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Rapid battery draining issues since 18.27 update [FR965]

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I have f965, I updated it to the new version 18.27. I turned off Pulse Ox and turned off allway display. I fully charged the battery last night and this morning it was at 58%. Does anyone have the same error?

  • 0 in reply to flocsy🤠

    They need to solve this

    where is the fix on this ?

  • 0 in reply to MirceaForce

    First they would need to admit there's a problem. So far they told me it's because I have too many CIQ items installed on the watch...

  • 0 in reply to flocsy🤠

    I'm actually envious of some of the posters here saying they have gone from 14-20 days between charges down to 7-10.  Mine has been extreme, I've gone from consistently 3-4 days down to now 1-2.

    I'd love to know the settings of those getting more than 7 days, so I can see what I might be doing wrong.  I feel like I've tried everything, short of factory resetting the watch (which I wouldn't expect would fix anything).

  • 0 in reply to badbri

    I tried factory reset nothing fixed

  • 0 in reply to badbri

    I'm one of those that can run three weeks on a single charge if used only in "smartwatch mode" with no activities. (by actually using it for three weeks, not trusting any gauge after a day or two...)

    Gesture controlled stock watch face,low brightness (works fine), notifications on, no spo2, power save during nights but with WHR activated. I have no music installed.

    But what I think may matter the most is that I always quit GMC when not in use, since notifications work anyway (with an iPhone) I see no use in leaving it running. And automatic updates are disabled both in the watch and the Connect IQ app.

    There was a period during some beta phase where it felt like it drained more after an activity when connected to my chest strap, but that seems to be gone now in 19.18

  • 0 in reply to MirceaForce

    What about this fix described above where you connect to a desktop and delete the music folders?  I don't have a desktop to use Garmin Express, so I can't try it myself.

  • 0 in reply to oBuTTuSo
    oBuTTuSo said:

    I'm one of those that can run three weeks on a single charge if used only in "smartwatch mode" with no activities. (by actually using it for three weeks, not trusting any gauge after a day or two...)

    Gesture controlled stock watch face,low brightness (works fine), notifications on, no spo2, power save during nights but with WHR activated. I have no music installed.

    Thanks - What do you mean by "Power save" during nights?  I use sleep mode which turns the screen off, and only shows a red basic watch face if I happen to tap it to see.  Not sure if that is the same as what you describe so I'm curious.

    Sometimes at night (rare) I get a .1-.2% use rate, but most night's it's .5-1.5% per hour despite the above settings.

  • 0 in reply to badbri

    Yeah that one, but also with wifi and phone connection turned off.

    Edit: I see now that battery saver is defined elsewhere, but can be activated under sleep mode settings...

  • 0 in reply to oBuTTuSo

    so you manually do that before going to sleep?  I don't think that can be scheduled or set up automatically

  • 0 in reply to badbri

    No, scheduled sleep hours, but under settings/system/sleep mode you can activate battery saver

    And battery saver is defined under settings/power management(?)/power saver(?)/change