I've only returned a beats pill for repair, but I'm sure it was linked to my Apple ID and I could log into the return/repair page
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Apple Watch Series 1&2 |OT| Better, Wetter
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I've only returned a beats pill for repair, but I'm sure it was linked to my Apple ID and I could log into the return/repair page
Erm.....yes? I just checked mine, 7 hours use and at 92%. Series 2 here. As you say, could well be the battery hasn't fully been calibrated yet...
Quick edit as I am here: What are everyone's favourite fitness apps for things like outdoor running, the gym and golf that have Watch integration? I hate trying out every app under the sun before settling on one for long term usage.
Right now I'm trying Runkeeper for outdoor running, the Apple watch own fitness apps for gym work (i.e. rowing, indoor cycling and the 'other' fitness option) and use Hole 19 for golf.
After another 8 hours its down to 72%, god damn this was just what the clock needed.
As for activity apps i only use Golfshot GPS for golf, costs money, 19.99 per year, to get score and distance on the watch. But well worth it, I stopped using the iphone for GPS earlier this year and went with a laser instead, but having a quick peak at the watch to get the distance is great. Tried other apps for golf, but I have over 200 rounds on the Golfshot, and I like the statistics it gives me.
As for activity apps i only use Golfshot GPS for golf, costs money, 19.99 per year, to get score and distance on the watch. But well worth it, I stopped using the iphone for GPS earlier this year and went with a laser instead, but having a quick peak at the watch to get the distance is great. Tried other apps for golf, but I have over 200 rounds on the Golfshot, and I like the statistics it gives me.
Thanks for the info about a new update. Never would have known otherwise. Holy shit takes a while to update the Watch but never mind. Excited to see how the battery life is tomorrow. I normally have about 50-60% after a day of notifications, a 5km run and some touching of the screen. Hoping it'll be like 70-80% with what's been said so I can charge every other day!
The_Inquisitor
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I'm about to hit the sack and my S2 is at 84%. This includes a track run of about 1 hour paired to my phone. My GF who was reporting battery issues with her S1 told me she has 72% left (she is using smaller 38mm) Wow Apple must have rushed out WatchOS3 really unoptimized for battery. My Apple Watch would last almost 5 days at this rate!
jts
...hate me...
Initial releases are often rushed in one way or another because there's a very strict deadline to fulfill. Updates are better in that sense because they are usually released when they're ready.
That being said I have never, ever, had battery issues with my Apple Watch, but 84% by sleep time is wild O_O
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Battery life improvements are amazing!
Time to crank the brightness up and put background refresh on again.
Time to crank the brightness up and put background refresh on again.
Down 18% after 5 hours, including an hour of outdoor walking workout time on my Series 0.
-edit, and 7% since then over 3 hours. So if you don't do any workouts, you're looking at almost 43,5 hours of battery life if you only do time and notifications. Give me my always-on display now please, Apple.
-edit, and 7% since then over 3 hours. So if you don't do any workouts, you're looking at almost 43,5 hours of battery life if you only do time and notifications. Give me my always-on display now please, Apple.
jts
...hate me...
Sounds like the notification iPhones get when they are plugged into computers/computer-like devices (like even consoles) and that notification got pushed to the Watch.
Had you just plugged your phone somewhere?
WhenItsLate
Banned
My watch s2 order finally changed to "preparing delivery" (ordered Oct 3rd).
Any idea how long it will take from here? Never ordered new hardware directly from Apple before.
Estimated ship date is Nov 1st - 7th.
Any idea how long it will take from here? Never ordered new hardware directly from Apple before.
Estimated ship date is Nov 1st - 7th.
jts
...hate me...
Hah, strange. Sounds like an unexpected bug with your particular combination of OS versions and devices. Have all of mine updated to the latest (iPhone, Watch, Mac), no issues of that sort. Unless maybe you have to confirm at least one that your phone can trust your computer?
eyeball_kid
Member
Ever since I updated my Series 0 to 3.0, it's become unstable. Some of the fun things I've seen:
- the watch face has frozen halfway off the screen
- all buttons have become unresponsive
- display wouldn't turn on
- half of the clock elements were missing
Has anyone been having severe bugs like this happening? I can't tell if the hardware is dying or if 3.x is just a mess. I never had these kinds of issues on 1.x or 2.x.
- the watch face has frozen halfway off the screen
- all buttons have become unresponsive
- display wouldn't turn on
- half of the clock elements were missing
Has anyone been having severe bugs like this happening? I can't tell if the hardware is dying or if 3.x is just a mess. I never had these kinds of issues on 1.x or 2.x.
Apple received my defective Series 2 Watch, waiting on that turn around for a new one.
The guy on the phone said they would send it out once they had confirmation that it was on its way, but the tracking hasn't updated on their site.
I just want my watch, 24 hours with my first one and I already miss it.
The guy on the phone said they would send it out once they had confirmation that it was on its way, but the tracking hasn't updated on their site.
I just want my watch, 24 hours with my first one and I already miss it.
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Yeah I've been seeing some of this bullshit. Have yet to reformat though. I've been meaning to take mine in since I got it due to its wek ass vibration.
Idk maybe I'll have time someday.
I feel for you. Seen your posts about waiting for ages and then it's arrived and broken
hoping it'll be worth the wait for you manThe One Who Knocks
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Seems more or less the same to me at the moment. I've noticed my battery life seems to have improved (71% at the moment after 13 hours of use whereas generally it's down to 50/60 by now) but I'm unsure if I've just used it less today.
modernlifeisANDY
Member
So I had been tempted. Nike updated their Nike Run Club app for iOS and Watch yesterday, and finally chose to support phone-free GPS running on the Watch Series 2. So, just got back from a run with the new app, sans phone.
Terrible.
You know what metrics you get while you're running with the watch app? Time, and distance. That's it. No pace, no heart rate, nothing. You can PAUSE the workout and see pace, etc - but not with a glance. The Apple workouts app shows it ALL. I'm very disappointed. Maybe I missed something but it seems kinda crazy.
brianmcdoogle
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So I did a bunch of air travel last week. I thought I'd update you all with how it went.
First off, the TSA and the Watch really didn't go all that well. All of their stands had the scanner fixed to the ground, so to get the Watch to work as a boarding pass, I had to twist my arm/wrist around, or I could try and rotate the watch on my wrist so that I was wearing it under my wrist, but in twisting it I disconnected it from my body so I had to reenter my pin. Honestly, it's easier just to use the phone. Then, when going through the metal detector in the pre-check lines, I would still set things off so I would have to remove it anyway; one employee told me to remove it before I even tried to go through the metal detectors.
At the gate, things went fine since their scanners are top-down, so I didn't have to twist my wrist. But, since the target was so small for the QR code on the wrist, it still felt like it took longer than just using the phone.
On the plus side, I use the free version of App in the Air, and the watch complication is kind of neat. However, even after arriving at the airport, it didn't switch to tell me what my gate was only until 15 minutes before boarding time. That's way too late for me, and I wish I could just have it ignore telling me what the terminal is and just the gate (since knowing what Terminal to go to at an airport is really easy to figure out).
So, mixed bag on the Watch when traveling. Being able to have your destination timezone on the watch face was handy with layovers so I knew how quickly I had to get to a new gate or whatever.
Any other questions, let me know and I'll try to answer them.
First off, the TSA and the Watch really didn't go all that well. All of their stands had the scanner fixed to the ground, so to get the Watch to work as a boarding pass, I had to twist my arm/wrist around, or I could try and rotate the watch on my wrist so that I was wearing it under my wrist, but in twisting it I disconnected it from my body so I had to reenter my pin. Honestly, it's easier just to use the phone. Then, when going through the metal detector in the pre-check lines, I would still set things off so I would have to remove it anyway; one employee told me to remove it before I even tried to go through the metal detectors.
At the gate, things went fine since their scanners are top-down, so I didn't have to twist my wrist. But, since the target was so small for the QR code on the wrist, it still felt like it took longer than just using the phone.
On the plus side, I use the free version of App in the Air, and the watch complication is kind of neat. However, even after arriving at the airport, it didn't switch to tell me what my gate was only until 15 minutes before boarding time. That's way too late for me, and I wish I could just have it ignore telling me what the terminal is and just the gate (since knowing what Terminal to go to at an airport is really easy to figure out).
So, mixed bag on the Watch when traveling. Being able to have your destination timezone on the watch face was handy with layovers so I knew how quickly I had to get to a new gate or whatever.
Any other questions, let me know and I'll try to answer them.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Just iMessages? No other notifications?
Yeah, mine's at 79%. No way this is right.
Only have the Nike app installed as a secondary way to see my data. It's supposed to read data from Apple health app, however it doesn't read my runs and doesn't display the data for it.
So looks like I'm stuck using the stock workout app. Which is fine be me!
Zeyphersan
Banned
You think it's misreporting battery life?
The One Who Knocks
Member
There must be some background process that has been altered to hugely improve the battery life. It might help to narrow down what everyone is in; are you noticing it on a Series 1 or 2?
EDIT: Also for anyone interested in the W1 chip and how it works with the watch, I have a pair of Solo 3 Wireless and it's incredibly seamless in conjunction with the Watch and iPhone. It's really the biggest convenience of the watch combined with the fitness tracking. While certainly not an essential device, I'm really finding it increasing convenient and something that would be annoying to live without. Also the Milanese loop is beautiful. Just wish Apple Pay was in Ireland as I'd imagine it really enhances the utility of it.
I'm down 1% after 2,5 hours, normally I walk to work (30 minutes), but today I drove so it didn't have much activity tracking to do.
I'm on Series 0, and someone mentioned above that his time wasn't returning, I've also seen my clock come back a few seconds after turning on the screen once. I'm pretty sure they've started turning off some features when the screen is off that were running in the background before, like the clock. I guess with the new processor in the S1 and S2, it won't be noticeable that these processes need to start back up when the screen turns on, and only S0 users will sometimes see this. That's my working theory anyways.
SuperPac
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Yep, just iMessage. I get calendar alerts, VIP email alerts, weather. Just - no iMessage. The settings on notifications are correct, but no messages are coming up as notifications on the Watch. And, perhaps worse, my phone isn't vibrating with them either.
The One Who Knocks
Member
If your watch isn't connected to your phone, do you get iMessage alerts on your phone?
I feel for you. Seen your posts about waiting for ages and then it's arrived and broken
Apple forgot to fill out the replacement unit form, was on hold for 40 minutes today to get them to fill it out. New unit should be here next week.
This has been some frustrating shit.
I had a Genius Bar appointment for it booked for this morning. In the time in between, I tested doing full charge and discharge cycles on it and haven't had the problem occur in the three charges since, so it seems the readings are accurate now.
Fingers crossed. I cancelled the Genius Bar appointment for now. One thing I'm worried about with servicing the Apple Watch is how the water resistance will be affected from opening it up. I don't want it to fail later after warranty is up due to it having been opened for service. Not that I need to do it for now, but I'd be curious to know.
Series 2, with my previous battery woes seemingly sorted and 3.1 installed, this does seem to be the case so far. I'm on 1 day 9 hours with 42% remaining. Will see how it continues to perform, but I like this if it continues to hold up.
For what it's worth, the 3.1 release notes mentioned fixing an issue that prevented the battery from fully charging.
Holy shit man
Just keep telling yourself it'll be worth the wait
i just wanted to get a fucking watch
Is there anywhere I can let Apple know how unacceptable this process has been? DoA Series 2 and they forget to fill out the paper work to send me a replacement. Unacceptable.
holy shit
Zeyphersan
Banned
Have you been doing this all over the phone or through a retail location?
Phone, I don't live near a retail location.
Yeah it does strike me as very un-Apple like. I'd complain about it. It has been a very poor show.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Remember how Apple are reportedly working on a sleep tracking app?
Perhaps the battery life improvements are paving the way for it's implementation as even S0 Watches are lasting a full 24 hours now...
Perhaps the battery life improvements are paving the way for it's implementation as even S0 Watches are lasting a full 24 hours now...
DAVIDHUXLEY
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Unopened Nike sitting on the dining room table. Mine was delivered last night but we were able to walk into an Austin Apple Store and buy my wife one. She likes hers but I am having second thoughts. Can you edit the metrics that watch shows as you run, pace,distance,and time etc? And not going to ask the wife.
modernlifeisANDY
Member
You can choose between basic and advanced. Basic shows distance and time only. Advanced shows HR, pace, distance, and time.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Maybe they plan to really make the most of their watches and only communicate using Digital Touch...
What?? I was planning on picking up the Nike version for Christmas, but there's seriously no option to see pace during a run? That's pretty much unacceptable. No reason to get the Nike version if its app doesn't even show basic running metrics.
Is this for the Nike app or the Apple app? Now I'm confused...
Only for the apple app as far as I'm aware...
The Nike app is pretty useless from what I've seen and used.
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