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Sw 5.50?

Hi Guys

my VA3 just received an update to 5.50 but i can't find any info relating to whats changed. anyone know where i can locate a changelog or similar?
  • They promised to replace my watch but still havent hearb from them yet. But I dont think the watch itself is a problem, software is.
    Garmin, please make it quick for us as you did to Apac version.
  • I have my APAC device upgraded to 5.5 and it improved a lot compared to the 5.4 version. My device in 5.4 could only survive less than 2 days. In 5.5, the battery performance goes back to 4 to 5 days.

    More than that, the GPS location tracking in 5.5 improved significantly
  • probably affects only APAC?
    on 5.4 ROW firmware.. after 48hrs with no activity... has dropped about 26%.


    I live in Malaysia so it looks as if you're right about only APAC units.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    I received my Vivoactive 3 yesterday, connected to Garmin Express, and it updated to 5.50. But I think I'm on the ROW version. I purchased it from Amazon Canada. How do I determine for sure what version watch I have? I've searched, but found no definitive method.

    GC
  • An easy way is to see what languages it supports. ROW and APAC support english, but vary after that.

    Or, you can look at the \garmin\garmindevice.xml file on the watch and look for <PartNumber> If starts with 006-B2700, it's a ROW version of the va3
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    An easy way is to see what languages it supports. ROW and APAC support english, but vary after that.

    Or, you can look at the \garmin\garmindevice.xml file on the watch and look for <PartNumber> If starts with 006-B2700, it's a ROW version of the va3


    for languages I'm seeing English, Brasileiro, Dansk, Deutch, Espanol, French, Italian, etc. Doesn't seem to be any Asian languages. So I would assume it's a ROW version?

    GC

    P.S. I'll check the .xml file tonight.
  • Hi, I'm quite bothered by the fast drain in the first two hours of the watch. It goes from 9.75%/hr to 0.486%/hr of battery drain. Is this normal? All in all, battery drain became stable after that and by my projection, SW 5.50 solved the issue.ciq.forums.garmin.com/.../1401477.png
  • Waiting for gps fixed


    you're on 5.4 or 5.5?? 5.5 has no issues with GPS.. I did walking, running and cycling and all the three times GPS was detected in less than 20 seconds... for walking however i was on GPS+GLONASS as i couldn't wait for that 20 secs too (lol).
  • I received my Vivoactive 3 yesterday, connected to Garmin Express, and it updated to 5.50. But I think I'm on the ROW version. I purchased it from Amazon Canada. How do I determine for sure what version watch I have? I've searched, but found no definitive method.

    GC


    Mine has English and Chinese, so obviously its APAC.. I bought it in Taiwan.. Canada should support French, English..
  • Me and my wife have units bought from Garmin Australia (I think we got devices in the first batch) .. but neither of them got the 5.50 update