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S6 and Gear S2 - Battery

Just started using my watch not my mobile and getting allot of battery drain, my S6 was at 72% 4 hours later at 27%.
Recall with my Gear 2 a similar issue but after a series of firmware updates was all fine.

Same config here, and I don't have this problem. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to find my S6 doesn't seem to drain battery significantly faster. Haven't done any precise measure though.
I would say you have some problem in one of the bricks of the Gear plugin / apop store / bluetooth link, that makes an app constantly trying to connect or to do something it can't, draining battery in the process.
Also, maybe you have disabled some apps that are needed by the combo S2/S6? Like Samsung account, etc.

Gear S2 Classic Battery Drain
I just got my Gear S2 Classic three days ago and am disappointed with the battery life... lasts maybe 15 hours with the screen set to 3. I'm working with online tech support but definitely disappointed considering my LG G R (one year old technology) has a battery life twice that of the Gear S2 right now.... surely there's a battery drain issue.

Jerz said:
I just got my Gear S2 Classic three days ago and am disappointed with the battery life... lasts maybe 15 hours with the screen set to 3. I'm working with online tech support but definitely disappointed considering my LG G R (one year old technology) has a battery life twice that of the Gear S2 right now.... surely there's a battery drain issue.
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Have you done the firmware update? It literally doubled my battery life.

Jerz said:
I just got my Gear S2 Classic three days ago and am disappointed with the battery life... lasts maybe 15 hours with the screen set to 3. I'm working with online tech support but definitely disappointed considering my LG G R (one year old technology) has a battery life twice that of the Gear S2 right now.... surely there's a battery drain issue.
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I'm using Sport version for about month and what you wrote is strange. Minimum use is solid one day, but usually I'm getting 1.5-2 days of use and with screen always on. Try disable WIFI and NFC and check if this helped.

No all standard configuration as I prefer to do that first and then start tailoring. S6 now down to 37% - last night it went flat (use my S6 as an alarm clock).
On the plus side S2 been on since 6AM only gesture on set to offer - Battery 66% not bad if I can get two full real days.
But not as good as my Gear 2 that did 25% a day.

Have left WIFI on just to start from a standard baseline. Watch is always on BT, assuming only switches if BT signal lost.

Harmon Rabb said:
Have you done the firmware update? It literally doubled my battery life.
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I'm not sure is version R732XXU2AOJ3 the latest?
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joetomcat said:
I'm using Sport version for about month and what you wrote is strange. Minimum use is solid one day, but usually I'm getting 1.5-2 days of use and with screen always on. Try disable WIFI and NFC and check if this helped.
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Glad to hear you're getting solid battery life sounds like i need to figure out what is causing the battery drain. I reset the watch last night and charged it all night, NFC and WIFI off, gesture wake off, brightness set to 3 and screen is always on. I'll see how it goes.
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Jerz said:
I'm not sure is version R732XXU2AOJ3 the latest?
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Glad to hear you're getting solid battery life sounds like i need to figure out what is causing the battery drain. I reset the watch last night and charged it all night, NFC and WIFI off, gesture wake off, brightness set to 3 and screen is always on. I'll see how it goes.
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How did it go? I'm having similar issues. Dying at about 13 hours with light usage and mostly everything turned off (gps, wifi, s voice) screen brightness set to 2. My gear s gave much me many more hours with everything turned on.

I installed the linear digital clock face £1 on the watch face gallery, and my S6 edge+ brought up a message stating that I should Uninstal or stop the app as it was using a high percentage of my Phone battery, like nearly as much as screen on usage, guess it was using the phones GPS and weather too frequently Uninstalled and all well again, don't know if this helps
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obsydian said:
Just started using my watch not my mobile and getting allot of battery drain, my S6 was at 72% 4 hours later at 27%.
Recall with my Gear 2 a similar issue but after a series of firmware updates was all fine.
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I have the same problem as the op. My S6 edge battery is draining faster than before. Since the last week with the Gear S2 paired to the phone my battery doesn’t make it through the day even with very light use (screen 20mins on time).
The thing is I think I had this problem start a couple of days before I received the Gear S2. Could it be after some app updates?

I never had any updates only change was the S2

Have done a S2 reset still the same, have to charge at work and in the car otherwise by morning battery is nearly dead.

obsydian said:
Have done a S2 reset still the same, have to charge at work and in the car otherwise by morning battery is nearly dead.
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My S6 edge has been on for 5 hours without any use today and is down to 70% already. If this continues I might try a hard reset on both phone and watch.

Found out why I got battery drain. Phone was connecting to 5Ghz on dual band router which drains battery fast. Switched it over to 2.4Ghz and everything is fine now.

AmyMejlak said:
How did it go? I'm having similar issues. Dying at about 13 hours with light usage and mostly everything turned off (gps, wifi, s voice) screen brightness set to 2. My gear s gave much me many more hours with everything turned on.
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It's going a LOT better but I no longer use the 'always on' face either.
I reset the watch:
1. Power off the device. 2. Hold down the Home button until you see the Samsung logo with the rebooting message. 3. Tap the Home button until you get to the BIOS menu. 4. Tap the Home button to highlight "Recover" and long press. Please note that this will take about 5 minutes.
I have always on face off, brightness set to 4, bluetooth on, wifi off and nfc off. This morning I put on the watch at 6AM, it's now 3:45PM and I'm at 78% so that's about ten hours with 22 percent discharged so 2.2% an hour so realistically at this rate it'll last about 45 hours which is acceptable to me. I don't understand how you would get 2-1/2 days though.

Jerz said:
It's going a LOT better but I no longer use the 'always on' face either.
I reset the watch:
1. Power off the device. 2. Hold down the Home button until you see the Samsung logo with the rebooting message. 3. Tap the Home button until you get to the BIOS menu. 4. Tap the Home button to highlight "Recover" and long press. Please note that this will take about 5 minutes.
I have always on face off, brightness set to 4, bluetooth on, wifi off and nfc off. This morning I put on the watch at 6AM, it's not 3:45PM and I'm at 78% so that's about ten hours with 22 percent discharged so 2.2% an hour so realistically at this rate it'll last about 45 hours which is acceptable to me. I don't understand how you would get 2-1/2 days though.
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Thank you! I'm trying that now. I had about 5-6% per hour which, to me, is not good. Is yours the bt only model or 3g? Do you have wake gesture on?

AmyMejlak said:
Thank you! I'm trying that now. I had about 5-6% per hour which, to me, is not good. Is yours the bt only model or 3g? Do you have wake gesture on?
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Mine does not have 3g and wake gesture is on.
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3/30/2017 Update causes severe battery drain

I updated my Gear3 yesterday (3/30/2017 update) and the battery drained to 15% overnight from 100%. Before the update, I would charge my Gear3 every 2 days. Did anyone else have the same problem?
Update: I found out that the battery drain only happens with airplane mode on (when I sleep). Update2: The battery drains super fast whenever the watch is not connected to my phone(while running, etc).

avatarx1 said:
I updated my Gear3 yesterday (3/30/2017 update) and the battery drained to 15% overnight from 100%. Before the update, I would charge my Gear3 every 2 days. Did anyone else have the same problem?
Update: I found out that the battery drain only happens with airplane mode on (when I sleep). Update2: The battery drains super fast whenever the watch is not connected to my phone(while running, etc).
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Did you update the gear itself or the gear manager app? I didn't get the recent firmware update for gear but got the gear manager update, didn't notice any difference with battery usage but seems bluetooth disconnects more often than before.

I noticed the first day it seemed like battery life took a hit after getting both manage and then firmware updates, but it was better, if not back to normal battery drain the second day.
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10urshin said:
Did you update the gear itself or the gear manager app? I didn't get the recent firmware update for gear but got the gear manager update, didn't notice any difference with battery usage but seems bluetooth disconnects more often than before.
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Both the firmware and the gear manager app got updated.

DaWeav said:
I noticed the first day it seemed like battery life took a hit after getting both manage and then firmware updates, but it was better, if not back to normal battery drain the second day.
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Can you try the airplane mode for 1 hour and see if the battery drained like 10%?

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Can you try the airplane mode for 1 hour and see if the battery if it drained like 10%?
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I have the same problem afer the firmware update.

trying now... at 78 at start...
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tommy281 said:
trying now... at 78 at start...
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Heading out and am still at 77% ..... about 45 min. and 1% loss ......

Both the watch and Gear Manager updated yesterday and the only drain I've seen was during the watch update. I charges it afterwards and battery life seems normal.
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Not had this issue but always do a reset
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obsydian said:
Not had this issue but always do a reset
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Does that mean restoring all apps afterward, or is it more like a soft reset?
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Mire appears to be draining faster after the watch update as well. I did reset my watch after the update to clean out cobwebs.
Going to turn it off and leave it on charger all night and then restart and see how things go tomorrow.
So far haven't seen any benefit from this update.
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I noticed minor drain after the update but a power cycle alleviated it.

Yes full wipe, but you can restore most setting if you have backup set up
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Battery drain still seems higher after the update.
Also lost the ability to get audible SMS notifications...watch is set to audio, volume is 100%, Gear settings are for notifications to be shown even when using phone (just in case) but I only get a vibrate on watch when texts arrive.
Using Textra, and audio text alerts worked before this update.
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I have a Frontier and got the update a few weeks ago. I didn't notice anything sinister initially but this week it's been really bad. I put my watch into flight mode every night and turn off the AOD, I usually get 5% drain over night. The other day i woke up and it was completely flat! It was at 78% before i went to bed! I've had a few other issues also. Around 11am today I got a low battery warning as the battery was down at 10% so I had to switch to low power mode, last night before bed it was around 60% and I did my usual flight mode/AOD switch overnight...
I can't quite see what this update has actually done apart from break something that was working well....

Same story, a few days after the update the battery started going down twice as fast as before. Yesterday the watch went crazy for a couple of minutes, opening random apps while I was doing a workout. I had to reboot it. This morning I found that it was impossible to install the update for HERE maps. I tried uninstalling it, but it didn't let me reinstall it afterwards. So finally I decided to give the hard reset a try. It devastated the rest of my day, it took me twenty or so trials to finish a restore (bluetooth disconnections, network failures, plugin which stopped working, you name it). When I finally got a full restore done I found that Gear Navigator Companion wasn't installed anymore. I tried to install it manually, but it gets downloaded and transferred to watch, but the installation fails every time. HERE maps, instead, installed successfully. Battery, however, seems like before, meaning every ten minutes I loose a 1% (6% per hour, less than 24 hours of autonomy).
So, right now I have the same issues, I got HERE back but lost Navigator (the only app that gives gpx tracks on a map on the watch!) and I lost a whole day to get here. Quite frustrated and wildly disappointed, I'm seriously considering to return the watch and try a Fenix 5s instead. I loved how the S3 worked before the update, though I liked the new way to calculate calories and HR zones. But I can't have a watch that doesn't last at least two days or that provides this kind of random issues after a hard reset and attempted restore...

I have the same issue. Went dead overnight. It was my alarm source so it was a good thing I woke up early and noticed. After the unintentional power cycle, it seems better, but still draining faster than pre-update. I also noticed a random voice app opening yesterday (the day of the big drain). My watch started talking to me during a meeting. Samsung needs to address this and push out another update to fix the update.

dino_Donis said:
I have a Frontier and got the update a few weeks ago. I didn't notice anything sinister initially but this week it's been really bad. I put my watch into flight mode every night and turn off the AOD, I usually get 5% drain over night. The other day i woke up and it was completely flat! It was at 78% before i went to bed! I've had a few other issues also. Around 11am today I got a low battery warning as the battery was down at 10% so I had to switch to low power mode, last night before bed it was around 60% and I did my usual flight mode/AOD switch overnight...
I can't quite see what this update has actually done apart from break something that was working well....
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Mine is inconsistent! Today was a good day, I'm at 87% from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Very little use today, I must admit. Who knows what tomorrow will be like.
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52% for me, sucks like yesterday did. Really unhappy. Going to call Samsung and raise some h-ll.
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Mine lost 23% in 2 hours this morning! I didn't even access it during this period. Wifi, Location Services are both turned off. Got awesome battery life before the update.

Standby drain

When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Google Pixel 2 XL's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

This phone is incredible coming from the 6P, which chewed batteries up like candy. The original battery lost capacity over a year and a half and then started turning off at 20%. Replaced it with an OEM battery a couple of months ago, and I could feel it slowly degrading too. I was floored when I had the Pixel 2 XL on me the whole day and had over 80% life left after leaving work. Grated I was in meetings, and actually working, so this was not a heavy phone use day, but the 6P would have lost this much in the morning commute to work.

Get use to it!!!
Happy to hear the great battery life continues!!!! I currently still have my Pixel XL and should be receiving my XL 2 in about a week. I have enjoyed battery life on the original XL and after having it for over a year my battery functions the same as when purchased. On heavy usage days I can get my phone down to under 10% and still feel comfortable playing a game, checking emails, watching a YouTube video, etc. I work 10 hour days and have high usage some days so I still carry my charger out of habit but very rarely ever end up using it.

My Pixel XL 2 dropped 15% overnight in standby mode.

joeslide said:
My Pixel XL 2 dropped 15% overnight in standby mode.
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Try to disable background activities in those apps that haven't been updated to 8.0

Mine drops 2%/hour with really bad cell service, around 0.8%/hour on airplane mode (wifi connected)

joeslide said:
My Pixel XL 2 dropped 15% overnight in standby mode.
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Mine is dropping that much if not more overnight also. Only thing in the battery settings is "Android OS"

So I've had weird battery issues so far, this is day 6 with my 2 XL btw. I think I've started to get a handle on what's going on.
To get a baseline starting point I reboot the phone at home, on WiFi.
Great battery life
If I turn WiFi off or move out of WiFI coverage.
Great battery life
Once I turn WiFi back on or move back into WiFi coverage battery life is BAD.
Finally, rebooting while on WiFi returns to great battery life.
Hopefully this is something that will be fixed in subsequent updates.

Not sure which thread to post this observation but I figured it would apply to standby. The "Always On" feature actually does turn off when in a pocket. I've noticed it goes into a lift to wake mode when pulling it out. Go to know it won't accidentally double tap and wake the screen while in a pocket.
Oh and in terms of overnight standby time, I'm usually plugged in for sleep tracking but I get 1%/hour which I'm assuming is from the always on display. Will try turning it off one night.
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So last night night my phone went from 39% to 38% over 7 hours with Always On Display off and wake screen for new notifications off.
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Like many here, I too am not "dozing" properly. Steps I have taken:
Factory reset phone, but reinstalled all of my normal apps (I never had this issue with my OG Pixel. It ALWAYS dozed properly with the same app setup, 1-3% drain over 7 hours)
Completely new phone (not for this issue, screen issues), still not dozing properly
Installed GSAM and gave it ADB to unlock more battery stats like many suggest and like usual, it tells me nothing.
Flipped the phone upside down which turns off always on display. This made the standby drain go from about 12% over 7 hrs to about 6%, which still is not where it should be.
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EDIT: I have NOT turned off always on display, only tried flipping it over to deactivate it for the night.

tluley51 said:
Like many here, I too am not "dozing" properly. Steps I have taken:
Factory reset phone, but reinstalled all of my normal apps (I never had this issue with my OG Pixel. It ALWAYS dozed properly with the same app setup, 1-3% drain over 7 hours)
Completely new phone (not for this issue, screen issues), still not dozing properly
Installed GSAM and gave it ADB to unlock more battery stats like many suggest and like usual, it tells me nothing.
Flipped the phone upside down which turns off always on display. This made the standby drain go from about 12% over 7 hrs to about 6%, which still is not where it should be.
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EDIT: I have NOT turned off always on display, only tried flipping it over to deactivate it for the night.
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Which wallpaper do you have? I have Huawei Mate 9 Pro, so not the same phone as you have. It usually have a great battery life, but after I installed those Pixel 2 live wallpapers my battery life became pretty bad, even while not using it.

CandyAndy said:
Which wallpaper do you have? I have Huawei Mate 9 Pro, so not the same phone as you have. It usually have a great battery life, but after I installed those Pixel 2 live wallpapers my battery life became pretty bad, even while not using it.
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An all black Boba Fett wallpaper from google

CandyAndy said:
Which wallpaper do you have? I have Huawei Mate 9 Pro, so not the same phone as you have. It usually have a great battery life, but after I installed those Pixel 2 live wallpapers my battery life became pretty bad, even while not using it.
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Don't think the wallpapers makes a difference. I've been using the Living Universe ones since I got it.
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EeZeEpEe said:
Don't think the wallpapers makes a difference. I've been using the Living Universe ones since I got it.
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Went back and read your messages. So with AOD on, you were about 7% battery lost at night and with AOD off, about 1 or 2% battery lost?

tluley51 said:
Went back and read your messages. So with AOD on, you were about 7% battery lost at night and with AOD off, about 1 or 2% battery lost?
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That's correct. The AOD on was tested only twice and AOD off was only tested last night. It really was only 1% last night. I have the screenshots. I'm usually plugged in for sleep tracking.
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EeZeEpEe said:
That's correct. The AOD on was tested only twice and AOD off was only tested last night. It really was only 1% last night. I have the screenshots. I'm usually plugged in for sleep tracking.
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I have been trying to get the word out there that AOD effects Doze in Android but it isnt gaining any traction. I just got down voted on the Pixel subreddit and it lost all traction. Your post is right in line with what I am finding as well.
It would be nice if there was an option to turn it off during a certain set of hours.

tluley51 said:
I have been trying to get the word out there that AOD effects Doze in Android but it isnt gaining any traction. I just got down voted on the Pixel subreddit and it lost all traction. Your post is right in line with what I am finding as well.
It would be nice if there was an option to turn it off during a certain set of hours.
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Of course there's going to be some drain but that's pretty minimal. 1% or less per hour seems reasonable to me. I'm not complaining about it at all.
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This helped me a lot. I woke up at 3am at 98% and at 2pm was at 90%. This whole time, I checked a few apps, took two pics, and sent a few messages. Otherwise, it's been on standby.
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turboencab said:
So I've had weird battery issues so far, this is day 6 with my 2 XL btw. I think I've started to get a handle on what's going on.
To get a baseline starting point I reboot the phone at home, on WiFi.
Great battery life
If I turn WiFi off or move out of WiFI coverage.
Great battery life
Once I turn WiFi back on or move back into WiFi coverage battery life is BAD.
Finally, rebooting while on WiFi returns to great battery life.
Hopefully this is something that will be fixed in subsequent updates.
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Just a quick update, I'm about half way into my 5th day in Europe and have only charged the phone twice. Needless to say battery life has been stellar, the phone seems like it's dozing like it's supposed to.
Now I'm wondering if my issues are somehow related to having a "non-Verizon" phone on Verizon in the US. I'll be back in the US in a few days so I'll see if my battery life goes bad again.

Is Tizen 3 Killing Your Battery?

What's up XDA Forum, TTown here.
I, like many, recently updated my Frontier to Tizen 3. While I've frequently visited this page throughout my ownership of the Gear S3 (along with almost everyone smartphone I have purchased), recently my visits haven't been as frequent until now. My Gear S3 had been doing great. My battery life was 2-3 days, and I had my watch setup just the way I wanted it.
Fast forward to a couple of days ago. Because I haven't been keeping up with the forums, I was pleasantly surprised to see a new update for my watch. Without checking the forum I downloaded and installed the new update. The first thing I notice is my battery took a big hit. No big deal right? I just put my watch on the charger thinking the update was the culprit. Once recharged I placed the watch back on my wrist and went about my day. One hour in, I check my battery life and notice my battery took a hit. I shrugged my shoulders giving the watch the benefit of the doubt. By mid day, I realized things aren't right. The new update is seriously killing my battery.
So I head on over to this forum for news and feedback on the new update. Sure enough, many of you are experiencing battery drain as well. So why create a new thread you ask? Well, I'd like to get some more detailed feedback from you all. Secondly, I'd like to bring more attention to this issue. Besides, how many of you rave about the battery life of the Gear S3? Answer the poll above/below (I can't remember where it's located since I haven't done a poll in awhile), and provide your feedback below.
Thanks!

I just got my Gear S3 yesterday, so I don't know anything about the other software. The battery life doesn't seem like it's going to be that good though. I lose about 10% an hour it seems, so I don't see how this an last me 2-4 days. I hope this gets fixed soon.

Uninstall all 3 apps: Samsung Gear, Samsung accessory service, Gear S plugin. Unpair from BT. Reset the watch. Then start from scratch as if you had just bought it, don't restore from backup. Worked for me.
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Yes i have this problem too. It is too late to regret. We can't go back I just hope that Samsung hear this and fix as soon as possible. I just can't live with it. The battery draining is horrible

You may try to reset without restore if backup.
Without Bluetooth, wifi would consume all in a few hours. So do not use use wifi, sunce you have Bluetooth.
Unfortunelt tizen 3 has lags for me. 2.3 was nire smooth.
Also Bluetooth transfers are more slower in 3.0

It's the weather app
Hi
After the update my battery was also terrible. I did a reset and restore then I did a reset and started from scratch. No improvement.
I saw a comment on Android Police about the update. He suggested that it's the weather app. So I reset, started from scratch and didn't update the weather app. It's only been a day but so far back to normal.
So seems it's not a Tizen 3 issue but the weather app.

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After the update my battery was also terrible. I did a reset and restore then I did a reset and started from scratch. No improvement.
I saw a comment on Android Police about the update. He suggested that it's the weather app. So I reset, started from scratch and didn't update the weather app. It's only been a day but so far back to normal.
So seems it's not a Tizen 3 issue but the weather app.
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It could be posible, I dont use weather at all and I have very good battery Life, similar to tizen 2. I disabled wifi and real time heart monitoring

One thing I noticed I loose now and then the bluetooth connection to gear s3 after tizen 3.0.1 update. Perhaps this causes higher battery consumption. It connects back after a while but still it happens many times a day. I sent a bug report to Samsung about this with the UE logs. Let's see what they answer... Perhaps do a clean install :/ I hope not.

jomaga said:
It could be posible, I dont use weather at all and I have very good battery Life, similar to tizen 2. I disabled wifi and real time heart monitoring
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Before I reset and was running the updated weather app I was using about 5% an hour and that was on a chilled Sunday with minimal usage. Today it's averaging 3.75% but that includes an hour long walk with heart monitoring, location tracking, interval timer and music to headset. Since then it's using 1-2% per hour which is about the same as pre update.
Oh and I have wifi enabled and it's fine so I don't think that's the issue.
Worth a try if you're suffering battery life issues since update.

No!
I'm here 7.5hrs later and I'm down from 100% to 85% so about 2% per hour. Set for notifications and step/stair counter (almost to my 3 mile daily goal)... overnight i only lose 3% over an 8 hour period... I don't use it for sleep tracking anymore, nor use the weather app with its rogue updating.
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2 full days on tizen3, when on 2.3 was 3/3.5 days.
Also watch lags. Was happy with 2.3, now it sucks

My watch is now 4 full days without charge and i still have 20% left, AoD is off, Bezel wake up off, Gesture off.

I feel like doing a downgrade to 2.3.2.4...is that possible? I cant take this battery drain plus that "...battery needs to cool down to charge..." bug

My battery drains because the heart rate reader is constantly running. Even if I set to disable or check every 10 minutes, it constantly reads my pulse. Heck, even if I take the watch off, the green lights are blinking. Not really sure what to do. I reset the watch and didn't do a restore, reinstalled all apps...

So yeah my watch can't go 12 hours on the new update. Took it off around 6:30 am was dead by 5 pm. This is pathetic Samsung! Before I was getting 4 or 5 days on my battery.

i got mine a couple days ago, so i did a fresh update, reset to factory, and then started from scratch. Downloaded all latest gear s apps, plugins etc.
Battery stats indicate that my watch face is using 76% of battery usage, with settings the next highest at 5%. AOD is on, so maybe it's just a battery hogging face i've been using? Been flicking between a few different ones as it's still all new and shiny.
5 hours of use and i'm down to 78%, so i wouldn't be comfortable not charging it overnight, as it wouldn't last through the next day. certainly not the 2-3 days battery life that was advertised.
Going to try some different faces, though, see if some do better for battery life.

I've done reboots, resets, uninstalled all apps on phone and then factory reset. Updating and not updating the weather app Nothing is fixing this. And it won't even record steps. I've got all the options turned off that I can (no wifi, no diagnostics, no auto heart rate etc). No reply from Samsung either but that is hardly surprising. Overheating when charging as well unless it is turned off.
It was fully charged after lunch today and only 3 hours later is down to 55%
I really like it when it works but this is ridiculous!

No problems here.
I did reset after the update, but now batterylife is the same as before. Maybe even somewhat better.
Maybe worth mentioning is that i use the S3 Classic.
Usage is after 2 hours = 2-3 %

More of a problem with the lag for me. Also auto brightness doesn't work well. Is there a way to downgrade?

Governa said:
Uninstall all 3 apps: Samsung Gear, Samsung accessory service, Gear S plugin. Unpair from BT. Reset the watch. Then start from scratch as if you had just bought it, don't restore from backup. Worked for me.
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Thanks, Governa. This worked for me as well, but I will say that I found out that the update on the weather app is a major issue. So after resetting the watches I did not update the weather app. Six hours after full charge, with GPS on and AOD/Heart rate monitor off, less than 2.5% an hour. Does seem to drain faster initially but levels off. Keep in mind the battery does say it is "learning your habits". I will try it for a few times from 100% to 0% and see if it changes. Hopefully it does or Samsung will be replacing it. Have both Gear S3 Classic and Frontier with Note 8.
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Gear S3 reading wrong battery percentage

So I'm having the same fast battery drain that a lot of people are having where I can lose 30-40% in 1 to 2 hours and be completely dead in 6hrs. But here over the past couple of days my watch will shut down like the battery is dead but when I put it on the charger it will read anywhere between 28 and 32% so I will turn it back on and it will last about a minute and then shut down again and when I place it on the charger it still reads the same thing. Has anyone had this issue? Used to go all the way down to 3% and when I would put it on the charger it would read 3% but not now.
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My wife's did this the other day. She just turned it off and left it on the charger for 24 hours. Seems to be working well today.

mattman86 said:
My wife's did this the other day. She just turned it off and left it on the charger for 24 hours. Seems to be working well today.
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Dis the percent reset?
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Is there a way to reset the battery status and percentage reading. Having the same issue.

Mine has been doing this for a few weeks now. It would power down as if the battery were depleted. When I put it on the charger, it would show 80%. I just bit the bullet and installed a new battery this morning (after trying everything else) and now it is working fine.

@Illusive Man
1.
Your Model Name... + Firmwareversion?
Example...
SM-R760 DSA1 (Tizen 4)
2.
Own risk!
Code:
*#0228#
You could try this "Quick Button"...
I will try to add Screenshot...
Best Regards
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Screenshots from my SM-R760 with Tizen 4 DSA1 Firmware...

adfree said:
@Illusive Man
1.
Your Model Name... + Firmwareversion?
Example...
SM-R760 DSA1 (Tizen 4)
2.
Own risk!
Code:
*#0228#
You could try this "Quick Button"...
I will try to add Screenshot...
Best Regards
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Screenshots from my SM-R760 with Tizen 4 DSA1 Firmware...
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I didn't post any screens because after checking, my battery quick check is exactly like yours except L15 instead of L16
I too am having the same battery rapidly draining. I pulled it off the charger today at 1 after letting it fully drain last night. I had to place the watch twice because initially it was charging at a rate of 25/hr. It's 2:30 and I'm down to 76%.
The odd thing is, I got the watch for Christmas, purchased Monday of black Friday week. It was perfect until the first week of January. Then it slugged up. The the following day I started getting the battery drain issue, 10 - 15% an hr. After countless times of rebooting, factory restoring, letting the watch drain entirely and recharging, and messing with notifications and permissions, it started to act normally again. Then I got the Tizen 4 update and I decided to go through the update. I'm back to square one again...
I have no idea what really set it back to normal the first time. Figured I'd reach out again while I mess with it.
Also, I tried flashing the watch, but every time I went too, the software on my laptop would just crash when I hit start.

SM-R798T running Tizen 4. The upgrade to Tizen 4 wasn't done until after the new battery was installed. Now I can easily get 2 days life out of it. The battery was $24 and took about 25 minutes to install (I was being VERY careful since I had never done this before). The watch ran like a champ with good battery life (this was Saturday), Sunday afternoon, I got the notification to update to Tizen 4.

Watch shuts down quickly
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??

vaughnq said:
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??
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same exact thing happening to my watch since updated One UI, did not have any problem before this update.
so far I could not able to solve the issue, not matter what I tried.
@Illusive Man
can you provide more detail how to get that?

Solved: Watch shuts down quickly
vaughnq said:
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??
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I have bit the bullet and changed the battery. Samsung repair shop did the install. On pick up at 15:50, the watch reconnected with my phone, did the update and synchronised at which point the battery went to 84%, from startup at 86%.
It then lasted overnight and for the next day, until the morning of the third day on which it died.
Since then it has lasted 2.5 to three days on one single charge.
I will only be charging it once it dies, not preemptively.
I will continue to monitor and update if any negative changes occur.

See people are still trying to insist it's a battery problem. Not true, most of the issues are software problems.
Still have the original battery in mine and two days is not a problem now. Meanwhile a year ago it didn't last 8 hours.
Charging the watch is a pain because the percentage is way out of whack and doesn't work right but once it's charged it works...
Still absolutely unacceptable for a $350 product that has only worked properly for about a year of the 2.5 years I've owned it due to glitchy software.

nascar48 said:
See people are still trying to insist it's a battery problem. Not true, most of the issues are software problems.
Still have the original battery in mine and two days is not a problem now. Meanwhile a year ago it didn't last 8 hours.
Charging the watch is a pain because the percentage is way out of whack and doesn't work right but once it's charged it works...
Still absolutely unacceptable for a $350 product that has only worked properly for about a year of the 2.5 years I've owned it due to glitchy software.
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My watch now depletes its battery in less than 4 hours. Sometimes if I put it on a charger, the watch would instantly say 64%. I agree with you that it's a software problem. Does it help if I reset the watch? Do I have to replace the battery to solve this problem? Thanks.

I wonder if its a bit of both, battery degrading and the watch failing to reclibrate around it. I actually had a new battery in mine recently (GW42 but some of the same problems) as it was under warranty but if it wasn't I would be tempted to just disconnect the battery for a period of time and then reconnect and see if that is enough to reset the battery usage. Intrigued if anyone has tried this.