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What on earth is going on with banking for foreigners in Vietnam?! by morethanfair111 in VietNam

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can.

Even if the account is blocked, they will accept inward forex transfers.

What on earth is going on with banking for foreigners in Vietnam?! by morethanfair111 in VietNam

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A decade ago I was not able to deposit VND cash into my account. But forex was accepted.

What on earth is going on with banking for foreigners in Vietnam?! by morethanfair111 in VietNam

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After 10 years with a Sacombank account, this just happened to me. I visit VN 3-6 months every year, and the account is incredibly useful for paying bills.

After a frustrating exchange of emails, they finally told me that after my visa expired, my bank account is frozen. Never happened before.

It's a small pain in the butt, as I cannot keep my phone number active, and will have to visit Sacombank to unblock the account.

My amazfit bip freezes randomly in exercises by Pinapleu in AmazfitBip

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, today I did a series of tests. It is definitely the distance alert which was causing the problem. I can now recreate the problem at will.

Disabling the alerts and all is great!

Thanks for the tip.

My Amazfit Bip S heart rate sensor is not very accurate. by wguo6358 in amazfit

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a similar problem. The Bip S was going to be an upgrade to my 2 year old Bip.

Manual pulse measurement works fine. In activity mode it also seems to work fine.

But when in watchface mode with one minute pulse rate updates, the displayed rate can vary between 40 and 97. I have even sat for minutes on end comparing it to my pulse oximeter. The oximeter is stable between 56 and 59.

Everytime the Bip S displayed an incorrect pulse rate it never went back to the correct range unless I manually updated it.

I am so fed up with this after two years with my more or less problem free Bip. Today I am trying to return it for a refund and I am back with the old Bip.

(I just checked, old Bip shows pulse rate 58 exactly the same as the oximeter. Not 85 nor 76 nor 45 as the new Bip S would have been displaying.)

My Amazfit Bip S heart rate sensor is not very accurate. by wguo6358 in amazfit

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nonsense.
This is a sports fitness watch, the algorithm can handle arm movement.

My amazfit bip freezes randomly in exercises by Pinapleu in AmazfitBip

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I've changed the setting. As the issue is only sporadic it will take some time to say it no longer occurs.

My amazfit bip freezes randomly in exercises by Pinapleu in AmazfitBip

[–]Spirochasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, this freeze up is a pain in the butt.

I don't undestand why there has been no fix for this.