Series 7 battery drains from 100% to 10% in 30 mins

[dranakin]

So, this has happened frequently in the past, but yes, I’m on 10.1. Conditions:

• Workout mode active: outdoor run
• Cellular and GPS on
• Bluetooth on and music playing to Beats earphones
• Music is downloaded on Watch (not streaming)
• iPhone no in range

This has been happening so frequently I don’t know what the cause is, especially since I’m on the latest 10.1 system. It goes from 100% from the charger to low battery mode and limited function on 10% within running for 30 mins. Any ideas?

 

[deeddawg]

What’s your Battery Health?

 

[bricktop_at]

Sounds a bit like a defective battery if you ask me…

 

[dranakin]

What’s your Battery Health?

87%

 

[gigatoaster]

You could try 2 things:

1. Pair/Unpair and monitor for a few days
2. Call Apple & ask them to run a diagnosis. But before take 2 print screens of the Watch with 2 time stamp to prove them there is something wrong in case the diagnosis is inconclusive.

 

[The Mad Kiwi]

Something is going wrong on you watch. I’ve got a series 6 with 75% battery health. I went for a run this morning at 6am, with a podcast playing to my beats headphones, it’s 5pm and my battery is on 38%.

Tale it to an Apple Store, or if that’s to far away, then you should probably reset it. There‘s probably just some process running in the background that shouldn’t be. Have you installed any new apps on the watch lately? Or added any apps to your phone, sometimes they automatically add an app to the watch.

 

[Saturn007]

You've likely tried these things already but, in case not, here's what I’d do.

First, turn off the watch entirely. (i.e., follow Kiwi's advice of resetting the Watch.)

Restart and see if that helps.

Next, bring up the screen of currently running apps and stop each of them.

Turn off always on display.

Do any of those help? There could be a run away app — or a wayward app that keeps using cellular and draining the battery.

Go for a run, but with cellular and GPS both OFF. Again, does that help? Cellular's a known battery drain, but not that extreme.

One of these steps could solve things — or, at least, rule out certain factors or point to others as the culprit.

If all else fails, Kiwi's advice about going to the Apple Store, if one is close, is spot on.

 

[xraydoc]

Also try removing all 3rd party apps & complications, just in case.

 

[jz0309]

and lastly - check your background refresh settings