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    • GhostG Offline
      Ghost @Guest
      last edited by

      @Matthieu_45 A fix is on the way. I turned off notifications, and also disabled sleep tracking and 24/7 HR tracking. It’s much better now, but the battery issue is still real. I read somewhere that a fix is currently being tested.

      🔺 Vertical Titanium Solar

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      • SportsfreundS Offline
        Sportsfreund Bronze Member @Guest
        last edited by

        @Matthieu_45

        Oh wow, can’t confirm this issue. 🙏

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        • GhostG Offline
          Ghost @Sportsfreund
          last edited by

          @Sportsfreund Apparently, using maps during an activity is what triggers the battery drain.

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          • SportsfreundS Offline
            Sportsfreund Bronze Member @Ghost
            last edited by

            @obhikkhu OK, since I mostly move in familiar terrain, I only use it very rarely.

            When I run, the map is always on the display. I run often but still can’t confirm the significant loss.

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            • Ars VitaeA Offline
              Ars Vitae Bronze Member @Guest
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              @Matthieu_45 You can use this temporary solution (one of the earlier posts here):

              @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 🙂

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              • surfboomerangS Offline
                surfboomerang @Ghost
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                @obhikkhu said in Battery drain:

                @Sportsfreund Apparently, using maps during an activity is what triggers the battery drain.

                It’s not only the map. Following a route also triggers this. Even without the map.

                Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
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                • SuperFlo75S Offline
                  SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @surfboomerang
                  last edited by SuperFlo75

                  @surfboomerang I also noticed this behavior… using the map and following a route during exercises drains the battery more than usual, and after that, the drains continue… perhaps the soft reset can help? I try this…

                  @isazi I sent log now, 09:35, I don‘t know if this is useful?

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                  • surfboomerangS Offline
                    surfboomerang @SuperFlo75
                    last edited by

                    @SuperFlo75 no need to send logs. This has already been confirmed by Suunto. Fix will come soon (hopefully)
                    In the mean time, just reboot the watch after a navigation activity.

                    Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                    OnePlus Nord 4

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                    • I Offline
                      Iggge
                      last edited by Iggge

                      I know what caused my battery drain.

                      • Ocan Watchface with compass instead of battery.
                        Last 30 hours I have been using Race watchface and there is no battery drain at all.
                        Have gone from 35% to 33%, and i have also been exercising.
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                      • Mff73M Offline
                        Mff73 @Iggge
                        last edited by

                        @Iggge
                        It will come again, don’t worry 😂.

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                        • stromdiddilyS Offline
                          stromdiddily Gold Members @Iggge
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                          @Iggge said in Battery drain:

                          On day 6 now with my watch with two running exercises. Battery left 35%. Right now I need to have it in battery saving mode. Can’t charge it either because I forgot my charger 🫠

                          Soft reset seems to fix the drain issue

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                            I am also noticing strange behavior with my Vertical Solar when it comes to solar charging. Sometimes the watch is charged within 15 minutes with a battery level of 95% to 100% by solar charging and on other days without activity and the entire day in the sun there is no charging.

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                              SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @MacMillan
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                              @MacMIllan I have my SV since 05/23, and there is always a ‚crazy‘ behavior of solar charging when the battery was full loaded on the charger… sometimes ther is no solar activity in plain sun until the charging level dropped under 95%, sometimes the normal behavior of the charging icon comes back after dropping under 98%… and after that, I always recognize that the solar charging can bring the battery back to 100% in about 30 minutes of plain sun… I was told that this is a protection of over-loading… nothing new!

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                                Tami999 Silver Members @MacMillan
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                                @MacMIllan said in Battery drain:

                                I am also noticing strange behavior with my Vertical Solar when it comes to solar charging. Sometimes the watch is charged within 15 minutes with a battery level of 95% to 100% by solar charging and on other days without activity and the entire day in the sun there is no charging.

                                Happens to me too. I think its just show wrong value after full charge. If its 95% -> 100% in 5 minutes by solar charging, its just 100% not 95% in real. 1% of solar charging takes 3h+ from my observation.

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                                • AntoineA Offline
                                  Antoine Bronze Member @isazi
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                                  @isazi said in Battery drain:

                                  A fix is being tested, if everything works out should be here in a week or two.

                                  Any news, soon ? 😁 ⌚️⏱️

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                                  • isaziI Offline
                                    isazi Moderator @Antoine
                                    last edited by

                                    @Antoine no, last I know it says September for the hotfix.

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                                    Blog: isazi's home

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                                      Robin123 @isazi
                                      last edited by Robin123

                                      @isazi Do you know if the the hot fix is also for the 9pp ?
                                      I purchased my watch 2 weeks ago and the battery is far from what is advertised.
                                      First charge 5 days (with about 5hrs of gps activity).
                                      second charge, this time I disabled the OHR during the day, and pulse ox during the night, as well as stand by display. About 3hrs of gps activity: it was 6 days ago, 18%remaining.
                                      Quite disappointing so far.

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                                      • isaziI Offline
                                        isazi Moderator @Robin123
                                        last edited by

                                        @Robin123 all watches, but in my experience S9PP is the least affected by the drain

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                                          MacMillan @Robin123
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                                          @Robin123 I agree with you that the advertising claim ( Daily use: Smartwatch mode
                                          up to 30 days (60 days with solar)) is not true. With a fully charged battery, I have a battery consumption (without activity and without HR or Oxi Monitor) of approx. 10 - 12 % within 2 days. The advertised runtimes will never be achieved.This advertised battery life was a reason for me to switch from the Suunto 9 Peak to the Vertical Solar.

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                                            Mouse Cruiser Bronze Member @Klaane
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                                            @Klaane My experience vith SV (non-solar) is as follows: in exactly 10 days, the battery charge dropped from 100% to 27%, with the fact that during this time I played sports for 7.5 hours (trail running and MTB). I estimate that the watch consumes 4%-5% of energy per day (with 24/7 OHR), and during sports training 3%-4% per hour (full performance mode).

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