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    • jjpazJ Offline
      jjpaz Bronze Member @enriqueescoms
      last edited by

      @enriqueescoms said in Battery drain:

      For example, yesterday I rode a bike for about an hour (with active touchscreen and route navigation) and the consumption was 2%. Then it continued on my wrist (no notifications, with turn and light high and continuous hr) and there the thing got about 1% per hour (12% in total). I don’t particularly see it as a normal battery drain.
      .

      Try to reboot the watch after an activity with route navigation.
      One of the suspicious triggers of the issue is the route navigation, so that could explain you problem.

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      • gerasimosG Offline
        gerasimos Bronze Member
        last edited by

        can someone confirm that the hard reset solves the battery problem?
        -and a full cycle charge

        Suunto Vertical Ti
        Suunto S9 gen1
        Suunto Ambit3 peak

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        • Mff73M Offline
          Mff73 @gerasimos
          last edited by Mff73

          @gerasimos
          it seems not. You will just loose your data and customizations.

          https://forum.suunto.com/post/151611
          https://forum.suunto.com/post/151646

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          Suunto Vertical all black
          Wife : S9PP
          SA: Always the latest beta :)
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          • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
            Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member @gerasimos
            last edited by Antoine Lancrenon

            @gerasimos did work at first for me… until I install the offline maps.

            so it is related to memory, backend process being Triggered either by complications? navigations? Gps?

            a soft reset should be enough, even if in my case i trigger very easily the drainage issue. still dont know what exactly.

            looking forward of the fix by Suunto. now that Enduro 3 is out, i want my suunto vertical to work at full potential to confirm my choice.

            thank you, we will get through this one soon !

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            • gerasimosG Offline
              gerasimos Bronze Member @Antoine Lancrenon
              last edited by

              @Antoine-Lancrenon @Mff73 thanks !

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              • Ars VitaeA Offline
                Ars Vitae Bronze Member
                last edited by

                While waiting for Suunto to fix the issue, I use the watch only for workouts. In the meantime, I turn it off and put it away. In this way, I avoid frequent recharging, as the watch behaves normally after each startup for two days. Here is my temporary solution.

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                • AntoineA Offline
                  Antoine Bronze Member
                  last edited by

                  Do we know if a hotfix will be released soon ? With more than 400 posts it seems to be a real problem for a 65h autonomy watch…
                  Thanks

                  Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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                  • Mff73M Offline
                    Mff73 @Antoine
                    last edited by

                    @Antoine
                    among those 400 posts there are some hints, and the latest info is “in a couple of weeks”.
                    just wait and enjoy activities, and charge our watches just a couple of times more

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                    • Mff73M Offline
                      Mff73 @Antoine
                      last edited by

                      @Antoine
                      and 65h is autonomy in activity, which seems not to be impacted (as far as i understand or experienced).
                      You may also try this so unofficial workaround after each activity (it doesn’t consume that much personnal time and may let us wait (if it works for everyone)).
                      https://forum.suunto.com/post/151611

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                        Antoine Bronze Member @isazi
                        last edited by

                        @isazi said in Battery drain:

                        My personal workaround while we wait for a fix is: if you use navigation just reboot your watch at the end, after syncing the activity with your phone.

                        This is my personal view, nothing from Suunto

                        I managed to send logs to Suunto and hope a fix for this will be included in the next firmware. I also believe it is not the GPS but the storage that is kept active, GPS would give an even larger battery consumption. No confirmation from Suunto yet. I try to keep the forum informed as much as I can 🙂

                        Same to turn-off Suunto Vertical using general parametrers and to turn-on again i guess ?

                        Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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                        • Mff73M Offline
                          Mff73 @Antoine
                          last edited by

                          @Antoine
                          yes

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                          Suunto Vertical all black
                          Wife : S9PP
                          SA: Always the latest beta :)
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                            diogao13 Bronze Member @diogao13
                            last edited by

                            @diogao13 said in Battery drain:

                            At the control panel we find the battery percentage. It would be great an update to include more info, like a widget or simple click on battery percentage icon to present:

                            • current %
                            • last time it was recharged
                            • % when last recharged was initiated
                            • % when last recharged was ended
                            • a prediction when next recharge will be required, based on drain for a selectable period (3 days, week, month).
                            • draining graph using recharging date x %.

                            This would help us to detect draining activities or functions.

                            Scubapro G3 includes some features to help users watching battery
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                            • K Offline
                              Kramble @isazi
                              last edited by Kramble

                              @isazi said in Battery drain:

                              @Kramble said in Battery drain:

                              To me it seems there are two drain bugs.
                              One with big drain maybe the one you are testing.
                              And another smaller one in mere watch use without activities.

                              You are also correct, and Suunto is aware of that.

                              @isazi Maybe a lead for the small drain :

                              Two days ago I got the old synchronization bug on my android beta Suunto app (your watch is no longer found and when you try to pair again then the app fails).
                              To solve it I know I have to wipe out the data and cache of the app ( did it from android setting menu), then I have to login again and pair my vertical again.
                              It works with a little surprise, no more small drain bug : in 48h with one 50 min trail activity the vertical just lost 4% ! (from 85% to 81%).
                              I did nothing else since my last drain (no reset and no full battery cycle, no solar charge).
                              So maybe the Bluetooth could be responsible of the small drain ?

                              Hope it can help.

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                              • Todd DanielczykT Offline
                                Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Kramble
                                last edited by Todd Danielczyk

                                @Kramble I had something similar this morning.

                                Touch screen unresponsive, would not sync to the Suunto app, battery dropped about 26% overnight and wouldn’t pair even after restarting the Vertical.
                                1000122084.jpg

                                Had to clear the cache and reset the app. Now I have 11 exercise days synced for 2024, nothing pervious dating back to 2019🤔🤣

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                                • AntoineA Offline
                                  Antoine Bronze Member @isazi
                                  last edited by Antoine

                                  @isazi said in Battery drain:

                                  My personal workaround while we wait for a fix is: if you use navigation just reboot your watch at the end, after syncing the activity with your phone.

                                  This is my personal view, nothing from Suunto

                                  I managed to send logs to Suunto and hope a fix for this will be included in the next firmware. I also believe it is not the GPS but the storage that is kept active, GPS would give an even larger battery consumption. No confirmation from Suunto yet. I try to keep the forum informed as much as I can 🙂

                                  I used navigation yesterday and today battery drop from 46% to 41% in 9 hours. Only time is displayed today.
                                  I will try your workaround.
                                  I have juste sent logs to Suunto.

                                  Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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                                  • AntoineA Offline
                                    Antoine Bronze Member @Mff73
                                    last edited by

                                    @Mff73 not sure that autonomy in activity is not impacted. By analyzing the FIT file during an activity of more than 6 hours i found an estimated autonomy of 40h which was more than 60h before update.
                                    To be confirmed…

                                    Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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                                    • Fenr1rF Offline
                                      Fenr1r
                                      last edited by Fenr1r

                                      Department of Possible Drain Candidates:

                                      FWIW, 7 hours after a recorded, route-following activity, the Compass widget is still reporting a value. I seem to remember it quitting much earlier post-navigation on the previous firmware.

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                                      • K Offline
                                        Kramble @Kramble
                                        last edited by

                                        @Kramble said in Battery drain:

                                        @isazi said in Battery drain:

                                        @Kramble said in Battery drain:

                                        To me it seems there are two drain bugs.
                                        One with big drain maybe the one you are testing.
                                        And another smaller one in mere watch use without activities.

                                        You are also correct, and Suunto is aware of that.

                                        @isazi Maybe a lead for the small drain :

                                        Two days ago I got the old synchronization bug on my android beta Suunto app (your watch is no longer found and when you try to pair again then the app fails).
                                        To solve it I know I have to wipe out the data and cache of the app ( did it from android setting menu), then I have to login again and pair my vertical again.
                                        It works with a little surprise, no more small drain bug : in 48h with one 50 min trail activity the vertical just lost 4% ! (from 85% to 81%).
                                        I did nothing else since my last drain (no reset and no full battery cycle, no solar charge).
                                        So maybe the Bluetooth could be responsible of the small drain ?

                                        Hope it can help.

                                        My bad , my bad I am sorry, I was on holiday and I didn’t notice that the donnot disturb mode was on…
                                        Small drain battery is still there 😞

                                        Ambit 3 peak saphir
                                        Spartan Ultra (sold)
                                        S7 graphite copper
                                        S9 peak all black
                                        Vertical titanium green forest
                                        Wings

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                                        • isaziI Offline
                                          isazi Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          My personal update, nothing official, is that two possible causes have been identified. I have not tested a fix yet, but Suunto is aware that this needs to be fixed with next release.

                                          Watch: Suunto Vertical Ti

                                          Blog: isazi's home

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                                          • AntoineA Offline
                                            Antoine Bronze Member @isazi
                                            last edited by Antoine

                                            @isazi said in Battery drain:

                                            My personal workaround while we wait for a fix is: if you use navigation just reboot your watch at the end, after syncing the activity with your phone.

                                            This is my personal view, nothing from Suunto

                                            I managed to send logs to Suunto and hope a fix for this will be included in the next firmware. I also believe it is not the GPS but the storage that is kept active, GPS would give an even larger battery consumption. No confirmation from Suunto yet. I try to keep the forum informed as much as I can 🙂

                                            I have checked your workaround, seems same for me:

                                            • indeed after an activity with maps and navigation the battery usage is ~9% for 16h
                                            • reboot (turn off in parameter and long press on upper button)
                                            • battery usage is ~2% for 16h
                                            • activity without navigation
                                            • battery usage is still ~2% for 16h

                                            I hope it will be solved very soon as one main advantage of Suunto Vertical watch is autonomy…

                                            Watch: Suunto vertical solar

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