Battery use terrible since last update

tekkie2009 over 6 years ago

Since today my battery use has been terrible, had a fully charged watch 100 procent charged , used only watch function today and 20 procwnt battery was left late in the afternoon, , can someone please explain what is happening wiith the latest firmware version?
thanks

0 Odie21 over 6 years ago

Either something is using your GPS all the time or a rogue widget/app/watch face. That said, have you tried restarting your MK1 and charging it up again?

0 atj777 over 6 years ago

I haven't noticed any change in the battery function on my Mk1 after 2.60. Mine was at 100% yesterday at 7:30am and I did a 95 minute dive just after that. It's now at 78% today at 11:30am.

Sounds more like a widget/app/watch face as above.

0 Garmin-Heath over 6 years ago

tekkie2009 Here are some useful resources on Battery Life:

Features that Effect Battery Life on Outdoor Wearable

How to Get the Most Battery Life out of Your Garmin Music Watch

Also, looking into atj777 suggestion would be a good idea too. Try using only the default watch settings, and see if that makes a difference.

If that doesn't work, reach out to us through our Product Support channels (phone, email, or chat) so that we can work with you directly.

0 surveysoft over 6 years ago

I have the same issue as tekkie2009 , I have had my Descent 1 week, (Purchased 23/06) Charged and battery lasted 1 week, (No Dives Yet) , I have the unit put on Garmin Express and updated the Maps and Firmware to 2.6 (Saturday 16:00 Hrs.) and the battery has drained in apx 36 Hrs. to 07% Just charged it now, but not what I expected.

0 Garmin-Heath over 6 years ago

surveysoft, are you using a Garmin default watch face or are you using a 3rd party watch face? If you are using a 3rd party watch face, please let us know which one so we can test it on one of our devices.

0 atj777 over 6 years ago

surveysoft You say you have only had your Mk1 for a week, what settings have you changed in that time? What apps, widgets or watch faces have you installed?

My battery is still doing fine after upgrading to 2.60, as above, and also:
I charged mine on Saturday just before a dive at 7:35am. It was 99%. It is now Tuesday 5:30pm and it is at 38%. That's over 80 hours. In more than twice the time I still have much more charge left than you did.

It sounds like you either have a defective unit or something you changed or installed is draining the battery faster than it should.

0 tekkie2009 over 6 years ago

Found out after a restart it had been logging where i went the last days, it wanted to save the last logged activity (total 105km) (by bicycle and car traveled) , and thus consumed much energy, still wondering how that was possible, it was locked, and i didnt start any activities to log, the watch didnt show it was logging, and only the regular watch face, was showing.
so im am still confused how this was possible ?

0 pprimoz over 6 years ago

On the contrary, my Descent MK1 after upgrading to v2.60 consumes less energy (in GPS mode) than before: on v2.50 a little over 6% per hour and on v2.60 just under 5% per hour.