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Question for series 5 users

ledzepfan1981

ledzepfan1981

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I bought my series 5 around about when it came out and it was brand new.

I have it at 100% when I go to bed and wear it throughout the night with it on Sleep Mode. Usually when I wake up it's on around 79%. In the last few days it's been around 55% and I've not done anything different to it lately.

Any series 5 owners notice their battery dropping lately? TIA.
 
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Not lately, but when my series 5 was about a year old it slipped from a battery health of 93% to 86% almost overnight. Shortly thereafter I had to turn off the "always on display" or recharge the watch during the day. My battery health eventually slipped to 82%, but after updating the watch to OS 8 it came back to 86% and that is where it stands now. I no longer use the "always on display" and get much better battery life.
 
I bought my Series 5 at launch and the battery was fine until about six to eight months ago. I noticed then that it was not holding a charge for as long as it use to and was probably holding about 20-30% less. I had to charge it a lot sooner each day.

Apart from the fact that I had skipped the Series 6 and 7 and wanted to get the Ultra as it’s a significant upgrade plus the degradation in the Series 5 battery was an incentive too. So I’ve kept the Series 5 but also have an Ultra now.
 
Mine still easily gets me through the day, so I haven’t really noticed if the leftover % at the end of the day has been slipping. I just checked the health and it says 92%. Hoping it will at least get me through to when the series 9 comes out… and honestly it still does everything I need it to so I would even consider replacing the battery and using it until Apple stops providing software support.
 
My watch battery health percentage is 91%. Is that about right for a series 5 watch?
 
Mine is @ 82% and has held there since the most recent watch OS update. Before that it was 81%. Might not hurt just to restart the watch.
 
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tenordrum said:
Mine is @ 82% and has held there since the most recent watch OS update. Before that it was 81%. Might not hurt just to restart the watch.
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Great minds think alike! I restarted my watch earlier after I charged it and it's holding charge better than it was. It's strange because I always restart it after an update.
 
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ledzepfan1981 said:
I bought my series 5 around about when it came out and it was brand new.

I have it at 100% when I go to bed and wear it throughout the night with it on Sleep Mode. Usually when I wake up it's on around 79%. In the last few days it's been around 55% and I've not done anything different to it lately.

Any series 5 owners notice their battery dropping lately? TIA.
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My series 5 did the exact same thing. 100% at bedtime, high 70s in the morning. Then out of nowhere a few days ago mid 50s in the morning.
Seems to be losing 10% per hour during the day.
Will try a restart and see if it makes a difference.
 
Well after my restart yesterday I charged it to 100% before putting it on before bedtime and this morning I woke up and it's at 80%. So the restart worked. Thank you to everyone who helped.
 
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ledzepfan1981 said:
Well after my restart yesterday I charged it to 100% before putting it on before bedtime and this morning I woke up and it's at 80%. So the restart worked. Thank you to everyone who helped.
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I had to reset my series 5, restarting didn’t work. Resetting was a pain, but 22 hours later my watch is still at 33%.
I haven’t got a clue why the battery drain was so bad so sudden, as it was fine after to initial update to 9.1, but at least it’s ok now.
 
ajcgn said:
I had to reset my series 5, restarting didn’t work. Resetting was a pain, but 22 hours later my watch is still at 33%.
I haven’t got a clue why the battery drain was so bad so sudden, as it was fine after to initial update to 9.1, but at least it’s ok now.
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Yeah don't know. Luckily mine has been ok since the restart.
 
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