The logic behind default GPS mode settings in different sports modes
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@brad_olwin said in The logic behind default GPS mode settings in different sports modes:
@łukasz-szmigiel It is 1 min on the S5, I have done testing on this.
What do you mean? The yellow mode (“good”)? But you can also custom set 2 min as blue with “ok” setting. Or does the watch force 1 min? I’ll have to check my fit file to be sure
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@łukasz-szmigiel time estimstion is different so it should be longer in that setting.
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@brad_olwin said in The logic behind default GPS mode settings in different sports modes:
@łukasz-szmigiel said in The logic behind default GPS mode settings in different sports modes:
@dimitrios-kanellopoulos errrr it just came to my attention that S5 does switch to 1s fix on navigation screen when on “good”. It even allows to load POI or route. I don’t think it used to be like this on previous firmware - I think that all navigation features were missing on S5 when not using performance. Is it something introduced in recent firmware or am I a potato?
This is true for the S9 series as well and has been implemented for a very long time.
Yeah. I know now. That’s why I’m a potato - I was quite sure that when you start with anything else but 1s, navigation will be off
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@tomas5 it should be - but so is when you use different modes than 1s but have eta/ete screens - the watch will force 1s regardless of your setting - and you’ll see wrong estimations.
So I wouldn’t bet on those estimations
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@tomas5 well it seems that OK is OK is 120s:
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Gotta love what strava does to modes other than 1s though
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@łukasz-szmigiel I think strava didn’t have problem with Ambits 12 seconds interval. So maybe bug related only to this single move ?
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@tomas5 I think it’s typical to Strava. I know that there’s a workaround to manually pause the workout at last once which gets rid of Strava’s magic. Perhaps Strava’s algorithm that calculates moving time goes nuts with such long GPS fix intervals.
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@łukasz-szmigiel All you have to do is set to race, that eliminates the lying Strava does and shows moving time=actual time and the file will be fine. It is Strava’s attempts to make everyone look better by removing non-moving time that messes this up since it received altitude data or cadence data with no GPS data.
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@brad_olwin yeah but can it be done on walking activity too? I might have missed it in the settings. It’s pretty lame that they don’t apply a certain threshold so I ended up walking at 103 km/h
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@łukasz-szmigiel well you are fast
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Today after latest firmware update i tried create custom mode.
- When i create “best” custom mode it defaults to performance every time and i can swith by upper right between performance/endurance.
- If i create custom mode with “good” mode it defaults to endurance and i can switch between endurance/performance by upper right.
- If i create custom mode with “ok” gps it defaults to custom mode. And i can switch between custom/performance/endurance by upper right button.
So it is still needed to change custom mode to best if we want to default use perfomancd mode. And i we want get best from battery with “ok” gps accuracy we need to change it prior to excercise and than after excercise change custom back to “best” performance if we don’t want defaults to custom lowest GPS.
It would be best if we could default to performance or last selected but loop trough performance/endurance/custom everytime with upper right button. ( i know at this point it is unlikely that we will get this change on old S5 but stilli had to try again )
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@tomas5 I think that it was already stated that it’s either desired behaviour or that S5 was never intended for such personalization of battery modes / accuracy.