Outragious step count.

[Fergy2101]

I woke up yesterday morning and put on my Versa which was charging overnight. When it synced, I had over 35,000 steps! By the end of the day I was over 50,000. What is going on with this thing?

[WendyB · Accepted solution]

Is the Fitbit near a vibration source like a fan, dehumidifier, or even a computer CPU? It can see the vibration as steps and add false steps.

[Fergy2101]

That is definitely what the problem is! It happened again this morning. Is
there a way to delete that data? Thanks so much! Glad to know it is not the
watch.

[WendyB]

You can enter a driving record to get rid of them

https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/Can-I-delete-data

[Angie16]

I work at my computer and rock in my chair. My curiosity in now up. I thought the rocking was causing the extra steps. How close to a laptop do you need to be. This seems like a major flaw.

[Marrrmaduke]

@Angie16 No flaw. Laptop can't generate ghost steps even if your tracker was lying on it. The issue of ghost steps described by OP has been addressed in the new Versa firmware update that is currently being rolled out (.19). You can either wait until is available or perform a factory reset of your Versa which will download the latest version automatically. I would wait if your Versa is performing without issues.