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    • M Offline
      MeazzaS9
      last edited by

      Tuesday end of training with battery at 62% today I pick up the vertical again and find the battery icon…help, luckily I brought the charger for a week’s holiday

      Suunto Race S Gravel Gray (2024)
      Suunto Vertical Black Lime (2023)
      Suunto 7 Graphite Copper (2021)
      Suunto 9 Baro Black (2020) sold

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      • WlodiPawel 87W Offline
        WlodiPawel 87 @WlodiPawel 87
        last edited by

        UPDATE :
        Ok, So i have been at the same spot as a week before with same person having SV i have SVTS. Watches unplugged on Friday 11am.
        Saturday 5h hiking (i have rebooted watch after completing my training by holding top button for 15seconds.
        Sunday aroud 4h hiking - watch also rebooted after training was done.
        Battery at 82% for the moment which i guess is fine.
        Last week battery was dying super fast after first walk but i did not bother to restart watch as i never knew it will be draining fast.
        Uncle watch was also restarted and no issues since. ( last week both watches affected)
        Looks like for the moment when going somewhere and have no charger is worth to consider to reboot watch after each training (it takes seconds but no need to be worry about the battery again)

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        • GhostG Offline
          Ghost @WlodiPawel 87
          last edited by Ghost

          I noticed it works by simply power off and on.

          🔺 Vertical Titanium Solar

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          • Michaël POINTEAUM Offline
            Michaël POINTEAU
            last edited by

            I am trying to be conservative in my comments usually but here, there is really something worrying.

            I charged from 6 to 100 on the 12th of August.
            Today (19th) after “only” 5h of activity with GPS/Wrist HR, daily heart monitoring I am down to 27%. That’s crazy fast. Despite I rebooted watch after charging, and I even made a full watch factory reset in July.

            Not acceptable at all. We, customers, shall not expect to be in situation when using our gear at its most demanding load in summer with such a drawback, despite all the good will and features delivered in the update.

            👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎

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            • Michaël POINTEAUM Offline
              Michaël POINTEAU @Michaël POINTEAU
              last edited by

              @Michaël-POINTEAU said in Battery drain:

              I am trying to be conservative in my comments usually but here, there is really something worrying.

              I charged from 6 to 100 on the 12th of August.
              Today (19th) after “only” 5h of activity with GPS/Wrist HR, daily heart monitoring I am down to 27%. That’s crazy fast. Despite I rebooted watch after charging, and I even made a full watch factory reset in July.

              Not acceptable at all. We, customers, shall not expect to be in situation when using our gear at its most demanding load in summer with such a drawback, despite all the good will and features delivered in the update.

              👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎

              Not to mention the very fast discharge when doing nothing. Yesterday watch went down from 50+ to that 27 this morning really with a non logical discharge rate.

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                Mattg576 @Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
                last edited by

                @Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos As both are suggested in this tread as the ‘cure’ do I need to let my Race completely discharge its battery or just get below 20% to recalibrate ?

                Race
                9 Peak
                Ambit 3 Peak
                Ambit 2R (sold)
                Suunto T3d (expired)

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                • colakovitzC Offline
                  colakovitz
                  last edited by

                  Same here, battery drains too fast. Backlight is off all time. I have only heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep tracking and step counter activated.

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                  • Michaël POINTEAUM Offline
                    Michaël POINTEAU @Michaël POINTEAU
                    last edited by Michaël POINTEAU

                    @Michaël-POINTEAU said in Battery drain:

                    @Michaël-POINTEAU said in Battery drain:

                    I am trying to be conservative in my comments usually but here, there is really something worrying.

                    I charged from 6 to 100 on the 12th of August.
                    Today (19th) after “only” 5h of activity with GPS/Wrist HR, daily heart monitoring I am down to 27%. That’s crazy fast. Despite I rebooted watch after charging, and I even made a full watch factory reset in July.

                    Not acceptable at all. We, customers, shall not expect to be in situation when using our gear at its most demanding load in summer with such a drawback, despite all the good will and features delivered in the update.

                    👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎 👎

                    Not to mention the very fast discharge when doing nothing. Yesterday watch went down from 50+ to that 27 this morning really with a non logical discharge rate.

                    Suunto just requested that my watch is been sent for repair, apparently battery replacement 😢

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                      MeazzaS9 @Michaël POINTEAU
                      last edited by MeazzaS9

                      @Michaël-POINTEAU I think it’s a software problem with the latest update, not a battery problem… there are many of us in your situation

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                      Suunto Vertical Black Lime (2023)
                      Suunto 7 Graphite Copper (2021)
                      Suunto 9 Baro Black (2020) sold

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                        timecode @Michaël POINTEAU
                        last edited by

                        @Michaël-POINTEAU said in Battery drain:

                        Suunto just requested that my watch is been sent for repair, apparently battery replacement 😢

                        I hope it helps, even though I don’t really understand how this is supposed to solve the problem. My watch is just sitting on the table and it’s dischargin quite fast. Before the update I had no issues. I put a few numbers down:

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                          diogao13 Bronze Member @timecode
                          last edited by

                          @timecode, if you enable power saving this issue continues?

                          It is not a solution, but just another variable to help suunto to identify the problem.

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                          • surfboomerangS Offline
                            surfboomerang @diogao13
                            last edited by

                            @diogao13 And to add another variable…

                            After the last update my watch went on for a solid 5 weeks including activity recording (both with and without GPS) and without sleep and 24/7HR

                            This weekend I charged the watch to 100%. The same morning I went for a 1hr run and the watch was still at 100%. It was very sunny that day.
                            The day after I went for a 1,5hr hike with maps and route enabled. After that, the battery dropped to 92%
                            Today, I was at work and the watch dropped 6% in approximately 6 hours while in watch mode.

                            So at this new rate, I’ll never reach the 5 weeks that I did before the last charge.

                            For testing purposes, I won’t reboot the watch and keep an eye on the battery level the upcoming days.

                            Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                            OnePlus Nord 4

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                              suuntastic Bronze Member @surfboomerang
                              last edited by suuntastic

                              My S9P went today from 100 to 0. No activity and no hr tracking. Seems general problem with all watches. Maybe communication to SA. Maybe it is already solved. Did a soft reset.

                              … Was probably. Backlight set active.

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                              • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
                                Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member
                                last edited by

                                just got a drain issue, out of the blue…i lost > 12% in less then 12 hours, in watch mode and qnd night… after a medium run yesterday (1.30 hours), it drains even after activity, and during the night.

                                lost 2% during my run (normal)
                                lost 10% during the evening/night and morning… in watch mode and do not disturb.

                                I am confused how i have triggered the drainage, but still it happened. soft reset, and it stopped (hopefully)

                                I was 25% yesterday 4pm. I am 13% this morning.
                                i get to 25% in 10 days, I was pretty happy about results, until yesterday.
                                I really hope suunto got this bug drainage for next release. it is very annoying, and make the watch unreliable for a lot of us!

                                any news with the new firmware with extra logs?
                                when is the next release?

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                                • Antoine LancrenonA Offline
                                  Antoine Lancrenon Bronze Member @Antoine Lancrenon
                                  last edited by

                                  @Antoine-Lancrenon I am 4% today… just did 1h bike in total. lost almost 9© in 24hrs. seems that the drainage continues even after soft reset.

                                  make me think now, that iy may come the bluetooth and the activity on the phone that could inpact the watch!?

                                  Really weird.

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                                  • surfboomerangS Offline
                                    surfboomerang @surfboomerang
                                    last edited by surfboomerang

                                    @surfboomerang said in Battery drain:

                                    After the last update my watch went on for a solid 5 weeks including activity recording (both with and without GPS) and without sleep and 24/7HR

                                    This weekend I charged the watch to 100%. The same morning I went for a 1hr run and the watch was still at 100%. It was very sunny that day.
                                    The day after I went for a 1,5hr hike with maps and route enabled. After that, the battery dropped to 92%
                                    Today, I was at work and the watch dropped 6% in approximately 6 hours while in watch mode.

                                    So at this new rate, I’ll never reach the 5 weeks that I did before the last charge.

                                    For testing purposes, I won’t reboot the watch and keep an eye on the battery level the upcoming days.

                                    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to train after this weekend so the watch has been in watch mode since my last post 3 days ago. Battery went down from 85% to 58%.

                                    Suunto Vertical Titanium Solar
                                    OnePlus Nord 4

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                                    • Ars VitaeA Offline
                                      Ars Vitae Bronze Member @Antoine Lancrenon
                                      last edited by

                                      @Antoine-Lancrenon Experienced similar thing. I charged my SV after a week (so once a week as usual after last firmware update). 2 days normal, next 2 days of abnormal battery draining then 4 impressive days I really thought that watch returned to its glory. But no, 2 recent days again, battery was draining like crazy without activity. Have you already contacted support from your side?

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                                        A Former User @Ars Vitae
                                        last edited by A Former User

                                        @Ars-Vitae https://forum.suunto.com/post/150513 dev is working on this issue already for some time

                                        (not sure why everybody keeps updating this thread with the same issue, over and over again… okay, the search in this forum sucks and the official confirmation of bugs too)

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                                        • Todd DanielczykT Online
                                          Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @Guest
                                          last edited by Todd Danielczyk

                                          @twekkel I think it is good to get “a head count” of us that are affected by the rapid battery drain and under what circumstances. Also, by posting it tends to move it to the top of the forum which helps with visibility.

                                          I was one of the ones that saw this early on in my own Vertical but also know the history of Suunto Dev Team getting things right so I am not panicked. It will get sorted out, but I still feel it is good to know who is being affected by this and under which circumstances.

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                                          • J Offline
                                            Jugger
                                            last edited by

                                            I have also issues with battery after latest firmware. I did drain battery empty on last sunday evening and shut down and started my watch. On monday after 24 hours I already lost 12% of battery. There was only 20 mins biking during that day. Daily HR and sleep detection is on 24/7.
                                            I have weather, airpressure and compass watchface on.

                                            I’m just waiting for new firmware. Not too big problem for me knowing that it will eventually be fixed.

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