Has this happened to anyone else? Could this be repaired? I might stop in to the Fossil store today but I'm hoping this is something that a normal watch repair place can do too. I love my Fossil Hybrid and would hate to retire it.

Hey, I want to switch my Skagen Jorn Gen 6 from the official app to Gadgetbridge.

Currently I'm using a custom watch face I made on the official app, based on one of the backgrounds. Do you guys know if I'll be able to keep that this watchface when I move the watch to Gadegetbridge, or do I have to change it? If not, can I make a similar one in Gadgetbridge?

Thanks

I bought this watch back in July 2023 and have thoroughly enjoyed it except for this one issue. Back in January of this year, I let the watch die and tried to charge it through various different USB outlets, cleaning the contacts, and even borrowing a friend's charger to try bring it back to life to no avail. I had to ship it to Fossil, since it was under warranty it was free, sucked not having it for a month but was glad that it was fixed.

Fast forward to today, I forgot to charge it and I let it fully deplete again, which I had avoided for just about a whole year. Seemingly the same issue as before. Contacting support, it seems like it'll cost me this time around and I'm just curious if anyone else has successfully dealt with this issue on their own. Any insight as to how they'd fix a problem like this?

The fossil q legacy app isnt working. When u try to login, create it just says its under maitainence. Did they shutdown the servers?. I have a fossil q reveller band. Its still in good condition. How can i use this?

Please delete this if it's the wrong place, sorry if it is.

I've been trying to find a decent deal on one of these smartwatches to tinker/play with. Lost an ebay bid and now am searching without much luck. I was wondering if anyone might have one they're willing to sell or trade for - I have an old Pebble 1 watch, a Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle with a rather bad battery life I'd be willing to give up.

Sorry again if this is the wrong place and thanks!

My just over 1 year old gen 6 hybrid just won't charge from last week. Not droped or doesn't have any water damage. Charger works fine. Have tried with a new charger as well.Anyone has an ideas what the issue might be or a turnaround for this?

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Is it possible to make the black version have the white screen with black text as in the gold version? Thanks

I got a fossil gen 5 for my dad about 2 years back and for the past 2 months or so it has completely given up. The side buttons and the touch have stopped working. I dont think its the buttons per say, its just lagging so much that nothing happens no matter what you do. If you hold the middle button, it shows the options to restart or power off, which i have tried several times but its still the same. Honestly, I feel its such a waste of money. A low end watch like boat or boult would have given better performance I feel. And it has always been laggy and glitchy. Its not something we started observing 2 months back. Then, it completely gave up. You can either watch the clock on your watch for 3 hours, coz thats how long the watch lasts after a full charge, or throw it in the bin because it serves no other purpose. I tried contacting Fossil multiple times for it but they’re absolutely unhelpful. Any idea what can i do with this watch?

Ever since the update last year or something, I have not receive notifications. I deleted the app and restarted it, and it only works for a short while before not receiving. I downloaded previous versions of the app, and I can't seem to find one that can load my notifications. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? Do you know which version allows us to see notifications once again and updates out watch with a vibration when connecting to the app?

I have not been able to find anything through the app, please let me know if you have any white backed templates with four dials. Its seems they can still be downloaded but not created!

Is it repairable ?

I have a fossil hybrid hr collider which I've had around 4 years. The hour hand has recently stopped moving and won't adjust even in calibration.

I contacted fossil who have advised they no longer repair watches and can only offer me a discount on a traditional watch.

I moved to this watch from a pebble due to the e-ink and smart functions and I don't really want a traditional watch or a full smart watch.

I'd like to get this repaired - does anyone know if I have any other options?

I live in Australia

Yesterday I dropped my apple watch on the tile floor and knew immediately based on the sound that I'd be looking for a new one later that day. As I started searching I took a long look at my usage patterns and wondered if I should branch out a bit. The apple watch was a work gift and honestly the only things I used it for was tracking walks/runs, seeing if I got a slack/message, and occasionally wearing overnight to track sleep. I'm a tech enthusiast but minimal watch user, I just prefer my phone for almost all of those tasks.

I'm also a big fan of E-Ink screens, even getting very close to trying out an E-Ink phone, but the tradeoff was just too high. A co-worker has the Fossil Gen-6 Hybrid and that's what tipped me off. However as I've done more and more research it seems like this is just an all around bad idea.

The only watch that seems available is the CZ Smart Hybrid, which I think looks fine, but I'm terrified of the horror stories I'm reading that the thing won't stay connected. Being a tech guy I'm happy to try creative solutions, back in the fitbit versa days I coded my own watch face to include my google calendar before those things were common. I really enjoyed being able to make your own things but I don't think this has any sort of SDK available. Gadgetbridge seems neat but it doesn't show the CZ as compatible, not with standing my phone is an iPhone and likely sinks that as an option.

At any rate, it feels like I should just leave the e-ink watches behind and move on to a vivomove or something more reliable but I figured I'd ask here first.

Hi everyone.

It's been 2 years that i bought my Collider HR and i loved it!!
Until a few ago, where my watch become useless...

I really liked to have notifications on my wrist, to control music during my shower. But these functions didn't work anymore, don't know why. I tried to uninstall and reinstall app but it worked for 1 day i think... Now, it's just a simple watch that tell me the time...
I've seen a lot of users having same issues and that Fossil Tech Managers left the company so... Is there a solution? GadgetBridge? Or is it better to change my watch?

Have a nice day

Because of server errors?

So once my standard phone is lost then I can no longer pair my existing hybrid HR with another phone? wtf

I'm measuring 38.6mm diameter for the crystal, but I don't know the thickness. My glass is scratched and I plan on replacing it with a sapphire. Has anyone worked on this model before?

Hi,

I think my last post is gone. As updated: My screen lost contrast like many others. Fridge helped for 1-2 hours. I've sent it for repair as it is 1,5 years old. After 3 weeks they told me it can not be repaired, but they offer 50% discount on the current collection. I rejected (no smartwatch available and I will never buy fossil again) and asked for a replacement or refund. Answer: As the glas has to be replaced which is not part of the warranty they won't give any refund. I could get the broken watch back or 50% discount.

Shit

I’ve tried resetting, disconnecting and reconnecting, notifications are on in my app and on the watch. My other fossil watch vibrates and receives notifications while this one doesn’t even when active.

What have I missed?

Yesterday had abit of condensation on my watch left in sun and it was fine later on but since then the face seems to be stuck and not showing any time and just showing at 9:15. When I connect the charger and connect with app it shows correct time and get sync but showing battery as 1% no matter how long i keep.

Tried removing the watch from app and re added but still same thing any idea how to fix this.

Hi everyone,I recently bought a Fossil Gen 6 Hybrid Wellness Edition and noticed a small dot on the screen, which is more noticeable when the light is on. Is this normal, or is it something I should be concerned about? Thanks!

My screen is getting blurred (losing contrast). As I read this is quite common, so I started a warranty repair. But now I am wondering what will happen, as I saw some posts here, that they ran out of parts/ watches to replace it. Within the warranty description it says in that case they offer a discount on another watch, but they stopped smartwatch business.

Any experiences what will happen and what I could do?

I ordered the Fossil Hybrid Smartwatch HR FB-01 Stainless Steel back in November 2021. A couple months ago, I was helping out with the dishes and got a little too much water on it. The watch basically stopped working. I let it dry out. That seemed to help, but now the e-Ink was washed out.

On top of that, the battery now lasted only less than 1 day with a full charge.

I contacted Fossil customer support. They paid for the shipping to look at the watch for repairs. They sent the watch back to me without any repairs being made. The apology letter read that the issue was they were missing the necessary replacement parts. In this case, they said they did not have a replacement "module."

Does anybody know what this module is? Can a new or even used module be purchased online? Is it possible for me to repair it myself? Is there anything that can be done?

Hi! I bought a Fossil Hybrid Gen 6 Machine and it arrived today and I absolutely love it. I saw some fearmongering fossil might turn off their servers, and I don't want my watch to break. However, I don't want to immediately switch to gadgetbridge either as I want to track sleep.

So, I see for Gadgetbridge you stick your email and password into some python and get a key - Will I just be able to hold onto that key indefinitely, and then choose to use gadgetbridge if/when fossil do turn off the servers? What if I factory reset the watch between now and then, will I need to get a new key every time?

I was thinking I could just get my key now, store it somewhere, and when the time comes, just install gadgetbridge then. Is this doable?

I had a 6am alarm set for yesterday and because this issue keeps happening the last thing I did last night was use the Alexa voice function to tell the watch to cancel all alarms.

It then went off at 6am this morning.

Anyone else have this issue? Anyone know how to fix it?