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High Battery Drain last few months

When I got my 965 almost a year ago I was fine with the battery drain, getting about 4 days of use with a relatively high amount of GPS activity (about 1-1.5 hours per day on average).

Something however happened with the previous FW update and I have been wrestling with increased battery life, now only getting 1-2 days on average. Yesterday I charged to 100% mid day, did 1.5 hours of GPS activity (no music via bluetooth) and now this morning I am sitting at 50%.

I'm using:

Stock watch face

No SPO2 enabled

Amoled display settings same as previously

Was hoping the FW update would get it back to the previous usage but no luck. Anybody have any suggestions. Are my expectations too high?

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PMBurton over 1 year ago +3

Absolutely. HUGE BATTERY drain lately. I used to go about 2 weeks between charges, and I would always pop the 965 on the charger somewhere between 10 and 20%. The last about 2 weeks, I'm charging every…
Blackmamba over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra +2

I'm facing the same situation. Since 17.26 firmware version, the watch has been discharging at lightning speed. I went from 2 weeks of full discharge with an average of 3 or 4 running activities per week…
badbri over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra +1

Garmin-Sierra Thank you for the reply! I will give these a try.

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0 badbri over 1 year ago

22 hours later I am at 2%, something is definitely amiss I just wish I could figure out what. I must be an exception and therefore maybe the watch just needs to be exchanged.

0 Garmin-Sierra over 1 year ago

badbri

I'm sorry to read that your battery is draining so quickly! Please see the following requests/tips:

Please follow the steps from Garmin Connect App: Uninstalling Connect IQ Content to remove all CIQ content (mainly for testing purposes). You can keep your music provider, but it would be good to know if any of the apps are the cause. Some CIQ apps can cause rapid drain after a device receives a software update.
Even though you haven't changed any display settings, go ahead and check and see if your brightness is at full capacity and see what your timeout screen is set to. If it is "Always On" and at the highest brightness level, I would recommend changing the settings to see if it makes a noticeable difference.
For good measure, review Tips to Extend the Battery Life on a Garmin Fitness Watch to see if there's anything else that we could have missed.

If your battery is still draining rapidly after adjusting any of the above suggestions, please reach out to Product Support directly so they can further assist you.

0 badbri over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

Garmin-Sierra Thank you for the reply! I will give these a try.

0 Blackmamba over 1 year ago in reply to Garmin-Sierra

I'm facing the same situation. Since 17.26 firmware version, the watch has been discharging at lightning speed. I went from 2 weeks of full discharge with an average of 3 or 4 running activities per week to just one week since the update with one activity per week (bluetooth off, wifi off, etc...).

0 MirceaForce over 1 year ago

I did reported several times..no fix on this side...Garmin-Sierra should fix this asap

0 PMBurton over 1 year ago

Absolutely. HUGE BATTERY drain lately. I used to go about 2 weeks between charges, and I would always pop the 965 on the charger somewhere between 10 and 20%. The last about 2 weeks, I'm charging every 3-4 days because the battery hits 10% suddenly and almost without warning! This morning I was over 20% when I woke up, and by noon today I hit 10%. This is with no activities recorded this morning, just normal wearing.... This is VERY concerning.

0 MirceaForce over 1 year ago in reply to PMBurton

hope they will fix...did you report it ?