Blaze's Exercise Sensor Wonky

[opiatedsherpa]

Over the last week, I have noticed that my Blaze has not been giving me credit for my bike rides, to and from work, when it automatically senses that I am on the bike and such.  And then, over the last couple of days, I have noticed that my tossing and turning in bed has been giving me credit for time on an eliptical machine.

I'm sure that I get more than enough exercise through tossing and turning, but that's a bit ridiculous, no?

[Rich_Laue]

You say it automatically senses the bike ride, but doesn't give credit, this sounds as if it is not sending the bike ride.. Have you checked the auto detection settings? They are found by tapping track your exercise, then the gear in the top right. 

Since the Blaze has the ability to track a bike ride with the more accurate gps, you don't want to use this mode? 

[opiatedsherpa]

That's correct, I don't want to use the GPS mode for my bike rides, I have Runkeeper on my phone doing that for me.  I generally like to see what the SmartTrack does for me, since it counts those activities against my weekly exercise numbers.  I have also noticed that my long walks are not tracked by the SmartTrack either.

Now, to be fair, I have recently started to use the GPS mode for those long walks, because admittedly, I have been hunting Pokemon on my phone and have been curious to know how far I've walked in those cases.  I wonder if those two things are related at all.  I should really give my Blaze a quick reboot.

[Rich_Laue]

@opiatedsherpa did you check to see if outdoor bike is still enabled, and that your ride is long enough to be detected? It defaults to 15 minutes, you might need to change this. 

[opiatedsherpa]

You bet... had a look, everything was still checked off.

I did give my Blaze a restart, shut it down and booted 'er back up and my walks seemed to have returned, will report back tomorrow, when I give the bike ride a go in the morning.

[AngelaMa]

Hello @opiatedsherpa and @Rich_Laue, hope you are having an amazing day!  @opiatedsherpa keep me posted about the bike ride! I'm glad t know your walks are back 🙂 @Rich_Laue thanks for your cooperation! 🙂

Catch you later! 😉

[opiatedsherpa]

Hi @AngelaMa & @Rich_Laue... yes, good news!  The outdoor bike was registered this morning, so a good reboot of the device seems to work.  Still found it rather strange that it would disappear, but that's technology for us these days, right?

[AngelaMa]

Hello @opiatedsherpa that's great! Thanks for sharing your experience. I would like to share this information since the restart is the best option if you are experiencing any of the following: 

• Your tracker isn't syncing
• Your tracker isn't responding to button presses, taps, or swipes
• Your tracker is charged but doesn't turn on
• Your tracker isn't tracking your steps or other stats

Happy stepping!