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Ah. I think I did load the heart monitor, which I really don't need.
I'll try the simple clock and see what happens.

I added only a few apps, but even with defaults I'm having the effect of a blank screen (no response). When I plug in the charging cable it says 34% (on my LCARS watchface).

Looks like the battery is lasting about 2 days max.

Any way to monitor the power utilization somehow?

I didn't look for Bangle 1 cables. I would think they would be available.

Can you check and post back for other interested Bangle users?

All:
I located an alternative source for the BangleJS charging cable: Amazon.

There are other sources out there too, I used Google Search Term of "bangle2 charging cable". I chose
Amazon (rather than the raft o' Chinese sources) due to the free shipping and also 'cuz I trust
Amazon to allow returns if things don't work out.

Charging Cable for Bluetooth Smart Watches (4 pin)
https://amzn.to/3FNqGMW
Cost is $8.99, I have Amazon Prime so I didn't pay shipping. I got it within 2 days (ordered last Wednesday, arrived Friday).

I checked with Gordon (maker/designer of the watch) and asked him before posting this.

He himself hasn't verified that it works, but I recharged my BangleJS2 yesterday.

I explicitly asked him if it was ok to post this since it means people may not order the cable from him, and his response was:

That's great! Yes, please go ahead and post!

You don't have to worry about taking money from me - I don't really
make anything from cables and stuff like that anyway, they're just
sold as a service to existing customers :)

Thanks Gordon! Really reflects a person who's got the true Open Source spirit!

Charlie

AH, thanks for the hint on setting the time from the IDE/appstore.

Yes, my watch is working as is the Bangle App store / loader.

Probably ought to include in the BANGLE (2) FAQ somewhere: only ONE bluetooth connection at a time on the watch (?true? I think).

So if you download from the Bangle App store with your laptop (I did) via Bluetooth and then want to do the IOS notification you can't ... you have to disconnect from the bluetooth laptop first.

My GPS loaded after about 15-20 minutes while I was driving (I have a 1.5 hour commute one way).

Once loaded it worked fine (did the GPS time setting too).

I used the Bangle App store in Chrome. The app loader in Chrome (on my Mac) worked fine.

To auto-set the time on the watch I used/loaded the GPS TIME app, then used the
"Locale" within settings to set the time zone (+6 in my case, CST).

I also had to set to the 24 clock (I think that is in the SETTINGS).

Note: when you first fire up the GPS app(s) you must be outside and wait a bit (it took 10 minutes to synch with a GPS satellite).