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Garmin Connect loses connection, but still connected to iPhone

My Instinct Solar and Garmin Connect lose connection every time the phone and the watch are out of range for any period of time. I have to "forget" the device from each other and competely re-pair them. I'd chalk it up to a Bluetooth issue, except that the watch still sees the iPhone and the iPhone sees the watch. I get text and call notifications, the iPhone BT settings show the watch as connected, and the watch says its connected to the iPhone. But Connect isn't seeing the watch. I really don't understand how the PHONE can see the watch, but Connect can't.

Again. Texts will appear on the watch. But weather and calendar do not. Then when the activity is complete, the watch will not sync. Connect is not "seeing" the watch -- no green dot.

Yes, I have pretty memorized the various suggestions Garmin puts out there. I have owned this watch for a month and have re-paired 40-50 times. I have connected via USB with Express. I have reset the watch. I have dumped data from the watch. I've location data "always" on.

When the iPhone "finds" the watch, it really seems as if Connect should as well. I'm pretty tires of pairing this watch,

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  • Same  issue here, same iPhone. The work around is to close theapp on the iphone and open it back on. not acceptable. I´ve been in touch with Garmin and Apple but no solution at all.

  • This is a wireless band issue. If I keep my wireless off I do not have this issue. When I turn it on the phone/watch/wifi combo does not play nice.

  • Mine dose same thing and garmin never addresses the issue love my instinct solar watch but it’s getting on my nerves that it dis connect so often and that there is no simple reconnect. You have to go through so many steps to get it to connect Garmin Fix this dam issue people spend a lot of money on the watches and you guys show no resolution in fixing this tired of this no wonder so many people are going for i watches over u guys cause of how simple it is to pair to phone get it together or I’m stop buying your products

  • Setting the Garmin Connect app to Location > Always should solve the problem. This way the app is always connected to your watch and not disconnecting each time you close the app, or move away from phone, and it does not reconnect in time for when you want to use it.

  • Mine has been set to ALWAYS since the day I bought it. And it still drops out more often than not. Recently I went several weeks with it connecting as it should, which felt like a miracle, then two days ago it didn’t. Had to “forget” and re-pair with the iPhone as if it was new. It’s just random.