The last few weeks plex has been almost unuseable if im launching it from the nexus player. It seems to do much better opening it on my pc and "casting" to the nexus. But if I open the app on the nexus it freezes about 10 seconds into a movie.
I have a hardwired nexus player, bandwidth isn't the issue. Been using my nexus for a year without issue until this.
Has anyone else been having issues with it?
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The last few weeks plex has been almost unuseable if im launching it from the nexus player. It seems to do much better opening it on my pc and "casting" to the nexus. But if I open the app on the nexus it freezes about 10 seconds into a movie.
I have a hardwired nexus player, bandwidth isn't the issue. Been using my nexus for a year without issue until this.
Has anyone else been having issues with it?
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Is it stuttering or just freezing up completely? Usually its a band with issue as the NP I have has zero issues since being hardwired.
It was freezing. Changed some settings and it's resolved it seems.
Still having the audio drop out bug that is also posted about on the plex forum
venelar said:
It was freezing. Changed some settings and it's resolved it seems.
Still having the audio drop out bug that is also posted about on the plex forum
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My suggestion was going to be mess with settings. Direct play and stream can have that affect. The audio drop out bug is that where about every 20 seconds or so there is a second of silence? If so I've noticed that as well since the last update. I was watching a 20gb mkv of Excalibur (1981) and every 20 seconds it would show a multicolor screen like a test screen. I rebooted the router as well as the Nvidia Shield android tv (my other box) and it got less but every ten minutes or so it would do it again.
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My suggestion was going to be mess with settings. Direct play and stream can have that affect. The audio drop out bug is that where about every 20 seconds or so there is a second of silence? If so I've noticed that as well since the last update. I was watching a 20gb mkv of Excalibur (1981) and every 20 seconds it would show a multicolor screen like a test screen. I rebooted the router as well as the Nvidia Shield android tv (my other box) and it got less but every ten minutes or so it would do it again.
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Correct on the dropout. Oddly enough though, if instead of using the plex app on the nexus I use plex on my phone to initiate a "cast" from my pc to the nexus there is no audio dropout. It only happens if i use the plex app on the nexus.
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Correct on the dropout. Oddly enough though, if instead of using the plex app on the nexus I use plex on my phone to initiate a "cast" from my pc to the nexus there is no audio dropout. It only happens if i use the plex app on the nexus.
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Most problems are usually the app. For some reason casting is less buggy, although not as convenient and being wireless can tend to stutter if the quality is set too high, not to mention having to constantly restart the app on the tablet, etc. Maybe because when casting the source PC's resources are in play while using a "box" with limited RAM that can be taxed more easily? I don't know. I do know that the Nexus player as well as my Nvidia Shield ATV work great directly connected to the network (Fios 90/90) with no stuttering at all. I swear I use the Nvidia more than I watch cable, etc. It really is a revolutionary device as far as entertainment goes, with a Plex server as well as all that Kodi has to offer.
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Most problems are usually the app. For some reason casting is less buggy, although not as convenient and being wireless can tend to stutter if the quality is set too high, not to mention having to constantly restart the app on the tablet, etc. Maybe because when casting the source PC's resources are in play while using a "box" with limited RAM that can be taxed more easily? I don't know. I do know that the Nexus player as well as my Nvidia Shield ATV work great directly connected to the network (Fios 90/90) with no stuttering at all. I swear I use the Nvidia more than I watch cable, etc. It really is a revolutionary device as far as entertainment goes, with a Plex server as well as all that Kodi has to offer.
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Agree that plex+kodi suits nearly all of our needs. We have 2 hardwired nexuses (nexii?) And are very happy with them.
Once the Nvidia drops look into that. It's a beast. No clicky remote, super fast, sd card slot, stream games from the PC, etc. There dropping in price quick too, although not as fast as the Nexus player did.
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hey guys i've done a bit of searching and haven't really run into this on other threads. i just bought a samsung galaxy 10.1. i purchased splashtop HD after reading alot about people saying its amazing for streaming netflix. however i find when i watch netflix through it, the video is kinda choppy and and does these little pauses for about half a second every 5 to 10 seconds.
anyone else out there having the same experience? is there a way to fix this? any help would be awesome. thanks in advance.
adding- i tested watching hulu through splashtop and it runs perfectly smooth. this seems to only happen with netflix.
adding- i tested netflix while streaming from my lap top instead of my PC and there was no lag. laptop is like 14 inch sreen running windows 7, pc is 23 inch screen running vista. side note there is no lag on the pc monitor when streaming just on the tablet and it is only video lag not sound.
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hey guys i've done a bit of searching and haven't really run into this on other threads. i just bought a samsung galaxy 10.1. i purchased splashtop HD after reading alot about people saying its amazing for streaming netflix. however i find when i watch netflix through it, the video is kinda choppy and and does these little pauses for about half a second every 5 to 10 seconds.
anyone else out there having the same experience? is there a way to fix this? any help would be awesome. thanks in advance.
adding- i tested watching hulu through splashtop and it runs perfectly smooth. this seems to only happen with netflix.
adding- i tested netflix while streaming from my lap top instead of my PC and there was no lag. laptop is like 14 inch sreen running windows 7, pc is 23 inch screen running vista. side note there is no lag on the pc monitor when streaming just on the tablet and it is only video lag not sound.
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I have seen the same thing happen with other sites that stream videos. It is not just netflix but anything that i suppose uses flash harshly enough
just tested ipad version.. not the same issue.. plays relatively smooth.. im on 4g tethering though.. but no pauses every 10 seconds
Streaming over Wifi or cellular?
streaming over wifi. im wondering if it has something to do with the resolution on my desktop thats causing the lag when it is transmitted over to my galaxy. i also notice when i stream from my desktop netflix is much more pixellated than when i stream from my laptop.
how are you guys with google music invites experiencing the playback with the app with the 3D?
I feel like if I am in my car at all then I have streaming problems on songs that aren't cached, where I pretty much cant listen to my music because it is buffering slower than it takes for the song to play.
Just wondering what others are experiencing.
Yeah pretty much the same thing for me.
Sometimes I can get by with 3g but other times I'll have to turn on 4g. All my music is on Google Music though so it can be a little annoying.
and its also weird because i get by just fine with pandora, which is also streaming music.
Works fine for me.
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Working great for me. Though I do use 4g all the time anyway. I found one spot where it cuts out a bit when I drive through, but overall it's been excellent. (Also, I have caching turned off just to note.)
Google music streams at a higher bitrate possibly....n you should consider the make available offline option if you are taken planned trips......
Plus its a beta so it may be growing pains
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I've found it is completely dependent on my data speed. In areas with 4G or good 3G speeds it works great. In areas with marginal 3G it's pretty painful to listen. In those areas I usually just pause the song and let it buffer to 100% and then start playing again (meanwhile it seems like it starts buffering the next song).
Works fine for me on 3g. Streaming 45min-1hr at a time on my commute to and from work. It always lags a little starting the first song, bit once its playing I'm golden.
From the 3rd dimension in wireless...
I feel like it's totally unreliable, one minute it plays fine, the next it's a streaming choppy piece of crap. I can't wait for google to get on their **** with this, and fix it. Then they could remove the beta label, but knowing Google, that could be years away...
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Works fine for me on 3g. Streaming 45min-1hr at a time on my commute to and from work. It always lags a little starting the first song, bit once its playing I'm golden.
From the 3rd dimension in wireless...
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Yeah same for me. fairly flawless for me.
Hi, I'm trying to connect my phone with the HDMI cable i've got in box with my full hd tv.
Everything seems to work great - except it seems that my phone slows down noticably - in games, ui responsiveness, everything - i take it may be because outputs 1080p signal to the tv and tries to upscale it?
Did anyone notice that ui responsiveness is not that smooth when the phone is connected to their tv? I was thinking there might be a way to output 720p signal to the tv instead ?
Anyone else experienced this?
It connects at 720p by default.
Ive had it connected to my Monitor at 1080 and 720 and the phone still runs great at either resolution
Can you configure how it connects ? my tv reports 1080 resolution when i plug it in.
And i have like 1/3rd of performance - especially if i try to run any game like cut the rope.
yaeh , just tested again, connects as 1080p and when its connected even scrolling of options or bringing up top dropdown bar is not fluid anymore.
What verson of firmware do you use ? Mine is 6.0.A.3.62.
Ive tried to change the "output quality" setting, but it doesnt seem to do anything in my case. I can only set scaling of phone screen on tb 80%-100% regulation.
Ok, so i've found a "scientific" measurable way to test.
In quadrant (free test in market) i get following results:
Without tv plugged in: ~3100, flyby in room with stairs 30-50 fps
With TV plugged in: ~2700, flyby in room with stairs 20-25 fps so only 50% of what i get normally and it has visible frame skip
Can someone check that on your phone and post your results?
I will give it a try as well when I am done with battery test.
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Ok, so i've found a "scientific" measurable way to test.
In quadrant (free test in market) i get following results:
Without tv plugged in: ~3100, flyby in room with stairs 30-50 fps
With TV plugged in: ~2700, flyby in room with stairs 20-25 fps so only 50% of what i get normally and it has visible frame skip
Can someone check that on your phone and post your results?
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Mine was:
Without tv plugged in: 32-42fps score: 3183
With tv plugged in: 23-26fps score: 2876
Hmmm...
ok so we do have a problem then, since your results confirm mine ....
Now i only hope this is some kind of firmware/driver issue,
Games are completly unplayable (at least for me) when phone is plugged to tv, even simple ones like Canabalt from humblebundle ....
Would be good if someone with firmware different than .62 could post their results.
Quick test with Angry Birds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auksuKwrGsE
Still on .67
Yup, I can easly see 0.5s delayed response to your finger on the movie.
Ok, any ideas what now? I'm trying to contact Sony support but so far no luck.
This is completly unacceptable for such expensive phone.
So this 0.5sec delay is what's bothering you?
Bothering? this renders this phone useless for any other gaming except things like angry birds where you dont have to react on time - besides some other games like canabalt (where you have constantly scrolling fast screen) lag and drop frames like crazy - totaly unusable. Even "cut the rope" where you need to be precise is non-playable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czrSoosZsMg
Check out this video on Xperia Arc S - in the end they run Angry Birds Rio and there is no problem like this present.
I also think that running "ubuntu for android" and using is would be a very bad experience with this kind of issues
So yeah... im pretty bothered overall with delay and 50% framedrop.
Got response from sony support that they got notified about an issue and there will be be a firmware update in next 10 days that i hope might correct the issue.
Dziękujemy za kontakt z pomocą techniczną Sony Ericsson.
W odpowiedzi na zapytanie pragniemy Pana poinformować, iż Pańskie uwagi zostaną przekazane do odpowiedniej komórki operacyjnej i uwzględnione w najbliższej aktualizacji, która pojawi się na przełomie marca i kwietnia.
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In my case ! Since i also see this problem, I solve the problem buy not using "TV launcher" I use task manger and i kill this app and i can say that fair improve
but every phone have diffrent app installed other app my influence that as well
I got only 4 screen of apps so not alot!!!
So dont blame me if does not help
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i got hdmi control setting unticked as well
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Bothering? this renders this phone useless for any other gaming except things like angry birds where you dont have to react on time
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I have to admit, that's a good point. I haven't looked at this from this point of view. Now we have to wait for fix, or maybe there is a way to make it work properly.
Yeah, its interesting to me, that the video of Xperia Arc S i've posted above seems to indicate that the phone doesnt have any issues when connected to tv. So im hoping its something easly fixable with software.
I have uploaded new, longer version now, icluding Angry Birds, Quadrant and video playback:
Sony Xperia S - HDMI TV-out delay - Angry Birds + Quadrant + Playback
Found another one as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97iy8XEXc4
Awesome work, now it would be great if we could get attention of someone who made custom roms for Xperias - Maybe they would have a better idea whats going on. On posted videos the problem is more visible.
Im not sure if its really "input lag", i would rather blame some kind of rendering problem - input lag is probably a side effect of this.
I don't have mine yet but could it be because the phone's having to render to 2 screens (one at 720 and one at 720/1080)?. Doing this on a pc increases the load on the system even if the screens are cloned - it would be the same on the phones/tablets as well.
From the little testing I did with my Archos 70 before giving up on trying to get it doing HDMI out reliably (wonky £1 adapter at fault maybe) I found that turns the internal screen off and just uses the touch area as a trackpad so as to give maximum performance to the output.
Now the specs of the Archos 70's are a bit poor at best but it does what I want it for - playing music and video while having a nice big 250gb drive. The specs on the latest round of phones should certainly have the power to run 2 screens without issue. However, any resource intensive work (games for example) would degrade performance in such situations.
Are there any similar problems when playing back video?
Maybe try some less intensive games like Robotek or Frozen Bubble?
I would rather say, there is a delay only. When watching above videos, what comes to your mind first? Delay or lag? I would say there is a delay, because picture is rather smooth. So in that case, it would be a matter of changing some settings, rather than phone can't perform running two screens. Arc s can do it, so Xperia S should be even better.
Not having used either handset and with what you've said, I'd say it's more than likely to be a software issue somewhere. Going by Sony's recent behaviour with updates and support little problems like this should be resolved sooner rather than later.
This is what is drawing me to the Xperia for my next handset as HTC seem to just abandon things once something new is out.
Once I get mine I'll hopefully be able to help out a bit more with stock rom problems.
If so what do you think of it?
Mine shipped out today, so once I get it I'll let you know.
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I'm still waiting for mine:banghead:
Thanks guys. I'm really interested in them.
Honestly as goofy as it sounds it almost seems worth it just for a watch that can change facs
The idea of being able to check my text/email other stuff without having to constantly grab for my phone just sounds awesome.
Well, I've had mine for just over a week now, and I gotta say, it was worth every penny. This thing is fantastic! Great battery life (I've only charged it once, overnight, so far), and a simple interface. It pairs with my phone without any issues, and if I wander out of range of my phone it automatically pairs back up once I'm back in range, nearly flawlessly (there have been a couple of times it's gotten stuck in "Searching" mode but all I had to do was open the app and hit the button to stop searching then hit the button again to connect).
I was worried what having a bluetooth device constantly connected would do to my OG's battery life, but I think I acually get better life out of it since I no longer have to turn my screen on to check my notifications. So I'm getting about the same or slightly better life out of the battery, while my screen on time has gone way down. YMMV.
My favorite feature of the Pebble by far is the ability to control my phone's music player (PlayerPro) with it. Plus since it's waterproof, I actually use it in the shower to listen to music and skip tracks that are too loud/quiet, or not what I want to hear at that moment. It will also control Pandora and most other players. The downside of PlayerPro (and Pandora) is that it doesn't use the correct API so the metadata doesn't show up on the screen, but if you use the stock player or some other players that do, the metadata should show up too.
So far I'm very impressed. It's everything I thought it would be. Once they release the SDK and some devs work their magic, this thing will be even more functional, but just as is, it's great.
That's actually pretty cool. I keep forgetting it is waterpoof.
I wish I would have ordered it when I could have got it a bit cheaper though. I'm still hesitant about paying $150.
Hesitant paying 150 for a watch? What kind of watches do u wear?
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Well, I've had mine for just over a week now, and I gotta say, it was worth every penny. This thing is fantastic! Great battery life (I've only charged it once, overnight, so far), and a simple interface. It pairs with my phone without any issues, and if I wander out of range of my phone it automatically pairs back up once I'm back in range, nearly flawlessly (there have been a couple of times it's gotten stuck in "Searching" mode but all I had to do was open the app and hit the button to stop searching then hit the button again to connect).
I was worried what having a bluetooth device constantly connected would do to my OG's battery life, but I think I acually get better life out of it since I no longer have to turn my screen on to check my notifications. So I'm getting about the same or slightly better life out of the battery, while my screen on time has gone way down. YMMV.
My favorite feature of the Pebble by far is the ability to control my phone's music player (PlayerPro) with it. Plus since it's waterproof, I actually use it in the shower to listen to music and skip tracks that are too loud/quiet, or not what I want to hear at that moment. It will also control Pandora and most other players. The downside of PlayerPro (and Pandora) is that it doesn't use the correct API so the metadata doesn't show up on the screen, but if you use the stock player or some other players that do, the metadata should show up too.
So far I'm very impressed. It's everything I thought it would be. Once they release the SDK and some devs work their magic, this thing will be even more functional, but just as is, it's great.
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can the watch display metro bus times as if it was running through the app on the phone?
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can the watch display metro bus times as if it was running through the app on the phone?
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With a Tasker app someone made called Pebble Notifier you can get any and every notification that can show up in the phone's notification bar on the watch. So if your bus app creates notifications of the bus times they'll show up.
Once the Pebble SDK is released devs can add whatever functionality they want to it for their own apps, and other devs here could probably figure out how to make it work if they want to invest the time.
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A one tap ingress hack would be pretty awesome especially while driving..
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Not a deal breaker, but for any of you out there with a Gear S in hand, can you stream Pandora or anything else with this watch? If I left my phone in the car and went running, all I have is my watch and a bluetooth headset, would I still be able to listen to internet music... I am guessing with further Itzen development here on XDA, that one day will be possible if it isn't already.
So far, not right now. However, I imagine this could be coming to the watch down the road.
Yes, you can stream music, but as of right now only using the Milk music app.
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Yes, you can stream music, but as of right now only using the Milk music app.
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Well, that's something at least. I don't have a music library at all, I only use streaming services. So that will hold me over for now. Thank you.
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Well, that's something at least. I don't have a music library at all, I only use streaming services. So that will hold me over for now. Thank you.
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Let us know how it performs battery wise.
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Not a deal breaker, but for any of you out there with a Gear S in hand, can you stream Pandora or anything else with this watch? If I left my phone in the car and went running, all I have is my watch and a bluetooth headset, would I still be able to listen to internet music... I am guessing with further Itzen development here on XDA, that one day will be possible if it isn't already.
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Yeah if tizen gave us Pandora or another music app that would be terrific milk music for now
The is a "tunein" app made for tizen. Tunein is an Internet streaming radio wich I use a lot on my phone.
@NeatSheep
I will know soon enough, local Tmobile just called me and they got some in. Didn't expect that for another week at least.
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I will know soon enough, local Tmobile just called me and they got some in. Didn't expect that for another week at least.
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yeah I'm on t-mobile Gs too we can stream music free yeahhh
would love if you could use google music on it. then i wouldnt need to drag my phone out at the gym.
So I got the Gear S! Tmobile received 4 and held one for me since I had issues getting a White Note 4 from them. I got the MILK app but it just acts as a remote for the phone! It doesn't stream to the watch itself.
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So I got the Gear S! Tmobile received 4 and held one for me since I had issues getting a White Note 4 from them. I got the MILK app but it just acts as a remote for the phone! It doesn't stream to the watch itself.
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Hum.. T-mobile says stream milk app is free maybe that only works on the phone itself (The free streaming part)
omg, i just got it. The first time i tried to stream from the watch, i turned off bluetooth so it be be a standalone, MILK gave me an error saying it couldn't connect to bluetooth device and it quit. but i didn't know it had wifi, so now i'm connected to wifi and it's working. I assume it will work on 3G as well, I'm not in a good area for data, so i basically get Edge network.
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omg, i just got it. The first time i tried to stream from the watch, i turned off bluetooth so it be be a standalone, MILK gave me an error saying it couldn't connect to bluetooth device and it quit. but i didn't know it had wifi, so now i'm connected to wifi and it's working. I assume it will work on 3G as well, I'm not in a good area for data, so i basically get Edge network.
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Yea it will work on 4G too so when you play milk it wont count against your data plan.
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Well, that's something at least. I don't have a music library at all, I only use streaming services. So that will hold me over for now. Thank you.
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Be mindful that streaming will significantly reduce battery life.
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I'll pitch in on this one, I took it today for a run as standalone and for the 7 miles that I ran the battery went from 97% to 49% at the end of the run which was 1 hour long. I received a call that played about a minute lol and numerous email notifications. That being said I say that it will probably last at the most 2 hrs as a standalone with everything turned on and streaming music. Hope this help!
PS. The built in hr monitor is not very accurate and I think the GPS is a little bit off, but I'll have to check with my previous runs on endomondo.
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Be mindful that streaming will significantly reduce battery life.
I'll pitch in on this one, I took it today for a run as standalone and for the 7 miles that I ran the battery went from 97% to 49% at the end of the run which was 1 hour long. I received a call that played about a minute lol and numerous email notifications. That being said I say that it will probably last at the most 2 hrs as a standalone with everything turned on and streaming music. Hope this help!
PS. The built in hr monitor is not very accurate and I think the GPS is a little bit off, but I'll have to check with my previous runs on endomondo.
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I found the gps to be pretty accurate on my runs. I'm planning on wearing my polar hrm to see how accurate the hrm is. However, if it is like the gear fit was it is going to seem kinda erratic during the workout, but the end results will compare nicely to the polar.
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Be mindful that streaming will significantly reduce battery life.
I'll pitch in on this one, I took it today for a run as standalone and for the 7 miles that I ran the battery went from 97% to 49% at the end of the run which was 1 hour long. I received a call that played about a minute lol and numerous email notifications. That being said I say that it will probably last at the most 2 hrs as a standalone with everything turned on and streaming music. Hope this help!
PS. The built in hr monitor is not very accurate and I think the GPS is a little bit off, but I'll have to check with my previous runs on endomondo.
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I'm not very concerned with battery life. I have plenty of opportunities to charge the watch during the day. Especially since the charging dock is a battery too. Sure is a great feature for this little watch.
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Be mindful that streaming will significantly reduce battery life.
I'll pitch in on this one, I took it today for a run as standalone and for the 7 miles that I ran the battery went from 97% to 49% at the end of the run which was 1 hour long. I received a call that played about a minute lol and numerous email notifications. That being said I say that it will probably last at the most 2 hrs as a standalone with everything turned on and streaming music. Hope this help!
PS. The built in hr monitor is not very accurate and I think the GPS is a little bit off, but I'll have to check with my previous runs on endomondo.
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Do you ever have issues with it streaming Milk in "standalone" mode? I can not get it to stream, it only sits at the Milk splash screen weather on Wifi or 4G,(it does play on the phone when connected to Bluetooth). I have called Samsung and T-Mobile but no one has any idea how to fix. Samsung actually tried to tell me that Milk was discontinued and no longer supported, I guess he was out of trouble shooting ideas and wanted to get me off the phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the only reason I bought it and decide to leave my Moto 360 on the nightstand.
^ To be honest the only problem that I have had is that sometimes the app hangs and I lose audio for a little bit and then it comes back. Where I run there are a couple of spots where the signal is weak and I think that's what happen when it hangs. Other than that I have had not issues, but I haven't use Milk al that much.
How is your data usage streaming milk to run?