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Why does my watch continuously say “Waiting for data”?

When I scroll through the screens (not during activity) I get to one that says “waiting for data.” It’s been there all day. What data is it waiting for? The watch is connected to my phone.

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4221014 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58 +2

The same thing happens on Android :(
4221014 over 5 years ago +1

I see this quite often too. It seems a bit random According to this Reddit thread, Garmin is aware of this issue for more than 3 years: www.reddit.com/.../
lytleric over 3 years ago in reply to lytleric +1 verified

Somehow it fixed itself overnight. Shows the weather now. Not sure what I (or Garmin) did to fix it.

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0 4221014 over 5 years ago

I see this quite often too. It seems a bit random According to this Reddit thread, Garmin is aware of this issue for more than 3 years: www.reddit.com/.../

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago

Looks to be the weather widget, and there's a problem with multiple devices if you have an iPhone. There will be an update to GCM/iOS that fixes it at some point.

0 4221014 over 5 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

The same thing happens on Android :(

0 TAEWOONG_YANG over 5 years ago

Check the watch after running the weather app on your smartphone

0 jim_m_58 over 5 years ago in reply to 4221014

You need location services to be on for the phone, and you may want to try getting a GPS lock on the watch.

Also, GCM needs to be running on your phone.

0 lytleric over 3 years ago

Wanted to resurrect this post because I am still getting the same issue. Location services is set to “always on” and the Garmin connect app is running. I’ve restarted my watch but continue to get the “waiting for data” message on the weather widget. Any ideas on how to fix this?

+1 lytleric over 3 years ago in reply to lytleric

Somehow it fixed itself overnight. Shows the weather now. Not sure what I (or Garmin) did to fix it.

0 2555053 over 3 years ago in reply to lytleric

Same issue, I simply powered off my watch, left it for 5 mins and powered up. Then connected to Garmin Connect and weather app came back up straight away.

0 7465418 over 3 years ago

Restart the watch. Worked for me

0 thedaiwalker over 3 years ago

I had the same issue but also noticed the heart rate and stress had stopped recording to the connect app.

Not the best troubleshooting as I didn't wait to see which fixed it but I remembered I'd changed the units on my profile online via the web app. I didn't sync the device after that. Once I remembered I'd done that I logged back online, changed the units back, and synchronised. I also restarted the watch.

Everything worked afterwards.