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I think maybe we should start a new thread to post screen shots that show what time each day we close our rings. We could post screenshots showing the three closed rings and what time it is.
Or better yet, we could post how many consecutive days we have gotten our stand goal. I'm sure the OP would love that. I'm at 382 days since I restored my phone as new last year. But in reality, I have not missed it once since launch day of the original Apple Watch (917 days).
 
Or better yet, we could post how many consecutive days we have gotten our stand goal. I'm sure the OP would love that. I'm at 382 days since I restored my phone as new last year. But in reality, I have not missed it once since launch day of the original Apple Watch (917 days).
I've never missed the stand goal since first getting an Apple Watch. It is the easiest one to get. Wear your Watch and get off your butt once and a while. Mission accomplished!
 
Or better yet, we could post how many consecutive days we have gotten our stand goal. I'm sure the OP would love that. I'm at 382 days since I restored my phone as new last year. But in reality, I have not missed it once since launch day of the original Apple Watch (917 days).

I've never missed the stand goal since first getting an Apple Watch. It is the easiest one to get. Wear your Watch and get off your butt once and a while. Mission accomplished!

Right? I'm at 47 straight weeks of hitting the stand goal, working on week 48 right now. The only days that I've missed that goal is the day I got my Apple Watch (picked it up in the evening) and a few days while I waited for Apple to send a replacement after the watchOS-Update-Bricking fiasco last December.
 
So I went and looked that the Stand "Perfect Week" and I was going to say I have gotten a perfect week 164 times, but that got me thinking that I haven't had an Apple Watch that long (or anybody I think). Thats a little weird.

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So I went and looked that the Stand "Perfect Week" and I was going to say I have gotten a perfect week 164 times, but that got me thinking that I haven't had an Apple Watch that long (or anybody I think). Thats a little weird.

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Interesting - if my math is correct that means you would have had to get a perfect stand achievement every week since roughly the first week of September 2014 to be at 164 now, but the original Apple Watch went on sale in April 2015, so unless you are an Apple employee who tests pre-release hardware I don't get it? Bug maybe?
 
Interesting - if my math is correct that means you would have had to get a perfect stand achievement every week since roughly the first week of September 2014 to be at 164 now, but the original Apple Watch went on sale in April 2015, so unless you are an Apple employee who tests pre-release hardware I don't get it? Bug maybe?

I'm assuming bug. Definitely not employee. Got my Series 0 in June 2015. I also scrolled through the calendar and before June 2015, there is no activity before then (I went back to 2005).
 
I'm curious how you were able to complete the Stand goal at 11:00 AM? It would seem that it would have to be at least 11:01 AM for it to register, since it requires you to stand for a full minute each hour. Assuming you started standing at 11:00:00 AM, that would take until 11:00:59 until it completed and then for the ring to fill would take at least another second.
 
I'm curious how you were able to complete the Stand goal at 11:00 AM? It would seem that it would have to be at least 11:01 AM for it to register, since it requires you to stand for a full minute each hour. Assuming you started standing at 11:00:00 AM, that would take until 11:00:59 until it completed and then for the ring to fill would take at least another second.
It doesn’t actually take a full minute. More like 20-30 seconds tops.
 
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OP I'm willing to sell you a few of my hours so you can get credit while laying in bed all day.:D:D:D
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If you’re not sitting, then it gives you credit for the hour so you don’t need a reminder.



You can’t.
What if I‘ve been walking (without sitting) for 2 straight hours? Will I get a “standing credit” for each of those 2 hours? I have a feeling that I don’t…

It’s as if I needed to sit for a certain amount of time during a given hour AND then had to stand up and move around for at least 1 minute to get the right credit. If I’ve been standing nonstop the whole hour, without sitting, I simply don’t get the “standing credit” for that hour. That seems a bit illogical…
 
What if I‘ve been walking (without sitting) for 2 straight hours? Will I get a “standing credit” for each of those 2 hours? I have a feeling that I don’t…

It’s as if I needed to sit for a certain amount of time during a given hour AND then had to stand up and move around for at least 1 minute to get the right credit. If I’ve been standing nonstop the whole hour, without sitting, I simply don’t get the “standing credit” for that hour. That seems a bit illogical…
I think it's buggy. I get up to get water and go to the bathroom multiple times in the night but don't always get credit. Also, the exercise ring is complete BS. I've gone on 5 mile hikes and/or walks and not closed the exercise ring.
 
I think it's buggy. I get up to get water and go to the bathroom multiple times in the night but don't always get credit. Also, the exercise ring is complete BS. I've gone on 5 mile hikes and/or walks and not closed the exercise ring.
I had to use “other” instead of the exercise options to get credit.
 
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I think it's buggy. I get up to get water and go to the bathroom multiple times in the night but don't always get credit. Also, the exercise ring is complete BS. I've gone on 5 mile hikes and/or walks and not closed the exercise ring.
Call me “naive”, but I find it a bit disappointing that you could be standing and moving around (at least a little bit, so that you are not completely “static”) for a whole hour or more, and the Watch won’t recognize that. Is it just a bug, or is the Watch simply designed in a way that you HAVE to have been sitting for a while for it to take into account the fact that you’re now standing?
 
Call me “naive”, but I find it a bit disappointing that you could be standing and moving around (at least a little bit, so that you are not completely “static”) for a whole hour or more, and the Watch won’t recognize that. Is it just a bug, or is the Watch simply designed in a way that you HAVE to have been sitting for a while for it to take into account the fact that you’re now standing?
I'll be honest with you; I'm on my 4th Apple Watch (series 0, series 2, series 3), a stainless steel 5 in the smaller size. It is one of my favorite accessories, and I wear it every day. I really, really like it and would never get rid of it.
That being said, it's good for telling the time, reading text messages, and starting timers. In my opinion, that's about it. I would use the word unreliable. As my watch tells me at least once a day, "something's amiss"...
 
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I'll be honest with you; I'm on my 4th Apple Watch (series 0, series 2, series 3), a stainless steel 5 in the smaller size. It is one of my favorite accessories, and I wear it every day. I really, really like it and would never get rid of it.
That being said, it's good for telling the time, reading text messages, and starting timers. In my opinion, that's about it. I would use the word unreliable. As my watch tells me at least once a day, "something's amiss"...
I just got my first Apple Watch (SE) a month ago, and I love it too! But I was a bit curious about the way the number of standing “moments” was calculated. I guess I’ll just have to accept the fact that some aspects of the Watch might be more or less reliable… as long as they’re not critical components. Oh well… that’s life! ;)
 
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I just got my first Apple Watch (SE) a month ago, and I love it too! But I was a bit curious about the way the number of standing “moments” was calculated. I guess I’ll just have to accept the fact that some aspects of the Watch might be more or less reliable… as long as they’re not critical components. Oh well… that’s life! ;)
I could just have the worst luck in the world. It's supposed to credit you 1 standing hour for every clock face hour in which you stand and move around for at least 1 minute
 
Interesting - if my math is correct that means you would have had to get a perfect stand achievement every week since roughly the first week of September 2014 to be at 164 now, but the original Apple Watch went on sale in April 2015, so unless you are an Apple employee who tests pre-release hardware I don't get it? Bug maybe?
Mmhh...164/52 are three years and a bit.
I´m at 160 perfect stand weeks owning a watch since Feb 17
 
Call me “naive”, but I find it a bit disappointing that you could be standing and moving around (at least a little bit, so that you are not completely “static”) for a whole hour or more, and the Watch won’t recognize that. Is it just a bug, or is the Watch simply designed in a way that you HAVE to have been sitting for a while for it to take into account the fact that you’re now standing?
It seems to just be inaccurate. I've found it usually won't detect you're standing unless your arm is completely vertical. I've been in my kitchen cooking and I'll get a stand reminder despite having been standing for a long time because my hands are raised up to a counter or the stove or whatever. However I've found my S6 is actually a lot more accurate in this regard than my S3 was so maybe there's some improvement in the latest sensors. I rarely get reminders to stand when I've been standing now.
 
Call me “naive”, but I find it a bit disappointing that you could be standing and moving around (at least a little bit, so that you are not completely “static”) for a whole hour or more, and the Watch won’t recognize that. Is it just a bug, or is the Watch simply designed in a way that you HAVE to have been sitting for a while for it to take into account the fact that you’re now standing?
"Stand" is measuring motion and maybe angle. I got tired of not getting credit, so I found that you can satisfy the requirement by shaking the watch for about 40 seconds. That doesn't do your body the good standing is supposed to, though.
 
"Stand" is measuring motion and maybe angle. I got tired of not getting credit, so I found that you can satisfy the requirement by shaking the watch for about 40 seconds. That doesn't do your body the good standing is supposed to, though.
this. I do try to get up every hour though but sometimes have to report to that method :)
 
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