Any way to keep activity streaks...

[Deguello]

... while getting a watch (Series 4) repaired?

The watch chews over 1% per minute while exercising with Airplane mode off. I go from 100% to power reserve before I can finish my workout.

It appears that the only option is to have it sent away.

Are my only choices to lose my streaks or do without cellular until I upgrade (and hope it doesn’t degrade further or, I suppose, multiple shorter workouts?

 

[Shirasaki]

If you have enough cash, you can buy one from Apple, and use it for no more than 14 days while waiting for your original Apple Watch to repair. If it does not come back afterwards, return for a new one for 14 more days. Activity streak is irrelevant to Apple Watch. It is kept on your iPhone.

 

[waw74]

dumb question, have you un-paired and re-paired?
a lot of times that clears up high battery usage.
You can backup, and then restore from that backup, so you shouldn't loose information.
Although if you still have the problem, you might want to try unpairing, and then re-pair without restoring.

also, if your workout location is in a low cell signal area like a basement or more remote outdoor areas, that will eat battery faster, as the watch has to "talk" louder to reach the cell tower, which uses more power. Especially if there's really weak signal in one area, and none in others, and you keep going back and forth between them.
If you have the option for wifi at that location, that will help your battery life.

 

[Deguello]

If you have enough cash, you can buy one from Apple, and use it for no more than 14 days while waiting for your original Apple Watch to repair. If it does not come back afterwards, return for a new one for 14 more days. Activity streak is irrelevant to Apple Watch. It is kept on your iPhone.

Pretty sure my phone doesn't keep track of when I stand up. Can you tell me how to find where my phone tracks that?

 

[Shirasaki]

Pretty sure my phone doesn't keep track of when I stand up. Can you tell me how to find where my phone tracks that?

iirc your phone should have an activity app that records all of your activity streaks. It cannot be uninstalled as long as any Apple Watch is paired with your phone.

As for stand up, Apple Watch registers one stand up when you move around a little bit. Maybe the watch is not registering that properly.

 

[Deguello]

dumb question, have you un-paired and re-paired?
a lot of times that clears up high battery usage.
You can backup, and then restore from that backup, so you shouldn't loose information.
Although if you still have the problem, you might want to try unpairing, and then re-pair without restoring.

also, if your workout location is in a low cell signal area like a basement or more remote outdoor areas, that will eat battery faster, as the watch has to "talk" louder to reach the cell tower, which uses more power. Especially if there's really weak signal in one area, and none in others, and you keep going back and forth between them.
If you have the option for wifi at that location, that will help your battery life.

I have unpaired and re-paired. I have erased all data and restored. Neither one worked.

My workout location has been the same since I got my watch. Two weeks ago it went from 65% to reserve power during a 2.44 mile evening walk. The next morning, it went from 99% to reserve power 4.08 miles into a 6.34 mile walk. This is the exact same route I've been using for years.

If I leave my house, where the signal is fine and just walk around the block where the signal is fine, at least according to my iPhone, the watch eats 15%+ per mile. I was hoping something had happened to the cell signal.

 

[Deguello]

iirc your phone should have an activity app that records all of your activity streaks. It cannot be uninstalled as long as any Apple Watch is paired with your phone.

As for stand up, Apple Watch registers one stand up when you move around a little bit. Maybe the watch is not registering that properly.

The watch registers when I stand up. If I don't have the watch, that can't happen. If that can't happen, that streak goes away. As I understand it, my iPhone won't register standing up. The phone can resister steps, but I'm pretty sure it won't measure the exercise time and movement calories without the watch.

 

[Deguello]

If you have enough cash, you can buy one from Apple, and use it for no more than 14 days while waiting for your original Apple Watch to repair. If it does not come back afterwards, return for a new one for 14 more days. Activity streak is irrelevant to Apple Watch. It is kept on your iPhone.

Now i think I see what you mean.

Yeah, the streak isn’t dependent on a particular watch. I know that.

I could buy and return a different Apple Watch every 14 days until I get mine back, but that seems a bit dishonest to me.

I might have to revert to carrying my phone on my workouts and stop lying for cellular on the watch until I upgrade.

 

[Deguello]

OK.

Erased all data, kept cellular plan.
Set up as new.
Disabled 4 "smart playlists" in the Music app.
Sync'ed my main playlist.
Battery lasted through a workout.

The only thing different from last time was setting up as new rather than restoring a backup. Hoping this lasts. It would make sense, since the performance went from fine to trash in one afternoon, rather than degrading over a longer period.