When you use the slider, a percentage indicator should pop up when your finger is on the slider….it then disappears when you remove your finger.
weird, it does not show any numbers. I am on latest firmware.
Are you accessing the slider from the pull down screen at the top?
yes
Weird….I think I have an update pending. I’ll check my unit later and see if it is still there.
so far all fine, only again just confused the battery would drop by 3 percent just playing around with the setups for 10-15 minutes
I am also surprised there is no menu option for display off outside of rides.
It takes 5min for the screen to switch off automatically when you are in the menues. You have to manually switch off the screen in the drop down menu or switch off the whole device. I find that a bit weird since Android offers such option naturally. Why is it missing here?
despite the battery somehow draining quite fast even just doing stuff in the settings… i find the HH K2 quite cool.
I have now sideloaded a couple of apps and can access now all the advanced android settings, dim the backlight even further, play spotify pr podcast directly on the device and other stuff. quite cool
Went for a ride yesterday, galaxies beyond anything Garmin offers.
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Very cool.
Would be interested to see how you get on with the battery life when riding with the added features.
I’ve got a 530 and it’s awesome how long it lasts. I wanted to get a K2 for the phone free live tracking. The battery not lasting for my racing days was the big turn off, though sounds like the Live tracking isn’t nailed yet either?
I did several sessions now, indoor:
Battery drain was 5% per hour with Speed/Power/HR Sensors on, screen permanently on with dimmed screen to 15% (sideloaded Android Dimmer App).
That is very ok.
Now I am running a full load test: Outdoor profile with GPS and all sensors ON and full 100% screen brightness. I let it run the whole night and was surprised that after 8:30h there was still 20% battery left and the “workout” still running. Now the battery is down to 7% and the workout time is hitting 10h.
Considering this being full load scenario I find it surprisingly ok. In real world I probably would never use 100% screen brightness.
Somehow the battery seems to be less strained during workouts (lower power mode?) than during setting the device up in the menu. At the later use case the % just fade away quickly.
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I wonder if this difference has to do with the GPS? It isn’t running during a workout - the GPS chip tends to use a decent amount of battery on its own…
Consider doing this on an actual ride, and following a route during that ride. Following a route is generally considered a higher-load test than not following a route; the processor is tracking time to finish, whether or not you’re on course, and calculating reroutes when it thinks you’re off course. Also, the screen content is constantly updating, so it would be helpful to see if that has an impact…
The battery drains visible quick just going through the menus and much faster than during my workouts. I do not see a reason, why the gps would be running outside of a specific outdoor workout.
And true, a course might take even more energy out of the device but I anyway found it interesting that a full load at full brightness would take me beyond 10h