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BETA vivoactive 4 series 4.53 is available

Garmin-Blake over 4 years ago

Notes:

We are looking specifically for feedback on your battery life experience after installing this beta.
Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.

Change History

Changes made from version 4.50 to 4.53:

Increased version number to allow testing with new Bluetooth firmware

Installation Instructions

Connect your vivoactive 4 to your computer using the USB cable.
Download and unzip vivoactive4_453Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file into the \GARMIN directory of the device.
From the RemoteSW folder in the unzipped download, copy the GUP3227.GCD into the \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder on your device.
Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
If you would like to revert to the last public release software, place the GUPDATE-450.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder. Rename GUPDATE-450.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD before disconnecting your device. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.
To downgrade your peripheral software, place the GUP3227-430.GCD from the RemoteSW\Downgrades folder into your device's \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder.

Top Replies

ze230877 over 4 years ago in reply to 9932323 +1 suggested

Estoy completamente de acuerdo. El gasto de autonomía es equilibrado hasta llegar al 50%, una vez superado ese 50%, el consumo se dispara exponencialmente

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0 Paulkama over 4 years ago in reply to 6685826

What is your problem on gps? As far as I can see by myself for outdoor running through my village it works nice.

0 moninpro over 4 years ago in reply to Paulkama

Me alegro, pero en ciudad es realmente malo , el vivoactive 3 que tuve me daba mejores grabaciones de recorrido , en cambio el vivoactive 4 entre que tarda , funciona mal la autopausa,y graba mal el recorrido lo hacen a mi uso practicamente inutil

Es imposible que grabe correctamente una calle, siempre cruzando edificios , y con calles realmente anchas , no callejones

Yo aun no he tenido ninguna grabacion correcta

0 Paulkama over 4 years ago in reply to moninpro

I understand. I will give it a try in the city where I leave after the end of quarantine . Now here at my village it records perfect and not inside the buildings.

0 moninpro over 4 years ago in reply to Paulkama

Me alegro , yo en las dos veces que pude hacer un registro en bicicleta , comparando la grabacion del vivo4 con mi garmin etrex35 , el reloj fue bastante malo he impreciso

0 fallenwout over 4 years ago in reply to moninpro

What is moninpro saying?

0 Markw50 over 4 years ago in reply to fallenwout

Run it through Google Translate and this is the result:

I'm glad, the two times I was able to make a record on a bicycle, comparing the recording of vivo4 with my garmin etrex35, the clock was bad enough I have imprecise

0 Wesley Blanco over 4 years ago in reply to Wesley Blanco

But after some time it starts to drain the battery = /
getting to use almost 1% / hour. Please fix this bug!

0 JuBear over 4 years ago

For me it's a little better! I was averaging about 0.7% per hour before this, now it's about 0.64-0.65% per hour.

0 RunnerM over 4 years ago

Does this have any effect on GPS accuracy? I am one of the few that has not had problems with the battery life on my VA4, but the GPS accuracy has been disappointing. I would gladly sacrifice some battery life for better GPS.

0 JuBear over 4 years ago in reply to RunnerM

No. Likewise I've not had battery issues. This made my battery a little better but GPS accuracy didn't change