Garmin watch down or bricked? There's a nasty bug going around afflicting Fenix, Epix, Forerunner watches and more. Here's what you need to know.

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Garmin Issues Warning About Watch Boot Loop Bug

Its Fenix 8 smartwatches, which retail for just under £1,000, are some of the devices to have issues.

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Garmin users say smartwatches have stopped working

Many owners of Garmin sports watches are currently facing a major problem: their devices crash, restart and get stuck in the so-called “triangle of death” — a blue Garmin logo that no longer disappears. The manufacturer has now confirmed the problem and is working on a solution. According to numerous reports from Internet forums, the error mainly occurs when users start a GPS-based activity such as running or cycling. The affected watches — incl…

Viele Besitzer von Garmin-Sportuhren stehen derzeit vor einem großen Problem: Ihre Geräte stürzen ab, starten neu und bleiben im sogenannten „Dreieck des Todes“ hängen – einem blauen Garmin-Logo, das nicht mehr verschwindet. Der Hersteller hat das Problem mittlerweile bestätigt und arbeitet an einer Lösung. Laut zahlreichen Berichten aus Internetforen tritt der Fehler hauptsächlich auf, wenn Nutzer eine GPS-gestützte Aktivität wie Laufen oder Ra…

„Dreieck des Todes“ legt beliebte Sportuhren lahm

Kronen Zeitung

Vienna

Austria

“Triangle of Death” paralyzes popular sports watches

A series of Garmin watches 'froze', causing users to cry for help.

Hàng loạt đồng hồ Garmin 'chết cứng' khiến người dùng kêu cứu.

Đồng hồ Garmin gặp sự cố hàng loạt

Thanh Niên

Vietnam

Garmin Watches Are Having Mass Problems

Many Garmin Forerunner, Venu, Fenix, Epix, Vivoactive, Lily and Instinct watches are seemingly stuck in an endless reboot cycle.

Tech Radar

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Garmin down: Worldwide reports of Garmin watches crashing – is a fix on the way?

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Garmin has shared new ways to fix its smartwatches that are stuck on the “blue triangle of death,” a boot-up error that’s been stopping owners from using their watches. The steps could get more watches working again — but some models will lose data in the process. There’s still no explanation as to what is causing the issue, but many users, including those reporting and discussing the issue on the r/Garmin subreddit, suspect it’s related to usin…

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Garmin has new solutions for watches stuck on the ‘blue triangle of death’

Garmin users are reporting that several models of GPS watches are getting stuck in a boot loop. The company hasn’t yet issued an official fix, so you may want to power yours down in the meantime.

Engadget

Verizon Communications

Some Garmin GPS watches are stuck in a blue triangle boot loop

A faulty update is apparently causing numerous Garmin watches to crash. Garmin has already published a proposed solution.

Ein fehlerhaftes Update legt offenbar zahlreiche Garmin-Uhren lahm. Garmin hat bereits einen Lösungsvorschlag veröffentlicht.

Viele Garmin-Uhren hängen in der Bootschleife fest

Heise

Germany

Many Garmin watches get stuck in the boat loop

Garmin’s range of smartwatches seems to be on strike. Since yesterday, users worldwide are reporting that their Garmins are stuck in a boot loop, showing on their screens a deceptively harmless-looking blue triangle as they try in vain to boot over and over, locking their users out from using them. They’re not “bricked,” as some outlets have reported. Bricked would mean the devices are permanently disabled, and there’s no reason to suspect that …

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Garmin Watches Are Catatonic Thanks to a 'Blue Triangle of Death'

Users of Garmin watches are reporting their wearables are getting stuck in a boot loop over at Reddit.
In just the last few hours there have been a flurry of posts from Garmin owners who have found their watches end up stuck displaying the triangle boot/load screen.
"This morning at the pool, as I…

Garmin Issues Warning About Watch Boot Loop Bug

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