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Forerunner 245 GPS Issues All of a sudden

Forerunner 245 that up until this point Ive enjoyed. Recently however during my runs or walks...the same paths I do every morning...Ive started losing GPS signal for miles at a time. It obviously botches my workout tracking and falls several miles short of what I actually did. These are routes Ive done for months with the 245 without issue.

I sync with phone and PC daily. Ive tried the suggestions for deleting folders on the phone etc. Ive tried multiple GPS settings.

Any other insight? Kind of pointless having a gps tracking watch without even remotely reliable GPS.

Thanks!

0 EliteJosh over 3 years ago

Hopefully this solved itself, my watch does the same from time to time maybe twice a year on the same paths, usually lasts a few days. I always chock it up to satellite positions and/or weather.

0 TheRealQuixote over 3 years ago

6 mile run this morning. Standard route. Never picked up GPS once. This is the second Garmin that Ive had nothing but problems with. On to Apple.

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago

TheRealQuixote said:
deleting folders on the phone

What folders on the phone? Do you mean the \GARMIN\REMOTESW folder on the device, as described here - Maps incorrect or missing

0 TheRealQuixote over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

Sorry…not deleting folders. Deleting contents in folders as suggested in other posts.

0 seilogramp over 3 years ago in reply to TheRealQuixote

It would be the folder REMOTESW. I would contact Garmin Support, since as you stated, you've enjoyed the device up until now. It seams you've tried the recommended fix already. Maps incorrect or missing

0 lhofland over 3 years ago

Same thing has been happening to me for the past week. I lost 1.5 miles of GPS during the middle of my run today. 1 mile last Sunday. It is taking a longer time to connect to GPS at start of a run as well and that time seems to be increasing as I go.