Sideloading crashes my Vivoactive HR

Former Member
Former Member
Probably 50% of the time when I connect my charger (trying to sideload) to my Vivoactive HR .. my device goes to the Garmin screen.

Has anyone else been having this problem ?

The worst thing .. I lose my daily data a lot.
  • Is the watch crashing when you first plug it in, or after you'd copied over a .prg and unplug the watch? If it's when you unplug, I've found that making sure GE isn't running at the time helps, as GE might be trying to update .prg files at the same time or something.
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago
    Is the watch crashing when you first plug it in, or after you'd copied over a .prg and unplug the watch? If it's when you unplug, I've found that making sure GE isn't running at the time helps, as GE might be trying to update .prg files at the same time or something.


    When I first plug it in .. apparently could be a bad cable (others have had the same issue). I have a new cable coming from Garmin. I cannot use GE on this computer, it will not work. I have to sync with my smartphone or a separate computer (for my Forerunner).