How does it work? Like most activity trackers, the Fitbit Flex is equipped with a pretty clever accelerometer, which can track your all manner of movement. The Flex will log every step you take, while using that movement tracking to estimate other factors like distance travelled and calories burned.

Tap on the Dashboard tab. It’s in the bottom left corner of your screen. Swipe up or down to scroll through the Dashboard.

When you tap your Flex rapidly for one or two seconds to enter sleep mode, it will vibrate and display two slowly dimming lights. During sleep mode, two blinking lights alternate.

Charging: While Flex 2 is charging, each pulsing indicator light represents progress towards the total charge in increments of 25 percent. When Flex 2 is completely charged, a green light flashes and then all five lights shine for a few seconds before turning off.

Once the Fitbit Flex displays five little glowing LEDs on its face, it is fully charged and can be put back in the band and strapped back onto your wrist.

Fitbit’s Dashboard helps you keep track of calories eaten and much more. Launch the Fitbit application from your Home screen or the app drawer. It’s the button with the aqua and white dots arranged in a diamond over a circular black background. Swipe up or down to scroll through the categories.

The Fitbit dashboard is a free associated feature accessible through the Fitbit app. This feature helps you track your activity with a focus on improving your overall fitness and health. But as with any feature, knowing how to use the Fitbit dashboard will improve your Fitbit’s effectiveness.

Once all five lights pulse in unison, your Flex will be fully charged.” It is probably more truthful to say that each of the first 4 lights are worth 25% each: •~~~~ for 0-25%, ••~~~ for 25-50%, and so on, while all 5 lights mean it’s at 100%. Battery Full : The battery is at 100%, or nearly so.

Low battery:When your tracker is in a low battery state, usually when you have about a day of battery life remaining, you’ll see a flashing red light after you see your goal progress.

How long it takes to charge a Fitbit. Whichever Fitbit charging system your device uses, the same holds true for Fitbit charging time: two hours connected to the charger will be enough to power that Fitbit battery up to 100%.

Learn how to navigate your Fitbit device. The screen on Fitbit Ace, Fitbit Alta, and Fitbit Alta HR is dimmed when not in use. It wakes up automatically when you turn your wrist towards you (known as Quick View), or you can double-tap your tracker where the display meets the band as shown below.

What’s in the box Your Fitbit Flex 2 box includes: Tracker Charging cable Small & large wristbands Visit the fitbit.com store to find Flex 2 accessories in other styles and colors sold separately.

Putting on your Fitbit Flex. Your Flex comes with a large and a small wristband. If you want to use the small wristband, complete the next task before continuing. If you want to use the large wristband, skip the next task and go directly to Inserting the tracker into the wristband.

Troubleshooting your Fitbit Flex If you experience one of the following problems, it may be fixed by restarting your tracker: Your Flex is not syncing Your Flex is not responding to movement