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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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?
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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?
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Mine does not have 3g and wake gesture is on.
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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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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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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...
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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?
Rayg1022 said:
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.
maddie01 said:
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
Rayg1022 said:
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?
Rayg1022 said:
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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Rayg1022 said:
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..
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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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
FYI,
Latest Galaxy Watch 4 update improves Samsung Health, brings March security patch
Samsung has started rolling out a new software update to the Galaxy Watch 4. The update carries build number R870XXU1FVC8.
www.xda-developers.com
I just downloaded it, but have not seen anything obviously different.
I got it yesterday. ECG seemed to work for me, but I also could just not have done it right when I first got the watch. Otherwise, no obvious change.
And installed, and it doesn't fix the major AOD issues. It goes into ambient mode and no longer adjusts brightness until it is awakened and then adjusts. It IS updating the time in ambient, but I have only just begun monitoring it. In the past, it seems to be OK for a while after rebooting, then starts not updating the time and taking forever to respond to waking it up. Will follow up when I know more.
Ensure you do not have power save mode turned on. Otherwise it sounds like you have an app that maybe is causing you an issue.
Battery life is way better. It was already great, but definitely improved. I put it on last night around 11, turned on sleep for android while I slept. Used it to record a workout at the gym for about 50 minutes, and now it's 6 and it's at 55%.
Nice. Have not paid attention to my battery usage since the update. The watch has been fine so far.
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crxssi said:
And installed, and it doesn't fix the major AOD issues. It goes into ambient mode and no longer adjusts brightness until it is awakened and then adjusts. It IS updating the time in ambient, but I have only just begun monitoring it. In the past, it seems to be OK for a while after rebooting, then starts not updating the time and taking forever to respond to waking it up. Will follow up when I know more.
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Hmm, well, the watch updated time in ambient mode and exited ambient mode immediately (correctly) all day today. Looks promising, even though it will take more than a day to convince me that two of the three AOD problems are actually fixed...
The only difference I have seen is that when I swipe down to see the battery life, it now puts the date there for 3-4 seconds before it shows the battery life. I don't know who thought this was a good idea, but they must be a total idiot. I already have the date on most watch faces anyway. it is just a waste of time and an irritation. I hope Samsung fixes this bug.
crxssi said:
Hmm, well, the watch updated time in ambient mode and exited ambient mode immediately (correctly) all day today. Looks promising, even though it will take more than a day to convince me that two of the three AOD problems are actually fixed...
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Well, another day of several hours of use where ambient mode is still exiting instantly when wanted and also updating time. I really think maybe they did slip in some fixes? If so, why not take credit for them and tell us in the release/update notes??
Ichiban3654 said:
The only difference I have seen is that when I swipe down to see the battery life, it now puts the date there for 3-4 seconds before it shows the battery life. I don't know who thought this was a good idea, but they must be a total idiot. I already have the date on most watch faces anyway. it is just a waste of time and an irritation. I hope Samsung fixes this bug.
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Yeah, it doesn't seem pretty stupid and pointless. Maybe they thought some watch faces don't have the date??
gettinwicked said:
Battery life is way better. It was already great, but definitely improved. I put it on last night around 11, turned on sleep for android while I slept. Used it to record a workout at the gym for about 50 minutes, and now it's 6 and it's at 55%.
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Exactly the opposite for me. Since the update I get only about 1.5 days of use max now where before I could get a solid 2. The update is killing battery life that was already pretty mediocre on this watch. I miss the 4+ days with the GW...
storm81456 said:
Exactly the opposite for me. Since the update I get only about 1.5 days of use max now where before I could get a solid 2. The update is killing battery life that was already pretty mediocre on this watch. I miss the 4+ days with the GW...
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I can't tell much difference in battery life. For my use, it seems lower than before this update. Not a LOT lower, though.
storm81456 said:
Exactly the opposite for me. Since the update I get only about 1.5 days of use max now where before I could get a solid 2. The update is killing battery life that was already pretty mediocre on this watch. I miss the 4+ days with the GW...
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I agree with you. Latest update is a piece of sh!7 regarding battery life.
I own a 40mm bt watch. When i used it offline with the previous update (flight mode and battery saver mode, measurements every 10 minutes and blood o2 during sleep) i achieved up to 60hrs.
Now its just a freaking day. No more. What a big mess.
Now when i connect the watch via bt to my phone i loose 6% per hr even if i dont do anything with it. I'm very very disappointed and hate the fact that I'm not able to downgrade.
I wish they would fix the Google pay issue where it doesn't come up as an option and only forces Samsung pay.
Auto cycling recognition?
Hope i post this in the correct place.
Can you guys answer Whatsup calls thru the Watch? Mine says on screen to answer thru the phone so i don't know if it is a permission thing or it is supposed to work like that.
Thanks in advance.