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What you can always do to get ALL your raw data out of Garmin connect (as FIT files) is using the data export (https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=W1TvTPW8JZ6

by jo-m 2y ago

What you can always do to get ALL your raw data out of Garmin connect (as FIT files) is using the data export (https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=W1TvTPW8JZ6LfJSfK512Q8 https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=W1TvTPW8JZ6LfJSfK512Q8). There are some good OSS libraries to read and interpret those files (e.g. Python https://github.com/polyvertex/fitdecode https://github.com/polyvertex/fitdecode, Go https://github.com/tormoder/fit https://github.com/tormoder/fit). To get your _current_ data, it is possible to pull the current .FIT files from your device (watch, bike computer, ..) when it is plugged to your computer and mounted as file system. I once started a side project to do exactly that, but abandoned it after a while (https://github.com/jo-m/garmin-disconnect https://github.com/jo-m/garmin-disconnect).

winkywooster 2y ago
um, have you tried to export all your raw data from garmin? i have 15 years of logged data, and that dump does not include any fit/gpx/tcx files. it was 196 json files (228mb) which are just high-level summaries. using one of the hacky third-party export libraries, i was able to get the actual fit files (5708 files, 373mb). even that has missing files, empty files, and duplicates. very frustrating. the lesson i learned is you can't just expect these exports from any online services to be complete or what you expect. i highly recommend going through an export of anything you depend on and see if it has what you expect.
- LeifCarrotson 2y ago
  This is particularly relevant with the recent blue triangle of death episode where all their newest watches downloaded a corrupted gps ephemeris data file and entered a boot loop. One of the recommended fixes was a factory reset of the watch, which deletes all of the stored .fit files.
- hn8726 2y ago
  Should it be possible to request all the data via GDPR and friends?
  - iamacyborg 2y ago
    You’ve got nothing to lose from trying
- jo-m 2y ago
  Maybe it is because I am in Europe, but the data export I recently did (2024-10) contained all my FIT files, although in another layer of zip: DI_CONNECT/DI-Connect-Uploaded-Files/UploadedFiles_0-_Part\*.zip DI_CONNECT/DI-Connect-Fitness/my@email_PrimaryTrainingBackup_Part1.zip

by jo-m 2y ago

winkywooster 2y ago

um, have you tried to export all your raw data from garmin? i have 15 years of logged data, and that dump does not include any fit/gpx/tcx files. it was 196 json files (228mb) which are just high-level summaries. using one of the hacky third-party export libraries, i was able to get the actual fit files (5708 files, 373mb). even that has missing files, empty files, and duplicates. very frustrating. the lesson i learned is you can't just expect these exports from any online services to be complete or what you expect. i highly recommend going through an export of anything you depend on and see if it has what you expect.

LeifCarrotson 2y ago
This is particularly relevant with the recent blue triangle of death episode where all their newest watches downloaded a corrupted gps ephemeris data file and entered a boot loop. One of the recommended fixes was a factory reset of the watch, which deletes all of the stored .fit files.
hn8726 2y ago
Should it be possible to request all the data via GDPR and friends?
- iamacyborg 2y ago
  You’ve got nothing to lose from trying
jo-m 2y ago
Maybe it is because I am in Europe, but the data export I recently did (2024-10) contained all my FIT files, although in another layer of zip: DI_CONNECT/DI-Connect-Uploaded-Files/UploadedFiles_0-_Part\*.zip DI_CONNECT/DI-Connect-Fitness/my@email_PrimaryTrainingBackup_Part1.zip