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Forerunner 255 entering sleep mode for no reason

Sometimes my watch displays "sleep mode in 30s..." With a countdown and then goes back to the watch normal display. It's very annoying when it's happening during an activity, all the workout achieved is deleted! Any idea?

  • Are you sure it says sleep mode and not Power Save?

    It can happen when you go into training mode, select the activity, but have not actually pressed the start button to begin recording the activity.

    Activities and App Settings

    Power Save Timeout

    Sets the power-save timeout length for how long your watch stays in training mode, for example, when you are waiting for a race to start. The Normal option sets the watch to enter low-power watch mode after 5 minutes of inactivity. The Extended option sets the watch to enter low-power watch mode after 25 minutes of inactivity. The extended mode can result in shorter battery life between charges.

  • Thanks a lot seilogramp, thast was a bad translation. You found the solution. 

  • This can happen when the start button is accidently pressed and an activity selected but not started. I have done it a couple of times on my 255s as it sits quite far forward on my wrist and my hand can depress the button when it's cocked back. I have also done it when putting my hand in jeans pockets

  • That's probably what happened! And it's very annoying when you lose your workout stats

  • That is why I usually lock the buttons during activities where there is a concrete danger of depressing the start button (skiing, mtb …). You even have an option of automatic button lock upon activity start. You can choose so in the menu.