Activity showing ‘Invalid’

Help! Have I lost this file? Won’t sync and just says invalid. Any ideas? When I went to click save it either crashed or the battery died.

2nd image, the steps and distance do show up for this week

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seilogramp over 1 year ago +1 suggested

dlowen9 said:
Help! Have I lost this file? Won’t sync and just says invalid.

Did you try a manual upload from your Garmin device to Garmin Connect Web? - How Do I Manually Upload an Activity I Recorded…
Cejay 4 months ago in reply to seilogramp +1

Another one that used this method and resolved my issue. I donated to the writer of the s/w as well. Made more complicated as I have a Mac but had to spin up a Windows VM so I could access the Garmin device…

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0 9676833 over 1 year ago

Why is your heart rate so low?

0 dlowen9 over 1 year ago in reply to 9676833

Not sure, I’d just put the watch back on after a quick charge to see if that helped the above problem. My normal resting is around 42-45 so not much different anyway

0 seilogramp over 1 year ago

dlowen9 said:
Help! Have I lost this file? Won’t sync and just says invalid.

Did you try a manual upload from your Garmin device to Garmin Connect Web? - How Do I Manually Upload an Activity I Recorded to Garmin Connect?

If you get any message other than Import Complete, then there is a problem with the file. Attach it to this thread. We can take a look to see if it is repairable.

Zip the file, then in a reply post Insert >> Image/video/file >> click Upload >> browse for file >> OK.
Or upload the fit file to a reputable file sharing service, such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, make the file public, then paste a link to the file in your post.

0 dlowen9 over 1 year ago in reply to seilogramp

2025-01-28-16-47-34[1].zip

0 dlowen9 over 1 year ago in reply to dlowen9

I 'think' I've done it. That's definitely the run anyway, 28th Jan at 4.47pm.

0 EllieA 7 months ago in reply to seilogramp

Seillogramp, I know this post is old but I hope you can help me as well.
i raced a 50k this weekend and when i hit save my watch shut off and it won’t sync my race. I used the fix tool thing everyone recommends and it saved to Strava direct but it still won’t let me manually upload to Garmin Connect. Any chance you can help me too?

0 seilogramp 7 months ago in reply to EllieA

EllieA said:
I used the fix tool thing

Which one? My go-to lately is FIT File Viewer. Runs in the browser and require no additional software. If you're still unable to import the activity into Garmin Connect, attach the file to this thread. We can take a look to see if it is repairable.

Zip the file, then in a reply post Insert >> Image/video/file >> click Upload >> browse for file >> OK.
Or upload the fit file to a file sharing service, such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, make the file public, then paste a link to the file in your post.

0 EllieA 7 months ago in reply to seilogramp

[solved]

0 seilogramp 7 months ago in reply to EllieA

FIT File Viewer fixed the issue. I tested your file, and it imported successfully into Garmin Connect.

[solved]

0 EllieA 7 months ago in reply to seilogramp

Thank you so much!!!!! You are by far my favorite human! thank you!!!