After trying this for a full day, it definitely works, as silly as that is. I can't believe they haven't made that an option. I just got the 5.5 update today, and instead they seem to be de-emphasizing floor count, as it isn't on the health summary widget anymore, and doesn't have its own widget, so you can only see it on watch faces that display it. Same goes for total calories burned (vs activity calories, which is still there obviously). ... View more

Surprisingly, a very quick test seems to show this works for me. That makes it all the more stupid that they haven't provided a setting for that to keep so many people from taking issue with it. I figured it was a hardware issue considering they haven't fixed it after this long. ... View more

It would be easier to accept if it simply never worked, but sometimes it does, and it seems to run in streaks.  Some days it gets most all of them, and then sometimes it stops for extended periods.  I thought it finally just quit after it missed 20-30 trips between yesterday and today, and then I look and it has registered one.  I guess I'll try turning off all automatic detection of everything except walking, because for me that's a gimmick - if I'm going to work out, I'd rather just tell it what I am doing when I start.   Ultimately floor count matters the least to me by far.  Step count is better than the Gear Fit Sport I replaced with an Active 2, but floor counting is worse, which is amazing to me.  My guess is the GFS used a much less "sophisticated" way of counting, but it worked most of the time - sometimes the simple solution really is the best.  Heart rate seems reasonable to me - it doesn't have to be perfect for me personally.  In every other respect the ctive 2 is head and shoulders above the Gear Fit Sport as a smart watch. ... View more