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How is your battery doing after sw 4.20 update?

Bender84 over 5 years ago

Mine is higher than usual: 0.4 - 0.5%/hr compared to 0.2 - 0.3 %/hr on sw 4.10.

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Garmin-Blake over 5 years ago +1 verified

We would recommend performing a hard reset (hold power button in for up to 15 seconds) until your device powers off. You will then need to charge it back up to 100% and test again to see if your rapid…
Dr Phil over 5 years ago +2

I think mine's gone from 0.19%/hr to 0.21%/hr but I’m not too sure that I’ve been doing exactly the same things. Either way, this is an intolerable increase in battery usage.
Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake +2

why dont you just make this a part of your upgrade instructions. Everyone will be happier - less battery drained customers and fewer customer service calls to you. Fwiw I also had an overnight drain to…

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0 DrumPhil over 5 years ago

last round between charges was 7 days 5 hours, including 22.5hrs using GPS/Glonass

the most recent change i did (other than all the patches) was to completely remove spotify - before that it lasted about 4-5 days

0 badbri over 5 years ago in reply to badbri

I've figured out that for myself, non-standard (i.e. Connect IQ) watch faces have a significant impact on day-to-day battery usage. And then, on top of that, if you use a frequently updated data field on a watch face (i.e. seconds and/or HR) then that has another layer of impact. This isn't news I know, but it bears repeating in threads like this.

In my experience, it's the difference and .2-.3% per hour, and .7-.9% per hour. That's with about 1 to 1.5 hours of GPS usage in a day, and BT connected 24/7.