SOFTWARE UPDATE 2.19.42 January 27, 2022

jtahka

With earlier softwares the battery usage during exercise was less than with the new one but there is not that big downgrade than with watch mode usage. Battery going from ~70% to 0% in less than 12h in watch mode is far from normal.

isazi

@jtahka it is not normal indeed. Maybe you can try to reset your watch, and also contact support because battery should last close to a week, not 12 hours.

jtahka

@isazi said in SOFTWARE UPDATE 2.19.42 January 27, 2022:

@jtahka it is not normal indeed. Maybe you can try to reset your watch, and also contact support because battery should last close to a week, not 12 hours.

Have done resets, all kind. Not effecting. Have been monitoring the situation in every 30mins during the day. Conclusion is that battery drains 8% per hour in time mode. Not cool at all.

isazi

@jtahka I trust you, but this does not seem to be the norm. And with reset you mean hard reset with Suuntolink right? I suggest you to contact support and ask for advice. If you watch is under warranty they can even check it up for you.

cosme.costa

@ierisch No notifications, no sleep tracking and no HR tracking (this is the main battery life killer for this watch). I use the same watchface that the S9P with white background (the one with the weekdays and exercises duration dots).

I have to say, that I am very happy with this update, I have the same battery drain than always during workouts and the best one in idle mode.

If your issues started after flashing the last firmware probably something went awry during the installation , so I would try a complete charge cycle, then a Suuntolink hard reset, then a re-flash of the firmware with the zip file and if none of the before work then I would contact support.

@pilleus I think your consumption is quite ok but in the high side , if I compare it with running time. But if you are in the first charge cycles and taking into account that the battery meter is not linear I would not be afraid.

Stefan Kersting

@freeheeler if suunto ever introduces the lock button it won’t be called lock button. It will be called the freeheeler button because of you honorable effort to get it

freeheeler

@stefan-kersting

surfboomerang

@freeheeler Maybe the left middle button on the concept watch from the latest survey is there just for you
It has no other purpose then to lock the watch

Stefan Kersting

@isazi does the new algorithm work just for predefined green workouts or for user defined settings too?

DMytro

Bug or a feature?
I have noticed that my custom sports mode always defaults to custom battery mode. In the past, if I remember correctly, every sports mode would default to the last chosen battery setting.

surfboomerang

@dmytro No, it has always been this way. If custom differs from one of the standard profiles it would always default to custom.

DMytro

@surfboomerang just for custom sport or for any?

surfboomerang

@dmytro Just tried it for a standard sport mode. Same behavior

DMytro

@surfboomerang alright, thanks. I thought it was different before.

DMytro

On the other note: 3 days after I charged my watch and I still have 53% in my S9. Beforehand I charged every 3-4 days, now it seems I can do 5-6 days. Anyone else experiencing huge battery improvements?

cosme.costa

@dmytro I do!

freeheeler

@dmytro
I do, too

surfboomerang

@dmytro Same here!

DMytro

Cool stuff, thanks suunto!

jtahka

@lukas179 said in SOFTWARE UPDATE 2.19.42 January 27, 2022:

Since the software update, the battery of my Suunto 9 Baro is draining really fast (completely dead in less than 24hrs without exercising). Neither soft nor hard reset has helped so far. Has anyone experienced similar problems? Any suggestions?
Suunto chat support operating times are unfortunately not very user-friendly if you have to work 9 to 5.

Did you find solution to fix the issue? I did not. Soft or hard reset did not help neither did Suunto supports advice to put it in some “deep sleep” -mode. So just sent the watch to service. Let’s see what they are able to do.