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Battery drains overnight when not plugged in
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My 42mm drains about 1% per hour at night. Almost always wake up to 93-94% after 7 hours. If I see below 90%, I restart the watch that morning and the next night it is back to 93-94%.
It still seems like a minor discharge resolved by putting the AW on the charger for about 10 minutes.
For me, it's easier to leave it on the charger or put it on my wrist at night.
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I have the same thing happen ...
Wear it 12 hours and have 62% left... left on my dresser unplugged after a full charge and when I get up 7 hours later it will be at 90%. AND I have my watch "Do not disturb" set.
Wear it 12 hours and have 62% left... left on my dresser unplugged after a full charge and when I get up 7 hours later it will be at 90%. AND I have my watch "Do not disturb" set.
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Watch must still still poll the iPhone since it is a dependent device. Why not just move the charger next to you bead? Don't you charge you iPhone there?
When locked the watch will still maintain it's connection to iPhone (or will look for it if not connected) and it also keeps reading the accelerometer. Which is sort a good thing because you might put it on your wrist but not bother to unlock it but still want it to track your fitness.
In case you have not calibrated the battery meter it's possible that it's giving wrong numbers. Just let the battery drain so that the watch goes automatically to power saving mode and recharge it fully. I'm not sure what the exact method to properly calibrate the watch's battery meter is but doing that seemed to give me slightly better numbers. (just remember that there's no need to calibrate the battery meter - the battery will function just fine without - and there's no point calibrating it more often than once a month or so and it's even slightly harmful for the battery to let it drain too low.)
In case you have not calibrated the battery meter it's possible that it's giving wrong numbers. Just let the battery drain so that the watch goes automatically to power saving mode and recharge it fully. I'm not sure what the exact method to properly calibrate the watch's battery meter is but doing that seemed to give me slightly better numbers. (just remember that there's no need to calibrate the battery meter - the battery will function just fine without - and there's no point calibrating it more often than once a month or so and it's even slightly harmful for the battery to let it drain too low.)