I have 2 weeks since i own a Fenix 8 Sapphire Solar 47mm and till now i have encountered the following situations. Some of them might be bugs, some of them might be features:
1. Huge battery drain after disconnecting from laptop.
Steps to reproduce:
- Connect the watch to a laptop with Garmin Express for charge and sync.
- Disconnect the watch after fully charged - Battery 100%
- Turn Battery Saver ON (this is how i usually keep it)
- After 30 minutes - Battery 99%
- Perform a Power OFF - Power ON - Battery 100%
- After 4 hours - Battery 99% - Usual drainage
2. Stuck on "Saving" animation after multiple "Resume Later" actions
Steps:
- Start a cycling activity
- Pause and hit "Resume Later"
- Resume after several hours
- If i stop the activity - Save - All OK
- If i Pause and hit "Resume Later" for 2 more times and stop the activity - Save - Stuck on Saving animation and the only way to solve it is to connect it to a laptop to force sync it.
3. Power Save turned OFF after Morning Report.
Compared to my previous Fenix 6x, Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro i found weird to see that Power Save is turned OFF after i exit Morning Report
Steps to reproduce:
- Turn Battery Saver ON in Day 1(this is how i usually keep it)
- Check Morning Report in Day 2
- Check Battery Saver status - is OFF - bug or feature?
4. Step distance instead of Step pace in workout screens
I am following a HR Based training program from 8020endurance through TrainingPeaks. Some of intervals are very short, therefore i cannot rely on target HR for that interval. So i used to rely on Step Pace as a target.
Compared to my previous Fenix 6x, Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro i found weird to see that in workout data screen i have: Target HR(OK), Interval remaining time(OK) and Interval Distance(instead of Interval Pace).
As a workaround i set up a new data screen with: HR Gauge, Step Remaining Time and Step Pace...but i am missing here the target HR, which is a Workout specific data to display and i cannot add.
Is there a solution for this or can be solved only through a SW update?
5. Climbs screen missing from Train Run activity when doing a preloaded course.
Compared to my previous Fenix 6x, Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro i found weird to see that in Activity Screens i cannot find 2 very important screens. When i am in a Trail Run activity and i preload a route to follow i used to have 2 screens by default: Elevation Profile, with the progress marked on it and another one: current climb/descent.
I tried with multiple routes, thinking that the course source might be the cause.
What am i doing wrong here? or is a bug?
