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russtobin

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Nov 1, 2010
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Can anyone please explain the following?

My series 2 watch is receiving txt msg notifications even when beyond the reach of my iphone 6. Thought maybe it was a latency issue so decided to conduct the experiment below

I wore the watch to my gym this evening and asked my partner to txt me at a specific time whilst I was there and behold I received the txt msg notification.

Didn't have my phone with me and have never had the phone with me at the gym in the past.

The gym is approx 3 miles away from my home.

Anyone know how this can be happening?

Thx in advance for all replies.
 
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saley89

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Sep 19, 2014
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Does the gym have open wifi that you have connected to with your phone previously? Perhaps a wifi hotspot provider? I realise you have never had phone with you so maybe the SSID and password are same for a wifi hotspot at the gym.

Next check in control centre for a cloud icon as seen in link below.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204562
 
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russtobin

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Nov 1, 2010
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russtobin said:
Can anyone please explain the following?

My series 2 watch is receiving txt msg notifications even when beyond the reach of my iphone 6. Thought maybe it was a latency issue so decided to conduct the experiment below

I wore the watch to my gym this evening and asked my partner to txt me at a specific time whilst I was there and behold I received the txt msg notification.

Didn't have my phone with me and have never had the phone with me at the gym in the past.

The gym is approx 3 miles away from my home.

Anyone know how this can be happening?

Thx in advance for all replies.
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saley89 said:
Does the gym have open wifi that you have connected to with your phone previously? Perhaps a wifi hotspot provider? I realise you have never had phone with you so maybe the SSID and password are same for a wifi hotspot at the gym.

Next check in control centre for a cloud icon as seen in link below.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204562
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Never had the phone with me at they gym.
 
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Thai

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russtobin said:
Never used the wi-fi network at the gym but guess it must be open access - will check it out tomorrow.

Has to be the logical answer I guess.
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Gym may use Xfinity wifi for example that uses the same password everywhere (if you have Xfinity account).
 
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klymr

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Next time you are at the gym, swipe to bring up Control Center on your watch. If there is a little cloud in the top right hand corner, you are connected to Wi-Fi.
 
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russtobin

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Nov 1, 2010
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This evening confirmed that the watch is autonomously connecting to the gyms wi-fi.

Didn't know that the watch is capable of connecting to wi-fi independently.
 
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