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Syncing with garmin connect using mobile broadband

Former Member
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This is probably a stupid question, but here goes...

I'm currently stuck using mobile broadband via a dongle, and the size of the dongle means that I can't plug the ANT agent USB stick into a USB port while the broadband dongle is connected. And obviously if I take out the bb dongle, the internet connection drops.

How do I sync to Garmin connect in that situation? If I put the ANT stick in, the data transfers from watch to computer, but can't upload to GC with no bb connection. If I then take out the ANT stick and put the BB dongle in, I don't seem to have a way to manually sync the data on my computer to GC...

Catch 22?

Any help appreciated...
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    Should still work. The ANT agent transmits the data from your device to your computer in the form of a fit file. You don't need Internet access for that

    The location on a Windows 7 machine is
    C:\Users\<user ID>\AppData\Roaming\GARMIN\Devices\<device ID\Activites\

    Then you can remove the USB connecter and plug in your dongle, got to Garmin Connect. Click Upload, then upload all new activities.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member
    As Phil has explained, it will still work but I too have one of those oversized mobile broadband dongles and find it annoying that you can't use the second usb port because the dongle is so big. I now either use a usb hub or plug the dongle in to a usb cable. That way I can position the dongle for optimum signal strength, and get access to the adjacent usb port.
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    Yes, this should at least get the dongle out of the way.