67i turning on by itself

Twice now I went to use my 67i and found it dead, about two weeks after I last used it and fully charged it. I normally store it in the Garmin soft case. So I started to wonder, did I turn it off, how long should a charge last with the device off? So yesterday I was playing with it for a bit and three times I noticed that when I turned it off, it powered back on about 10 seconds later. It was not in the case. It’s not something I can currently duplicate though it seems random. Has anyone else had this happen? V8.80 software, and I’m not sure if it did this previous to V8.80. There was a post about 3 years ago on a 66i doing this, but no posted cause or resolution.

0 Pedigree1 1 month ago

I have had this. In my case, it appears to be linked to my heart rate monitor which I have connected to my 67i by Ant+ or Bluetooth. Disconnect the HRM and it shuts down without rebooting. I say "appears" because I only recently discovered the "fix" and am still testing it, but seems to work. If you have nothing else connected then I don't know what is causing your issue.

0 twolpert 1 month ago

Are you sure it’s off, and not in expedition mode?

0 Snow_Leopard 1 month ago in reply to twolpert

No it’s not in expedition mode, I’ve discovered that it occurs sometimes when if I turn it on, then turn it off shortly after the first screen shows, which is my map screen. I’ll have to watch it to make sure it doesn’t just randomly power on at other times though. It’s not something I duplicate every time I test it though. Now you might ask why would I do that anyway, and all I can say is I don’t normally, but I guess I did a couple of times and didn’t notice it powering back on. I’ve actually seen this happen quite a few times, but as I said I can’t always duplicate it. Then when the screen was off I put it away, only to find it dead a few days later. So now I know to double check it every time I put it in my case, because it could have powered back on. Maybe I shut it off before it finished its boot up process, I don’t know. But now I kind of don’t trust it.