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Beta 4.29 available for Forerunner 945

Garmin-Blake
over 4 years ago

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Notes:

  • For any issues that you encounter please fill out the form included in the download and attach it to an email to [email protected]. Please note that you may not get a response to the email unless we need more information on the issue you report.
  • Although this software is believed to be reliable, it has not yet been released for production and should be used at your own risk.

Changes made from version 4.20 to 4.29:

  • Improvements to GPS
  • Fixed training modes (workouts, intervals, set a target, etc.) in Virtual Running to allow connection to phone app
  • Changed filtering of activities for Race an Activity. List of activities is now narrowed to those within the same general sport type.
  • Fixed missing auto-run setting in Ski
  • Improvements to rep-counting
  • Improvements to floor-climb when the user is jogging up/down stairs
  • Added SkiSkate profile
  • Added BackCountry Ski profile
  • Improvements to music playback/sync/providers
  • Improvements/fixes to payments
  • Made several improvements to Breathwork
  • Made several WiFi related improvements
  • Various other fixes and improvements

Installation Instructions

  1. Connect your Forerunner 945 to your computer using the USB cable.
  2. Download and unzip Forerunner945_429Beta.zip. Place the GUPDATE.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder of your device's internal storage drive.
  3. Disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
  4. Reconnect your Forerunner 945 to your computer using the USB cable.
  5. From the RemoteSW folder in the unzipped download, copy the 006B310705.GCD and GUP3114.GCD files into the \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder on your device.
  6. Again, disconnect your device from the computer, approve the update on the watch, and wait for the update to finish.
  7. If you would like to revert to the last public release software, place the GUPDATE-420.GCD file in the \GARMIN folder. Rename GUPDATE-420.GCD to GUPDATE.GCD before disconnecting your device. NOTE: If you revert to an older version of software, all of your settings will be reset to defaults.
  8. To then downgrade your peripheral software, place the 006B310700-290.GCD and GUP3114-320.GCD from the RemoteSW\Downgrades folder into your device's \GARMIN\RemoteSW folder.
  • 0 over 4 years ago

    first run with 4.29, so far pretty fine, but....
    after saving the activity the menu of the "run-overview" was english. also now when i take a look in the stats, but the values are german then.
    rest of my watch was and is still german.

    battery seems also fine so far. 25 hours since full charge and i'm on 88% still, wearing all day with bluetooth on and wifi enabled.
    also a first slow run with a bit more than an hour.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to juh82

    The same thing happened to me, at the end of the course I got data in English and my watch is in Spanish

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to tsofron

    so new gps did not improve anything?

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to tsofron

    935 with GPS+Galileo was best I've ever seen, but then we got Sony's chipset and the GPS track went to somewhere really years ago quality.

    I went to forest, and had only 945 so can't really compare, but I'm not waiting for miracles, I can't see that 945 can be on the 935 level as the hardware just seems to be worse on accuracy.

    Hoping the next one having better gps chipset again.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to jmto

    indeed, the 935 was good as well - unfortunately i sold it and kept only the 920 - which is also good, although i don't really like the shape. i'm having this one for about 5 years - and it's still going strong with a battery that's holding for about 12h, at least last time i've checked. the 945 is nice, unfortunately the sony chip - from my experience - is not as accurate as the mediatek. perhaps other users have good experiences with it, perhaps some are not complaining and don't care, but i'm pretty much affected. and a buddy of mine who's having a fenix6pro get's even worse tracks: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/4705868031 . but it is what it is, the device is 1 year old, so next year or even sooner we might an upgrade / replacement that hopefully will use a different chipset. time will tell...

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to jbrzoska

    i would say only marginal improvements - for me the tracks around the park with the 2.90fw were really bad (i've backed this with several activities, printscreens and so on) - with the new fw looks just a bit better, but still not on par with what the 920 delivers.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to juh82

    Missing localization is usual in Garmin betas and normally jones out in public release. I realized it to on my German watch today. Did you report it?

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    What about Ski Touring? Blush 

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    I'm very happy for backcountry skiing... Stuck out tongue.... 

    But for next year Expressionless

    Now : treadmill !!!

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Could you please fix the resting calories so it doesn't include a factor 1.2 in the calculation? With the 945 you are able to count every active calorie, so it doesn't make sense to calculate resting calories as RMR = BMR*activity level (1.2 for 0). If you would add the option to have the pure BMR instead of RMR, the watch would work much better with MyFitnessPal and you could actually use the daily calories in your dieting. Fingers crossed!