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Slow to sync between Forerunner 245 (not music) and Garmin Connect for iOS

I have had my Forerunner 245 (not the music version) for 1.5 years and it is mostly always painfully slow to sync my workouts to Garmin Connect. It can easily take 20 minutes or more to sync a 40 minute workout. On a very rare occasion it will sync within a minute but that is a very rare exception. I thought it might be my old iPhone 6 but I've had a iPhone 12 Pro with latest firmware since October 2020 and it is no faster to sync on my new phone. I followed all the pairing advice published by Garmin but that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

What makes me jealous is I know when my husband is home from a run because I get a notification to like his run before he is in the front door (he has a Vivoactive4 with Android).

0 seilogramp over 4 years ago

You might want to clean out the activities folder using these directions: Removing Recorded Activities on a Garmin Fitness Device If you delete the files in your activity folder with a Mac computer, then empty the trash folder before you unplug your device from the computer.

0 HoustonM over 4 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thanks for the feedback. I just did what you described but I don't think it will help. It only had three files in there. I regularly delete the files from my watch interface because when I don't, the GPS will not connect. Yet another great feature of this watch.

0 seilogramp over 4 years ago in reply to HoustonM

Then you might try a factory reset, if you haven't done that in the last 1.5 years.

0 HoustonM over 4 years ago in reply to seilogramp

I gave the factory reset a try. It's a pain to reset all the settings but it will be worth it if it works. I'll find out tomorrow after my run. Thanks.