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by mcraiha 908 days ago
The original software on these is really bad. e.g. if move between time zones during the day then Mi Fitness app most likely won't get all data out of device. Also Mi Fitness cannot download data of previous date out of the device. Steps counter is also very bad at keeping track if you move slowly e.g. in your apartment.
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> Also Mi Fitness cannot download data of previous date out of the device

Exactly the reason I ditched it. It stopped auto-syncing data after some stupid android-app split. Like they have 3-4 apps? All similar, but supports different hardware.

In Mi Band 2 / 3 days it was working quite good.

Steps get over counted anyway by just moving your arm. I had one on while strumming guitar and it thought I'd walked thousands of steps.
This is why everything should always use UTC internally. Timezones are a presentation layer problem.