphone/tablet computer. I have just checked where Moveslink files go and uploaded one to QS - bingo, it worked! Perhaps a better solution would be to sell the watch on ebay …

isazi

@eeonefivebee can you find someone with a smartphone to let you create an account, and connect it to QS? Then you could use Suuntolink and have your activities in QS. And after you setup the account on someone else’s phone, you can delete the app.

eeonefivebee

Good Idea, I will try that, thanks.

halajos

@isazi I think, that creating an account on sports-tracker.com should work as well

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@halajos bingo

eeonefivebee

@isazi Brilliant, job done. A mate set me up with an account and then deleted the app. I synced my watch through Suuntolink, linked QS to the account and sure enough, they are there. Much better than my clumsy effort!!

isazi

@eeonefivebee glad to help. I understand that if you don’t have a smartphone this “mobile first” Suunto policy may suck, but I hope you’ll be able to keep using your watch for long.

Jamie BG

@isazi - is there any watch maker now that does still offer web option, that doesn’t have to go through a smartphone app first?

isazi

@Jamie-BG I actually don’t know as I only used watches from Garmin and Suunto, and I do have a smartphone.

eeonefivebee

@Jamie-BG My better half has a garmin that syncs via the web, and, when I was looking at possible alternatives in case Suunto turned my Ambit into a brick, it looked like Polar offered the option of a web service as well as smartphone app.

Brad_Olwin

@eeonefivebee Another alternative is to purchase a used iPodTouch or an old smartphone and just don’t enable the phone features. You could likely get one inexpensively and it would solve the problem.

Fenr1r

@Brad_Olwin said in I don't have a smartphone ...:

used iPodTouch or an old smartphone

Extremely good idea, just not too old and restricted OS-wise or it might not be able to run newer (& future) versions of the App?

Jamie BG

@eeonefivebee not suprised that companies are moving away from websites, as it is so much easier to just sync you watch and phone. So effortless compared to using cables etc.

@Jamie-BG said in I don't have a smartphone ...:

@isazi - is there any watch maker now that does still offer web option, that doesn’t have to go through a smartphone app first?

I guess Garmin. In fact on edge units they ask you to connect to Garmin connect by you can do everything without it (at least on my side )

4nders

You could also try bluestacks, my daughter uses it to play android games on her computer, might work with suunto app as well.