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Accidentally discarded activity

Several times I have discarded an activity accidentally. I stop an activity and then somehow manage to accidentally do two taps and then my activity is discarded. Is it possible to retrive this?
As Garmin uses fat32 file system, then I used restore programs and managed to to get this file (.fit), but uploading to garmin connect does not work (file not suitable).
Is there any way to retrive discarded acitvity?

In general Garmin could automatically save every activity and could offer deleting them later, not immediately after activity.

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0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to 5519649

This should work for you - 1537._11D2810-fixed.zip

There was 1 trackpoint with "unexpected big change of distance value." Repaired using Fit File Repair Tool.

Unzip the file then import into Garmin Connect using the import data page. The recovered file is a point-to-point and not an out-and-back. Hopefully not missing the return route.

0 5519649 over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Wow, you're so fast !

It is all ok, thank you so much !

There is no return route since I was pausing the activity and my watch discarded the activity (probably due to touch screen).

0 BenDavo27 over 3 years ago in reply to Amit380

I've used Recuva as well but can't get it to upload on Garmin Connect desktop. The .FIT file starts with a _ unlike the other properly recorded activities is the folder structures.

How did you get it to upload Amit380?

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to BenDavo27

BenDavo27 said:
The .FIT file starts with a _ unlike the other properly recorded activities is the folder structures.

It doesn't matter, as long is it has the .fit extension. A recovered fit file typically will not be accepted by Garmin because the file is corrupt. Can you zip then attach the file to a reply post? We can take a look and attempt to repair it.

3 ways to get the file to us:

Zip the file, then in a reply post Insert >> Image/video/file >> Upload >> browse for file >> OK.
Zip the file, then drag and drop it onto a reply post.
Post a link to the file using a file sharing service, such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.

0 BenDavo27 over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thanks for the response. I saw your thread after I posted yesterday and fixed the file in the fit repair tool so all sorted thanks.

Cheers for the info on the thread!

0 timblakey over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Hi seilogramp,

Any chance you could try and fix this .fit file for me. Had the same problem and deleted the file, just recovered it and it is corrupted.

0027._4TG2623.FIT.zip

Thanks!

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to timblakey

Do you know what the distance, lapsed time, date/time should be? I might be able to piece it together. The way it is now, the corruption is coming from the timestamps having a few different dates/times and throwing everything out of whack.

0 timblakey over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

The activity should have been from the 29/4/21 from about 16:50 to 17:50.

It was about a 13km run in ~57mins.

thanks for having a look!

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to timblakey

According to Fit File Repair Tool.

12082 bytes of the file are corrupted and could not be repaired.

Unfortunately I could only recover a small portion of this and had to split into 2 runs. 1 run around the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 1 along Safety Beach. There was no other valid GPS data.

2047.timblakey.zip

0 JedOber over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

1067._5AG4818.zip

Anyone able to fix this fit file? Lost a run this morning and am trying to recover it. Thanks in advance!