fenix 5S and Samsung Galaxy S7 - share gpx offline - USB OTG problem

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi,
unfortunately my fenix 5s is not visible on Samsung Galaxy S7 via USB OTG. My settings on watch and S7 IMHO are OK.
It seems to work - on fenix screen, battery level is visible - on S7 file manager wants to start - but files (extern memory) are not visible and Android S7 memory overview says Garmin not working correctly.
Other USB sticks working fine.
I think it's a problem of Samsung/S7 directly.

Has someone in use fenix 5S + Samsung S7 and working USB OTG connection correctly?
Is there another possibility to share gpx files with Android offline and without PC (S7 to watch, watch to S7)?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Good Morning,
Djij , Thank you. Same here. Another one said in German Forum "FAT32" - and on his S7 the 5S works fine with USB OTG.
So, this also can't be the reason, as your watch and S7 is working too - with "FAT".
Very stange...
Also no advice from Garmin-Support and Samsung-Support...

BTW: I meanwhile found a solution to import gpx into fenix from S7 in offline mode (without Garmin Connect): gimporter via Bluetooth.
Is there also a possibility to EXPORT gpx of done tracks in offline mode from fenix into smartphone in Android?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Update:
Yesterday, I received a mail from Garmin-Support:
- It's not intended, fenix to be connected via USB OTG to a mobile phone Android or iOS. (Remark: I still don't know, why many mobile phones are OK - but whatever...)
- The name in Windows "FAT" is irrelevant. Also in other systems, the name can be different, e.g. in MAC OSX: MS-DOS-FAT.

0 IMJozefowicz over 6 years ago

Try Gexporter from android side, and IQ widget gimporter from fenix side.
Works fine for export from locus map gpx with track and waypoint.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi IMJozefowicz : Yes, you're right. I have it already, as explained in #12.
Works fine, to get the gpx via bluetooth FROM android INTO fenix.
The only thing, I didn't find a solution for, is to EXPORT gpx from fenix TO android (without network - only via bluetooth), to show done tracks in Locus map on smartphone.