How to reset Garmin Vivofit 4 to factory Settings

1. Hold the device key for 15 seconds.
2. Release the device key.

   The device briefly displays a triangle, and then displays the watch face.

1. Hold the device key to view the menu.
2. Hold .
3. Hold the device key until NV RST appears.

   The device resets and the screen turns on.

4. Pair your device with your smartphone (Pairing with Your Smartphone).

Garmin vívosmart 4

If your smartwatch Garmin vívosmart 4 it works very slow, it hangs, you have a full memory and you want to erase everything or you want to sell it or give it away and you want nobody to be able to access your accounts and passwords you can do a factory reset so that it returns to be like the first day.

In the following steps we explain how to format the Garmin vívosmart 4 to erase all your information and make it totally clean as it came out of the store.

You must bear in mind that a reset or return to the factory state in a smart watch erases all its content so you should make a backup of your data before doing it if you do not want to lose everything.

Restore from the options of Garmin vívosmart 4

If you want to make a reset using the device options to return to the factory state an Garmin vívosmart 4 you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 5 minutes.

1- First step:

Access the configuration menu or “Settings” of your Garmin vívosmart 4.

2- Second step:

Swipe or browse the screen until you reach “General” and click on General

3- Third step:

Swipe to find “Disconnect”, “Disconnect and reset” or “Unpair” and confirm with “Done”

4- Fourth step:

Your device vívosmart 4 from Garmin it will restart and take several minutes to start while restoring the device to its factory state and optimizing the applications pre-installed in the operative system .

If these instructions have not worked, try to follow the following steps in your vívosmart 4:

Go to the “Settings” and then scroll to “General Administration”. Click on “Reset device” and then confirm by clicking on “Done”.

Uninstall he Wear OS app on your phone and reinstall it, the try again.

Restore Garmin vívosmart 4 from a mobile phone

If you want to reset the Garmin vívosmart 4 from a linked mobile phone follow the next steps.

1- Go to Settings > Bluetooth on your smartphone and find your smartwatch under Paired devices, then tap on the gear icon at the right and choose Unpair or Forget. Garmin vívosmart 4.

2- Uninstall the Wear OS app and reinstall on your phone and set up your smartwatch as new.

When experiencing problems with pairing the activity tracker to the moveUP app, it may be appropriate to perform a full reset of the activity tracker.

Check if Garmin connect app is installed on your phone

The Garmin connect app from Garmin can not be installed on your phone while you are using the moveUP app.

Check if the Garmin connect app is installed on your phone

On the phone, open the “settings” app

Go to “Applications”

Search for the Garmin app called “Connect”

Remove the “Connect” app if installed

Go to the “storage” screen

You can choose two things at the bottom: “clear cache” and “delete data”. You may first click on “clear cache” (and confirm with ok), and then on “delete data”.

If “Connect” is not installed, continue with the troubleshooting steps below.

In the moveUP app

1. Remove the link with the activity tracker

To remove your activity tracker click on the menu sign on the top left of your screen.

Chose “Activity tracker” from the menu list.

You will see the following screen. Click on “Revoke access”

Click on “Revoke access”

You will see the following screen once unlinked.

2. Remove the bluetooth connection between your activity tracker and your phone

Instructions for an Android device:

1. Touch settings.

2. Touch connections.

3. Touch Bluetooth.

4. Touch the Options icon next to the device you want to unpair.

5. Touch Unpair.

1. Instructions for an Apple device:
   1. Touch Settings 
   2. Touch Bluetooth
   3. Touch the (i) icon next to the step counter.
   4. Touch Forget This Device.
   5. Confirm you’d like to remove the step counter from your iPhone or iPad.

On your activity tracker: do a full reset

Hold the device key (1) for 1 second until you see the wifi symbol

• Go to (i) by pressing the device key (1) multiple times.

• Hold the device key (1) VERY LONG until NV RST appears (usually 7 seconds) . The device resets and the screen turns on.

Video illustration of this process

On your phone

1. Fully restart the phone

Restart your phone completely (switch it off and back on).

2. Pair the activity tracker again

Now you can pair your activity tracker again with your smartphone.

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