How to get rid of the tips that show up on the watch?

4340209 1 month ago

And i don't mean the workout suggestions. I'm talking about the tips about the device itself. I can't find any solution so that's why i'm here.

I can understand that those might be helpfull for some, but they are very annoying to me. Give me the option to completely turn those off, forever. I can't even mute them, so i'm getting unwanted spam that i'm forced to be bothered by.

I heard that they only appear once and then not again untill a reset, but that doesn't always seem to be the case with some users, so please, just give us the option to get rid of them...

0 e7andy 1 month ago

Which tips are you referring to? Easiest is if you take a photo of one of the tips and post it here so we can see it.

0 4340209 1 month ago in reply to e7andy

Will make and upload a photo asap, sorry for not doing that to begin with...

For now the only thing i can say is: the tips are like a 'try this to do that' sort of thing.

0 e7andy 1 month ago in reply to 4340209

Could be something with newer models since I haven't seen them or it could be something from your phone.

0 seilogramp 1 month ago

Which watch do you have? On my Epix (Gen 2) they appeared when I first powered on the watch. After viewing them once, they stop appearing unless I do a factory reset.

0 4340209 1 month ago in reply to seilogramp

I have the Instinct 2 Solar. I guess time will tell. Hope it will do the same as yours. But it is somewhat annoying that there's no option to turn them off to begin with...

0 seilogramp 1 month ago in reply to 4340209

4340209 said:
I have the Instinct 2 Solar

See answer from Garmin - Chris - How to Stop Tips Being Displayed on Watch - Instinct 2 Series - Wearables - Garmin Forums

0 trux 1 month ago in reply to 4340209

I have Instinct 2 too. During the almost 3 years of using the watch, I think it happened twice or perhaps 3 times, that I had to discard the tips again, when I reinstalled the GC app, or used a new phone. I do not remember how many of the tips there were exactly, but I think I could count them on the fingers of a single hand. Once discarded, they were gone for good. No big hassle.

If it happens more frequently to you, then there is perhaps a different problem - either you do not discard the tips, or the phone "forgets" the watch, and it has to be paired again. However, that's a different problem, which typically comes from some misconfiguration of the phone.