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Battery on my watch is all of a sudden draining.

I have been happy using my watch for a good while. Settings haven't changed recently in terms of apps installed, usage levels, #syncs in a time period, etc.

However, last night i went to bed (10:30) with 24% knowing that would be enough to get me through until a 6:30am hour long class, until i'm at work at 9 and can do a charge.

I woke at 5 (the cat had a live mouse in the house) at my watch had 3% left. I put it on charge.

Woke properly and and left the house at 6:10am, when the watch was at 100%.

By 10am it was fully drained.

I just popped it on charge, and it got to 20% when i took it off. It's now 10:24 and it's come up with the 10% warning ...

Any ideas? Is there any kind of Garmin program i can run quickly to see what's using up the battery power (like you get on mobile phones)?

9% now ...

0 David MB over 1 year ago

Same issue in my wife´s watch. Also keeps asking to reinstall an update every 30 minutes or so.

0 7838684 over 1 year ago

I have same problem, issue started after a software update on Fri 8 Sep. My Vioactive 4 won't charge or hold any sort of charge and won't connect to my phone via Bluetooth. I've emailed Garmin support but had no response. Anyone have a solution please?

0 7394607 over 1 year ago

I have the same issue, nothing has changed with settings or activity and the battery is draining abnormally quickly.

0 3190698 over 1 year ago

This started happening for me just three days ago. Friday it was fine, Saturday I'm experiencing this precise battery drainage issue. It happened with software version 7.80 I think, but I tried enrolling in the beta (https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=bVo5U5BV292BSr2gkZhY2A) for 7.90 in case that would help - it has not.

Is there any way to roll back recent updates to the last known "good" status?

0 Johnny88s over 1 year ago

I wonder if this is linked to my issue somehow, my 4S is constantly asking me to re-pair with Garmin Connect on Android. There are also times now when the screen does not respond to my swipe. I also feel like the battery life is lasting far less time.