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I picked up an Epix Pro during the holiday sales. Aware that they'd had a data breach, I was dismayed to find there is no way to get the data off it without usi
by gausswho 2y ago
I picked up an Epix Pro during the holiday sales. Aware that they'd had a data breach, I was dismayed to find there is no way to get the data off it without using an app and that app won't even start without an account. Despite the settings, wouldn't show up as a storage device when connected (on Linux).
I noped right out. Reeked of surveillance capitalism. Shame because I did like the hardware. Is there a dumb watch that's got a good enough screen for hiking maps and the ability to SOS without sending Walmart and the NSA my realtime heart rate?
- phicoh 2y agoBy and large Garmin devices can be accessed directly from a Linux system. I have a FR 965 and it connects just fine. But in typical Garmin fashion, there may be a hard to find setting to enable this. My watch asks if I want to connect to a computer when I plug in the cable.
- canucker2016 2y agoThe Epix watches seem to have a setting to switch the watch to Mass Storage USB mode - see https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-E5C62F3F-DCE3-4197-8CA5-E419B2A55D12/EN-US/GUID-1500E73F-F386-49AF-A542-25D4B1655A08.html https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-E5C62F3F-DCE3-4... Did you change this setting on the watch?
- gausswho 2y agoI did enable that setting. But it still didn't work for me. I remember seeing it was showing up and tried various tools related to MTP but none of them were able to access the files.