Microsoft Band Won't Count Steps Accurately
Among other issues (issues syncing with my iPhone's Bluetooth, a disappearing mail tile after update) I have a persistent problem with my MS Band that has followed through a replacement. This is very frustrating since I'm the type of person who has committed to wearing my band full time.
I just finished mowing my lawn. My phone shows 100 steps from the time I woke up this morning until I finished mowing my lawn. I'd estimate more like 1000. If I could mow entire yards in 100 steps I'd be mowing lawns for a living.
1. Does the mower vibration hamper step count?
2. Why then do I often see my step count "hang" while I am walking around, regardless of the activity?
3. Is this a common complaint?
I'm not talking about a FitBit discrepancy of 50 steps - I'm talking about walking around, looking at your band and seeing it not budge despite a restart. This happened on my old band as well at random intervals.
It's not just mowing. I'll often see my band just stop counting steps at random times, usually the times when I am clocking the most steps - like at a big box store, or around the neighborhood.
To answer the obvious:
1. Did you try resetting your Band? - Yes, always. Rarely this will work, but not recently. It seems stubbornly set on not counting steps sometimes.
Just for kicks: "Hey man, you know you are walking, the Band is just there to show an approximation of progress!" - If that were the case I would not have bought a band. I'd have my wife pat me on the back for walking / working out more and be done with it. I got the Band to help me stay on a regimen --- that said I don't have time in the day to keep walking forever until my Band decides to start counting steps.
Among other issues (issues syncing with my iPhone's Bluetooth, a disappearing mail tile after update) I have a persistent problem with my MS Band that has followed through a replacement. This is very frustrating since I'm the type of person who has committed to wearing my band full time.
I just finished mowing my lawn. My phone shows 100 steps from the time I woke up this morning until I finished mowing my lawn. I'd estimate more like 1000. If I could mow entire yards in 100 steps I'd be mowing lawns for a living.
1. Does the mower vibration hamper step count?
2. Why then do I often see my step count "hang" while I am walking around, regardless of the activity?
3. Is this a common complaint?
I'm not talking about a FitBit discrepancy of 50 steps - I'm talking about walking around, looking at your band and seeing it not budge despite a restart. This happened on my old band as well at random intervals.
It's not just mowing. I'll often see my band just stop counting steps at random times, usually the times when I am clocking the most steps - like at a big box store, or around the neighborhood.
To answer the obvious:
1. Did you try resetting your Band? - Yes, always. Rarely this will work, but not recently. It seems stubbornly set on not counting steps sometimes.
Just for kicks: "Hey man, you know you are walking, the Band is just there to show an approximation of progress!" - If that were the case I would not have bought a band. I'd have my wife pat me on the back for walking / working out more and be done with it. I got the Band to help me stay on a regimen --- that said I don't have time in the day to keep walking forever until my Band decides to start counting steps.