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Fenix 6X Sapphire fast battery drain and Bluetooth?

msmithers
over 4 years ago

Hi,

I have a Fenix 6X Sapphire running 15.20 firmware. I recently started experiencing the very fast battery drain that others have reported. For me there appears to be some correlation with my iPhone streaming audio to other devices. The battery drain issue started a few weeks back after I spent a day in the garage streaming music from my phone to an Amazon echo.

It seems odd that the phone using Bluetooth to a 3rd device would cause problems with the Gamin Fenix, but maybe there's Bluetooth contention and the watch is struggling to get messages through to the Connect app on the phone.

Anyone else found this correlation?

Cheers,

Michael

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to Former Member

    There's a link in a pinned post at the top of the forum. Find the right link for your watch and follow the instructions. 

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Went through Garmin support via email, tried all the fixes for software resets etc on my Fenix 6X, no good, a 45 minute walk would use 20% of the battery, lucky to get two days  out of it.

    Garmin then asked to me to send mine in for a refurbished one, looks like new. 24 hours in, notifications on, bluetooth to phone, wifi off, did one 45 minute walk with GPS and only used 3% in that time.

    I agree with some comments on here, I am not convinced it is a software issue, I think the battery drops off a cliff in performance terms after a time period and that is why Garmin in doing the refurbished swap with new batteries in them I suspect.  Anyway the refurbished one is working like it should so good on Garmin for coming to the party outside of the warranty period.