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My Forerunner 55 keeps losing connection/pairing

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8 months ago

Every few days my Forerunner 55 stops synchronizing. In Android App the watch looks like turned off. I had to drop the device and add again to work for more days.

  • 0 4 months ago

    Yeah same problem for me still. It was better for a while but has started to be a problem again.

    My Sony bluetooth headphones also sometimes stop being detected, so I think this really is a problem with the watch (and not Android phone).

  • 0 4 months ago

    Have the same problem since a few months with a Fenix 6 pro. Reconnecting the watch or reloading the app helps only for a couple of days. Super annoying. If I loose connection once again I will throw it away and buy a different brand. I am looking into Amazfit which does about the same for three times less and with much better looks.

  • 0 3 months ago

    I had more trouble after the android 15 update.

    I did some digging on the internet. Looks like de Pixel phones have some trouble with stable Bluetooth connecties (however, i dont have any problems with my headphones). 

    This solved it for me: Removing the CACHE memory for the build in bluetooth-app.

    ( go to settings - Apps - tab system apps (upper right corner) - search for Bluetooth (legacy) - storage and cache - remove cache )

    I had to connect to all the known devices again. But since i did this. My watch is stable in connection since ... 13 days now?

  • 0 19 days ago

    They need to fix the bug.

    Looking at all the Garmin and other forums where this is discussed and no real solution provided. The bug seems to happen:

    - Across a range of watches - so unlikely to be the watch device. If it is the watch they should fix that for all models.

    - Across a number of Android phones - so could be caused by an Android update.I have tried the fixes (BT Map version, exclude from power management, reverting to previous Android version, resetting everything to no avail).

    - With Garmin Connect on a range of Android OSs - so could be caused by Connect update.

    I think that it is Connect as my phone/tablet watch combination was working fine until a Connect update over a year ago.

    Two probable fixes:

    - Bose Soundtouch speakers had a similar problem a few years ago ie speaker inexplicably loses connection over wifi and then have to setup from scratch each time. It took them years to fix the wifi state and polling algorithm. So Connect on Android could be updated to maintain the last Bluetooth connection state and work out how to connect again when Connect is run rather than saying its lost and then having to setup again.The aim is to make the app more robust and overcome any OS issues that may be introduced.

    - If they can't fix the connection then update Android Connect so you don't need to step through the very clumsy setup process (I say no to just about every option). eg Was this watch previously connected - Y, then type 6 digit code.