Hi everyone,
I just got a Forerunner 45s, and I have a Motorola G14 play. All pretty basic but works for me. I'm not a tech geek but can generally work things out. I'm getting really frustrated by the Bluetooth synching between my watch and phone (or lack of). I have gone through all the set up procedures and find that if the phone and/or watch battery runs low, the green dot synch signal drops away and won't reconnect automatically even when charged. OK, I then go through the whole switch off/on routine and it will briefly connect but not reliably. I have twice deleted the device from Garmin Connect and re-set up and when I do that I get a reliable connection until...... battery power drops. And repeat. You may say I should just keep my phone / watch charged up more but actually, why should I have to? I've gone through several threads on this forum with various procedures, all of which make sense but really - is it normal to have to do all this stuff just because your battery runs a bit low? Is this just how it is with smart watches? It all seems very high maintenance and while I really enjoy all the stats and mapping my runs etc., it all just seems like a lot of hard work. I'm going to return this watch in case it's a dud but am questioning whether to try another one or just give it up if this rigmarole is standard.
Do any of you with more experience have a view on whether this is normal - "get over it" - or whether I should try again with another device?
Thanks for any advice you can offer!