Fitbit Charge HR too many active minutes

[KaiserWilhelm]

I just recently switched to an HR after having a regular charge and my Active minutes are off the charts even though I haven't been very active at all the last few days. I have the heart rate thing set on auto, not sure what I can do to correct this. I have Fitbit tied to my MyFitnessPal account and these extra minutes are throwing off my calorie tracking badly. Appreciate any help y'all can offer

[Karenanya]

As my fitbit was only 3 weeks old, I returned it to Amazon on the advice of Fitbit who couldn't solve the problem. New one seems fine so far. Hope you get yours sorted out.

[Sahsider]

Same thing here...happening to me with the Blaze. I was sitting most of the day, and it's telling me I have 57 minutes of activity. When I work out, it barely gives me any minutes. This seems to have started around the last update. Tried restarting the fitbit, but still the same.  Kind of silly to have to restart it two or three more times, but I guess I'll try that next. Very inconsistent.

[SunsetRunner]

This sucks. My charge HR has been working fine and suddenly I have 175 active minutes on rest day where the only thing I did was a brisk five minute walk. I use Fitbit to train and now it's out of whack.

[Mandy1381]

I've been asleep for the last 4 hours and woken up to 22 active minutes logged. 🤔

[Kenka72]

Hi.

My Fitbit Charge2 show active minutes even if I haven't used it that day. It's a random problem, sometimes it resets at midnight, but sometimes not. I Guess there's some bug, but how do I solve this?

I've googled quite a bit, but noe results so far.

Appriciate someones answer to this.

Kind regards, Rita

[Mandy1381]

Hi, mine wouldn't stop doing it so I ended up buying an HR Alta. 🤦🏻‍:female_sign: Sorry I can't be more help.



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[SunsetRunner]

I’m having the same issues!!! What to do?!

[RichardButt]

I have been suffering from sciatic and a slipped disc, so my steps have been right down as I find it hard to walk.

I did manage 5,463 steps yesterday, doing 250 steps an hour to keep moving. But I was sitting at my desk for working hours and walked about 700 steps to a shop and back during the day.

But my blaze said I'd done 301 active minutes. FIVE HOURS!

During my sciatica period, I have occasionally had 10 minutes active (when getting ready for work and doing a 250-er). 

So something definitely went wrong yesterday.

Also my heart rate (usual resting around 52/53) was sky-high while I was sitting down. In the nineties. Yet, when I walked it dropped.

So the two must have been related.

Clearly wrong.