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Accidentally discarded activity

Several times I have discarded an activity accidentally. I stop an activity and then somehow manage to accidentally do two taps and then my activity is discarded. Is it possible to retrive this?
As Garmin uses fat32 file system, then I used restore programs and managed to to get this file (.fit), but uploading to garmin connect does not work (file not suitable).
Is there any way to retrive discarded acitvity?

In general Garmin could automatically save every activity and could offer deleting them later, not immediately after activity.

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+1 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to gmcruns

First, make sure your activity is not actually on the watch. Connect the watch using a usb cable to your computer and open the associated \Garmin drive from Windows file explorer or the finder app on a Mac.

There are 3rd party recovery tools that scan your watch for deleted files that typically cannot be viewed from the watch or file explorer.

For Windows:

For macOS:

Depending how long ago you discarded the activity, you may or may not have success, as the file will eventually be overwritten by new data. Use these tools at your own risk, as some of these tools can be a vector for scams, viruses, etc.

0 AEVS over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

I have Mac OS. How can I reach that Garmin drive ?

0 Amit380 over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thanks, I managed to receiver this morning's activity after accidentally discarding it. I used Recuva. You have to be careful with fake downloads and custom install it.

0 6065460 over 3 years ago in reply to AEVS

Recovering worked for me with https://dmde.com/ on Mac. The user interface is quite bad but it works.

On Mac select the device (/dev/rdisk2 if your Garmin device is the only attached external device)
then open it and Navigate to the GARMIN/garmin/activities where you should see your lost activity marked as deleted
check that lost activity
click on the recover icon in the top menubar
select a folder where the file should be restored
Upload that file to garmin connect

0 Ruskila14 over 3 years ago

Did you manage to recover an activity? its happened to me twice now (including todays 112k bike ride)

0 TaanV over 3 years ago in reply to 6065460

I downloaded DMDE and managed to get my Mac to mount and recognise my Venu, but I can't find a folder labelled "GARMIN/garmin/activities", so can't locate any activities to recover. I tried searching by date modified, but boy that user interface is a shocker. Any hints for the computer-challenged?

0 hhasert over 3 years ago in reply to TaanV

I understood you can use https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ for a Mac to support MTP, but I have read somewhere that changng the transfer mode in Settings->System-> USB Mode (try Garmin or MTP) might also work. Not a MAC user so cannot help from experience.

0 3632568 over 3 years ago in reply to 6065460

I did all of this with DMDE and was able to get the fit file saved onto my computer. But when I got the upload to garmin it says “we don’t support this type of file.” Tried Strava as well, and it says “the file appears to be malformed.” Any suggestions?

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to 3632568

3632568 said:
Any suggestions?

Zip the fit file and attach it to your post. We can look at it and try to repair it.

0 3632568 over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Thanks so much for the reply.

I think I did this right. Not the most savy with computers.

1007._CIF4917.zip