01-08-2016 04:46
01-08-2016 04:46
Does the Fitbit Blaze have a toggle in settings to turn bluetooth on and off?
This would be much appreciated as more and more companies a not permitting users to wear trackers with bluetooth permanently on at work. This is the same for many military installations across the world.
03-06-2016 04:32
03-06-2016 04:32
03-06-2016 04:35
03-06-2016 04:35
03-06-2016 04:44
03-06-2016 04:44
03-06-2016 04:50
03-06-2016 04:50
03-06-2016 08:13
03-06-2016 08:13
I'm going to jump back up to the previous conversation.
The voice cues will only work when using the the apps GPS tracking function. It doesnt work with the Blaze because the app is not monitoring the GPS, but just sending data points to the Blaze. It Is on the Blaze than the processing and storing of the walk happens.
You mention arm movements may cause extra step, to limit this you can make sure the tracker is set for dominant arm. This setting helps weed out false steps. The pronlem comes from the fact yhe the tracker is mounted on the atm, and therefore is only able to look at arm motions. So wh3n an arm motion looks like you might be walking then it is b possible to get steps. To help combat this Fitbit does wait until it sees 5 consecutive steps before starting to count. That does v nit mean you lose those five. When it sees that 5th strp it starts counting at 5. Therefore 4 steps then stop, = no steps, 6 steps then stop = 6 steps.
03-06-2016 08:57
03-06-2016 08:57
@Mckay1985 wrote:
Is it true than the first 5 steps you take won't be counted if you say walk five steps then stop but if you carry on to the 6th step they will start getting counted and the 6 steps will also be added on too??
Pretty much.
My experience the One, the HR, and the Blaze is that if you walk 3-5 steps and then stop, the step count will not increase. But if you keep going to 10 steps, say, and then stop, 9 or 10 will be counted. It is really very hard to get the counter to stop on a particular number, but I was in a challenge where I was trying to make poker hands out of my step counts, so I practiced. Just did a couple tests with the Blaze and I can get it to start counting at 4 steps sometimes, and usually at 5 steps (meaning that if I go just 3 and sometimes 4 steps nothing gets counted, but if go more, it all gets counted).
Anyway, the reason for all of this is that fitbit algorithm is trying to sort random movement out of your step count, and one of indications of really walking is that normally you do it continuously for a while, as opposed to moving a few times in random ways.
Scott | Baltimore MD
Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro
03-06-2016 11:45
03-06-2016 11:45
@Baltoscott and @Rich_Laue , thank you for that information on the Fitbit step algorithm! I did not know that. Very helpful to learn.
Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android
03-06-2016 13:52
03-06-2016 13:52
03-06-2016 14:20
03-06-2016 14:20
@Mckay1985 wrote:
Baltoscott thank you m. I had a Fitbit HR and it use to count the steps every step I took...eg 234 then 235 235 236 etc and now my blaze is sooo time lapsed it adds them all up in one bolus or counts like 345, 347,349 etc..... Do I need to take mine back and replace it???
@Mckay1985 -- It is probably OK. Are you looking at the screen on the Blaze when you say that it is too time lapsed? If so, I've noticed the step count screen on the Blaze does not seem to update as fast as, say, looking at the screen on the app of your phone while you are walking. Nothing wrong it; It is still counting. Sync it with your iPhone so that it says "connected." Then walk about 10 steps. The phone count will probably start moving when you get 7 or 8 steps into it. The screen on the Blaze won't show movement until just before the screen times out. At least that is what happens with mine.
Scott | Baltimore MD
Charge 6; Inspire 3; Luxe; iPhone 13 Pro
03-06-2016 15:17
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03-06-2016 23:41 - edited 03-06-2016 23:42
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You could use a BMR chart to check the calorie burn.
My Blaze display does seem to not have a very fast refresh rate, but then neither does the Surge or Charge, Charge HR, or One. They all continue to count, if only to catch up, when i stop walking,
If you want to check the step accuracy do a atep count test. Take a walk while counting the steps in your head, then compare.
04-06-2016 06:07
04-06-2016 06:07
My blaze bluetooth is always switching itself off, anyone know how I can stop this, soooo annoying.
04-06-2016 06:14
04-06-2016 06:14
Hi, @Milo19 , it is not possible to turn off the Bluetooth on the Blaze, so I think something else must be happening. Can you descrive in more detail what problems you are having? Is the Blaze itself switching off?
Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android
04-06-2016 07:42
04-06-2016 07:42
Whenever I go into settings my bluetooth says "off" I have to tap the screen for it to say "pair". Sometimes I get text notifications other times I don't that is when I look into settings to find bluetooth is off. I can't find away of locking it to pair.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Irene
04-06-2016 08:27
04-06-2016 08:27
Hi, it appears my blaze is swichting bluetooth off, anyone know how I can stop this please, thanks
04-06-2016 08:29
04-06-2016 08:29
Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android
04-06-2016 08:35
04-06-2016 08:35
Any ideas as to what could be altering bluetooth to "off" "pair" because I can't think why it is doing it.
04-06-2016 08:37
04-06-2016 08:37
No Julie it is not switching it off on my phone, blaze bluetooth is the one that switches off by its self.
04-06-2016 08:39
04-06-2016 08:39
04-06-2016 08:46
04-06-2016 08:46
Sense, Charge 5, Inspire 2; iOS and Android