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after 3 days 15% at the end of the day.
roughly 3,5 days, running pedometer all the time and mostly sleep record as well
After two days I charge my Note 3 and at the same time charge the Fit.
At about 50 or 60 %
I haven't got specific numbers on this, sorry, but yesterday I left my Fit at home with almost a full charge and when I returned 2 hours later the screen was on with a notification, which probably happened when my phone was within range. The odd thing is my battery was at 35%. It makes me think that either having BT on or something else drained the battery. Other than that one instance battery has been great.
From my Galaxy Note 2
charging Fit every 2 days with no problem making it that long. my N3 battery however was getting crushed by Fit Manager until i updated my N3 to KitKat and i got my battery back and resources in battery usage went from 30% to 15% so KitKat greatly helped my N3 battery when using Fit.
Gear fit battery lasts 3.5 days with normal usage without auto screen on. What I am more concerned is the battery of my S4. I have days when I have it drained before evening...I don't know if Bluetooth or Gear manager eats it faster.
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu.ro/samsung-gear-fit.html
imugur said:
Gear fit battery lasts 3.5 days with normal usage without auto screen on. What I am more concerned is the battery of my S4. I have days when I have it drained before evening...I don't know if Bluetooth or Gear manager eats it faster.
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu.ro/samsung-gear-fit.html
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on my Verizon N3 on 4.3 i had the same problem. i would go to bed before Fit Manager at around 30% almost every night and Fit Manager brought me down to needing to plug it in before bed. i upgraded to 4.4.2 and now it is back to a manageable battery usage again.
fletch33 said:
on my Verizon N3 on 4.3 i had the same problem. i would go to bed before Fit Manager at around 30% almost every night and Fit Manager brought me down to needing to plug it in before bed. i upgraded to 4.4.2 and now it is back to a manageable battery usage again.
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I am already on 4.4.2 since a while
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I am already on 4.4.2 since a while
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ok well i hope you can figure it out. its strange how across the forums different people report different battery results with Fit Manager.
fletch33 said:
ok well i hope you can figure it out. its strange how across the forums different people report different battery results with Fit Manager.
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I'll change with S5 soon
3 days with regular use, 4 days with light use
fletch33 said:
ok well i hope you can figure it out. its strange how across the forums different people report different battery results with Fit Manager.
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Part of the variance is that some people are rooted, some not, some on custom roms, some not, some using Fit Manager, some using Gear Manager.
I'm getting 3 1/2 to 4 days too.
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debaillon said:
I'm getting 3 1/2 to 4 days too.
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Same here.
using stock S5.
I'm getting 4-5 days, typically 5 actually, but I turned off all wallpaper, all notifications (except texts, phone calls and alarms), and set it to leave the screen blank except for the notifications I allowed. I last charged it up just about 48 hours ago and it has 65% charge remaining now. So it's using about 18% - 20% a day.
I don't know about you guys but I don't really care about pretty wallpaper or about seeing every bit of spam email I get. I just want the important alerts like calls and texts. Turning all this sh.., uh, stuff off doubles the battery life. Honestly I don't even use it for a watch, I have a box full of mid tier luxury watches and it would be a shame to not wear them. I just want the Gear "Fit" to do the "Fit" part mostly.
Mine usually lasts about 4-5 days. It has about 10 apps pushing notifications and a black wallpaper (I'm just using the standard clock). I'm pretty happy with the battery.
Picked up my new Fit on Tuesday night charged it and this is now Saturday night with 33% left. Using for notifications except email, pedometer on, sleep function every night. Auto screen turned off. Very pleased much better overall than my Gear 1.
You can refer to thisthread for a more detailed battery life explanation. I usually get about 5-6 days per charge. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2709343
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4 days as well.
Having battery issues with my Gear S smartwatch. Severe battery drain in about 4-6 hrs. Same thing happened with my Gear 2 Neo. I'm pairing it Note 3 running 4.2.2. Anyone else having issues?
only1sycil said:
Having battery issues with my Gear S smartwatch. Severe battery drain in about 4-6 hrs. Same thing happened with my Gear 2 Neo. I'm pairing it Note 3 running 4.2.2. Anyone else having issues?
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Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
pdqgp said:
Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
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I am going to try your method and see if it helps. Thanks!
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Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
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Unfortunately, that method did not work for me. Can't figure out what it is. This same issue was frustrating with my Gear 2 Neo, that is why I returned. At my wits end, don't know what to do
only1sycil said:
Unfortunately, that method did not work for me. Can't figure out what it is. This same issue was frustrating with my Gear 2 Neo, that is why I returned. At my wits end, don't know what to do
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Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
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Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
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^^ I have that turned off too. Nice feature, but I really don't need my watch lit up all the time when I move around and that's what it was doing.
I'm having issues with my phone battery when connected to the gear s. My phone went from 75% to 40% in less than 3hrs with no usage of the phone or watch. It was just paired with the watch. I dont know if its because i turned on call forwarding. Before i turned on call forwarding, the phone's battery was draining at around 3% per hr. Anyone having the same problem. If not, any tips that could help?
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Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
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I have the motion gesture turned off. Still having issues. I even tried deleting my google account and re-installing. No luck. Someone help!!!!
only1sycil said:
I have the motion gesture turned off. Still having issues. I even tried deleting my google account and re-installing. No luck. Someone help!!!!
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How long do you expect the battery watch to last?
Battery*
Battery, Standby
Up to 4 days
Battery, Talk Time
3G: Up to 2 Hrs; BT: Up to 5 Hrs
Battery, Usage
1 - 2 days
Battery Type and Size
300 mAh
Low Usage
Up to 4 days
it would help if people with battery issues gave some additional information. do you have a service plan with the gear s or are you using it simply paired with you smartphone or both. that being said, first start by turning off everything except bluetooth. wifi, gps, mobile data and motion etc are battery killers and should be turned off initially. at this point bring each feature you absolutely need back on line one by one. as you activate each option wait and see how it effects battery drain. i use mine without a service plan and since its paired with my note 2 i have mobile data off, gps off, motion off but wifi on. i have wifi on because the watch will connect automatically to my home network if it loses it's bluetooth connection with the note. after 15 hours i am at 55%. that is with lots of notifications and a few calls on a sunday.
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How long do you expect the battery watch to last?
Battery*
Battery, Standby
Up to 4 days
Battery, Talk Time
3G: Up to 2 Hrs; BT: Up to 5 Hrs
Battery, Usage
1 - 2 days
Battery Type and Size
300 mAh
Low Usage
Up to 4 days
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At least 1-1.5 days. Not 4-6 hrs.
dpeagle said:
i have wifi on because the watch will connect automatically to my home network if it loses it's bluetooth connection with the note. after 15 hours i am at 55%. that is with lots of notifications and a few calls on a sunday.
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But what's the purpose of mobile networks auto on/off mode vs always on and always off? I have mine connected via BT and my Home WiFi and assume that the mobile network is off as it's in auto mode.
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But what's the purpose of mobile networks auto on/off mode vs always on and always off? I have mine connected via BT and my Home WiFi and assume that the mobile network is off as it's in auto mode.
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mainly it's to establish where the excessive battery drain is coming from. as you start bringing features back you may wind up with mobile data in auto mode. we don't know enough yet about the battery drain for each feature . the real question is why do they give you the option to turn it on or off. why not just have it done automatically. my guess is the auto function might in itself be a power hog.
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mainly it's to establish where the excessive battery drain is coming from. as you start bringing features back you may wind up with mobile data in auto mode. we don't know enough yet about the battery drain for each feature . the real question is why do they give you the option to turn it on or off. why not just have it done automatically. my guess is the auto function might in itself be a power hog.
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I only have mine connected via BT. All other connections are turned off. There has to be some type of synchronisation that is going on constantly for it to be draining my batter in 4hrs. Just not sure what it is.
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I only have mine connected via BT. All other connections are turned off. There has to be some type of synchronisation that is going on constantly for it to be draining my batter in 4hrs. Just not sure what it is.
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Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
Very happy.
pdqgp said:
Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
Very happy.
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Silly Rabbit yes keep GPS off unless you need it, it drains the battery to consistently try to locate where you are so it can tell you where you want to go . Maybe turn the brightness down a tad bit more
What about auto brightness? Would that be a battery drain?
NinjaMom said:
What about auto brightness? Would that be a battery drain?
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Have mines on auto. Battery holding up fairly well. Dont think its a killer, but could certainly contribute.
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I made it for about 11 hours today. An hour run using constant gps, hrm and call forwarding. Call forwarding again for about 2 hours with a 30 min call. Then the standard messages and notifications.
On the first full charge I got about 32 hours. But I didn't run or forward any calls.
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I made it for about 11 hours today. An hour run using constant gps, hrm and call forwarding. Call forwarding again for about 2 hours with a 30 min call. Then the standard messages and notifications.
On the first full charge I got about 32 hours. But I didn't run or forward any calls.
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THIS is awesome
My battery life is horrible....I can barely get 8-10 hours a day with out it dying. I even have my brightness turned down way past half way. Any suggestion
Turn off mobile network. Set gear network to auto. Pair with phone
I already did that..I only have BT on
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I already did that..I only have BT on
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This is just my opinion and not fact for sure. I think it all depends on your signal strength when away from your phone. The past weekend I had a full charge, I went out in the fields to cut fallen trees, replace posts and fencing. I was out there for 5 hours and my watch died as soon as I was done. The signal is weak there so it was working hard to keep one or two bars of service if that much. Maybe you have a similar situation.
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I love to put my Gear in remote connection with call forwarding on but the battery drains way to fast in this mode.
I used it at 8.00 today untill 20.10 and had about 60% left
Screen britn about 75%
Screen always on
Wifi auto
Note 4
I've noticed that certain apps can drain the battery on my Gear S. In particular, when I used LinkedIn app and synchronize contacts, it will zap the battery life on my Gear S. When I uninstall LinkedIn (or disable the contacts sync), then my Gear S is fine. So, there may be apps that are constantly working in the background and draining the battery on your Gear S. I learned this by performing some factory resets on my Gear S and playing around with app settings. You can also try adjusting your notifications on your Gear S.
Not sure what you all are doing but I get an easy 2 days out of one charge. I didn't buy another sim for the watch as I think that feature is a scam by at&t I just have it paired via Bluetooth and I have WiFi on.
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On a normal day conected by Bluetooth only I go to sleep with aroung 50% left. Lately ive been using remote conection with my LG infinums hooked up listening to music the battery will drom 30% in an hour. Does anyone know if i use edge instead of hsdpa when on remote conection if this will save battery?
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To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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Please how did you turn off the pedometer.
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djc-wi said:
To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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How did you turn off the pedometer please
hichem jerbi said:
Please how did you turn off the pedometer.
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From the pedometer screen (on watch), click on the 3 dots at the top right. Scroll down and select Pause. This turns off the pedometer but does not set your current count to zero.
My battery life seems to be improving for some unknown reason. At the end of 24 house, I usually have 50 to 58% left.
Thank you guy
After firmware update yesterday : R750XXU1B0C1, it seem have a great battery improvement.
With screen always ON I was at 4.5% / H and since update I have 2.5% / H ???
Okay, THIS is unusual. Mine lasts 2-4 days, WITH SIM inserted.
Wi-fi auto connect. Data off. Bluetooth on. As a sales associate, I use this watch lots during my shift, games on downtime, quick notes, and rarely the browser as I use my phone for this.
djc-wi said:
From the pedometer screen (on watch), click on the 3 dots at the top right. Scroll down and select Pause. This turns off the pedometer but does not set your current count to zero.
My battery life seems to be improving for some unknown reason. At the end of 24 house, I usually have 50 to 58% left.
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I tried it and it really work,, battery life extended
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My battery life is terrible I'm getting 3 hours and its dead
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My battery life is terrible I'm getting 3 hours and its dead
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I'm getting about 5% drain per hour. Sim card in with mobile network always on, Bluetooth on and probably connected to my phone directly about 90% of the day, Wifi off, auto brightness with 30sec timeout.
Usage is probably around 3-8 notifications per hour.
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I deleted the gear s notification extender app and now the battery is back to normal
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TopDogg1 said:
My battery life is horrible....I can barely get 8-10 hours a day with out it dying. I even have my brightness turned down way past half way. Any suggestion
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Turn on "Do not disturb" and "Power Saving"
Just received my stratos last night and everything still stock. Went to sleep at 92% at around 1am and now 12 hours later it is at 61% with no music, gps usage. Only notifications and barely any interaction. Rebooted both phone and watch just in case that worked, but no.
Kindly advise why this 5 day battery watch is gulping away my juice?
So i read that bt is likely the culprit. Mine also constantly disconnects and reconnects even when watch and phone are with me.
I just changed setting to keep amazfit app always running and not to optimise bt tool, bt and amazfit app. Think this will prevent disconnect/reconnect? Let's see if this will stop the draining.
Or am i fighting a futile battle against a bug?
1. A few phones, notably Huawei models, have a problem where WiFi interferes with Bluetooth and you cannot get a stable connection, you can test this by putting phone in Airplane mode and enabling only BT and mobile data.
2. The watch may have bad antenna, to test this, pair it with a BT speaker or headphones and see how far you can get from the watch with the speaker/headphone. If it disconnects after only 30-50cm them probably it has bad antenna (normally GPS doesn't work as well in this case) and you should ask for a replacement.
More tips here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/ultimatre-guide-battery-drain-issues-t3791829
It actually got disconnected after about 120cm away. Do i have a bad antenna?
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lfom said:
1. A few phones, notably Huawei models, have a problem where WiFi interferes with Bluetooth and you cannot get a stable connection, you can test this by putting phone in Airplane mode and enabling only BT and mobile data.
2. The watch may have bad antenna, to test this, pair it with a BT speaker or headphones and see how far you can get from the watch with the speaker/headphone. If it disconnects after only 30-50cm them probably it has bad antenna (normally GPS doesn't work as well in this case) and you should ask for a replacement.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/ultimatre-guide-battery-drain-issues-t3791829
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120cm isn't very bad, can be interference. Bluetooth and WiFi use 2.4GHz frequencies. Any improvements when away from both your phone and router?
Non that I could notice.
Right now, the watch is in airplane mode and it barely lost 2% over the last 3hrs. I noticed when it was draining battery earlier on, bluetooth on my phone depleted 84% and almost killed my phone.
JJ
lfom said:
120cm isn't very bad, can be interference. Bluetooth and WiFi use 2.4GHz frequencies. Any improvements when away from both your phone and router?
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On average my is loosing 6% per night with continuous heart rate on and one alarm in the morning. I am on latest international firmware. Make shure that you do have a watch face which is updating only once a minute. Auto back light should be disabled at night.
My watchface has weather, calories and steps. I woke up with 93% at 6.30am. Auto-airplane mode off at 7.30am. It is now 79% after 7 hours just using notifications. Not very impressed with battery life. At this rate, I have to charge it daily or it will go flat in less than 3 days. I don't even dare to turn on continuous HR.
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On average my is loosing 6% per night with continuous heart rate on and one alarm in the morning. I am on latest international firmware. Make shure that you do have a watch face which is updating only once a minute. Auto back light should be disabled at night.
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You are probably receiving a lot of notifications. I don't need notifications on my watch. It is for sports and I have a smartphone. Comparing to Garmin Vivoactive 3 I can say that battery life for me is the same. One exception is during long duration cycling it is consuming more energy because of the bigger display which is always on.
So far maybe about 30-40 Whatsapp messages/notifications. Is this a lot?
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You are probably receiving a lot of notifications. I don't need notifications on my watch. It is for sports and I have a smartphone. Comparing to Garmin Vivoactive 3 I can say that battery life for me is the same. One exception is during long duration cycling it is consuming more energy because of the bigger display which is always on.
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I lost 10% within an hour that was when I noticed it was disconnected and failed to reconnect back. At this rate, it isn't even going to last me 2 days. This is really disappointing.
Try doing a factory reset on the watch. This fixed battery issue for me. Before it ate the battery in 24hours with nothing enabled. Now its 1 day 12hours since last charge and 81% remaining.
Worth a try..
Why would a factory reset be necessary on a new watch? It is less than 48 hours out of the box with nothing installed. Would a factory reset even be useful in this case?
JJ
mleteng said:
Try doing a factory reset on the watch. This fixed battery issue for me. Before it ate the battery in 24hours with nothing enabled. Now its 1 day 12hours since last charge and 81% remaining.
Worth a try..
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Anyway I went ahead and factory reset the watch. Hope it clears this battery drain issue.
JJ
moviezzz said:
Why would a factory reset be necessary on a new watch? It is less than 48 hours out of the box with nothing installed. Would a factory reset even be useful in this case?
JJ
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i went ahead and factory reset the watch. Hope it turns out well and battery works as long as advertised.
JJ
moviezzz said:
Why would a factory reset be necessary on a new watch? It is less than 48 hours out of the box with nothing installed. Would a factory reset even be useful in this case?
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Beats me. Should'nt be necessary. But it worked for me. Hope it works for you too.
It's gone crazy after a reset. The charging will disconnect/reconnect non stop, even when attached to a PC via usb outlet. Stratos' drive will connect/disconnect non-stop as well. The only way I can charge the watch now is if I switched the watch off, if not it can't charge. It doesn't appear to be a charging issue since it can charge when watch is off. Factory reset multiple times and updated to latest fw still the same.
JJ
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Beats me. Should'nt be necessary. But it worked for me. Hope it works for you too.
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Until today i havent even gotten 2 days of usage out of the battery. this is depressing.
Battery drain issues
My new Stratos also facing battery drain issues here, at first when i pair my watch to my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3) is was fine. Battery drain percentage was not too horrible. On the next day, my watch started to received notification regarding my phone is too far away from my watch, but i notice that my phone is just nearby my side. Plus, this notification can be received a couple times a day. Then i notice that my watch is drain battery very fast, about 10% per hour.
On the same day, i unpair my watch from my phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3), and pair my watch to another phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 4). *Note, please backup your data from your watch if needed, because once you unpair the watch from phone it will do a factory reset. (Is a pain in the ass that i have to re-download the watch face again). And charge up my watch to full 100% at 10PM at night and leave the watch bluetooth continue pair with my phone over night. On the next morning around 6:30 am, when i check on my watch battery percentage, its only drop 1%.
Still unable to confirm whether the issues is it cause from both of my phone having different BT version (Note 3 is BT 4.0) and (Note 4 is BT 4.1), or my Note 3 is already old and the circuit board are having problem. I still need to monitor this battery drain issues on my Note 4 to confirm the result. Hence, I'm not a heavy user, i don't received a lot of notification everyday.
Hi, my stratos is having very bad battery life where some nights it will drop over 50 percent. Is anyone having this problem too? And does auto brightness for back light drains battery?
Hi my friends, this same happened to me. My watch during day and workout lose about 10-14% battery but at night it drops about 80%. At night I have switched on night and fly mode, only sleep tracking and heart rate was on... I am Goni g to send it back.
If you using 3rd party application it i eat your watch battery life.
I used notify & fitness .and my watch only last for two days.
After i remove it it last longer then 4 days
Sounds like it could be faulty, send it back and get a replacement if you can
I have same problem. rom version 4.2.3.0
Pu121thai said:
I have same problem. rom version 4.2.3.0
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I am using Stratos 2
Version 2.3.11.1
after 15 minutes , 1% loss.
=)) WTF ? I dont uderstand , i turn on airplain but it still to.