NoFrills (watch face)

Support and feedback section for the NoFrills watchface

How to install and configure NoFrills

Please post any issues, questions and / or suggestions you have here and I will assist as best I can.

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brookes2622 over 8 years ago +1

Show Sleep mode

I like this watchface a lot and use it exclusively. Simple clean and easy to read. Good job.

Is it possible to show if the watch thinks your asleep on the watchface?

Seems to be a bit…
HermoT over 5 years ago in reply to 3812321 +1

Hi, thanks for your interest and posting your question here.

I fully get you regarding the need to have peace and a calm experience when using your watch.

Unfortunately the background blending option is…
4385580 over 3 years ago +1

I cannot get the sunrise/sunset function to appear on the watch face! Love it otherwise, simple function and nice looking

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kevinaldog over 8 years ago

progress gauge

so what is the progress gauge/ water on the time for?

HermoT over 8 years ago

so what is the progress gauge/ water on the time for?

Just a fun / alternative way to display your progress in steps taken towards your step goal. :)

HermoT over 8 years ago

Unfortunately no, it still just displays the "Digital" watch face even though I select "NoFrills". I tried reinstalling and restarting the watch with no luck. Forerunner 735xt with 4.05 beta firmware. Thanks.

Just some feedback on this issue. I have investigated last night and discovered a few issues introduced by Garmin.
I have reported this as the impact will be huge as it will affect many existing apps in the store. Lets hope they fix it soon!

In the meantime, if watch faces are important to you, you could always downgrade to the latest stable version that is provided in the beta zip file you downloaded.

kevinaldog over 8 years ago

progress

Just a fun / alternative way to display your progress in steps taken towards your step goal. :)

I did check and uncheck the box in setting but the water gauge not showing up, my firmware is 3.20.

thanks.

HermoT over 8 years ago

I did check and uncheck the box in setting but the water gauge not showing up, my firmware is 3.20.

thanks.

Hi!

There was a brief moment yesterday with a buggy version of the watch face in the store. I fixed and updated a couple hours later.

Perhaps you were unlucky to have downloaded the buggy version.

Can you please check if Garmin Express or Connect app (whichever you use to install apps) shows that an update is available for NoFrills. If that is the case, then it will solve your problem.

Also make sure you restart your watch by switching off and back on again.
Another thing to check is that the progress color is different from the color of the time (hours) and minutes.

Let me know how it goes!

kevinaldog over 8 years ago

Hi!

There was a brief moment yesterday with a buggy version of the watch face in the store. I fixed and updated a couple hours later.

Perhaps you were unlucky to have downloaded the buggy version.

Can you please check if Garmin Express or Connect app (whichever you use to install apps) shows that an update is available for NoFrills. If that is the case, then it will solve your problem.

Also make sure you restart your watch by switching off and back on again.
Another thing to check is that the progress color is different from the color of the time (hours) and minutes.

Let me know how it goes!

I didn't find any update but it WORKS after restart my watch, thank you, the watchface is awesome!!

HermoT over 8 years ago

I didn't find any update but it WORKS after restart my watch, thank you, the watchface is awesome!!

I am so relieved to hear that it is working now!
Thanks for the kind words and your support!
Enjoy!

Arikko over 8 years ago

Not compatible with 4.05 beta for the 735XT

Hello,
Any body know how to choose NoFrills with this beta version?
When i'm selecting this watch face, the default watch face appear.

Regards.

andyparla over 8 years ago

Hi HermoT,

Only one question, I would like to hide icons as notification, alarm so I modified their colours to black because my watchface background is black.

would it drain F3 battery? or would be make a setting check to display or not notifications better?

Thanks.

HermoT over 8 years ago

Hi HermoT,

Only one question, I would like to hide icons as notification, alarm so I modified their colours to black because my watchface background is black.

would it drain F3 battery? or would be make a setting check to display or not notifications better?

Thanks.

Interesting question.
One could argue that it might have some gain in both performance and less battery consumption, but this would be so small than you wouldn't notice it at all.
The counter argument is that on the other side of the spectrum, it will have a negative impact on those users wanting to see all notifications. This would be the impact of having extra checks in code, but likewise too small to observe.

But what I can tell is that the more code that gets added, the larger the memory footprint becomes.

These are the 3 I try to keep in good balance:

Memory - more free resources in general is better
Performance - quicker navigation between screens and smoother experience
Battery consumption - keep as low as possible