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Edge Remote - Status of fix for connection issue

Garmin,

What is the status of the Edge Remote fix. Currently, the remote only works well when there is no connection to a phone.

The issue was first highlighted in Sept 2017 - https://forums.garmin.com/forum/into...16-edge-remote - but the fault was probably there from the beginning of 1030 production.

There has been very little information to address the issue from Garmin. The only responses on the forum were from Shawn-Garmin:

11-14-2017, 02:09 PM - Apologies for not reaching out to this thread sooner. We have reported the concerns you have mentioned here with the remote not staying connected and are researching the issue.

11-26-2017, 05:56 PM - There is an open ticket to investigate issues with the Edge remote not staying connected. Sorry for the frustration.

03-02-2018, 07:03 PM - We want to acknowledge to our Edge 1030 customers that we are actively working to address the issues being experienced when using the Edge Remote. We have narrowed down the problem as an issue with concurrent wireless transmissions impacting the communication between the Edge 1030 and the Edge Remote. The team is working on a solution to resolve the issue with the remote as well as not impact communication with other wireless components. We understand your frustrations. I will update this thread once the issue is resolved and have information about providing a SW update to our customers impacted by this issue.

04-06-2018, 10:15 PM - Thanks for reaching out Teriemer. We are still investigating the issue. We will get it sorted out. Once we have a fix, I will post it here.

04-13-2018, 05:31 PM - Thanks for the udpate. We are working on a solution and apologize for the delay.

04-24-2018, 07:02 PM - We are still investigating the remote issue. @das1e and lopoga I will reach out to you via PM and help get things sorted out for you.

05-01-2018, 09:14 PM - We have been able to tweak previous versions of the software and help improve the connectivity in some use cases. In other cases, we fell short due to our inability to reproduce the issue in house. However, this continued discussion and feedback have helped us in narrowing down the root cause and now requires us to work with our various suppliers to assist in developing a solution. If you could please post the following information to this thread, this will help further define our search for a viable solution.
1. Phone and OS version
2. what other devices are connected to and/or paired to the phone (including non-Garmin devices)
3. settings.fit file and activity files

05-22-2018, 11:37 PM - We are continuing to work on remote issues.


06-15-2018, 09:40 PM - I can say we are still investigating the issue and working towards a solution. Sorry for the delay in response here.

07-05-2018, 09:34 PM- I can confirm what Alan has stated above. We have recently had a few occasions where we were able to capture the issue in house. It has been very elusive to reproduce. We continue to work on a solution to the problem. I apologize it seems that we are not interested in the issue but we are indeed working on a fix.

09-20-2018, 04:47 PM - We do continue to work on getting this issue resolved. We do not feel like disconnecting the phone is an acceptable solution. Our full intent is to fix this issue. I apologize for the frustration.

It has been 1 year that Garmin have been working on getting the Edge Remote to work with the 1030. It would be greatly appreciated if we could have an update on what the current issues are and when we can expect the remote to work once again.

Please don't put the Edge Remote issue to the bottom of your to do list. It is an important feature for a lot of users.

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The following table is a summary of user issues contained in this thread. Most users experience intermittent issues with their Edge Remote. One user did not have any issues at all. [TABLE="align: center, border: 1, cellpadding: 3, width: 900, height: 135"]
[TR]
[TD]USER[/TD]
[TD]REMOTE WORKING[/TD]
[TD]WiFi ENABLED[/TD]
[TD]BLE CONNECTED[/TD]
[TD]PHONE[/TD]
[TD]1030 FIRMWARE[/TD]
[TD]SENSORS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ztbishop[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]??[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Android OS ???[/TD]
[TD]??[/TD]
[TD]Garmin Speed ANT+, Stages Power ANT+, Wahoo Tickr ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]mcineer1[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]NO[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]iPhoneX iOS 11.3.1[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Wahoo HR ANT+, Stages 2 ANT+, Garmin Hub Speed ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+, tried with 2 different remotes.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]lopoga[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Huawei P20 Android 8[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Garmin Speed ANT+, Garmin Cadence ANT+,Garmin HR ANT+,Bontrager Flare RT ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]aweatherall[/TD]
[TD]*** YES[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]iPhone 6 iOS 11.4

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Android 7.0[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]DI2 ANT+, HRM ANT+, Vector 3 ANT+, Speed ANT+, Radar ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]alessusnik[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Huawei P20 Lite, Samsung 8, both Android 8[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Garmin HRM ANT+, Vector 3 ANT+, Garmin Speed ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hotdogpartysausage[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]NO[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Samsung S6 Android 7.0[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Garmin HRM ANT+, Garmin Speed ANT+, Garmin Cadence ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+, PowerTap SL+ ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RVASSEN[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]iPhone 6s iOS 11.4[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]DI2 ANT+, HRM ANT+, Vector 2 ANT+, Speed ANT+, Radar ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+, tried with 2 different remotes.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chris.J.Hart[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Oneplus 6 Android 8.1.0 (Oxygen 5.1.8)[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Garmin HRM-RUN ANT+, Garmin Speed ANT+, Garmin Cadence ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+,[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]hayenm[/TD]
[TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]YES[/TD]
[TD]Iphone 8 IOS 11.4[/TD]
[TD]5.00[/TD]
[TD]Garmin Speed ANT+, Garmin Cadence ANT+, Garmin heartrate strap ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago

    With the new beta version after four hours of route the remote control has only been disconnected twice, it seems that something has been fixed and they are on the right track
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago

    Today four hours route and the remote control has failed as always, nothing has been solved.
  • Hi, after pre-owned the edge 800, 810, 1000 I now bought the 1030. I only could test it for 2 or 3 rides and have to say my experiences are rather positive. There are 2 issues I'm struggling with (as far as I can see up to now): 'recalculate route' does not work (I will report this in another thread) and the issue with the remote as many of you have. For what it's worth, here my specs:
    [TABLE="align: center"]
    [TR]
    [TD]USER[/TD]
    [TD]REMOTE WORKING[/TD]
    [TD]WiFi ENABLED[/TD]
    [TD]BLE CONNECTED[/TD]
    [TD]PHONE[/TD]
    [TD]1030 FIRMWARE[/TD]
    [TD]SENSORS[/TD]
    [/TR]
    [TR]
    [TD]hayenm[/TD]
    [TD]INTERMITTENT[/TD]
    [TD]YES[/TD]
    [TD]YES[/TD]
    [TD]Iphone 8 IOS 11.4[/TD]
    [TD]5.00[/TD]
    [TD]Garmin Speed ANT+, Garmin Cadence ANT+, Garmin heartrate strap ANT+, Edge Remote ANT+[/TD]
    [/TR]
    [/TABLE]
  • Michel,

    I have updated the table on the first page of this thread.
  • My Edge Remote does not connect with muito Edge 520 plus.
  • My Edge Remote does not connect with muito Edge 520 plus.


    That's maybe an unrelated issue. The 1030 has unit-specific problems related to the Remote. You should probably post in the 520 forum for help getting yours to work.
  • The Edge remote was on sale recently and I decided to buy one and see whether it will agree to play nice with the Edge 1030. As exected, the answer is a big fat NO.

    In my opinion, given that Garmin has not fixed the issues that users are having with both the Edge 1030 and the Vector 3 pedals, Garmin should at the very least offer refunds for the useless Edge remote. Because this is exactly what it is- useless. It spends more time not working than actually being useful.
  • On my last few >2 hour rides while I connected remote before I started a ride I havent any remote dropouts. Really weird
  • I found that the phone Bluetooth is turned off and then on, and the edge remote seems to be no longer disconnected. My phone is htc u11:)
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    I thought this a few months ago, but it was just coincidence. Ride long enough and it will start disconnecting again.
    --------
    And now Version 6 is out. STILL no mention of any update what-so-ever on the remote??!!
    Garmin, what gives? We're going on what...a year?
    WHAT is going to be done for those of us who have the remote and 1030? Because the cold season is coming soon, and my full finger gloves won't work on the 1030 (I wouldn't expect them to) - which is why I rely on the remote which doesn't work through the whole ride. So once again I'll spend half the year not always able to switch between map and data screens. This is unacceptable. It's been almost a year; this is obviously a defect on the 1030's connectivity. Can we be re-imbursed for the remotes? This is a serious question, and not an un-reasonable one by now.