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Give that Google Fit is an atrocity of an app which seems to get worse every time they update it and now won't even let me add activities to it, can anyone recommend a decent (ad free, but don't mind spending a couple of quid if necessary) fitness tracking alternative? I really just need it to count steps and let me record my physio workouts without making a big loving song and dance about it.
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Nov 4, 2018 20:57
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You should probably just get a Fitbit or one of those mi bands
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Nov 5, 2018 01:26
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Skarsnik posted:You should probably just get a Fitbit or one of those mi bands I'm personally considering that. I can't believe that Google messed up the Fit app bad enough that I'm going to buy extra hardware as a workaround.
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Nov 5, 2018 01:49
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while the mi band is good, can't you just press the plus button in the google fit app and tap track workout? it works for when I walk and seems to have a p good amount of options for activities
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Nov 5, 2018 03:07
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I mainly just want a passive tracker and a central place to keep my data. I noticed this weekend that the app hasn't tracked any activity between Sept 7 and Oct 30, which is weird because I've gotten a handful of notifications from the app in that time. I've also had it do weird things like congratulate me on my activity while I was riding in a car and tell me I had a nice bike ride while I was standing up at a concert. Since the update, they got rid of all your goals except for time based ones. Used to be you could set calories or steps as a goal instead. It works just fine when I use Strava to input my bike rides, except there's a bunch of rides that the Fit app is missing from the 7 week gap.
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Nov 5, 2018 03:41
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Step trackers in phones just aren't very good unfortunately I wear a fitbit and have fit running too on my pixel. My step count on both for Saturday in work differ by 8000 steps and I had the phone on me the whole time
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Nov 5, 2018 07:35
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Skarsnik posted:Step trackers in phones just aren't very good unfortunately Step trackers strapped to your wrist aren't either, though.
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Nov 5, 2018 08:00
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Step trackers are all pretty much entertainment devices. I don't think there's a real medical one that would do the same thing accurately...if so, it's thousands of dollars, not like...twenty or fifty.
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Nov 5, 2018 08:01
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Blue Train posted:while the mi band is good, can't you just press the plus button in the google fit app and tap track workout? it works for when I walk and seems to have a p good amount of options for activities Used to be able to, but it keeps just hanging and refusing to add when I do that now. Guess I'll just switch to using an .xls or something, like it's 1998.
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Nov 5, 2018 12:45
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ThermoPhysical posted:Step trackers are all pretty much entertainment devices. I don't think there's a real medical one that would do the same thing accurately...if so, it's thousands of dollars, not like...twenty or fifty. They did a study with like 13 trackers with the actual step counts and they were all within 5% of actual which is pretty good for a device that isn't even strapped to the thing doing the stepping.
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Nov 5, 2018 14:12
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I don't really care about step counts but I would really like an app that easily does the following: 1) Let me log my weight on a weekly basis and show an average trendline (this is just about the only thing that the Google Fit app does well). 2) Let me log workouts after the fact without making me want to kill myself. Whoever designed the workout time selection options in Fit needs to be fired and never allowed to work on phone apps again. 3) Let me see long term trends for the same workout (like pace / distance / calories burned for the rowing machine). Most apps do 2 well, 1 reasonably well, and can't handle 3.
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Nov 5, 2018 15:22
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I didn't know it could do number 1. I've just had a Google sheet that I added a plot graph to with trend line and preset it with the next few months of dates and entering in weight one day at a time. Works like a charm
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Nov 5, 2018 16:27
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Montalvo posted:I don't really care about step counts but I would really like an app that easily does the following: Does MyFitnessPal not do this?
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Nov 5, 2018 16:34
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If you get a Garmin fitness tracker, their app does all that.
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Nov 5, 2018 16:38
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Montalvo posted:2) Let me log workouts after the fact without making me want to kill myself. Whoever designed the workout time selection options in Fit needs to be fired and never allowed to work on phone apps again. Fucken word. It was bad to start with and the last update actually made it worse by forcing you to enter specific times rather than just a duration. Absolutely moronic.
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Nov 5, 2018 17:16
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Is there a podcast app that will let me also play music in the background? Hoping to listen to some running podcasts while running but still be able to play some tunes from DI.fm or Spotify
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Nov 5, 2018 17:25
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Syrinxx posted:Is there a podcast app that will let me also play music in the background? Hoping to listen to some running podcasts while running but still be able to play some tunes from DI.fm or Spotify You mean overlay the podcast audio on top of music?
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Nov 5, 2018 18:42
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Heners_UK posted:You mean overlay the podcast audio on top of music?
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Nov 5, 2018 19:39
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Pipski posted:Fucken word. It was bad to start with and the last update actually made it worse by forcing you to enter specific times rather than just a duration. Absolutely moronic. It became even more infuriating when they imposed that arbitrary 1 hour length on all activities, such that you have to adjust the start and finish times like 3 times. And then you get it wrong by like a minute and it tells you you can't add a future activity. I swear I get more vascular in the arms from raging at this dumbass app than I do from doing any actual exercise.
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Nov 5, 2018 21:27
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Syrinxx posted:Is there a podcast app that will let me also play music in the background? Hoping to listen to some running podcasts while running but still be able to play some tunes from DI.fm or Spotify I just tested with Beyondpod, and if I start the music first, and then the podcast, they will play on top of each other.
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Nov 5, 2018 23:57
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Montalvo posted:I don't really care about step counts but I would really like an app that easily does the following: I've been using Strong for my lifts for quite some time now. Not sure if it will satisfy all your requirements but it should do fine for 1 & 2. You can even add exercises if it's not on the list. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.strongapp.strong
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Nov 6, 2018 02:09
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Black King Conga posted:I've been using Strong for my lifts for quite some time now. Not sure if it will satisfy all your requirements but it should do fine for 1 & 2. You can even add exercises if it's not on the list. ive been using strong for lifting since january and its been almost completely hassle free
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Nov 6, 2018 02:19
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Does it track cardio stats? I don't really lift.
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Nov 6, 2018 06:22
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Yup you can log to an exercise.
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Nov 6, 2018 06:53
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Montalvo posted:Does it track cardio stats? I don't really lift. You should.
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Nov 6, 2018 19:10
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vyst posted:You should. Not the place dude.
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Nov 7, 2018 00:35
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vyst posted:You should. Thanks, but no thanks. Anyway yeah Strong looks like it'll do. Shame the subscription cost is quite steep in order to get charts and stuff, but I can just download my data and do that myself.
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Nov 7, 2018 06:27
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New to Fenix and newish to Android. What's the shortcut to getting to the top of your Twitter feed? Because of the election I had 3000+ new tweets on my feed and I almost broke my finger swiping to try and get to the top.
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Nov 7, 2018 16:18
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iddqd posted:New to Fenix and newish to Android. What's the shortcut to getting to the top of your Twitter feed? Because of the election I had 3000+ new tweets on my feed and I almost broke my finger swiping to try and get to the top. Click on the number and it'll take you to the top.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:20
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calandryll posted:Click on the number and it'll take you to the top. Excellent. Thank you. I know this is the second time I've posted in this thread in the last week about getting to the top of apps (so incredibly used to the iPhone tap at the top) but it really is my only gripe so far about Android.
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Nov 7, 2018 17:47
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iddqd posted:Excellent. Thank you. I know this is the second time I've posted in this thread in the last week about getting to the top of apps (so incredibly used to the iPhone tap at the top) but it really is my only gripe so far about Android. I feel like a lot of apps will jump to the top if you tap certain elements (usually the app name) near the top of the screen. Offhand, I know Instagram, Fenix, and the official Twitter app all do. Android really likes to have less than obvious actions sprinkled throughout.
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Nov 7, 2018 19:01
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Vykk.Draygo posted:I just tested with Beyondpod, and if I start the music first, and then the podcast, they will play on top of each other.
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Nov 8, 2018 06:10
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Is an app like Tasker the only way to set my phone to mute when connected to my watch and to ring whenever it's out of range?
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Nov 8, 2018 07:28
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Tasker would be overkill, something like trigger would work
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Nov 8, 2018 08:21
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seravid posted:Is an app like Tasker the only way to set my phone to mute when connected to my watch and to ring whenever it's out of range?
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Nov 8, 2018 09:17
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Skarsnik posted:Tasker would be overkill, something like trigger would work Trigger would be perfect, except it can only put the phone on vibrate or DND. Can't seem to put it on mute, for some reason. Tunga posted:Doesn't Wear OS have this exact option built in? I can't remember if it's on the phone or the watch. It might, but I'm using a Fitbit.
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Nov 8, 2018 17:09
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seravid posted:Trigger would be perfect, except it can only put the phone on vibrate or DND. Can't seem to put it on mute, for some reason. I think you can set media/ringtone/notification volume, will it let you set them all to zero?
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Nov 8, 2018 18:32
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I tried that, but it still sets to vibrate. Guess I'll have to find some other app.
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Nov 8, 2018 19:05
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Has Maps navigation been acting up for anyone else? Since yesterday it's been fake-crashing every minute or so -- what I mean is, it actually is navigating, but then it has a pop-up saying it's not responding, asking me to close the app or wait. If I choose to wait it continues navigating... then the pop-up happens again. Additionally, there's no blue line showing the route, even though it is indeed navigating. I guess I'll probably shut my phone off and see if that helps, but I won't be navigating again until tonight, so I won't immediately know if it's fixed.
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Nov 9, 2018 17:14
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I've had vaguely similar problems with Maps in Auto and rebooting the phone was how I fixed it.
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Nov 9, 2018 17:33
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