#meritislife: how to be notified on a smartband of merits and mentions

[fillippone]

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[fillippone]

#meritislife
You weren't reading this if you weren't basically agreeing on this.
So why frantically refresh your merit page and hit the "Show new replies to your post" link when you can be notified via haptic feedback and immediately revert to the forum in the rare occurrence of real life interfering with logged in time?

In this guide i will show you how I setup a very quick, easy and cheap notification machine.

This is the plan:

• 1. Buy a simple and reliable smartband
• 2. Subscribe to a Notification Bot
• 3. Configure the smartband to receive the right notifications from the phone.

Let's go!

1. Buy a simple and reliable smartband.

What we need is a smartband to show incoming notification.
We are focused on the forum, so we want it to be reliable,with a long battery life (we don't want to lose notifications because we are charging it). Added features are a bonus.
My choice was on the Xiaomi MI band 4

Here the specs:
https://www.mi.com/global/mi-smart-band-4/specs

Weight	22.1g
Water Resistance Rating	5 ATM
Display Type	AMOLED
Screen Size	0.95"
Resolution	120 x 240 RGB
Colour Depth	24bit
Screen Brightness	Up to 400 nits (max brightness), brightness adjustable
Touchscreen type	On-cell capacitive touchscreen
Screen protection	2.5D tempered glass with anti-fingerprint coating
Button	Single touch button (wake up, go back)
Wrist strap type	Removable wrist strap (Mi Smart Band 4 is compatible with Mi Band 3 straps)
Wristband width	18mm
Wrist strap material	Thermoplastic polyurethane
Adjustable wrist strap length	155-216mm
RAM	512KB
ROM	16MB
Sensors	3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope; PPG heart rate sensor; Capacitive proximity sensor
Wireless connectivity	BT5.0 BLE
Battery	LiPo, 135mAh
Charging Type	2Pin Pogo Pin
Charging time	≤ 2 hours
Standby time	Up to 20 days
Motor Type	Rotor
Body material	Polycarbonate
App	Mi Fit
System requirements	Android 4.4, iOS 9.0 or above
Features	Sport Functions: 6 workout modes: Treadmill, exercise, outdoor running,cycling, walking, pool swimming; Count steps, distance, and calories burned
Health monitoring	Workout completion notifications, goal setting, sleep monitoring, heart rate monitoring, all-day heart rate checking, resting heart rate, heart rate chart, idle alerts
Other features	Alarm, proximity sensor, pre-set watch face, customizable watch face, lock screen, timer, stopwatch, phone alarm and notifications, incoming calls, message notifications, calendar notifications, app notifications, weather forecast, Find my phone, phone unlock, event notification, Night mode, Do not disturb mode (works even without phone), music controls on band, Bluetooth broadcasting, battery level display, different ways to wear, OTA updates

I think it is a quite cheap piece of hardware at roughly 30 USD.

You can find it easily on Amazon.


Once we have it on our hand we have to install the companion app, pair with our phone and activate app alerts.

The companion App requires a link to a social profile (Facebook or Google) or an email activation.
If you are concerned about your privacy I suggest you to create a throwaway mail at @protonmail using it only for this specific task.

To activate App notification proceed as indicated below:


As you can see from the above image, I am at 18% of battery having charged it last time 20 days ago. Pretty good considerting I have hearth monitor and sleep tracking activated and other few notification added.

This will allow the smartband to show notification from phones.
We can now subscribe to Notification Bot

2. Subscribe to a notification Bot.

I was so used to @Piggy Bot, that when it suddenly failed, I realised how much eased using the forum.
A good notification bot is like freedom or good health: one of those underappreciated asset you don't care about until you suddenly lose them.

A nice candidate is from another italian guy:

[TelegramBot] Merit watcher and Mention Notification Bot

How to join the Bot:

• Open telegram chat t.me/Btctalk_meritbot
• Type "/start"

Code:

/start

[/list]

• Subscribe to the merit bot with your UID

Code:

 /uid $$yourBitcointalkID$$

• Subscribe to the mention bot with your NICKNAME

Code:

 /nick $$yourBitcointalkNICKNAME

The bot runs every minute. Every time you are mentioned in a post, a post of yours is quoted, or you receive a merit, a telegram notification will appear on the Telegram chat with the Bot.

Now the last task is to setup telegram to properly show only the relevant notifications (only the ones coming from the forum bot, of course).

3. Configure the smartband to receive the right notifications from the phone

I don't know nothing about you, but I am in several Telegram channels with thousands of members.
Hence receiving a notification from every channel would be a mess, with constant notification nightmare and a really fast depleting of the battery.
So I decided to setup Telegram to cast notifications for this particular channel only.
Go to
Settings=>Notifications =>Telegram

Toggle Allow Notifications: ON

Those following customisation are optional and deemed viable only for your Mobile UI
Choose your Notification Style for The main device



Then Click to the last row

Code:

 Telegram Notification Settings

to be taken to the Telegram Notification Menu.

Here, the relevant section is the first one, as the BOT is classified as a chat.
You have to disable all the notification except for the Bot's one.


Here all

All the other sections (Group/Channel) must be disabled:


In case you want to prevent being notified during sleep hours you can activate a Do Not Disturb function in iOS.



You can read more about this function here.
With these setting notifications are disabled between 23:00- 7.00 when you can sleep concentrate more on the forum without being disturbed by notifications.


The result is the following:

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Help me translate my best posts in your Local Board

I am a strong believer in the utility of local boards.
I am lucky enough to be able to express myself in at least a couple of languages, but I know this is not the case for everyone.
A lot of users post only in the local boards because of a variety of reasons  either language or cultural barriers, lack of interest or whatever other reason.
I personally know a lot of very good users (from the italian sections mainly, for obvious reason) who doesn't post in the international sections.

I think all those users they are missing a lot of good contents posted on the international (english) section or on other boards.

If you think you can help here, just visit the thread!

[coronga]

Really good post bro, I discovered it on the Portuguese thread and I think that is a amazing idea, I'll be trying soon on my smartband.

[fillippone]

Really good post bro, I discovered it on the Portuguese thread and I think that is a amazing idea, I'll be trying soon on my smartband.

AH! The hairy wrist contest is waiting for new contendant!

[Kunnu]

Effective idea and brilliant contribution to make this forum more hitech. The whole procedure is very easy to understand I believe it may be very helpful for the forum members especially for those who spend lot of time to share positive thoughts here in the forum.

[Vod]

#meritislife
My choice was on the Xiaomi MI band 4

Here the specs:
https://www.mi.com/global/mi-smart-band-4/specs

Very nice suggestion!  I was thinking of getting the new Galaxy Smartwatch, but these bands make so much more sense - lighter, less power drain and less expensive than a watch.  With the new BlueTooth, people should look into separating duplicate features on their phone/smartwatches.

I ordered one - delivery in August lol.  

[fillippone]

Very nice suggestion!  I was thinking of getting the new Galaxy Smartwatch, but these bands make so much more sense - lighter, less power drain and less expensive than a watch.  With the new BlueTooth, people should look into separating duplicate features on their phone/smartwatches.

I ordered one - delivery in August lol.  

To me, the game changer was the notifying feature.
Being notified of only important things on my watch (merits, obv), I found myself way less fiddling with my phone all the time, that helped me concentrating on important things (writing good posts, obv).

I don’t know where you live, but where I live Amazon delivers it on Monday.  Might be a stupid thing to check there? (I didn’t include amazon link as it sounded like a promotion of the shop and being region-dependent).

[xxjumperxx]

I just love this forum!
I am pretty new but this feature sounds awesome and the DIY Directions are spot on.
The MI Watches are pretty awesome (I had one at the time they didnt have the screen).

I was looking for a way to see replies to my posts since I didnt want them to go unanswered and well I was looking for a smartwatch along the way.

Perfect for me to read this!

Will be buying myself one now and implementing this feature.

Thanks for the detailed instructions, very much appreciated!

[Vod]

I don’t know where you live, but where I live Amazon delivers it on Monday.  Might be a stupid thing to check there? (I didn’t include amazon link as it sounded like a promotion of the shop and being region-dependent).

I'm in no rush, as I currently use a FB Charge 2 and am just doing Tai Chi.  I got it for $33.90 USD.

[fillippone]

Will be buying myself one now and implementing this feature.

Thanks for the detailed instructions, very much appreciated!

Have a go at this,
implement it, post a picture of your wrist, and tell me how to improve this guide!

[so98nn]

Ah thats a nice idea to get bitcointalk on your wrist now and be with you everywhere.
I hope my friends won't call me nerdy whenever I will be keeping an eye on my wrist band just to check if Im having any merits thrown my way or not.
May be this is good one for those who are all into this stuff 24x7 of their lives! 

Anyways, I am in my pharma gown for the 6-7 hectic hours everyday, cant even get my phone inside so its not for me. Rather I would just come to my lappy and check them out.


But for others its useful. May be you can also add a code which will notify about the last reply on your thread too. Lets say that can get your attention to an interesting comment and get engaged with it sooner.

No significance of this addition as such I believe but if you are anyway having it for merits then why not for comments as well.

 

[xxjumperxx]

Will be buying myself one now and implementing this feature.

Thanks for the detailed instructions, very much appreciated!

Have a go at this,
implement it, post a picture of your wrist, and tell me how to improve this guide!

Will do, absolutely.
I will be translating this to the german section as well. (Fully translated will exchange pics once I have mine in Hand)

[fillippone]

Will do, absolutely.
I will be translating this to the german section as well. (Fully translated will exchange pics once I have mine in Hand)

Great,
don't forget to notify me here once completed:

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Pls keep the translation and pictures as close to the original as possibile.
Add your onw pics of considerations in the first message after the thread.
Thank you!

[ChuckBuck]

I don't know whether to be happy or sad, LoL  I have been using this for more than 2 months since its launch. But until now, I still haven't had the chance to take any photos of this bot's notification  It is absurd, I often get merit at times when I am not available to take pictures  I want a picture to show off here but it's hard 
I hope this bot can work forever, it helps me a lot when someone mentions me 

[xxjumperxx]

Im still waiting for my watch, but Im excited to use this.
My german buddies have not posted anything yet.
We need some wrists on the OP. 

[fillippone]

I just updated the OP to include instruction for the new TryNinja telegram BOT.

[TELEGRAM] Yet Another BitcoinTalk Notification BOT (merits, mentions, topics,+)

Not a big hassle as the configuration is very simple, but just to mention there are more choice to pick from.

[TheBeardedBaby]

Little bit of off-topic, but here is question, how long it last the battery of this Mi band 4? My old one Mi-band 2 is still working great, checked it now, last charged was 8 days ago and it's on 76% still. This is for 4-5 years old band.

On topic the notifications on the Mi-band 2 are working perfictly

[fillippone]

Little bit of off-topic, but here is question, how long it last the battery of this Mi band 4? My old one Mi-band 2 is still working great, checked it now, last charged was 8 days ago and it's on 76% still. This is for 4-5 years old band.

On topic the notifications on the Mi-band 2 are working perfictly

Really depends on the amount of notification you get, but I usually squeeze 20 days out of it.

Hey!
If you are wearing the merit notification smartband, you definetly have to post a picture!

[TheBeardedBaby]

Little bit of off-topic, but here is question, how long it last the battery of this Mi band 4? My old one Mi-band 2 is still working great, checked it now, last charged was 8 days ago and it's on 76% still. This is for 4-5 years old band.

On topic the notifications on the Mi-band 2 are working perfictly

Really depends on the amount of notification you get, but I usually squeeze 20 days out of it.

Hey!
If you are wearing the merit notification smartband, you definetly have to post a picture!

Will do, I tried to catch it a few times but.. without success, it's too damn fast the notification . there will be one more wooly wrist

There you go :

[fillippone]

Little bit of off-topic, but here is question, how long it last the battery of this Mi band 4? My old one Mi-band 2 is still working great, checked it now, last charged was 8 days ago and it's on 76% still. This is for 4-5 years old band.

On topic the notifications on the Mi-band 2 are working perfictly

Really depends on the amount of notification you get, but I usually squeeze 20 days out of it.

Hey!
If you are wearing the merit notification smartband, you definetly have to post a picture!

Will do, I tried to catch it a few times but.. without success, it's too damn fast the notification . there will be one more wooly wrist

There you go :

Ahah it is definitely the worst picture!!

Are you sure you have to catch notifications on the fly?
I don’t know how the 2 works, but in the 3 I can scroll to the notification menu and tapping on it I can “replay” the last notification... so it is pretty useful to take picture without staying hours staring at your wrists!
We are having fun with this think after all...

EDIT: Wrist added to the gallery!