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Can't upload GPX or TCX files from My Tracks

Former Member over 14 years ago

Since I'd left my 405CX at the office this weekend, I used the My Tracks Android application to record a short bike tour that I did on Sunday. Obviously, I'd like to add the trip to Garmin Connect since that's where I track all my activities.

In My Tracks, I used "Share with Friends..." to send both the TCX and GPX files to my Dropbox account. Then, in my Garmin Connect account, I tried a manual upload of the files (since "We currently support .tcx .gpx and .fit files.").

with the GPX file, I get a little red cross and "An error occurred with your upload. Please try again."
with the TCX file, I get a little green tick and "Some activities could not be created. View all activities", but no sign of the activity.

The GPX and TCX files look fine to me. How can one turn on logging to see where the import is croaking? If anyone from Garmin support would like the files, I can supply them - although I'm not holding my breath about being contacted! Any other top-tips?

Thanks,
-John

0 Former Member over 14 years ago

Workaround

Just found this other thread which posts a workaround:
https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?p=62294

Apologies for not having spotted it before posting my question.
-John

0 Former Member over 14 years ago

Problem solved!

Just to close this post - release 1.1.3 of My Tracks has solved the GPX header issue, so one can now upload a GPX file from My Tracks to Garmin Connect without having to fiddle with the header :)

Thanks to Google for having followed this up and implementing the fix!

-John