Thousands of Garmin cycling computers and smartwatches are rendered unusable due to a bug that causes a reboot loop when attempting to use GPS. Affected devices include the Edge 1040 and 1050, and various smartwatches in the Descent, Forerunner, Epix, Tactix 7, Fenix 7/8, Venu 3, Vivoactive 4/5 and Instinct 3 series. Garmin acknowledges the issue and is working on a fix, suggesting users sync their devices with the Garmin Connect App or perform a factory reset.
Several models of Garmin 's cycling computer s and smartwatches are facing a bug which forces the device to crash and enter a reboot loop when accessing any GPS -related activities. The issues were first reported yesterday with several users posting the dreaded blue “ triangle of death ” on various social media platforms.
So far, the non-exhaustive list of devices affected by the issue includes the cycling computers Garmin Edge 1040 and 1050, as well many within its smartwatch series, including Descent, Forerunner, Epix, Tactix 7, Fenix 7/8, Venu 3, Vivoactive 4/5 and the recently launched Instinct 3. \The issue seems to be caused by a corrupted pre-cache file that tells the device how to connect to the GPS satellites. The situation is similar to the January 2021 GPS blackout caused by Sony’s GPS chipsets, expect that time, Garmin wasn’t the only one affected, with other wearable and activity tracking device manufacturers like Suunto, Coros and Wahoo also facing issues. Many users have expressed their disappointment and anger at their devices being bricked at random, causing them to lose their activity streaks, some even calling this as the “final straw needed to switch to Coros/Polar”. Others have taken the opportunity to make memes and jokes out of the situation, comparing the company’s blue triangle logo to the Squid Game Triangle. \As of now, the company has instructed users to sync their Garmin devices with the Garmin Connect App on their mobile phones, and it should update the corrupted file. However, for users who don’t experience any success with this tip, Garmin has suggested performing a factory reset to users to “restore functionality”. You can perform this by pressing and holding the upper left power button on your device for 30-60 seconds until the screen goes blank and the device restarts
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