New Garmin 255 Music, charged to 100% and drained to 40% in less than 24hrs, all settings on default. I just replaced my 235 workhorse due to declining battery life and am really disappointed. Not sure if my watch is bad and I should replace? or if I…
Sorry, when was I offered a replacement??
You wrote it yourself, you do not want any replacement:
Tbf when contacting Garmin I am still waiting fir a response which isn’t me paying to send a defected watch back and only get a refurbished…
Has anyone else notice excessive battery drain after doing an activity with an external heart rate monitor? I’ve noticed it for a while. Recently I charged my Fenix 7x pro but didn’t do any activities for 4-5 days and battery drain was normal but…
I have the same issue. Battery drain from ~55% to 0% in a few hours (not being used for an activity). Charged watch to about 10% and it drained instantly. Now wont't charge past 6%. This is new and sudden fault that began today. Battery has been normal…
It happened after last installation of FW - in one day drain from the battery is doubled - in general it showed 4+ days if 80% and higher
now its 3 and lower.
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%.
except for the battery drain, everything works for 100%. I just installed the 19.38 update, I will see what that one does.
Hi !
If like me you had a severe battery drain after updating to FW 13 (something like 120% in a day with only a 30 min run...)
A factory reset fixed it for me. Unpair from phone, go to the watch settings and do the reset settings and data. (Data might…
Hi,
The battery has suddenly started to drain from 100% to 0% within 18 hours, not used for any activity other than walking, only have stock watch faces. Have reset set it a couple of times and still no joy.... any help would be appreciated
