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Battery drain after update to sw 5.60

I updated to 5.60 last night at 11pm at 41% and this morning at 7.30 am battery was at 27%. Until 11 am it fell to 22%. Nothing was changed, no workouts done, but it has huge batter drain. It was not the problem until now.

I use garmin default digital watchface with only battery and date showing.

Does anyone have such experience or idea what to do ti fix it? Please do not say factory reset if you are not sure it will work.

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0 ovekvam over 4 years ago

Sounds like something must have gone wrong with the update. Have you tried simply switching the watch off and on again?

0 Vizi over 4 years ago in reply to ovekvam

Yes, i turnes it off and on twice. It fell 1% in last hour.

0 MarkSc over 4 years ago in reply to Vizi

that's 24% in one day and 4 days of battery. That's should be reasonable when using apps or non-garmin watchface?

0 Vizi over 4 years ago in reply to MarkSc

No apps (garmin or thirs party) were used, and garmin default watchface was on, BT off, GPS ofd, display light off, puls Ox off. Jusring sleeping with it and walking with it. That is not OK battery life, it was much better before update.

0 MarkSc over 4 years ago in reply to Vizi

ok, you're right, that's weird!

0 Melschlamp over 4 years ago

I am actually finding my battery drain is much better since this update. I am using the crystal watch face, with the seconds turned on. No O2 sat on, did two short runs. It is lasted 5 days before I needed to charge it, rather than two. I would restart yours to see if that helps.

0 Vizi over 4 years ago in reply to Melschlamp

Maybe it needs some time to settle, I will see how it is in following days.

I already restarted mine, 2 times.

0 Garmin-AmberD over 4 years ago in reply to Vizi

Hello! Can you sync the device with Garmin Express then unplug and hold the power button for 45 seconds ignoring power off. This will soft reset the device. Then can you clean the contacts with rubbing alcohol and charge through computer.

0 Vizi over 4 years ago in reply to Garmin-AmberD

Thank you for reply.

Will soft reset delete data, apps, watchfaces and settings?

0 Garmin-AmberD over 4 years ago in reply to Vizi

No, it may delete steps from the watch already accumulated but that is why I would sync first. The only time the settings and watch faces are deleted is when the device is restored to factory settings.