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Amazfit Pace smartwatch issues.

Bear with me, I thought I'd go from the start.
So I bought my Amazfit Pace from www.amazfit.com which I believe is the English language version.
Upon receiving it I discovered 3 annoying bugs involving running with the watch AND an app problem on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (running MIUI 8 7.3.9 Beta)
1. Miles being the only metric - previous smartwatches have given me kilometres option.
2. Unable to shuffle songs - once again previous smartwatches I've had have this feature.
3. Progress updates during run are in Chinese - no English option!!
4. Install Play store Amazfit app which shows Strava in 'activity sync', but then my phone decides all by itself to remove the Play Store version and replace it with some Chinese version which removes Strava and only gives me sync ability to 'Health data' and 'Sport data' to some unreadable service in Chinese chararcters.
I have just updated the watch to 1.1.3m and problem #1 has been fixed.
Problems 2, 3 & 4 still exist and its driving me crazy!
Is there a methodical way I can solve these problems?

lime&soda said:
Bear with me, I thought I'd go from the start.
So I bought my Amazfit Pace from www.amazfit.com which I believe is the English language version.
Upon receiving it I discovered 3 annoying bugs involving running with the watch AND an app problem on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (running MIUI 8 7.3.9 Beta)
1. Miles being the only metric - previous smartwatches have given me kilometres option.
2. Unable to shuffle songs - once again previous smartwatches I've had have this feature.
3. Progress updates during run are in Chinese - no English option!!
4. Install Play store Amazfit app which shows Strava in 'activity sync', but then my phone decides all by itself to remove the Play Store version and replace it with some Chinese version which removes Strava and only gives me sync ability to 'Health data' and 'Sport data' to some unreadable service in Chinese chararcters.
I have just updated the watch to 1.1.3m and problem #1 has been fixed.
Problems 2, 3 & 4 still exist and its driving me crazy!
Is there a methodical way I can solve these problems?
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1. As mentioned, is fixed in 1.3.1m
2. No fix yet. Need to wait for Huami to add that feature.
3. PACEfied has Englis voices.
4. Apparently it is not so easy to get Strava working correctly, but some users seem to have managed it (@1immortal did, I think). Search in the forum for other threads on that.

Is there a "H Band" android app alternative?

Hi guys! Is there an (opesource) alternative for "H Band" android application?
Is there a project for universal android app for smart bracelets?

Unfortunately I don't think there is. I have a Lynwo M4 - nice little step / pulse / blood pressure / sleep tracker - which uses this app. Unfortunately the hardware is let down by the pretty shonky app - it records data for only 3 days and has no discernible way of exporting it to anything more useful
I think H Band may be as good as it gets
I was wondering the same as you, whether there might be a universal app for these doodads, but I'm guessing they all must use non standard data so it's probably not possible
Then again, I wouldn't really know

Gadgetbridge is an Android (4.4+) application which will allow you to use your Pebble, Mi Band, Amazfit Bit and HPlus device (and more) without the vendor's closed source application and without the need to create an account and transmit any of your data to the vendor's servers.A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications. Supports Pebble, Mi Band, Liveview, HPlus and more.
Kindly upvote the Device Request so that developer add HBand to the Gadgetbridge. vote on this link

Honor Band 5 alternative Health Health app for other phones

I have been using this cool gadget for several days. I wanted to check how I was sleeping, my heart rate and oxygen saturation. The latter option is usually not available on similar class devices.
To be able to use the band on phones from other manufacturers, you should install THREE gigantic and probably too many applications that want to know about us:
- App store, such a Huawei store (but you can skip this app)
- Huawei Mobile Services (so-called HMS Core) currently version 4.0.3.316, 130 MB!
www.******************/download-the-latest-hms-core-apk
https://appstore.huawei.com/app/C10132067
from this last address you cannot download / install even after logging in! It is possible to download via Ass store, thus it is another coercion
- Huawei Health, currently version 10.0.5.521, 95 MB!
https://appgallery7.huawei.com/#/app/C10414141
Also, you can't download without a store!
and above all set up an account on Huawei servers.
The above files can be downloaded from Chinese Huawei websites, but oddly enough they are in slightly older versions ...
I've done all the steps, but I prefer light, open and privacy-friendly software from the F-doid store.
I would like to ask if anyone of you successfully combined this band with a smart phone other than Huawei and using a different type of health application? I tried to detect it in Redmi 4x through much lighter and "theoretical" apps specific to my device:
mi.health_1.2.5-10205.com (no installation possible, crashes)
mi.health_2.1.1-20101.com (no installation possible, spills out)
xiaomi.hm.health_4.0.17-50274.com (installed, appears in the store as Mi Fit)
but unfortunately failed to connect.

moderom said:
I have been using this cool gadget for several days. I wanted to check how I was sleeping, my heart rate and oxygen saturation. The latter option is usually not available on similar class devices.
To be able to use the band on phones from other manufacturers, you should install THREE gigantic and probably too many applications that want to know about us:
- App store, such a Huawei store (but you can skip this app)
- Huawei Mobile Services (so-called HMS Core) currently version 4.0.3.316, 130 MB!
www.******************/download-the-latest-hms-core-apk
https://appstore.huawei.com/app/C10132067
from this last address you cannot download / install even after logging in! It is possible to download via Ass store, thus it is another coercion
- Huawei Health, currently version 10.0.5.521, 95 MB!
https://appgallery7.huawei.com/#/app/C10414141
Also, you can't download without a store!
and above all set up an account on Huawei servers.
The above files can be downloaded from Chinese Huawei websites, but oddly enough they are in slightly older versions ...
I've done all the steps, but I prefer light, open and privacy-friendly software from the F-doid store.
I would like to ask if anyone of you successfully combined this band with a smart phone other than Huawei and using a different type of health application? I tried to detect it in Redmi 4x through much lighter and "theoretical" apps specific to my device:
mi.health_1.2.5-10205.com (no installation possible, crashes)
mi.health_2.1.1-20101.com (no installation possible, spills out)
xiaomi.hm.health_4.0.17-50274.com (installed, appears in the store as Mi Fit)
but unfortunately failed to connect.
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I'm using it on Asus Zenfone max pro m1

Because low development of this band people did not want to make alternative app for this band...but in case of mi band 4 there are many apps available

dsbhai said:
Because low development of this band people did not want to make alternative app for this band...but in case of mi band 4 there are many apps available
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Thanks and btw I returned my honor band to get mi band 5.

Mi Band 5 without MiFit? (Notify & Fitness)

Hi,
I am considering to buy a Mi Band 5. But I am definitely not going to use the MiFit app, as I don't want to share my health data (or any data, for that matter) with a Chinese company.
So I was looking at Notify & Fitness. I understand that in the past you needed to use a modified MiFit app to obtain some Auth code. I could certainly do that if necessary, using some old, empty, rooted Android phone.
But on the current Play Store page of N&F it says "All Mi Bands 1,2,3,4,5 supported. No official app needed". They even claim that N&F can do firmware updates.
Can anyone here confirm this? Have the N&F people figured out how to pair the device without the AuthKey / completely without MiFit? This almost sounds too good to be true. Even less plausible seems the firmware update claim.
And while we are at it, does N&F allow controlling Android music apps from the Mi Band (in my case, Shuttle+ music player)?
Thanks a lot, and Cheers,
rh

rhhd said:
Hi,
I am considering to buy a Mi Band 5. But I am definitely not going to use the MiFit app, as I don't want to share my health data (or any data, for that matter) with a Chinese company.
So I was looking at Notify & Fitness. I understand that in the past you needed to use a modified MiFit app to obtain some Auth code. I could certainly do that if necessary, using some old, empty, rooted Android phone.
But on the current Play Store page of N&F it says "All Mi Bands 1,2,3,4,5 supported. No official app needed". They even claim that N&F can do firmware updates.
Can anyone here confirm this? Have the N&F people figured out how to pair the device without the AuthKey / completely without MiFit? This almost sounds too good to be true. Even less plausible seems the firmware update claim.
And while we are at it, does N&F allow controlling Android music apps from the Mi Band (in my case, Shuttle+ music player)?
Thanks a lot, and Cheers,
rh
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I have just purchased a Mi Smart Band 5 purely for the heart rate and sleep data for Google Fit and I don't like the idea of the data being shared with a Chinese company.
The initial install of the MiFit app seems to suggest you don't need to sign up for a Mi account and offers FaceBook & Google as options, however neither of these work and I get a message saying this isn't available in my region (UK). So I set up a Mi account just to play around with it. It all seems to work OK and it connects to Google Fit and provides the sleep & heart rate data.
I installed the Notify & Fitness app from the Play Store, however it just doesn't work. I have tried with the MiFit app installed as well as without it (using the Mod'd MiFit app to get the AuthKey). It just doesn't connect. The guide on the website - http://forum.mibandnotify.com/discussion/184/band-is-not-connecting-pairing-and-sync-solutions doesn't help at all. It seems to suggest my band isn't genuine?
In the Notify settings it shows the correct MAC address but says 'Band Identifier -1 - Unknown device'. None of the tests in the Notify app work - i.e. display text, vibrate etc.
I have tried three different phones (Pixel 4XL with stock Android 11, a Samsung Galaxy S6 and a S6 Edge running the Pixel Experience Android 10 ROM) and its the same behaviour on all of them.
Its as if the app doesn't have access to bluetooth?
I'll keep playing around with it but its not looking good.
EDIT: I downloaded an earlier version of Notify & Fitness for Mi Band from a mirror site (10.1.4) as opposed to the latest version on the Play Store (10.3.8) and this worked first time. It looks like the app was only updated on the Play Store yesterday so I suspect there is a bug,....

ADB100 said:
EDIT: I downloaded an earlier version of Notify & Fitness for Mi Band from a mirror site (10.1.4) as opposed to the latest version on the Play Store (10.3.8) and this worked first time. It looks like the app was only updated on the Play Store yesterday so I suspect there is a bug,....
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Awesome, thanks for the feedback. :good:
Can you confirm that it is possible to setup the MB5 without ever installing MiFit? Thanks again!

rhhd said:
Awesome, thanks for the feedback. :good:
Can you confirm that it is possible to setup the MB5 without ever installing MiFit? Thanks again!
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No, I think you need to go through the process at least once.....

guide : Gadget bridge for smart watches and bands(Mi Band 6)

Gadget Bridge for Mi Band 6 Privacy oriented and Open source build
A free and cloudless replacement for your gadget vendors' closed source Android applications.
i am using it as a daily driver, and they gave recent support for mi band 6, and i am loving it INFO
Gadgetbridge, an open-source app that focuses on removing the manufacturer out of the equation.
Gadgetbridge is an android application that allows users to use various smart bands such as Pebble, Mi Band,
Amazfit Bip, HPlus ZeBand, XWatch, and more, without constantly utilizing the vendor’s closed source application.
It also does away with the need to create an account and transmit your user data to the vendor. What’s more,
the open source nature of this app allows users to be confident about how their data is handled and ensure that it
does not leave their devices. -- XDA
Changelog 0.57.0. Initial limited support for Mi Band 6
Thanks to a PR, we recently merged, Gadgetbridge 0.57.0 is the first release which supports the new Mi Band 6.
We call support limited, since it does not yet support flashing the firmware or watchfaces and not everything is tested yet.
But thanks to your donations we were able to order one, which will (once it arrives) enable us to test and improve device support!
--Gadgetbridge team
Credits for the Mi band 6 support
Jhey: https://codeberg.org/jhey
link for built apk with mi band 6 support
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gJmleH4-QisotX7GNAsxxSZXZjVU9505/view?usp=sharing
Your Mi band should be Connected to the Mi Fit App with your Mi Account, this is required to get the
Bluetooth Authentication key for our MI Band which will used later in the process, also do not unpair from Mi fit app
Step 1: Building the app from source Application home page
https://gadgetbridge.org
Install Android Studio
https://developer.android.com/studio
From Android Studio open SDK manager, download and install SDK 29(Android 10)
Install python3
https://www.python.org/downloads/
Clone the repo to Downloads folder from this url
https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge
Create a local.properties file in the Gadgetbridge folder its contents should contain sdk location
sdk.dir = /Users/vamzi/Library/Android/sdk
Lets start with the APK build process
open Terminal, Change Directory to the gadget bridge folder using
cd ~/Downloads/gadgetbridge
and execute this command
to start the build process
./gradlew assembleDebug
or
./gradlew assembleRelease
Step 2: Obtaining the Authentication key
Clone the following Repo:
https://github.com/argrento/huami-token
Open terminal change directory to the cloned huami-token folder:
cd huami-token
Install the python dependencies using the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Start obtaining the auth key :
python huami_token.py --method xiaomi --bt_keys
Copy the link generated under the script to a browser, login to your MI Account which is
bonded to our Mi band, copy the link generated after you login to the python terminal,
and press enter This will generate the Auth_Key copy it and save it. send that authkey
to your android device via mail or message
Step 3: Install the Generated or Downloaded Gadget Bridge apk give all the required
permissions and Notification access too, Before we start the pairing process, disable
or uninstall Mi Fit app, so it doesnt interrupt our GadgetBridge pairing proces.
on Gadget Bridge, start by tapping on the add button, give the location access,
as android needs location access to scan for bluetooth devices. tap on Start discovery
this should display the Mi band 6 tap and hold on it, to start configuring the settings.
paste in the Authentication key and change other settings to your liking.
tap on the back button, this will start the pairing process, and should add your mi band 6 to the application.
this app is a good alternative for the Mi Fit app, and this makes it possible to go thorough your health and activity stats on your device without the need to share it with the device manufacturer. Donate to Gadget bridge Devs for making this awesome app https://liberapay.com/Gadgetbridge/donate and if you are good at coding, Contributions are welcome, be it feedback, bug reports, documentation, translation, research or code. Feel free to work on any of the open issues; just leave a comment that you're working on one to avoid duplicated work. --devs at GadgetBridge

Sorry, but at my opinion it is useless at this time for normal users.
Without the right knowledge, i can't pair with miband 6.
And most of the features are not usable. So notify&fitness seems to be the better choice.

Icetea said:
Sorry, but at my opinion it is useless at this time for normal users.
Without the right knowledge, i can't pair with miband 6.
And most of the features are not usable. So notify&fitness seems to be the better choice.
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i agree with you icetea, but the option is still there and might be helpful to for people who are looking at it, also as it is an opensource project, if there is enough people ready to contribute for this project, it has a lot of scope

thx but i will stay at stock app.

Icetea said:
thx but i will stay at stock app.
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That is your wish mate, for people who dont want their data to be mined by companies this is a good alternative

Haha... I think, using a android phone is not the right way to prevent datamining.
Btw. on reddit i have found a page with a miBand 6 ready compiled version of gadgetbridge as a download link. But have not tried it because as i understand, it seems not be able to work without auth.key.

Icetea said:
Haha... I think, using a android phone is not the right way to prevent datamining.
Btw. on reddit i have found a page with a miBand 6 ready compiled version of gadgetbridge as a download link. But have not tried it because as i understand, it seems not be able to work without auth.key.
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Lol u r right ice tea, some people are using android without gapps, and getting ur data mined by google is much better than getting mined by these chinese companies , reddit thread is most likely mine i guess

I have tried to use this version from f-droid but it does not pair my watch.
Authkey doesn't match. I am out now... I have no time for further experiments.

Icetea said:
I have tried to use this version from f-droid but it does not pair my watch.
Authkey doesn't match. I am out now... I have no time for further experiments.
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Loll sorry mate, f droid updates take a while to update the latest app from the development repo, also they are planning to add alternate release channel with latest updates on their development page.

Gadgetbridge | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Use your Pebble/Bip/Miband/Hplus/[more] and keep your data private!
f-droid.org
That seems to be the same version as yours. V0.57.0!

Thank you for the guide!
I hope more people could contribute on gadgetbridge, bc the cloudless idea is great to keep your data save!
Icetea said:
Haha... I think, using a android phone is not the right way to prevent datamining.
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it depends on how you use it
Will try tomorrow my new Bip u pro to connect with gadgetbridge, my Bip s already works with it without problems. Hopefully they can expand the features.