Vivoactive 4 crashing/powering off.

I have a Vivoactive 4 that crashes or just powers off randomly. At times it won't even last 24 hours after charging, but when I do put it back on charge it is still showing a healthy battery life which today was 74%. It has powered off during activities, when I have tried to save an activity and also when I wasn't even doing any activity. I've only had the watch a little over 2 years so would not expect this sort of behaviour. I have already tried a reset which makes no difference in the slightest.

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0 8664632 over 1 year ago

I'm also seeing crashes on my Vivoactive 4 recently. It seems to be triggered by trying to use radios other than bluetooth: Trying to add wifi networks causes the device to reboot and recover. Trying to start a GPS activity puts the device into a crash loop that only recovers when I plug in the charger. I deleted data and reset settings on my watch and it still happens.

This thread seems related: Vivoactive 4 power switch off when I try to connect to Wifi - vivoactive 4 Series - Health & Wellness - Garmin Forums

SW version: 7.80
GPS version: 6.00
ANT/BLE/BT version: 8.02
Wi-Fi version: 2.60
TSC version: 2.05
Sensor Version: 20.04
WHR Version: 5.00.05
Connect IQ: System 5
BMX: 5.0.5
Secondary BMX: 0.8.0
API Level: 3.3.6

0 Garmin-Inder over 1 year ago in reply to 8664632

2764493 Sorry to hear about your experience with the Vivoactive 4. Please reach out to your local Garmin Support agent for further assistance

0 1222865 over 1 year ago in reply to 8664632

i have the same issue. when the watch tries to find wifi it crashes all the time

0 JonnySwims over 1 year ago

Exact same issue here. Bums me out. I really like this watch. It works fine and tracks my treadmill runs. It dies immediately when I try to start an outdoor run. Same thing when I try to track skiing. In both situations it will connect to a satellite and let me know it's connected but as soon as I hit the button toe start the activity it dies. It also dies when I try to connect to wifi.

Software Version 7.80

0 acott007 10 months ago

I am suffering with the same problem with my Vivoavtive 4, obviously an issue they can't resolve. I have seen previous comments regarding this and Garmin not admitting there is a problem, lost faith in them and won't buy again, same as lots of others!

0 Garmin-Inder 10 months ago in reply to acott007

All,

If you are experiencing this disruption please reach out to your local Garmin Support team to discuss available options.

0 Roger_Pierce 9 months ago

I am experiencing the same issues…are they ever going to fix it with an update ?

0 lives333 8 months ago

I have the same issue, hope in a new software update soon, because my watch is unusable

0 7967709 6 months ago

Same issues, but seemingly worse? Software Version 7.90 Beta. My Vivoactive 4 crashes daily during normal use. I'm usually required to power cycle twice and then charge re-charge the watch. Battery appears to drain rapidly during the ol' daily software meltdown.... What to do?

0 5792601 5 months ago

Same issue here.

Garmin doesn’t admit the problem and last time suggested to pay160€ to get a new vivoactive 4.

This is insane. Why should I pay almost the same value for a watch that is outline now?

why they don’t fix this bug?