This discussion has been locked.

You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

14.20 still having battery drain issue

Melegna over 5 years ago

100% at 8.00 in the morning, 94% at 15.00.

No GPS, no activity, no notification, only HR.

I’m so disappointed, the only working firmware was 13.51 beta.

Top Replies

Garmin-Heath over 5 years ago +1 verified

Melegna Please reach Garmin Support if you are still experiencing battery drain with software to version 14.20, if the steps in the following article do not help: Increased Battery Drain After Updating…

All Replies

0 arn01d over 5 years ago

Have you tried a soft reset?

0 razmichael over 5 years ago

You may know this already but when charging reaches 100% you may a rapid initial drop as it is difficult to measure %100 when charging. Either make sure you have left it on the charger for a while at %100 or die you testing from 90 or so. As just suggested as well do a soft reset after an update. I have not had the battery drain issue on either building but those that did seem to be reporting much better results now.

0 Melegna over 5 years ago in reply to razmichael

With beta 13.51 was perfect, about 5% per day instead of 18% now with 14.20.

0 Melegna over 5 years ago in reply to arn01d

Just tried, I will let you know

0 tate_fischer over 5 years ago

So, here's a good one - over 15 days ago I posted Every single time... BATTERY DRAIN, specifically referring to the recent update to 14.20 by stating, "Why is it that every single time I install an update to my Fenix 5. I have to deal with the battery drain issue - serious, you think they'd have it figured out by now? The best part was the response from Garmin-Heath, it said I should update to software version 14.20!

0 tickerguy over 5 years ago

I am NOT having a problem -- didn't with the previous 14.x versions and haven't recently.

I lose a couple tenths of a percent per hour idle, more obviously with more-serious use. I ran a half-marathon Saturday and consumed the expected amount of power. I have three different watch faces I like and they DO impact the power consumption -- Actiface appears to use the least, but I like it the least, so.... yeah.

+1 Garmin-Heath over 5 years ago

Melegna Please reach Garmin Support if you are still experiencing battery drain with software to version 14.20, if the steps in the following article do not help: Increased Battery Drain After Updating Software