![]() ![]() Today I tried the trick of holding the power button with no batteries installed. I made a GARMIN folder in Drive H and copied my GPX and Profile folders to it, and nothing changed (It still can't see Profiles, and there are no Geocaches). It found Drive H which has the short list of files, and Drive J that "needs to be formatted". The PC doesn't see a "Garmin" just the drives. Have you tried connecting it to a PC and have webupdater or garmin express have a "look" at it? ![]() I don't know how it could crash like that (Garmin Support seems surprised by that), or if it's even salvageable. Is there a way to get the correct files re-installed? There are existing files, is one of them the Restore file? I never did a full backup of the entire device, just Profiles and the GPS folder. ![]() Let's say a Garmin 650T has lost all its files but can connect to a PC. I'd bet if the "Database" itself is gone, the ability to track satellites is also gone, and therefore it can never calculate location, time and date. I don't really trust Garmin's canned answers. And "Restore" doesn't re-install internal maps? So it will restore. I'm not sure he fully understands the issue. I have a Garmin map SD card, but not the default internal factory maps. He said I have to buy new maps, and they are for the SD card. I was told that it will find and show the GPS location and correct time and date, but that also never seems to happen. Supposedly, it will start up, detect the missing files and restore them automatically. ![]() This consists of holding the power and user buttons in a certain process. I did a text chat with Garmin Support who said to do a Master Reset. Once it's powered on, I can press and release the User Button, to cause a "Database Error" fault. I installed an old SD card map, and it's blank, even zoomed all the way out. I'm imagining that I could fix it now, in theory. There's only a small list of files in Windows, it doesn't show up as a “Garmin GPS” on the PC and Garmin Express doesn't see it. Today I found out how to get it to connect to USB. The menu screen is there with icons, with the incorrect time and date. Strangely, the startup text with my name and phone number still works. When I typed this post it showed "February 5"", time is "136" and counting. At that point, it lost all GPS function, a whole lot of files, such as all maps, lost the Language, doesn't even have the correct time. It's not at all likely, but there is a chance that when Garmin comes back up there will be sync issues that create a collision between what's on your watch and on the cloud - it's best if you have a local copy just in case something bad happens.I have an Oregon 650t that crashed last year while I was 100 miles from home. Still, it's a very good idea to keep a copy of the settings, workout, records and playlists from your watch, just in case things get weird when Garmin Connect comes back online. Once you import them, it will look the exact same as if the files had been synced via the Garmin Connect app.Īs for the other data, there isn't a whole lot you can do with it. fit files and create complete activity records for each one. Strava, MapMyFitness, Endomondo and many others will upload. Those "activity" files that end in ".fit" are actually a standardized file format that a variety of fitness tracking services can import and read.
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