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Garmin watch is loosing Bluetooth connection on Android 13

floppyrom
over 2 years ago

Yesyerday my Pixel phone updated to Android 13 and I noticed the 2-nd time that it lost connection with the watch. Is this a google bug or a garmin bug?

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Well, one more data point.  I'll preface this by saying I've read the buganizer thread and have a background in software.  From what some developers are noting there I don't know resetting the network helped.  Here's what I did:

    • installed the September patch
    • waited a day or two
    • wiped Wi-Fi, mobile & Bluetooth
    • re-paired my watch <- took a few tries to get this working
    • for some hours it wouldn't connect at all
    • rebooted
    • now has stayed connected for 24+ hours 

    So, to my reading floppyrom is 100% correct, and it looks like a core issue with the new Android 13 BT stack.  But my VA3 and ConnectIQ 4.58.1 on a Pixel 5, Android TP1A.220905.004 has been working.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    You do lose all saved BT devices and saved Wifi access points, and previous Saved Networks under the Internet menu haven't been repopulated by syncing with my Google account.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    My Pixel just received the Sep 2022 update (21.24MB) that fixes a Bluetooth connectivity bug that occasionally didn’t let some devices connect. This update should be available to all Pixel phones. Manually check for system updates if your device has not installed this update automatically.

  • +1 over 2 years ago in reply to floppyrom

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  • +1 over 2 years ago

    All-

    Thank you for your participation in this forum thread.  So that I may assist you further, if you are having Bluetooth trouble with your Forerunner 245/245 Music, please reply with the following:

    1. What model watch do you own?
    2. What model phone do you own?
    3. Are you running Android 13 on this phone?
    4. May we, if necessary, have permission to email you?
    5. May we, if necessary, have permission to view/access your Garmin Connect account?
    6. In what country do you live?