ELEMNT BOLT v1 (2017) Firmware Release Notes

This page contains firmware release notes for the ELEMNT BOLT v1 (2017) bike computer, distinguished from the BOLT v2 by its monochrome screen and concave front buttons.

• For firmware installation process instructions, see How To Update Firmware on the ELEMNT, BOLT, or ROAM
• For BOLT v2 (2021), see ELEMNT BOLT v2 (2021) Firmware Release notes
• For ELEMNT ROAM v2 (2022), see ELEMNT ROAM v2 (2022) Firmware Release Notes;
• For ELEMNT ROAM v1 (2019), see ELEMNT ROAM v1 (2019) Firmware Release Notes;
• For ELEMNT, see ELEMNT Firmware Release Notes;
• For ELEMNT app release notes, see ELEMNT Companion App Release Notes (iOS) or ELEMNT Companion App Release Notes (Android).

BOLT WB15-14048 - 14 January, 2022

• Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements

BOLT WB15-14044 - 23 December, 2021

• Fixed: Crash syncing routes

BOLT WB15-14042 - 15 December, 2021

• Fixed: Crank length showing on KICKR sensor page
• Fixed: Crash using HEADWIND control 

BOLT WB15-13917 - 1 December, 2021

• Fixed: HR/Distance planned workouts not progressing
• Added: Performance Improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-13671 - 22 October, 2021

• Fixed: Bug fixes and stability improvements

BOLT WB15-13539 - 24 September, 2021

• Fixed: Strava segment text overlapping
• Fixed: Temperature missing from ride summary screen

BOLT WB15-13424 - 14 September, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-13311 - 1 September, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-13310 - 31 August, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-13302 - 26 August, 2021

• Fixed: Daily step data not pushing to Google Fit correctly

BOLT WB15-13301 - 25 August, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-13127 - 6 August, 2021

• Fixed: Kj calculation for Assioma power meters

BOLT WB15-13008 - 23 July, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-12513 - 14 July, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-12072 - 1 July, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-11614 - 14 June, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-11606 - 4 June, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-11596 - 28 May, 2021

• Added: KICKR and ANT+ FE-C controls default to passive mode
• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-11593 - 27 May, 2021

• Added: Performance improvements and optimizations

BOLT WB15-11582 - 25 May, 2021

• Added: Support for new ELEMNT BOLT
• Fixed: Turn-by-turn and custom cues for manually imported TCX/GPX files
• Fixed: Companion App connection stability
• Fixed: Workouts syncing to Companion App
• Fixed: Sensor stability improvements
• Fixed: 'Take me to' routes showing in route list
• Fixed: Translation issues with "Pair ELEMNT" in German
• Fixed: Recipient not showing on text/phone calls
• Fixed: Elevation graph

BOLT WB15-10654 - 22 April, 2021

• Added: Support for new notification services (WhatsApp, WeChat, Line, Telegram, Signal)

BOLT WB15-10643 - 18 March, 2021

• Improved route support

BOLT WB15-10624 - 1 March, 2021

• Added: ELEMNT RIVAL support improvements
• Fixed: Specialized LEV integration lights bug
• Added: Translations

BOLT WB15-10132 - 11 January, 2021

• Added: Additional Translations
• Added: Stability improvements

BOLT WB15-9488 - 1 December, 2020

• Added: Stability improvements

BOLT WB15-9484 - 17 November, 2020

• Added: Stability improvements

BOLT WB15-8862 - 20 October, 2020

• Fixed: Old workout appearing as a new workout

BOLT WB15-8859 - 12 October, 2020

• Fixed: Electronic Shifting - 1x gears not displaying correctly

BOLT WB15-8858 - 21 September, 2020

• Sensor connection fixes and enhancements
• Stability improvements pairing TICKR over ANT+

BOLT WB15-8226 - 1 September, 2020

• Added: Stability improvements

BOLT WB15-8223 - 25 August, 2020

• Fixed: DI2 not displaying correctly on bike computers

BOLT WB15-8214 - 18 August, 2020

• Added: Stability improvements
• Added: Wheel circumference for LEV

BOLT WB15-7937 - 4 August, 2020

• Added: Improved connection stability

BOLT WB15-7934 - 22 July, 2020

• Bug fixes and improvements

BOLT WB15-7932 - 21 July, 2020

• Stability enhancements

BOLT WB15-7930 - 14 July, 2020

• Stability enhancements

BOLT WB15-7924 - 7 July, 2020

• Fixed: Missing Pioneer power data

BOLT WB15-7921 - 30 June, 2020

• Added: Stability Improvements

BOLT WB15-7914 - 26 June, 2020

• Updated: French localization
• Updated: Dutch translation error
• Fixed: Rides uploaded as Cycling instead of Default

BOLT WB15-7706 - 8 June, 2020

• Added: Stability Fixes

BOLT WB15-7697 - 27 May, 2020

• Added: Japanese translation fixes
• Added: Calorie calculations from a power source
• Updated: Calorie calculation from a HR source

BOLT WB15-7512 - 22 May, 2020

• Fixed: Missing speed and cadence data

BOLT WB15-7505 - 12 May, 2020

• Fixed: Speed and Cadence sensor data

BOLT WB15-7502 - 6 May, 2020

• Fixed: Power pedal balance
• Added: Stability fixes
• Fixed: Strava workouts upload type

BOLT WB15-7082 - 10 March, 2020

• Added: ANT+ LEV Compatibility for compatible E-Bikes (details here)
• Fixed: Unit auto resetting
• Fixed: SRM power meter speed/distance issues

BOLT WB15-6922 - 27 February, 2020

• Fixed: Distance doubling with speed sensors
• Fixed: KJ doubling

BOLT WB15-6919 - 20 February, 2020

• Added: Instant torque now displays for ANT+ Power Meters that would otherwise display power only
• Fixed: Di2 paging control

BOLT WB15-6662 - 23 January, 2020

• Bug fixes
• Updates for Specialized ANGi support

BOLT WB15-6659 - 17 January, 2020

• Added: Specialized ANGi integration
• Added: Stability improvements
• Fixed: Strava Live Segments not showing consistently
• Fixed: TSS/NP/IF displayed as "0" in ride summary

BOLT WB15-6492 - 18 December, 2019

• Added: Improved support for Today's Plan

BOLT WB15-6268 - 20 November, 2019

• Bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements

BOLT WB15-6264 - 12 November, 2019

• Added: Relive sharing support
• Fixed: Rerouting sounds and notifications while paused
• Fixed: LEDs not matching correct HR zone
• Fixed: Maps stuck in "Queued" state when downloading multiple maps
• Fixed: Background workout recovery

BOLT WB15-6129 - 10 October, 2019

• Improved Turn by Turn directions and routes with missing cues
• Improved map download process
• Fixed: Maps page sometimes incorrectly reporting download failure

BOLT WB15-6025 - 20 September, 2019 

• Improved off-route notifications

BOLT WB15-6023 - 19 September, 2019 

• Stability improvements

BOLT WB15-6019 - 17 September, 2019 

• Added: Support for TrainerRoad outdoor planned workouts
• Fixed: Strava Live segments not syncing
• Fixed: Issue with scaling current interval during planned workouts

BOLT WB15-5525 - 3 September, 2019 

• Fixed: Max Speed data field displayed as AVG Speed when language is set to Chinese

BOLT WB15-5027 - 26 August, 2019

• Added: Support for ANT+ radar sensors
• Fixed: Crash on long rides
• Fixed: Routes with Turn by Turn not displayed in ELEMNT app
• Fixed: Map pack downloads getting stuck in queue
• Fixed: Incorrect L/R Balance shown for some power meters

BOLT WB15-4037 - 15 July, 2019

• Patch release for improved stability

BOLT WB15-4036 - 9 July, 2019

• FIXED: Climbing profile incorrectly displaying on map page
• FIXED: Incorrect power values being displayed from SRM power meters
• FIXED: Target BPM data field showing as BPM % when using Training Peaks workouts
• FIXED: Power from Rotor 2Inpower freezing when not pedaling

BOLT WB15-3535 - 26 June, 2019

• FIXED: incorrect default settings 
• FIXED: maps not displayed in certain areas
• FIXED: various stability improvements

BOLT WB15-3526 - 5 June, 2019

• Added: Ability to customize Strava Live Segments page
• FIXED: History page unavailable after workout
• FIXED: Power meter and sensors data display errors
• FIXED: Issues related to reversing routes
• FIXED: Strava relative effort

BOLT WB15-2671 - 9 May, 2019

• FIXED: Bug affecting Strava syncing when connected to WiFi
• FIXED: Auto-calibration incorrectly appearing for select power meters when coasting

BOLT WB15-2666 - 1 May, 2019

• FIXED: SRM CTF power issue creating negative power values
• FIXED: Config backup not working after factory reset
• FIXED: Debug map management no longer displays for standard users
• FIXED: Various crash fixes

BOLT WB15-2659 - 15  April, 2019

• All new look & feel!
• Account login & profile sync between Wahoo apps
• New route sync with MTB Project and Singletracks!
• More workout sharing partners: Map My Tracks, Xert, and Final Surge
• Total odometer in the companion app
• Improved support for multiple ELEMNTs
• Support for cadence targets from TrainingPeaks planned workouts

BOLT WB15-2171 - December 19, 2018

• FIXED: Bug causing momentary UI freezes.

BOLT WB15-2169 - December 17, 2018

• ADDED: Integration with Pioneer Pedaling Monitor Systems (instructions here)
• Improved update recovery for low level updates
• Update high level crash recovery version from 1337 to 2159

BOLT WB09-2169 - 5 December, 2018

• Update for Strava's new Live Segments API: Segments with an average grade lower than -.25% are no longer supported by Strava due to safety concerns. Downhill and similarly steep descending segments will not be synced.

• ADDED: map support for larger tiles (required for new map updates)

• FIXED: text capitalization on sensor discovery screen

• FIXED: bug preventing display of left/right percent balance data for Pioneer Power Meters when set to Dual ANT+ mode

• FIXED: bug preventing display of w/kg data for Pioneer Power Meters

• FIXED: bug preventing display of Pioneer Power Meter mode change and magnet calibration functionality

• FIXED: bug when transferring planned workouts

• FIXED: bug preventing ANT+ FE-C connectivity with some third party trainers

BOLT WB09-2159 - 7 November, 2018

• FIXED: ELEMNT/BOLT automatically switching to Pioneer pedaling monitor mode
• FIXED: Pioneer calibration exiting automatically after cancelling
• ADDED: Support to set crank length for Favero Assioma pedals
• FIXED: GPS drops after 3-4 hours
• FIXED: Auto pause not working
• FIXED: ANT+ sensors not reporting battery levels
• FIXED: Riding Best Bike Split routes changing CLIMB gradient, but not KICKR resistance
• FIXED: Incorrect target Watts in planned workouts
• FIXED: Bug causing unexpected power off or reboot
• FIXED: Duplicate uploads to sharing sites
• UPDATED: Japanese translations

 BOLT WB09-1985 - 14 August, 2018

• FIXED: Issue with importing routes from specific third party apps
• FIXED: Issue causing the 'Include Zeros in Avg Cadence' option failing to default to 'off' after factory reset

 BOLT WB09-1983 - 30 July, 2018

• FIXED: issue causing ELEMNT crashes related to low memory
• FIXED: issue causing ELEMNT not to recover rides after battery dies
• FIXED: issue with Komoot route sync
• FIXED: issue with Fitif Power meter not pairing
  
• FIXED: issue causing Strava Live Segment page to not populate
• FIXED: various other bug fixes

BOLT WB09-1980 - 18 July, 2018

• FIXED: Shimano FC-R9100 power meter calibration failure
• FIXED: Powertap P1's not registering crank length capability
• FIXED: Grade data field displaying "- -" when climbing
• FIXED: 3 second average power dropping to 0
• FIXED: Power data field dropping to 0
• Integration with SRAM TyreWiz
• KICKR CLIMB support

BOLT WB09-1937 - 3 June, 2018

• FIXED: Favero Assioma average power and cadence incorrect
• FIXED: PowerTap hub power meter data low
• FIXED: Issue where user has to resync starred segments before each ride
• FIXED: Current grade data could fluctuate on a steady climb
• FIXED: bug with Garmin Vector power meter calibration
• FIXED: bug causing issues with GPS accuracy during long rides (6+ hours)
• FIXED: bug causing sensor disconnects and failure to recover sensor connection after disconnect
• Revise French translation for new lap

OTHER ANDROID COMPANION APP FIXES

• FIXED: 'Take me to' feature unable to search for specific addresses
• FIXED: Ability to enable automatic uploads not working
• FIXED: MapBox crash when changing pages

BOLT WB09-1929 - 19 March, 2018

• FIXED: Instantaneous power data field is inverted instead of 3 second avg power
• FIXED: Pages reset on boot
• FIXED: GPS dropping after 3-4 hours
• FIXED: Time on BoltApp showing an hour behind for users in Turkey
• FIXED: Center LED remaining lit during left turns
• FIXED: Planned workout graph disappearing after changing pages
• FIXED: 'Watts/KG - lap', 'Watts/KG - workout ' showing as N/A

BOLT WB09-1836 - 11 Jan 2018

UPDATES

• Added support for uploading workouts to 2Peak
• Added turn-by-turn notifications for Ride With GPS routes exported with course-points in TCX and GPX format
• Added new data field for TrainingPeaks Variability Index
• Bug fixes and other improvements

OTHER ELEMNT FIXES

• Force 4iiii power meters to connect using ANT+
• Improve layout for turn-by-turn popup notifications

BOLT WB09-1815 - 27 Nov 2017

UPDATES

• Update BOLT to the latest maps via the map settings screen on the companion app
• Configure auto-upload on a 'per site' basis
• Choose to exclude zeros from the average power calculation
• Upload to the web4trainer share site
• Bug fixes and other improvements

OTHER ELEMNT FIXES

• Improve accuracy of Auto lap Time triggers
• Fix issue where temperature data lost after a workout end
• Only write the sensors that are used to the FIT file
• Fix issue where planned interval repeating intervals are lumped together
• Fix issue where Strava goal appears for the wrong segment
• Data Field: when workout time >10hrs, don't show seconds
• Fix planned workout 10sec notifications or very short intervals
• Fix wheel circumference issue for Elite Direto
• Fix issues when performing 2nd spindown in same power cycle
• Fix incorrect duration on some planned workouts
• Planned Workout interval graph not showing unless workout is paused
• Planned Workouts - Graph doesn't scale as difficulty percentage is changed
• Planned Workouts - Laps created incorrectly after pause
• Planned Workouts - Interval notifications should appear on KICKR page during a Planned Workout
• Add support for web4trainer share site

OTHER ANDROID COMPANION FIXES

• Now detects timezone/local changes while open
• Now able to rename custom page
• Shows 'This weeks' results
• Fix workout details lap arrows not shift graph
• Fix a GPX route import problem
• Fix issue where 2nd email sent after phone restart
• Show temperature in ride results
• Show better error for MINI offline workouts not able to share to Komoot (need locations)
• MINI climb results not displaying correctly
• Improve messaging around need for Location Services
• Fix missing notification for Android 8 Oreo
• Workout results for lap data shows the same value for average power, max power and normalized power
• Resetting HR zones is not resulting in the new HR zone data being sent to ELEMNT

OTHER IOS COMPANION FIXES

• Updates for iPhone X
• Add support for Web4Trainer share site
• Add the option to exclude zeros from power average calculation
• Fix Dropbox exporting issue
• Fix heart rate & power zone bar graph pop ups not dismissing
• Fix bug causing Live Track routes not to appear on Live Track site when the route is selected on ELEMNT/BOLT
• Fix a crash that sometimes occurred on workout screen after sync finished
• Improve elevation calibration for online MINI workouts
• Fix a bug that caused mixed units and weight to be reset

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1705 - 2 Oct 2017

Share Sites

ELEMNT BOLT can now share to the following sites on iOS and Android:

• Komoot - https://www.komoot.com/
• Cycling Analytics - https://www.cyclinganalytics.com
• PowerTraxx - https://www.powertraxx.de

Additionally, Android users can now share with:

• Google Fit - https://www.google.com/fit
• Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com

Other

• Various bug fixes

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1628 - 23 Aug 2017

PLANNED WORKOUTS

ELEMNT BOLT can now perform planned/structured workouts.  Choose one of the built-in workouts or sync your upcoming training schedule from TrainingPeaks or Today's Plan. After selecting a workout from the PLANNED WORKOUTS section under the SETTINGS screen, ELEMNT will guide you through the workout highlighting your target efforts via the fields, LEDs, sounds, popup notifications and the target effort graph. At any time in the workout, you can pause your plan and also skip forward and back through the planned intervals.

ANT+ FE-C SUPPORT

ELEMNT BOLT can now connect to FE-C trainers via ANT+

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1507 - 18 July 2017

ELEMNT BOLT LIVE TRACKING UPDATE. MORE DATA & PRIVACY CONTROLS

• The Live Track site now shows more data including your breadcrumb trail, route, live ride data and charts.
• You can continue to share your permanent link, though we have introduced a new temporary link that will expire at the end of the day. Once expired, the link will no longer be able to track you.
• The link that is auto-posted to Facebook, Twitter and email is a temporary link that will expire at the end of the day.
• You can manually expire all your links (both permanent and temporary) as well as opt-out of being shown as a 'nearby rider' on other people's map page.
• Any previous links you have shared with your friends and family have now expired. You will need to share new links with them.

OTHER

• Fixed an issue where starting certain routes on KICKR would cause a 100% resistance command sent to KICKR
• Fix issue where the ELEMNT would auto-switch to the lap page if the lap page was disabled in the companion app
• Fix an issue where ELEMNT would forget your gear’s teeth-count configuration
• Improved translations
• Improve Strava Segment notifications so long Segment names properly resize to maintain readability

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1422 - 6 June 2017

• Strava Live Suffer Score data field (Strava Premium)
• Improved the accuracy of Strava Live Segments on the ahead/behind (Strava Premium)
• Cadence: Setting, from the companion app, to include or exclude zero's in the average calculations
• Improved route syncing
• Improved the quality of the data after a mid-workout shutdown and restart 
• Fixed an issue where a bad pressure sample could corrupt your elevation and grade data
• Fixed an issue where a bad power sample could corrupt your power data
• Fixed some issues transferring workouts to the companion app
• Many other bug fixes

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1344 - 3 April 2017

• Fix incorrect elevation data after mid workout shutdown and recovery
• Improve some button labels to fit better for various languages
• Base the LEDs and power zone calculations on the 3-second average power, not instantaneous power
• Update some compliance information
• Improved translations
• Reset to OUTDOOR mode on startup. Lots of reports of people accidentally riding in INDOOR mode and not having GPS
• Fix issue where call/SMS/email notifications were hidden behind the workout paused notification

 
ELEMNT BOLT WB09-1337 - 14 March 2017

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