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After riding my motorcycle in the rain, my P780 started turning itself off and on. I assume the power button sort of makes contact from time to time. At first it would allow the phone to boot before shutting down and then power on. Now it's just resetting itself every few seconds.
Has anyone heard of something like this happening? My 2 problems:
1. How do I stop it? I'm afraid it will break for good with all the shutting on and off. I can't stop it because I cannot remove the battery. I am in Vietnam and don't have access to any tools. So I just here a vibrating sound every 2 seconds or so when it turns on. The screen flickers a bit, then it shuts itself down. Repeat.
2. How the hell will I explain my problem to a service? Nobody speaks English here and I am not in one of the big cities.
I have no idea if the water played a role in this. Maybe it's a coincidence. The phone is currently in a big bowl of rice. I have no idea if it will do something. It's been there for over 3 hours and the battery doesn't seem to be giving out soon.
So yeah.
Help!
edit: it stopped resetting.. Now it just stays with all three buttons lit.
leibnizster said:
After riding my motorcycle in the rain, my P780 started turning itself off and on. I assume the power button sort of makes contact from time to time. At first it would allow the phone to boot before shutting down and then power on. Now it's just resetting itself every few seconds.
Has anyone heard of something like this happening? My 2 problems:
1. How do I stop it? I'm afraid it will break for good with all the shutting on and off. I can't stop it because I cannot remove the battery. I am in Vietnam and don't have access to any tools. So I just here a vibrating sound every 2 seconds or so when it turns on. The screen flickers a bit, then it shuts itself down. Repeat.
2. How the hell will I explain my problem to a service? Nobody speaks English here and I am not in one of the big cities.
I have no idea if the water played a role in this. Maybe it's a coincidence. The phone is currently in a big bowl of rice. I have no idea if it will do something. It's been there for over 3 hours and the battery doesn't seem to be giving out soon.
So yeah.
Help!
edit: it stopped resetting.. Now it just stays with all three buttons lit.
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Hi. It seems that the condensation played an interesting role in this problem. Let him dry few days then try to charge him again. See what is going on after...
Sent from my Lenovo P780
leibnizster said:
After riding my motorcycle in the rain, my P780 started turning itself off and on. I assume the power button sort of makes contact from time to time. At first it would allow the phone to boot before shutting down and then power on. Now it's just resetting itself every few seconds.
Has anyone heard of something like this happening? My 2 problems:
1. How do I stop it? I'm afraid it will break for good with all the shutting on and off. I can't stop it because I cannot remove the battery. I am in Vietnam and don't have access to any tools. So I just here a vibrating sound every 2 seconds or so when it turns on. The screen flickers a bit, then it shuts itself down. Repeat.
2. How the hell will I explain my problem to a service? Nobody speaks English here and I am not in one of the big cities.
I have no idea if the water played a role in this. Maybe it's a coincidence. The phone is currently in a big bowl of rice. I have no idea if it will do something. It's been there for over 3 hours and the battery doesn't seem to be giving out soon.
So yeah.
Help!
edit: it stopped resetting.. Now it just stays with all three buttons lit.
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Hi,
Something similar happened with me also. Last week I was using the phone and suddenly it slept from pocket and
fall into full bucket of water. Immediately after this I taken out my phone from bucket and saw that it was starting again and again.
Without wasting anytime I dis mental my phone and kept under hair dryer and gave heat so that all water can get dry.
It was my luck that when giving heat and assembling it. It started working.
Now it is almost a week since this incident was occurred. everything working normal.
Hope it should help you.
amitritu_1509 said:
Hi,
Something similar happened with me also. Last week I was using the phone and suddenly it slept from pocket and
fall into full bucket of water. Immediately after this I taken out my phone from bucket and saw that it was starting again and again.
Without wasting anytime I dis mental my phone and kept under hair dryer and gave heat so that all water can get dry.
It was my luck that when giving heat and assembling it. It started working.
Now it is almost a week since this incident was occurred. everything working normal.
Hope it should help you.
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This afternoon I took it to a shop. The guy took the battery out, put it back in. Phone starts working. After a few hours same thing starts happening again. At least now I got a video and I can show to him tomorrow. I still don't know what the real issue is.
Indeed the power button contact was at fault. After fixing that (twice, because I managed to fill it with water again) I have a new set of problems:
1. The signal of both phone cards is awful. Useless 99% of the time. I see a lot of people have this issue
2. The security applications magically changed to chinese and there doesn't seem to be an option to turn it back to english (this coming from a mandarin speaking girl I met on a bus)
3. I constantly get the message that I cannot install applications because I have no space available on the phone. I just run the chinese security app cleaner and it ejects 250MBs of garbage.
I guess installing a custom ROM might fix this? I don't know almost anything about ROMs and it is really important I don't brick the phone. My phone seems to alteady have a custom ROM. I have Vibeui 2.0. Do you have recomandations for a stabile and easy to install english ROM?
Thank you very much
leibnizster said:
Indeed the power button contact was at fault. After fixing that (twice, because I managed to fill it with water again) I have a new set of problems:
1. The signal of both phone cards is awful. Useless 99% of the time. I see a lot of people have this issue
2. The security applications magically changed to chinese and there doesn't seem to be an option to turn it back to english (this coming from a mandarin speaking girl I met on a bus)
3. I constantly get the message that I cannot install applications because I have no space available on the phone. I just run the chinese security app cleaner and it ejects 250MBs of garbage.
I guess installing a custom ROM might fix this? I don't know almost anything about ROMs and it is really important I don't brick the phone. My phone seems to alteady have a custom ROM. I have Vibeui 2.0. Do you have recomandations for a stabile and easy to install english ROM?
Thank you very much
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Hi. Try to install a fresh new stock ROW firmware or custom ROM called Life. From Life you could try flashing modem software from my post How about some modems.
Good luck and Happy new year.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Hi. Try to install a fresh new stock ROW firmware or custom ROM called Life. From Life you could try flashing modem software from my post How about some modems.
Good luck and Happy new year.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Thank you for the answer and a happy new year to you too!
The problem is that I really have no idea how to that. Is there a page somewhere that describes the necessary steps I need to take? And is there a high bricking chance?
Thank you again.
leibnizster said:
Thank you for the answer and a happy new year to you too!
The problem is that I really have no idea how to that. Is there a page somewhere that describes the necessary steps I need to take? And is there a high bricking chance?
Thank you again.
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I think you will find good tutorials in general topic and in q&a topics!
If you dont manage PM me.
leibnizster said:
Indeed the power button contact was at fault. After fixing that (twice, because I managed to fill it with water again) I have a new set of problems:
1. The signal of both phone cards is awful. Useless 99% of the time. I see a lot of people have this issue
2. The security applications magically changed to chinese and there doesn't seem to be an option to turn it back to english (this coming from a mandarin speaking girl I met on a bus)
3. I constantly get the message that I cannot install applications because I have no space available on the phone. I just run the chinese security app cleaner and it ejects 250MBs of garbage.
I guess installing a custom ROM might fix this? I don't know almost anything about ROMs and it is really important I don't brick the phone. My phone seems to alteady have a custom ROM. I have Vibeui 2.0. Do you have recomandations for a stabile and easy to install english ROM?
Thank you very much
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On the third point, no space available on the phone, either you're really out of space (check it, due to weird partitioning of the internal storage, might be true, but if you are trying to install through Play store (and know you have some space left), there is a known issue with the MTK chipset and Google Play Services version, giving this error. My workaround was to uninstall Play Store (it will not uninstall, but roll back all updates), then quickly install/update apps because the Play Store will update itself automatically again (can't stop it). Very annoying, but it works... After I upgraded to KitKat, no more issues with Play Store.
Hi everybody!
I just stumbled onto this website and I'm amazed to see how many things I can learn from you guys what to do with my watch. My Amazfit is new, updated, but after the battery dropped dead, I can't seem to access the Sleep, Steps, Compass, GPS, and Monitor.
I am really curious what can I do to make my watch work again, as I found it perfect to my all activities. The sleep function is really important for me as I'm fidgeting at night and I'm under mild medication to sort my problems. This watch was vital for me.
Thanks heaps for any help.
ps: I restarted a few times, I even reset it to factory settings. Every single time I restart it, I get an "Optimising App1, Total 1" message for a few minutes, then I can't access most of its function.
Cheers.
You can see only clockface? I've had that problem that Amazfit got stuck on one pericular watchface, had to change it via phone app, it took some time, and after restart everything was ok. Try that
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Thanks for your reply. It's not stuck on one single face, I can change them. The watch works fine apart from the fact that I can't access GPS, Monitor, Pace and Sleep. Even after restarting, unpairing n pairing, updating etc...
I think you're pretty much in the same boat as me. I'm still trying to figure it out for the past few month when I got into that problem as well. The only time it worked was few days ago, where I went and flashed the Pacified Rom, and back to 1.3.3a. It only worked for about a day or 2 before going back to the problem again. I suggest that since it's new, get it replaced as soon as possible. I've been trying to get mine replaced but my seller is ignoring me and Aliexpress is not much of help.
Isn't there any down/upgrade that would solve this situation?
I mean, I bought it from the same website, no warranty/refund available. That's a pity.
Do you have any tutorial on how you flashed the Pacified Room and back to 1.3.3.a?
Thanks a lot, Alex.
jules25 said:
Hi everybody!
I just stumbled onto this website and I'm amazed to see how many things I can learn from you guys what to do with my watch. My Amazfit is new, updated, but after the battery dropped dead, I can't seem to access the Sleep, Steps, Compass, GPS, and Monitor.
I am really curious what can I do to make my watch work again, as I found it perfect to my all activities. The sleep function is really important for me as I'm fidgeting at night and I'm under mild medication to sort my problems. This watch was vital for me.
Thanks heaps for any help.
ps: I restarted a few times, I even reset it to factory settings. Every single time I restart it, I get an "Optimising App1, Total 1" message for a few minutes, then I can't access most of its function.
Cheers.
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You could retry reinstall firmware perhaps...
Search here how to. (or update with newer firmware)
jules25 said:
Isn't there any down/upgrade that would solve this situation?
I mean, I bought it from the same website, no warranty/refund available. That's a pity.
Do you have any tutorial on how you flashed the Pacified Room and back to 1.3.3.a?
Thanks a lot, Alex.
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First you need to unlock the bootloader. To do that, you can have a look at it here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/tutorial-unlock-bootloader-warning-void-t3654011
To flash the rom to PACEfied follow the link here. You could try the latest version .35, but that didn't work for me as I got stuck in the update loop despite using fastboot to continue, so I ended up using version .32. Instructions are all there
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/rom-pacefied-amazfit-huami-amazfit-t3539431
To flash it back to 1.3.3a, go through this link.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/tutorial-convert-xiaomi-huami-amazfit-t3532508
Currently trying to repeat the steps I did on how to get everything working minus the GPS running app. Now I'm at .29 of the Pacefied ROM. Waiting for my battery to be completely drain and wait a day before charging it and flash it back to 1.3.3a. Will let you know if it's a success or not.
I've come to a conclusion that this is related to hardware problems. Somehow even draining it for 3 days still didnt' do anything and now the battery doesn't even last up to a day.. Looks like we're pretty much unlucky to get these faulty units. Sad.
Hi Alex! My Amazfit is working fine now, I think by the greatest of coincidence. Let me tell you what happened.
Yesterday I ran out of battery and I chucked in the cradle in order to charge it, but I couldn't see any charging. Then I twisted, rotated and changed its position and nothing happened.
Then I realized the contact plates might be dirty. With a cotton bar and an alcohol pad, I cleaned them thoroughly and guess what, once I restarted the watch it works perfectly.
I'm not sure this is the reason or I've been lucky, but honestly speaking I'm afraid to restart it again. So I will keep charging it religiously avoiding any discharge. My other problem is that I need to get a new phone.
Would I be able to pair my new phone to Amazfit without "restarting to factory settings"?
Thanks.
jules25 said:
Hi Alex! My Amazfit is working fine now, I think by the greatest of coincidence. Let me tell you what happened.
Yesterday I ran out of battery and I chucked in the cradle in order to charge it, but I couldn't see any charging. Then I twisted, rotated and changed its position and nothing happened.
Then I realized the contact plates might be dirty. With a cotton bar and an alcohol pad, I cleaned them thoroughly and guess what, once I restarted the watch it works perfectly.
I'm not sure this is the reason or I've been lucky, but honestly speaking I'm afraid to restart it again. So I will keep charging it religiously avoiding any discharge. My other problem is that I need to get a new phone.
Would I be able to pair my new phone to Amazfit without "restarting to factory settings"?
Thanks.
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Sweet. I think I did something similar to clean the plate. But alas mine still doesn't work as we speak. I think restarting it is ok. But because I unpaired it with my phone, the watch went into factory reset that got me back to where it was not able to work. Maybe before you unpair with your current phone, on your new phone try logging in. If it's like the mi band 2, it should prompt you to pair via BT rather than QR code.
If you don't have a damaged watch, either eventual defect or water damage (remember, Pace is IP67 what means it only resists to eventual water submersion, not shower, not pool, etc, Stratos is OK for swimming, etc, of course), then most probably it's a sync or Bluetooth issue.
Note that all tests are done with stock firmware (no custom ROM) and the correct Amazfit app installed and only the correct one (CN Amazfit for Chinese ROMs and EN one for international Pace). If you have installed any APK, also uninstall them as they may cause problems. If you have unlocked watch's bootloader or flashed another firmware remember that you did it on your own risk, and now your warranty is voided and you cannot return the watch.
First thing to check if watch is good: enabled Airplane mode on your watch and observe battery drain for a few hours using the recommended settings in the end of the post. Make sure there are no alarms configured in the watch. This way the watch cannot use more than 10% of battery per hour. If it does then probably you have a hardware problem. Factory reset watch (it will erase all data on watch) and answer NO when Amazfit app asks if you want to restore old data (it may be corrupted, causing sync to not work and drain battery much faster), then try again. If it is still the same, probably it's defective.
Once you are sure the watch is fine, let's find out what is causing the problem...
Some phones have issues with Bluetooth and WiFi, making syncing with the watch not reliable, so the watch will drain much more battery trying to connect and sync data all the time. You can test this by putting the phone in Airplane mode and enabling only Bluetooth, then check the battery for a few hours. Or test with another phone the same way.
The other cause is a result of corrupted data or problems syncing with either Amazfit or Strava cloud. First, go to watch settings and disable Autoupload, then remove or pause Strava syncing. If this fixes your problem, then you must fix the sync with Strava somehow, maybe reset your data on Strava, create a new account for sync with Amazfit or update data manually.
If it doesn't fix then probably you have errors when opening Amazfit app, it shows a red bar at the bottom instead of a green one when syncing data. In this case you can try to unpair and pair the watch again, and choose NO when it asks if you want to retrieve the old data. If it doesn't help, try unpairing and creating a new account for Amazfit app, then pair the watch using the new account.
To increase battery life (with tips from group members):
- Make sure "continuous heart rate measurement" is OFF on the HR widget (don't worry, it will always measure HR during activities);
- Turn "Auto upload" in watch Settings to OFF;
- Turn brightness to zero when outside (you won't need it in day light);
- Turn "Awake on wrist movement" OFF (awake screen with button or enable double tap in watch settings);
- Use Airplane mode when away from phone and/or auto Airplane mode at night while you sleep (don't worry, it will monitor your sleep even in airplane mode);
- Alarms on watch use a lot of battery even if they are disabled (bug maybe?), so *delete all alarms* on watch if you are not using them;
- Avoid discharging the watch bellow 10%, it's not good for the battery;
- Also avoid leaving the watch on charger for long periods (>24h);
- If you won't use the watch for many days, turn it off with battery > 50%;
- To get actual full charge, leave the watch on charger for more or less 30min after it shows 100% charged to really fill the battery completely with trickle charging;
- If the watch is new, battery will get better after you fully charge it 3-5 times, simply follow the instructions above.
Other tips are welcome. Cheers!
Amazfit Pace Backlight keep lighting even already off setting
can you help if my amazfit pace backlights always turn on when it is lock screen. because of this issue it makes my battery drain fast and it can last for 6hours for me to use. I believe it's software problem makes my watch setting problem. Backlights is always on Even i have adjust the backlights to off mode.
I need help to makes my watch backlights off when it is lock screen to save my battery life. thank you.
Good article
I had a problem with my watches occasional battery drainage. The problem was at a phone side.
There was a bad thumbnail file at DCIM phone directory. File was not readible. After deleting this file phone self restarts were gone and phone battery life was prolonged. Occasional watches battery drainage was also gone.
PS. I found bad file when tried to backup my photos to PC. I can recommend to try to copy all files from your device to somewere else to try to find file system problem instead of commencing device hard reset.
cmic21vv said:
can you help if my amazfit pace backlights always turn on when it is lock screen. because of this issue it makes my battery drain fast and it can last for 6hours for me to use. I believe it's software problem makes my watch setting problem. Backlights is always on Even i have adjust the backlights to off mode.
I need help to makes my watch backlights off when it is lock screen to save my battery life. thank you.
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Hello. This seems to be a hardware failure. If you factory reset the watch (warning: it will delete all data on watch, so sync with app first) and it still behaves the same way, then the watch has a hardware failure and it cannot be fixed via software.
Suggestion...
I've had my pace for almost 2 weeks, and was getting about 3 to 4 days were I expected at least 5, since I've never used the GPS nor continuous heart rate monitoring. Also in the first day, it went from 100% to 70% before the night.
I've been reading about battery drain and I think I found the culprit in my case.(less than a day testing the theory)
I've read that problems with Bluetooth communication may cause battery drain. In my case, it's not exactly that the watch disconnected or I didn't receive notifications, but I associated that with the fact that I have a notification filtering app that instructed me to configure it to be excluded from the battery management (android 8).
After I did that with the amazfit app , I've seen a lot less drain.
I offer this as something to try in a similar scenario.
I suffered also under huge battery drain while using external bluetooth hardware with my Stratos (i.e. hr belt).
Yesterday i installed AmazMod on my phone and my Stratos, which modifies the notification system (look up for more information in AmazMod thread).
Today i rode my roadbike about one hour to work and as usual i connected my bt hr belt and battery drain was about 4%... all the other times battery drain was about 20%.
I think that something is messed up with the Stock notification system while connected to an external BT device.
[SOLVED] Battery drain issue for Amazfit Pace
Hi all,
I've finally solved the battery drain issue for my Amazfit Pace I've bought one year ago.
I would like to underline that I've always washed the watch under the shower and also when I washed my hands. The smartwatch is IP67 certified, that means IP67 means the unit can be dropped into a body of water up to a meter deep for half an hour.
My problems raised when I forgot the watch at my hand, during a sea swim. Even if the Amazfit pace is water resistant and the water has not entered into the unit, salt minerals entered into the only hole on the smartwatch: the microphone hole.
When I opened the unit, I've found that all contacts were in perfect condition without any oxide on components and smartwatch internal parts. The small paper placed on the mainboard to verify if water entered inside the smartwatch, had not changed color from blank to red, meaning no water presence.
However, in some way some salt has affected the microphone causing oxidation and short circuit: this is the cause of battery drain.
The microphone is protected by a plastic dress fitting its shape and at the end of the hole there is a thin membrane that should prevent water to enter but maybe is not so resistant to small salt minerals.
I solved the problem washing the microphone with isopropylic alchol and then removing the oxidation residuals with a small tip.
Now the battery discharged in 5-6 days as expected for a normal use in airplane mode.
Considering that microphone function is not so useful because there is no correct and plain translation from chinese to english or other languages, you can think to close the hole with some plastic material or, as I've done, with a small drop of plastic glue in order to close the hole avoiding voice blocking.
I hope my experience can help!
Matteo
Hi zack317
Can u tell me how you open the amazfit Pace pls?
Hi @noideaforaname,
Could you please explain what you changed in AmazMod to fix your bluetooth HR battery drain? Thanks!
valimig said:
Can u tell me how you open the amazfit Pace pls?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/amazfit-pace-teardown-probably-cause-t3791379
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/how-to-watch-t3815716/page2
Hope these would help.
Amazmod Bluetooth HRM hack
Can you please expand on how you used amazmod for this?
johnnyboy4711 said:
Can you please expand on how you used amazmod for this?
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He already did:
1. It shows a connection/disconnection alert;
2. You can disabled stock Amazfit notifications and use only the ones from AmazMod, if your setup has a connection/configuration problem this may fix or simply circumvent the issue.
zak3l7 said:
Hi all,
I've finally solved the battery drain issue for my Amazfit Pace I've bought one year ago.
I would like to underline that I've always washed the watch under the shower and also when I washed my hands. The smartwatch is IP67 certified, that means IP67 means the unit can be dropped into a body of water up to a meter deep for half an hour.
My problems raised when I forgot the watch at my hand, during a sea swim. Even if the Amazfit pace is water resistant and the water has not entered into the unit, salt minerals entered into the only hole on the smartwatch: the microphone hole.
When I opened the unit, I've found that all contacts were in perfect condition without any oxide on components and smartwatch internal parts. The small paper placed on the mainboard to verify if water entered inside the smartwatch, had not changed color from blank to red, meaning no water presence.
However, in some way some salt has affected the microphone causing oxidation and short circuit: this is the cause of battery drain.
The microphone is protected by a plastic dress fitting its shape and at the end of the hole there is a thin membrane that should prevent water to enter but maybe is not so resistant to small salt minerals.
I solved the problem washing the microphone with isopropylic alchol and then removing the oxidation residuals with a small tip.
Now the battery discharged in 5-6 days as expected for a normal use in airplane mode.
Considering that microphone function is not so useful because there is no correct and plain translation from chinese to english or other languages, you can think to close the hole with some plastic material or, as I've done, with a small drop of plastic glue in order to close the hole avoiding voice blocking.
I hope my experience can help!
Matteo
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my watch had same problem, so i follow your tips, i removed barometer / microphone module and.. viola.... the battery isue is gone.. 2 days after that battery just drained about 20%.. thanks a lot..
Not working.....
Hello!
I have the same problem,with my Pace, the battery drain fast(10%/h).I removed the mic+barometer unit, but the problem not solved. It's drain like it before. I don's saw any oxidation or water inside, dry and clean everywhere.
I try factory reset, with and without restore data, not connect to phone,etc. I bought is about half year. It's with original firmware, never mod.
Are there any idea, what is the problem?
Upgrade the Stratos Watch with the last release 2.3.10.4.
This is the best tips to get a very good autonomy: 6 full days always connected to the Smartphone but without GPS sports activation.
Before this release, it was limited to 5 days max.
Amazefit pace - battery got drained from daily goal being set to different then 8000
Hi everyone,
I started experiencing battery drop on my amazfit pace like two weeks ago. Performance drop from 6 days on AVG to just 2-3. This happened without having any new updates (both watch and phone). I tried resetting the device + uninstall/install the App on my phone - all without any luck. I was just considering buying a new one when I decided to do a careful retrospective for the past two weeks, especially the period when the problem occur. And then BAAM! The only thing I had changed back then was an increase of my daily goal from 8000 to 10000 steps. I can now confirm this was causing my issue with the battery! Some how the default value (8000 steps) is optimized for battery usage comparing to other "custom" values. Again for me that means 50% off my overall battery life. INSANE!
I hope that helps! And I really hope someone from the support of that device read and double check that (in my opinion bug)
Cheers!
Stefan
Amazfit pace battery drain issue resolved
Dears, on my amazfit pace I have the same battery drain issue. It takes only one day on full charge. I have factory reset many times but still the same problem.
At last i un installed amazfit pace app from my phone and reinstalled a fresh setup while watch also factory reset the same time. After doing so I reconnected as a new new and fresh with bluetooth, Alhamdulillah my issue resolved all at once. Enjoy :good:
Thanks
timetraveler4213 said:
Hi everyone,
I started experiencing battery drop on my amazfit pace like two weeks ago. Performance drop from 6 days on AVG to just 2-3. This happened without having any new updates (both watch and phone). I tried resetting the device + uninstall/install the App on my phone - all without any luck. I was just considering buying a new one when I decided to do a careful retrospective for the past two weeks, especially the period when the problem occur. And then BAAM! The only thing I had changed back then was an increase of my daily goal from 8000 to 10000 steps. I can now confirm this was causing my issue with the battery! Some how the default value (8000 steps) is optimized for battery usage comparing to other "custom" values. Again for me that means 50% off my overall battery life. INSANE!
I hope that helps! And I really hope someone from the support of that device read and double check that (in my opinion bug)
Cheers!
Stefan
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So u changed it back to 8000 and u did a full reset?
lfom said:
If you don't have a damaged watch, either eventual defect or water damage (remember, Pace is IP67 what means it only resists to eventual water submersion, not shower, not pool, etc, Stratos is OK for swimming, etc, of course), then most probably it's a sync or Bluetooth issue.
Note that all tests are done with stock firmware (no custom ROM) and the correct Amazfit app installed and only the correct one (CN Amazfit for Chinese ROMs and EN one for international Pace). If you have installed any APK, also uninstall them as they may cause problems. If you have unlocked watch's bootloader or flashed another firmware remember that you did it on your own risk, and now your warranty is voided and you cannot return the watch.
First thing to check if watch is good: enabled Airplane mode on your watch and observe battery drain for a few hours using the recommended settings in the end of the post. Make sure there are no alarms configured in the watch. This way the watch cannot use more than 10% of battery per hour. If it does then probably you have a hardware problem. Factory reset watch (it will erase all data on watch) and answer NO when Amazfit app asks if you want to restore old data (it may be corrupted, causing sync to not work and drain battery much faster), then try again. If it is still the same, probably it's defective.
Once you are sure the watch is fine, let's find out what is causing the problem...
Some phones have issues with Bluetooth and WiFi, making syncing with the watch not reliable, so the watch will drain much more battery trying to connect and sync data all the time. You can test this by putting the phone in Airplane mode and enabling only Bluetooth, then check the battery for a few hours. Or test with another phone the same way.
The other cause is a result of corrupted data or problems syncing with either Amazfit or Strava cloud. First, go to watch settings and disable Autoupload, then remove or pause Strava syncing. If this fixes your problem, then you must fix the sync with Strava somehow, maybe reset your data on Strava, create a new account for sync with Amazfit or update data manually.
If it doesn't fix then probably you have errors when opening Amazfit app, it shows a red bar at the bottom instead of a green one when syncing data. In this case you can try to unpair and pair the watch again, and choose NO when it asks if you want to retrieve the old data. If it doesn't help, try unpairing and creating a new account for Amazfit app, then pair the watch using the new account.
To increase battery life (with tips from group members):
- Make sure "continuous heart rate measurement" is OFF on the HR widget (don't worry, it will always measure HR during activities);
- Turn "Auto upload" in watch Settings to OFF;
- Turn brightness to zero when outside (you won't need it in day light);
- Turn "Awake on wrist movement" OFF (awake screen with button or enable double tap in watch settings);
- Use Airplane mode when away from phone and/or auto Airplane mode at night while you sleep (don't worry, it will monitor your sleep even in airplane mode);
- Alarms on watch use a lot of battery even if they are disabled (bug maybe?), so *delete all alarms* on watch if you are not using them;
- Avoid discharging the watch bellow 10%, it's not good for the battery;
- Also avoid leaving the watch on charger for long periods (>24h);
- If you won't use the watch for many days, turn it off with battery > 50%;
- To get actual full charge, leave the watch on charger for more or less 30min after it shows 100% charged to really fill the battery completely with trickle charging;
- If the watch is new, battery will get better after you fully charge it 3-5 times, simply follow the instructions above.
Other tips are welcome. Cheers!
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Hello to everyone, a few days ago my watch started shutting down after a while, sometimes write after boot and sometimes after 5 or 10 minutes or so. I tried reverting to stock settings (factory reset) also sync it with a new account from other phone, I even installed Everest Rom and still it shuts down after a few minutes. Also sometimes it gets very hot, all over the watch not only at the bottom or the front glass.
The watch is in my possession for around 1,5 year and it is the international version.
Same behavior, is the result of water geting in...
How is that possible , it is water resistant!?
Did you open it easily?
psillos said:
How is that possible , it is water resistant!?
Did you open it easily?
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It was used a year, never taken off the hand unless charging., so it got into sea swiming, hot showers/baths, everything, and i did not kept it in clean water for 10 min, or what the manual says... . So all that chemicals and salt afected the seals ...
It was opened by the service guys, i sent it for waranty, which they ofcourse void it (apparantely no device is covered by waranty if liquides get inside them ... ?!?)
I will try to test if is fixable by my self.... with no water resistance...
Thank you my friend for your time and answers, I will try to open it and see if this is wrong with my watch too. Last year after every swim I did clean it up but this year I never did so maybe this is what happened to mine also.
My problem was not from getting water in
psillos said:
My problem was not from getting water in
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Can't really tell from the image, but it looks like there is some corosion/oxidation on the capacitors near the sensor ? (seems like some green/blue colored contacts). If so, maybe try to gentaly clean it, it could make electrical contact between components that should not be in contact.
Also look at the battery and see if there is any visible damage to it
... my battery is 0 volts, and a little puffy, i will try to see if it takes charge.
If yours got extremely hot as mine did, pls consider the safty issues of the situation
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Can't really tell from the image, but it looks like there is some corosion/oxidation on the capacitors near the sensor ? (seems like some green/blue colored contacts). If so, maybe try to gentaly clean it, it could make electrical contact between components that should not be in contact.
Also look at the battery and see if there is any visible damage to it
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I think you are wright my friend, I 'll get back home and see it more closely and try to clean it up and see if that helps.
Well you were wright about sensor
I tried to clean as good as I could but with no luck , I also checked the battery and it seemed ok to me.
Then I decided to cut the sensor power by cutting the cable that connects to it and then booted up the watch and everything is working fine ,no shutdowns, no overheating problems and no battery consumption at all. I guess that the sensor is no longer working at all and it isn't anymore waterproof but at least I have a fully functional watch until i decide what to do. Thanks again for pointing out the corrosion-oxidation of the sensor. The only thing I cannot comprehend is how did that happen to the sensor capacitors, since there where no moisture inside the watch!?!?
Thanks again my friend!
Hello guys,
My HR Stratos 2.3.10.5 sensor is overheating right after turning on the watch. I had already noticed that I could not measure the pulse rate and a few days later I began to feel a slight burning in the skin, when taking the watch I see that the problem is the sensor.
Visually everything is ok and if you turn off the clock it cools again.
Has it happened to anyone or do you know how to solve it ?
Thanks in advance.
I am having the same issue, even got my skin burnt by the sensor. Have you fixed your watch?
The first time I was sleeping and I thought it was pulling my hairs from my wrist and took it off, but today after cycling it started to hurt again and when I saw the sensor was extremely hot and there was two little burnt spots in my wrist.
Was researching and saw many people complaining about it but no solution at all.
Check HR sensor conver: either it fell off or let moisture get inside the device, corroding the HR sensor. Either open the watch and remove / replace the sensor module (it won't be easy to find a replacement) or replace the whole watch.
lfom said:
Check HR sensor conver: either it fell off or let moisture get inside the device, corroding the HR sensor. Either open the watch and remove / replace the sensor module (it won't be easy to find a replacement) or replace the whole watch.
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Now that you point that out, I really don't remenber if there was a cover or not... Anyways, if that fell off, it came off without any pressure, bump or whatever... It should not fall so easily, now my watch is overheating very quickly, specially when I turn on the HR, it even shuts down. I am trying to contact the shop and Huami.
Less than 3 months using it, the watch is great besides this issue, let's see what happens.
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Now that you point that out, I really don't remenber if there was a cover or not... Anyways, if that fell off, it came off without any pressure, bump or whatever... It should not fall so easily, now my watch is overheating very quickly, specially when I turn on the HR, it even shuts down. I am trying to contact the shop and Huami.
Less than 3 months using it, the watch is great besides this issue, let's see what happens.
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the small glass - hr cover is off on your watch... the same here after 8 months. I'm using the watch only for running or treadmill. (somethimes weightlifting..) . I was newer swimming or in the sauna...
biglaci said:
the small glass - hr cover is off on your watch... the same here after 8 months. I'm using the watch only for running or treadmill. (somethimes weightlifting..) . I was newer swimming or in the sauna...
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Me too, always very careful with it, but as you can see I cannot use it anymore, tryed to contact the ebay seller/ ebay/ paypal/ Xiaomi/ Amazfit
Ended up losing my money as even if I wanted to pay to fix it, no representative here in Australia would fix it for me... Extremely disappointed with the brand.