Apple Seeds First watchOS 2.2 Beta to Developers

[Mac 128]

The watch still needs to be un paired before it can be paired to another phone. Multiple watches can be paired to one iPhone but not the reverse.

Right, but if your wife unpairs her watch from her phone, and then pairs it to your phone, there are no issues with data already stored on her phone? Or does unpairing effectively blank the watch making this a non-issue? I have to say I've never unpaired mine to find out!

 

[Lost Hills]

Right, but if your wife unpairs her watch from her phone, and then pairs it to your phone, there are no issues with data already stored on her phone? Or does unpairing effectively blank the watch making this a non-issue? I have to say I've never unpaired mine to find out!

When you unpair the watch it creates a backup on the iPhone. When you re pair any watch to that iPhone it will ask if you want to use that backup or start fresh.

 

[Mac 128]

When you unpair the watch it creates a backup on the iPhone. When you re pair any watch to that iPhone it will ask if you want to use that backup or start fresh.

Got it. So the wife would create a new pairing, and when ever she re-paired to that phone she would then select the backup. So the wife's watch would then be able to access all of the husbands contacts and other personal information, while simultaneously dropping all of hers. So not really something anyone would want to do with anyone they weren't very close to, or very beneficial to the person sharing another's phone.

Thanks.

 

[jimmeh1988]

Got it. So the wife would create a new pairing, and when ever she re-paired to that phone she would then select the backup. So the wife's watch would then be able to access all of the husbands contacts and other personal information, while simultaneously dropping all of hers. So not really something anyone would want to do with anyone they weren't very close to, or very beneficial to the person sharing another's phone.

Thanks.

It's also not a quick process to restore from backup so not sure how useful this is day to day...

 

[Johnno87]

When you unpair the watch it creates a backup on the iPhone. When you re pair any watch to that iPhone it will ask if you want to use that backup or start fresh.

When you connect a 2nd Watch. Will it have all the data from the 1st watch? Of do you need to unpair watch 1, make à Back-up. Repair watch 1 and then pair watch 2 and give it the same Back-up to give then the same config?

 

[SHNXX]

Calorie counters in general are approximations unless there is a detailed analysis of your metabolism in a lab. Body composition makes a huge difference in how calories are spent. I spend 2500 calories a day doing light exercise because I have a big lean to fat ratio and I'm tall. All calorie counters I know don't that those factors into account. If you're muscle mass is lower than average, or your frame is smaller, you'll get results that are off too.

But, it doesn't matter in the end as long as they're wrong in a systematic and constant way, say always 20% off one way for you. You then just need to find out the off factor.

The only way to really know if it's wrong is to count you calorie intake and substract what whatever calorie counter says as calorie expended and look at you're average weight over a few weeks (weight varies because of water intake, so taking it one time is no good for this purpose).

I wish there was calorie counter that takes into account frame, age, lean mass, fat mass, sex, acceleration/deceleration and speed (at all time) and muscle used to move; that would give you a fantastically precise calorie count; otherwise it just gives you a trend.

Well, I think all it needs is to track your caloric intake, activity level and weight change and over time, it can estimate your baseline daily metabolic burn rate.
But most of the existing cookie cutter solutions are not that sophisticated which is really too bad because these things are obviously quite simple arithmetically.

 

[macgreiner]

Well, I think all it needs is to track your caloric intake, activity level and weight change and over time, it can estimate your baseline daily metabolic burn rate.
But most of the existing cookie cutter solutions are not that sophisticated which is really too bad because these things are obviously quite simple arithmetically.

Does it fix the dreadful heart rate issue with doing any kind of weights/resistance sessions?

 

[Lost Hills]

When you connect a 2nd Watch. Will it have all the data from the 1st watch? Of do you need to unpair watch 1, make à Back-up. Repair watch 1 and then pair watch 2 and give it the same Back-up to give then the same config?

This is the tricky part. If the second watch doesn't have 2.2 on it, you can't even pair it. You need to get the Beta profile on it first so you can upgrade it to 2.2. It does prompt you to upgrade the watch but since 2.2 is a beta a watch without the profile won't show it needs an update! In this case you do have to unpair the first watch. Now if the watches all have 2.2 already (I used a second iPhone to do the upgrades to 2.2) then its straight forward. Each watch has the option of being set up as new or being restored from a backup if there was one available. I hope I didn't make that too confusing!

 

[Johnno87]

This is the tricky part. If the second watch doesn't have 2.2 on it, you can't even pair it. You need to get the Beta profile on it first so you can upgrade it to 2.2. It does prompt you to upgrade the watch but since 2.2 is a beta a watch without the profile won't show it needs an update! In this case you do have to unpair the first watch. Now if the watches all have 2.2 already (I used a second iPhone to do the upgrades to 2.2) then its straight forward. Each watch has the option of being set up as new or being restored from a backup if there was one available. I hope I didn't make that too confusing!

Thanks. for me it is for future use. If there will be a next gen watch. Maybe I will buy a steel version and keep my sport for sport.

 

[Leinhart_6]

Would anyone be interested in seeding their watch os 2.2 beta config profile on here?

 

[SHNXX]

Does it fix the dreadful heart rate issue with doing any kind of weights/resistance sessions?

what do you mean?
I don't think that's a software issue.
first of all it's mounted on your wrist, which i assume you're using a lot during weightlifting and second, weightlifting is not an aerobic exercise so your heart rate won't be affected the way an aerobic exercise would.

i think apple watch does an okay job considering the above.

 

[dallardice]

I am getting no haptics on my OS2.2 watch. Have reported to Apple and its not my day to day watch, but wondered if others had the same issue.

 

[Lost Hills]

I am getting no haptics on my OS2.2 watch. Have reported to Apple and its not my day to day watch, but wondered if others had the same issue.

I noticed it after changing watches, I would have to go into settings on the iPhone and turn Haptics back on each time. After a day it stopped and finally kept the settings. Go figure.