Stuck in workout mode
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The only thing I can think about is letting it discharge and see if the behavior persists.
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Update… I remembered there was a 5 button reset option (which didn’t come up in a google search) - the watch has restarted and is currently syncing with my phone. I’ll see if its behaving normally after that …
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@amasidlover A quick check suggests it is back to normal; although unsurprsingly it has lost the workout I was stuck in… But I’ll forgive it one software glitch in 5.5 years - my Garmin 310XT used to require a hard reset at least once a month (and then the pain of setting up all my data fields again - it still makes me shudder at the memory)…
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Just for the sake of future users, can you write down how the 5 buttons reset work?
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@isazi You hold all 5 buttons down at the same time (for me I found it was easiest to do view and lap with my thumbs and the other three with fingers) for a few seconds (it was no more than 10). The watch then goes blank, a progress bar then comes along the bottom and it comes back to almost normal - it had the wrong time (but correct date) and has lost all my activity/recovery stats but not my running performance figures.
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@amasidlover
thanks, and happy next 5000 workouts
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@Mff73 I really hope so too; sadly I do use wireless sync of routes and structured workouts quite a bit so when Suunto disable the Movescount app I’ll have to see how long I can put up with not having those functions.
I have no idea what I’ll buy instead as every watch on the Market is currently a step down (for my specific use case) in at least one respect from the Ambit3…
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@amasidlover
ok, understood. your unique solution : do these 5000 workout quickly before all feature disappear (if they disapear ) -
@Mff73 I hadn’t thought of that - all 5 thousand workouts back-to-back and then just veg out on the couch with huge quantities of Junk food for the remainder of the next 5 years
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@amasidlover said in Stuck in workout mode:
However, none of the long press features are working so I cannot; stop the workout,
You can actually stop without a long press: Pause >> Back/Lap >> Stop Yes/No >> Save Yes/No
But it would have probably helped only if there were some kind of mechanical issue with buttons - short presses are coming through while there are intermittent issues with long presses. -
@margusl That’s super useful! I occasionally start a workout to check if a sensor is working after a battery change or something and then have to delete them from Movescount, TrainingPeaks and Strava - I had no idea there was a way to stop a workout and not save it.
Although I definitely prefer the default to be to save the workout rather than having to make sure I don’t hit the wrong button at the end of a workout and accidentally discard it (mentioning no names cough Garmin 310XT cough)…
