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Walking around WHR and updated?

Former Member over 4 years ago

Hi All,

I got the 5.0 update and my HR seemed to be reading wrong when I was just walking around. It would go from 60's to 90's just walking to go to the bathroom. I tried my wife's 935 and it was more stable, and tried to put my HR strap on and it was better. Garmin sent me a new watch because they didn't this being an issue, but with the brand new one, I'm still seeing major swings that don't line up with either my strap monitor or my phone. Anyone else seen this from 4.?? to 5.0?

Thanks

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Bitti over 4 years ago in reply to GlitchyRobot +2

At the beginning of a walk, it's very easy for the watch to latch onto your cadence instead of heart beat. This is caused by your blood pressure being so low that heart beat is overshadowed by your…

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0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GlitchyRobot

I can't seem to write to my garmin Thank you for the help, I don't want to bug you, but I'll reach out to Garmin again :) nothing they've had me do is working. Maybe they'll help me figure this one out.

0 GlitchyRobot over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

Are you on a Mac? If so, you have to install android file transfer to write to any forerunner or Fenix. Install that here https://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Then you will then be able to write to your watch via android file transfer.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GlitchyRobot

no, pc, but it doesn't seem to let me copy and paste TO the watch.. I can pull stuff off. it's almost like I don't have admin access to the watch

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

OK, looks like pilot error or a pc issue.. used a different pc

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GlitchyRobot

Hey! I got it installed, it seems more consistent already. I'll see how everything else works out. still seems high, but not doing lots of testing yet.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to GlitchyRobot

stupid question..if i have the beta, do I need to do anything to get the newest software? or will it override my older beta?

0 Dr Phil over 4 years ago in reply to Former Member

No it will update automatically and overwrite.

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

Thank you!