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Instinct Solar - 17.00 Public Release Candidate

Garmin_ODQA
over 3 years ago

Hello Instinct Solar customers,

Please read the instructions below to update the software for your Instinct Solar device. We've made some changes to how we deliver beta updates for our customers, so this forum post is now the primary resource for reading the change log notes – they are not available on another webpage. We look forward to your feedback!

17.00 Change Log Notes (changes since 16.91):

  • Version bump to 17.00

For those of you upgrading from 16.50, here is the full change log:

  • Improved altimeter accuracy.
  • Fixed potential issue where the battery mode would revert to default during an activity.
  • Fixed potential issue where the backlight would not timeout in an Expedition.

New Software versions listed are in red.

  • System Software: 17.00
  • GPS: 5.40
  • BLE/ANT: 3.01
  • SNS: 18.00

Instructions for updating software:

  • Download the .zip folder containing the update HERE
  • Connect the watch to your computer.
  • Unzip and copy the included gupdate.gcd file to the Garmin folder on your watch.
  • If there is a SensorHub_XXXX folder, copy the GUP3467.GCD to the Garmin\RemoteSW folder of your watch.
  • Disconnect the watch from the computer and it will prompt you to update software.

For any issues that you encounter, please send an email to [email protected]. In your email please include the software version, and a detailed description of your issue, along with any steps to reproduce. Please note that you may not get a response to the email unless we need more information on the issue you report.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 3768072
    3768072 said:
    my instinct solar are tracked my 4 km away from my position....

    Did you check if the CPE shows "current" BEFORE the activity ?

    Can it be that you have not recorded a GPS position with your watch for a few days ?
    The CPE is only valid for a few days. After that, the watch forgets its usual location.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to bluefish

    Where can I check it? thanks

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 3768072

    settings - about - scroll down till CPE :

    The CPE file is the almanac. In simple terms, this file helps the clock to tell where which satellite is located. Since the position of the satellites changes quickly, this file is always up to date only a few days.

    Now after you have been outside, you may get "current" displayed. Therefore you should check the status of the CPE BEFORE each activity.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to bluefish

    Checked. It shows: Expired.
    It can be related to UltraTac tracking? I used watch 3 days ago for tracking a walk.
    Also I used UltraTac since 1 year and never had this issue before

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    After the SW update the floor climbed are completely wrong: today is already counting 15 floors, but I have done only 4. Yesterday 49, the day before 54 and four days ago 72 ...  before the update the count was quite correct

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I noticed with this update watch is frozen for 3 minutes after charging. It stays at 100% charge screen for 3 minutes and none of buttons work. I wonder if there's a way to uninstall 17.0 firmware and go back to previous one?

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    My watch has a same crashing issue, it crashed on saving activities and on any notifications having vibration, the issue started since last months, I tried to disable the vibration feature then the watch seemly less crashed, that was version 16.50. However after upgrading to latest version 17.00, the situation of my watch is even worse, I cannot start any activity, it crashed right on the start. 

    I've been used it just one year and half, I was really happy earlier with it, it was really good to me, but now it is so disappointing and wasting my time and money.

    So the issue has not been fixed, is there any way to revert my watch to the old version 1 year ago?

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I'm sending an email detailing the issue as well. I created several weight training workouts on Garmin connect and uploaded them after the update. They crash the watch when trying to edit the reps/weight and/or when the lap button is pressed. It used to work just fine. 

    Error ONLY happens when there are actual reps being registered. i.e just pressing the lap button to go to the next set will not trigger the issue. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    My Instinct Solar has been rebooting itself whenever trying to navigate a route. Anyone else seeing this issue?