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cannot pair Forerunner 645 music with Garmin Connect on phone any longer - shows only ForeAthlet 645

dieschwarzeblusevonkonradzuse over 3 years ago

After having had to reset my phone I can no longer pair my Forerunner 645 music with it (on android); this used to work fine before.

I saw that the "add device" section no longer includes the Forerunner series, but only a "ForeAthlet" series (maybe just a marketing rebranding), which might be related to this problem. In any case, I can no longer pair the watch with the phone via Garmin Connect, although my phone does see it via Bluetooth.

Any help appreciated!

0 blackmore over 2 years ago

Same here. Not Forerunner 645 but Forerunner 945 in my case. I used to pair my 945 with iPhone SE but the phone broke so change it to iPhone 13 but I cannot pair with Garmin Connect. I tried it with my Android phone but same. Both iPhone and Android has only ForeAthlete 945 and there's no Forerunner 945. I can see 945 from Bluetooth section of both phones but cannot pair it.

0 dieschwarzeblusevonkonradzuse over 2 years ago in reply to blackmore

In my case, I figured out that the problem was caused by me.setting a wrong country. I think my location was set as Japan, where Garmin apparently uses the ForeAthlete name. Setting it back to UK fixed the problem.

0 blackmore over 2 years ago in reply to dieschwarzeblusevonkonradzuse

Thanks for the info. How did you manage to change the country setting? Did you change it on your 645 or on your Garmin Connect app?

0 dieschwarzeblusevonkonradzuse over 2 years ago in reply to blackmore

I did it online, see www.garmin.com/.../

0 blackmore over 2 years ago in reply to dieschwarzeblusevonkonradzuse

Bingo! I’ve changed it from Japan to US online and everything is fixed now! Many thanks!!!