Garmin Vivoactive 3 – How To Restart or Restore Default Settings

What to do when your vivoactive 3 freezes up or unresponsive or when you want to wipe it clean.

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Here we have a method for each. Note as of Jan 2018 hard reset key sequence was not known.

Note that your data could he affected when doing either method.

HOW TO REBOOT/RESTART VIVOACTIVE 3
Simply press and hole the key for at least 15 seconds until the device shuts down or restarts.

HOW TO RESTORE DEFAULTS
Press and HOLD display to get to the menu and select SETTINGS | SYSTEM | RESTORE DEFAULTS

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6 Replies to “Garmin Vivoactive 3 – How To Restart or Restore Default Settings”

  1. Thanks! I was downloading a few apps to my watch and it froze, thought I got a virus!

  2. Is there a way to reset the GPS? When running with friends, pace is significantly slower then their watches indicate.

  3. HI there.What to do when device is freezing? there is off and is not possible to switch on. Mainly happens when is connected to PC for recharging.

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