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The battery drain

Former Member over 4 years ago

Hi. I only had my fenix 5 a fortnight. Works fine on 13.30 and beta 13.51.

The battery drain on watch mode is too much? 4 to 5 times more on 13.40 and 14.10

As activities are the same this actually looks more like a bug reporting the battery, rather than a drain?

I would have expected the watch to get warm or lag with such a ridiculously large bug.

Has anyone tried re calibration of the battery?

I have researched this and it seems to happen to some people every update but there are never any resolutions.

Just wondered if anyone had got to the bottom of this instead of saying 'me too' or 'no drain here'

Thanks

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Garmin-Heath over 4 years ago +1 verified

We have identified a possible issue with software version 13.40 for the fenix 5 that can cause additional battery drain to take place. If you are experiencing increased battery drain on your fenix 5, update…

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0 J_Hunkin over 4 years ago

Is there a documented process to recalibrate the battery? I haven't come across one.

0 JGROCHOWICZ over 4 years ago

Same problem. 6 month old Fenix 5 on 14.10 is consuming over 1% / h (this with no tracking, OHR off).

0 Piotr eM over 4 years ago

Same problem. On software 13.40 and 14.10 consuming almost 1%/h, before on soft 13.30 approx. 7% per day, with OHR on

0 Melegna over 4 years ago

Same problem...incredible that 14.10 do not resolved it

+1 Garmin-Heath over 4 years ago

We have identified a possible issue with software version 13.40 for the fenix 5 that can cause additional battery drain to take place. If you are experiencing increased battery drain on your fenix 5, update your software to version 14.20, or later. For more information see the following Support article: Increased Battery Drain After Updating Software