Unannounced and undocumented new software 21.18 for Edge Explore 2

Surprise: new software version 21.18 was pushed to my EE2 this morning. No information from Garmin, no change log - Garmin, to keep it polite, this gets everything but the beauty prize!

I'll put this software on hold until more details are unclosed and dare-devils are reporting positive.

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5054113 4 months ago in reply to Yuri +2

wtf, no fixes for all the Bluetooth/ANT+ issues ... it's a disgrace, my almost ten year old Edge 1000 works still flawlessly, never had a sensor connection issue and with this Explore 2 I only ever have…
bikepc01 4 months ago in reply to rbclass +1

Only manually by being very alert that after every synch (I'm using Garmin Express / Windows) you delete or rename the file GUPDATE.GCD from the folder ..\Garmin on the device. This has to be done before…
bikepc01 4 months ago in reply to rbclass +1

Yes, sure! And it gives you the opportunity to save a copy as a backup (rename it to for example GUPDATE_2118.GCD) in case you want to roll back later for whatever reason.

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0 bikepc01 4 months ago in reply to 5598230

My Edge Explore 2 with software 21.18 does not suffer the problems you describe, so I think that is an issue with your specific device.
I'd propose to do a soft reset of the EE2 by from power ON pressing the Power button for 10 to 20 seconds - the unit will restart without loosing settings or user data.
If this does not help you may do a full reset to factory settings. Note you'll have to restore settings & data so backup first is maybe a good idea.

0 5598230 4 months ago in reply to bikepc01

Yep - did a full hard reset to factory settings. Gonna test again, but bizarre that everything had been working great up until 21.18 using the same cadence, heart rate monitor and phone

0 5028101 2 months ago

Touch screen stopped working after auto install of update 21.18 on device purchased only 3 weeks ago!!!! Frustrating. Had to return the device.