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Fenix 5 Plus, Firmware 11.74 Download?

Andy
over 5 years ago

Anyone have a link to download the 11.74 firmware for the Fenix 5 Plus?  Tried searching but can't find one.

Currently have 12.0 installed on mine and battery drain is bad.  Heard having the 11.74 firmware on the watch solves the issue, as the 12.0 firmware update is the culprit for the battery drain issue.

Thanks.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Battery life is very good with 12.0 on my F5+.

    Mostly Connect IQ apps are the issue. Also switching off and on helps sometimes.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to RunR

    Thanks for the reply.

    I just got my F5+ last week.

    Mine went from 100% to 15% in 3 days. Only did two separate runs with gps and music at 30 minutes each on two days. No other activities and just had it on my wrist. All stock settings (I did a factory reset) and all updated firmware and maps through garmin express.

    Is this typical of battery life or is the battery supposed to last longer?

  • +1 over 5 years ago in reply to Andy

    Hard to say. With a new watch you probably played around with the functions, maps, navigation etc. and then this consumption is normal.

    I charge my F5+ around every 5 days (not completely empty) and I do some 6-8 hours of sports a week (GPS without music, Gym with music). I don't use HRM outside of activities, connection to the phone only rarely and I switch off the connection to the headphones when I don't need it. With a similar usage I had to charge my F3 once a week, but it didn't have music and maps, so I think this is reasonable.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    Did you manage to get the link?

    Thanks

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago

    Did you manage to get the link?

    Thanks

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to RunR

    Thanks.

    I charged my watch to 100% overnight.  Around 8AM, unplugged it and went out for a 50 minute run this morning with music and gps. After the run was completed and it synced to Garmin Connect, battery was showing 89%. I still have all the stock settings except wifi is turned off (HRM is on 24/7) and notifications from phone are pushed to the watch as well.  Right now it is 12:30PM (4.5 hours later) and watch is at 85%.  I'm assuming this is reasonable?

    I may turn off the phone notifications on the watch; it's kind of annoying to be honest.  I'm coming from a Fitbit Versa 2, where I had the notifications on all the time and thought it was convenient.  But now I realize it's kind of distracting...I mean I usually have my phone next to me so I don't need double notifications.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Wasn't able to get a download link yet.

    From doing some google searching, www.gawisp.com had all the previous garmin firmware, but the site is offline now for some reason.

    Hopefully, someone can come through and upload the 11.74 firmware somewhere for the rest of us.

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to markusbraun

    Thanks Mark, but actually looking fo the Fenix 5+ firmware, not the 5X+.  Do you happen to also have the 5+?

    Thanks.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to markusbraun

    Thank you Mark, I have downgraded the ANT / BLE / BT 6.03 driver to 5.04 hopefully the battery drain will improve.