Garmin Megathread-Ask your questions here-See post 1 on how to search thread

Irishder · 14-05-2020 4:18pm

yeah ive ordered from them before with no issues but might hold off for a while.

Irishder · 20-05-2020 10:27am

BobbyT28 wrote: »

I have order before from these. But have heard a few horror stories about them recently regarding no deliveries and no responses to emails etc.

In this current climate I would be wary about buying anything from them, even if it costs you and extra 50euro from Amazon or Garmon I would just buy from them and save the heart ache!!!

Placed the order with them today. At that price i am willing to take the risk, great deal if it works out

glic83 · 20-05-2020 10:41am

Irishder wrote: »

Placed the order with them today. At that price i am willing to take the risk, great deal if it works out

What did you order, I ordered the 245 music last Thursday and fu*k all information about dispatch yet, hopefully I'll hear something next week

Irishder · 20-05-2020 10:49am

glic83 wrote: »

What did you order, I ordered the 245 music last Thursday and fu*k all information about dispatch yet, hopefully I'll hear something next week

Ordered the 245 (non Music) and got a confirmation email straight away.

glic83 · 20-05-2020 10:53am

Irishder wrote: »

Ordered the 245 (non Music) and got a confirmation email straight away.

Sorry got my confirmation email , that's its packing and delivering soon but that was last week, nothing since, so hopefully I'll get a tracking number by next week, it seems to be very hit & miss but min time would be 2 weeks by the looks of it and some a lot longer.

BobbyT28 · 20-05-2020 11:46am

Best of luck, I've heard horror stories the last few months due this Covid-19. Hopefully it all works out.

Irishder · 20-05-2020 1:26pm

Just got a mail saying its dispatching

glic83 · 20-05-2020 2:08pm

Irishder wrote: »

Just got a mail saying its dispatching

Yeah you need to get an actual tracking number though, until it could be 2 weeks "dispatching"

BobbyT28 · 20-05-2020 2:45pm

glic83 wrote: »

Yeah you need to get an actual tracking number though, until it could be 2 weeks "dispatching"

Yeah I wouldn't read too much into that. Even when you do get tracking number you might still have big delays from what I've been reading these few weeks.

How much did you get the watch for again from EuGlobal?

Irishder · 20-05-2020 3:56pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Yeah I wouldn't read too much into that. Even when you do get tracking number you might still have big delays from what I've been reading these few weeks.

How much did you get the watch for again from EuGlobal?

235 Euro

glic83 · 20-05-2020 10:07pm

BobbyT28 wrote: »

Yeah I wouldn't read too much into that. Even when you do get tracking number you might still have big delays from what I've been reading these few weeks.

How much did you get the watch for again from EuGlobal?

It was €272 for the 245 music

glic83 · 21-05-2020 2:10pm

Got a tracking number a little while ago so will be interesting to see how long it takes to actually leave the destination

Irishder · 26-05-2020 8:41pm

glic83 wrote: »

Got a tracking number a little while ago so will be interesting to see how long it takes to actually leave the destination

any update? I didnt hear anything further

glic83 · 26-05-2020 9:01pm

Irishder wrote: »

any update? I didnt hear anything further

Have my tracking number but no sign of movement, it's going to be through DPD

Slideways · 27-05-2020 11:08am

Possibly been asked before but the search was painful to sort through.

I’ve a Fenix 6 pro, my mrs a 6s pro

Whenever we run together she will always start to beep the splits before me more and more as we run. At the end of a 12k she would be stopping up to a minute before me.

Last night we did 400m repeats and starting at the exact same point her watched had her finishing the distance a good 10m before mine.

I can understand a difference between different manufacturers or maybe even cheaper models in the range but with both watches set up exactly the same I can’t understand the discrepancy

She has a much higher cadence and as such her arm travels further or so my thinking went so we swapped watches but then I ended up ahead.

Anyone else see similar things?

Irishder · 28-05-2020 3:22pm

glic83 wrote: »

Have my tracking number but no sign of movement, it's going to be through DPD

Got my tracking number there as well and its saying in transit, so bit of luck i will get it next week which is not to bad

glic83 · 28-05-2020 4:33pm

Irishder wrote: »

Got my tracking number there as well and its saying in transit, so bit of luck i will get it next week which is not to bad

Mine is in transit since I got the tracking number, it may just be going from one side of the room to the other though ��, so last week when checking I dropped the first 2 digits and last 2 from the tracking number and do a search with parcel app, it's going to be going through DPD UK but it's not got to them yet, and the euglobal tracker isn't the most believable either. This is from the tracking with euglobal

#DateParcel Status
8. 2020-05-28 Shipment further connected.
7. 2020-05-27 Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.
6. 2020-05-26 Shipment is on its way to the local depot.
5. 2020-05-25 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
4. 2020-05-24 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
3. 2020-05-23 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
2. 2020-05-22 In transit.
1. 2020-05-21 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

Then on the parcelapp with the first and last 2 digits dropped

19 May 2020 02:48 Order information has been transmitted to DPD.
DPD data centre

19 May 2020 02:48 Order information has been transmitted to DPD
DPD data centre

19 May 2020 02:46 We've received your order details, but have not yet received your parcel
dpd

So hoping for something to arrive within the 2 weeks.

mo_bhicycle · 28-05-2020 11:16pm

Hi all, anyone had issues with their 645 or forerunners not picking up GPS signal?

I've had the watch for about 2 years and it's been going great until this week when it stopped picking up GPS signal.

I sync with the Connect app on a daily basis so it should have latest satellite info. I wiped all the historical activities in case there was a resource issue. I also restarted it. None of those things made a difference.

Today I left it outside (completely clear sky) for 20 minutes today to try and get signal to no avail.

Not sure what to do next ... anyone got some suggestions?

mo_bhicycle · 29-05-2020 4:27pm

Finally got it sorted. I had to connect to Garmin Express, there seemed to be a GPS firmware update that wasn't being installed via Connect.

RunDMC · 29-05-2020 7:41pm

Slideways wrote: »

Possibly been asked before but the search was painful to sort through.

I’ve a Fenix 6 pro, my mrs a 6s pro

Anyone else see similar things?

Did you check that the firmware was up-to-date on both devices?

Here's a useful place to look.

http://gpsinformation.net/allory/new.htm

R

Irishder · 04-06-2020 12:41pm

glic83 wrote: »

Mine is in transit since I got the tracking number, it may just be going from one side of the room to the other though ��, so last week when checking I dropped the first 2 digits and last 2 from the tracking number and do a search with parcel app, it's going to be going through DPD UK but it's not got to them yet, and the euglobal tracker isn't the most believable either. This is from the tracking with euglobal

#DateParcel Status
8. 2020-05-28 Shipment further connected.
7. 2020-05-27 Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.
6. 2020-05-26 Shipment is on its way to the local depot.
5. 2020-05-25 Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
4. 2020-05-24 Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
3. 2020-05-23 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
2. 2020-05-22 In transit.
1. 2020-05-21 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

Then on the parcelapp with the first and last 2 digits dropped

19 May 2020 02:48 Order information has been transmitted to DPD.
DPD data centre

19 May 2020 02:48 Order information has been transmitted to DPD
DPD data centre

19 May 2020 02:46 We've received your order details, but have not yet received your parcel
dpd

So hoping for something to arrive within the 2 weeks.

Any update, mine is shown as you have above now

glic83 · 04-06-2020 4:30pm

Irishder wrote: »

Any update, mine is shown as you have above now

Mine arrived in the last hour, I'm at work so won't get to check it out until later but the wife has it charging for me.

Irishder · 04-06-2020 6:57pm

great stuff hopefully mine will arrive next week

franglan · 13-06-2020 11:23pm

Quick question. My 2 year old Garmin 235 is recording a lower max heart beat. Got it to 140 bpm today flat out usually get to about 188 and its not that I've got much fitter! Turned off and on - no difference. Any clues or solutions. Thanks.

glic83 · 17-06-2020 5:32pm

Irishder wrote: »

great stuff hopefully mine will arrive next week

Any update for yourself @Irishder ?

Irishder · 23-06-2020 11:35am

glic83 wrote: »

Any update for yourself @Irishder ?

Yeah got it a couple of weeks ago. all good. Slow service but it came as expected and working away. happy with the purchase

redzerdrog · 30-06-2020 9:12pm

Anyone know what the usual delivery time it takes from the Garmin website? Ordered watch last week and on the account it just states order received and hasn't progressed to even be shipped yet

opus · 08-07-2020 11:13am

A bunch of Garmin watches with solar charging are being announced today I read.

6 (six) new Garmin Watches TOMORROW

Ferris B · 27-07-2020 4:13pm

Have a 2 yr old fenix 5s. The GPS stopped working yesterday. Watch indicated there was a gps signal (usual green circle) but didn't appear to take gps readings during run as distance stayed at 0:00 despite a 10 mile run. Timer and HR all appeared to function ok. However when I went to save, it just went into a continuous loop requiring powering it down to stop.

Garmin forums are all down so that's no use. Tried a soft reset but didn't solve problem. If i do a hard reset I presume I lose all data on watch. I won't be able to sync then with garmin connect as that's knackered too at the moment. Any reason not to try hard reset?

Thoughts?

btw I haven't been asked to pay any ransom yet;)

redzerdrog · 27-07-2020 5:50pm

There seems to be a problem with the servers so could be impacting on it. Id similar issue yesterday golf round didnt save

RunDMC · 27-07-2020 6:37pm

Apparently, there have been a number of issue with Fenix devices, and other devices on the same platform. The issues include loss of GPS and/or devices going into a "Save Activity loop" and needing to be reset. It is not clear if it is related to the massive outage they suffered since last Thursday morning.

I have not seen any issues on the Fenix 5 or 5+ but I seen a few comments like this in other forums.

Garmin started coming back online this morning, but it will probably be another 24 hours before Connect is fully back online.

Full status here.

R

Sam the Sham · 28-07-2020 12:20pm

Ferris B wrote: »

Have a 2 yr old fenix 5s. The GPS stopped working yesterday.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-fenix-smartwatches-hit-with-gps-run-saving-glitch-amid-outage/

Ferris B · 28-07-2020 9:00pm

Sam the Sham wrote: »

https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-fenix-smartwatches-hit-with-gps-run-saving-glitch-amid-outage/

Thanks. This was precisely my problem. A hard reset and Garmin connect coming back to life appear to have resolved issue.

Watch lost all workouts due to reset as expected but there appears to be a problem uploading them again from Connect. Presume that’ll be resolved in next few days.

Down South · 28-07-2020 10:28pm

Workouts have not been syncing to my garmin 645 for the past 10 days or so. Activities fine just planned workouts not transferring. Any ideas?

Sam the Sham · 29-07-2020 2:15am

Down South wrote: »

Workouts have not been syncing to my garmin 645 for the past 10 days or so. Activities fine just planned workouts not transferring. Any ideas?

Almost certainly the result of the huge ransomware outage at Garmin, no?

Down South · 29-07-2020 10:30am

Sam the Sham wrote: »

Almost certainly the result of the huge ransomware outage at Garmin, no?

But that was only towards end of last week. This is happening since weekend before

Though I see workouts now not working due to hack so maybe it will resolve itself when that’s fixed

Swashbuckler · 29-07-2020 11:03am

Down South wrote:

Workouts have not been syncing to my garmin 645 for the past 10 days or so. Activities fine just planned workouts not transferring. Any ideas?

Have you reached max limit of workouts on your watch. Once you reach 25 on the 235 you have to delete some to be able to add more. Not sure if there's a limit with the 645. But even if that is it, I think pretty much everyone is having an issue with syncing workouts to their watch due to the outage.

Down South · 29-07-2020 11:49am

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Have you reached max limit of workouts on your watch. Once you reach 25 on the 235 you have to delete some to be able to add more. Not sure if there's a limit with the 645. But even if that is it, I think pretty much everyone is having an issue with syncing workouts to their watch due to the outage.

I deleted a few in case that was the issue. I’ll just wait and see if it works once the general issue is resolved

Swashbuckler · 29-07-2020 8:37pm

Down South wrote:

I deleted a few in case that was the issue. Iâ€™ll just wait and see if it works once the general issue is resolved

Have a go now. My workouts are transferring again.

Down South · 29-07-2020 9:24pm

Swashbuckler wrote: »

Have a go now. My workouts are transferring again.

Bingo! all good, thanks

Wise Old Elf · 31-07-2020 7:27pm

Folks, the little loop on the strap of my watch (forerunner 35) snapped, anyone know of a bricks and mortar shop that sells accessories?
Can get some from Amazon but postage is more than the things themselves. Would prefer to buy a new strap altogether than do that.
I'm in Limerick if you know anywhere near there, will be in Dublin over the weekend too.

Ferris B · 31-07-2020 7:41pm

Wise Old Elf wrote: »

Folks, the little loop on the strap of my watch (forerunner 35) snapped, anyone know of a bricks and mortar shop that sells accessories?
Can get some from Amazon but postage is more than the things themselves. Would prefer to buy a new strap altogether than do that.
I'm in Limerick if you know anywhere near there, will be in Dublin over the weekend too.

That happened me a couple of years ago. I contacted Garmin and they sent a replacement (loop) foc.

Wise Old Elf · 31-07-2020 7:46pm

Thanks, might try that, their official shop won't ship to Ireland, although I checked in the middle of their down time earlier this week so must check again.

Hannibal_Smith · 11-08-2020 9:37am

Im having the same problem as above. I can't transfer the plan to my watch. Watch tells me to download from Garmin connect, but there's no option on Garmin connect to transfer it. Tried the app, the laptop. Deleted all workouts off the watch.

Is it something to do with the scheduled date? It won't transfer after the start date?

DeepBlue · 11-08-2020 2:42pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Im having the same problem as above. I can't transfer the plan to my watch. Watch tells me to download from Garmin connect, but there's no option on Garmin connect to transfer it. Tried the app, the laptop. Deleted all workouts off the watch.

Is it something to do with the scheduled date? It won't transfer after the start date?

I presume it's one of the Garmin Training plans you are looking to transfer rather than a workout you've created yourself?

Hannibal_Smith · 11-08-2020 3:20pm

DeepBlue wrote: »

I presume it's one of the Garmin Training plans you are looking to transfer rather than a workout you've created yourself?

Yeah one of the Garmin plans. Though I haven't tried transferring one I've created from the app to the watch.. I've just set them up manually on the watch the last week of runs

Whereisgalway · 12-08-2020 12:25pm

When do garmin traditionally announce their new watches?

quick feet · 12-08-2020 1:32pm

Has anyone any experience of removing a protective screen on a 235? I've just smashed mine and having a bit of trouble taking it off..

DeepBlue · 12-08-2020 1:44pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Yeah one of the Garmin plans. Though I haven't tried transferring one I've created from the app to the watch.. I've just set them up manually on the watch the last week of runs

I could have sworn my watch (forerunner 645) didn't support the Garmin plans but it turns out they do. Not all watches will support Garmin plans.

How it works for me is to set up the plan, pick the days I'm available to run, the day for long run etc and then sync the watch.
So let's say the first run is on Monday if I select "Run" on my watch on Monday it will prompt me if i want to do the run from my plan.

You can reschedule days by editing the plan if needed.

Hannibal_Smith · 12-08-2020 2:49pm

Whoop! Whoop! Fixed it. I un/reinstalled the app on my phone, synced it again and all my workouts are now on the watch!

Peace has been restored

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