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Batterry drain

I charged the battery to 100%, turned it off, left it overnight, the battery dropped to 95%. After 15 minutes, the battery is 94%?! I heard that it is not recommended to charge with a laptop or a PC, is that correct? For a few months now because my watch is draining the battery so much, I charge it like that, does this have any effect? If yes, is there any other fix? My watch is out of warranty, and the dealer quoted a replacement battery price close to the price of a new watch.

0 Former Member over 2 years ago

After a clean reset on a brand new instinct solar I am also experiencing significant drain. 99% to 85% during only part of the night with battery saver on and OHR off.

So I did the soft reset procedure (hold down ctrl button for >30s and it powers off). And then powered up and charged the device to 100%. So far no rapid drain has occurred. I'll see what tonight yields.

0 4146283 over 2 years ago in reply to Former Member

I tried Soft reset and hard reset, but not working.

0 Former Member over 2 years ago in reply to 4146283

It is a two step fix

1) soft reset and then power on

2) charge device to full capacity 100%

Did you charge immediately after soft reset? Being a programmer myself; the chargind may help with recalibrating the battery behavior.

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