LG Health on Urbane Second Edition

[kufelt]

Is there any way to sync LG health data from the watch to anything (phone, cloud, whatever)?
It seems like this is the only stand alone (no phone required) properly working fitness app.
I tried using Endomondo with and without Wear GPS and in both cases I am getting stuck on "Locating"
Ghostracer does not see heart rate.

I need to try endomondo with sim card in, though.

 

[xendula]

Only if your phone is an LG phone, as their health app is only available for LG phones, i think.

There is another thread about Endomondo and GPS. A user @smatofu found that If you start up an app called Wear GPS first and wait for it to lock in on the sattelites, Endomondo works fine. Just make sure you change the settings in the Endomondo phone app to force the watch's GPS to be used.
Runkeeper also works stand-alone, though it crapped out on me during one run.

 

[kufelt]

Yeah, I have Samsung Note 4 so out of luck in this department.

Also - with SIM card in the watch it gets the location no problem, I guess it likes A-GPS... (Wear GPS ran first though. I found that the accuracy goes to **** when you put the watch on your wrist... Like 30 meters - 100 feet for American friends. I drove from Mississauga, Ontario to Buffalo to get the watch on the day in became available, BTW)

 

[smatofu]

Latest findings:
1. Take the watch off your wrist for a few minutes to get a quick GPS lock. Nothing else is needed: I don't need Wear GPS nor SIM card.
2. Wear the watch loosely to keep good GPS signal.
3. GhostRacer is the best. Running against previously recorded running is a great incentive.
4. I doubt the built-in HRM will work well when the band is loose. GhostRacer can work with external BT HRM devices. Maybe, I will buy something at a certain point. I used to run with HRM. HRM is that important after you do it for some time.

S.

 

[kufelt]

I tried Endomondo last night playing soccer. GPS signal excellent and yet no distance recorded...
What strikes me the most is when I switched to LG Health-no problem with GPS lock, recorded the distance, watch was tightly fit on the wrist, heart rate monitor works no problem. I think that the issue is in the fact that LG U2 is a marshmallow device and the apps are not fully compatible with it

 

[mdw1995]

I tried Endomondo last night playing soccer. GPS signal excellent and yet no distance recorded...
What strikes me the most is when I switched to LG Health-no problem with GPS lock, recorded the distance, watch was tightly fit on the wrist, heart rate monitor works no problem. I think that the issue is in the fact that LG U2 is a marshmallow device and the apps are not fully compatible with it

Just curious, did you use Wear GPS to get a signal lock before using Endomondo and set the Android Wear setting in the Endomondo phone app to use the Watch GPS instead of the Phone GPS? If the watch app said "excellent GPS" I'm guessing you did. I've used Endomondo to track 4 runs so far. 3 were 4+ miles and the last was 8 miles in an urban setting. The distance and mapping has been nearly perfect. I compared the 8 mile run to distance from onthegomap.com and it was within 0.1 miles. My routine for each run is to start WearMedia (music through bluetooth), start Wear GPS, wait for signal lock, start Endomondo, wait for "excellent GPS" message, start run. So far so good. I'm not sure what differences would cause it to work for some and not others.

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[kufelt]

Yeah, i did use wear gps and have it set for watch gps. I tried it earlier and it seemed to work but last night id didn't

 

[kufelt]

Too bad we can't sync lg health to anything....