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Backup of user settings

ferbpen
over 6 years ago
Hi!

I'm able to restore my settings after a master reset by transferring the
  • settings.fit
  • locations.fit
  • totals.fit
  • records.fit
  • sports.fit


etc.

into the garmin/newfiles folder.

I am already used to the fact, that totals and records won't restore by this way. :(

Is this still correct or is there any solution to backup the records and totals (and maybe even the training-status and vo2max)?
Maybe there is an undocumented hack to keep the vo2max alive?!?!?!? :)
  • 0 over 6 years ago
    Hi there, I need to do this, too. Would love to see the complete list of .fit files to copy over, unless the above is actually the full list ("etc." has me concerned). Mostly I don't want to have to recreate my custom activities. The rest I can do without.

    Any hints would be great.
  • 0 over 6 years ago

    Copying this from another post I made elsewhere. You'll just want to copy all the files in SPORTS to NEWFILES.

    Note that your activity list may look and act a little funny afterwards, if you have custom activities, especially in the favourites list. You may be unable to select certain favourites, and some items may have missing titles or icons. When this happened to me, I fixed it by moving activities in and out of the favourites list until everything looked okay.

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    FirstBeat analytics can’t be copied and neither can any activity tracking data (e.g. steps). (You may be able to preserve this data if you have Physio TrueUp enabled.)

    Several settings can’t be preserved either. (There’s some data which is not even accessible via the file system exposed by USB.)

    Based on this Garmin support article and my own experience (reset to factory several times), this is what you can recover/copy, and how. You can back everything up by copying the whole folder structure, but you can’t just copy it back onto your new watch.

    Some things can be recovered by copying the files to the NEWFILES folder, others by copying the files to their original locations.

    NOTE: All of these folders live under the top-level \GARMIN\ folder. For example, APPS refers to \GARMIN\APPS\.

    Copy to NEWFILES

    – Locations
    Copy contents of LOCATIONS to NEWFILES

    – Totals
    Despite what the Garmin support page says, totals apparently can’t be restored

    – Custom activities/activity settings
    Copy contents of SPORTS to NEWFILES

    This can result in your activity list looking a little funny if you had any custom activities – might have to reorder activities until the list looks right again.

    – Records
    Copy contents of RECORDS to NEWFILES

    – Some settings
    Copy contents of SETTINGS to NEWFILES
    Most settings, like wifi networks, and bluetooth pairings, will not be preserved.


    Copy to original location

    – Activity history
    Copy ACTIVITY

    – Connect IQ Apps and app settings
    Copy APPS

    – Courses
    Copy COURSES

    – Segments
    Copy SEGMENTS and SEG_LIST

  • 0 over 6 years ago
    Personal records can be restored from Garmin Connect if required (the desktop version, I don't think it works on Mobile). If you go to the 'Personal Records' page there is 'Send to Device' button. Not just useful for restoring data after a reset but also if you get a completely new device.