Forerunner 245 Series - Recent Threads

Forerunner 245 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting with Galaxy S26

2193347 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:42:24 GMT

My Forerunner 245 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting in Garmin Connect on my Samsung Galaxy S26. The watch and phone are on the latest software.

I've already re-paired the watch and set Garmin Connect to unrestricted battery usage, but it hasn't improved.

Has anyone had the same problem or found a fix? What should I try next?

RE: Forerunner 245 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting with Galaxy S26

Garmin - KS — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:39:42 GMT

Thanks for posting about this, 2193347. Bluetooth connections can occasionally be a bit finicky, and there are a number of factors that can cause a watch and phone to temporarily lose their connection. In most cases, these types of connection issues can be resolved by going through the standard Bluetooth troubleshooting steps outlined here: Garmin Connect App Bluetooth Troubleshooting

If you're seeing a connection alert on the watch but it reconnects automatically shortly afterward, that can be normal behavior. Garmin watches have a setting that will alert you when your watch connects or disconnects from your phone. It's normal to experience many connections/disconnections throughout the day when smartphone connection alerts are enabled. Additional information about this can be found here: I’m Getting Frequent Bluetooth Connection Alerts on My Garmin Watch

RE: Forerunner 245 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting with Galaxy S26

2193347 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:17:56 GMT

I went to the Garmin Service Center and got the poorest experience I could have - they even did not try to help since I have not bought the watch a their premises

RE: no training status

Garmin - DK — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:57:32 GMT

7055982 - Please see this Support Center article for info on training status not updating: Why Is My Training Status Not Updating on My Garmin Device?

no training status

7055982 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:38:17 GMT

I have a forerunner 245. I've had and loved this watch for 7 years. My training status now says 'no status'. I am on a recovery training period so lower than usual mileage, however this past 7 days i have still been for 4 outdoor runs all at least 25 minutes. I have also done an hours outdoor bike riding.

Any ideas how this can be fixed?

PacePro doesn’t understand unequal loops

Aviatrix — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:13 GMT

The course I want to race has two loops of the park, the first following a slightly longer route. If I create a course from a run over the correctly followed route, and turn it into a PacePro run, it will tell me during the first loop that I am off course, somehow believing that I should be already on the second loop. Is there a known workaround?

I hope they made the Garmin Connect PacePro badge in order to elicit feedback on the feature. It needs work. Other issues are:

- elevation-based splits are not triggered by the same changes in grade that make sense to runners (noted by another user in a thread that was locked before anyone replied)

- when pacepro reaches some undocumented and insufficient limit on the number of splits, it silently fails to save any changes.

- reversing a course and reversing it back sometimes changes its length

Sone days I miss my old Forerunner that was a giant red box with all kinds of charging problems, but fricking immortal, and the virtual partner feature was perfect.

M'a montre se déconnecte de mon téléphone xaomi redmi A 5

9166187 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:41:24 GMT

Régulièrement, m'a montré se déconnecte du téléphone et je dois remettre un nouveau code de connexion. Comment régler ce problème ?

Strange battery issue

flocsy🤠 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:20:57 GMT

I have a fr245 for 5 years and bought a 2nd hand music for my son half a year ago. Both worked without any issue until 2 weeks ago, and we charge them about every 5 days.

My son's fr245m however started to loose battery very fast in the past 2 weeks. It sometimes doesn't even hold a full day. Yesterday afternoon we left home with 97% and today at noon it already turned itself off and we didn't do any activities.

I was trying to think what could've changed in the past 2 weeks. No new all installed, no new firmware. No change in usage, except one thing: he's been to the pool for the first time since he got the (2nd hand) watch. So I am thinking, that maybe the water somehow causes this? It luckily doesn't show any fogging so I don't think that's the issue, but also can't point at anything else.

Ah, and because it looses battery so fast now it reached 0 a few times in the past 2 weeks, so it even "self" restarted.

I tried to compare the 2 watches to see if there's any sign that the 2nd hand watch maybe had it's battery replaced, but I can't be sure. There's no definite sign, but there is some more "ware" than on the watch I own for 5 years. It could be that it was opened and not sealed perfectly.

Is there anything I can do to improve the battery life? I mean I expect it to degrade (I even took it into consideration when I bought 2nd hand) but I'd think it's a slow linear process and not jumping from 5 days to 1/2 day in a week.

RE: Strange battery issue

flocsy🤠 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:58:50 GMT

After long press on the light button and a proper restart it seems to be working now for more than a week now.

RE: Strange battery issue

4684381 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:04:45 GMT

My FR55's battery degraded very quickly after I tried a full discharge cycle. The watch went dark, but I turned it on again and discharged it again. After that, the battery lost capacity in literally a week. The cause of the battery degradation in your case probably doesn't matter—you'll need to replace it.

RE: My Garmin 245m is telling me 50hr recovery time??!! whaa??!! FR 245m Recovery Post Exercise Data Stored Location?

Garmin - CF — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:00:33 GMT

Hey! Please check out this article to learn more about our Recovery Time feature and why the number is growing.

Normally, to view the Recovery Time metric in the Garmin Connect app you would look within the Training Readiness tile. Since your Forerunner is not compatible with this feature you would only be able to view Recovery Time on the watch.

My Garmin 245m is telling me 50hr recovery time??!! whaa??!! FR 245m Recovery Post Exercise Data Stored Location?

oldnevada — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:25:15 GMT

Can I find that data stored on my connect.Garmin or on my HRM?

Maybe it's sitting in front of my nose, but this is the first time I want to check what my Garmin is telling me my "Recovery" time should be. I had two consecutive day/runs, Day 3 thought just do a light cycle.

Thanks group.

Gary.

Assunto

2633909 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:06:07 GMT

Quero liberar

Non responsive

8052579 — Sat, 30 May 2026 05:31:26 GMT

My watch suddenly has gone blank, after displaying horizontal lines on the screen. I did the soft reset and now nothing displays on the screen. Need help

my forerunner 245 timer doesn’t work, and goes to 0 no matter what time I set for it.

7077083 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:50:18 GMT

I have already reset the device, this doesn’t work.

open water swim

7532670 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:49:53 GMT

I would like to measure distance on open water swim but the 245 does not have an open water swim widget. I have tried to use the walk feature while swimming and it does track my water route but the distance and speed seem way off. It seems weird that the Garmin connect IQ store has a professional open water swim app which can be downloaded for a fee. This should be included with the Garmin watch. I am a long time Garmin costumer with my second Garmin watch over 15 years, a Garmin Edge and four Garmin Inreaches. You would think Garmin could do a better job supporting their users.

RE: open water swim

4684381 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:29:47 GMT

The 245 does not support open water swimming, unlike the 745, for example, which Garmin honestly states in their specifications and takes into account in the price.

RE: Forever 245 / edge 540 conflicts

flocsy🤠 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:26:37 GMT

Read until the end of the line, don't stop after the 1st word 🙂

Then search Google to understand what's the difference. Maybe you want the watch to be the primary training device as well

Forever 245 / edge 540 conflicts

1669853 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:16:34 GMT

both my devices are listed as primary which is giving some really confused performance data. How do I fix this? My forerunner should be primary as I do more activities with this device and only record bike rides now and then on the Edge.

display issue

WDM2662 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:02:56 GMT

Unit has thick black stripes. I thought there was an exchange program for display issue. Any input is appreciated.

RE: display issue

flocsy🤠 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:24:28 GMT

Contact Garmin customer support

RE: How can I personalize my heart rate zones using my 245 Forerunner music?

flocsy🤠 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:23:31 GMT

In the Garmin Connect app go to the top right corner device, chose your device, User Profile, Heart rate zones...

You have a general zone profile and you can have one for running, cycling

How can I personalize my heart rate zones using my 245 Forerunner music?

Jannie49 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:09:02 GMT

I would like to be able to set a min HR and Max HR on my 245 Forerunner music. So that I can run within this band for long distance running. I used to be able to do this on my Polar watch, which I enjoyed. It beeped when I dropped below my set min HR and beeped when I went above my set max HR?

Forerunner 245 music disconnects

lenjg — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:21:34 GMT

My Forerunner 245 music disconnects a couple of times per week. Is this a known issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Has anyone experienced a GPS signal loss on their Garmin Forerunner 245? I can’t seem to get a signal anymore, even though all the other check marks seem to be fine. I tried resetting to factory settings, I tried the soaking method and nothing seems to be

6985312 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:04:33 GMT

Whenever I try to save location it says the GPS signal is stronger outside, away from trees and tall buildings. When I go outside, I get the same message.

GPS is set to GPS+GLONASS

In Settings/ System I see that the GPS version is 6.6 and the CPE is set to current.