Health app and steps in B3

[bookalon]

hi, i have read on a few sites including here that the health app now knows your steps. i have keep an eye on it since updating and mine does not seem to want to count mine on my 5S.

any ideas?

 

[Tyler23]

hi, i have read on a few sites including here that the health app now knows your steps. i have keep an eye on it since updating and mine does not seem to want to count mine on my 5S.

any ideas?

Try restarting your phone.

 

[bookalon]

Try restarting your phone.

Feel a bit red faced now, spent ages going through settings last night,

yes restarted it and not it works

 

[kwjohns]

I've restarted a couple of times and mine still shows empty.

 

[gmanist1000]

I've restarted a couple of times and mine still shows empty.

Mine started working this morning automatically

 

[Afbar1114]

Mine works fine. Yes I really did do all those steps

 

[batting1000]

Mine didn't work after I restarted it but once I started walking, it began counting.

 

[beosound3200]

Is driving a car included in those 'steps'?

 

[Tyler23]

Is driving a car included in those 'steps'?

Nope. It knows if you're moving too fast to be walking and does not count that movement as steps.

 

[beosound3200]

Nope. It knows if you're moving too fast to be walking and does not count that movement as steps.

thats neat. breeze counts everything as walking. thank you

 

[gstevie]

In the distance part of that app does anyone know if it can be changed from km to Miles? On mine (UK) its showing as km and would prefer the latter.

 

[bluedukies8]

I've tried to restart my phone and still won't count steps. Just took a walk and still nothing. Weird nothing in settings either

 

[virginblue4]

thats neat. breeze counts everything as walking. thank you

No it doesn't. At least not on the 5s, but that's where the M7 comes into play.

 

[beosound3200]

No it doesn't. At least not on the 5s, but that's where the M7 comes into play.

So im making 5000 steps a day?

 

[batting1000]

So im making 5000 steps a day?

It's certainly possible depending on what you do. The recommended amount by the American Heart Association is 10,000 steps per day.

 

[eastamherstbias]

I don't know how I feel about sticking my phone in my pocket as I walk around all day to calculate steps. I have always been kinda weirded out by the radiation coming out of it.

 

[honglong1976]

Does it count steps on any other non-M7 chipset phone? iPhone 4S, iPod Touch, etc?

 

[Tyler23]

Does it count steps on any other non-M7 chipset phone? iPhone 4S, iPod Touch, etc?

Nope, it uses the M7.

 

[seble]

So many M7 compatible apps for the 5S that already do this already

 

[Tyler23]

So many M7 compatible apps for the 5S that already do this already

Yep - but now, you don't need those extraneous apps.

 

[seble]

Yep - but now, you don't need those extraneous apps.

let's hope healthbook provides the same level of detail that those apps do!

 

[shandyman]

let's hope healthbook provides the same level of detail that those apps do!

It means that other apps can access this data, therefore don't need to be running continuously, wasting battery.......

 

[seble]

It means that other apps can access this data, therefore don't need to be running continuously, wasting battery.......

I don't think you get how the 5S or the M7 coprocessor works. The M7 processor collects the data, without other apps having to be even open. When you open such apps that use the data i.e pedometers it imports the data stored in the device. They can already access this data.

 

[Lostanddamned]

I don't know how I feel about sticking my phone in my pocket as I walk around all day to calculate steps. I have always been kinda weirded out by the radiation coming out of it.

Good job you never put it near your head then.

Also, you’d probably best avoid areas with wireless internet, TV, GPS or radio signals. Not to mention microwaves, remote central locking, thunderstorms, certain types of granite and smoke detectors.

“Radiation” in these forms is a fact of the modern world, and no significant harm has ever been linked to this.

Although, if you are really worried, a good tinfoil hat will keep the waves away. I promise.

 

[seble]

Although, if you are really worried, a good tinfoil hat will keep the waves away. I promise.

Haha or focus the waves all towards your head