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How do I see my Live Track on a map on my cell phone while hiking?

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For years I was able to see my Live Track on a map on my cell phone merely by including myself as a recipient. Then while in the field, hiking or walking, I'd receive an email from Garmin. The track on the map showing streams, ponds, etc. would stay on the screen until I ended the hike.

Unfortunately, that no longer works. All that's changed in that I got a new Samsung Galaxy S25 Fe Android phone, replacing the S23 phone.

How can I get back to "the way it used to be?"

Any help greatly appreciated.

BTW, I received a new Garmin Forerunner 165 as a gift.  I tried it, but unfortunately I have to say it's not for me. I just hate tapping on that tiny watch face trying to get it to do what I want, and being asked for my "pin" at every juncture. So, it's going on eBay :-)

Ed

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    I'm still struggling with this problem. I am able to my Live Track while hiking/walking sometimes.  For example, I had walked a mile or so without seeing LT. A bit frustrated, I Stopped the walk in the normal manner, then started it again. And suddenly I saw LT on the map! What's the story here? What am I missing? 

    In my struggles I've tried using Share with my wife and myself instead of relying on the "normal" method of using recipients preselected from my phone Contacts list. I've had better luck with the Share method. I do realize that when Share is used the recipient see my email address rather than Garmin. That's stands to reason because with the Normal method the position is transmitted to the phone via Bluetooth, and the phone then relays it to a Garmin server which then relays it to the recipient. Have I got this right?

    All help will be greatly appreciated. 

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    I think I've solved my problem and it's incredibly simple. This morning after starting my Hike in the usual manner I Shared it with my wife. This produced the URL of the Live Track. Then I texted the same URL to myself. The Live Track immediately appeared on the screen of my phone! 

    Note that this is not quite the same as using the normal Garmin Connect app to send the Live Track to a preselected subset of my phone Contacts via email which I've used for years.

    I also learned that there is a Garmin Connect App  for my Android phone. Among other things, allows me to see all of my recent Activities and then lets me see the Live Track for any of them, including the one in progress.

    I imagine many on this Forum already know all of this, but for me it's a bright new day!