Battery LIfe
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@Egika said in Battery LIfe:
depends on the settings.
Right now the GPS is using a lot of power when moving slowly (or almost stationary).
Until the next update is there, you could try cycling as sports mode. This will increase the battery run time to 10-15h (that’s what I get)thank you, in fact I also think GPS is the real problem of excessive resource consumption. your theory is very logical. we therefore await the next update to be able to do sport for more than 5 hours :;-)
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@jorgefd78 This is about what I am getting with trail running.
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That is, how many hours with the trail running mode with the airplane mode? As with the discussion on charging the exhausted S7, perhaps at this point you have a special version produced by Suunto for the testers.
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@luca760101 Charge it before battery dies when you break?
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It’s the same
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@luca760101 In Airplane mode with the firmware you now have, I get 6-9h in Best GPS and 14-19h in Good GPS. If you load a route that will reduce battery life and a lot of time on the map page will reduce battery life. These are averages that I have had over the last 3 or 4 months.
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Battery for today trail running session:
Offline mode
10 seconds
Following a route
Playing a lot with maps
20km and 3 and a half hour plus 30’ pausedFrom 100% to 57%
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Today 4:30h of golf. 10 sec interval and more than half of battery remain. Good job Suunto!
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@jorgefd78 this is indeed impressive!
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4h of cycling with gps set at best (1s) 30% of battery down.
Nice
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As my Suunto is 2 day old I had no time to measure the battery entirely, however it lasted 1.5day when I connected it to the charger with 25% left. It was normal use with one test run (with 10% battery use during 30 minutes of GPS)
Today I did similar run with 10s GPS - only 4% drop. Nice!
The only concern I have is that when watch is fully charged, it quickly drops battery to 98%, then its fine. Any ideas?
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@masi0 said in Battery LIfe:
it quickly drops battery to 98%, then its fine. Any ideas?
A drop to 99/98 is almost normal due to the rounding of the battery manager. As soon as you disconnect it from the charger, the numbers drop (eg. 99.9 or 98.9) depending on full charge percentage (sometimes it simply indicates 99 instead of 100, but it’s common battery charging “no issue”)
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Hi there ,
I’m new Suunto 7 owner from this day , and I need your help straight.
I’ve been waiting if Suunto make the update for battery life before I buy the S7, they did -> I bought.
But here comes the disappointment tbh. I charged it , set it, updated all the preinstalled apps and watch itself and there it comes. The battery percentage is going down crazy. I turned off Wifi, turned off AOD, NFC, just let the Bluetooth on with battery saver tilt.
Here is the picture how it went down with literally no use at all (watching movie with watch on my hand with occasional tilt to check the battery level)
I’m iPhone user and was wondering if there might be some issue with setting my Location permissions for “always allow” and it’s using GPS all the time ?
I tried factory reset and it did not help at all (screenshot is taken after factory reset)
I installed only Spotify but did not even open it.
Might there be issue with apps installed on the iPhone (Suunto, WearOS, Google fit - all I have) with possible data transfer and sync ongoing event though I do not use the watch ?
I did not turn the Bluetooth off since it is irrelevant for testing the battery life when I want to get notifications (did not receive any though)
I’ve read everything in this topic and used the same settings as you guys did.
Bit off topic, should I have GoogleFit app installed or they made finally Suunto app collect all the data ?
What output on your charger do you use please ?Many thanks for your help and sorry if there are some mistakes in the text.
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@Zab_55 If it is new you may be getting a lot of updates. Wait for a week or so for the watch to be stable. I am an iPhone user and you can target the notifications you want to appear on the watch by targeting notifications on the Lock Screen on the iPhone. That may reduce the battery drainage. I only allow emails from VIPs to notify, otherwise I would have an email notification every couple of minutes…The battery improvements implemented by Suunto are more for exercise and less for all day as a smartwatch.
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@Brad_Olwin
Thank you for your reply ! So is there possibility that the battery will “break in” after some charges and discharges ?
I allow only emails and SMS , so it means just a few notifications to none during the day.
Anyway , should I have WearOS and Suunto app has set for always allow (Location) ? -
@Zab_55 The battery will not break in but there are a lot of updates occurring when you start the watch up. The watch faces with the best battery usage are the Suunto faces. It will get better. Let us know if you have other issues. I have mine set for always allow to permit localization for weather, maps, etc.
Vector/T6c/Ambit 3 Peak/S5 Copper/S3/S7 Ti/S9 baro Ti/S9P Ti/S9PP Ti/Vertical Ti/Race Ti/RaceS/Ocean/Wing
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@Brad_Olwin thank you again. It seems to be better today , so hopefully I’ll reach good battery life from now on.
One more thing , from settings , I have BT on and Location (from phone and watch)as well - I’m wondering if this setting is necessary and if it’s not draining battery since it uses GPS ? . I mean if it isn’t enough to use location from phone only.
If I switch that off , will S7 automatically start using GPS when I start some activity ?
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@Brad_Olwin I disagree with you on the battery. I feel wear os is a bit like Android and it does take a couple of days to a week or two for it to bed down.
It also doesn’t tend to help that or usage in this period often isn’t normal usage as we test, check and try out features. I.e. use isn’t normal.
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Honestly I am very supprosed how good battery is with S7. I had 2x 30m runs since taking watch from the charger. Suunto indeed did a great work with WearOS optimization.
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This night, I switched off WiFi, BT, NFC, Location manually instead of going in airplane mode. As well switched off gestures instead of going in theater mode (I’m unable to switch alarm off in Th.mode) and my battery went from 81% to 77%
Anyway Location (from phone and watch) is necessary for everyday use ? I mean, activity itself is using GPS even if it is switched off, so during the day, it might help battery last longer when I switch it off whilst sitting indoor ?
