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Can’t get Fenix 6 out of battery save mode

I programmed a run for this morning but when I went to start the run on my Fenix 6 I found my watch had automatically gone into battery save mode without any notification.

I had around 75-80% battery life left and I couldn’t get it out of battery save mode. I turned the watch off and back on again but I still couldn’t disable battery saver.

About 5-10 mins into my run it switched over but around 90 mins later it switched back to battery save. There was 72% battery life. And now nothing I do will disable this mode.

The watch is less than 6 months old and is now pretty much useless to me in this state. Can anyone help please?

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0 mcalista over 4 years ago

Power Saver can easily be turned on or off through the Control Menu (press and hold the top LH button).

0 DebThorogood over 4 years ago in reply to mcalista

Yeah I tried that: the function was non responsive, but I now it’s switched back. It’s really weird... this has never happened before. ‍♀️

+1 1784249 over 4 years ago in reply to DebThorogood

My watch just started doing that also. I cannot turn battery saver off through the Control Menu. What did you end up doing with your watch?

0 mcalista over 4 years ago in reply to 1784249

The other way to turn it On or Off is through the Power Manager.

0 DebThorogood over 4 years ago in reply to 1784249

I was eventually able to turn it off through Power Manager function. It just wigged out for a few days: it was very strange. I’ve had no trouble since.

0 lpiccini over 4 years ago in reply to DebThorogood

Yes, thank you. Very frustrating for an expensive piece of equipment. I turned it off through power manager. The control manager didn’t work. Weird.

0 fishsm over 4 years ago in reply to lpiccini

I had the same issue - re-booted the watch and it worked as per the manual. It would not have a bar of it prior to the re-boot - so there's deffo a glitch! Mine was paired with a few devices - not sure if that contributed....

0 4905268 over 3 years ago

It’s the same thing every time it's in power save mode, I won’t be buying the next upgrade if this isn’t sorted, seems like a function that should be an easy reversion but Garmin seems to have gone out of their way to make this a challenge

0 lpiccini over 3 years ago in reply to 4905268

I agree on the next watch. It’s a waste of time to get it out of battery save mode. It appears to get stuck in that mode even when I power off and on again. Oh well, outside of that I do like the watch.

0 6474502 over 3 years ago in reply to lpiccini

I had the same problem. I fixed it following these steps:
1. hold light button
2. select airplane mode ON
3. select power saver mode OFF
4. select airplane mode OFF
And that's it!
Hope it helps somebody.