Garmin’s instructions seem to suggest that devices will need to be factory reset if a power cycle does not work. Reconfiguring a watch from scratch would be inconvenient, so it might be worth waiting to see if Garmin can issue an update that resolves the issue. If you cannot wait too long, you might just have to go through the hassle.

If you own a Garmin GPS watch, you may want to power it down for a while. Users on Reddit and Garmin’s forums (via The Verge) report that a botched software update is leaving the wearables in a “blue triangle” boot loop,

Garmin has shared new ways to fix its smartwatches that are stuck on the “ blue triangle of death ,” a boot-up error that’s been stopping owners from using their watches. The steps could get more watches working again — but some models will lose data in the process.