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    • ? Offline
      A Former User @Tieutieu
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      @Tieutieu The only thing that causes high battery drain in my case is using S+ apps. With 2 S+ apps enabled battery drain increases by 400 - 500%.

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      • BrunoHB Offline
        BrunoH Gold Members @Guest
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        I finally managed to calibrate the SV battery; drain it to zero, recharge it to 100% and then did a soft boot. Now the solar charge won’t do anything. The charging circle won’t lit all the way, only the lightning icon in the center lights up. The bars remain in the minimum as well. I guess that’s how it should be, right? Turning off the solar charge and all indicators when the battery is full?

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        • surfboomerangS Offline
          surfboomerang @BrunoH
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          @BrunoH I just charged my watch for the first time since Suunto started shipping the watches. (Holy sh*t Suunto. Impressive! 😮 )

          My watch only charged to 99%, even after a soft reset. I tested the solar charge icon and it lit not only the flash icon but also the first ring. The sun is very low now so that could also be the case.

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          • babychaiB Offline
            babychai Silver Members
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            When first time i did battery calibration my battery can reach 100%.
            Yesterday is my second time charge the battery. I waited for 45 mins but still showing 99% then i stop charging it. So stop at 99% i guess it’s normal to prevent overcharge?

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            • isaziI Online
              isazi Moderator
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              My vertical is currently at 32%, I charged it the first of June if I remember correctly and used the GPS a lot. I think tomorrow will be a good day to charge it (also need to download some maps before the holidays).

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              • TieutieuT Offline
                Tieutieu Platinum Member @isazi
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                @isazi said in Battery drain:

                My vertical is currently at 32%, I charged it the first of June if I remember correctly and used the GPS a lot. I think tomorrow will be a good day to charge it (also need to download some maps before the holidays).

                Charged mine 13 days ago, achieved 22 hours of activities with GPS to best, HR and sleep tracking H24 ON. Still 35% battery remaining. So I have the same excellent performances I had with the first cycle of charge : => around 20% battery for daily use (1,5%/day). That makes around 45% battery used for those 22hours of activites.

                Didn’t notice any calibration impact

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                • runomaticR Offline
                  runomatic Silver Members
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                  This is really funny: After coming home from a 25k-run yesterday (starting with 7%, ending with 4%), the Vertical went in a power saving mode at 2% in the evening.

                  Waking up this morning i had 1% left.

                  At lunch time i walked 3 kilometers and now i’ve got 0% since 2,5 hours. This watch will not capitulate! 😀

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                  • surfboomerangS Offline
                    surfboomerang @isazi
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                    @isazi said in Battery drain:

                    I think tomorrow will be a good day to charge it

                    Is for the SV also 50% still the minimum charge?

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                    • GiPFELKiNDG Offline
                      GiPFELKiND Silver Members @Tieutieu
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                      @Tieutieu only train with chest strap not with OHR. I got 55h of Training with 1 charge

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                      • Jose LuisJ Offline
                        Jose Luis Silver Members
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                        After two weeks with SV and being worried about battery drain, I think I’ve found my battery destroyer.
                        Notifications (Teams, emails, whatsapp, calls…).

                        When deactivating them, I see that the battery consumes according to what Suunto promises.

                        It will not be possible to review this to improve it.

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                        • OllipolliO Offline
                          Ollipolli @Jose Luis
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                          Before the Update, battery consumption was ok. After the Update, the Akku Drain was extreme.

                          Soft Reset -> Same Problem.
                          Backlight is off 🥺

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                          • surfboomerangS Offline
                            surfboomerang @Ollipolli
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                            @Ollipolli what is the definition of “extreme”?

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                            • OllipolliO Offline
                              Ollipolli @surfboomerang
                              last edited by

                              @surfboomerang 1-2% per hour. Without GPS

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                              • ? Offline
                                A Former User @Ollipolli
                                last edited by

                                @Ollipolli I’d contact support. Maybe your watch needs to be replaced. 🤔

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                                • Umer JavedU Offline
                                  Umer Javed @Ollipolli
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                                  @Ollipolli

                                  If you haven’t already, you may need to recalibrate the battery. Drain it all the way to 0%, then charge all the way back to 100%

                                  We noted this problem in the 9PP after the update also.

                                  Reference
                                  https://forum.suunto.com/post/122614

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                                  • SuperFlo75S Offline
                                    SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member
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                                    I never heard that it is necessary to calibrate the battery… last time I have read that it is not good for a lithium accu to drain to zero… I‘m really confused!!!

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                                    • Umer JavedU Offline
                                      Umer Javed @SuperFlo75
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                                      @SuperFlo75 I completely agree with you. I’ve never “had” to recalibrate the battery, or get such battery drain behavior on any of my tech after an update. This was suggested to me in the 9PP thread and appears to have solved the same issue I was having.

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                                        SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @Umer Javed
                                        last edited by SuperFlo75

                                        @Umer-Javed this solution was suggested here several times, too. But I think if it is important it should be suggested in the User manual of the watch, too? And btw it is not easy to go to zero with a SV… I was at 19% after more than 5 weeks of using… and I charged because I wanted to load new maps…

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                                        • Umer JavedU Offline
                                          Umer Javed @SuperFlo75
                                          last edited by Umer Javed

                                          @SuperFlo75 said in Battery drain:

                                          @Umer-Javed this solution was suggested here several times, too. But I think if it is important it should be suggested in the User manual of the watch, too?

                                          I trust the suggestion because it comes from people in contact with Suunto, beyond that I agree it’s very atypical. I can’t comment on this further than that.

                                          And btw it is not easy to go to zero with a SV… I was at 19% after more than 5 weeks of using… and I charged because I wanted to load new maps…

                                          My trick to drain the 9PP was to

                                          1. start a GPS activity indoors
                                          2. with an S+ app that does a lot of calculations (e.g. fat burner)
                                          3. display turned to light mode
                                          4. brightness full
                                          5. backlight on
                                          6. stay on compass screen
                                          7. autolap every few seconds, so the vibration and sound would keep repeating
                                            …

                                          You SV owners are suffering from success in the battery recalibration 😅

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                                          • Dimitrios KanellopoulosD Offline
                                            Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Community Manager
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                                            Let me explain a few things about battery calibration.

                                            First of all this happens after some health markers on the system are reset. Usually after an update. It happens to Macs phones etc.

                                            The effect is that usually you see the higher battery percentages dropping faster than expected and the lower ones (ie around 30-20%) dropping very slow. For example you might see 100-90% drop in 1 day (not expected) and stuck at 30% for a whole day.

                                            This gets fixed automatically as the battery watchdog calibrates it self during the normal usage.

                                            Draining the battery by various ways ain’t good. And most probably it’s not needed as the watch will last / should last as expected.

                                            My suggestion is.

                                            • in case you have a high drop in battery just do a reboot of the device to rule out any other issue.
                                            • once in 3 months let’s the watch charge on a full circle (0-100) if possible

                                            Enjoy your watch and life.

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