So the Kevin Pacey app I have been using on my Pebble watch for swimming started to report that it had expired. Try as I might (factory resets, redownloading the app, power cycling, altering the date), I could not get it to work. Through trial and error, I stumbled upon a way to get it to work, although you can't use the rest of the Pebble functions anymore.
1) Factory reset the watch
2) Pair with your phone
3) Load the Pacey app
4) Forget the Pebble bluetooth connection on the phone
5) Let the Pebble battery go flat
6) Charge the Pebble
7) Do not connect the watch with bluetooth. The date/time will be wrong
8) Use Kevin Pacey app
For me, using the watch for swimming was my main reason for getting it. So despite the loss of all other functionality, at least I can use it for swimming again. I found that the bluetooth connection was pretty failure prone, and in general, the watch needed quite a bit of babysitting to work as promised. I had to re-pair the Pebble Steel frequently, a problem that even cheap bluetooth speakers do not have with my phone.
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