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Edge explore switches on when charging is finished.

After charging is finished when I unplug the USB cable my edge explore switches on. Is this normal?

I think this is weird. I normally don't start a ride immediately after charging.

This behaviour has surprised me several times when I discovered next morning that the battery was at 40% although it was full before I went to bed.

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tmk2 over 3 years ago in reply to 8502796 +1

There is no fix.

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0 ronhim over 5 years ago

Mine does that, too. On top of that, it covered 47 kilometers while it was still sitting on my table. Seems like a defect to me.

0 ronhim over 5 years ago

Mine does that, too. On top of that, it covered 47 kilometers while it was still sitting on my table. Seems like a defect to me.

0 2677240 over 3 years ago

Mine too.

Device is off, then I plug it in for charging and when finished I unplug it, but it stays on.

If I forget to turn it off manually, it is completely flat next morning - which is probably not good for battery longevity.

For this reason, and because of its disappointingly short battery life, I always use an external battery pack.

0 8502796 over 3 years ago

Mine turns on when plugged in to charge and again when unplugged after charging. Basically, it has to be turned off twice every time it's charged.

Is there a fix?

0 tmk2 over 3 years ago in reply to 8502796

There is no fix.

0 cheracogoff over 3 years ago in reply to tmk2

Have you tried charging it with a plug in charger? It will turn completely off after charging. It only turns back on if it's charged by plugging into a computer.

0 8502796 over 3 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

I always charge it from the mains and have tried with the cable that came with my 1030. The 1030 works as expected, it's only the Explore that has this problem.

Interesting that yours doesn't have the same issue. I am going to try to return mine.

0 tmk2 over 3 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

cheracogoff said:
It only turns back on if it's charged by plugging into a computer.

I do not confirm. I always charge with a plug-in wall charger, and the edge explore always turns on when I plug it in, and then turns on again by itself as soon as it is unplugged.

0 cheracogoff over 3 years ago in reply to tmk2

I guess I'm wrong in assuming that the Edge Explore behaves like the other Edges. I can't understand why Garmin decided to do this.

0 8502796 over 3 years ago in reply to 8502796

Garmin Spain advised me to do a complete reset. That didn't achieve anything, so I was offered a swap for a reconditioned unit (free, as mine is still under warranty).

Within a couple of weeks of sending it to Garmin in (at their expense), the same unit was returned to me with a note from a technician saying that this is not a fault, it is a feature of the Ede Explore.