LifeTrack not starting reliably [with workaround]

Former Member
Former Member
Hello, Just wanted to share a use case where LiveTrack is not starting reliably. This is a different issue than the already solved autostart not working issue (https://forums.garmin.com/forum/into...rt-not-working).

When you start an activity with LiveTrack while being in the coverage of a WiFi network with a weak signal, and then immediately get outside the WiFi coverage, the phone will obviously switch to mobile data. However LiveTrack will also fail.
It seems that LiveTrack needs a stable network connection for some time in order to work. The workaround is simple, I switch of WiFi before running so that the whole activity is being tracked over the mobile data connection. Not an ideal situation, since you must not forget after running to switch on the WiFi again. But since I am using that workaround LiveTrack is rock solid.

I did not try yet to see what happens , during a run with LiveTrack, if the phone would switch from Mobile data to WiFi. It is not that practical to test something like that :)

If somebody has had similar experiences please advise. In the end this is a bug that needs fixing by Garmin, but I am afraid this is such a specific use case that this will be very low priority. Unless it affects more people than I expect.