u/DeXB

Is there any way to lock the screen similar to when the activity is running? That sounds simple but I can’t find a way to do it on my Q8Pro. Usually with Apple Watch before, I was setting alarm and before going to bed I was locking the screen, so I don’t accidentally turn it down without being fully awake.

I tried to disable touch screen before going to bed, but either this feature is broken or it’s intended to work this way - it re-enables itself automatically after some time it seems (maybe with the alarm clock).

Just got my 1st Garmin Quatix 8 Pro. Subscribed to inReach Premium. Went for a hike in the mountains. My iPhone had no LTE reception, neither did Q8Pro, which offered me the use of satellite to send a message. After pointing few times, it did find a satellite every single time, full 3 bars of satellite reception and the device was "sending" a message, just to get the end result: failed. Tried multiple times. Wasted one hour. Perfectly clear skies. Full bars satellite reception. Yet I could have died.

Seriously, Garmin? Or is mine Q8Pro being faulty? So "back on the ground" I left my iPhone and Q8Pro offered me to find LTE connectivity. I thought great, why not? The problem is it has been blinking forever and never logged into LTE, where my iPhone was receiving 5G signal. Fail 2.

I did not expect perfect technology on my wrist but I think it's a bit too much?

Btw running latest FW 21.41.

Since getting Quatix 8 Pro (my 1st Garmin after Apple Watch), I can't get Apple CarPlay to work with my iPhone, either wired or wireless. It seems Garmin establishes 2 Bluetooth connections with iPhone: one that lets you disconnect from BT settings and forget the device; 2nd which stays permanent (listening to iOS communications), which is something that cannot be manually deleted from iOS Bluetooth settings.

So I have removed 1st BT connection, forgotten the device, unlinked Q8Pro also from Garmin Web but I was still unable to make CarPlay working back.

Did someone face a similar issue and found a solution how to bring back CarPlay working with Garmin smartwatch paired to the iPhone?