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My Garmin Forerunner 55 is 4 years old - buttery life is now down to less than 1 day - is that Normal?

9151211 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:06:44 GMT

My Garmin Forerunner 55 is 4 years old - buttery life is now down to less than 1 day - is that Normal?

RE: My Garmin Forerunner 55 is 4 years old - buttery life is now down to less than 1 day - is that Normal?

Merl — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:16:44 GMT

1,5 year ago replaced my batery to the used one from Fenix 6. Still keeps my F55 for around a week with 3 trainings during that time.

RE: Fully charged watch turns off on run

Garmin - KS — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:28:57 GMT

9042245, thanks for the update! Based on the behavior you've described, this appears to be something that will need to be handled directly by Garmin Support.

As you're located in the UK, please contact Garmin UK Support for further assistance. They will be able to review your device and advise on the next steps.

You can reach them using the contact information listed at the bottom of this page: Garmin UK Support

Fully charged watch turns off on run

9042245 — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:53:24 GMT

Forerunner 55

Fully charged watch turns off on run

RE: Fully charged watch turns off on run

9042245 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:52:11 GMT

It only happens on run activities, and always when you get a km alert

It needs to be plugged into the mains with a charger to come back to life

RE: Fully charged watch turns off on run

Garmin - DC — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:05:59 GMT

Hi there, is this issue only during run activities?

As well as when the watch does turn off, does it turn back on by itself or do you need to manually turn it on?

RE: Forerunner 55 GPS

Garmin - CF — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:03:17 GMT

5759074 Our team is currently only fluent in English, I would recommend contacting your local Product Support team for further assistance!

Forerunner 55 GPS

3667512 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:27:27 GMT

I am not sure whether my Forerunner 55 is recording GPS data. The last couple of activities using GPS are not displaying any route information after downloading to Garmin Connect.

When I start my walk I wait for GPS to be detected then press start. At the end of the walk I save the activity an download to Connect. The route is not displayed. Previous activities still display the information on Connect.

I am wondering whether the GPS function has now failed on the watch. All the rest of the information for the walk has been captured.

RE: Forerunner 55 GPS

5759074 — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:33:58 GMT

Reclamación formal por fallos del GPS — Garmin Forerunner 55

Asunto: Solicitud de revisión técnica por pérdidas frecuentes de señal GPS durante una caminata en La Vega, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Estimado equipo de soporte técnico de Garmin:

Me dirijo a ustedes para comunicar un problema con el funcionamiento del GPS de mi reloj Garmin Forerunner 55 y solicitar una explicación técnica, así como las recomendaciones necesarias para solucionarlo.

El día 17 de octubre de 2026, realicé una caminata en La Vega, Cundinamarca, Colombia, utilizando mi Garmin Forerunner 55 para registrar la actividad.

Durante el recorrido experimenté pérdidas frecuentes de señal GPS que afectaron el trazado de la ruta registrada. La actividad quedó guardada con los siguientes datos:

Actividad: Caminata.
Lugar: La Vega, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Distancia registrada: 4,13 km.
Tiempo total: 44 minutos y 53 segundos.
Fecha: 17 de octubre de 2026.

Antes de comenzar, esperé a que el reloj indicara que el GPS estaba listo. Por tanto, el problema se produjo durante el recorrido y no simplemente por haber iniciado la actividad sin esperar la adquisición de señal.

Aunque la caminata transcurrió en una zona boscosa, considero que la vegetación no era tan densa como para explicar, por sí sola, las irregularidades que observé en el registro.

Quiero señalar también que esta es la primera vez que experimento este problema con mi reloj, ya que mis caminatas anteriores se realizaron en terrenos diferentes y el dispositivo había funcionado correctamente.

Entiendo que las condiciones geográficas y la vegetación pueden afectar la recepción satelital. Sin embargo, me gustaría conocer si este comportamiento es esperable en esas condiciones o si podría indicar un problema de configuración, software o hardware.

Por lo anterior, solicito amablemente:

Una explicación técnica de las posibles causas de las pérdidas frecuentes de señal GPS.
Instrucciones para comprobar que el reloj está configurado correctamente para actividades en terrenos boscosos y montañosos.
Orientación para verificar el software y los datos satelitales del dispositivo.
Si el problema pudiera estar relacionado con el hardware, información sobre el procedimiento de diagnóstico y las opciones de reparación o garantía que correspondan.

Adjunto una captura de pantalla del recorrido registrado como evidencia del incidente.

Agradezco su atención y espero recibir una respuesta concreta que me permita determinar la causa del problema y utilizar mi Garmin Forerunner 55 con confianza en futuras caminatas.

Atentamente,

Propietario de un Garmin Forerunner 55
Colombia

RE: Green lights in the back stay on constantly

Garmin - CF — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:11:47 GMT

3580869 Good afternoon! Our support team would like to help with this concern; we've sent you an email requesting more information. Please respond to that email so we can further assist.

Green lights in the back stay on constantly

3580869 — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:01:46 GMT

Hi guys, the green lights in the back of my Forerunner 55 stay on even when I turn the wrist heart rate status to OFF. This drains the battery very fast. Should the lights not turn off when the sensor is turned off?

RE: Forerunner 55 GPS

Garmin - CF — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:42:15 GMT

3667512 Glad to hear it's fixed for you!

APAC Forerunner 55 - Need Spanish Text file for 11.03

1011671 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:43:56 GMT

Hi everyone,
I have a Forerunner 55 APAC version with software 11.03. It only has Malay / Vietnamese / Korean languages.
I need the Spanish.ln4 file from the ROW/EU version 11.03 to fix it. Could someone please share the GARMIN/TLG/Text folder from their EU watch?
Thank you!

RE: Forerunner 55 GPS

3667512 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:03:14 GMT

I carried out a reset for the watch as described in the article and it now seems to be working properly again.

Thanks

RE: Forerunner 55 GPS

Garmin - CF — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:33:49 GMT

3667512 I would recommend trying these steps in this article to see if that helps with GPS, if that does not make a different please update the thread! **

RE: Forerunner 45 crashing

DavidK — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:40:01 GMT

Garmin - AL The same thing happens with my son's 45s watch. Has anyone found a solution? I'm now trying a factory reset, and I'm also uploading and synchronizing it from a computer. Just in case. Today it didn't even allow me to save and after a 3 km crash it kept crashing.

Forerunner 45 crashing

8807789 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:35:19 GMT

For the last few months my watch seems to crash while on a run. It happens at the 3km point of a run, then the watch turns off. Everytime i try to continue my running activity the watch will switch off.

The power is charged and it doesn't seem to be a time thing - the "run" can last hours but if i have not exceeded the 3km then everything still works fine.

Does anybody know if this issue can be resolved?

Ola. Treinei, nao salvei o treino e a bateria acabou. Como consigo sincronizar esse treino?

gutorunup — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:34:26 GMT

como faco?

Reverting edited time to original time

240987 — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:14:18 GMT

I manually edited a time on a race, can I restore it to the original time ?

How can I find my max historical heart rate across all my activities this year, without checking each one separately?

9928404 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:56:56 GMT

How can I find my max historical heart rate across all my activities this year, without checking each one separately?

RE: How can I find my max historical heart rate across all my activities this year, without checking each one separately?

Garmin - DK — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:56 GMT

There isn't a way to see all activities' Max HR natively in Connect. You can see your Max HR reporting here, in 1 week, 4 week, 6 week, and 1 year increments: https://connect.garmin.com/app/report/13/all/last_seven_day

RE: My Garmin Forerunner 55 is 4 years old - buttery life is now down to less than 1 day - is that Normal?

7619660 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:44:25 GMT

Li-ion battery longevity is determined by a 500-cycle limit rather than age; once these charge-discharge cycles are exhausted, capacity drops and replacement becomes necessary.

slope rider

RE: Floors climbed

Garmin - DK — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:31:54 GMT

Thank you for the post 2811025 . The Forerunner 55 does not support floors climbed.

Floors climbed

2811025 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:56:17 GMT

I deleted floors climbed. How do I get this back on?

Recovery status only visible on watch

6203757 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:35:06 GMT

Why is it not possible to see my recovery status in the Garmin app? On the watch, it is visible, so now I have to switch to my watch every time I want to know the recovery status (hours to normal training). I would like to see this feature in the app, it is strange because all the other data from the watch is visible in the app.