How to sync Samsung S Health (SHealth) to MFP (MyFitnessPal)

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  • luvsdbu
    luvsdbu Posts: 2 Member
    Oh and thanks much MsEbony that was the step I was missing!! :-)
  • vnb_208
    vnb_208 Posts: 1,359 Member
    luvsdbu wrote: »
    @ MikeRay, I could not find it either in the app selection so I just did a manual search for it and it popped up!

    Remember to do the "Data Permissions"!!

    OMG THANKS FOR THAT GENERAL SEARCH INFO!
  • moots4me
    moots4me Posts: 49 Member
    @BigRican69 I am getting the same error message as you. Steps were syncing at first then stopped yesterday. Also, I walked at lunch today and then did a treadmill jog this evening. Both workouts show on S Health, but the first was deleted from MFP and replaced by 2nd workout.

    I appreciate everyone sharing their tips here!
  • citylife4eva
    citylife4eva Posts: 9 Member
    edited January 2017
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  • MomReborn
    MomReborn Posts: 145 Member
    Thanks, everyone for sharing these tips. I found the data permissions in S Health and activated the proper settings. I also found that a clearing the caches for both apps, closing the apps and a restart helped get everything "talking" as it should for my device, Samsung Galaxy Note 4. I've found the syncing pace between different APIs sometimes needs to have a fresh start to get things going.
  • highlightshadow
    highlightshadow Posts: 116 Member
    So happy i found this!!!!
    Was fighting with google fit until this. Awesome
  • rrodgers1973
    rrodgers1973 Posts: 2 Member
    I have a gear fit 2 and Galaxy S5. Got all the data reading and writing from S Health to MFP except steps. I tried pairing the fit2 with MFP won't connect yet. Any Suggestions?
  • amkremsreiter10
    amkremsreiter10 Posts: 1 Member
    @BigRican69 I am also having that error message when trying to pair myfitnesspal to s health. If someone could help that would be great.
  • rrodgers1973
    rrodgers1973 Posts: 2 Member
    Update on last, as of the following morning everything is crossing over between both S Health and MFP. Couldn't be happier!
  • pennyjwills
    pennyjwills Posts: 3 Member
    I came across this discussion for the same reason. I love S Health as Endomondo isn't as good and I have a Gear S2 watch. Thank you! I set data permissions on both to Write All and set the MFP steps to S Health and now my steps and exercise come into MFP and my food goes into S Health :smiley:
  • resq93
    resq93 Posts: 3 Member
    edited January 2017
    Recently set up my gear, when looking in S health I have the ability to see the steps counted by my phone (s7) and the steps counted by my gear fit 2. Then there is a setting that says all steps, but this never matches either the total of the two or the difference between the two. A recent example is a total count of 3996, phone count of 2553 and a gear count of 2805.

    The bigger issue is that it is the total count that is sent to other apps that are connected like withings and mfp.( is there any way to select the source of the step count that should be imported?)

    Anyone have any ideas?
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Anyone know how to fix this? Because apparently exercise can be a substitute for food now!

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  • maritsat
    maritsat Posts: 1 Member
    edited February 2017
    So I've tried everything here and MFP and S Health still won't talk. It's driving me batty. Any tips?cjjauzk6ec22.png
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  • joelartygreenwood
    joelartygreenwood Posts: 11 Member
    I just got it to work, and it took some jumping through hoops, probably not all are necessary.

    1. Clear data from S-Health, MyFitnessPal (Android App Settings)
    2. Log back into each
    3. Ensure under "Steps" it has S-Health checked
    4. Ensure under "Apps & Devices" it has S-Health connected
    5. In S-Health, Ensure under Settings->Data Permissions MyFitnessPal has access to everything
    6. Go to Home and pull down to refresh (or go into Diary to check Exercise)
    7. Kill both apps if it's not working and start them again
  • SylviazSpirit
    SylviazSpirit Posts: 694 Member
    So glad I found this! Thanks everyone for posting the help, suggestions, and success! It's working for me! :smile:
  • rits_jena
    rits_jena Posts: 2 Member
    @BigRican69 I'm also having the same issue! Nothing has fixed it so far! Can anyone help please? rziqzo5nx9ke.png
  • rits_jena
    rits_jena Posts: 2 Member
    I cleared the data on SHealth, uninstalled and re installed mfp and now it is synced! Magic
  • MtnScramble
    MtnScramble Posts: 246 Member
    The data permissions in S Health was what I was missing. It is working the way I want it to now :) Enter food in MFP, use S Health for steps and workouts.

    Thanks for creating and updating this thread. --- Joel
  • taliasattler1
    taliasattler1 Posts: 4 Member
    @resq93 - I am also seeing double steps. We're you able to figure out how to change this?
  • liampboyle1
    liampboyle1 Posts: 1 Member
    @rits_jena I was having the same issue until I uninstalled and reinstalled MFP on my S7 active (paired with a Gear S2).
  • khoilette
    khoilette Posts: 1 Member
    Thank you Joel your suggestion worked when I added all the datapermissions while adding SH to MFP in MFP instead of doing it after in SH. Thanks again
  • hayleyteasdale71
    hayleyteasdale71 Posts: 2 Member
    I have 5 days worth of entries on Samsung health that I want to transfer to MFP as the food tracker is better, I have connected both apps, made sure the permissions are selected etc, restarted my phone, uninstalled and reinstalled MFP, checked that both apps are the latest version, but the apps still arent syncing and I get the same error as rits_jena above. Does anyone have any suggestions other than be manually adding everything to MFP?!
  • hayleyteasdale71
    hayleyteasdale71 Posts: 2 Member
    UPDATE: MFP has allowed me to select Samsung Health as my steps tracker, and one days breakfast has transferred but thats all?
  • bweemes
    bweemes Posts: 1 Member
    There are known issues with S-Health (now Samsung Health) and MFP integration. Things get real wacky when S-Health send an exercise to MFP. Check out https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/
  • humphreythepug
    humphreythepug Posts: 1 Member
    edited May 2017
    I wonder if anyone can help with my step log issue.

    I have a gear S3 that is linked to MFP, steps import across to MFP and register calories used etc, however when I do some exercise it only logs the exercise calories in MFP not the exercise calories + daily steps calories.

    For example I have 15980 steps recorded on my S3 for yesterday and I also did 500 odd calories of exercise, the steps are showing on MFP but with no calorie amount, however the exercise calorie amount is recorded on MFP.

    I didn't have this issue when I had a Fitbit.

    See below:
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  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Same thing happened to me, but now Shealth is only crediting steps, regardless of how they accumulate (hiking, walking, running) at a low pace caloric burn. It's confusing as anything.
  • forhimandme
    forhimandme Posts: 2 Member
    rits_jena wrote: »
    I cleared the data on SHealth, uninstalled and re installed mfp and now it is synced! Magic

    Were you able to get your old data back at all? I have sooo much data in my SHealth saved I'd hate to lose it all but so far nothing else suggested has worked for me.

    Also does anyone know how to get a Samsung Gear Fit 2 connected? It's not showing up as an option when I search for it in the 'Apps & Devices' section.
  • forhimandme
    forhimandme Posts: 2 Member
    Update: I tried everything but it didn't work. Oddly though I was able to get my steps to show up under my status bar by opening my diary/daily log.

    Sometimes I had to open the log (like I was going to log some food) then exit back out to the homepage and then my steps would update and show the accurate numbers :)
  • MsValerieAnne
    MsValerieAnne Posts: 90 Member
    Thanks for these, I will try them. I'm curious though, do I HAVE to make S Health the steps counter? I have a fitbit that I use daily (and have for years). I have been pondering getting an S2 Watch (for a fit2 watch) but I like the fitbit too much at the moment. So, I ONLY want MFP items to transfer to S Health (mainly food). I can't seem to get it to read anything. So far my settings are the accounts are connected and I have S Health set up to READ all information for MFP. I have WRITE turned off as I don't want information from S Health transferred over. Is the only way it can read anything from MFP if I have S Health as the steps source?
  • cwagler73
    cwagler73 Posts: 2 Member
    MsEbony wrote: »
    chrisb22 wrote: »
    Harmony9 & lydiab6 want settings are you using in MFP to get S-health to sync. I follow Harmony9 instructions for the s-health side but I don't know how to set-up the MFP side. In MFP, what is selected as your step device?

    Chris in MFP app home the 3 lines on left > steps (pic of shoes) > change from default iphone to S health and then you will see a progress bar displaying your steps show underneath your daily stats banner.

    thank you @MsEbony ....IT WORKED!!!! Thank you so much!!! You are the best!!

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