Returning for a refund

[SunsetRunner]

Very poor quality device which does not connect to a Ubuntu 19.10 system or my One Plus 6 which is running Android 10, and why do I need to have GPS enabled on my phone?

I thought that the Bluetooth protocol was one of the easiest to get working.

After only three weeks my mom's Inspire died for no reason, so she's returning hers as well.

Three years ago another, different Fitbit simply died after the warranty expired. 

You either have quality control issues, a bad design or both.

I'm returning and I'll try again in a couple of years.

[Rich_Laue]

Sorry Fitbit has not released a Linux version 

The Linux community has been working on getting fitbit to sync. They had it working with the old protocol. 

You don't need gps on,, but because of a huge security hole found in Android 5 Bluetooth, part of the fox that Android put out now requires Location Services to a enabled. You wok find many products that require Location Services on Android enabled for this reason** Enabling location services does not turn on GPS, it simply allows an app access to the phones location, if requested. There are several levels of determining location where gps by itself is not ideal. 

This is BTLE, not the old classic. One issue is like Garmin Fitbit writes it's own drivers. This means they have to custom, like Garmin, write for various hardware.. 

**

My WiFi light bulbs

Garmin Mini Camera

A few models of Scales

Do a search and you can find many comments on many products. 

However no one seemed to care when it was discovered that dieting a sync of your tracker a third party could in theory take over full control of your phone through Bluetooth quit gout the owners knowledge. I'll let you do your own research. 

You really should be running a more configurable Linux version. 

Can't understand why the same users have Fitbit issues while others go 3-5 years per tracker. Apple gets upset if their watch doesn't die in three years. I haven't had a Fitbit last less then 4 years.