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My Setup options:
- Windows 10 Laptop
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Phone
- Android 7.0 Tablet
Windows 10 Compatibility
Without a compatible phone
(Android 7.0 is the minimum
required and mine only has
5.0.1), I discovered the Fitbit
App is available for Windows 10
in the app Store, the only other
requirement is Bluetooth.
Once
I installed the app and opened
it for the first time I was
asked to create an account with
Fitbit (it's a shame this is
necessary but I suppose that is
where the data is stored). I
then chose Charge 4 from the
list (for some reason the long
list of devices appeared to be
in a random order which wasn't
helpful).
Then
to set up the Charge 4, I gave
it my email address and chose a
password and agreed to the Ts&Cs
(including sending my data to
the US). It then asked for my
name, date of birth, height,
weight and sex (there's an
option to click which will
explain why they ask you for
these details - I didn't read
it). Finally I had to agree to
further Ts&Cs. A
confirmation email is sent which
needs to opened and a link
clicked.
My
Fitbit had previously powered on
to display the prompt to go to
www.fitbit.com/setup and a
smiley face, but then when I
came to set it up it wasn't
functioning properly; it did a
little vibrate when I tried to
power it on but the screen
remained blank. I suspected the
battery was low so I left it to
charge.
I
was unable to get a Windows 10
laptop with Bluetooth to detect
the Fitbit device, so I tried my phone
and it detected it but failed to
connect (perhaps due to it being
out of date)... (the laptop
would detect the phone).
Samsung Galaxy S4 Phone
My
first thought was to attempt to
upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S4
I9505 from Android 5.0.1 [the
latest official version for it] to 7.1 Nougat,
but that turned out to be a
complicated minefield littered
with "How To"
videos and a plethora of
links to download ROMs and stuff...
I gave up with this (for the
time-being).
Android 7.0 Tablet
Then it happened that I sold
someone a Tablet via ebay which
they wanted to return as faulty.
It has Android 7.0 on it. Once I
received the tablet back it
turned out they had managed to
bend the USB plug and break it,
causing the tablet to fail to
charge. I was frustrated about
this, and having to refund them
for their mistake, but I was happy that
I would now have my tablet back
to use with my Fitbit...
Or
so I thought! Things weren't
that straightforward because the
buyer of the tablet had sync'd
it with their Google account and
resetting it just asked for
their details. Finally, after
more frustration I finally
tracked down a
Youtube video with the right
steps for my tablet and after
about an hour of meticulously
following the steps, I managed
to reset the tablet and connect
it to my account.
The
Fitbit app for Android weighs in
at 115MB so on my slow
connection too about 10 minutes
to download. There was also a
large update to install.
Notes:
- The Fitbit apparently takes 1-2
hours to fully charge
- If you use built-in GPS
regularly, Charge 4 has a battery life of up to 4 days. If you
use built-in GPS continuously, Charge 4 has a battery life of up
to 5 hours.
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