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Terrible battery life
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because it’s still being tested the developers beta version third seed of watch os 6.1 was released two days ago
I have Series 3 Watch and the 6.0.1 update has caused my Watch to go to less than 10% Daily about 3p. It’s fully charged at 6 am, prior to update it would be about 25% at 9 PM daily depending on use, the only time it really drained before update was using an app such as MySwimPro.
It’s been about 3 weeks since update so the ‘give it a few days’ theory has passed, hopefully Apple will give us an update soon.
It’s been about 3 weeks since update so the ‘give it a few days’ theory has passed, hopefully Apple will give us an update soon.
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How does that mean they’re not in a hurry? The post I replied to suggests they don’t care. It was a silly comment.
Don’t rush it. Make sure it works. Who wants a 6.1.1 within a week?
Not really a silly comment my friend. Since we got the series 5 from the beginning, & see how long the post of the "terrible battery life", with so many report about bad battery life on news; reading how friend here living miserable switching off the feature in order to get the 18H battery life; some switching back to AW4...etc
my hope in waiting seem to be like "they not in the hurry"
Remember in those time when IP4 have antenna gate? Free bumper, update is so fast...
my hope in waiting seem to be like "they not in the hurry"
Remember in those time when IP4 have antenna gate? Free bumper, update is so fast...
I’m thinking the Apple podcast app really was the reason for my messed up battery
Might be a 13.1.2 issue
Might be a 13.1.2 issue
Deleted the app and reinstalled
My watch was having issue where it stayed on 100% for hours and then at 17% the watch died.
It’s on 63% 7 hours usage which is an improvement on what it was
It certainly shouldn’t die at 21.00 at night so I’m hoping it can last at least 15-16 hours
Has anyone tried the method turning off the Apple Watch by holding the crown button and sleep button (til it turns off) then letting both go when the Apple symbol appears?
Also unpairing and repairing Watch/phone.
I did both and after a day or so, my watch began lasting the expected two full days.
Also unpairing and repairing Watch/phone.
I did both and after a day or so, my watch began lasting the expected two full days.
My s5 was fine until I removed the beta profile from my phone and then had to re-pair the watch. Now my 44mm is at 20% after 12 hours light use. My wife has the 40mm s5 and e we have spent the day together using our watches a similar amount, she is at 67%!
S5 is my first Apple Watch. From the beginning, I have always gotten the advertised 18 hour battery life. However, I developed a serious case of battery envy/anxiety due to reading posts from people who had owned Series 3/Series 4 watches that had gotten 2 days out of them.
I wish for 6.1 to drop so I can experience this mythical 2 day battery life!
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I wish for 6.1 to drop so I can experience this mythical 2 day battery life!
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It’s really not worth it. Just charge it every night. I’ve gotten 2 days before but at the end of the 2nd day it was running so low it wasn’t enjoyable.
So does your sarcastic tone make it any less true? My series 2 used to use about 35% of its battery in a day and I would charge it every 2 days. The series 5 has around 30% left as I put it in charge from 1 days use. Hardly mythical.
I don't disbelieve people got 2 days; I was joking around.
My wife still gets 2 days from her series 4 but she doesn’t use it for exercise. I hope they sort the series 5 out with the next update.
Depends how people use their devices
I can sometimes get 3,000 notifications a day which will hurt battery life while my wife gets very little so all depends on the usage rate I guess
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Haven’t noticed a big difference to be fair
On my series 4, with normal use, and a daily 40-50 minutes workout (either elliptical or an outdoor walk), I would end the day around 60-70% of battery. On my series 5, same routine, I'm down to around 30-40%. So yes, AOD does make a difference. Is it a concern? Probably not since I put my watch on a charger when I go to bed.
What does worry me somewhat is constantly draining the battery down to that 30-40% level every day. In the long run, it will impact the long term life of the battery with these deeper cycles of discharge and recharging. Is that a concern? For me probably not again as I'll upgrade to a series 6 or 7 or something, long before I have to worry about long term battery issues...
After having my S5 for a few weeks, I've actually turned off AOD. Not because of battery life, but honestly, it doesn't really do anything for me. Never had a time where I needed to discreetly look at my watch for the time...Even when I do, you still have to bring your wrist up somewhat to see it, and by then, the normal display kicks in anyways.
Exactly, when I heard during the presentation the words: always on display my reaction was "Oooh". I had initially had no plans to upgrade my S4 but when I heard those words I knew I would upgrade. Now, that I upgraded and have AOD, I don't think it does much of anything. It is so dim most of the time that I have to flick my wrist anyway. Apple needs to do something with upgrading the battery. There should probably be 3 options with the AOD : AOD (all the time like a regular watch- at brightness of choosing), AOD with dimming for more privacy, and AOD off for those that dont like it or want to preserve battery.
My S5 battery life was fine. It had a cosmetic problem though so Apple sent me a new watch. For some strange reason, I couldn't see the back up from unpairing my first S5, so I set up from new for the replacement. During the first day, the battery life dropped like a stone at 5% an hour. Second day, it improved to between 2% and 3 % an hour but hasn't really gone through a full charge cycle. - AOD on, Noise off, Walkie talkie off. Brightness at max. Will monitor over the working week and see how it performs.
haven't followed this whole thread, but are s4 to s5 users experiencing noticeably worse battery life?
Got a buddy who just got a s5, and granted it may be indexing since he just got it, but I think it lasted barely over a day. my s4 (on 5.0.1) can stretch almost two days, or like 1.75 with regular use.
with really light notifications and not playing around with it which I don't do much anyways, it might be able to last 2 days
The grey on menus look much better, not grainy, but I think I'd miss OLED pop. it seems a bit more muted on these new panels but not terrible.
Got a buddy who just got a s5, and granted it may be indexing since he just got it, but I think it lasted barely over a day. my s4 (on 5.0.1) can stretch almost two days, or like 1.75 with regular use.
with really light notifications and not playing around with it which I don't do much anyways, it might be able to last 2 days
The grey on menus look much better, not grainy, but I think I'd miss OLED pop. it seems a bit more muted on these new panels but not terrible.
My S5, for the last week, with a workout a day of 60-90 minutes was averaging a lost of 5%-6% a hour- AOD on, raise to wake on, refresh off, noise off, medium brightness. Yesterday, I unpaired and paired again including a hard reset. I did a short workout, (20mins) and today at 12:30 pm I was still at 47% after 18 hrs of standby including 2.5 hrs of usage, with very light notifications. Will see if the better battery life continues after a longer workout. Just FYI, my S4 has never lasted me 2 full days, maximum was probably 24hrs with 20-25% left before being put back on the charger.
Update: 7 hrs 4 mins standby with 2hrs and 40 mins of usage now at 60% so not good at almost 6% lost a hour. I will wait another couple of days before my 14 days are up to see if it improves, if not I will exchange it for a new one.
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