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| author | cirakg <cirakg@cirakg.xyz> | 2026-10-25 11:56:02 +0100 |
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| committer | cirakg <cirakg@cirakg.xyz> | 2026-10-25 11:56:02 +0100 |
| commit | a20b77e4a67263b55b325dee5c7532022cd08570 (patch) | |
| tree | 895ac86fa1c6c7a8bfcad52e147457e656826961 /docs/YOUR_STEPS.md | |
| parent | bd2787c29c1e37d4683247dc7cf4e754f20754ad (diff) | |
docs: how a sideloaded build is removed from the watch
The watch removes the .prg after installing it; the app is removed from
the watch's own menu and its fr70.* storage files deleted by hand.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/YOUR_STEPS.md b/docs/YOUR_STEPS.md index c6b5d07..1a66761 100644 --- a/docs/YOUR_STEPS.md +++ b/docs/YOUR_STEPS.md @@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ The debug build has fake demo entries and the on-watch benchmark. It gets no pho 3. Copy `build/debug/fr70.prg` into the folder `GARMIN/APPS` (on some watches `GARMIN/Apps`). 4. Eject the watch and unplug it. The app "OTP Wallet" appears in the watch's apps list. +The watch installs the app and then removes `fr70.prg` from `GARMIN/APPS`, so the file isn't there afterwards. The app's storage shows up as `fr70.DAT`, `fr70.IDX` and `fr70.IMT` in `GARMIN/APPS/DATA`, and `fr70.SET` in `GARMIN/APPS/SETTINGS`. A sideloaded app never appears in the Connect IQ Store app. + If the watch doesn't show up in the file manager, stop and tell me. Don't install anything on the computer for this without us talking first. ### 4.2 Benchmark @@ -139,8 +141,9 @@ While a card is open: the backlight should be on (the Forerunner 70 has a MIP sc ### 4.5 Remove the debug build -1. Connect the watch over USB again, delete `fr70.prg` from `GARMIN/APPS`, eject, unplug. -2. Check that OTP Wallet is gone from the apps list. +1. On the watch, remove OTP Wallet: highlight it in the apps list, hold UP (MENU) and choose **Remove**, or find it under **Settings**, **Activities & Apps** (or **Apps**). The exact labels on the Forerunner 70 may differ. +2. Connect the watch over USB and delete its leftover storage: `fr70.DAT`, `fr70.IDX` and `fr70.IMT` in `GARMIN/APPS/DATA`, and `fr70.SET` in `GARMIN/APPS/SETTINGS`. Leave every other file alone: files with 8-character names such as `G7AA3237.*` belong to apps installed from the Store (Settings Spike and others). +3. Eject, unplug, and check that OTP Wallet is gone from the apps list. ## Part 5: Store beta, and the update from 0.7.0 to 0.8.0 |