Hello, I noticed that the four gold pins in the charging slot of my Fenix 5+, are somehow affected and small "holes" are on top of them. Where the pins of the cable make contact. It's like that the metal surface of the pins is burnt by small sparks maybe. Have you noticed something like this on your watches. How to factory reset your Garmin watch – Fenix 5, Fenix 3 or Forerunner watch Hold the power/Light key until the menu appears. Choose power off. Press and Hold lap/Back button. Press the power/Light key. You will get the menu “Clean user data: Yes/No?” Then choose yes to factory reset the Garmin watch. Charge Your Device – Start by connecting your Garmin Fenix 5 to its charger. Allow it to charge for at least an hour. A completely drained battery may need some time to regain enough power to turn on. Soft Reset – Perform a soft reset by holding down the power button for 15 seconds. Device not charging. Since yesterday my Fenix 5X Plus won't charge. I've tried everything I can think of: soft reset, hard reset, cleaning the charging contacts, multiple charging cables, different USB ports on the same computer, multiple computers, different wall chargers Fenix 6x Pro won't power on. Sam over 2 years ago. Was tracking a ride and when I got home, watch was off. I pressed the power/light button and the garmin logo came up and then disappeared. I put watch on charge for about an hour, tried to power on again, nothing, so I pressed power button for 30 seconds, nothing happens. I cleaned watch and 【Charger Combination for Garmin】You will get 1x3.3ft charging cable + 2x Type C adapters for Garmin Fenix Forerunner Instinct Vivoactive watch, which can be flexibly combined with Type C charging cable. 【2 Ways of Use】1.Use the charging cable to charge Garmin Fenix watch or transfer data directly, 3.3 FT length is more convenient for you 2. Garmin actually recommends against this, as it increases the corrosion of the charging pads. The correct thing to do is to get thin cleaning swabs (like those used for cleaning the flux off the circuit boards) and clean out the dirt using IPA every couple of weeks (I usually do it every two charging cycles, takes 5 minutes tops). Compatible Modes: This charger dock compatible with Garmin Vivoactive 3 4 4S 5/ Vivoactive 3 Music / Fenix 5 5X 5plus, Fenix 6 6S 6X, Fenix 7 7S 7X/ Vivoactive Venu/Venu 2/Venu 2S/Venu Sq / Venu Sq Music / Forerunner 245 935 55/ Approach S60 X10 / Instinct. It does not only can charge your device, but also can be USB data sync cord. I have several Garmin chargers in my draw which I have never used and am unlikely to do so. The current demands of charging the watch are low, so pretty much any existing USB charger will work fine with the Fenix 5. I am happy they did not include a charger as this would simply be more landfill and would put up the price unnecessarily. Wireless Charging. I spent nearly £700 for a Garmin Fenix 5X and less than three years later it doesn't work any more because the charging contacts are clogged up. When I read up on the problem it's caused by charging when wet which coats the contacts in some way. NbnGzjb.