this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2026
22 points (95.8% liked)

Privacy

6302 readers
21 users here now

Welcome! This is a community for all those who are interested in protecting their privacy.

Rules

PS: Don't be a smartass and try to game the system, we'll know if you're breaking the rules when we see it!

  1. Be civil and no prejudice
  2. Don't promote big-tech software
  3. No apathy and defeatism for privacy (i.e. "They already have my data, why bother?")
  4. No reposting of news that was already posted
  5. No crypto, blockchain, NFTs
  6. No Xitter links (if absolutely necessary, use xcancel)

Related communities:

Some of these are only vaguely related, but great communities.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
otter@lemmy.ca
shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
22
Any recommendations for heart rate monitoring watch (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by slainheirtax@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

On device only, no play store, with GrapheneOS.

I am thinking about a Garmin watch and using it with Pulse. My cardio is really bad and it has been starting to cause all sorts of health issues, so I need something to track my heart rate while I go on walks to build my stamina back up so I can start actually working out.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Try different combinations of these settings in the device settings in Gadgetbridge:

There's a chance that certain combination will make it work for you.

In terms of customization, you can download .prg files with watchfaces directly (some opensource watchfaces on Github publish them as releases, while others can be compiled from source using Garmin SDK), and then upload them directly to the watch via Gadgetbridge. This will work without Garmin store.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, thanks for the reply and suggestions!

I'm going to save this post and I will try it out again when I get a chance to sit down and play with everything :D

[–] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, no problem! It would be very cool if it worked for you. It helped me with some problems, and with others what helped was factory reset on the watch xD

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe now would be a good time for me to try then as I just had to do a factory reset a couple of days ago as it was constantly trying to re-pair with the phone over and over. Which was especially annoying as it started doing it during a run!