"Active minutes" are not translating to "days of exercise"

[LAinWLA]

Since the app changed a few weeks ago (without warning, thanks Fitbit), I'm having this problem: 

I walk for 30 minutes.  In the "active minutes" counter, the Fitbit app says I walked for 30 minutes.  30 minutes of walking should count as one day that I exercised.  However, the app still shows ZERO days of exercise, in spite of my 30 minute walk.  This now happens about eight of ten times that I exercise.

In order to get the extra calories from exercising, I then have to add my 30 minutes walk manually to the "days of exercise" screen, but guess what?  Now the main "active minutes" counter says I was active for 30 minutes more than I actually was!  ~~ WHAT AN EXCELLENT DESIGN "FEATURE" ~~

I have tried forcing the app to quit, logging out and logging back in, forcingtheapptoquitloggingoutrebootingmyphone   ETC ETC ETC.  NOTHING WORKS.  I really hate this new app, it adds absolutely JACK to my Fitbit experience and is just giving me headaches now.

Is there anywhere to download the old version of the Android app?  It was so much more reliable.

[JohnnyRow]

"In order to get the extra calories from exercising, I then have to add my 30 minutes walk manually to the "days of exercise" screen, "

Not so. You get the same calories credited whether or not it happens to be classified as "exercise".

[LAinWLA]

Thanks for that info.  So now I am thinking that when I add time to force the app to show a "day of exercise" that I am being given MORE calories than I should be getting.   Which makes the app more destructive than helpful at this point.

BTW (for anyone else who may be wondering) - a Google search resolved my question about installing an older version of the app...   It is possible although Fitbit won't allow me to post the link.  I rolled back to version 2.70 which is the old format.   Will see tomorrow if this solves my problem.

[JohnnyRow]

The only thing affected by getting it credited as "exercise" is that it adds a "day of exercise".  It has no effect on any daily totals. 

For instance, if you walk for 5 minutes, you get credit for burning more calories than if you were sitting still, even though it is not credited as "exercise".

[LAinWLA]

Thank you for the info!  Edited to add - I still think this should work correctly, otherwise I would have marked this as the solution.  The latest version of the app is a mess and does not appear to be have been tested by enough people across enough platforms and devices. 

[Rich_Laue]

The title says Active minutes while the post mentions days of activity. 

Active minutes and minutes of a recorded walk or not the same thing. A user does not have to be on a walk to receive active minutes and while on a walk not all of these minutes have to be active. 

If there is a day where an activity has been recorded this should show up in the list of activities and the reflected on the dashboard.