Sleep stages are inconsistent

[MayankK]

Hello. Since the recent update my sleep analysis is showing once in 4-5 days as against almost everyday for past 2 years. Same Charge2, same wrist, same tightness of band. Why?

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[AlvaroFitbit]

@MayankK Welcome! It's good that the community is growing! 

Sorry to hear that you aren't seeing your sleep logs. Your device will start recording sleep after it detects an hour of inactivity. If you have a light sleep or move too much then this may difficult your sleep detection. Additionally you can try wearing your device on your non dominant hand to decrease the amount of movement it is subjected to. Finally you can restart your device. You can also manually log your sleep time. You can read more about sleep detection here.

Let me know how it goes.

[MayankK]

Hello Alavaro, Thank you for the response. You seem to have misread my post. The sleep log is working. The sleep duration is showing. But the sleep analysis that shows the REM/Light/Deep/Awake cycles is showing once is 5/6 days only. Why? Before three weeks this almost never happened.

[crazykemper]

My exact problem. It always worked before over 2-3 years—same wrist, same location on wrist, same tightness, same bed, same everything except sleep log complete with rem, light, deep & awake on graph only 2-3 days every 2 weeks. What’s going on?

[Suzelle]

Same here.. What's up?

[SuzanneMS]

Mine too!

[LizzyFitbit]

Hi everyone. I'm glad to see you here in the Community Forums.

Thanks for clarifying that your sleep stages aren't being recorded consistently, and for the steps tried on your own. While you're wearing your tracker in the same way, please double check the following factors that may interrupt the sleep tracking:

• If you slept in a position that prevented your device from getting a consistent heart-rate reading or wore it too loosely. For best results, wear your device higher on your wrist (about 2-3 finger widths above your wrist bone). The band should feel secure but not too tight.
• If you used the Begin Sleep Now option in the Fitbit app (instead of simply wearing your device to bed).
• If you slept for less than 3 hours.
• If your device’s battery is critically low.

If those factors don't apply to you, may I know if your Fitbit is tracking your heart rate correctly? Do you have your Fitbit device and the Fitbit app updated? Also, did you try restarting your Fitbit device?

I'll be around, keep me posted.