Why is your smart band not counting steps? We can help

Brenda L. A.
7 min readMar 18, 2019
We help you find out why your fitness tracker with step counter is not working oonce and for all!

Not knowing why your fitness tracker is not counting your steps is a big headache. You keep moving but it may track fewer steps than expected or no steps at all! Tell me about it. Probably the integrated pedometer is not working appropriately.

Your gadget uses an algorithm to track your steps. However, like all technologies, they are not perfect although the manufacturers keep working to make them functional and more accurate.

Unfortunately, many activity tracker devices have the same problems but the good news is most times these kinds of the situation have a solution. So why is your smart band not counting steps?

In general, some fitness gadgets will not track steps until you link it to their application and then go to ‘settings’. Then choose the ‘Step’ mode. However, to enable the Step tracking mode in other activity trackers you need to go to Settings and choose ‘Dominant’. Now, depending on the device, you may want to choose ‘Non-Dominant’ instead.

But what if the above situations don’t apply to you? Do not worry, we have researched and found other possible factors that affect your wearable device’s accuracy and functionality.

Below are some reasons that may cause your wearable fitness device not to track our steps taken. They will help you

--

--

Brenda L. A.

A child of God who loves nature and fitness. I like to write about technology, food and Christian topics. There is always something to learn about!