Bug in 13.10 - Battery drain on Fenix 6S Pro

Battery drain is horrendous after the 13.10 update! The battery drained 20% in 1 hour with no activities being recorded. I tried reset to factory settings. See how that goes. Very poor update. Garmin Fenix S Pro here.

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GregStrutton over 4 years ago +3

For years I've always found my watch will drain battery faster than usual (forerunners and now Fenix). A few years back, after trial and error, I've found that after new update, if I switch off the watch…
Oguz Ali Ekinci over 3 years ago +3 suggested

I solved this issue according to this recommendation. Removing related file solved it, now I have magnificent battery life as far as I tested. In 24 hours with 1.5 hour running activity + heart rate sensor…
4121493 over 3 years ago +2

Same for me. The update went fine. Suddenly after charging the fenix, I do have a battery drain: 30% during the night in battery mode. Normal was 1-2%. It is strange because the update was a few weeks…

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0 Matosxp over 3 years ago

Replacement works great guys, it seems it is a hardware issue. Only one day of use will report back in one week.

0 Konvas over 3 years ago in reply to Shent-Aurkhan (SHN)

Hi, i have Bluetooth OFF, no phone connection, so it doesn't make sense to do anything on phone. But thank you.

0 4121493 over 3 years ago

Same for me. The update went fine. Suddenly after charging the fenix, I do have a battery drain: 30% during the night in battery mode. Normal was 1-2%. It is strange because the update was a few weeks ago and I didn’t changed anything.

Has somebody got the same experience?

0 7162912 over 3 years ago in reply to 4121493

Same here, lost like 60% overnight and keept draining 10%/h, did a soft reset 3-4 times, no help, and then it went away all by it self anf now all is well..

0 4121493 over 3 years ago in reply to 7162912

How long does it took until it went away?

Was there an Update?

0 Palleplutt over 3 years ago

I know the topic is for a PRO.

But the ones that have NON PRO have you tested Beta 13.30?

And made it any difference?

0 Konvas over 3 years ago

F6X: After 2 weeks of charging every couple of days, loosing tens of percent a day, I did a hard reset. I didn't install anything now, only connected to mobile phone, no extra app installed. Loosing 3% per day, I hope problem is solved.

Next I will install the widgets and apps one per day and research... It would be nice to be able to see log file like on mobile phone, to see a number of wake-ups and background processes...

0 hotdogpartysausage over 3 years ago in reply to Konvas

I did some testing on my F6Pro, which I concluded that the battery drain during/post activity was due to BT. Here's the link to the original post, which may be relevant

forums.garmin.com/.../1193755

0 7162912 over 3 years ago in reply to Palleplutt

half a day, tried to reconnect to phone also couple of times, do not know what fixed it eventualy

0 4121493 over 3 years ago

The strange thing is: the accu drain during an activity is totally normal. But after that I go in battery save mode (BT, Wifi etc. off, no watch face), there is a abnormal drain of 3-5% per hour