SSWHRBaro and display wake on wrist turn
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Most of wearables I own(ed) support this feature. I find it very strange I cannot find it anywhere on my SSWHRBaro. Just for simple checking time when screen is off it would be useful to turn wrist facing the display up to wake up the watch. Is there something I am missing and this feature is already there?
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@jsr184 There are reasons not to do this. One obvious one is battery drain. When running the watch would turn on with every stride. If you were trying to maximize battery this would severely affect the exercise duration. So then you might say allow this to be optional, that means more things to turn on and off or remember to turn on and off. So I think it gets complicated and I would not want this as a regular hardware feature as I can see the screen most of the time. I assume you mean backlight on and off. There is a standby backlight setting that does not affect the battery much.
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@Brad_Olwin I understand the battery drain but as an option sometimes it would be useful (if I have no way to use the other hand to press the button). With other wearables, I never had an issue with turning the backlight on accidentally during runs. Even as an optional feature, I would find it useful in certain circumstances. Even to turn that standby light on (now, when I use power-saving, so my screen goes black and I need to press the button to wake it up). Garmin Fenix 5 family has it as an optional feature (there are several options for the backlight to turn on: keys, alerts and gestures).
I don’t expect such a feature will be implemented. Just wanted to make sure that I’m not missing something and it’s really not there
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@jsr184 I guess I am not clear on this. Do you want this for normal wear during the day? Or, when exercising? Not clear on why you are using powersaving mode during normal wear. The battery has a reasonable life and would only need charging every few days. I turn on DND when I do not want to be disturbed but to be honest, I don’t use power saving mode.
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@Brad_Olwin my battery doesn’t last that long
Without power-saving I need to charge it every 2 days. The thing is you wouldn’t want it as a regular hardware feature and I would want it as I used to use it before and never had issues. The solution is what Garmin did - an option a user can toggle when needed. I have a feeling that you are trying to get me to justify the need for that feature and the same time trying to prove that it’s not needed because you don’t need it (this is how I read you, I may be wrong). All I wanted to know was whether the watch has that feature or not as I wasn’t sure It’s not there so I know I didn’t miss anything in the manual. -
@jsr184 said in SSWHRBaro and display wake on wrist turn:
Without power-saving I need to charge it every 2 days.
Not related to backlight, but how many activity do you record in 2 days ? GPS ?
Have you tried to re-calibrate battery ?I usually need to recharge it every 3 days
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@sartoric usually, I record non-GPS activities (indoor climbing - longer 3-5 hours, gym - up to 1hr), my GPS-based activities (runs - usually 1hr long, cycling - from 1-3hr long) are rather short and not so frequent. How do you re-calibrate the battery?
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@jsr184
Let it discharge completely, then charge it to 100% and (not really necessary) keep it connected for a while after it. -
@jsr184 OK, I get this but your battery should last much longer. I do outdoor exercises 4 of 5 weekdays and indoor as well of ~1h each. My battery lasts 3-4d so this seems very short. I would consider recalibrating as suggested.
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@Brad_Olwin said in SSWHRBaro and display wake on wrist turn:
My battery lasts 3-4d so this seems very short.
Yes … But you are a rich guy with an S9
SVTS - 2.37.48
SSSWHR BARO Amber - 2.8.32
Samsung A5 2016 - Android 7.0
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Suunto App Android 4.104.6 beta
Suunto App IOs 2.40.10 (17804) beta on MBP M1 -
@sartoric @Brad_Olwin he also has a S5.
I have a SSSW, and never use Power Saving options or DND. More than 2 years and battery performs better. I would recommend you recalibration.
BR
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@sartoric said in SSWHRBaro and display wake on wrist turn:
@Brad_Olwin said in SSWHRBaro and display wake on wrist turn:
My battery lasts 3-4d so this seems very short.
Yes … But you are a rich guy with an S9
I had SSWHR non-baro for 1 year and used it a lot. The battery life was not nearly as short as yours and my statement was for that watch. I would use it all week and the SSU on weekends.
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I am going to recalibrate the battery but it was very busy and active weekend and I couldn’t let it discharge fully yet.
