Battery drain after update 2.44.46 (2025 Q3) on Vertical Watch
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@MeazzaS9 I hope so, i’m still stuck in 10% day with my vertical solar
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@fedequei I honestly waited to update (set it to non-automatic) as soon as I read about the problem. They’re definitely already working on it.
Suunto Race S Gravel Gray (2024)
Suunto Vertical Black Lime (2023)
Suunto 7 Graphite Copper (2021)
Suunto 9 Baro Black (2020) sold -
@MeazzaS9 and where is this information coming from?
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@MeazzaS9 What is your sources about this please ?
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K Kramble referenced this topic
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@OutdoorMan @Kramble These are just my considerations, but I repeat, since battery life is a must for Suunto, they cannot ignore this issue.
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@MeazzaS9 ok, you stated it as fact so I was curious. I am not sure if I share your optimism though, but let’s see…
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Former long-time Garmin user – I switched to Suunto at the end of last year because Garmin put me off with a lot of messed up updates and among other things the resulting high battery consumption.
And now the same thing is happening with my Suunto Vertical Solar, which I switched to because of its high power efficiency…
As I’m new to the Suunto universe, can someone explain to me if and how I can roll back to the firmware without high battery consumption? Where can I get the firmware (I can only see the last two firmware versions in the watch – and the second to last one is already faulty) and how can I downgrade the firmware of the SV?
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I’m reading through this issue, but I’m not entirely sure I agree with what’s being said here.
Since not everyone is experiencing battery drain, how can we say the drain is deliberate?
I’m raising this issue, but let’s keep things in perspective — it’s not that Suunto wants to drain the battery faster. The Vertical 1 is Suunto’s flagship model for MIPS.
Could you please check whether the battery drain remains the same if you unpair your sensors (under Connectivity)? This was one of the main low-level changes in the latest update, so it would help narrow things down.
Thank you for taking the time to write here and report your findings — it’s appreciated!
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos I’ve experienced random restarts with my Race v1 every few hours on 2.44.52, which were gone when I reverted to 2.44.46 (hard reset didn’t help on 2.44.52). May the restarts and increased battery drain related? I assume the watch draws more current during startup. Could someone who has battery drain issue check for an error code in the debug menu (mine showed an error code)?
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@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos unfortunately yes, power drain is a thing even if I unpaired sensors and disabled Bluetooth visibility.
Something bad happened with the last 2 firmware updates on my SV1 (Finland): footpod does not work, battery drain, and dismissing notifications takes seconds. First time I complain about a FW update in years. First time I reach 4% battery.
I really hope a fix comes out soon and I’m starting to think to go back to previous FWs.
