Garmin firmware update

Thommo
Thommo Posts: 4
edited July 2013 in Road general
I use my Garmin infrequently but have just upgraded the firmware.
Went for a ride. Switched on and all that came up on screen was the following:
Garmin
Working (which it patently wasn't)
. . .

Any ideas, anyone?

Thanks

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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    My guess is that you didn't leave the Garmin for long enough when you did the update to let the update install fully.
    More problems but still living....
  • freezing77
    freezing77 Posts: 731
    Thommo wrote:
    I use my Garmin infrequently but have just upgraded the firmware.
    Went for a ride. Switched on and all that came up on screen was the following:
    Garmin
    Working (which it patently wasn't)
    . . .

    Any ideas, anyone?

    Thanks

    To perform the master reset:

    Power device off
    Press and hold Lap/Reset and Start/Stop
    Power device on while still holding both buttons
    Continue holding buttons when the Garmin "splash" screen appears
    Release buttons when Garmin "splash" screen disappears
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Leave outside for 20 minutes
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    always pays to check if the update is needed - IIRC the last one was to do with fonts on certain screen - hardly groundbreaking.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • Thommo
    Thommo Posts: 4
    Found a re-set instruction and I now have screens. Not the ones I had before, so presumably the memory's been cleared.
    I have yet to test it on the road.
    But thanks for your help, one and all.
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    i have noticed recently my edge 500 takes ages to find satellites and drops signal quite frequently on rides. i never had any issues before but these started a month or two back.

    anyone else having problems with theirs?
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  • josehernandez
    josehernandez Posts: 243
    My Edge 800 started freezing after I downloaded the latest update. Tried master reset to no avail so had to get replacement unit from Garmin.
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    That's odd as the new update 2.50 was based on better sat comms.

    I've updated last night so ill let you know how I get on in 100k's time :)
    Living MY dream.
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Someone said on a different thread that a comm sat was down and causing problems. And it's one that we would lock onto in this part of the planet. So may not be garmins fault ...
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    I used it yesterday and it worked perfect, in fact it seemed to work better than before as I had no dropouts and at least 7 sat links all the time. Considering the fix was mainly to do with sat comms it seems to be a good move.
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  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    VTech wrote:
    That's odd as the new update 2.50 was based on better sat comms.

    I've updated last night so ill let you know how I get on in 100k's time :)

    60 miles you mean, is this for all garmin edges?
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    I work in KM so tend to comment in KM too.
    I am sure the update is for all edge range.
    Living MY dream.

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