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Mystery update?

Today at work I glanced at my watch and saw the spinner with "updating" in the middle for a couple of seconds before going back to the watch face. I took at look at the system and none of the versions seem to have changed on any of the software/firmware installed.

During my evening run I wasn't getting any auto lap alerts either audio or vibrate and it showed up as a treadmill run both on a Connect and Strava but there was still elevation data.

Anybody have a similar experience and/or know what this was about?

0 R_Tellis over 9 years ago

This is the first time it's happened to me so I'm not sure what was different this time around. It's not like I had made any changes to any settings between my run Tuesday and the run on Wednesday where I might've shut them off myself by accident.

0 Max556 over 9 years ago

Yup, me too. My notifications were suddenly silent and no vibrate. Rebooted first ... no change. Finally checked the settings (which I am 100% sure I didn't change) and both beep and vibrate alerts were off. I don't remember (didn't notice) an update, but thanks to this thread I now understand what happened. Thanks!

That leads to a question: I don't remember 'silent' updates before ... is this new for them to automatically update my watch without allowing me to say 'YES' or 'REMIND ME' or 'DISMISS'? Not sure I like that too much considering Garmin's wonderful ability to break as many things as they seem to fix in their recent updates! I'd like to be the one who decides whether to update or not.

Max

0 ASmugDill over 9 years ago

is this new for them to automatically update my watch without allowing me to say 'YES' or 'REMIND ME' or 'DISMISS'?

The question is only asked for watch firmware updates (and/or maybe sensor hub module updates too; I can't remember). If it's only updating a module or the time zone map, then the user doesn't get asked.