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Forerunner 245 Series SW 5.00 is now live

Garmin-Blake
over 4 years ago

This update can be downloaded with Garmin Express or automatically with Garmin Connect Mobile pending rollout. 

Change Log: 

  • Added support for displaying courses to viewers of the user's LiveTrack sessions. Various other LiveTrack improvements.
  • Added the Pause Training Status feature. Allows the user to suppress some training status feedback phrases and trends. Access the options from the Training Status widget menu or within Garmin Connect.
  • Added in-place editing of data fields.
  • Added additional options to Live Event Sharing. Trigger added for Every Mile.
  • Numerous improvements to music experience, usability, and WiFi.
  • Improved incoming call handling.
  • Fixed problem with device spinning/freezing on activity save due to unintentional file build-up. Note: device will need to sync to Garmin Connect after software update to resolve this issue.
  • Updated numerous widgets to improve usability and look.
  • Fixed inability of device to record longest swim PR.
  • Moved Recovery HR to option on save/discard screen.
  • Updated post-activity summary pages.
  • Improvements to segments handling.
  • Improvements/fixes for on-device weather. Fix instances of missing data.
  • Improvements to phone connectivity.
  • Fixed HRV stress page layout.
  • Fixed a few issues with Virtual Running and workouts.
  • Various other improvements and bug fixes.
  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Mine updated this morning to 5, and sure enough no GS lock. Even after 30 minutes. Soft reset solved the issue though. Hold the light button down till it completely powers off. Did this once only.

    I say, for now, as it has worked thrice today [got a GPS lock]. Let me see over a week or so.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to AtulN

    Update:

    The problem resolved and watch successfully updated to 5.0 after deleting and re-installing Garmin Express from my Mac, following the precise step by step instructions from Garmin Support (Thank you Mr Ken!).

    Works perfectly.

    Atul

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    Unable to sync.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

    I have a similar issue since 1-2 days (garmin connect android) - never had any trouble before. 

    From garmin connect, sync stops at about 1/4, triggering a sync from the watch throws a 'sync failed' error. 

    However, activities are correctly uploaded towards garmin connect. Sync via garmin express works. 

    FW is 5.00, garmin connect 4.36.2 (running on Android 10).

    Does anyone else experienced this ? 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to MD

    Exactly as you described it.

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    After this upgrade, I'm seeing a 20-25% increase in heart rate during all activities.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Looks like we're not alone, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/jdianl/forerunner_245_syncs_activities_but_nothing_else/

    (NB uploading routes from the app to the watch also fails)

    Some others are also complaining about this on twitter. 

    It started to fail with garmin connect 4.36 this saturday (4.36.2 in the meanwhile didn't help), latest successful sync was with 4.35.1. 

    I'm quite relunctant to go ahead with the factory reset potential "solution" ...  

    My girlfriend has a FR45S, same version of Garmin Connect, she doesn't experience a similar issue (different phone however & other issues with the 45S). 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to MD

    I reset mine down to factory settings...that didn't help. Then I reset to factory setting and deleted the data - there is an option like that. That fixed the problem. That's some really bad coding on Garmin. I lost at least two days of data of course

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Many thanks for the update Remy - a possible (but not tested) workaround for the data loss is to 1st sync with Garmin Express on PC (that doesn't report a failure but I can't be sure). 

    A small question: is everything really gone with the full reset ? (I guess so ... but I mean e.g. the watchface configuration, screens & fields associated per activities ? - only standard not CIQ apps/datafields ... but manually configured) 

    I'll keep the full reset as last resort if Garmin doesn't fix this, I'm still reluctant configuring everything again - waiting for a (potential) fix is a poor man's solution but - in my case (I can leave without up-to-date data on stress, HR, ... or sync through a PC) not as bad as spending an hour or two setting it up all over. 

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 4 years ago

    After 9 days using V 5.0, I have experienced blank HR reading on the middle of the night (about 1:47am - 2:17am), it affected my sleep data, I actually sleep 8 hours but because blank HR gap, it count only 7,5 hours. I used FR245 since March and never experienced this problem. I wear my watch fit, turn off my bluetooth connection on watch before I sleep so it wont show any phone notification. Fortunately, on my V5.0 I am not experienced any GPS Lock or battery problem like anyone else here.

    My Blank HR Data:

     

    My "Unmeasureable" sleep data: