Garmin connect battery drain - frustration!

Hi there.

I have a problem with Garmin Connect draining the battery on my Samsung Galaxy S21. It uses approximately 15% battery during a full day, running only in the background. During days when it does not drain the battery (after my fixes below), it uses less than 1%.

The watch is a Garmin Fenix 6S.

After googling, I found that others had done the following (with result in parenthesis):

Update the maps using Garmin Express on the computer (solved the problem for maybe 2-3 days, but only the first time)
Remove stored data and cache, uninstall and reinstall the app (solved the problem for one full day)
Turn of auto-update firmware (no effect)
Turn on/off always location permission (no effect)
Turn off bluetooth (no effect, and I want those notifications)
Restart the watch (no effect)

I restart my phone automatically every night.

This is extremely frustrating. Anyone having additional tips?

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2363008 over 4 years ago in reply to Ɛpsilon +1

I understand, will give it a try. Thanks!

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0 6928399 over 4 years ago

Interesting! I see a lot of battery drain on my iphone as well all of a sudden when Garmin connect is open (I tend to fully close apps for some reason). Thus a 45 minute run might deplete the battery of my 12 mini to about 40-50%.

0 Ɛpsilon over 4 years ago

Sounds counterintuitive but is Connect whitelisted in Battery management on Android?

0 5135968 over 4 years ago

This is a problem with Garmin Connect , so you should post here; forums.garmin.com/.../garmin-connect-mobile-andriod

0 2363008 over 4 years ago in reply to Ɛpsilon

'Whitelisted' is not an option on my device, but there's a category for "apps in sleep mode", "apps in dormancy" and "apps that never sleep" (free translation from swedish to english :). Connect is not in any of these.

0 Ɛpsilon over 4 years ago in reply to 2363008

Android can be really aggressive in killing background apps. They do recommend you set it not to kill it as a background task. Saying that, connect for me has always been a bit weird. Some days hardly any usage, some days 10% per day. I think it depends on the build. May be worth putting it to “apps that never sleep” . As I said, sounds a bit counter intuitive but worth a try.

0 2363008 over 4 years ago in reply to Ɛpsilon

I understand, will give it a try. Thanks!