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

For those who personal a Garmin GPS watch, chances are you’ll need to energy it down for some time. Customers on Reddit and Garmin’s boards (through The Verge) report {that a} botched software program replace is leaving the wearables in a “blue triangle” boot loop, placing them out of fee till additional discover.

A pinned message from the corporate on its boards reads, “We’re conscious of a difficulty inflicting some units to be caught on the beginning up display or a blue triangle. To resolve this, press and maintain the facility button till the machine turns off, then energy it again on, and sync with the Garmin Join app or Garmin Specific.” Nevertheless, the directions additionally say clients ought to contact help if that doesn’t work.

Engadget reached out to Garmin for additional remark, and we’ll replace this story if we hear again.

Some artful Redditors declare to have traced the difficulty to a file associated to GPS performance. Some reported that following Garmin’s reset directions labored, whereas others stated it was solely short-term, with the difficulty returning later. The issue seems to have an effect on numerous fashions, together with the Forerunner, Venu, Fenix, Vivoactive and Epix traces.

In case your Garmin smartwatch has no issues (… up to now), chances are you’ll save your self a headache by powering it down and ready for an official answer from Garmin. For those who’ve encountered the difficulty and need to roll the cube, this Reddit thread consists of some unofficial — and untested by Engadget — fixes and workarounds.