GPS spike

Former Member
Former Member
Went for a walk this morning and when reviewing the map I noticed this spike darting to the Left of my route. Also it added a section to my route that I didn't even walk. Any thoughts?
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  • I had the same experience today. First day on 5.30. Went hiking/climbing and gps made strange maneouvre on the top of the hill. https://www.relive.cc/view/g13661033252
    normally we went just up and down with some time on the top. There is strange thing on the top like i woul go other side of te hill.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    Sounds like the same issue. I first noticed this when upgrading to 5.10. Called Garmin and the woman told me to do a soft reset. I did the reset however had not had time to try it out before they rolled out 5.30. I have my doubts however will try it tomorrow.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    Out of curiosity, what are your settings for gps? Mine is gps only with smart recording on.
  • Mine is also smart and every second. GPS setting cannot find in 5.30 firmware menu, it used to be in the system, and I had it set to GPS only, but now cannot check because I cannot find this option. Can you?
  • There really is no GPS setting anymore. What's the purpose of this ? Garmin ?
  • GPS completely screwed up on the first run after upgrading to 5.30 here as well. Looks like Garmin has introduced an exciting new bug.
  • Mine is also smart and every second. GPS setting cannot find in 5.30 firmware menu, it used to be in the system, and I had it set to GPS only, but now cannot check because I cannot find this option. Can you?


    Settings ->Activities & Apps-> select the app and scroll down. Configurable per app.
  • My gps is also wrong in the last days ... i have already tried to change the settings: gps + glonas, gps only, what's up? When my GPS is wrong, he makes a straight line (bird's eye) from point A to point B! Even the location is not correct! This is sometimes 10km out of the way! I have this problem a few days BEFORE I upgrade to 5.30 ... is there anything wrong with the satelites? (Trumph korea)
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    My gps is also wrong in the last days ... i have already tried to change the settings: gps + glonas, gps only, what's up? When my GPS is wrong, he makes a straight line (bird's eye) from point A to point B! Even the location is not correct! This is sometimes 10km out of the way! I have this problem a few days BEFORE I upgrade to 5.30 ... is there anything wrong with the satelites? (Trumph korea)


    Changing the settings won't do any good. I repeated my same walk this morning and the results after doing a soft reset were identical. I may try doing a hard reset, don't want to, but aside from doing that I'm out of options. On a side note I noticed my heart rate seemed to get stuck on 104 bpm. I even did a quick run just to see if it changed. It finally did jump up after I had resumed my walking. Another bug?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    Also, to all who are experiencing this I encourage you to call Garmin asap so they know it's a legitimate problem.