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Gear 3 battery life after latest update.

(Topic created on: 12-11-2017 12:07 PM)
JimmyA
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Since the last software update of the gear s3, which is awesome, the battery is drastically draining, it's barely lasting 1 day while i used to get solid 2 days, sometimes 2.5 days for the past year.
I turned off the heart monitor, display brightness is set to 3, no voice calls, un installed unnecessary stuff, checked the usage, it says the watch face and s health are each using up to 25% knowing that the screen is most of the time off and all auto detections are off, very very bad. I keep on closing apps and refreshing ram to have nothing running in the background. It is now at 80% after 4 hrs of use, which is occasionally looking at the time.
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kin1
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i got the same problem except that my battery drains almost 40% after 4 hours.
any solutions so far ?
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JimmyA
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Hey, well, none, i restarted it, battery consumption was better, every time i feel it's draining more than usual, i just restart it. Back to 2 days of battery life now.
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JimmyA
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That is the support's reply regarding that matter. 158aa51a-3059-4ce9-ae7c-52b513938e0b.jpg
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mHalawa
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same here it only last for 5 hours max...done multiple rest and reinstalled the phone app still battery life very bad :(
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JimmyA
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That is the support's reply regarding that matter. 590a848d-ef3e-4331-bb7c-3d2e1b44387b.jpg
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kin1
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i got the same response from them.
i restarted it.. all my apps were gone.
battery life improved one hour tops.
very bad and very disappointed cz now i dont use it anymore it is useless for less than one day use.
i will restart it few times more and will see. please update us for whoever have the same.issue
JimmyA
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I turned off half the features, no heart rate, no workout detection, no calls, wifi optional, brightness set to 4, and it's 2 days now max, but using it as a regular watch. A dumb watch actually.
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kin1
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well i didnt pay 380 dollars to look at the time.. i couldve got me a fancy watch instead.
shame on you samsung.
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JimmyA
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Sent them the watch to fix the battery, they said nothing is wrong with it, collected it and updated the software, it suddenly got stuck in reboot mode, so i sent it again amd now got an140$ assessment that the pba and rear assy amd battery meed to be replaced. They didn't mention the battery when I first gave it to them, i don't trust the service center anymore and it's either the software update or the already damaged battery that fu**ed it up. Bunch of incompetent people, slowly becoming like apple.
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