Zuzus pedals

There's probably already a thread about this somewhere, but ...

I just did a metric century and the watch died and stopped recording at 56+ miles. I figured it might erase the ride if I kept trying to record long enough after seeing the "low battery" display, so it was not a huge surprise when I hit the "stop" button and it displayed the date and time rather than the ride stats. Going to "history" resulted in seeing "No history." Oops. The watch is a Garmin Forerunner 10, which I think is the cheapest Garmin device (and I don't just mean least expensive).

Any way to recover at least the portion of the ride that was originally recorded? Or did the device completely erase the data from memory?

downhillmaster

unterhausen

I posted a similar question recently about my edge 800. I think the answer is you are SOL. I gave up. I even ran disk utilities on my device looking for orphaned file fragments, no joy. I became convinced it was gone. Pretty funny considering how many of their customers are data-obsessed. I know someone that says a ride didn't happen if it isn't on Strava. I'm sure he's not the only one. In my case, I was trying to keep track of my training stress. It was high enough without that ride, but a 250 mile ride would have pegged the chart.

fietsbob

Paper maps FTW ..

canklecat

If you carry a smartphone linked to your Google account, you may have recorded the ride to your Google Maps Timeline. Check that link, navigate back to the date you rode and check to see if your ride was recorded. If so you can download the data file and convert it to a format you prefer.

Google tracking is very reliable and accurate, generally more so than Strava and other activities apps. No need to remember to activate it for each activity, as long as it's set to record all activities by default. I use it not only as a backup, but as a backup objective witness. I was struck by a car this spring and the Google tracking confirmed my version of the incident.

I set mine to record all my activities by default. It's set to private so only I and Google and the NSA and Illuminati know. And the reptilians. But otherwise it's private.

I don't know whether iPhone offers a comparable tracking option for Apple Maps or iOS activities apps by default. But it will work while logged into a Google account, same as Android.

njkayaker

???

Do you even read the threads you reply to?

fietsbob

not my problem .
plan ahead... write it down in hard copy..



, to not lose it..






..;.

bluehills3149

Thanks canklecat! Although its scary to see how much Google is keeping track of me, its handy to be able to get this data if your bike computer/app or whatever does not record properly.
For those wanting to upload a "lost" ride to their favorite ride recording site (eg Strava or ridewithGPS) and you have google tracking your every move (and that's probably most of us) here's how to do it.
1. Go to Google Maps Timeline. and log into your google account if you have not already.
2. Select the day you completed the ride and it should show your ride on the map. Don't worry if there is too much data as you can chop it down later.
3. Click the "gear" icon on bottom left of map and select "export this day to KML". Save the file.
4. Search for a site that converts KML to whatever file upload you require (eg gpx for Strava) and convert the file and save it. I used mygeodata.com but there may be other/better sites.
5 Use the upload feature in your recording site which is usually a GPX file. In strava you can chop off bad data at the start or end of a ride (eg you drove home after a ride and kept recording).

canklecat

Yup, Google Maps Timeline tracking can be a pretty handy option. I appreciate it more now since I was hit by a car. And it's handy for auto-logging my many medical appointments.

I don't worry about the privacy issue. If I was concerned I'd leave the phone at home.

Or switch to an old flip phone for emergencies, or my older iPhone without any Google products.

That's not an option with some Android phones -- many prepaid Android phones have Google baked in. We'd need to root the phones to remove that stuff. Not worth the effort for most low priced smartphones.

Seattle Forrest

Paper that was made in teh far east ..,.;.

,,,,.,."
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fietsbob

Just Un delete it , you are the Tech Wizards..

IvyGodivy

I believe person did, you just don't seem to get sarcasm. Deleted or whatever, 99.9999% sure it's gone! Move on!

njkayaker

​​​​​​It wasn't sacasm. He regularly posts silly unhelpful nonsense in gps threads. He doesn't seem to have any idea how they work.

Really? You replied to a week-old post to say this?

You should heed your own advice.
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IvyGodivy

njkayaker

Whoosh !

CliffordK

Strava allows manual data entry. Put in the distance, time, etc... and it will accept it like a ride, just not on leaderboards, or most of the Strava challenges.