Help...Battery draining fast!

[Joneszee]

since updating to 2.01 my watch is losing like 10% an hour and I haven't even touched it. I used to get great battery life, but once I updated last week, I'm out of battery by 3pm with minimal use.
Anyone who is more Apple educated than me, what should I try, any ideas? Could an app be doing this? Should I restore the watch, how do I even do that? Any help would be appreciated. I am running the NYC Marathon on Sunday and was hoping to use the watch, but with this new battery life I'll be out before I even start.

 

[The Game 161]

it sounds simple but when i had an issue with battery life switching it off and on again believe it or not worked. Give it a try

 

[Blujelly]

since updating to 2.01 my watch is losing like 10% an hour and I haven't even touched it. I used to get great battery life, but once I updated last week, I'm out of battery by 3pm with minimal use.
Anyone who is more Apple educated than me, what should I try, any ideas? Could an app be doing this? Should I restore the watch, how do I even do that? Any help would be appreciated. I am running the NYC Marathon on Sunday and was hoping to use the watch, but with this new battery life I'll be out before I even start.

I few things, is your iPhone on the latest iOS? (not that it should affect it).

Maybe be best to un-install the apps for a day or two and see how it runs, if it is still draining as quick as you say it is. I think it would then be best to drop into an Apple Store.

 

[Joneszee]

I tried turning off and on, no help.

 

[alFR]

In order, I'd (stopping who one of these works, obviously):

• Try turning off then on again.
• Do a hard reset (hold both buttons until you see the Apple logo).
• Unpair/repair with phone, restore from backup.
• Unpair/repair with phone, set up as new watch.

One of those (probably the second IME) should sort it.

 

[Spink10]

There have been quite a few people including me with weird battery issues. Is this happening every day or just sporadically?

 

[Joneszee]

In order, I'd (stopping who one of these works, obviously):

• Try turning off then on again.
• Do a hard reset (hold both buttons until you see the Apple logo).
• Unpair/repair with phone, restore from backup.
• Unpair/repair with phone, set up as new watch.

One of those (probably the second IME) should sort it.

Thanks for this. The hard reset seems to have worked. I didn't know there was a difference between just turning the watch or phone off, and hard resetting it, but I guess so.