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Significant Battery Drain after 7.50 Update

Anyone notice significant battery drain after upgrading to 7.50? I went from charging the 235 every 5-7 days to every 2-3. I find the watch loses about 30-35% per 24 hour period now. I've tried restarting the watch and now I am going to try turning bluetooth off.

After a full charge on Fri night the watch was down to 25% this morning (Sun).

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

I've noticed the same problem since upgrading early last week. Watch was static last night and drained from 19% to 0%. On the watch home screen only bluetooth is on (never a problem before) and GPS was off. Heart monitor was not green so not the drain issue.

Got a little charge in it before leaving but has already dropped from 26% to 18% in2 hours.

I'd be interested if this is common or known issue.

0 LoekV over 8 years ago

I don't see any changes in battery life after the upgrade. But the watch is fairly new still (about half a year), not sure if that has any impact.

0 nsantoiemma over 8 years ago

I performed a factory reset last night. It seems to have done the trick. Something must have gotten mixed up during the upgrade to 7.50.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

I'm having same problem. Tried all kind of resetting. Nothing is changed

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

I too have the same issue. Went from getting a week or so per charge (a few 30min runs, steps and HR always on) to my watch dying in about 4-6 hours even turning everything off and not using the GPS. Did every re-set in the book, re-installed thr software on my computer, and even dumped the settings and activity folders. It feels like a software/firmware update problem because it was so sudden. Anyone figure out any work-around?

0 KR17 over 8 years ago

Are the HR monitor LEDs on permanently?
If so your watch is broken. Its been discussed on here before.
Its not a bug, but something in the upgrade process that breaks them.
Needs to be replaced.

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi there,
Mine 230 doesnt have HR but still draining. What do you mean by replacement? The software, the battery or the whole watch?

0 chunkywizard over 8 years ago

Try a hard reset or if that doesn’t work then a factory reset

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

Unfortunately all checked.
Any others solved the issue by doing reset?
?

0 Former Member over 8 years ago

I performed a factory reset last night. It seems to have done the trick. Something must have gotten mixed up during the upgrade to 7.50.

A full factory reset worked for me as well!