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Beta Forerunner 245 Series 5.15

Garmin-Blake over 4 years ago

Notes:

For any issues that you encounter please fill out the form included in the download and attach it to an email to [email protected]. Please note that you may not get a response to the email unless we need more information on the issue you report.
Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.

Changes made from version 5.09 to 5.15:

Fix some ANT sensor connection issues.
Fix some bugs in Pool Swimming activities.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.

Installation Instructions

Connect your Forerunner 245 Music to your computer using the USB cable.
Download and unzip Forerunner245M_515Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder of your device's internal storage drive.
From the RemoteSW folder, copy the GUP3079.GCD file and the 006B310708.GCD file 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-500.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder and rename GUPDATE-500.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD. Place the GUP3079-504.GCD file from RemoteSW\Downgrades into the \GARMIN\REMOTESW folder on your device and rename the file to GUP3079.GCD. Place the 006B310708-440.GCD file from RemoteSW\Downgrades into the \GARMIN\REMOTESW folder and rename the file to 006B310708.GCD. Disconnect the device to install. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.

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0 Mr_BananaPants over 4 years ago

Still no daily (running) workouts or improved sleep tracking...

0 DK over 4 years ago

Custom Watch Faces are all tracking calories burned as Zero - is anyone else having this issue?

0 berimbadas over 4 years ago in reply to DK

Yes, since the 5.09 beta and also this last one

0 DK over 4 years ago in reply to berimbadas

Thanks, I've submitted a bug but imagine it's for the face developers to fix as the official watch faces work fine.

0 Toxoplasma.j over 4 years ago in reply to DK

yes, I noticed the same issue

0 levran over 4 years ago in reply to DK

the same

0 Beldaman over 4 years ago

Hi , stil considering to buy this watch , any improvements on GPS acuracy ? mainly when going below bridges or tunels

thanks

0 Jamie over 4 years ago in reply to Beldaman

If your watch and satellites can't see each other, you won't have very good accuracy. This is the case for all GPS units.

Short disruptions arent an issue.

0 Beldaman over 4 years ago in reply to Jamie

yes , but it seems other GPS continue straight ahead after below bridges and 245 deviates from the line and makes a kind of ZIG

0 Aslam over 4 years ago in reply to Beldaman

The GPS is as good as any other watch using the Sony chip, probably slightly better due to it having no metal bezel.

Here's a run I did on Sunday. The road marked in yellow is a 6 lane freeway with an island in between, so the bridge is >10 lanes in width when you account for the emergency lanes. There seems to be slight zigzag. Screenshot was taken fully zoomed in.