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18.000 steps while sitting on the bus for 4 hours

The title says it all - I took a 4 hours bus ride today, and during that time my steps increased by about 18.000 steps. Pretty strange, this is the first time this has happened in many years. I switched the watch off and on, but that didn't help. Any suggestions on how to avoid this would be much appreciated. I am on Beta Firmware 9.24 on the Fenix 7s Solar.

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RunningM over 2 years ago +2

I get a couple of hundred steps by making my porridge in the morning :D

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0 Dr Phil over 2 years ago

Since you have a beta version of software installed you need to post in the beta forums.

With this new system, we are also launching a specific Beta Forum. This forum is organized in a way to assist with the reporting of bugs in alpha or beta software, and to make it easier for users to confirm if they have encountered the same issue that another user has reported.

0 Ben over 2 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

OK, thanks for the info.

0 BSheep over 2 years ago

Mine increases when driving. Has for every Fenix I've owned. Not by anything substantial, definitely not the rates you saw from that bus trip though.

0 ericbfit over 2 years ago

nice pr

0 Z over 2 years ago

18k steps without hassle and you are complaining?!

Suggestion, don't take a bus. Take a walk next time

0 RunningM over 2 years ago

I get a couple of hundred steps by making my porridge in the morning :D

0 Z over 2 years ago in reply to RunningM

Well deserved! :D

0 AlbertoGaMo over 2 years ago

Disable Move IQ. If not, everytime you move your hand backwards and forward (indoors...no GPS) it thinks you are walking around.

0 MisterFrag over 2 years ago in reply to AlbertoGaMo

Disabling Move IQ does nothing to prevent this problem. All Move IQ does it try to identify activities on your daily timeline.

For example, it automatically labels my walks to and from lunch using Walking icons, but it has no effect whatsoever on the number of steps taken and stairs climbed/descended.

It should also be obvious that Ben didn't move his hands back and forth 18,000 times on the bus. One movement per second for four hours would be 14,400 steps.

0 bfinary over 2 years ago

Every Fenix watch I've had has done this. Its nothing to do with beta software. It's just Garmin.