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Any way to delete unsent messages?

Steve
over 3 years ago

If Mini Me can't get a signal or location to send a message immediately, it sits in an invisible outbox. Sometimes that message doesn't transmit until the next time I turn the unit on to start a different activity. So it gets confusing if people receive a message that says "I'm back at the car." when I actually just set out on a different trail.

It got even worse last weekend when we were backpacking and I sent a message that we were snug at camp for the night (which didn't send) but 20 minutes later was sending that a wind storm had come up and we were bugging out. There was no way to unsend the first message. In this case it was a problem because we were accompanied by some of my daughter's friends and these messages were going to already-anxious parents!

sb

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Not that I know of. Once you attempt to sent something, all iR devices try VERY hard to complete the operation. This results in a lot of retries, which can suck power. Your best bet is leave the device on, with a clear view of the sky, until everything is sent. Do NOT just power down without checking.

    I thought that the M2 would warn you on power-down if you had unsent traffic. That warning should apply to both sent track points and messages. I can't say I've ever tried it with an unsent message, though. I always make sure those go out  before attempting to power down.

    Bottom line: Deleting unsent traffic is not the solution. The solution is to be sure it gets sent before you power down.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to twolpert

    Thanks, Tom. Your reply confirms my suspicions but also why I think Garmin NEEDS to address an outbox where unsent messages can be deleted. Yes, it warns me the message is pending. I didn't power down in this case but also didn't have time to babysit my M2. I don't always have time to stand in the open waiting for transmit confirmation--I need to hussle down that narrow canyon trail before dark. Many check-in messages aren't worth draining the battery. If the device hasn't found a satellite after an hour or more, they may become bad information, as this did. And I don't want to add a 50mi drive to my 3mi hiking track just because the message is stuck.