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Firmware downgrade

Former Member
Former Member over 6 years ago

Hello. I don't like firmware 6.10. How can I lower the firmware?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    Sorry, but You can't do it.


    Good. I understand that the harmine has deprived us of this opportunity, while the phoenix is quietly stitching both for a fall and for a rise. What to do if the firmware failed? Garmin did not think this option?
    Well, if this is true, then Garmin is the worst for which you can give money. Have to throw it out and return to a reliable and accurate Polar.
  • 0 over 6 years ago
    What to do if the firmware failed?

    He-he. The God does not make mistakes. Just believe it. ;)


  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    He-he. The God does not make mistakes. Just believe it. ;)



    Of course, only now when the clock when upgraded is turned into a brick, you cannot flash it because WebUpdate does not see it. Garmin just spit on their customers.
  • 0 over 6 years ago
    You should see it positively. So far, it only happened once (compatibility with an watchface). And it was possible to start the clock after full reset. Option to exchange the watch remains an option too.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    You should see it positively. So far, it only happened once (compatibility with an watchface). And it was possible to start the clock after full reset. Option to exchange the watch remains an option too.


    I understand that I speak very very badly in English, the Garmin watch after updating to firmware 6.10 lost all languages, all data and a complete reset occurred. Now the clock is not visible to the computer, you can only throw the firmware, but as you said Garmin took away this opportunity from us.
  • 0 over 6 years ago
    Would you be so kind and tell us a single manufacturer, who allows firmware downgrades?

    If the update failed and cleared everything, the device seems defective. The missing USB connection confirms, something really went wrong.
    What about sending it to garmin and receiving a new, working one?
  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to HerrRiebmann

    As a proffessional Software Test Engineer For a Blue Chip Company I can absolutly assure you that all hardware device firmware is downgradable. In fact if an upgrade caused a corporate customer any issues this would be a standard recovery proceedure, to roll back the firmware to the last known good version.

    In fact this how a firmware upgrade is tested, by downloading previous firmware levels and then upgrading to the latest level, this will be carried out hundreads and hundreads of times as part of a standard FirmwareDownload test.

    So yes of course Garmin have the ability to downgrade firmware, they just choose not to make this feature availible to the customer, as in doing so would be an admission of releasing a bad firmware build into the wild. That might lead to legal action on a mass scale. So it's better just to deny there are any problems, or that you are the only one with this particular issue and we have never seen it before. Then quietly work on it in the background and hey presto the next release fixes everything lol...

  • 0 over 5 years ago in reply to GrahamDyke

    It seems the current 6.90 for VA3 killing lots of watchface.
    Hope Garmin is fixing the bugs soon ( that 'dont exist ;-)  )