Battery LIfe

isazi · 24 Sept 2021, 12:03

@olymay you are not alone, I also looked at the reviews and had a very bad feeling about the app.

Egika · 24 Sept 2021, 13:17

@olymay snarky thank you
sorry for being direct. Brad Olwin already stated that he was using it… What additional info to this do you get from the “grown up reply”?
Sorry again, I need to shut up.
Just from the feature list of that app:
Feature list:

Screen turn off by schedule
Screen turn on by schedule

“by schedule” means time based for me…

Have a nice weekend, even if I am snarky today.

Cheers!

olymay · 24 Sept 2021, 13:59

@egika No worries, no offence taken

I’ve been on these forums long enough to respect the views of Brad, but not blindly (I don’t follow the advice of anyone blindly). It was when reading the reviews and seeing the low rating that made me question the app.

This includes their use of the word schedule. Yes, dictionary definition means time based, but due to the poor reviews I was taking noting in the app description at face value. So I was simply asking an existing user for clarification. If it could be set to trigger via certain states/inputs (alarms etc) then it would be more useful to me and it would work in the app’s favour.

I was only meaning to ask for some more info from someone who as used the app (it appears we have two of them in here), as I was more than a little put off by the poor reviews.

I’m still not convinced I’ll use it (something still niggles my brain to say don’t trust it) but I’ll do some more digging and anything is possible.

I apologise if I snapped back over the top, it’s been a long week and I’ve spent too much time dealing with idiots at work that I’m probably running low on patience with everyone today.

Jamie BG · 24 Sept 2021, 14:42

@egika PS - there is debate as to whether it actually turns off the screen or not. Some suspect it doesn’t and that it just makes it black…

Stopped using it after a while because wanted to lock the screen, so having to go into the menu anway just made it easier if I did it all at the same time rather than relying on an unflexable time schedule.

But the screen does look as though it goes off. The DND feature does work. And it does all do it correctly per the time schedule you set.

Brad_Olwin · 25 Sept 2021, 12:30

@jamie-bg @olymay @isazi The app works well for me, I do go to bed at the same time every night so I see how that could be an issue. I like that I do not have to try to turn of theater mode when my alarm is ringing to wake up. The app gives the option to turn off BT as well but I do not use that. The screen on the S7 is so bright that if left on, I won’t sleep and of all the watches we test the S7 has the best sleep tracking even though it is a bit big to wear sleeping for me.

olymay · 14 Oct 2021, 17:16

@brad_olwin can the app allow scheduling for different days? For example I have a set pattern for work days, as I go to bed and get up at the same time. However, at the weekend my pattern can be all over the place (either for social life or second job).

The S7 screen is very bright. Great when outdoors, but too bright when in a dim room. This is the reason why I keep the AoD off, as in the evening it is obnoxiously bright, even at min brightness.
I’m not so concerned about the screen waking me up during the night, it more the vibrations from notifications, so it is the DnD that I want most.

I wish WearOS would link the DnD on the phone and watch.

A Former User · 14 Oct 2021, 13:17

Hello everyone!

I tried looking for a specific answer but couldn’t find it ( maybe I searched wrong or not enought… )
Always thinking about improving the battery life of my S7 ( keeping my current GPS settings etc. ) and considering that in some of my activities I do not look at the screen of the S7 even once, if when I activated the activity in the Suunto Wear app, I returned (back) to the watch main screen, that causes the screen to turn off after a few seconds and the Suunto Wear app keep running:

I gain a lot in % of battery use or this difference with having the screen active of the Suunto Wear app is minimal?
Are there any rough statistics?

Thanks a lot!

Brad_Olwin · 14 Oct 2021, 17:15

@flypg If you are pushing battery life it may help but I don’t think it will make a lot of difference, the low power mode with screen on is fairly efficient. The bigger battery drain is full screen activation, which happens with auto laps and why I wish they could be turned off in custom sport modes.

Brad_Olwin · 14 Oct 2021, 17:16

@olymay No the app is simple, you would have to set a different time for that day. You could ask the developer.

A Former User · 14 Oct 2021, 18:11

@brad_olwin Thanks a lot for the info. Yes, I agree with you about the auto-laps, also would be great disable the map on some Custom Sports Mode that I not use.

MeazzaS9 · 2 Nov 2021, 20:05

Hi everyone, I apologize for my English
I have had S7 for about a month, I am very happy but except for the battery.
My typical use is:

Bpm active
Active Bluethoot with notifications
Wifi not active
Automatic updates disabled
sleep monitoring disabled
when not in use it is in airplane mode
First 15 days average battery life 18 hours.
Then I did a reset and it made a period that the battery lasted even 3 days.
Now he has started to consume a lot and the cause is the bluethooth.
Before in 3 days the BT consumed 3%

I don’t have any external apps installed, but looking at the memory of the clock I notice these … what are they?

Thanks

Fenr1r · 2 Nov 2021, 21:45

@meazzas9 From OCR->Gtrans, those are some distinctly Chinese apps (& whatever “Suunto Dial” is):

I vaguely remember hearing something about the last one … maybe as a Chinese Twitter …

MeazzaS9 · 2 Nov 2021, 22:33

@fenr1r but i never searched, installed these apps. does it happen to you too?

Fenr1r · 3 Nov 2021, 00:14

@meazzas9 It hasn’t, so far, but my phone tattles back to Cupertino.

Some friendly Androidster(s) here may share their wisdom, tho’. Let ‘em know what phone you’ve got & how you acquired it, perhaps.

olymay · 3 Nov 2021, 09:18

@meazzas9 I’ve just had a look through my Suunto 7 and I can confirm I have all of those apps installed too. It looks like they are part of the system and can’t be removed (unless you start diving into some advanced methods, but that may cause more problems).

I am getting an easy 48hrs battery life from mine, so I doubt these apps are the issue.

It does seem your Bluetooth battery usage is very high.
Right now my S7 is at 64% battery (fully charged at 1300 GMT yesterday, it is now 0913 GMT) and the Bluetooth usage is at 3%.

Compared to your settings, mine are as follows:

Continuous heart rate ON
*Bluetooth on with all notifications on
*WiFi set to auto
*Auto updates active
*Sleep monitoring enabled
*I never put my watch into aeroplane mode.

I do put my S7 into cinema mode overnight, but that is purely to stop the screen lighting up and to put it into do not disturb mode, I don’t believe it would affect the battery much, if at all.

You say you put it into aeroplane mode when not in use, what do you mean by not in use? When you are not wearing it?

isazi · 3 Nov 2021, 10:42

Those apps are there if you are in China. You know WearOs cannot have some Google software in China because of restrictions. Nothing weird.

MeazzaS9 · 3 Nov 2021, 21:07

Today activated from airplane mode at 7.15am 94% and 7.20pm was at 10% …
I only use bluethooth, no GPS activity, my phone is Samsung A40.
Granted that all Wear OS and Samsung apps are up to date. There have been days that the bluethooth has absorbed 3% in 3 days of single charge…what could have happened ??
Shall I try to reset?

MeazzaS9 · 3 Nov 2021, 21:10

@meazzas9 said in Battery LIfe:

Today activated from airplane mode at 7.15am 94% and 7.20pm was at 10% …
I only use bluethooth, no GPS activity, my phone is Samsung A40.
Granted that all Wear OS and Samsung apps are up to date. There have been days that the bluethooth has absorbed 3% in 3 days of single charge…what could have happened ??
Shall I try to reset?

the cell phone is always with me so always connected to the bluethooth

MeazzaS9 · 3 Nov 2021, 21:13

@olymay said in Battery LIfe:

ve just had a look through my Suunto 7 and I can confirm I have all of those apps installed too. It looks like they are part of the system and can’t be removed (unless you start diving into some advanced methods, but that may cause more problems).
I am getting an easy 48hrs battery life from mine, so I doubt these apps are the issue.
It does seem your Bluetooth battery usage is very high.
Right now my S7 is at 64% battery (fully charged at 1300 GMT yesterday, it is now 0913 GMT) and the Bluetooth usage is at 3%.
Compared to your settings, mine are as follows:

Continuous heart rate ON
*Bluetooth on with all notifications on
*WiFi set to auto
*Auto updates active
*Sleep monitoring enabled
*I never put my watch into aeroplane mode.

I do put my S7 into cinema mode overnight, but that is purely to stop the screen lighting up and to put it into do not disturb mode, I don’t believe it would affect the battery much, if at all.
You say you put it into aeroplane mode when not in use, what do you mean by not in use? When you are not wearing it?

At home I don’t wear it so I put it in airplane mode

olymay · 4 Nov 2021, 08:30

@meazzas9 said in Battery LIfe:

At home I don’t wear it so I put it in airplane mode

For a day or two could you try wearing it whilst at home and therefore not putting the watch into aeroplane mode? I’m not sure why or how this could be causing the drain, but it’s worth ruling things out.

Honest question, is there a reason you don’t wear it home? By not wearing the S7 you lose out on much of the benefits of the health tracking - 24/7 HR, body resources, sleep tracking, etc. These all only work if the watch is worn for as long as possible.

I recently had random and sudden battery drain, but I am pretty confident mine was down to YouTube Music. Even after removing YTM I still had the issue, I had to do a full factory reset to clear it.
Have you had any other apps installed recently (particularly YTM or Spotify?) that you have subsequently removed?