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over 4 years ago

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onExitSleep not being called on VA4

A user has reported that using a glance gesture does not work properly for my watchface on his VA4 - I've tested it in the simulator (on VA4) and also on my own watch (Fenix 5X+) and everything seems fine - so I think it must be a problem in the firmware which is not calling onExitSleep() when the gesture is activated.

This is his post & my replies describing the problem: https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/showcase/213203/watchface-m2/1023903#1023903

And these are some other posts of similar things happening in the past on other watches:

markdotai
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  • over 5 years ago

    hi mates !

    one of my user have found a trick for this, I mean a manual way to initiate the "onGesture",

    may be you've already known about this but here is the trick on Legacy series:

    - press twice slowly the bottom right button

    he made a video of that, i can publish it to you if he allows me to.

    i guess this trick can be used on VA4 series.

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  • over 5 years ago

    hi mates !

    one of my user have found a trick for this, I mean a manual way to initiate the "onGesture",

    may be you've already known about this but here is the trick on Legacy series:

    - press twice slowly the bottom right button

    he made a video of that, i can publish it to you if he allows me to.

    i guess this trick can be used on VA4 series.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to MJ

    Personally, I prefer if I can switch on backlight (display touch) and exit sleep (lower button) on my VA4 separatelly. In some usage scenarios, power consumption may be lower. After exit sleep I get 10 display updates with one second interval and on VA4 I must repaint whole display in onUpdate, because DC is cleared before every onUpdate. So I appreciate the opportunity to use backlight without unwanted onUpdates. (My personal goal is to create high optimized watchface with the best possible informations/battery ratio for my VA4.)

  • over 5 years ago in reply to MJ

    of course i'd rather an Update, i just wanted to let you know about this in case you had laredy known.

    this was usefull for me since on my WF the weather update is initiated by this.

    so even if i put an option to avoid this issue, i let my user known about this.

    have a good day

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Shent-Aurkhan (SHN)

    This "trick" works on VA4 with a single button press on back / the lower button. Although I prefer the issue to be fixed with a proper sw/fw update. Or the ability for watch faces to recognize taps.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Shent-Aurkhan (SHN)

    I can't get that to work on my watch, but if it works on VA4 that could be useful until this bug is fixed Slight smile