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Stuck in a saving loop after swimming activity

1119238 over 5 years ago

Hey guys,

So I've noticed this question being asked online by people who had the VA3 or similar, but not yet for the 4s. When I'm done swimming and try to stop and save the activity, I get stuck in a loop. When I press the button to confirm stopping and saving I just get taken back to the activity. I can add laps and switch to rest mode, but the activity doesn't quit. I've tried taking off my watch in rest mode, on the saving activity screen and on the lap screen in the idle hope that the watch would get the hint and just save and quit on its own, but that was 2 hours ago and we're still counting.

Anyone else noticed this? Any tips on how to get out of this? Since the Vivoactive 4 doesn't have an off button the VA3 tips didn't work for me.

Best regards,

Marleen

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0 4507382 over 4 years ago

To stop swimming Activity Short-Press one time on the TOP Right button (A) - You will see a red screen

And then:

To Save Activity - Long Press (2 sec) the same TOP button (A) Again - the screen shows: "Activity saved"

To Discard Activity - Long Press (2 sec) the Bottom Right button (B) - the screen shows: "Activity Discarded"

+1 RunnerM over 4 years ago

I got stumped with this too. To save its a somewhat longer press of the top button. Do not long press the bottom button or the activity will be discarded without any way to undo.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to 4507382

Thank you! I’m glad I did a search before throwing my watch off my (first floor) balcony in frustration. It’s seems so simple now, but it wasn’t really intuitive like the other activities are..

0 9676644 over 4 years ago in reply to 4507382

Thanks so much! I accidentally started a swim instead of a walk and just couldn’t get out of it.

0 Belindawright over 3 years ago

I experience the same challenge, I have a Garmin VenuSq