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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?
JJ
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.
More tips here:
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.
SteffenBerlin said:
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?
SteffenBerlin said:
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?
JJ
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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
mleteng said:
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.
Anyone notice additionnal battery drain after upgrading their Iphone to IOS12? Or is it the latest Amazfit app update? Since at least two weeks, my watch will retain its charge barely 3 days when before I could get at least 5 days...
powerade001 said:
Anyone notice additionnal battery drain after upgrading their Iphone to IOS12? Or is it the latest Amazfit app update? Since at least two weeks, my watch will retain its charge barely 3 days when before I could get at least 5 days...
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I think it is the latest Amazfit update. I use mine just as a Smart watch (no fitness stuff). Was getting 8 days before the update, now I'll get about 4.
Glad these things are tested....
Hi guys,
Did anyone update this new rom version 2.3.6.0 ?
I got this message when I use my android phone app.
Regards.
fat100 said:
Hi guys,
Did anyone update this new rom version 2.3.6.0 ?
I got this message when I use my android phone app.
Regards.
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Yes - I have installed the new version since yesterday. Steps are now counted immediately - the pedometer algorithm has been improved and a new function has been implemented: navigate back to the (stored) starting point. I could not test this, though. Italian and French are now supported.
fat100 said:
Hi guys,
Did anyone update this new rom version 2.3.6.0 ?
I got this message when I use my android phone app.
Regards.
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I did install it too yesterday. Long story short my watch now lits up screen when i put my hand down (not up, like there is an option but like you normaly walk with your hands down).. draining all battery over one night shift. this wasn't a thing before an update.
Hello, I updated new ROM 2.3.6.0. and in last 13h I have left battery 56% (from 100%).
I have installed it when it appeared. No issues so far.
abral said:
I have installed it when it appeared. No issues so far.
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+1. No issues for me too!
I've installed it today.
Seems that floor climbed is more precise. But heart-rate is more higher. I didn't know if it works precisely.
I continue to check....
AndriusX said:
Hello, I updated new ROM 2.3.6.0. and in last 13h I have left battery 56% (from 100%).
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I switched continuous hart rate monitor off ... battery draining stopped. Now 17h usage and 51% left ... so in last 4h only 4 - 5%
Update completely breaks HR monitoring - it's consistently showing unrealistic values like 220 bpm for a bike ride in the park?!?
Existing bug with excessive battery drain when using an external HR monitor NOT fixed.
Very disappointed with the software of the watch.
vespodespo said:
Update completely breaks HR monitoring - it's consistently showing unrealistic values like 220 bpm for a bike ride in the park?!?
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Yes, my walk exercice yesterday : Stratos HRM between 120-157 bmp and Garmin VA3 80-90 bpm....
So with this new ROM, daily steps are right now but it is the HRM wich is totally wrong... so what happen in the next ROM ? HRM OK and Time not working ?
dersie said:
Yes, my walk exercice yesterday : Stratos HRM between 120-157 bmp and Garmin VA3 80-90 bpm....
So with this new ROM, daily steps are right now but it is the HRM wich is totally wrong... so what happen in the next ROM ? HRM OK and Time not working ?
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It seems to me that HR values are bigger, TE also.
Maybe the counting algorithm has been changed.
dersie said:
Yes, my walk exercice yesterday : Stratos HRM between 120-157 bmp and Garmin VA3 80-90 bpm....
So with this new ROM, daily steps are right now but it is the HRM wich is totally wrong... so what happen in the next ROM ? HRM OK and Time not working ?
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I tested HR in GYM (GRIP) ... after all comments I was surprised that it was more close to reality then before. Average HR 130 and Max 171 on cardio. Similar data I had on Gear S3. Before my max HR was only 140 on cardio and average 110 - 115. As there is no GYM mode I am using Elliptical Trainer
So only problem I see is with continuous HR.
Updated to 2.3.6.0, three days ago. My initial findings:
- HRM seems to be high, at times. On a hike, while descending (HR low), it constantly showed above 150 bpm and up to 180 bpm for about 1/2 hour.
- While swimming, it adds steps. That's something I had noted with previous ROM versions, which was corrected in 2.3.5.0. Now, it's back again. For example, today, entering the pool, steps count was 2700. After a 1600 meter pool swim, the steps count had raised to 5120!!! That's amazing!
It remains to check other features...
i updated this new rom version 2.3.6.0 few days ago and the Heart Rate is more higher than the 2.3.5.0 version (210 bpm !!!!) my highest bpm was 168bpm
Is it possible to dowload the 2.3.5.0 version ?
Cannot measure the heart rate after the update
I just updated and the first bug I noticed is that I cannot measure the heart rate anymore. I always get this error:
"Couldn't measure
Wear the watch above the wrist."
But the watch it is one finger above the wrist, as it should be...
dersie said:
Yes, my walk exercice yesterday : Stratos HRM between 120-157 bmp and Garmin VA3 80-90 bpm....
So with this new ROM, daily steps are right now but it is the HRM wich is totally wrong... so what happen in the next ROM ? HRM OK and Time not working ?
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Today, my running workout TE result was really disappointed. The value went up as usual but it came back to its previous value in 5 minutes.
Its the first time I feel regretable about this watch which has a smart design that I like very much.
The software is unstable, now I was lost about all of my workouts.
fat100 said:
It seems to me that HR values are bigger, TE also.
Maybe the counting algorithm has been changed.
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I noticed GPS signal got improved? Is that just me?
AndriusX said:
I tested HR in GYM (GRIP) ... after all comments I was surprised that it was more close to reality then before. Average HR 130 and Max 171 on cardio. Similar data I had on Gear S3. Before my max HR was only 140 on cardio and average 110 - 115. As there is no GYM mode I am using Elliptical Trainer
So only problem I see is with continuous HR.
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Yesterday I walked with my dog and looks that GYM mode (with Elliptical Trainer) is OK but walking mode is disaster. After 15 min walk I had 160 HR
I tried run mode for walking ... it was better .. around 115 bps ... still I think too much ... as when I finished my walk I tested my HR manually with watch ... it was only 70 bps
Need to tray all sport modes
fat100 said:
Today, my running workout TE result was really disappointed. The value went up as usual but it came back to its previous value in 5 minutes.
Its the first time I feel regretable about this watch which has a smart design that I like very much.
The software is unstable, now I was lost about all of my workouts.
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Sorry I made a mistake. It is the Training Load value, not TE.
Today after 10 hours after my last workout, the value increases while I am at home. Strange!!!
With this version I get no more than 3 days battery. Continuous HR on and some notifications (less than 20 per day). Same config with 2.3.5.0 lasted almost a week ((((
Hello, i have a brand new amazfit gtr my question is>
in 6 days i lost 15% on battery, with 0 gps, all notification on, AOD off, 1 sleep track, and today evening i turned on DND, almost 4%-5%/day, this i normal? it said someone its a faulty battery thats true?
thx for the answers
rambogancs said:
Hello, i have a brand new amazfit gtr my question is>
in 6 days i lost 15% on battery, with 0 gps, all notification on, AOD off, 1 sleep track, and today evening i turned on DND, almost 4%-5%/day, this i normal? it said someone its a faulty battery thats true?
thx for the answers
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Wait for few chargins, update firmware, should be fine. 6 days and 15% looks normal
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It doesn't seem normal to me. Of course it depends on how many hundreds of notifications you have.
I've got GPS OFF, app notifications ON (WhatsApp, SMS, Calls), sleeptracking ON, no activities.
Charged the watch on sunday and now on thursday it's still at 100%. Maybe 10 notifications per day.
When I received my first watch, it was 0% straight out of the package. I charged it and it drained 5-6% overnight even with the watch OFF. Faulty battery. Returned the watch and got a new one. This one was 65% charged out of the package and is now holding up well.
Edit: Do you monitor heart rate? I don't.
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I've got GPS OFF.
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How you turn GPS completely off on the watch? Didnt found any setting about that
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Yes it will be great thing.
Training like mi band with bigger screen it's all I want ?
GPS in this watch sucsks.
thommi12 said:
How you turn GPS completely off on the watch? Didnt found any setting about that
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Maybe I got it wrong. There's no such setting that I know of, but I never use activities that could use GPS on the watch. So GPS is off in that sense.
If you start an activity from the phone, it should use GPS on the phone and not the watch. Haven't tried it though.
It's dropped to 99% now. 1% sunday to thursday. Should I be worried?
https://en.amazfit.com/gtr.html all information is here, Rambogancs
Hi!
I got my new GTR 42 today. Big issue: battery goes down to 20% in three hours. I charged the phone twice already today (once when I unpacked it, once one hour ago), and it's the same issue.
I don't really see what I could do to make it better. Any idea?
Thanks a lot
P.
try this
pierrozek said:
Hi!
I got my new GTR 42 today. Big issue: battery goes down to 20% in three hours. I charged the phone twice already today (once when I unpacked it, once one hour ago), and it's the same issue.
I don't really see what I could do to make it better. Any idea?
Thanks a lot
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please see my post in another thread. Try it yourself and report if this makes any difference:
Hi, another user with GTR battery drain issues.
My newly bought GTR 42mm drained from 100 - 0 % in 4 days (no AOD, no HR, just Notifications & auto brightness). This was 1% per hour.
There, I read and tried few things, and this one seems to temporary patch the situation.
I unpaired and uninstalled all related apps (this is android user) and deleted the amazfit folder on the device. (read somewhere that there might me a corrupt settings file in there).
Then I installed some previous version of Amazfit app - current version on Play Store is version 3.4.4, and I found and installed version 3.2.0. Now my drainage fell from 25%/day to about 14%/day. I suspect that not the watch but the sh1tty app works in background doing god knows what and drains battery as hell. I did test with no connection to the phone (battery safe mode) and it was not draining single % for more than 8h.
This is not a cure, but probably will help someone until the chinese programmers do their job and release working sync software.
Don MC said:
Maybe I got it wrong. There's no such setting that I know of, but I never use activities that could use GPS on the watch. So GPS is off in that sense.
If you start an activity from the phone, it should use GPS on the phone and not the watch. Haven't tried it though.
It's dropped to 99% now. 1% sunday to thursday. Should I be worried?
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can you help me...
i got problem with my Amazfit GTR 47, after i use. i forgot to charge it, and when i charge, it stun on amazfit logo, and turn off again , and go back to logo.
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.