My activity vanished

I started a hike as normal, saved it when I was done--but there's no record of any activity. Unlike the last time this happened it did count the calories and steps. At the time I finished I was in an area with cell service that at best could be described as marginal--could it perhaps have messed up somehow because of that? It definitely did not sync even to my phone until I was home even though my phone was right there when I told it to save my hike.

I'm also having some trouble with the heart rate monitor--relying on the sensor in the watch produced some obviously bad data in some situations and I got the heart rate strap--but even that messed up yesterday. I saw some numbers below 60 during an admittedly easy stretch. I found the watch unreliable in those conditions (chilly, but ok so long as I kept going; not worth digging stuff out of my pack) but why would the chest strap be affected--it's electrical, not blood flow based.

(I wasn't wearing a shirt at the time, temps were probably in the low 60s but without the recording I don't know, humidity was low, basically zero wind, the sun had set but I had enough moon that I wasn't using a light.)

0 seilogramp over 2 years ago

Loren Pechtel said:
I started a hike as normal, saved it when I was done--but there's no record of any activity.

Connect your watch to a computer to see if there's anything in the watch's file system in the folder \Fenix6\Internal Storage\GARMIN\Activity\

Look for any .fit file with the date/time corresponding to the activity in question. If you find it, you can try a manual upload - How Do I Manually Upload an Activity I Recorded to Garmin Connect?

0 Loren Pechtel over 2 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Your directories do not match. However, there is a fenix 6X Sapphire\Primary\Garmin\Activity directory that contained the file which imported perfectly and shows what I did--except I'm still left with the heart rate mystery. For 4 1/2 hours it corresponds to my memory of the hike. At that point, though, it starts rising unreasonably, I do not believe I reached 170 bpm at 5 hours in--I was on basically level ground looking for the gate in a fence. I question the next half hour in the 75-100 range, I was on a rough dirt road with a slight decline but walking at a decent pace--I could believe 100, I can't believe the dips. And I certainly can't believe the next half hour in the 50s-60s--values below my resting heart rate. Now I have the temperature data, it's saying 51.8F, something that seems suspiciously low. Given that it's no longer giving insane values I believe that was from the temperature sensor that's from the Tempe that I had in my pack, placed against the outside in a pocket I did not open. (Why did you make that thing black and with no sun protection?! Every attempt to place it outside lead to obviously bogus readings from sun getting to it.)

0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to Loren Pechtel

Loren Pechtel said:
(Why did you make that thing black and with no sun protection?!

To get reasonable Tempe readings, I use a method based on Fellrnr's way to fix it under a cap visor to avoid direct sun exposure. I make a cut in the lining of the visor on the underside, and slide the Tempe without bracket via the cut 5 cm or so from the opening such that it can't fall out. Not recommended for expensive running caps. White or a light color is preferable. Once the cap gets soaked with sweat, the temperature readings will be a bit too low due to evaporative cooling, but well, it's better than the Tempe hanging out in the sun, and Tempes are not so precise that this matters a great deal.

0 Loren Pechtel over 2 years ago in reply to Former Member

Yeah, that's a reasonable approach if you're using it for running. I don't have consistent headgear, though.