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FR945 reboot due to a 2.90 GPS update only

Andras
over 5 years ago

This might sounds weird but I thought I share it as it might helps Garmin in debug.

So I have kept my FR945 on SW 2.80 long ago because that proven to be stable for me and all newer releases had serious bugs.

In the recent weeks I have experienced slow I mean very slow GPS acquisition. Once it wasn't completing during a whole run (30 mins!) - never happened before. So I thought ok, maybe satellite data changes sometime and I need to update. So I thought I will update the GPS only. Why not, a simple GPS update should not be risky.

GPS updated from 2.50 to 2.90.

Then after the very first run my watch has been rebooted when I chosen "save". Activity has been saved though!

I did not had any reboot on this watch ever before - it is about a year old.

Full version stack: SW 2.80 GPS 2.90 WiFi 2.60 CIQ 3.1.1 BMX 0.4.8 WHR 20.04.40 BT 3.60 SH 2.50

No new CIQ field/widget/anything installation, no any other setup, was using it as usual.

It was only the GPS updated before this issue + sure it was rebooted because of that (actually 2x, to make sure).

Yep, GPS acquisition was fast.

Btw, I could not downgrade GPS, the file is disappearing if I put it back to the RemoteSW forlder but downgrade not happens.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    You should update to the latest watch software and then see if the problem exists. Almost certain Garmin will not be interested in helping you with this until you have the latest public release software.

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I would like to echo part of Philip's advice, in that you will need to update your device to SW Version 4.20 before we would be able to escalate any issues you are seeing. 

    I would also recommend performing a hard reset (holding power button down up to 15 seconds) before testing this again. It may take a little longer to acquire satellites the very first time after this, but waiting outside with a clear view of the sky while in an activity profile will give you the quickest acquisition. Starting activities before signal is acquired will always increase acquisition time. 

    I am sorry you have had this issue and I will wait to hear back on your experience. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

    Hello Garmin-Blake, which SW version would you recommend as a "stable" one. I have invested way too much of my life resetting and configuring my watch because of SW issues so I do not have the appetite for that. 2.80 was stable. 4.40 is definitely not. 4.20? 3.30?

    Thanks!

  • +1 over 5 years ago in reply to Andras

    Hi Andras, 4.20 is pretty good, I've used it for a few weeks before 4.40 has been released

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to Stanislaw

    Thanks Stanislaw! Considering the upgrade to 4.20!