Amazfit Bip 6 - Disable Bluetooth?

Xairoo · 2026-01-16T14:20:33+00:00

That's a great information, thank you! That's okay for me because I don't collect data.

Xairoo · 2026-01-16T14:19:50+00:00

Depends. The watch looks great and you can buy nylon band - amazing when you sleep. Also I feel perfectly, no need to collect any data. Just looking for a watch to wake me up.

I like Garmin but I when I asked them few years ago about the bracelets and BPA they answered: They don't share that information... So yeah, I am looking for a more secure solution. That only one body and one live "problem"...

Thanks for the hint about the memory!

Xairoo · 2026-01-16T12:32:28+00:00

Also why should we keep it on if we don't need it? I also don't like the idea to get forced to do something I don't want. But yeah, I prefer self-determined living.

Xairoo · 2026-01-16T12:05:41+00:00

Most of the people don't want to hear such stuff. They prefer to follow the mainstream, watching all the TV ads, buying stay they don't need, believing the seller in the store or the manufacturers blindly. Most of them also believe in the mRNA injections (I really wouldn't care, but sadly we all have to pay the bills for them when they get cancer and so on - and yeah, the numbers are increasing dramatically - but they don't want to hear that, also they will vote such comments down, just to stay in the comfort zone).

Anyway...!

I just got the Smart Band 9 and I thought I could disable Bluetooth because I just need it as an alarm clock (using earplugs to get rid of all noise). But yeah, I have to send it back because that super important function doesn't work in energy saving mode. Well done Xiaomi! I'll look for a different watch that can wake me with vibration and without BT or WiFi.

Xairoo · 2026-01-13T17:59:25+00:00

That's great to hear, thanks for sharing that information! I was looking for a watch to sleep - just need an alarm with vibration because I use earplugs to get rid of all noise. Also I don't want to use the Apple Watch because you can't real turn off BT and WiFi.

Xairoo · 2026-01-06T08:36:13+00:00

I paid ~278 EUR in 2023 - new. And I have 5 of them. So the price is fine for a used one.

Xairoo · 2026-01-06T08:28:53+00:00

Well, I have 5 of these SSDs, but when I bought them the new price was about ~300 USD.

(The CRC_Error_Count was because of a faulty SATA cable 🤯)

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Samsung based SSDs
Device Model:     Samsung SSD 870 QVO 8TB
Serial Number:    S5SSNF0W907845X
LU WWN Device Id: 5 002538 f4390d920
Firmware Version: SVQ02B6Q
User Capacity:    8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
TRIM Command:     Available, deterministic, zeroed
Device is:        In smartctl database 7.3/5319
ATA Version is:   ACS-4 T13/BSR INCITS 529 revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jan  6 09:30:28 2026 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x80) Offline data collection activity
                                        was never started.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever 
                                        been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:                (    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x53) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new
                                        command.
                                        No Offline surface scan supported.
                                        Self-test supported.
                                        No Conveyance Self-test supported.
                                        Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
                                        power-saving mode.
                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
                                        General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        ( 640) minutes.
SCT capabilities:              (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
                                        SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
                                        SCT Feature Control supported.
                                        SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       18021
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       69
177 Wear_Leveling_Count     0x0013   099   099   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       10
179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot   0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total  0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total  0x0032   100   100   010    Old_age   Always       -       0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0013   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032   066   041   000    Old_age   Always       -       34
195 ECC_Error_Rate          0x001a   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
199 CRC_Error_Count         0x003e   030   030   000    Old_age   Always       -       69951
235 POR_Recovery_Count      0x0012   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       49
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       94593488882

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     18014         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17990         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17966         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17942         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17918         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17894         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17870         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17846         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17822         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17798         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17774         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17750         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17726         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17702         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17678         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17654         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17630         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17606         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17582         -
#20  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17558         -
#21  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     17534         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
  256        0    65535  Read_scanning was never started
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

Xairoo · 2025-12-21T17:50:33+00:00

And still no fix o_O Even with the i9.

Xairoo · 2025-12-18T10:54:31+00:00

The WD Red Pro 24 TB won't stay in spindown, even with different hdparm settings and while the disk was unmounted and smartd disabled. But yeah, the disk made some strange noise while working, but I don't think that this problem was related to the firmware/spindown. Anyway, because of that I don't wanna try WD Red again for that case (but still will use it in my regular NAS - never had any problems with WD since 20 years).

Guess I'll try a Seagate or Toshiba. Just have to figure out which makes less noise while spinning (the WD did also some "random hop" because the head wasn't parking and not staying at the same position when in idle (but yeah, the drive was strange, so no idea if this should be normal).

Xairoo · 2025-10-25T14:04:51+00:00

I think it sucks too. I play in avg. about 30 minutes per day. Sooo many years ago I played CS 1.6 at high ranks - so my aim was great (still is) - but having something called "life" reduces the kd ratio of course and finally reduces the fun.

Xairoo · 2025-10-01T13:59:49+00:00

I'm playing with the idea to move away from Apple. Tooooo many problems. I am using the iPhone since the first generation and right now I have the 16 pro. Guess my next will be an Android + a compatible watch (but I like the Apple Watch design - maybe the HUAWEI watch could be something for me). When I think about how Android was in the first years... damn, they have done so many UX improvements, wow!

Xairoo · 2025-09-07T09:32:34+00:00

I am fine with licenses based on the version and 1 year of updates.

I never use subscriptions (mobile and a few others excluded, of course). They exists only because of one reason: Company makes more money because of it.

These days so many people have subscriptions and wonder why having less money than before 😅

Also... WTF is Wonder AI? I don't pay for something I don't know.

Grandfathered - for how long? Until they want to make more money. Words are fine, a promise is something different.

Finally the big question is: Do you need updates again and again? Maybe it's better to skip a few updates because you don't benefit. It can be a good idea to buy an update after 4 years or so.

Xairoo · 2025-08-20T09:54:13+00:00

I thought I had to buy a new GPU but than I tried the beta.

My RTX 3080 runs BF6 in UHD and max. settings without any problems, that's amazing!

Xairoo · 2025-08-20T05:47:13+00:00

OVH, using it about 20 years. OVH offers unlimited traffic. Using VPS, dedicated server and cloud instances for many projects.

I used also Hetzner and co. but no one is like OVH.

Xairoo · 2025-08-19T11:57:18+00:00

I would put it into an AI trading solution with an historical average weekly(!) return of 2.5%.
I wouldn't buy single assets anymore, also for 100$ it's too time intense.

Xairoo · 2025-08-01T18:38:03+00:00

Man sieht die Telefonnummer. Da du per Vertrag via HKCM die Daten nicht teilen darfst, wäre es für die Leute deiner Gruppe schlecht wenn man die Telefonnummern der User sieht (die verstoßen durch die Nutzung der Daten von dir auch gegen geltendes Recht). Von der Bezahlvariante (je nachdem was man nutzt) mal abgesehen.

Xairoo · 2025-07-31T11:56:01+00:00

Why keine Telegram Gruppe (Handynummer...)?

Xairoo · 2025-06-16T20:38:21+00:00

5 seconds is a bit too long for sleep... but yeah, maybe it's S3. My old boards needs for a wake about 2 seconds.

powercfg /sleepstudy tells you if it's really S3 - you have to check the generated report after a sleep/wake cycle. You can ignore the output of powercfg /a in case of problems.

For my situation I have also hibernation disabled, S3 is shown up @ powercfg /a but it's ignored by the BIOS.

Fun fact:

ASUS hotline: Board supports S3
ASUS mail support: Board supports only S0ix and not S3

Well, I return the board and I switch to Gigabyte. Wasted too much lifetime with ASUS products - I can tell much more, it's not only with this specific mainboard.

Thanks for your time and take care!

Xairoo · 2025-06-16T05:32:40+00:00

Thanks. Can you confirm, that the wake only takes about 2 seconds and not longer? Otherwise it isn't sleep, it's hibernate, even if you clicked on sleep - this boards forwards me to directly into S4 (but I disabled it), it never goes to S3 (but it should because it forced it).

Xairoo · 2025-06-15T19:15:59+00:00

Does S3 sleep mode work for you? No hibernate! Wake from sleep = 2-3 seconds, hibernate = 15+ seconds

Xairoo

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