From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-31 11:56, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-30 15:11, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >>>> I have not seen where to force a sync.   
   >>>   
   >>>     Dragging down the 'home' ('Today') screen of the Fitbit app, like you   
   >>> described in another response.   
   >>>   
   >>>     I have a stone-age version of the app (don't ask), so it may not be   
   >>> the same for you, but my app also has an alternative manual sync:   
   >>>   
   >>> Home/Today page -> Your avatar at the top left -> 'Account' screen ->   
   >>> tap on your device -> your device screen -> Sync -> Sync Now.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, I have both. But it is a data sync, not time sync.   
   >   
   >    I would expect it to be both, i.e. a data sync and a time sync.   
   >   
   >    If it's not a time sync, then how *is* the time synced? The time *is*   
   > synced from phone to Fitbit, because when you manually select the   
   > timezone in the Fitbit app, the change is propagated to the Fitbit.   
      
   The time should be synced almost continuously.   
      
   The fitbit gets messages constantly from the phone, it can display all   
   the notifications from the phone. Either those messages can carry a   
   timestamp, or there could be separate BT data packages carrying a   
   timestamp signal.   
      
      
      
   >> Well, the second method says now last sync was 14 hours ago and is not   
   >> refreshing, even though I used the first method a minute ago.   
   >   
   >    Yes, as I said (for my Charge 5), syncing seems to be awkward and   
   > unreliable. :-(   
   >   
   >> Maybe I need a phone reboot. Each day, I notice my phone has more   
   >> difficulty connecting to my car (Android Auto thing), till one day I   
   >> have to reboot my phone or it will not connect at all. Maybe the same   
   >> happens with the watch.   
   >>   
   >> One day, recently, the watch would not sync data at all. I had to delete   
   >> the watch from the phone, and add it again. As a benefit, it offered me   
   >> I think it was 60 days of the Pro mode, but I said no. It would be   
   >> cheating, and anyway, Pro mode is good but not worth the money they ask.   
   >>   
   >> Still waiting for the phone to restart. Ah, now.   
   >>   
   >> Well, the watch is now 3 seconds off.   
   >>   
   >> Now the second mode of sync on Fitbit app works, says synced 9 minutes   
   >> ago. I syc with first method, and second method says "just now".   
   >> Improvement.   
   >>   
   >> Trying with watch restart.   
   >>   
   >> Two seconds off.   
   >>   
   >> This is ridiculous.   
   >   
   >    Perhaps you can post your problems to the Fitbit forum(s). (I used   
   > them in the past, but that was still pre-Google.)   
      
   No idea. Maybe.   
      
   >   
   >    If it's any consolation, my Charge 5 has problems with the 'Health   
   > Metrics'. 'Breathing rate' and 'Heart rate variability' frequently give   
   > "No data in the past 24 hours". And 'Resting heart rate' sometimes is   
   > way too low.   
   >   
   > [...]   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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