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      sartoric Moderator @riccardo88ve
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      @riccardo88ve

      Maybe it needs to re-calibrate, I don’t know

      Anyway, are you in the open or behind a window ?
      Just tested and I get maximum charge , but it’s enough a plastic net to lower it to “high”

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        riccardo88ve @sartoric
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        @sartoric I’m in an outdoor place! With the strong sun

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        • Todd DanielczykT Offline
          Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @riccardo88ve
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          @riccardo88ve I would be curious to know what your battery level was at. The reason I ask is maybe solar harvesting is reduced with a higher battery level and that is what you are seeing?

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            riccardo88ve @Todd Danielczyk
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            @Todd-Danielczyk Now the battery is at 84 %, but I had done some tests by covering the screen and then putting it back in the direct sun… all the rings became complete for few minutes

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              Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @riccardo88ve
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              @riccardo88ve I am wondering if it’s reducing solar due to the higher battery level you have.

              Once your watch drops below 75-80% I would test it out again as it may be trying to limit and protect the battery. Just a thought.

              We haven’t had consistent sunny days here but should in the next couple of days. My watch is currently showing at 69% battery so I can test mine out Sunday to see what I get.

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                freeheeler @Todd Danielczyk
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                @Todd-Danielczyk
                it shows how much sun is collected from the panels. as you say, it doesn’t charge above a certain level (I recall 90%) to protect the battery.
                the watch does not show how much it was charged, but anyway, the watch’s battery will be drained less when exposed to the sun at higher battery levels

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                  Todd Danielczyk Gold Members @freeheeler
                  last edited by Todd Danielczyk

                  @freeheeler thanks for the confirmation. I couldn’t remember the cut off level of battery but I remember it being said somewhere; 90% sounds right.

                  As for the rings I cannot say for certain I’ve ever seen mine go over 2 but will check for @riccardo88ve as we will have decent weather on Sunday (I get to be outdoors to test my Vertical out? For scientific purpose?!? Count me in!).

                  My bike is all ready to go and the Vertical is as well. Will confirm if I see more than 2 rings or not.

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                    freeheeler @Todd Danielczyk
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                    @Todd-Danielczyk
                    🙂 👍
                    you should see all circles filled if the sun is strong enough.
                    I have seen it many times and in solar watch face I also see (almost) all bars filled when spending a day at the beach with different activities (of course the watch can not always be pointed at the sub, hence “almost”)

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                      SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                      @freeheeler I saw a different behavior of the solar circle after charging, until the battery level was the first time under 95% after being full charged… then I saw only the little flash inside the 3 circles, when the screen is locked. I say most times, because sometimes it was not different from the ‚normal‘ behavior… 🤔

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                        freeheeler @SuperFlo75
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                        @SuperFlo75
                        🙄 double checking in a bit… it is the behaviour I saw and recall.
                        will post again

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                          SuperFlo75 Silver Members Bronze Member @freeheeler
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                          @freeheeler I can check this about every 4 weeks, because the battery lasts very long 😃

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                            freeheeler @SuperFlo75
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                            @SuperFlo75
                            I know, it’s hard to test, right? 6 charging cycles after Vertical release the Race was released 😁

                            I have tested it just now and it seems to be inconsistent.
                            I get full circles above 95% but only when I touch the screen while the watch is already exposed to the sun. when I touch the screen and then expose it to the sun it shows the flash only, as you report.
                            same with the harvest widget.
                            my impression: it’s a small UI bug. in the background there will be no charging.
                            I’ll report it.
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                              @freeheeler It is also my observation that this behavior is inconsistent… but in case when I can see the charging circles above 95%, the charging level increases, and when I cannot see the circles, the charging level does not increase… 🤷
                              But it‘s not a big thing!

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                                last edited by riccardo88ve

                                Unfortunately at this point, I doubt it could be a bug of the new firmware … in full sun it never reaches all the full circles. I think I’ll contact the assistance

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                                  freeheeler @riccardo88ve
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                                  @riccardo88ve
                                  you can but you don’t have to.
                                  I’ve reported an issue to Suunto

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                                    sartoric Moderator
                                    last edited by sartoric

                                    This morning I tested it again and I had the UNLIMITED POWER gauge consistently showing for many minutes … then I stopped looking at it 😁

                                    Of course I was under 60%

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                                      riccardo88ve @freeheeler
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                                      @freeheeler So for you it’s not a malfunction of the vertical … but a software bug?

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                                        freeheeler @riccardo88ve
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                                        @riccardo88ve
                                        I wouldn’t even call it a software bug, but I am not a software developer… my wild guess: it’s simply a wrong output.
                                        but actually it doesn’t matter what it is as we can’t do anything anyway except for sending logs and describing the observations. and that’s what I did, so they know, they prioritise and then look into it

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                                          sartoric Moderator @riccardo88ve
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                                          @riccardo88ve said in solar charging:

                                          @freeheeler So for you it’s not a malfunction of the vertical … but a software bug?

                                          it’s a feature, not a bug 😁

                                          Jokes apart, as said it probably simply doesn’t use solar if the watch still has a certain percentage of charge

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                                            riccardo88ve @Todd Danielczyk
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                                            @Todd-Danielczyk thanks

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