Garmin made some excellent smartwatches and fitness trackers, and most of their watches don’t have connection problems . But in rare cases, Garmin watches show some issues. It is due to some specific reasons. There are many factors for the disconnection of the Garmin watch.
You can stop the dysconnectivity of the Garmin watch from the iPhone with some general steps.
Your Garmin watch can disconnect due to the poor Bluetooth signal, an old version of the Garmin Connect app, and useless data stored on your devices. When your Garmin watch keeps disconnecting, you should Unpair and then again Pair Garmin watch with your iPhone. Make sure your Garmin watch and iPhone are in the Bluetooth range and are using the latest updated version of the Garmin Connect app on the Apple App Store.
To prevent this situation permanently, keep following the steps below.
Garmin Watch Keeps Disconnecting From iPhone: Quick Fixes
Keep Your iPhone And Garmin Watch Close
When your Garmin watch keeps disconnecting from the iPhone, you should make sure that your Garmin watch and iPhone are in the Bluetooth range. If your Garmin watch is away from your iPhone, it will be challenging to pair with each other because of the weak Bluetooth signals.
Therefore, try to keep both in the maximum range of Bluetooth, which is described below.
The maximum Bluetooth range for iPhone and Garmin watch is up to 10 meters (33 feet). It can be affected by environmental and other factors, air, radio waves, and the quality of the transmitter or receiver.
Update Garmin Software
Sometimes you have not installed the latest update on your Garmin watch. It can be the reason for the bad connection between the Garmin watch and iPhone.
Updating software can resolve dis-connectivity issues between the Garmin watch and the iPhone.
There are two ways to update your Garmin watch one is enable automatic update and your watch will remain up to date; and second is manual update in which you need to update your watch manually. Both ways are written below.
Automatic Update
Garmin Connect app can automatically update on the latest software. But you have to ensure that your Garmin automatic update feature is enabled.
But if this feature is disabled on your Garmin watch, you can enable it by following these settings:
- Press and hold the top button to bring the system menu
- Scroll down to the Settings and touch Start/Stop
- Here choose System and scroll down to the end of the menu
- Here find a software update
- Push the select button to ON/OFF
Update Manually
You cannot update your Garmin watch if it is disabled in settings. You can install the latest update manually if your Garmin connect app has downloaded it.
You need to install it manually by following the steps below.
- Press and long hold the top button to bring “System Menus.”
- scroll down, find “settings,” and then select “Start/Stop.”
- Here you have to find “System” and scroll down to the bottom of the menu
- Find here “System Update.”
- Here you will see (e.g., V7 .13.1) available
- Press “Yes” to update
Reinstall Connect App
If you are still facing this problem with your Garmin Connect app, you should update or reinstall your Garmin connect app from the Apple app store.
It’s pretty easy to do this manually by following the steps below.
Reinstallation
- To reinstall your Garmin connect app, firstly, Uninstall your connect app
- Secondly, go to the App store on your iPhone
- Now Reinstall Garmin connect app
- Open the Garmin Connect app and create an account
- And then follow the on-screen instructions
Restart Garmin Watch And iPhone
If the above method is not working correctly, you can restart your Garmin watch and iPhone to prevent this problem. Restarting your devices can solve this issue to a great extent.
Restart iPhone
Follow the below steps to restart your iPhone.
- Press and hold the side button and power button either the “Power Off” slider appears on the screen
- Push the “Power Off” button and wait for 30 seconds until your iPhone power off
- Again push and hold the side button to “Back ON” until the Apple logo appears on the screen
Restart Garmin watch
Follow the below steps to restart your Garmin Watch.
The power button for all Garmin watches is the same, which turns ON/OFF the backlight.
You can restart your Garmin watch by pressing and holding until the power icon appears on the screen and selecting ok to Power Off.
Some watches have power off the menu; press and hold the power button and select the power icon to turn it off.
To back on, you can press and hold the same button.
Reset Garmin watch and iPhone
Resetting the Garmin watch and iPhone can solve the issue with your Garmin Connect app. When you restore your Garmin device and iPhone, it will remove useless data which is stored on your devices.
Reset Garmin watch
Follow the below steps to reset your Garmin Watch.
- Make sure your watch is powered off
- Press and hold the Back/Lap button
- Keep holding the Back/Lap button while the watch is turning ON
- Release the Back/Lap button until a message appears on the screen (clear user data)
- Select Yes
Reset iPhone
Follow the steps described below to reset your iPhone.
- To reset your iPhone, open Settings on your iPhone
- Make sure you have a backup of your data
- In settings, Scroll Down and “Tap General.”
- On the “General” page, select “Reset.”
- To “Factory Reset” iPhone, select “Erase all Content and Settings.”
- The device will ask to confirm that you want to erase all content
- Select “Erase all Content”
- This process can take a few minutes
Re-Pair Garmin Watch And iPhone
If your Garmin watch keeps disconnecting till now. You should Re-Pair Garmin watch with your iPhone.
It contains a few simple steps you can follow the steps below:
Pair
- Open your Garmin connect app
- Select the “Three Dot”/ Three Line” icon to open Garmin connect app menu
- And select “Garmin Devices.”
- Then select “Add Devices” to enter into pairing mode
Unpair
- Open the Garmin Connect app on iPhone
- Select three line/ three-dot Menu option
- Scroll down and select Garmin devices
- Press and hold the image of your Garmin device which you want to remove
- Pup-up will appear on the screen, and select Remove Device from this pop-up
Pair
- From the watch face, hold “Menu.”
- And then select “Settings.”
- Select “Phone”
- At last, “Pair Phone.”
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