No GPS+Galileo

My F5 upgraded to firmware 11, and I see the GPS firmware is 4.4. This should allow GPS+Galileo but in settings I still see just GPS ONLY or GPS+GLONAS as options. Should I have this feature?

0 openbox9 over 6 years ago

Connect to Garmin Express and download GPS 2.30 for Galileo support.

0 mcalista over 6 years ago

Upgrading to Gallileo is a 2 part process - you have to upgrade the FW to 11, and then upgrade the GPS from 4.4 to 2.3. If there is an update still required, the GPS version will show as 4.40 (!)

Reconnect to Garmin Express, and the 2nd update should proceed (although there can be a delay of 15 minutes or so).

0 Sam201176 over 6 years ago

I don't have a 5 or 5s... but I think the Sapphire versions have Wi-Fi?
Using Wi-Fi I received the update and GPS update in one....
But no Wi-Fi.......its the two part method already explained by mcalista and openbox9.
:--)

0 HeliosJim over 6 years ago

Thanks everyone, it had not occurred to me that going from GPS 4.4 to GPS 2.2 was an upgrade. I'll try that this week.

0 HeliosJim over 6 years ago

From Googling around, it seems that the Fenix 5 Plus has a different GPS chipset. Does Galileo support work on the 5 as well as on the 5 plus?

0 mcbadger over 6 years ago

Yes, definitely. I suspect it's the same chipset, in fact, the version numbers for the Galileo supporting firmware are in line.

0 HeliosJim over 6 years ago

Hm... Sure would be nice if they would add on board music, although I doubt they will.

0 mcbadger over 6 years ago

Not a chance, I'm afraid; not enough storage on the 5/5s, and the Bluetooth chipset probably is different, and may not support audio in the first place (the plus chipset supports NFC for payments, also unavailable on the F5 models).

0 HeliosJim over 6 years ago

I was able to get this working, thanks to everyone.