Bounce Lte battery drain

Obviously it will depend on the child and the school.  For mine and her school, all electronic devices need to be placed either in the child's school bag or turned off.  I suppose airplane mode is a form of "turning it off".  

Without me even prompting her (in fact I didn't even know the relevant school stipulations), she turns off the Bounce Every. Single. Period. while in class.  I actually had to remind her that her gym teacher probably wouldn't mind if she left the watch on during gym class.

How does she tell time during class?  Well I doubt anyone remembers the last time they set foot in a first- or second-world classroom with nary a wall clock.

During every recess period, and during the all-important after school, child simply turns on the watch.  Mind you, she's only had the watch for a week so the scent of novelty is still overwhelming.  I'd be surprised if she still turns it on/off like clockwork after 1 month.  But all I care is that she does so after school, or when she is out with friends. 

Why doesn't she (or I urge her to) use the "Airplane Mode" in class?  On this watch with relatively fast start-up and shut-down, compared to a regular smart phone, turning it on/off is easier and far more intuitive than diving 3 menus down to twiddle with the Airplane slider.  In fact the simple button operation of turning it on is more "tacitly satisfying" than pressing into that slim bit of metal on my flintstone Blackberry Key2 or on my wife's insufferable (to me), last year model of iPhone.  Moreover, just yesterday, as my child was still wearing the watch in the house, after playing for long outside, while battery was down to 30%, I simply turned it off remotely from my phone.  And I deleted our home Wi-Fi from her watch through the Jr. App after enabling it only briefly when I first got the watch just to update the firmware.

Of course, by having the child turn off the watch during class, you (or I) are deprived of the private relief of knowing our child is indeed planted where they ought to be.  But how do I know some "devious" senior pupil won't come along and "cultivate" the child's more devilish inclinations by pointing out that they can still roam some corners while leaving the Bounce in the school bag?   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, this battery conundrum is a genuine, perplexing, vexsome first-world problem we collectively face.  No two-ways about it.  However, ridiculing some far-away chatline help-agent with non-American names won't solve.  But applying a little "third-world solution" to your "first-world problem" (and mine) just might soften the blow.

P.S. #1, I acknowledge that there are children with special needs who really do need an always-on tracker, and who can't be expected to turn the watch on/off reliably by themselves, yet who still need/deserve social interactions outside their homes.  But that's a different population that requires a non-generic solution.  In a compassionate and resourceful society like America, where the streets below are teeming with autonomous cars and orbit above filled to the brim with Elon's Starlink cubes, and with a gazillion drones and what not in between, "da people" cannot come together to find a solution to lighten the load of parents with special needs children with a publicly-funded, but privacy-honouring tracking solution?

If not, regrettably, I don't think Garmin is to blame.

P.S. #2, Far be it from me to "defend Garmin" on this.  I am just a parent who got the Bounce a week ago (in Canada, where Gabb et al are not even players), and find this device to be absolutely a Gen 1 offering replete with the usual Gen 1 glitches and disappointments.  That's why I didn't sign the 1-year contract but am opting to pay month to month.  It does not work that well.  But well enough. 

At the end of the day, everyone acknowledges that any pay-as-you-go phone gives better conventional "value".  But I presume those of us who fell for the Bounce subscribe to the "less is more" belief, for our kids at least, especially since I am still on the losing end of my battle with the dumbest smart phone there currently is, my Blackberry Key2 on Rogers.  I kinda worry about myself when I have no choice but to "upgrade" to the new Pixel shortly.  If it wasn't for all of the obligatory 2-factor authentication stuff I have to juggle, I am sure to get a dumb phone to save my own sanity ...

I might try turning my phone on/off more often myself.

This.  A simple time-based airplane mode automated in the parent Garmin App would do wonders. School mode with an enhancement. Very simple development setting.

Updated feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/z27p3j/comment/kb7vare/

It's a pity that the Bounce simply didn't work well over 4G to pull off its fundamental duties.  I could use a wrist watch myself that does just simple 2-way texting and walkie-talkie style communications, preferably with a dedicated physical button, not unlike those "rugged" PTT cellphones field workers use.

And GPS for locating family would be the only 3rd function I'd need.  Even "live tracking" is gimmicky, which never really worked on my Bounce and in truth wasn't needed.  It's not like I was expecting the kid to deliver take-out to me (I might dream, though).  

The Bounce could've been that device, housed in a durable engineering plastic shell.

But sadly no.

P.S., it's not even the battery that I am complaining about.

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USA

Android 

We are in New Zealand and LTE is limited at school.  We get about 3 hours. 

Would be great if you could get Bounce to ignore trying to find LTE when connected to wifi.

Hi,  

My wife just bought a garmin bounce for our kid. Software version is 7,40. Leaving it on the desk battery drains from 100 to 0% in less than 8 hours. In order words, useless in the daily day life. Here my answers:

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· France

· Android

Can you help me?

Lasts only 6-8 hours (8 when at school and school mode on)

Yes

Australia

Android

I have recently contacted service about this and am assuming the only thing to do is return as it is not fit for use.

My child's watch is the same. No more than 8-10 hours before watch is drained. She doesn't wear it at night as we have it on the charger all night. School do not disturb is set up for 9am to 320pm. The school and home are also det as location boundaries.

I am contemplating sending the watch back.

Hello

Bounce is running on 7.4

We are in Australia

Only getting 8 to 10hrs most (phone is on charge all night).

Paired to Android.

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