Fenix 5 Plus Series - 13.00 Public Release Candidate

Hello Fenix 5/5S/5X Plus users,

We have new beta software ready for your upcoming adventures!

Note: Please allow for the updates to propagate across all servers. There is no need to post that the link does not work. It will after a bit of patience.

Fenix 5S Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14333
Fenix 5 Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14331
Fenix 5X Plus: https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=14335

13.00 Change Log Notes:

Fixed an issue where bike lights were staying on during non-cycling activities.

For those of you who are interested, here are the full list of changes since 12.00:

Added support for descriptive WiFi errors when syncing music.
Fixed an issue where certain maps may report v0.00 in GarminDevice.xml intermittently.
Fixed an issue where the Heart Rate field was getting clipped on the watchface.
Fixed an issue where bike lights were staying on during non-cycling activities.

Please note, the beta updates released on these forums are not suitable for APAC region devices.

Please send all bug reports to outdoor[email protected], and indicate which model of the fenix 5 Plus series you have in the subject line.

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Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to parentoft +3 suggested

I power it off after every activity, as I wrote. So, what do you think :)
ilsalgo over 4 years ago +2 suggested

Fenix 5 Plus:

- Battery drain

- Ant+ connection instable (hm-run and bike sensor)
parentoft over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member +2

In order to get the right elevation - you have to calibrate your watch.. This is quite normal for most watches regardless of type/brand.

Calories has been an issue for a long time when it comes to hiking…

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0 Former Member over 4 years ago

This is my 2nd Fenix 5S Plus- unfortunately due to charging issues. Ever since I’ve had this one the caloric calculation is WAY off!! My husband also has a Fenix 6S and his works great! We did a hike today to an elevation of 14,295 feet. Neither watch recorded the elevation correctly, but my watch said I burned 387 calories and his said 1400 +!!

I don’t have patience for this and have had it to be honest and going back to Apple.

+1 TheWalkingVapers over 4 years ago

I find this FW is now eating the battery and the bt connection is very flaky.

+1 ilsalgo over 4 years ago

Fenix 5 Plus:

- Battery drain

- Ant+ connection instable (hm-run and bike sensor)

+1 Former Member over 4 years ago

Since installing this revision, the battery is now depleting within 2-3 days after a full charge.

0 parentoft over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

In order to get the right elevation - you have to calibrate your watch.. This is quite normal for most watches regardless of type/brand.

Calories has been an issue for a long time when it comes to hiking simply because the watch is too "loose" on most peoples writst. I think the HRM strap is really needed if correct accuracy is needed.

0 parentoft over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

This is said every single time an upgrade is released! In most cases it is due to two issues

- You have to power off the watch completely. (Hold the light button for a few seconds and turn off the watch).

- Switch back to one of the Garmin watch-faces and see if it does not fix the battery consumption (In most cases it does). Wait for an update of the watch-face so it matches with the released firmware.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago

I still have a battery drain issue on my 5s plus after this upgrade. It is possible to stop it by turning the watch briefly off after syncin the activity but that is not a way to deal with it. Something needs to be done about it on a software level, so I beg Garmin to do it. This is really annoying! Especially since I alredy have charging issues for some tine now, despite clearing the pins. This watch is too expensive to have all these problems! I am really angry about it and I was a biggest fan :(

0 RunR over 4 years ago

I have done several rides, runs, and gym sessions with 13.0. The watch was connected to several ANT+ Sensors (HRM run, 2 Tempes, one of them with almost empty battery, Footpod) with and without headphones.
I do not see unsusual battery drain and the connection to sensors and headphone works without any issues or dropouts. I track between 6 and 9 hours or sports a week and I charge it around every 5 days (not completely empty).

I can only agree to the points mentioned before (check watchfaces, those battery monitoring apps also consume battery…) and I recommend to use a charger with a high capacity.

0 parentoft over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

I use my watch like an crazy, 10-15 trainingsessions a week (5-6 running. 2-3 swimming and 3-5 biking and a bit of hiking) - Usually a marathon every week where I use Spotify (Powerbeats "4" + Heartrate belt and I do not have any issues.

I am running the lastest firmware 13.00 - with updated ANT+ and BT but with at standard watchface and when In sync my trainingsessions I am using my Iphone.

Så I am pretty sure that unless your watch is faulty you have to do two things.

1) Install the latest firmware - Turn OFF the device once and turn it on

2) Switch to a garmin watchface

3) Use the watch at verify that everything is ok..

+1 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to parentoft

Hi, thank you for yr answer but I already did all of it, except playing with ANT+. Does not help. And besides the problems with the charging pin, which is separate from this topic, it is impossible that it is due to a faulty watch. The battery drain started recently and CAN be stopped by reseting the watch after the activity. That reduces the drain from 70% daily to 10 % daily (as usual). So it is recent software or something.