"Wahoo's early Elemnt Bolt & Roam cycling GPS computers have long been praised for their simple interface, intuitiveness, long run times, and just bug-free firmware, even many years after their release. Well, that was until last week, when an issue with how these older devices tracked GPS time led to many riders losing GPS tracking, ride recording, or simply ending up with corrupt files after the end of their activity."
"For both the original ELEMNT BOLT and original ELEMNT ROAM, Wahoo had only allocated a limited 10-bit system to track time on these early devices. So all of a sudden, Elemnts reset their internal clocks to January 1st, 2006, and couldn't be fixed. And since GPS communication and subsequent ride tracking rely on accurate data, satellites kept telling your GPS the correct date and your Wahoo computer disagreed. That date error then cascaded into unpredictable and often flawed locations."
Wahoo's early ELEMNT Bolt and Roam GPS units were known for simplicity, intuitiveness, long battery life, and stable firmware over many years. An old GPS-time tracking flaw caused many older ELEMNT units to reset their internal clocks to January 1, 2006, producing mismatched satellite data, erratic location readings, loss of GPS tracking, navigation failures, and corrupt or unusable .fit ride files. The flaw stemmed from a 10-bit time counter limitation on original Bolt and Roam hardware. Wahoo deployed a firmware fix that restored correct time handling and resolved the tracking and file corruption issues.
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