Actually, assuming that you have a constant drain, 36% left after 13 hours works out to slightly under 5% battery usage per hour, which would get you more than 18 hours before it hit 0%. It's actually a little more than 20 hours.
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Actually, assuming that you have a constant drain, 36% left after 13 hours works out to slightly under 5% battery usage per hour, which would get you more than 18 hours before it hit 0%. It's actually a little more than 20 hours.
I started fresh. Titanium AW5. I did turn on the noise sampling though... wonder if it has to do with noise sampling enabled? Did anyone else NOT turn on noise sampling and still have it die quick?
I started fresh. Battery drain has gone away for me. I have turned off always on display and noise sampling but only because it bugs me more than I thought it would (I type a lot). I'll do some real world testing this week with AOD on/off while at work.
I also turned off noise sampling. So... I can't scientifically say which one of these stopped the battery drain.
I lost about 20% overnight after charing the watch to 100% before going to bed (received in mail late yesterday). After 3 hours off the charger this morning I was down to 90%. My AW 3 could easily last 2 days.
So after reading this thread - turned off AOD and noise sampling. Battery drain has gone to 0. I'm sitting at 92% after 6+ hours off the charger and a 30 min exercise.
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I restored from an S4 backup. I had background noise sampling on my S4 and it was fine battery wise. All I changed on my S5 was turning off the AOD and the battery drain dropped significantly.
The speed at the battery was draining I'd end up getting just over 20hrs. At the rate it was draining with AOD off I should have been able to get at least a day and a half to two days before hitting 0%. This would have been with the noise sampling on and all apps refreshing in the background. I'd hate to turn AOD off permanently as I quite like it.
The speed at the battery was draining I'd end up getting just over 20hrs. At the rate it was draining with AOD off I should have been able to get at least a day and a half to two days before hitting 0%. This would have been with the noise sampling on and all apps refreshing in the background. I'd hate to turn AOD off permanently as I quite like it.
So far I’m averaging maybe 19-20 hours per charge cycle. Not as great as S4, but I guess it lives up to Apple’s claim. They’ve always been a little conservative with the Apple Watch’s battery life.
I have always on turned on. I didn’t have noise turned on, but I’ll enable it and see what if any effects it has. But it barely had any effect on S4 when I was on the beta.
Ok cool. I’m hoping a factory reset with a fresh install can fix my battery issues. I have AOD on and Noise off.
I’m charging my watch up from 15%. Once it gets full, I’ll see how it goes.
Yep. I was up around 7 am and it’s now 8:15 pm here and at 55%. So looking good. I still have the decibel reading and the hourly chime on
I definitely don’t think it’s an AWS5 issue. I’m leaning more towards a WatchOS6 or a rogue app issue.
So I get that this could be an indexing issue but I have had every single version of the apple watch and normally after a long day before I throw it on the charger the watch is at 50%. Today my series 5 is at 9% and I will be up for a few more hours yet. One thing I was thinking about is im now using the noise complication and I am wondering if that is causing the drain? The complication has frequent animations. I will wear this puppy till I go to bed and hopefully tomorrow it's better.
Well since my factory reset and fresh start last night, my watch seems to be doing a lot better so far. I fully charged my watch last night at 11p. I woke up early at 130am and been off the charger ever since. It’s now 235am and I’m at 96%.
Yesterday after an hour use, my battery would’ve decreased by 10% or more.
I did turn off AOD and Noise this time around as well.
Yesterday after an hour use, my battery would’ve decreased by 10% or more.
I did turn off AOD and Noise this time around as well.
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My AW4 is terrible also on WatchOS6, I used to get 2 days out of it easily, but now I’m at 20% by the end of day 1.
Only change is using the new Nike watch face, I don’t have the noise detection on.
Definitely a WatchOS problem
Only change is using the new Nike watch face, I don’t have the noise detection on.
Definitely a WatchOS problem
I am in the same situation. Watch is down 25% within 3-4hrs off the charger. Definitely draining a lot faster than S4...
I have just swapped my S3 42mm with an S5LTE 44mm and batterry life is really bad ...
Is it due to watchOS6 ?
Yesterday I have made a 1h20 running session and I had to put my watch in charge at 6pm (only 20% remaining).
ALways on activate and LTE during workout.
Today, without workout, 8am: 100% : 3pm: 60%
Not very good ...
Is it due to watchOS6 ?
Yesterday I have made a 1h20 running session and I had to put my watch in charge at 6pm (only 20% remaining).
ALways on activate and LTE during workout.
Today, without workout, 8am: 100% : 3pm: 60%
Not very good ...
