do you have to put your sleep hours in?

[mawitters]

Can the fitbit read your sleep time without you putting in the hours you tried to sleep? So in other wards if i'm just not sure and i put in a 12 hour period, will it still show wake and sleep cycles accurately?

[Odyssey13]

@mawitters  You'd have to wear your FitBit in order for it to know the wake and restless parts of your sleep.

I wear my Flex and it automatically logs for me after I sync.

Are you putting your Flex to sleep by tapping it?

Welcome to the forums.

[mawitters]

No i keep it on 24 hours unless charging it. I do tap it after laying down, although i am not sure why i have to do this. Than i put in my hours in the morning and it logs them. So really i want to know things: 1) what is the purpose of tapping it before going to sleep?

2) why do i need to log my sleep hours, shouldn't it pick them up automatically when synced?

thanks,

ma

[Colinm39]

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@mawitters wrote:

No i keep it on 24 hours unless charging it. I do tap it after laying down, although i am not sure why i have to do this. Than i put in my hours in the morning and it logs them. So really i want to know things: 1) what is the purpose of tapping it before going to sleep?

2) why do i need to log my sleep hours, shouldn't it pick them up automatically when synced?

thanks,

ma

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@mawittersThe purpose of tapping the Fitbit is to start the timer and when you awake you tap it again to turn it off. Fitbit will then establish a time period of inactivity and it "assumes" you are asleep and any movements it detects are interpreted as "wakes" and "unrest", not steps. So when you sync you have your sleep pattern.

There is no need to log the sleep hours because they should be there after your sync provided you tapped.

[mawitters]

My point is, i don't know what is supposed to happen when i tap on it. If it is supposed to vibrate, it doesn't. Everytime it is tapped it the lights go back and forth and then a string of them lights up. Now is this IN sleep mode or OUT OF sleep mode, and how can you tell the difference.




MaWitters

[Colinm39 · Accepted solution]

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@mawitters wrote:
My point is, i don't know what is supposed to happen when i tap on it. If it is supposed to vibrate, it doesn't. Everytime it is tapped it the lights go back and forth and then a string of them lights up. Now is this IN sleep mode or OUT OF sleep mode, and how can you tell the difference.




MaWitters

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@mawittersHere is an explanation of your light patterns. Read this I can't help you with the vibrating, maybe there is an option in your Settings, Device.