I've been experimenting with settings trying to get the MyWatch watch face working without crashing which requires a delete and reinstall. What I've found is that if you install the watch face via computer using Garmin Express, but DO NOT use the Garmin mobile application, the watch face seems to be stable. I've run it for over a week without a crash. Of course you can't get any notifications or run any apps that require a connection to a phone, but it does wor for me. If someone out there could beta test this setup perhaps we could get confirmation that this does work. Of course it's not good to have no Garmin mobile, and the developer has quit developing for the Fenix 5X, but maybe the underlying watch face is okay and a Garmin firmware upodate will someday allow us to actually use the mobile application. Thank you all for testing.
It's compiled code. Seems MyWatch was updated within the last 60 days and the developer talks about fixing things for the 5x in the app store description. Do you know he abandoned it? Maybe he's just busy with other stuff...
Well the last update was the middle of May. He's been contacted by a number of end users, some like me who have donated to his development efforts, and no response. The Garmin rep. who posted a few posts ago also report they attempted to contact him with no response. So I would say yes he has abandoned it.
Only the developer has the source code, and only the developer has the unique key need to update the app in the store. Even if someone had the source, all they could do would be is use it to upload a different app to the store. The unique developer key is actually there for security reasons, so someone can't take over another developer's app. It's got to have the original developers signing key, which is something not even Garmin has.
If the app has really been abandoned, the only real option is to move on to a different app.
Only the developer has the source code, and only the developer has the unique key need to update the app in the store. Even if someone had the source, all they could do would be is use it to upload a different app to the store. The unique developer key is actually there for security reasons, so someone can't take over another developer's app. It's got to have the original developers signing key, which is something not even Garmin has.
If the app has really been abandoned, the only real option is to move on to a different app.
That's really too bad. The MyWatch face is superior to anything out there and now it seems gone forever. At least for a time it will work if users limit the Garmin interaction. Thanks for responding and trying to help.
