What Causes the Fast Battery Drain on the Gear Smart Watches?
After receiving numerous reports on the issue we decided to investigate it and scribbled together a guide which solved the problem for most of our users. Also, we looked into the reasons due to which this error is triggered and they are listed as follows: Now that you have a basic understanding of the nature of the problem we will move on towards the solutions. It is recommended to try these solutions in the specific order in which they are provided.
Solution 1: Disabling Weather Application
The weather application in the Gear App on the mobile was causing a huge drain on the Gear S watch battery and increased resource usage resulted in shorter battery life. Therefore, in this step, we will be disabling certain elements of the weather app. For that:
Solution 2: Disabling Connection Alerts
Another fix that we will try is to disable the connection alerts which were reported to cause a huge battery drain. For that:
Solution 3: Disabling S Health App
The S Health application was noticed to cause a huge drain on the battery. Therefore, in this step, we will be disabling the S Health application. For that:
Solution 4: Checking for Updates
Samsung Acknowledged the Battery drainage problem on the Gear Devices and released a new update in order to address those issues. Therefore, in this step, we will be checking for new updates to the SmartWatch. For that:
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