wifi sync not working

Running 17.29 beta, but also on the previous software, wifi sync was ALWAYS an issue on my 1040.

I truly cant comprehend how is this possible, to have this kind of problem with a protocol that was developed in 1977....

I dropped a post on the beta forums as well, but I'm just completely devastated with the fact EVERY single Garmin device I owned, had always an issue with wifi.

It's like your TOP feature... "Garmin, your wifi connection will never work, when you need it." Maybe this should become your selling point?

If I would live in US, I would sue you for impacting my mental health. I cant believe how much time Ive spent on trying to make it work. I feel like I work as your tester full time.

The joy of having a nice bike computer is completely diminished and I'm just constantly pissed off when I finish my ride, as I know for SURE, the ride WILL NOT be uploaded automatically and I will need to do some magic tricks to make it somehow upload.

The reliability is a DISASTER and I truly hate my 1040 for this.

The person/team who is responsible for Wifi in Garmin, should be FIRED and never allowed to work on Wifi topic again, in any company.

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0 sirfive 11 months ago

Garmin has a problem connecting to hidden networks. I have created a special 'guest' network (secured and password protected, but not hidden) for both my garmin watch and edge devices and now it works perfectly. Hope this can help.

0 Greg 11 months ago

Same here. Network is not hidden, device is connected to wifi … and always get ‚sync failed’ …

the more I use Garmin devices, the more disgusted I am...

0 EagleLele 11 months ago

I do not connect the phone during rides but when at home, I sync via wifi. I push sync button, I see "transfer in progress" but after a while I get message "sync failed". But when I go in Garmin Connect on my laptop, the activity is present so it was downloaded!

Now I know that and simply don't care about the message on the 1040solar

0 Cristox 11 months ago in reply to EagleLele

EagleLele said:
I push sync button, I see "transfer in progress" but after a while I get message "sync failed". But when I go in Garmin Connect on my laptop, the activity is present so it was downloaded!

Might it have synced via Bluetooth in the meantime?

0 Cristox 11 months ago

Marc Stb said:
The reliability is a DISASTER and I truly hate my 1040 for this

Marc Stb said:
I'm just completely devastated with the fact EVERY single Garmin device I owned, had always an issue with wifi

It surely not.possible at all that this is caused by your wifi setup?

The fact that you have wifi problems with every Garmin you have owned makes it seems like a problem on your side, since different garmin devices have different soft- and hardware.

My wifi connectivity is working as it should with every Garmin device i own...

What happens if you actively search for new firmware from the system/Info setup menu on your 1040?

0 EagleLele 11 months ago in reply to Cristox

no BT active

0 EagleLele 11 months ago in reply to EagleLele

It happens the same on two different routers.

If I look for system updates the 1040 connect search and return answer "no updates", so it works

I did the search for update first and right after the sync and again I got message "sync failed"

0 ronaldbr 11 months ago in reply to EagleLele

WIFI SYNC STILL NOT WORKING AFTER LATEST UPDATE !!

RRROARRRR

0 Garmin-Maeve 11 months ago

Marc Stb, please confirm all of the following with your wifi:

Supported Frequency: 2.4 GHz only
Supported Protocols: 802.11 ac, b, g or n (802.1x is not supported)
Supported Channels: Channels 1-11 only
Security: Unencrypted, WPA, and WPA2
Passwords for encrypted networks must meet an 8 character minimum in length
Networks with a hidden SSID are not supported

0 Greg 11 months ago in reply to Garmin-Maeve

Garmin-Maeve if my garmin connects to wifi means that all those steps are confirmed?