Garmin

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Badger Jul 2020 6:04pm, 25 Jul 2020 12,562 posts	Badger Garmin do actually have an app (Explore) that will store activities on the phone until it gets a connection, but it doesn’t work with that many watches and doesn’t support steps and so on. Can’t get my copy talking to my watch at the moment, anyway, which isn’t a good sign.
um Jul 2020 6:08pm, 25 Jul 2020 3,027 posts	um They also have Garmin Training Center, for those with a pc. Runs and stores locally without internet use. Just ‘old’, ie pre Garmin Connect
The_Saint Jul 2020 6:42pm, 25 Jul 2020 6,526 posts	The_Saint Garmin Training Centre always struck me as the largest program with the least functionality I have ever seen. The app would just need to connect to the watch via Bluetooth or WiFi, work out the model, find the .FIT files then either ask the user which one(s) to process based on date or have a config setting that worked out which ones were new, if no interweb, store on the phone then when an interweb was available, send the data to the relevant APIs of the activity tracking websites the punter uses.
Rrunner Jul 2020 8:10pm, 25 Jul 2020 557 posts	Rrunner garmin.com Sort of update from Garmin via their service status page...
GimmeMedals Jul 2020 9:34pm, 25 Jul 2020 17,249 posts	GimmeMedals I’ve just been for a 1 mile walk - my Vivoactive logged it as 16.5 miles.
Badger Jul 2020 10:05pm, 25 Jul 2020 12,563 posts	Badger Can I borrow it for my next marathon? “no indication that this outage has affected your data” isn’t all that reassuring.
chunkywizard Jul 2020 10:31pm, 25 Jul 2020 9,365 posts	chunkywizard Lucky all my data is on Fetch
Badger Jul 2020 10:47pm, 25 Jul 2020 12,564 posts	Badger I have even more in Sporttracks - lot of old files with gps tracks there and only summaries in Fetch, I think.
flanker Jul 2020 1:00am, 26 Jul 2020 19,319 posts	flanker Same here badger, thankfully. At least until ST goes the same way! I'm in the very early stages of an app (i.e. unlikely to done this year!) that will connect to (at least) the Fenix range. The primary purpose is installing maps which have a usable range of detail (eg. the Talky Toaster ones) but if I get that working, downloads should be doable without too much work. If the current outage continues this may get a higher priority
chunkywizard Jul 2020 6:48am, 26 Jul 2020 9,368 posts	chunkywizard Flanker you can just use talkytoaster maps directly on the newer Garmins. I have them installed on my 945.