08-04-2019 11:06
08-04-2019 11:06
I've had my Versa for a while now, and as long as I keep up with syncing it, it usually isn't a problem.
For whatever reason I just didn't get around to syncing it this past week, and when I tried to sync it, it my phone couldn't find it. I tried turning off my phone's bluetooth and turning it back on, tried restarting my versa, tried restarting my phone, tried turning off my versa and then turning it back on, tried syncing my versa with other devices, everything came back with the same result.
Upon searching for a solution to the problem, I found a solution on these help forums that suggested that if I had already done everything that I had already tried, the next step was to remove my versa from my fitbit account and reconnect it, which I have now attempted. Unfortunately when I tried to add my versa back to my account, I've encountered a problem where my versa can't be discovered.
I assumed that the problem might be something that I could fix by factory resetting my Versa. I knew that it was going to cost me a week of stats, and was probably going to be a huge pain to reinstall updates and get rid of the Starbucks App again, but whatever. Unfortunately this did not solve my problem, so now I have a fitbit Versa that refuses to sync and doesn't even display the time anymore, so it isn't even functional as a watch.
To summarize:
Problem:
Versa is not discoverable.
Steps Taken:
Current State Of Things:
Current Feelings:
When my Versa is working, I really, really like it. It's encouraged me to take extra walks and really get into more exercise. I also like the way that it looks like an actual watch instead of like most fitbits. I tend not to use a lot of its features because I turn off the bluetooth except to sync the watch in an attempt to save battery life, and I don't own bluetooth headphones to enjoy the Versa's music functions.
Unfortunately, when my Versa isn't working properly, it is always a huge and horrible hassle. Once every handful of months I end up having this experience where I look on the help-board for the "My Versa decided not to sync anymore" and go through a stupid amount of troubleshooting trying to fix the thing. I usually eventually get it working again, but every time I do I always wonder why it had to be so hard, or why it had to take so long.
I'll keep doing things, and when I eventually get it all sorted out, I'll come back on here with probably another 20 steps that I took to finally get there.
08-04-2019 13:14
08-04-2019 13:14
In the two hours since I posted my initial list of attempts I've continued to have a bunch of fun and exciting issues trying to connect to my fitbit so that it'll stop being a shiny black pebble that emits light and displays the Fitbit logo. The current cycle that I'm running through over and over again is as follows:
Back at the beginning of this process the Versa did display numbers most of the time. Lately it seems to have decided that it is as exhausted with this process as I am and can't even be bothered.
08-04-2019 20:08
08-04-2019 20:08
I continued the cycle of attempting to sync my watch, and going to the "Not working/Try Again" window. After what totalled 9 hours (which I'm a bit dismayed to say is longer than the 30 minutes that the set-up initiation suggested it would take) I was able to reconnect my Versa with my account.
It continues to be argumentative about syncing, but now at least it functions as a watch again.
Final Thoughts:
There is no way that it should have been this much of a hassle to get it to sync in the first place. After I factory reset it, it should have been a quick and simple process to reconnect it with my account. As I said earlier, when the Versa works, I'm happy with it, but when it starts doing strange things I know that I'm in for a not great time trying to get the thing working agin.
08-05-2019 07:51
08-05-2019 07:51
Hoho! I thought I had solved my woes, and at least it was going to be a nice happy watch again, but things are not fixed after all.
Current State Of Things:
My Fitbit Versa is currently displaying the wrong time (Off by an hour). This seems like exactly the sort of thing that could be solved by syncing it, however it still doesn't do that (I was a little over-excited when I accepted the fact that it was a watch again as the solution to my problem). My Versa is currently not discoverable by my phone or my computer, so I guess that it is still suuuuuuper broken.