No-Map-Problem
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Hello Brad,
So, I 'm back from Chamonix and the map of this part of France was working fine from the first time (without the usual soft reset + calibrate compass).
Before starting UTMB, I have selected the gpx trace, start the race with custom trail activity and then locked the watch.
Maps of the 3 regions were available on the watch but with the 500 m display by default which is not always appropriate… Because I had locked the watch to prevent any stop of the watch, it was impossible to go to 250 m, 100 m > 50 m and backwoods, which is a pain!
Program “locked watch” should not prevent user moving from 500 m to 50 m !Having no indication on the map, like names of mountain passes, lakes, villages is also a major drawback !
Sadly, I have not been able to synchronize the result to my phone. 42h58 from Friday 6PM to Sunday 1PM.
Any reasons? > 3 days, too long, 3 maps, custom trail program, other…
And of course, other activities (bicycle ride to work) I did yesterday have been synchronized without any pb…Have a nice day
BR
Laurent -
@Ilya-Sul
Support emailed me today, asking me to reinstall Suunto App. They also want to know if the problem occurs with other maps that I downloaded. This is, of course, very easy to check on the watch…
Guess I need to take a road trip now? Or scroll around aimlessly for a few hours?Jokes aside, looks like the chat support agent didn’t create a ticket / escalate the issue for me, since I already did everything they asked of me more than once. Joy.
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@laurent92m First, Congratulations on UTMB! If you cannot get the activity to sync try a tablet or different phone if available. If not you can try to delete and reinstall the app. What OS are you on iOS or Android. I synced a 34h 100 mile race but I definitely had issues syncing.
Agree that having names on maps is important. I and others I am sure have voiced this and it is an obvious issue. I hope that we see progress on this as well.
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@Brad_Olwin said in No-Map-Problem:
Agree that having names on maps is important. I and others I am sure have voiced this and it is an obvious issue. I hope that we see progress on this as well.
I’m with you guys on that point. Maps on the vertical are great and reactiv, but some friends of mine have garmin’s and I must admit that maps details and the way zoom works are also brilliant.
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@Tieutieu I had an Epix2 for nine months purchasing one immediately after release. I found the maps were slow and often difficult to use on the fly. Even with less information selected the maps are quite crowded and slow to respond. I had issues with loaded routes that I could go into in detail if you wish. Newer hardware may work better but I was not happy with the maps.
Suunto’s maps are much easier to read and much, much more responsive. I would like to see names added but not at the cost of making the maps extremely slow. I imagine that something is being done her (my opinion only) and I am confident adding names, etc will be done so not to compromise the ability to use maps on the fly.
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@Brad_Olwin Been using 7XSS for well over than 20 months now. Maps are done very well and work pretty good for me. Indeed, maps help me so much, they are one of the main reasons, among other things, why I bother buying Fenix. Nothing cluttered at all. In the mountains they are extremely useful for what I do. I even buy on day one of my purchase licensed maps, although one can find tons of free maps on the Internet.
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I’m so glad I still have my Epix 2 for my holiday.
Suunto Support has been absolutely unhelpful so far. At this point, I’d recommend against buying the Suunto Vertical / Suunto products.
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@Ilya-Sul said in No-Map-Problem:
I’m so glad I still have my Epix 2 for my holiday.
Suunto Support has been absolutely unhelpful so far. At this point, I’d recommend against buying the Suunto Vertical / Suunto products.
But did you find epix 2’s map is slow?
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I bought some Talky Toaster maps for my Epix 2 (which I can wholeheartedly recommend). It’s slower, yes, but considering what an actually routable map brings to the table, it’s no contest really.
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@Ilya-Sul Still nothing from Suunto Support, even after another e-mail. After this whole debacle, I’ll say goodbye to Suunto, I think.
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@Ilya-Sul hard to read the whole 200+ messages here, could you describe your problem again?
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@Ilya-Sul said in No-Map-Problem:
That’s all that shows up. Needless to say, that’s not what my hometown looks like.
My federal state’s map’s been broken since I reset my watch. I tried everything. I can’t fix it, no matter what I reset, re-download or restart. I did everything more than once. There’s no fix on my end.
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@Ilya-Sul could you share state name and location? Here or DM me
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@pavel-samokha
Pavel’s helped me to resolve the issue.
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@Ilya-Sul Great. Unfortunately it’s not complete solution, there still could be border issues, I’ll share here when we fix the issue fully.
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@Ilya-Sul
@Ilya-Sul said in No-Map-Problem:
@pavel-samokha
Pavel’s helped me to resolve the issue.
️that is great.
I have asked you like 3 weeks ago about in which state this is happening. Could have solved this earlier
But great you got it working.Same issue I kept having at the boarder from Hamburg to adjacent stated of Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein
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Yes, but as I said: On a public forum, I don’t want to disclose my location any more than I have to.
The thing is that it would’ve been Suunto Support’s job to solve this with me, but they didn’t, like at all. So while I’m very grateful to the Suunto dev(s) on the forum, I’m bummed that going through the official channels turned out to be a such waste of time.
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@Ilya-Sul
you are right, support should be able to solve it for you.
still this is what the forum is there for: helping users out.
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Hey everyone. It’s hard to go through everything, and each issue is a bit different. Would anyone be able to let me know the recommended steps if I keep having the no-map issues? It seems to happen randomly where some map squares don’t show at 200m and closer. The map shows at 500m resolution but with less detail than normal for this resolution. I tried the soft reboot multiple times, and it seems to resolve the issue, but it always comes back after a while.
Is this a known issue, and should I just wait for the next fw update? Or should I redownload my maps? Anything else I can do?
The issue does not seem to be related to a specific map or location. I’m in Czechia most of the time, but I had the issue even when traveling to Austria.
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@Honza As far as I know a reboot works as a workaround. A solution should be provided with a firmware update.
