Actually, I am thinking why you don't put checkbox 'My phone reconnect fine without rescanning', so at least lucky people can have a break. It would be not much work on your part.
Also, have you tried co communicate issue with Google? I had plans to buy S7, but now it goes on hold.
I understand need to inform users about what is going on, but they actually made it much worse, since now we must allow location sharing to other applications to enable function which in fact may not be sharing location data at all. If that was not Google intention in first place...
Otherwise we might not use a dedicated GPS device any more if the phone anyway has to be with location services on. A major USP is gone.Firstly, Android 6.x is not the only operating system for mobile devices. You as a consumer can always choose not to use Android phones if you personally disagree with Google's approach, practices or philosophy, instead of relying on Garmin and others to champion your views. Garmin has even provided a Garmin Connect Mobile app for Windows 10 Mobile (thank you very much!), so there is no shortage of mobile phone models out there that can work with Garmin watches without requiring the GPS feature on the handset to be enabled at all.
Firstly, Android 6.x is not the only operating system for mobile devices. You as a consumer can always choose not to use Android phones if you personally disagree with Google's approach, practices or philosophy, instead of relying on Garmin and others to champion your views. Garmin has even provided a Garmin Connect Mobile app for Windows 10 Mobile (thank you very much!), so there is no shortage of mobile phone models out there that can work with Garmin watches without requiring the GPS feature on the handset to be enabled at all.
Furthermore, nothing stops you procedurally from only enabling Location services on your phone when you want to trigger a sync between your watch and the Garmin Connect Mobile app for Android, and then disabling it again. As a consumer, the compromise is yours to make (and the inconvenience a known ‘cost’ if you choose to go down that path).
the imposition has been made post purchase so no choice there unless you have £$100s spare to spend
- Garmin didn't impose the requirement for enabling Location services on your Android device; Google did.
- Garmin's BLE-equipped watches and the Garmin Connect Mobile app for Android demonstrably continues to work, including on devices running Android 6.0. The capability/feature to connect, as promised in the product specifications and marketing collateral available to prospective customers before purchase, is delivered.
- Garmin had no part to play in either your selection and purchase, or operating system-level configuration, of your Android device. For all anyone other than you cares, you may personally prefer not to leave Bluetooth enabled on your devices for fear of what electromagnetic radiation may do to you, and it's your prerogative to change that system-level setting as you see fit. However, if your choice to disable the Bluetooth radios stops certain features from working, nobody else need take responsibility for your failure to achieve the desired functional outcome which the products can be configured to deliver. The same goes for GPS capability. You can disable GPS on your watch if you prefer, but then [/you/] prevent it from tracking your route or your speed for running. You can disable GPS on your Android 6.0 device if you prefer, but then [/you/] prevent the Garmin Connect Mobile app from syncing with the watch.
- If your Android device was running an earlier version of the operating system that didn't have the requirement, when you purchased the Garmin watch, but you subsequently upgraded the OS on your Android device, then that's a problem your actions caused without any input or influence from Garmin.
- If you bought a new Android device that came with Android 6.0 out of the box, after you purchased the Garmin watch, then again your decision and actions cause the problem, not Garmin. Return the Android device and get something that works without being subject to Google's new requirement.
The problem is with the new app, which is applied post purchase of the hardware, i.e. when the choice was made. There appears to be no way to reinstall the old version, so no choice there either.Pray tell, which previous version of the Garmin Connect Mobile app for Android – presumably available and current at the time you purchased your Garmin “hardware” product, but it's alright if you broaden the scope to even before then – would run on Android 6.0 and not be prevented by Google's new requirement, to find and connect to the Garmin device without Location services being enabled on the Android device?
I personally don't have a problem with turning the location services on and off as required but the update appears to have screwed up connectivity of previously compatible hardware.To which specific update are you referring?
