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Battery drain - F/W 26.18

Caching_Compasses
3 months ago

I've not noticed any changes to battery drain in normal weekly usage, but on our current tour it's been about 80% over 9 hours. Previously I've barely had to charge the device in a week of riding all day on tour.

Also today I had the only crash I've experienced with the EE2. Has 26.18 broken my device?!? 

  • 0 3 months ago

    Same. Sucking battery like never before. I'll blow 20% in 2 hrs without radar, just speed and cadence. 

    It's forced obsolescence time. 

  • 0 3 months ago

    Do a device reset. Mine drains 3–5% per hour during navigation and recording.
    Garmin has switched the file system, so that could be the culprit.

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to rbclass

    I was wary of doing a device reset mid-tour but with my wife and daughter (using my 810 I'd retired in favour of the EE2) using units that were working fine, I gave it a go. No improvement in battery life, but no more crashes.  

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to Caching_Compasses

    Try setting the background light to 0%. I'm using it like that, and there's no problem with display visibility during the day.

    If it does not help, try Garmin support or warranty claim.

    Do you have the first version of Explore 2? That version has only two holes on backside.

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to rbclass

    That's not the point, I shouldn't have to make allowances and change the way I use the device just because Garmin have released a bad firmware update. 

    I have been in contact with Garmin Support and have sent them my Gamin folder from the device to review. 

    I don't tent to be an early adopter and wait user reports and a few firmware updates before buying a new device, but my unit is indeed a two-hole first version. 

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to Caching_Compasses

    That is not an allowance. It's completely unreasonable to use an MIP display with a backlight during the day, but i get you.

    It seems that the problem is related to the hardware revision, because my device drains the battery the same way as it did with the older firmware.

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to rbclass

    I have the backlight set at 60% and timeout set to 15 seconds, and have done since I had the device. The new battery drain I've noticed is independent of the backlight settings. 

  • 0 2 months ago in reply to Caching_Compasses

    Agree with you. The revision has led to significant battery drain on mine as well. 

  • 0 2 months ago

    I've been in contacted with Garmin Support and sent them various files from my device.

    F/W 27.13 was pushed to my device and I had a chance to test it yesterday on a 300 Audax (Randonnee).

    With no Bluetooth connected, navigating TBT, backlight set to 60% with 15 sec. timeout, no sensors connected over 18hrs it used 65% battery, 4.6%/hr. No as good as it was from new, but better than recently.