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Airplane mode and touch screen

Hello everyone,

This week I purchased a new Garmin Forerunner 965, and it works great, except for two things.
1) When I turn on airplane mode, the watch tells me that Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Ant are disconnected, but I still receive messages from my phone WhatsApp etc.

2) When I take a shower, the water in the shower makes the touch screen work and moves the screen with the clock.
Has anyone else experienced similar things?

Thanks!

0 FlowState over 1 year ago

7160546 said:
2) When I take a shower, the water in the shower makes the touch screen work and moves the screen with the clock.
Has anyone else experienced similar things?

Yeah, water has always triggered Garmin touch screens. You could temporarily disable touch (via the controls menu - hold LIGHT, then hold UP and select Add Controls > Touch).

0 7160546 over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Every time you get in the shower do you turn off the touch screen?? Sounds a bit uncomfortable

0 FlowState over 1 year ago in reply to 7160546

I either don't wear my watch or I don't worry about phantom touches.

0 7160546 over 1 year ago in reply to FlowState

Ok, thanks!

0 SirHilli.II over 1 year ago in reply to 7160546

Just set it as hot key, that way it's just a simple button press to (de-)activate touch.

0 7160546 over 1 year ago in reply to SirHilli.II

Thanks! Do you have the same problem ?

0 SirHilli.II over 1 year ago in reply to 7160546

I don't wear the watch in the shower but when I'm in the pool or at the lake I disable touch for that reason. It's always a bad idea to use touch with water, even if some devices are better in handling those cases.

0 7160546 over 1 year ago in reply to SirHilli.II

Yea you right, thanks!

and when you put airplane mode do you get any notifications from your phone?

0 Garmin-Sierra over 1 year ago in reply to 7160546

7160546

What's your software version? Long-hold the middle left button and scroll down to System > About.

0 7160546 over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

I already returned the watch to the store, why?