Fitness tracker: Unexpected benefits

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End of 2024, I got me a Huawei Band 8 on a lark, seeing that there was a used exemplar at Amazon for € 24. I mainly wanted to try out how well it works with GadgetBridge, and even if it doesn't, a small computer with a screen for € 24 sounded interesting.

Good

  • works with Gadgetbridge. "Deep Sleep" is not recognized/supported, but that's not really important to me.
  • saves me 10 minutes in my morning routine, as I don't reach for my phone anymore when getting up, preventing one cycle of mails and doomscrolling
  • even can install custom watchfaces
  • cheap replacement bands on AliExpress, in various colours

Bad

I didn't find a good way to create custom watchfaces: * Huawei SDK requires registration * Huawei Theme Design Tool is Windows only, but I didn't try it yet * nothing found on Github

GadgetBridge cannot upload my own pictures as backgrounds. I would like this, as I prefer to have pictures that I took myself around me.

Surprises

  • gets too hot in direct sunlight at 25°C , warns about it and then switches off