After today's update of the app, the app crashes every time it tries to sync with the watch.
The watch is Instinct 2X, fw 14.12, the phone is Pocophone F1 with android 10. Prior to this update everything worked perfectly.
This thread originally started with a report of the app crashing when in connection with the Instinct series watch. This was addressed and was resolved with an app update. If you have a different device…
Have uninstalled and reinstalled v.4.75 from app store and sync/ Bluetooth connection problems are not resolved
I was wary of downloading from a site other than Play Store, but APKMirror seems to have done the trick with no negative side-effects (so far!)
The Devs REALLY need to get their fingers out - this is a…
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/garmin/garmin-connect-mobile/garmin-connect-mobile-4-74-1-release/garmin-connect-4-74-1-2-android-apk-download/
1) download (can take 10/15 minutes)
2) uninstall previous Garmin…
The remaining question I guess is if everyone at Garmin dev just quietly quit or something because nothing but tumbleweeds for going onto the fifth day.
It's not a holiday weekend and they knew before the weekend there was a problem.
Even the forum moderators who chime in when something is pending are quiet.
We had a similar issue with the Windows Garmin Express last year and they were fixing it within 48 hours.
I don't know if this will do anything to work around the problem and it's not even an option if you do not have Android 11 or newer, but there is an alternative Bluetooth Stack on android called "Gabeldorsche" (the legacy stack is called "Fluoride")
In android 11 and 12 you can turn on Gabeldorsche under Developer Options under system settings but if you don't know how to do that you shouldn't be messing with it in the first place.
In Android 13 and newer, Gabeldorsche is the default. So I am curious if Android 13 users are also crashing and/or not getting any device connects under 4.75 Garmin Connect app
I was wary of downloading from a site other than Play Store, but APKMirror seems to have done the trick with no negative side-effects (so far!)
The Devs REALLY need to get their fingers out - this is a ridiculous situation.
Also +1 for Garmin hosting an archive of older versions..