How do I get the Ionic to sync with my Smartphone?

[KarenHawman]

Just got the Fitbit Ionic.  I'm totally lost!  My old fitbit is down to having to charge every other day from the 5 day intervals it used to get when I first got it.

How often do I have to charge the Ionic?

[SteveH · Accepted solution]

According to fitbit:

"A fully charged Ionic has a battery life of 4+ days. Battery life and charge cycles vary with use and other factors; actual results will vary. When fully charged, Ionic can:  Track up to 10 hours of activities that use GPS  Play up to 12 hours of continuous music "

This is taken from the ionic manual at https://staticcs.fitbit.com/content/assets/help/manuals/manual_ionic_en_US.pdf

Hopefully this will get you up and running with your new fitbit. If not, then post here and we'll try to help.

[MarciM]

Hi @KarenHawman Welcome to the forums and congrats on your new Ionic. I typically get 4+ days of battery life on my Ionic, depending on what I have been doing in those 4 days (meaning I didn't use GPS). I love the new interface, but I'm on the early adopter side of technology, so give yourself some time, read and post in this forum. There is a lot of helpful information and large community people also happy to help. 

Good luck and have fun!

[KarenHawman]

4 days is that all!  I got 5 days with my old Charger HR but now after over a year I'm down to every other day charging it.

I'm having problems loading the English language I went to the little booklets with no help.  Even the Safety Instructions was no help.  Could you make the print any smaller!  The reason I got the Ionic was because the numbers were larger (I'm 73 years old)  Unfortunately, I haven't found any instructions to start up the watch other than charge it.  What are the 3 buttons for?  How do I get it to just do English?  How do I change things on the watch face?  The only thing I'm getting right now is the square of dots on point-and occasional the place to go to change language, but when I go there it's not helping.  Very confusing.

[SteveH]

There's a lot to get to grips with when you start with the ionic. I'd start by going through the manual (see earlier post) and the following setup guide:

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1873/