Garmin Connect app on iPhone 12 - all fully updated. Edge 810 cycling GPS also fully updated
Turn on Edge, it tells me phone is connected. App asks me to allow Edge to connect, I click allow. App tells me Edge is connected, iOS Blue tooth settings confirm Edge is connected
Go for a ride, save ride, Edge attempts to upload ride, sometimes it says it succeeds but mostly it says it failed. Either way, app does not show the ride. Try a manual upload several times without success - the green circle on the app home Screen does its thing but still ride fails to show on app, also tried switching Edge off on and on, app closed and restarted, Bluetooth switched off and on, iPhone switched off and on again. No change, ride still fails to upload.
Now, this isn't a new problem. I've had 3 iPhones whilst I've this Edge and the app has always been unreliable. Sometimes it successfully syncs with the Edge and sometimes it doesn't. Mostly it doesn't. Sometimes, after an app update it works smoothly for a while and I think Garmin have sorted it but by the next update it fails to sync (as described above). The last 4 updates have not managed to successfully sync the app with the Edge, despite the Edge, the app and the phone all telling me they're connected to each other.
The app has no manual 'sync' command that I can find, only the Edge can initiate a manual upload (as far as I can see), and presumably, the app is supposed to sync automatically once its connected via Bluetooth to the Edge.
So what am I doing wrong? Or is the app just pants (I was going to say something ruder but decided not too)
Currently, I have to sync the Edge via Garmin Express on PC, just like an old Edge without connectivity. Which is fine, until I want to sync away from my computer.
So tell me what to do? Don't say to buy a newer Edge as I'm not convinced a newer one will work any better with the app, and in any case, the Edge 810 does everything I want.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS Are there any other apps for the iPhone which will talk directly to the Edge? I know I can connect Strava to the Edge but requires the data to go through Garmin Connect first.