Samsung Gear / Galaxy Gear
Sleep as Android supports most Samsung wearables, but not all. Please look for your device in Section 3, “Supported watches” below.
1. How to set up
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First, install all the required parts - the Samsung Galaxy Gear integration consists of three parts:
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Sleep as Android on the phone
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Sleep as Android Gear Addon on the phone
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Sleep as Android - Native Gear Companion on the watch (install through the Galaxy Gear Store)
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Now, you can enable the connection in Settings → Sleep tracking → Wearables → Use wearable → Samsung Gear / Galaxy Watch.
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Then test the connection in Settings → Sleep tracking → Wearables → Test sensor - you should see a graph reacting to your movement (a short delay is normal, data are sent in batches).
2. How to set up Gear Fit 2
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Galaxy Store suspended our wachface for Gear Fit, and we have to pass their new verification process. The watchface is currently not available. We are sorry for the inconvenience. |
Samsung Gear Fit 2 is the only exception - to track sleep using Gear Fit 2 with Sleep as Android, you have to install and set up our addon on the phone and our app on the watch (actually a watchface).
The steps to follow are:
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Install Sleep as Android Gear Addon on the phone.
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Install Sleep as Android for Gear Fit 2 watch face on the Galaxy Store using your Galaxy Wearable app.
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Now, you can enable the connection in Settings → Sleep tracking → Wearables → Use wearable → Samsung Gear / Galaxy Watch.
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Then test the connection in Settings → Sleep tracking → Wearables → Test sensor - you should see a graph reacting to your movement (a short delay is normal, data are sent in batches).
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Whenever you want to do sleep tracking, switch the watchface on your Gear Fit 2 to the Sleep watchface, and double tap to start tracking. It would actually work even without switching to the watchface (so you can start tracking from the phone), but you won’t have any way to stop it from the watch, and alarm will have to be stopped from the phone in that case. So I recommend switching to the Sleep watchface. To switch the watchface, just long tap on the current watchface. |
4. Unsupported watches
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This list may not be exhaustive. |
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Samsung - Gear Fit 1, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Fit 2, Galaxy Fit e
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Samsung - Gear Fit 1
FAQ
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Make sure no system restrictions are applied to Sleep as Android: Check our guide here.
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If the guide won’t help, send us your log using Left ☰ menu →
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Report a bug.
Google made it impossible to start screens from the background on newer Android versions. This is why we can no longer show the alarm screen with the big buttons under usual settings. The app can just show notifications from the background if the screen is on when the alarm starts. If the screen is locked we usually are able to show the full-screen alarm.
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Go to Settings → Alarms → Fullscreen alarm (might be hidden under Advanced in Snooze/Dismiss section), and enable this option.
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It will take you to the system settings, where you need to grant the Draw over other apps permission.
On Xiaomi/MIUI, you need to grant special permission to Sleep as Android so that it may unlock your screen during alarm.
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Go to System Settings → Permissions → Advanced Permissions → select Sleep app and give it permission to access Lockscreen.
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If you are using a Captcha task from the Captcha add-on, please, make sure the permission is granted to the add-on as well. |
When alarm goes off, it does not disable the lockscreen and you have to manually unlock the device to tap snooze or dismiss.
You may have Sleep as Android enabled under Border lights (Edge Lightning on some versions). This causes the alarm popup to not display over the lockscreen, as the notification is being shown as a light around the edge of the screen.
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Disable Border lights for Sleep as Android in your device’s settings.
This can be a result of multiple things, so please make sure to do the following troubleshooting:
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Make sure you have Sleep as Android Gear Addon installed on your phone
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It can happen that the addon cannot be started by us if it was force stopped previously. In that case please go to Play Store app on your phone, open addon page tap on “OPEN”.
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Opt out of any battery savers that you might have on your phone, for all involved apps (Sleep as Android, Sleep as Android Gear Addon, Samsung Accessory Services) – to find out how to do that, please consult dontkillmyapp.com
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Samsung Accessory services sometimes misbehaves and prevents connection to the watch for 3rd party apps. Please uninstall and reinstall it.
If the tracking stops completely after few minutes, the background processes are restricted by your system.
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Make sure no system restrictions are applied to Sleep as Android, or any companion app for a tracking with wearable: Check our guide here.
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If the guide won’t help, send us your log using Left ☰ menu →
Support → Report a bug.
The red block indicates that something went wrong with tracking at that time and the device stopped providing sensor data for some reason. Usually those are some non-standard battery optimizations or battery savers, the battery gets too low so we preserve it for the alarm or connectivity issue if you use a wearable.
1. Battery restrictions
Make sure no system restrictions are applied to Sleep, or any involved apps like wearable companion app).
See our guide here, and follow the instructions.
2. Too low battery
When the battery is too low (usually below 10%), data collecting is terminated to preserve enough battery for alarm.
When the battery was too low, there is a battery icon is displayed on the graph:
3. Connectivity issues with a wearable
When the connection with the wearable is lost, you can see red sections on the graph. The app always tries to reach the wearable again.
The graph can look like this:
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Opt-out from any battery restrictions is applied by your system (https://dontkillmyapp.com/)
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Pair the wearable with your phone in System settings.
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Make sure the BT is not lost, and try lowering the distance between the phone and the wearable.
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Try settings the device as Trusted device.