09-09-2018 07:48 AM - last edited 09-09-2018 09:19 AM
I got my Galaxy Watch on Friday and for the most part I love it. However, a couple of things really bug me about a) the consistency of the wake up gesture and b) its tendency to turn the screen off much more quickly than it should.
So for a) - sometimes I just find that the wake up gesture doesn't work at all and I have to put my arm down and then back up again until it works. This feature is one of the most fundamental aspects of a smart watch that needs to work. It is especially noticable if I'm lying down but occasionally causes issues when sitting or standing. I think it's something your engineers really need to look at as, after a quick Google, I've seen many people complain about it on the Gear S3. I hope this is looked into as the fact it was an issue back then but still hasn't been fixed is a bit of a bad sign to me...
For b) I have 2 main issues. 1 is that the screen timeout setting only applies if the watch was woken up by the buttons and not by the wake up gesture. I think it's fine to have a different screen timeout if it was woken by gesture, but it should really be a configurable option.
The other annoyance is that the screen turns off when you tilt the watch back down. I think this is OK if you've woken the watch up with a gesture but it should be possible to disable this if the watch has been woken up by buttons or the dial.
09-12-2018 08:40 PM
18-12-2018 01:55 PM
Hello everybody,
Me and my wife purchased 2 Galaxy Watch recently, the gold 42mm and the 46mm for me...
We are both impressed by the potential and quality of these watches... Although something seems to be wrong with them :
1/ the gesture : we struggle to switch on the screen as it seems to be working randomly. Sometimes it works, most of the time it does not... We need a strong wrist-twist to ignite...Too bad.
2/ the 5 seconds display to watch the clock is way too short ! This setting should be customer-adjustable ! Such as the timer working for the button press action.
3/ AOD ??? Sorry but the best display I get is with light at level 3 approx... I should be able to adjust it also and disable it if I need to !
We hope an upgrade will fix the issue...
26-12-2018 02:06 PM
Can someone help me? I would like my Galaxy watch face to always be on. I don’t care about battery life. I had this same issue with the Galaxy 2. I thought it would be fixed by now. Just got this new one. The feature is turned on but doesn’t work. My time out is set to the max and goes out after a few seconds. I am seeing other people with the same problem. @Samsung or anyone any way to fix this issue???
27-12-2018 02:41 PM
I also want to keep my watch face always on and bright. I'm trying out an app called "I am Alive". Found it in the Galaxy app store.
27-12-2018 06:38 PM - last edited 28-12-2018 01:21 AM
My Settings;
AUTO LOW BRIGHTNESS “ON"
10-01-2019 08:40 PM
12-01-2019 07:46 AM - last edited 12-01-2019 08:11 AM
@ConcreteLlama wrote:I got my Galaxy Watch on Friday and for the most part I love it. However, a couple of things really bug me about a) the consistency of the wake up gesture and b) its tendency to turn the screen off much more quickly than it should.
So for a) - sometimes I just find that the wake up gesture doesn't work at all and I have to put my arm down and then back up again until it works. This feature is one of the most fundamental aspects of a smart watch that needs to work. It is especially noticable if I'm lying down but occasionally causes issues when sitting or standing. I think it's something your engineers really need to look at as, after a quick Google, I've seen many people complain about it on the Gear S3. I hope this is looked into as the fact it was an issue back then but still hasn't been fixed is a bit of a bad sign to me...
For b) I have 2 main issues. 1 is that the screen timeout setting only applies if the watch was woken up by the buttons and not by the wake up gesture. I think it's fine to have a different screen timeout if it was woken by gesture, but it should really be a configurable option.
The other annoyance is that the screen turns off when you tilt the watch back down. I think this is OK if you've woken the watch up with a gesture but it should be possible to disable this if the watch has been woken up by buttons or the dial.
Okay I found a fix for everyone that is having problems with the watch face turning off or turning black the solution is to turn gestures off
12-01-2019 07:48 AM - last edited 12-01-2019 08:09 AM
@todd1234 wrote:Okay I found a fix for everyone that is having problems with the watch face turning off or turning black the solution is to turn gestures off
Or in other words turn wake up gesture "OFF"
15-01-2019 08:07 PM
@ConcreteLlama wrote:I got my Galaxy Watch on Friday and for the most part I love it. However, a couple of things really bug me about a) the consistency of the wake up gesture and b) its tendency to turn the screen off much more quickly than it should.
So for a) - sometimes I just find that the wake up gesture doesn't work at all and I have to put my arm down and then back up again until it works. This feature is one of the most fundamental aspects of a smart watch that needs to work. It is especially noticable if I'm lying down but occasionally causes issues when sitting or standing. I think it's something your engineers really need to look at as, after a quick Google, I've seen many people complain about it on the Gear S3. I hope this is looked into as the fact it was an issue back then but still hasn't been fixed is a bit of a bad sign to me...
For b) I have 2 main issues. 1 is that the screen timeout setting only applies if the watch was woken up by the buttons and not by the wake up gesture. I think it's fine to have a different screen timeout if it was woken by gesture, but it should really be a configurable option.
The other annoyance is that the screen turns off when you tilt the watch back down. I think this is OK if you've woken the watch up with a gesture but it should be possible to disable this if the watch has been woken up by buttons or the dial.
I agree. I love my watch, but I just want my watch face to stay on all the time.
15-01-2019 08:53 PM