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Edge 530 battery drained overnight, sticky buttons

Yesterday morning I powered off my Edge 530 (held the power button and chose power off). Battery was at 85%. This morning when I tried to start it up for my 3h ride, the unit wouldn't turn on. I tried for a while to reset it but no luck. When I hooked it up to the computer later, it showed a battery symbol with a lightning bolt and then after a while it powered up and showed 1% battery. So the battery drained overnight in power off mode.

Did I do something wrong when I powered it off? Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm also finding that all the buttons are a little "sticky". Not just the back button. I have to be very precise when I click them and sometimes have to jiggle them a bit to get them to pop back out. Maybe the power button got stuck in that way, causing the battery drain.

Other than that, the unit has been fantastic. It's my first Edge and I got it mostly for the radar display. Up to now I've been using Forerunners for many years.

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aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to djwalker1260 +1

If you have sticky buttons contact Garmin Support. There were a small number of units in the first build that had faulty buttons.Garmin will replace the unit for you.

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0 changrenyong over 5 years ago

Did you wait for this power off icon to disappear? If this stays on, as happened to me several times, it’s not powered off. I had to press and hold the power button until it rebooted and then try to power it off again.

0 KOKKETIEL over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

Hmmm - not sure. I was on my way out so this may have been what happened. I'll pay more attention next time. Hopefully Garmin will fix this behavior with a software update.

Thanks for the reply!

0 changrenyong over 5 years ago

Agree with your assessment of the buttons. They don't always click and sometimes feel a bit sticky.

0 djwalker1260 over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

The exact same thing happened to my- turned the unit off and it died overnight. I suspected a stuck button as well. My down button sometimes sticks pushed. So, maybe that is the problem

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to djwalker1260

If you have sticky buttons contact Garmin Support. There were a small number of units in the first build that had faulty buttons.Garmin will replace the unit for you.

0 Flyfishermanmike over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

I had this very thing happen to me last night! Something to double check.

0 mjohannisson over 5 years ago in reply to changrenyong

My battery drained when powered off too, contacted Garmin support and they said i should send it back,i did and they sent a new one to me.