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S0 Terrible Battery Life After watchOS 4

Mine didn’t even make it home from work during my bicycle commute.
Go the 10% notice

Another disappoint.
 
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Ive been running OS4 since beta 2 and I used to be around 30-40 percent at the end of the day (8am-10pm). Now Im at 5 percent or less with a few days even in power reserve mode. Ive also noticed that the watch is extremely slow now and that might have something to do with it but im not sure. I think our early adopter watches are nearing the end of their lives to be honest. its been a great 2 1/2 years!
 
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Yeah, mine sucks, too. Two different series 0 watches (connected to same iP 6S). If it persists, this weekend I’ll wipe one of the watches blank and restart from scratch.
 
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Same as yesterday. Didn’t put it on until around 9:30am. At 7:30, I was at 12%. Never seen it this bad. I just unpaired it and re-paired it. I’ll give results tomorrow.
 
My series 0 was awful yesterday after installing but it seems to have improved. Ended the day at 10%, today at 45%
 
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dmillar74 said:
Hopefully it is just an initialization thing!
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This can be an important point. Initialization can take some time as the Apple Watch is indexing, which it depends on how much information somebody has stored on there Apple Watch.
 
First cycle after upgrading was terrible - 12 hours. Second cycle seems to be back to normal if not a bit better than it had been recently - 24 hours and still going strong at 20%.
 
enduro0125 said:
Mine has seemed to gotten itself better over time.
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Mine seems a little better too. It had improved with my 6S after I turned both off and on again. I've since upgraded to an 8 Plus and after being on my wrist for 14 and a half hours, it's down to 28% which is about what I would expect. Not as good as it was, but it is 2 and a half years old at this point. Side note, the 8 Plus battery is incredible. It's at 63% after a full day of use.
 
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can other people chime in on battery life with S0?

have a S0 38mm and haven't updated since 3.1 because my 7+ is on 10.1 jailbroken

but im just wondering what im in for should I ever update to iOS 11 and in turn, watchOS4

I really wanna keep using my watch til the wheels fall off so I hope its not end of life for S0 with 4.0 onward
 
thadoggfather said:
can other people chime in on battery life with S0?

have a S0 38mm and haven't updated since 3.1 because my 7+ is on 10.1 jailbroken

but im just wondering what im in for should I ever update to iOS 11 and in turn, watchOS4

I really wanna keep using my watch til the wheels fall off so I hope its not end of life for S0 with 4.0 onward
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My wheels feel like they have fallen off my Series 0 that I've had since launch day. I've gone from finishing the day with 40 to 50% left to battery warnings on days without a workout. I've had to start charging it during the day, which is sort of a bummer. I think I'm gonna get the series 3, with the hopes that the new processor and battery in there will let it last at least 3 or 4 years.
 
My 42 SSSB was pretty bad for a day or so after updating. Been much better after that first couple days. Not sure if as good as OS 3 or 2, but haven’t noticed any major difference.
 
mine would run out of battery after ~6 hours, restarting the watch and deactivating a bunch of settings didn’t make a difference. finally did a factory reset and now it’s back to a full day. hope this works for you as well.
 
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