The innovative health tracking wristband, namely UP by Jawbone, is very popular among people who care about their health. Nice product , but numerous complaints nevertheless, that have flooded relevant forums. The most common discussed matters are: " Jawbone UP2 band won't charge ", band won't sync", "the battery life has decreased from 10 days to one day within very short period of time" , the band is dead after a few weeks / months of wearing " and so on.
So, it comes as a surprise that gadget that is the highest excitement for customers when they got it , becomes the biggest frustration after a while. This has prompted our geeks to scrutinize the case. What they found is that the most of Jawbone UP problems come from users themselves: they use the wrong way of taking OFF / ON the wearable From / To their wrist and they do not know how to charge it properly to prevent from failure.
How to take OFF / ON Jawbone UP2/24 without damaging it.
Mind you, due to its design Jawbone UP has the spots very sensitive to bending.
That is why taking it ON / OFF in a way like shown in the following picture will inevitable damage the gadget, and it is not a question of “IF”, but “WHEN”.
There are several steps you should take to remove Jawbone UP bracelet from your wrist without damaging it (the sequence is relevant to the band on the left hand and can be easily adopted to the right one):
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- Join forefinger and middle finger on your right hand and put them between ending parts of Jawbone UP on the wrist as shown in the picture.
- Spread these fingers making the gap between the band's endings equal to the wrist thickness ( Note not to width but to thickness) as shown in the picture.
- Holding wristband with forefinger and middle finger that are apart place your thumb at the ending part (outer side) of the gadget near forefinger and the ring finger at the end (outer side) where middle finger is, like shown in the relevant picture. Now, holding straddling wristband ends with four fingers ( one end with thumb and forefinger and other one with middle finger and ring finger) start to rotate them counterclockwise to make the ends parallel to your hand. You should finish with one end on the backside of the hand while the other one atop as shown in relevant picture.
- When you firmly set up the wristband on the hand, with one of its end atop while the other one backside, grapple the middle part of Jawbone UP with the fingers of your right hand and pull the bracelet away as shown in picture.
- Join forefinger and middle finger on your right hand and put them between ending parts of Jawbone UP on the wrist as shown in the picture.
Now, the sequence for taking ON the band safely:
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- Spread the ending parts of the wristband with four digits of your right hand as shown in picture. The gap between ends should be equal to the wrist thickness (or slightly more than that).
- Place your left hand parallel to this gap and shove it gently through as shown in picture.
- Arrange the band on the wrist like shown in the picture.
- Make the final arrangement to match your habit.