Can someone let me know some good settings for battery life on LTE watch? My battery don't even make it threw the day? Please?
I'm new to the watch (classic), so I'm running relatively stick settings.
I did set it to only turn on WiFi when Bluetooth connection lost. Screen timeout fifteen seconds. Location services off (figure if I'm driving and need it I'd rather use phone services).
I'm getting 48 hours between charges and dropping to around thirty percent.
Do you have a watch face that's running tons of stuff? Or basic one?
Talking on it a lot, or running music through it?
Basic watch face.
Check os version, update to tizen 3.0 has a lot of comments on battery issues. May just be you updated and are stuck with crap battery until they fix...
sliiight said:
Check os version, update to tizen 3.0 has a lot of comments on battery issues. May just be you updated and are stuck with crap battery until they fix...
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So basically 3.0 sucks? I just reset my gear whats the best settings shutting things off etc for LTE? I where my watch to work 100% charges when I leave and it runs out by noon if not sooner? Any help would be appreciated
Rayg1022 said:
So basically 3.0 sucks? I just reset my gear whats the best settings shutting things off etc for LTE? I where my watch to work 100% charges when I leave and it runs out by noon if not sooner? Any help would be appreciated
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I just look at my software version and it says 2.3.2.3 see attached
Something else obviously tapping your watch battery.
First thing I'd do is set a plain basic face. Then test for a day, if battery issue fixed then you just had a poorly designed face. Some take heart rate every minute... Steps, weather update. Stuff you may not realize is even happening.
If that doesn't do it, check your notifications. Do tons on apps send notifications often? Maybe drop down to a min amount, then test for a day.
I'd definitely set lte "mobile networks" to auto, then WiFi completely off or only on when Bluetooth disconnects. WiFi isn't much benefit when you have lte, because there's not much you can do with the watch to eat up any data cap you might have, so could leave it off.
Heart rate check every hour, nothing shorter.
Screen time out fifteen seconds
Hopefully that sorts it.
Another consideration is you could have a lemon. How long have you had it? Might have an overheating issue, which could eat the battery. I've heard of a few, but pretty rare I think.
Good luck,
Ooo
sliiight said:
Something else obviously tapping your watch battery.
First thing I'd do is set a plain basic face. Then test for a day, if battery issue fixed then you just had a poorly designed face. Some take heart rate every minute... Steps, weather update. Stuff you may not realize is even happening.
If that doesn't do it, check your notifications. Do tons on apps send notifications often? Maybe drop down to a min amount, then test for a day.
I'd definitely set lte "mobile networks" to auto, then WiFi completely off or only on when Bluetooth disconnects. WiFi isn't much benefit when you have lte, because there's not much you can do with the watch to eat up any data cap you might have, so could leave it off.
Heart rate check every hour, nothing shorter.
Screen time out fifteen seconds
Hopefully that sorts it.
Another consideration is you could have a lemon. How long have you had it? Might have an overheating issue, which could eat the battery. I've heard of a few, but pretty rare I think.
Good luck,
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I just turned on my watch this morning and my battery is already in the 80's It's only been 1/2 hour now see attached is this normal. I have all exercise off 15 sec on display and Bluetooth and wifi off? I'm still under warranty but don't want a refurbished watch or someone else's mess? Any ideas? Maybe 1 to 2 text messages and voicemail and email is off
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I just turned on my watch this morning and my battery is already in the 80's It's only been 1/2 hour now see attached is this normal. I have all exercise off 15 sec on display and Bluetooth and wifi off? I'm still under warranty but don't want a refurbished watch or someone else's mess? Any ideas?
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This is my watch face which I feel is basic?
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This is my watch face which I feel is basic?
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Hello, suggest resetting it. Use Blue Stealth watch face as it had very little white light which uses a lot of power.
Also. When it is disconnected from bluetooth and the LTE radio is on this will use much more battery. Keep all other settings as you have them. Samsung Health "nudges" also use battery so if you dont need them, turn those off too.
See if this helps too extend the battery life. If not then you truly may have a lemon.
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Set up is everything. I use a black and white face with color only for a second hand. I turn off stuff I don't need like NFC and BT and wifi (don't need if LTE). I turned off Location because it doesn't seem to effect GPS when I'm walking. Not sure why yet. I dont use alot of wizz bang apps like a map, news alerts, or fancy running app. Just SHealth and there are things that the phone is just better for, like news. I get about 36-48 hours depending on if I text alot OR IF I'M OUT OF CELL RANGE. You'll burn alot of battery if the watch is looking for a tower. I'm working on how to manage that better. Hope that helps.
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Hello, suggest resetting it. Use Blue Stealth watch face as it had very little white light which uses a lot of power.
Also. When it is disconnected from bluetooth and the LTE radio is on this will use much more battery. Keep all other settings as you have them. Samsung Health "nudges" also use battery so if you dont need them, turn those off too.
See if this helps too extend the battery life. If not then you truly may have a lemon.
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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Also would it be a good Idea to run the battery out and then recharge it?
Also is there a DIY for replacing the bezel? Mine is a little scuffed
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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So I started my phone on LTE @ 4am and just now got off work at 3:40pm and I'm at 48% battery could someone tell me if that seems about right or good?
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So I started my phone on LTE @ 4am and just now got off work at 3:40pm and I'm at 48% battery could someone tell me if that seems about right or good?
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That is very good for it being connect to LTE almost all day!
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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You can search in the Gear Apps and get it ...
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***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
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***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
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Hey, yeah that sounds really bad.. I have the Gear S2, Gear S3 Classic (Both LTE) and I get a full day on the 2 and a little more that that on the 3...sounds like th you may have a bad battery ...good luck with getting it swapped out
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Rayg1022 said:
***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
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I had the exact same problem with my watch, and I was never able to figure it out. I tried factory resetting it, booting it up in recovery mode, uninstalling all 3rd party apps, letting it drain completely and recharging it, etc., but nothing seemed to affect the battery drain. The weird thing is the watch would last 3 days on a charge even though it would drain quickly at first. It would go down to 55% within the first couple of hours, rise back up to 60-70%, and then drain slowly for the next 2 days. The fact that the battery lasted 3 days was great, but the initial drain bugged me so much that I sold the watch.
I read a post on the official Samsung forum where a guy said he narrowed his battery drain problem down to a bug in the Weather app. He claims the GPS antenna continuously searches for the location, even when Location Services are turned off. His solution is to never update the Weather app. Since I don't have the watch anymore, I have no way to verify it.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...board-id/wearabletech/thread-id/10096/page/28
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Okay so i replaced my thunderbolt that i bought from BB from one i got from verizon because it was cheaper there. Anyway my first TB was draining battery like crazy. When i got my new one i went through the better part of the day without significant battery drain. Then at night i set up the lock screen and boom today battery drain. i also notice that when i wake my phone the 4G icon dissapears when i get to the screen when i need to type my pin code then reappears 10 seconds or so after i get into the phone. the lock screen might have something to do with 4G acting up and therefore causing batt drain.
also in another thread i was reading that people were seeing a significant amount of awake time on their phones even though the phone was away in their pockets... so some process is going crazy. i have yet to root my phone to get a close in depth look with spare parts but when i do i will.
interesting observation. i have had pattern unlock and will disable to see if anything has changed. phone was dead when i woke up, good thing i set a separate alarm or i would have been late to work
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My Bolt uses very little battery when sitting over night. I do not have a lock on it and live in a 4G area but use wifi at home. Went to bed with a 98% charge @ 10:30 pm and at 6:30 am I had 92% .
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My Bolt uses very little battery when sitting over night. I do not have a lock on it and live in a 4G area but use wifi at home. Went to bed with a 98% charge @ 10:30 pm and at 6:30 am I had 92% .
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yeah it could also be just how flakey the 4g radio code is in this phone. i went from 100% to 15 % in 3 hrs this morning. all i did was install amazon app store and download angry birds rio and send a couple texts.
i just turned off my lock screen and i am starting to charge the phone. i will report what happens after its full charged (might take a while). If that doesnt solve the problem them i will be disabling 4G. I live in LA and in an area where 4G is fully covering everywhere. I am about 2 blocks from a big vzw corp store.
woah so spare parts works without needing root. anyway i just installed it and i am charging my phone back up. i turned it off so the charge will be faster. ill let you guys know if killing the lock screen helps. I also noticed flow for facebook was taking up some chunk of battery so i will be uninstalling that as well
Not sure why this is but yesterday with my phone in my locker for 2 hours it took nearly 18% of my battery yet today in the last 2 hours its taken 2%. 4G coverage is great in both areas and my sync is still on.
in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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Le sigh, Should I have specified gym locker?
It was only in there when I was running.
I wish I had this kind of technology when I was in school.
gsxr1kmatt said:
in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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Zack Morris Phone, where you couldn't haul it around in your pocket too easily...
To bad we can't assign what type of data an app uses 3g or 4g. That be sweet if there was an app for that.
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To bad we can't assign what type of data an app uses 3g or 4g. That be sweet if there was an app for that.
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It may be possible to setup tasker so that when you launch a specific app that is turns on 4g and then turns it off when you exit. the problem is that the switch between 3g and 4g is soooooo ungraceful that the switch itself can cause battery drain and loss of a data connection for a minute or two
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yeah it could also be just how flakey the 4g radio code is in this phone. i went from 100% to 15 % in 3 hrs this morning. all i did was install amazon app store and download angry birds rio and send a couple texts.
i just turned off my lock screen and i am starting to charge the phone. i will report what happens after its full charged (might take a while). If that doesnt solve the problem them i will be disabling 4G. I live in LA and in an area where 4G is fully covering everywhere. I am about 2 blocks from a big vzw corp store.
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Did you go into the battery usage screen and see what ate up your battery? The very first night I had my phone the same thing happened so I checked out my battery usage, and like 80% of it was PVWmdrmService or something similar to that. Disabled that and I only lose 5-10% charge every night now. Think it had something to do with Blockbuster trying to update it's movies or something.
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Did you go into the battery usage screen and see what ate up your battery? The very first night I had my phone the same thing happened so I checked out my battery usage, and like 80% of it was PVWmdrmService or something similar to that. Disabled that and I only lose 5-10% charge every night now. Think it had something to do with Blockbuster trying to update it's movies or something.
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well the battery usage thing isnt entirely accurate because if your phone is loosing its data connection, an app like blockbuster on gmail could be using an intensive amount of enegry trying to sync/update and so the application woould show up as eating all the battery power but its not really the applications fault but rather the wonky data.
anyway most often my display is responsible for the largest amount of battery use but i have it set to the minimum brightness.
So, it seems like the xoom wifi model looses its wifi connection after the screen is off for a few minutes; is there a setting that I can change to keep the wifi active all the time, or, is it a function of the built in battery savings modes?
thanks!
weird... I have not encountered this issue.... my xoom is binging all the time when sleeping notifiying me of emails and such.
is it a wifi only model, or a 3g/wifi?
thanks
I have a wifi only version and no problems with wifi
ok, I guess I need to hear from more wifi owners to know if mine has a problem, or its my router..Although I have a brand new cisco/linksys e4200, so it shouldnt be the router..
I have the wifi only model.
I just looked at the settings... go into the wifi settings click the disconnect policy, and make sure "never" is clicked.
thanks, that was the first thing I did..
i also downloaded Spare Parts from the market to see if that would help, but so far it doesnt seem to help at all..
wonder if I have a bad unit..
May I ask why you would never want it to disconnect when screen is off? You will get more battery not using data when data is not needed... I had to go in and do the opposite because I noticed my xoom was draining more than normal when screen is off. Went down five percent in 1 hour which is not good once changing it; it didnt budge when screen is off. just my two cents..
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May I ask why you would never want it to disconnect when screen is off? You will get more battery not using data when data is not needed... I had to go in and do the opposite because I noticed my xoom was draining more than normal when screen is off. Went down five percent in 1 hour which is not good once changing it; it didnt budge when screen is off. just my two cents..
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Well if u want data for updates and oush notifications you'll need wifi on. Mines on all the time even when screens off and my battery life is amazing.
If you're having lots of battery drain u might wanna check your "awake" time in battery usage and make sure you don't have a rogue app or widget keeping the Xoom awake while the screen is off. The CNN widget was doing this for me.
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Well if u want data for updates and oush notifications you'll need wifi on. Mines on all the time even when screens off and my battery life is amazing.
If you're having lots of battery drain u might wanna check your "awake" time in battery usage and make sure you don't have a rogue app or widget keeping the Xoom awake while the screen is off. The CNN widget was doing this for me.
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Understood. Yea for some reason my awake time is matching my battery use time 100 percent however there is nothing that I can find causing it. Doesnt seem to be draining my battery at all however. I dont have a weather app or cnn app and my running services are just the google framework and core apps / maps ,goog voice. oh well.
It's called WIFI Sleep Policy. Set it to "never."
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Well if u want data for updates and oush notifications you'll need wifi on. Mines on all the time even when screens off and my battery life is amazing.
If you're having lots of battery drain u might wanna check your "awake" time in battery usage and make sure you don't have a rogue app or widget keeping the Xoom awake while the screen is off. The CNN widget was doing this for me.
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my thoughts exactly..
battery usage is amazing for me, even with all the widgets I have running on it, which are at least 10 or so..
Easily getting over 12 hours of battery life, which is good, since you cant plug the damn thing in while its standing up..
The engineer who placed the power hole on the bottom should be shot...
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my thoughts exactly..
battery usage is amazing for me, even with all the widgets I have running on it, which are at least 10 or so..
Easily getting over 12 hours of battery life, which is good, since you cant plug the damn thing in while its standing up..
The engineer who placed the power hole on the bottom should be shot...
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That's hardly a death sentence. Lol
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I see that tmo and att people are getting the small battery optimization update. I'm Verizon and haven't gotten the update; has anyone on Verizon gotten it? I really want to get this update.
On Verizon. Have not gotten the update. But if I don't soon, then I am returning this thing - the battery was ok on day 1, but it only seems to have gotten worse the more I use it.
Maybe I have high expectations, but if I pull the watch off the charger at 7:00AM to go to work, use it moderately for notifications and maybe a 3G call or two, then home by 5:30PM, turn on GPS and go for a jog, the battery is dead by 6:30PM in the middle of my run! If that's what I can expect... then this watch serves no purpose for me.
I should be able to actually USE the watch somewhat during the day, and have juice left when I get home. I would be fine if, after a day of moderate use including a 1-2 mile GPS run, the battery was ready to die by 10-11PM. But 6?? C'mon...
I haven't gotten one either but my software version is R730VVRU1AOJ6. I assume yours is the same. From the software versions that people have on other versions on the S2:
Gear S2(SM-R720):
R720XXU2AOJ3 (Current NA)
Gear S2 (3G):
R730VVRU1AOJ6 (Current Verizon [SM-R730V] NA)
R730AUCU1AOL3 (Current ATT [SM-R730A] NA)
XXXXXXXXXXXX (Current Tmobile [SM-R730t] NA)
Gear S2 Classic(SM-R732):
R732XXU2AOJ3(Current NA)
R732XXU2BOL3(Current South Korea)
Credit: gsk3rd
I see the others have a 3 at the end of their versions but ours has a 6. Maybe we got the update already? Not sure, but if we did not receive it yet it's something we can expect from Verizon.... *Cough, cough* *Note 4 still didn't receive 5.1.1. update.* No love.
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thejdoe said:
On Verizon. Have not gotten the update. But if I don't soon, then I am returning this thing - the battery was ok on day 1, but it only seems to have gotten worse the more I use it.
Maybe I have high expectations, but if I pull the watch off the charger at 7:00AM to go to work, use it moderately for notifications and maybe a 3G call or two, then home by 5:30PM, turn on GPS and go for a jog, the battery is dead by 6:30PM in the middle of my run! If that's what I can expect... then this watch serves no purpose for me.
I should be able to actually USE the watch somewhat during the day, and have juice left when I get home. I would be fine if, after a day of moderate use including a 1-2 mile GPS run, the battery was ready to die by 10-11PM. But 6?? C'mon...
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I hear you on the poor battery life on my first two days. I never use 3G because it was never activated, so I have everything turned off except the Bluetooth connection to connect to my phone. I did a factory reset on it and I noticed a better battery life. The watch actually did not die that day with light to moderate use. I made a couple of quick calls, responded to some texts, and messed a little with Mr. Time Maker app and it was 22% this morning. I'm bringing this one back today for a replacement because the bezel is loose/flimsy.
I have the same version. If what you say is true about Verizon and updates... then I'll be returning this watch. Not worth the price tag.
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On Verizon. Have not gotten the update. But if I don't soon, then I am returning this thing - the battery was ok on day 1, but it only seems to have gotten worse the more I use it.
Maybe I have high expectations, but if I pull the watch off the charger at 7:00AM to go to work, use it moderately for notifications and maybe a 3G call or two, then home by 5:30PM, turn on GPS and go for a jog, the battery is dead by 6:30PM in the middle of my run! If that's what I can expect... then this watch serves no purpose for me.
I should be able to actually USE the watch somewhat during the day, and have juice left when I get home. I would be fine if, after a day of moderate use including a 1-2 mile GPS run, the battery was ready to die by 10-11PM. But 6?? C'mon...
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I couldn't agree more! If I happen to be on 3G and remotely connected my battery drops at a rate of 10-20% per hour. that's absolutely unacceptable
I sincerely hope that we have not already received the update because my battery life is nowhere near what they advertise. Ours still has a "j" in the software version (aoj6) and the update puts others at "l" (aol3) so....I'm hoping that since "l" is after "j" that we just haven't gotten the update yet
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I sincerely hope that we have not already received the update because my battery life is nowhere near what they advertise. Ours still has a "j" in the software version (aoj6) and the update puts others at "l" (aol3) so....I'm hoping that since "l" is after "j" that we just haven't gotten the update yet
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I believe you are correct about the letters. I am still running some test on battery life via different connection modes (ATT - AOL3) but my preliminary results on 4G suggest something close to 10% per hour with ~2.5 bars (-110dbm) cell tower signal strength on average. The life of the battery will be completely dependent on the signal stregnth. I can also confirm that if you go to an area with no signal you will kill the battery at an alarming rate (having calculated it yet but I would guess around 20% per hour).
Anyone from Verizon get this yet? I see lots of people have gotten it but I'm still waiting....
I'm on Verizon and no have not gotten. Don't think Verizon has sent out. I'm wondering if we are already on it and don't realize it? ...
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I'm on Verizon and no have not gotten. Don't think Verizon has sent out. I'm wondering if we are already on it and don't realize it? ...
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I hope we didn't already get it because my battery life has not improved. We are on AOJ while the update should move to AOL
I have to say I am happier with the battery life than I was when I first got the watch. I'm not sure the cause of the increased battery performace, but I know I was toying around with the watch a ton when I first got it, trying to set it up, get familiar with it, apps, etc.
Today I am currently 4 hours off the charger and still have 85%. I have been remotely connected (phone left at home) for the full 4 hours, BT on, wifi on, GPS off, brightness set to 2, I have sent multiple texts from the watch, and I am constantly receiving gmail and hangout notifications.
Last Friday I took the watch off the charger at 8AM and used it pretty constantly all day, including GPS on for a 2 mile run (I also left GPS on after that accidentally most of the day).
I gotta say my battery is doing pretty good too after I got my new device, factory reset, and configured. I took the watch off the charger at 630am EST. I haven't used the watch much besides answering a couple of texts and checking the time. I'm on 90% at 1:33pm EST. Everything is off except bluetooth. This has been the best day of battery life so far I'm very satisfied although the new charger is making a high pitch noise when the watch is charging. I'm gonna have to have Verizon exchange that for me. Still no battery optimization update though. I wonder how much better it can get.
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I gotta say my battery is doing pretty good too after I got my new device, factory reset, and configured. I took the watch off the charger at 630am EST. I haven't used the watch much besides answering a couple of texts and checking the time. I'm on 90% at 1:33pm EST. Everything is off except bluetooth. This has been the best day of battery life so far I'm very satisfied although the new charger is making a high pitch noise when the watch is charging. I'm gonna have to have Verizon exchange that for me. Still no battery optimization update though. I wonder how much better it can get.
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Is Yours the 3g? If so, that's amazing battery life. Mine is the 3g. Took mine off charger at 6am and was down below 90% at 9am. I'm averaging a drop of 4-5% per hour. (That's bt, if I go on mobile with a remote connection I drop much faster)
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Is Yours the 3g? If so, that's amazing battery life. Mine is the 3g. Took mine off charger at 6am and was down below 90% at 9am. I'm averaging a drop of 4-5% per hour. (That's bt, if I go on mobile with a remote connection I drop much faster)
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Yeah it's 3g. In reality we're going to be charging it every night. These batteries are better when they are charged anyways. As long as it gets me through the day I'm happy. I'm on 69% now with light use (answering some texts; checking notifications when they come, no email though I'll go crazy; checking the time; and made 3 calls). Not bad.
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Yeah it's 3g. In reality we're going to be charging it every night. These batteries are better when they are charged anyways. As long as it gets me through the day I'm happy. I'm on 69% now with light use (answering some texts; checking notifications when they come, no email though I'll go crazy; checking the time; and made 3 calls). Not bad.
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Do you have wake up gesture on or off?
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Do you have wake up gesture on or off?
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It's off, everything in settings is off except Bluetooth. I turned off the SHealth auto HR and alerts too.
Just talked to technical support about the update.
After talking with a nice Verizon rep she confirmed that the verizon we all have is the most current. We still haven't gotten the update that added the screen timeout options, notification light or any other new stuff. She also didn't have a date for me but said that the battery life I'm getting is abnormal. She suggested exchanging it for a new one as I'm still within my grace period. I also asked about the 5.1.1 update for my note 4 and she said it was definitely in the pipe to happen but no date sadly.
My experience has been a declining battery life since day 1, today I took it off the charger at around 7AM and it's not 10:30PM and I have 28%. I turned 3g off today to see if it would help, responded to 2 texts, and barely touched it other than that. I have wake command on and brightness is set around 3 with auto dimming and whatnot.
I'm honestly not looking for a full 2 days of battery life, it would be amazing to get some use out of it, maybe go for a 3-4 mile run using 3g and listen to some music and whatnot then go to sleep and wake up and go for it again the next day but realistically it wont happen in this version, maybe the next one.
Will report back after I swap it. Just though you all might want an update.
Has anyone on Verizon received either of the updates?
Just got the update today
Installed several hours ago. Smooth and simple. AOL3
Seems to have fixed "always on "
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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
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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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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.
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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
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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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Hello,
Recent update says it aims battery use improvement. But I have no any. This is the same, I end up the day with 74-75% left after full charge in the morning. Everything stock, no installed apps, AOD off.
I'm the same way after the update. I see no improvement and I even reset the watch after the update. I have no apps installed and don't use SPay on the watch.
I generally end the day with about 52%-57% (AOD on). No change between 3.0.0.1 and 3.0.0.2
I had no improvement either. I was charging every night so today I backed up and reset it. I did that after the Tizen 3 update but it didn't seem to help. Today was like I flipped a switch or something. That was 12 hours ago when the battery was at 70% and now 12 hours later it's at 56%.i have location and Bluetooth on, wifi set to Auto and NFC off. I'm also using Watchmaker for my faces.
No improvement for me... I am actually seeing worse battery drain since the update. I then decided to do a reset and set it back up manually (not from a backup) to the exact same settings as before and I am losing about 5-10% more in the same 24 hour period compared to before the update. I don't know wtf Samsung is doing but this is ridiculous!
It seemed like when it first updated I was doing great. Then I reset the watch and it's the same now, if not worse than before the update.
no different, and it worse for me. some time my watch wont charge (it too hot)
I don't know what happened with my watch ima little bit surprised but im getting about 7 days with one full charge, I even resetted the watch after the new software update. I have NFC, GPS, AoD and Wlan off and most of S-Health features I turned off also. Before the Update i was getting like 4-5 days.
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Holy smokes batman. Since I got the watch new on Tizen 2.x I have never been able to get more than 3 days.
There was an update? Where? I'm in the US on T-Mobile with LTE and haven't got a thing.
There was an update? Where? I'm in the US on T-Mobile with LTE and haven't got a thing.
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Really funny... seems you are new here... Gear related.
Same Game again...
US LTE Versions later...
None of US LTE device have new update... not:
SM-R765A ATT nor SM-R765T TMo... nor Verizon R765V...
Nor the US range of Classic LTE series:
SM-R775...
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I am finding it worse . If I have the phone with me then it is about the same, no different.
However if I leave the phone, say on my office table, and walk around the range on the bluetooth seems to have reduced. This results in the watch jumping on to the wifi and draining more battery.
Even when I am in bed with the phone on the bed side table I have noticed the watch disconnect from bluetooth if I put myself between the watch and phone. This never happened before the update.
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Iradj said:
I don't know what happened with my watch ima little bit surprised but im getting about 7 days with one full charge, I even resetted the watch after the new software update. I have NFC, GPS, AoD and Wlan off and most of S-Health features I turned off also. Before the Update i was getting like 4-5 days.
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For me most of my drain comes from S Health and notifications.
Weekends I get significantly more battery life as I get less notifications.
BUT, this is why I bought the watch. To get the features of S Health, to be able see notifications easily, to be able to connect remotely over wifi when I don't have my phone, to be able to use SPay etc.
It sucks that the only way to get decent battery life is to cripple the watch.
NOT tested... OWN risk!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76308483&postcount=42
I tried the *#0228# code on the gear s2 and it fixed my battery problems...
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/code-0228-t3367419
*#0228# ADC Reading
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I believe it's Amps D.C. Charging rate perhaps?
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Only as info...
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Battery Status Code...
No idea what happens if i would select "Quick"...
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