{"id":13180,"date":"2023-07-10T21:21:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2023\/07\/10\/a-recent-fitbit-charge-5-update-is-bricking-some-devices\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T22:01:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:01:29","slug":"a-recent-fitbit-charge-5-update-is-bricking-some-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2023\/07\/10\/a-recent-fitbit-charge-5-update-is-bricking-some-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"A recent Fitbit Charge 5 update is bricking some devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent update to the Fitbit Charge 5 tracker has bricked devices for some users. Preceeded by heavy battery drain. The Fitbit Charge 5 is Fitbit\u2019s latest tracker in the Charge series to date and remains one of the company\u2019s most popular wearables.<br \/>\nAnd up until the most recent software update it\u2019s been a pretty decent device for most. But this latest update is having some negative impacts. According to Android Authority, many users are actually being impacted. Which suggests this isn\u2019t just a small number of devices that are having issues.<br \/>\nOf course, the update isn\u2019t impacting everyone, but enough that it seems the software probably isn\u2019t safe to install. That is, if you want to continue using the device as intended. Installing the software may or may not impose these issues on your Charge 5. So install at your own risk. There is also one minor issue regarding the update process. As Android Authority points out, auto updates don\u2019t have a way to be disabled. Which means the only way you can probably avoid the update, if it hasn\u2019t already been installed, is to ensure your Charge 5 isn\u2019t connected to the internet.<br \/>\nIf your Fitbit Charge 5 is bricked, there\u2019s no unfortunately fix yet<br \/>\nWith this being such a major issue for a widespread number of users, you\u2019d think there would be recourse for those affected. But that doesn\u2019t seem to be the case.<br \/>\nFitbit doesn\u2019t have a fix for the problem at the time being. And users having problems with their Charge 5 after this update are merely getting a 35% discount on a new device. So, Fitbit\u2019s answer due to the software problem is you having to buy a new device. Your Charge 5 also needs to still be under warranty.<br \/>\nThat seems like a pretty raw deal considering the consequences of the update. And if Fitbit isn\u2019t providing users with a resolution, you may want to hold off using the device for now. Especially if the update will brick your device and you won\u2019t be able to use it anyway.<br \/>\nThe post A recent Fitbit Charge 5 update is bricking some devices appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fitbit-Charge-5-4.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"899\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent update to the Fitbit Charge 5 tracker has bricked devices for some users. Preceeded by heavy battery drain. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13181,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13182,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13180\/revisions\/13182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}