v14.31 - Epix 2 Battery Fast Drain after Updating

AB~~ over 2 years ago

I upgraded Epix 2's software version to 14.31 yesterday, post which I am observing abnormal battery drop.

During my sleep the battery drained from 45% to 8%. (5 hours 29 minutes)

Performed a restart and a full recharge to 100%. Within 2 and half hours the battery is down to 94% (13 days)

Any one facing exessive battery drainage issue post upgrade to 14.31?

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dungntd over 2 years ago +10 suggested

Hi all,

HOW TO DOWNGRADE TO THE FIRMWARE 13.22 ? PLEASE FOLLOW MY GUIDE BELOW:

1 - Please download the file:

For Epix Gen2 only:

https://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B3943-10/13.22/full/rel/c66f92d5-19fc…
Garmin - Chris over 2 years ago +7 verified

Software version 14.36 has been released to address the fast battery drain issue.
Hfpunk73 over 2 years ago +6

Hello, same issue on my side but a bit different history. Get the update to 13.22 on last weekend and facing trouble with the bluetooth connection to the iphone (switching between connect and disconnect…

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0 Vizi over 2 years ago in reply to AB~~

All bugs? No. If one bug (battery drain) is fixed, it would be great. Others will take time

0 Rhinaldhie Wiryaputra over 2 years ago in reply to AB~~

Please update info here after 14.36 installed

0 Shuvankar over 2 years ago in reply to Vizi

Just received the latest FW 14.36.
Installation is in progress

0 5685863 over 2 years ago in reply to AB~~

Hi was ur battery drain issue resolved after the update?

0 Garmin - Chris over 2 years ago

Software version 14.36 has been released to address the fast battery drain issue.

0 Shuvankar over 2 years ago in reply to 5685863

As of now looks like issue is solved. 25 mins gone. No battery drainage happened. Still showing 100%. Before this update it used to drain 3-4% in 0.5 hr.

0 1542644 over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin - Chris

Thank you for the fix. Have installed and not getting the battery issue anymore. Running epix pro 42mm apac model

0 AB~~ over 2 years ago in reply to 5685863

Battery looks to be stable on 14.36. I’ll monitor the performance over the next couple of days.

0 Jakkris over 2 years ago

AP (Thailand) Epix 2 with 14.36 battery life seems more in line with "normal" now!

0 Seb over 2 years ago in reply to Garmin - Chris

Hi. I have Epix 2 which came with 11.30 firmware but when updating maps firmware updated itself to 14.36. I did notice battery drain faster than on 11.30. Also what I noticed Bluetooth disconnected watch from the phone after night itself. So for few hours battery was brilliant 1% in 12hrs then when reconnected Bluetooth Battery drain came back. It’s not 30% in few hours as some people but around 0.5% and visibly worse than on the 11.30 firmware This lead me to think that Bluetooth is the issue which making watch to drain battery and there must be some glitch. Resets didn’t help to solve it. How to downgrade to 11.30?