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god this blows posted:How bad is the battery life on these things? I have the Alta HR which gets about a week and I know I won't get anything like that. Depends heavily on what you use it for. If you treat it like a health stat-monitoring wrist watch that mirrors notifications from your iPhone, then 2 days, easily (but still might as well charge it overnight, or during a shower — it charges to full in like a half hour or less.) The most I got out of mine in this use case was just about 3 days, when I went on a family vacation and forgot to bring the charging puck. Anything more strenuous than that, you can probably still get a day out of it. I think the biggest drains are streaming music, making phone calls, and the display.
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So I picked up the new watch and it's my first one. Are there any useful hiking apps or should I just stick to default apps? I mostly just wanna see how far I've gone, steps, maybe elevation or maps or somthing.
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Sep 29, 2017 20:41
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Endless Mike posted:I got a nylon loop today. It's quite nice, but does kind of look like you're wearing velcro.  What color did you get? I think I’ve only seen pictures of the black and blue ones.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:13
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I got black. It's black. I'm probably going to pop into an Apple Store tonight and will check out the other colors. I'm hoping orange looks nice. EDIT: Also, looking at the Apple site, it appears I put it on upside down. 
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Sep 29, 2017 21:21
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Endless Mike posted:EDIT: Also, looking at the Apple site, it appears I put it on upside down. I'm wearing mine "upside down" on left wrist because the wheel/button makes a lot more sense that way. It's cool you can do this.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:31
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tuna posted:I'm wearing mine "upside down" on left wrist because the wheel/button makes a lot more sense that way. It's cool you can do this. The part of the band that doubles-over is meant to be on top, for strength, irrespective of the watch’s alignment itself.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:33
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Grassy Knowles posted:The part of the band that doubles-over is meant to be on top, for strength, irrespective of the watch’s alignment itself. Oh lol, I thought he meant the watch itself was upside down (crown on left). I'm not wearing the strap the wrong way.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:35
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tuna posted:I'm wearing mine "upside down" on left wrist because the wheel/button makes a lot more sense that way. It's cool you can do this. No, I mean, they show the part that loops through on the bottom of the watch. I have it on top. Grassy Knowles posted:The part of the band that doubles-over is meant to be on top, for strength, irrespective of the watch’s alignment itself. 
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Sep 29, 2017 21:38
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Endless Mike posted:No, their website shows it on the bottom. In the packaging of the band, it stated to have it on top for swimming.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:39
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Grassy Knowles posted:In the packaging of the band, it stated to have it on top for swimming. Strange. I don't actually remember if I looked at the packaging. Top just seems more natural.
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Sep 29, 2017 21:40
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Endless Mike posted:Strange. I don't actually remember if I looked at the packaging. Top just seems more natural. I imagine that the water rushing around you is strong enough to undo the hook-and-loop, where on the inside of the stroke it’s less susceptible ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Sep 29, 2017 21:43
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In other news, stopped by an Apple Store since I was at the mall for some stuff anyway. The spicy orange sport loop is REALLY bright. The spicy orange nylon band is very attractive and I almost snagged one. The glass on the back of the iPhone 8 feels really nice.
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Sep 30, 2017 02:53
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Anyone have any recommendations for a good two port charger. It would be iPhone 6s/iPad Air 2 and Apple Watch. I know a lot of people recommend Anker but not sure which of those would be the best choice.
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Sep 30, 2017 20:04
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Anker Elite Dual Port 24W USB Travel Wall Charger PowerPort 2 with PowerIQ and Foldab... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071YMZ4LD/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apip_toNUHh8movDzy
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Sep 30, 2017 20:07
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Bum the Sad posted:Anker Elite Dual Port 24W USB Travel Wall Charger PowerPort 2 with PowerIQ and Foldab... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071YMZ4LD/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apip_toNUHh8movDzy Thanks, and that is cheaper than I thought it would be.
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Sep 30, 2017 20:19
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We have four of those around the house, no complaints. They also make 4, 5, and 6 port chargers.
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Might as well get the 4 Port 40W https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VH8ENXE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MLc0zb0Z0T6RX It's pretty compact and I keep it in my backpack. I use it to charge my phone, iPad, watch, and travel battery when I'm on travel.
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Haggins posted:Might as well get the 4 Port 40W https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VH8ENXE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MLc0zb0Z0T6RX Does that actually have a folding plug? One pic shows it specifically, but the rest look like no. I haven't had great luck with these kinds of things matching pictures. e: looks like it was revised at some point to add the folding plug. Cool. eddiewalker fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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Oct 1, 2017 00:49
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Stopped by the Store yesterday to swap my olive sports band in favour of the olive nylon band. Is it just me or is the sports band almost impossible to put on one-handed? I thought the nylon would feel cheap or scratchy but it's surprisingly comfortable. I was looking at getting the charging dock as well, but got this response from the girl who was helping me; "we always have them... they're not a big seller". I've never been talked out of a sale by a store employee before, I found it quite odd. As it is, I'm still without a dock. I don't like using the standard charge cable because it's constantly trying to drag the watch off my bedside table. What's a simple, decent dock/stand for the watch?
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Creature posted:Stopped by the Store yesterday to swap my olive sports band in favour of the olive nylon band. Is it just me or is the sports band almost impossible to put on one-handed? I thought the nylon would feel cheap or scratchy but it's surprisingly comfortable. I've had this for like 2 years and I'm very happy with it. https://www.amazon.com/Simpeak-Char...NAH9K8CWX1WRS2F
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rage-saq posted:I've had this for like 2 years and I'm very happy with it.  , or another branded one at least. Also takes care of the multi port charger question a few posts above.
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eddiewalker posted:Does that actually have a folding plug? One pic shows it specifically, but the rest look like no. I haven't had great luck with these kinds of things matching pictures. Yeah I ordered it last year and it does indeed have the folding plug. Nice, compact and not bulky.
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A question about backups: I know that unpairing a watch causes a full backup to be created on the phone. This backup can be seen as deletable app data when you go to Settings-General-iPhone Storage-Watch on the paired phone. I've also read that the watch does continuous backups to the phone with normal usage. Is this also supposed to show up as app data in the above location? I've been using the watch for a couple days and don't see a backup there.
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The heart rate monitor keeps activating on my S2 randomly. Is there a way to turn it off aside from taking the watch off?
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Oct 2, 2017 15:38
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Sock The Great posted:The heart rate monitor keeps activating on my S2 randomly. Is there a way to turn it off aside from taking the watch off? Don't think so. That's probably the Health app gathering data for your resting heart rate data. It turns on for like 45 seconds if you move around a lot or if you've been sitting a while. If it's staying on for like 30 mins straight then that's weird. Mine did that once and I couldn't get it to turn off. I ended up restarting the watch and it's been fine.
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Oct 2, 2017 15:44
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Sock The Great posted:The heart rate monitor keeps activating on my S2 randomly. Is there a way to turn it off aside from taking the watch off? The app or it checking your heart rate in the background? The latter is a feature that I don't understand why you'd want to turn off but you can go into your Apple Watch app on your phone, and turn it off under Privacy > Motion & Fitness.
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Dick Nipples posted:Don't think so. That's probably the Health app gathering data for your resting heart rate data. It turns on for like 45 seconds if you move around a lot or if you've been sitting a while. It's staying on for more than just a minute or so, in some cases 10 or 15 minutes. I don't mind it collecting my date for the Health app, but something is clearly wrong if its staying on for that long.
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Sock The Great posted:It's staying on for more than just a minute or so, in some cases 10 or 15 minutes. I don't mind it collecting my date for the Health app, but something is clearly wrong if its staying on for that long. [quote="“Sock The Great”" post="“476978132”"] It’s staying on for more than just a minute or so, in some cases 10 or 15 minutes. I don’t mind it collecting my date for the Health app, but something is clearly wrong if its staying on for that long. [/quote] Try rebooting the watch. If that doesn't work, you could reset the watch. And if that doesn't work, fruit stand till you die.
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Haggins posted:This is the one I bought: http://amzn.to/2fRX9I4 I bought this and am extremely happy with it. Looks great and has a good price. Atheist Sunglasses fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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Picked up one of these straps, it's super awesome and looks just like the photos- https://www.etsy.com/listing/495678212/handmade-horween-natural-shell-cordovan I'm always blown away that people are willing to pay so much for the Apple leather bands when there's way cooler and way cheaper legit hand-made leather stuff you can just buy on Etsy.
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Yeah if you're going leather, etsy is a great choice. I got my eye on a snakeskin watch band!
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io_burn posted:Picked up one of these straps, it's super awesome and looks just like the photos- https://www.etsy.com/listing/495678212/handmade-horween-natural-shell-cordovan That one is really drat nice.
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io_burn posted:Picked up one of these straps, it's super awesome and looks just like the photos- https://www.etsy.com/listing/495678212/handmade-horween-natural-shell-cordovan I would buy the gently caress out of a shell cordovan deployant band that had the apple watch link band butterfly clasp on it. The apple butterfly clasp is pretty much the best one ever created.
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I wish I could see what was using all the power on this S3 lte. For some reason last night the battery went from 100% to 25%.. The only thing "running" was the now playing app which turns on automatically when my phone plays music. It's never done this much damage overnight, though. On another note, I restarted the watch once I woke up to kill whatever was happening. The stocks app absolutely hates when you restart the watch and will change the stocks back to the default list and show the DOW. It completely ignores your custom stock list until you delete something and move it back on the phone and wait a while.
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The stocks app is amazingly lovely. I think I figured out what my issue with it is, I was trying to have a complication show the current price of various cryptocurrencies but outside of NYSE hours it thinks the markets are closed and won't update even though crypto markets run 24/7.
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io_burn posted:The stocks app is amazingly lovely. I think I figured out what my issue with it is, I was trying to have a complication show the current price of various cryptocurrencies but outside of NYSE hours it thinks the markets are closed and won't update even though crypto markets run 24/7. You’re mad that the stocks app doesn’t update buttcoins lol io_burn posted:Maybe you should just ... enjoy the day?
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io_burn posted:The stocks app is amazingly lovely. I think I figured out what my issue with it is, I was trying to have a complication show the current price of various cryptocurrencies but outside of NYSE hours it thinks the markets are closed and won't update even though crypto markets run 24/7. I use bitcoin ticker for that, but it also has the restarting phone problem. It'll default to some rando exchange I have no interest in until i gently caress around with the app on the phone for ages. Also I wish more complications on the watch supported time travel.
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Grassy Knowles posted:You’re mad that the stocks app doesn’t update buttcoins lol Not mad at all, it’d just be nice. Where in any of these did you get that I was angry about this?
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io_burn posted:Not mad at all, it’d just be nice. Where in any of these did you get that I was angry about this? It's still a goon meme that any talk of investing into cryptocurrency is dumb regardless of what's been happening the past few years.
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