Device hangs after USB cable removed

After I plugged my 540 into my laptop for charging or a sync, I dismount the device and then disconnect the USB cable. The device then powers up, only it gets stuck with the message "loading courses, workouts and locations". Normally this "loading" message appears for a few seconds before the device is ready, here it can last for 20 minutes so I give it a hard reset.

I can resolve this with a hard reset each time but it seems to be a recurrent problem, a software bug. Is there an explanation or a fix please?

0 5316861 9 months ago

Mine does the exact same thing and I have not been able to find any information about how to fix it. If you do find out why this is occuring, can you please post back? Thank you!

0 4752716 8 months ago

Try plugging in the 540 from a completely powered off state rather than sleep mode. Then after ejecting/unmounting device see if it powers up without hanging. It seems to help when I've hit this issue.

0 garmin-fn 8 months ago

the same for me too. 100% reproducible. OSX

0 benriker 7 months ago

Me too. Occurs 100% of the time.

0 benriker 7 months ago

Me too. 100% of the time.

0 Le Vaudois 6 months ago in reply to 4752716

Thanks but it doesn't work for me. If I switch the device off (not sleep), then plug into into a USB charger and later unplug then device it starts up but gets stuck, the "loading courses, workouts and locations" message and it requires a hard reset. Frustrating as it does this every time I charge it.

0 Le Vaudois 6 months ago

Could be lucky but with the new firmware this seems to be fixed.

0 garmin-fn 5 months ago

My Garmin 540 is broken. Software defect after successfully downloading trail folks.

0 GCoyne 5 months ago

It's a pity that Carmen doesn't even sneak into this thread. I seem to spend more time force quitting my 540 than using it. This is my third Garmin, why are they getting worse and worse?

0 garmin-fn 5 months ago in reply to GCoyne

I think the Edge 540 is the best device compared t0 500 - 510 - 520 - 530. Unfortunately, developers refuse to work with Apple computers. They hate them.