Notification issue on new 5 possibly?

Former Member
Former Member
So with my 3hr anytime I would get a notiification and my watch would vibrate.

For some reason, no matter what I do I cant get the 5 to vibrate on a notification, am I missing something?

I went through settings a couple times.
  • No idea what happened. I was messing with the WIFI on the watch and then all of sudden it said network error and then the watch screen had a circle around it and started spinning and showing UPDATING

    and now the vibration is working

    There is no way they sent a update out is there??? I dont know how the updates work


    Did this happen after you changed the settings via the app? If so the "updating" could have been it pulling the new settings from the app!
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    Did this happen after you changed the settings via the app? If so the "updating" could have been it pulling the new settings from the app!


    Defiantly not from me and the app. I should have snapped a pic.
  • Mine had the same issue but I narrowed the problem down to the settings. Somehow vibration got turned off.. Not in the phone notification setting as it was turned on there but it was turned off in Settings ---> Sounds ---> Vibration

    After toggling that back on, it's working again. Not sure how it got turned off unless I did so by mistake when playing around with the watch..
  • Mine had the same issue but I narrowed the problem down to the settings. Somehow vibration got turned off.. Not in the phone notification setting as it was turned on there but it was turned off in Settings ---> Sounds ---> Vibration

    After toggling that back on, it's working again. Not sure how it got turned off unless I did so by mistake when playing around with the watch..


    It came turned off on mine as well. It's working fine after I turned it on though.

    Raqball.. is your Fenix 5 the black color or slate grey? I don't have the red color marker on my start button and I'm wondering if it's because I have the black model.
  • It came turned off on mine as well. It's working fine after I turned it on though.

    Raqball.. is your Fenix 5 the black color or slate grey? I don't have the red color marker on my start button and I'm wondering if it's because I have the black model.


    Glad to hear this is working. I'm not Raqball but the slate grey ones have the red accents (the triangle at 12 o'clock and the start button) and the black ones don't (at least according to all the images I see).
  • Vibration

    My vibration turns off as well. I have it turned on, on the watch and the app. Every time I sync the setting goes off on the watch, even though it is still on on the app. Possibly a firmware issue.
  • No idea what happened. I was messing with the WIFI on the watch and then all of sudden it said network error and then the watch screen had a circle around it and started spinning and showing UPDATING

    and now the vibration is working

    There is no way they sent a update out is there??? I dont know how the updates work

    While "messing with the WIFI" you started the firmware update on your watch. I guess the F5x comes with firmware version 2.00 out of the box while current version is 2.40. And by updating the FW you also got the vibration issue fixed as well.

    My vibration turns off as well. I have it turned on, on the watch and the app. Every time I sync the setting goes off on the watch, even though it is still on on the app. Possibly a firmware issue.

    Have you updated your firmware? What version are you at?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    While "messing with the WIFI" you started the firmware update on your watch. I guess the F5x comes with firmware version 2.00 out of the box while current version is 2.40. And by updating the FW you also got the vibration issue fixed as well.


    Have you updated your firmware? What version are you at?


    I was on 2.4 before I even noticed the issue. But as others have said I had to go into sounds and turn it on. I reset everything to factory and stepped through it all again
  • Vibration

    Have you updated your firmware? What version are you at?


    Just updated to 2.4 overnight, so I'll let you know if that fixed the problem.

    Update: I double checked that vibration alert was turned on in the app in all places and on the watch. I got a vibration when receiving a notification. After a sync, vibration turned off again (under sound settings) on the watch.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 8 years ago
    Just updated to 2.4 overnight, so I'll let you know if that fixed the problem.

    Update: I double checked that vibration alert was turned on in the app in all places and on the watch. I got a vibration when receiving a notification. After a sync, vibration turned off again (under sound settings) on the watch.


    I will do a sync via the cable this morning and see what happens. See if it turns off again