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How to reset watch after each update?

I read somewhere,that a reset of the watch after an update would be a good idea. Should I do a restart or the 10s reset for that. What is this for?

Thanks in advance!

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Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago +1 verified

As a precautionary measure, please see HRV Status on Compatible Garmin Watches
ethcz over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin +2

Excuse me Garmin-Kevin, but my experience is different. After holding LIGHT (aka power button) for more than 15s, my HRV status history has never disappeared on my 955 (I always sync my watch before performing…
Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago in reply to kalamarios +2

Translations may take awhile to be published, but here is a screenshot of the change made (in English):

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0 ethcz over 1 year ago

https://forums.garmin.com/sports-fitness/running-multisport/f/forerunner-955-series/316366/battery-usage-from-13-15-to-13-21

0 parentoft over 1 year ago

Hi there

All you have to do is to power off the watch by holding the light button down for 10 secs and then turn off the watch.

Wait 20 seconds and turn on the watch.

+1 Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago

As a precautionary measure, please see HRV Status on Compatible Garmin Watches

0 Andy275 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin

Garmin-Kevin I assume you are referring to a hard reset, not just powering the watch off and on after installing a new FW version (or to clear any problems), right?

0 Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago in reply to Andy275

Correct Andy275. The soft reset by choosing "Power Off" in the Control Menu will be fine. If you hold the power button past the Control Menu and the Assistance Alert screen, that will cause a hard reset.

0 ethcz over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin

Excuse me Garmin-Kevin, but my experience is different. After holding LIGHT (aka power button) for more than 15s, my HRV status history has never disappeared on my 955 (I always sync my watch before performing beforehand). In the 955 user manual, holding LIGHT for 15s is referred as Restarting of the watch. There is no such term as "hard reset" in the whole manual.

0 nik.shersh over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Kevin

I confirm, when we talk about "soft reset", it does not reset the HRV status.

0 Grb over 1 year ago in reply to ethcz

+1 on this... just did 'hold the power button past the Control Menu and the Assistance Alert screen' to see if it sorted my broken alert settings / screens after updating the firmware, and it didn't lose the hrv data - the watch still shows a graph for the last 7 days of hrv... but didn't fix the alert issue :-(

0 S.M.R. over 1 year ago in reply to ethcz

I agree . Holding power down till restart has never lost my HRV history

0 Garmin-Kevin over 1 year ago

Thank you to everyone for your feedback. We have updated the FAQ with more accurate information pertaining to the type of reset.