Restart Fossil Gen 4 Venture
How to reboot a Fossil Gen 4 Venture
If you notice that your Fossil Gen 4 Venture hangs, stays frozen or "thinking" for a long time, it does not react, perhaps because it is overloaded and you have thought about restarting quickly to free up its 512 MB RAM memory, in just three steps we will indicate you how to restart it.
A restart does not erase any data, it only consists of turning the device off and on again, if you want to erase all the content and restore the factory, consult the following tutorial: How to restore a Fossil Gen 4 Venture.
Before restarting, you must bear in mind that you must know the PIN code of the SIM card and the unlock pattern or password of the Gen 4 Venture, since it will request it when it is turned on again.
Estimated time: 2 minutes.
1- First step:
Unfold the Fossil Gen 4 Venture Quick Access Bar by sliding your finger down from the top of the screen. Click on the settings icon, it is an icon of a cogwheel like the gear of a clock, not to be confused with the brightness adjustment icon that is very similar and represents a kind of sun.
2- Second step:
Swipe from bottom to top to scroll down the Fossil Gen 4 Venture settings screen until you find the "System" section. Click to continue.
3- Third step:
Go back down through the Fossil Gen 4 Venture system settings to find the section called "Restart". Click to continue.
4- Fourth step:
A confirmation message will appear to avoid restarting the Fossil Gen 4 Venture by mistake. Click on the confirm symbol.
5- Fifth step:
Your Fossil Gen 4 Venture will turn off, wait a few seconds without touching any button while it turns off.
6- Sixth step:
Your Fossil Gen 4 Venture will restart or turn on again automatically, do not touch anything while it is turned on and once it is turned on you can enter the unlock code. With these steps you will have restarted your Gen 4 Venture.
As you can see, it is very easy to restart a Fossil Gen 4 Venture from the system settings, however there is another even faster method. Press and hold the side button of your Gen 4 Venture for a few seconds, the Google assistant may appear, do not release the button and after a few seconds a screen will appear with the options to "Shut down" and "Restart". Press "Restart" and wait a few seconds for the Gen 4 Venture smartwatch to start up again.
