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Counting steps

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‎04-30-2018 12:03

‎04-30-2018 12:03

My Fitbit versa seems to he counting steps while I'm riding my motorcycle, which at 55mph is a)not humanly possible and b) completely negating the reason I got this watch. Now my app things I just ran for 45 minutes strait and gave me a boatload of steps I didn't take. Is there any solutions to this?

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‎04-30-2018 12:28

‎04-30-2018 12:28

Its because its a bumpy ride. People use DriveBit app on their phone to rid rid of steps like these

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Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android

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‎04-30-2018 13:16

In response to WendyB

‎04-30-2018 13:16

My bike is no more bumpy than my car is, and the car tracks none. Also my arms move a lot more sitting at my desk at work and register no steps during that time.

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‎04-30-2018 13:48

In response to BritAzzim

‎04-30-2018 13:48

I don`t think vibration is the issue... I`m sitting and typing at my work and Versa counts that as steps. I actually had a spreadsheet open and logged my step count and time. My step count went up by 50-100 every 5-10minutes when I was clearly just sitting.

 

I just don`t get it. I restart my Versa serveral times to prevent count going up but no difference (and no, my wrist isn`t close to my PC tower enough to cause vibration to count as steps) . 

 

Defeats the whole purpose as "fitness tracking" device. 

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‎04-30-2018 15:12

‎04-30-2018 15:12

I have the same problem, a 20 min ride to work on my motorcycle and my steps went from 172 to 3661.  

 

On another occasion I clocked up 310 steps putting clothes in my wardrobe as I just stood there. 

As a step tracker my new Versa is proving to be not fit for purpose - makes me doubt the accuracy of the other functions given it can’t get the basics right. 

 

 

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