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Firmware 5.04 Beta feedback

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi

I will note some of my experience with Firmware ver 5.04 Beta
1. Installation – No issues
2. Cosmetically (watch face, screens) same
3. Whatsapps notification – (text inverted)Fixed from ver 4.70 and 5.03 Beta
4. Heart rate monitor lock (time it takes the watch to lock onto your heart rate, any screen. I was seated)
– Did about 20 test and average lock time is 25 sec. Much better than ver 4.70
* Update 07 July - went on my first run today, couldn't get a HR lock after 2 min of waiting on the Run HR screen. A Quick reboot and 20sec HR lock.
5. Cadence lock
* Update 07 July - went on my first run today, no cadence lock detected.Although my HR and cadence values was not close. e.g HR 140 vs Cadence 167 spm. Maybe getting the values close would be a good test.
6. GPS Fix – within 5~10 Sec - same as always..pretty quick
7. Watch speed between menu – minimal improvement detected
8. Battery life – Not fully tested
* Update 07 July - At what percentage does the "Low Battery" alert get displayed?
9. Sync with phone – Working as it should…not fully test

5.04 Beta
http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...s.jsp?id=10451

Changes made from version 5.03 to 5.04:
Several Connect IQ 1.3.0 improvements.
Known Issue: Some text on some Connect IQ watch faces may not display correctly.

5.03 Beta
Cant find the link to download.

Changes made from version 4.70 to 5.03:
Added Connect IQ 1.3.0 SDK support. See the Connect IQ 1.3.0 SDK for a list of new features.
Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

Things are looking positive!

0 scottj2 over 8 years ago

After some more testing and running, I'm not having many issues with the beta version. I initially reported that I was having battery problems, but after resetting and fully charging, it seems ok.

The resting heart rate is still different for me. I've been consistently at 44 since upgrading to the 5.04b, which is great, but I've never been that low in the past. I wish I knew how they changed their resting heart rate algorithms to know if it's more accurate now, or if it was more accurate in the past.

0 timgrose over 8 years ago

Well hopefully everybody has a view on what is "accurate" for yourself re RHR.

I just looked at RHR and it says 44. However, sat down at the end of the day, I looked at my HR and it dropped to 43 and a few minutes later to 41. The current Low value is 40. My min HR can get to 35. So what was does RHR = 44 actually mean. A mystery I have to say...

0 fleizar over 8 years ago

Sleep tracking

Hi,

in my case, everything works as expected but sleep tracking is totally messed. It detects all night as deep sleep without any movement even if I get up it doesn't detect it.

In 4.6 firmware it was quite acurate.

Anyone with the same problem?

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

bricked after update? :(

Would not immediately turn back on after install. Blank screen. Pressed and held buttons down and eventually powered on again. Had me worried, this watch is awesome.

0 DETHIER1958 over 8 years ago

HRM lock still not happening

After a month of frustration with the HRM never locking in before an activity, I installed the 5.04 beta update. At first I thought that Garmin had finally fixed this issue. But after several days, the same problem came back. Switch to a run, GPS locks within a few seconds, heart icon just keeps blinking. When is Garmin going to fix this? I guess it's back to my Epson for now. It works every time.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

After spending some time with the beta, I still have all the same HR issues I had with 4.6 and 4.7 it seems. Takes a very long time to lock, if it does at all. Also still get bizarre peaks and valleys in readings, where it will randomly fall off to the low 40s or even down into the 30s when I'm sitting or standing still. When I do start moving, occasionally it will skyrocket to 160-170 when I'm just casually moving around the office during the day.

Does it sample differently during activities? i haven't had any cadence locking or wild readings during runs at all, with any version so far.

0 AirVetra over 8 years ago

IQ Widgets stopped worked correctly:

1) Multi time zones - cannot store this zones - after adding and quitting it - the same screen - add time zones
2) Battery gauge - shows not grpaph but only current value

0 edlondon over 8 years ago

Working fairly well except for the battery widget graph issue raised above. Seems like getting less flakey hr readings. Sleep is fine. Not sure vo2 is updating.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

Fixed nothing for me

That Beta update fixed nothing for me,
Resting HR is still completly of, and i still got no HR when i start my activities, still taks up to 5 min until i get a HR lock.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

frustrated

I finally got my 235...and it is bad! I tried it 2 months ago, and it was amazing, but now, with the latest version, it doesnt show HR in any activity, and with the Beta 5.04 , same. Furthermore, resting HR showed is almost 10 over real resting HR (proved in another Suunto at same time)... Do I put back to amazon the 235 or Garmin is gonna fix it?