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over 1 year ago

FR645 and others since fw 7.20: major issues with custom fonts

ConnectIQ apps, watchfaces, widgets with custom fonts are failing and showing the IQ! symbol. See these topics for more information:

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/324531/major-issues-with-custom-fonts-after-latest-device-fw-updates

https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/324099/forerunner-645-firmware-7-20-errors

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-645-645-m/324599/iq-watch-face-broke-after-7-20-update/1574757#1574757

I'm seeing many reports of unhappy users with failing watchfaces. Please fix this as soon as possible Garmin. 

VAW.BE
  • over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

    Tests point out it has to do something with char=48 (0) on fonts that do cause the crash.

  • over 1 year ago

    7. 20 update causes battery drain on my fr645 music 

  • over 1 year ago

    Here's an example WF that causes the crash on a f645 device with 7.20 FW.  It's the standard WF template, with a custom fond and a loadResourse() call in initialize() for the view. It runs fine in the sim.

    F645.zip

    It was built as a side load using 4.1.7 as a debug build.  Here's the crash:

    Error: System Error
Details: 'Failed invoking <symbol>'
Time: 2023-02-17T22:17:48Z
Part-Number: 006-B2888-00
Firmware-Version: '7.20'
Language-Code: eng
ConnectIQ-Version: 4.1.7
Filename: F645
Appname: F645
Stack: 
  - pc: 0x1000009a
    File: 'C:\Users\James\workspace-prod\F645\source\F645View.mc'
    Line: 11
    Function: initialize
  - pc: 0x10000195
    File: 'C:\Users\James\workspace-prod\F645\source\F645App.mc'
    Line: 21
    Function: getInitialView

    This is line 11:

    var myFont=WatchUi.loadResource(Rez.Fonts.id_icon);

    The one thing I added to the template.