Downgrade to stable 16.22 - instructions

Following the very annoying problems with the Power Mode during activities and the daily suggestions dissapearance, I've decided to downgrade to the stable 16.22 version.

For those willing to do the same, here the basic instructions.

Note: it will be quite some work, as it resets the watch and you need to re-pair with the phone and then restore the settings.

DOWNGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

0. Make sure you have a Backup of the your settings before continuing - check step 5 on how to find the backup (and "Back Up Now", if needed).

1. Download latest stable version 16.22 for your model from the table below and unzip the file (thanks for the table @socorsu)

2. Connect your watch to the computer, open the explorer and copy both the gupdate.gsp and force.tmp files to the GARMIN folder of your watch.

3. Disconnect the watch from the computer. After some seconds it will detect the files and propose to perform the "update" to 16.22

4. On my case, during the restart it took several minutes on "Loading FIT files" and then "Loading Map xx".

5. Re-pair the watch with the Garmin connect App, pass the basic setup questions, go to the devices (top right), select the watch, System -> Backup Up & Restore -> Device Backups -> select the backup and click "Restore from Backup"

6. Watch will restart. In my case it tried to re-pair automatically, took a while in "Applying profile", then gave an error, restarted again and during the second restart finally appeared "applying backup" and after a while the watch was like few days ago, with 16.22 and all my settings and personalisations..

7. Disable Autoupdate on the watch, System -> Software Update -> Auto Update

The whole operation took me 30-60 minutes.

Hope it helps.