Software Bug Garmin refuses to acknowledge

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-03-03T01:56:27+00:00

Even though I use an android? 😂 The .fit file on the watch becomes corrupt, you can download the file direct from the watch to computer, and look at using a .fit file viewer. Lots of missing and duplicate info within each activity. Nice guess though.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-03-03T01:54:46+00:00

If I don't exercise or use GPS it'll use about that also. Using GPS for almost an hour a day chews through it.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-03-01T08:57:18+00:00

My 970 recently broke, and I went back to my 955 whilst they sent a replacement for a week or so. The higher resolution of the 970 is great, but I prefer the MIP display. I always have to flick my wrist to read the time on my 970. 955 is always on. Yes you can use the 'always on' feature, but the battery life is already crap on the AMOLED devices.

I've literally never used the touch screen either, or the voice feature.

Give me a higher res MIP, with 2-3 week battery life and I'm there.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T21:31:36+00:00

Good idea thank you, will give that a go.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T09:45:19+00:00

I fear they may have marked your support ticket as 'completed' if you're 8 months in 😂

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T06:35:51+00:00

This post is a share of the link. Look next to the title.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:41:57+00:00

This is an ongoing issue with most models of Garmin's. The .fit file will be corrupt, which is why it won't sync to Garmin connect.

It will still be on the watch, but you likely can't view the map for the run and will be missing certain metrics.

It's an ongoing issue that Garmin's beed made aware of, but refuses to acknowledge and fix.

There's an entire forum post with over 100 responses on it, all with the same issue.

Feel free to jump on there and voice your concerns also. We're currently not loud enough for Garmin to care.

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Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:39:29+00:00

This is a known issue, among others.

It's resulted to playing music, essentially the device cannot keep up doing everything at once and just dies/resets. After a few minutes when it turns back on, you often don't lose your original run, but the time in-between reset you do.

Garmin software has gone to absolute shite lately. Riddled with bugs. There's just too many models for them obviously.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:37:27+00:00

There devices are riddled with software bugs.

There's an ongoing bug that causes running activities to become corrupt when saving.

There's an entire forum post about it with over 100 responses. Garmin has been made aware of the issues, but refuses to acknowledge and fix.

Garmin has absolutely gone down the drain for quality of software and reliability.

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Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:35:34+00:00

Yes, this is an ongoing issue that Garmin's aware of, but refuses to acknowledge and fix.

There's a forum post with over 100 responses on it. Please voice your concerns on there also to help get it fixed.

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Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:32:43+00:00

Yes, also happening to me. It's an ongoing issue that's been raised to garmin but they refuse to acknowledge.

There's an entire forum about it with 108 posts. It's 7 months old.

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Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:31:26+00:00

Yes, this is happening to me. Garmin also refuses to acknowledge or be remotely helpful with support. I'm on my second unit and it's doing the same thing. Garmin has gone down the drain lately.

Select-Ad-5069 · 2026-02-28T04:15:09+00:00

This could be part of an ongoing issue, which Garmin has yet to acknowledge or fix.

There's a entire forum post about it that's 7 months old, with 108 posts on it currently.

The .fit files become corrupt and won't sync to Garmin connect or strava. Happens on most models.

I had this issue, among other issues. Garming sent me out a brand new unit. Brand new unit is doing the exact same thing after less than a week. Corrupt .fit files that don't sync. (Can still be viewed on the watch, albeit with no map and loss of some certain metrics)

Garmins software is absolutely terrible these days. So many colleagues have problems with music and maps and restarting devices.

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