Why doesn't the step data data get added to manual activities?

August 20 hours ago

My battery can't survive multi day backpacking and all the step data is there. Manually added activities should have step data and should get to court towards badges. It's just a limitation of the watch battery that stops 'proper recording'.

If we can't get badges for manual activities because 'someone might cheat' can we at least get the data that is there to sync with the activity?

We enter the start and length (and really a start and stop time would be a nice option) so the steps know exactly timeframe to pull from

0 e7andy 17 hours ago

There is a trick you can use to make manually added activities count. Log a very short activity (like 1-2 seconds...the time doesn't matter) and then save and sync. In Garmin Connect you can then edit that activity and set date, time and distance etc.

0 4411990 12 hours ago in reply to e7andy

I didn't think Steps were added to any activity unless you used one of the CIQ data fields.

0 e7andy 11 hours ago in reply to 4411990

Steps are added to the Walking and Hiking activities.

0 4411990 10 hours ago in reply to e7andy

I have a Venu 2 that does not put steps in the activity UNLESS I use the Steps to Fit datafield. GPS or Indoor - no steps in activity.

So, is this something with the newer models? I seem to remember that a long time ago Garmin removed steps from the fit file because they took it away from the cycling activities and it all went away, and they never restored it to the Walk/Hike stuf

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0 e7andy 10 hours ago in reply to 4411990

It could be something only for newer models. It works with my Enduro 3.

0 4411990 10 hours ago in reply to e7andy

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I have to agree that manual activity does not seem to be able to handle steps. Maybe we are doing it wrong. Can you really ad steps to your manual activity?