Lost Garmin Data

bernithebiker
bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
edited April 2013 in Road general
So after almost a year of faultless service my Garmin 500 finally let me down today.

After a nice 121km ride with the club, i go to upload (mac) and it says there's nothing there. I look in the Garmin itself, and can't see the ride either.

Then, after a full shutdown and retry, it just says Error in Upload.

I've entered the ride details manually, as I remember most of them, but seems these k's dont't count for April's Specialized challenge, which more or less seals my fate, as it was going to be a stretch for me to hit the 1300km target as it was.

Anyone else had this problem? Any way to get my ride back, or is it lost forever?

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  • edten
    edten Posts: 228
    yes its happened before, very rarely though and hasnt happened for the last couple of years. I think it happened by not saving the file then plugging it in (even so when normally doing this the file doesnt disappear). First thing I would suggest is to make sure you have the latest firmware. As it hasnt happened to me for so long maybe a previous firmware upgrade sorted it.
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    Is the memory full? My daughters 200 had a similar issue, clearing down the ride list sorted the problem.
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
    Is the memory full? My daughters 200 had a similar issue, clearing down the ride list sorted the problem.

    No, it's only got about 5 rides on it.
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    bernithebiker wrote:
    Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
    Is the memory full? My daughters 200 had a similar issue, clearing down the ride list sorted the problem.

    No, it's only got about 5 rides on it.

    There was a recent firmware upgrade (again at least for the 200) is it worth trying that?
  • ice climber
    ice climber Posts: 48
    I had this happen once and it was my fault as I didn't press the start timer properly and didn't pay attention to it as I was busy dodging traffic. As a consequence it didn't record data but still continued to display it on the head unit leading me to assume all was ok.

    I also clear the head unit memory weekly after uploading.

    Lesson learnt now !
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  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    ice climber wrote:
    I had this happen once and it was my fault as I didn't press the start timer properly and didn't pay attention to it as I was busy dodging traffic. As a consequence it didn't record data but still continued to display it on the head unit leading me to assume all was ok.

    I also clear the head unit memory weekly after uploading.

    Lesson learnt now !

    I know what you mean, but I'm careful not to do this, and check the clock is ticking when I ride. I stopped the timer on arrival and I remember it showing 3 hours 40 something.
  • nanorunner
    nanorunner Posts: 3
    I always go to this webiste when i need some info about garmin products. http://my-gps-online.com/

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