System Software 20.16

hakujin 5 months ago

So is GAP pace and the multitude of other things that were broken in the 20.1x betas fixed in this final release?

I bet no, but maybe someone has a surprise for me?

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Scratchen 5 months ago in reply to 2529455 +22

Well they broke auto connection of external HRM and other devices for a lot of people but decided to release it anyways.. unbelievable.
Lyubomir 5 months ago +12

Looks like this 7th series are doomed. And apparently I will stay forever on 17.28 firmware, at least this release is stable and doesn't crash the watch during various activities. And couple of other things…
Eric_Dekkers 5 months ago in reply to Arnau_cb +9

Does anyone faces the problem that the watch restarts during an activity, like walking? Also HRM on a treadmill e.g. does not work properly.

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0 gw 5 months ago

I have no auto connection to HRM(polar h10) or concept 2 rowing machine. 7 pro ss

Also it reboots the watch on the jump rope activity. FFS

25 min walking activity 4% battery drain

0 Lyubomir 5 months ago

Looks like this 7th series are doomed. And apparently I will stay forever on 17.28 firmware, at least this release is stable and doesn't crash the watch during various activities. And couple of other things - DEM calibration is working without the need of phone connection and auto-connect to external hrm also works (tested with Suunto Smart HRM).

0 megaphylls 5 months ago in reply to Eric_Dekkers

be sure to switch off bluetooh before testing (that's the problem for me and others) and please report back if it works for you

0 hakujin 5 months ago in reply to 2529455

Do you run up hills? For me the GAP not working is a big one on a watch made for being in the hills :D

0 4146032 5 months ago

Just a recommandation. Before upgrading, backup your current settings via Garmin connect app. Then, upgrade to 20.16 and reset to factory defaults. everything ! Then restore from the backup. You will see most of the concerns will be fixed. I had lags within the menus. Doing this procedure fixed everything so far.

0 hakujin 5 months ago in reply to 4146032

But does GAP work? I left the beta program and went back to 19.41 because it works there. Now they released it as final and I don't want to lose it again. Or go on a run with my HRM only to realize at the end it never connected.

0 Eric_Dekkers 5 months ago in reply to 4146032

Thank you for this information. I will try to downgrade my watch and try your steps.

0 4146032 5 months ago in reply to hakujin

I am sorry, I am not that kind of Pro user :)

0 ted360 5 months ago in reply to megaphylls

Does it work? It's super important to me as I rarely connect my Fenix to a phone...

0 megaphylls 5 months ago in reply to ted360

I’m sorry, no it doesn’t. Moreover Garmin has not yet answered to the ticket after submitting logs so I guess they are still searching a fix. However there’s a temporary workaround. Search the forum or PM me.