How to Restart Your Fitbit Trackers

How to Restart Your Fitbit Trackers
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Jun

How to Restart Your Fitbit Trackers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ideally, you shouldn’t ever have to restart your Fitbit. But things happen. Each model has a different method to initiate a restart, and usually, the process only takes a few minutes. The following problems could potentially be fixed by restarting your Fitbit.

  • Your tracker won’t sync.
  • Your tracker doesn’t respond to button presses, taps, or swipes.
  • Your tracker won’t turn on.
  • Your tracker isn’t tracking your activity.

The benefit of restarting your Fitbit is it won’t delete your tracked activity. However, if your tracker stores your calls, texts, or calendar notifications, those will be deleted when you restart.

How to Restart Your Fitbit Zip

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  1. Open the door to the battery in the back using the battery door tool.
  2. Remove the battery.
  3. Wait 10 seconds.
  4. Put the battery back in with the “+” facing up and close the battery door.

Your Fitbit Zip will now restart. You will see the version number on the screen.

How to Restart Your Fitbit One

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  1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.
  2. Plug your One into the charging cable.
  3. Press and hold down the tracker’s button for 10-12 seconds.
  4. Unplug your One from the charging cable.
  5. Press the tracker’s button.

How To Restart Your Fitbit Flex

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  1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.
  2. Plug your Flex into the charging cable.
  3. Insert a paperclip into the small pinhole on the back of the charger.
  4. Hold down the paperclip for 3-5 seconds.
  5. Unplug your Flex from the charger.

The Flex will display flashing LED lights for a few seconds before it restarts.

How To Restart Your Fitbit Charge

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  1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.
  2. Plug your Charge into the charging cable.
  3. You need to hold the power button for 10 seconds.
  4. Let go of the button.

How To Restart Your Charge HR

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  1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.
  2. Plug your Charge into the charging cable.
  3. You should hold the button for 10 to 12 seconds.
  4. Let go of the button.

How To Restart Your Fitbit Alta

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  1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.
  2. Plug the Alta into the Charger.
  3. Press the button on the charging cable three times with a slight pause between each press but within 8 seconds. The button is at the end of your charging cable.
  4. After you see the logo on the Alta’s screen, you can just unplug the charger.

How to Restart Your Fitbit Blaze

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  1. Press and hold both the Back button and the Select buttons. They are on the left and bottom right of the device.
  2. Let go of the buttons.

How To Restart Your Fitbit Surge

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  1. Press and hold the Back and Select buttons until you see the logo appear on the screen.
  2. Let go of the buttons.
  3. When your screen turns off, wait 10 seconds and press the Home button to turn your Surge back on.
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