I don't know what happened but on my 5 the first day was normal, I had around 50% at the end of the day and then the next day I had 1% 3 hours before I go to bed. This NEVER happend in the year I have this watch. I enabled the had washing notification though. Maybe that is the problem? I have no idea how to turn it off though. I can not find the option in the iPhone health app anymore.
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Watch OS 7 Battery Life
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I'm getting dreadful battery since upgrading to io7 on my Nike Series 5.
I had never seen the low battery warning, in fact, it would be almost 40% full before bed.
I am now getting the 10% warning around 8 PM.
Something doesn't seem right.
I get that devices get used more when new features come out but I'm not using it any differently.
I had never seen the low battery warning, in fact, it would be almost 40% full before bed.
I am now getting the 10% warning around 8 PM.
Something doesn't seem right.
I get that devices get used more when new features come out but I'm not using it any differently.
Exactly the same for me. I am hesitant to unpair/repair because of the possible loss of data (if that is even a thing).
Unpair / Repair Data Loss
Due to battery issues I have unpaired my watch (twice) and another once.
After unpairing in the middle of the day, my calorie and standing hours count was reset for the watch (even when putting back a copy of the watch). My ring was almost full. I activated a fake "open goal" exercise to get back to my original total and finish the ring with a real exercise.
So... if the rings matter to you, unpair/pair the watch at the beginning or at the end of the day.
Due to battery issues I have unpaired my watch (twice) and another once.
After unpairing in the middle of the day, my calorie and standing hours count was reset for the watch (even when putting back a copy of the watch). My ring was almost full. I activated a fake "open goal" exercise to get back to my original total and finish the ring with a real exercise.
So... if the rings matter to you, unpair/pair the watch at the beginning or at the end of the day.
I set up the S6 from the S5 backup and it works fine unlocking the Mac (running 10.15.6) whereas nothing I did let the S5 do it after that unpair/re-pair.
I was going to say what @hangkous above me said, do the un/re-pair at the beginning or end of the day. Also do the same for setting up a new watch.
The battery life on the S6 seems much better than the S5. The S5 would be about 40% by the end of a normal day for me - about 17 hours of use. I stuck the S6 on last night at 10pm and have worn it continuously since, and it is at 65%.
I expect it will be around 35-40% at 10pm tonight after 24 hours of wearing if the current usage rate continues.
What are you coming from? Workouts on the S3 used to have minimal drain. But the S4 would be 20% per hour.
My AW3 (GPS + Cell model, but cell not enabled) was draining the battery at about 7% per hour after the upgrade to WOS7. Following the experience of others on here, I did the unpair/pair cycle and as of now I am running at about 2-3% per hour which is more inline with my experience from before the upgrade.
S4. I updated to os7 last week Tue and had no issues with battery life until yesterday per earlier post. Powered down twice, same with phone but no battery issues with phone.
Will monitor during the day and possibly do the unpair/pair later in the day
I unpaired/paired as new. No lost of data.
usage 3 hrs 18 mins
Standby 20 hrs 27 mins
Everything on
13% left
Series 5 40mm aluminum gps
usage 3 hrs 18 mins
Standby 20 hrs 27 mins
Everything on
13% left
Series 5 40mm aluminum gps
I did exactly that, and am now getting a persistent error message that the computer can't communicate with the watch. I've tried resetting all the radios, toggling all the settings, and reinstalling MacOS. Have not gotten the unlock with Watch function working again.
I may try restoring those files from a backup and seeing what happens.
Un-pair / re-pair fixed my issue, I'm still at 80% after 7 hours. Monday it was using just under 10% per hour, nearly 3x its normal usage.
Seems rediculous to have to do this and my heart-rate complication is now a button to tap, a shortcut essentially, whereas before it was the most recent reading.
Seems rediculous to have to do this and my heart-rate complication is now a button to tap, a shortcut essentially, whereas before it was the most recent reading.
I believe it was four times. Once, because I knew that watch was 100% charged but the watch was saying it was only 96% charged. Did a hard reset and bam, it showed 100% charged.
I would just keep doing one a day or so, and see if it helps out. If after a while it does not, then obviously you might have to try the unpair/re-pair option...though as we have heard that does not always do the trick. Maybe eventually a fresh install?
I took mine off the charger at 4:47AM and as of writing this post I am at 55% battery left, and that included about an hour of an open workout at the driving range. So that is slightly over 14 hours now, and I am plenty pleased with that.
Good luck!
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I did a reset from backup.
The only thing I had to do was re activate my cards on Apple Pay.
New Watch 6 owner here with my first full day of WatchOS 7. At the moment, I am 23hrs and 10 mins since I charged my watch and the battery is at 22%. I set the watch up as new yesterday afternoon.
Can I unpair then pair with a backup? If I unpair and pair as new it seems like I would need to put all my info back in or will it get all the info from the iPhone
yes, just went through that this afternoon ... just a real p.i.t.a. to setup Apple Pay again 😡