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I was part-way into our current holiday and suddenly, switching profiles takes several minutes (instead of virtuously instantaneously). When it first happened, I thought the unit had locked-up and gave it a hard reset with a looong push on the on/off button. I eventually realised that it did switch, but takes several minutes.

I used to switch profiles regularly, eg when switching between driving and walking modes.

Anyone else have this experience?

I created a new profile and it switched to it instantly. I then created a 2nd new profile and it switched to that instantly. But switching between the 2 new profiles still takes minues.

I am embarking on taking screenshots of how all the pages are setup in each profile, then will overwrite the files in the garmin/profiles folder with backups I took a while back. If that doesn't fix it, I guess I'll delete everything in the folder and try starting from scratch.

Update: I connected to the gpsr in USB mode and deleted all the profiles from the Profiles folder. It won't delete the one that was active. I turned the unit on and created a new profile, then tried to switch back to the old one that was active at the time I deleted the rest - and it took a couple of minutes. Same when switching back to the new profile.

I connected in USB mode agan, and deleted the last of the old profiles (as it wasn't active this time), and then turned the unit on again and created another new profile.

So now I have 2 newly-created profiles - and it still takes a couple of minutes to switch.

At a loss of what to do next.

I am assuming a 66i, what firmware version?

How much available memory on the device and or micro SD card (if installed)?

steerage250 wrote: Wed Aug 27, 2025 12:31 am When it first happened, I thought the unit had locked-up and gave it a hard reset with a looong push on the on/off button.

I don't think you've performed a hard reset.

How to perform a hard reset on your GPSmap 66i:

Press and hold the PAGE and ENTER buttons simultaneously.

Press the power button to turn on the device while holding the PAGE and ENTER buttons simultaneously.

Release the power button only when Garmin appears on the screen.

Release the PAGE and ENTER buttons when the message "Are you sure you want to delete all user data?" appears.

This will delete all saved user data.

Good catch!