The OEM charger from Samsung includes a backup battery inside. When plugged in it will charge the watch battery first then the backup battery inside the charger. Then you can use the charger as a backup even if you are not able to plug in the charger.
Gear S battery issue
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I've had my Gear S along with a note 4 November of last year. I was always able to get two full days and one night out of the battery on the S Gear, & I had excellent battery life on my Note.
In the last week or so, though, my Gear S has been draining down to zero within four hours. The phone was also losing battery very quickly, draining to 40% in less than 6 hours. I went to the T Mobile store, and they told me that it was my battery, and they would send me out a new watch. I was surprised, because it had been working perfectly, but I figured that batteries do die, although 10 months did seem way too soon.
I really didn't want a refurbished watch that have been somebody else's problem, because who knows if they had ever really even found what was wrong with it, & it just looked good so they sent it back out again.
I looked at the Battery Manager on the phone to see what was eating my battery life, & I discovered that it was two Gear programs that had never popped up on the Battery Manager radar before. So I turned to my trusty friend Google, and discovered that the culprit was the gear manager program on the phone. It had somehow updated itself incorrectly, and was constantly trying to communicate with the watch to keep contacts and other information synced. This was draining the battery life on both the watch and the phone within an incredibly short time.
I deleted the gear manager program from the phone and reinstalled it. And since then, everything has been running smoothly, with my usual 2 days 1 night charge available for the gear.
I am now going to return the refurbished Gear S that they sent me, because I don't want to risk having somebody else's previous problem instead of my always kid glove handled watch. Although I would love to have a brand new battery. When I replace my s3 for charging port problems, the new phone did not work anywhere near as good as my original phone had, so I'm a bit gun shy on refurbished electronics.
And since this is probably too long for most people to read, in a nutshell...
Try deleting and replacing your gear manager on the phone. It will also wipe your watch back to factory settings, however this should make everything work perfectly. At least it did for me.
My Gear S was fully charged at noon today. Just before 11pm tonite it just told me Low better...therefore again no sleep tracking. As soon as Gear 2 is available this $350 ripoff goes in the trash... being a gadget chump I of course will buy the next one... but what a fool to buy this Gear S.. I will never trust the Samsung brand again...this is one nasty product. I am putting my Fit bit Surge back to work tomorrow....
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I've had mine unplugged for 13 hours at this point and it's at 71%. I've made one short phone call with it and responded to several texts, maybe checked a couple emails. It's been on BT the whole time to the phone. How much are you keeping the screen on?
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Unplugged since 6am this morning. Remotely connected 8+ hours at work. 12k+ steps on pedometer. Probably 2 dozen gmail, about a dozen text.
A normal day for mine.
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I just bought a used Gear S yesterday and did a factory reset, connected it to my phone all was good. I don't have a data plan on it as I have an unlimited data plan from At&t still I wasn't going to get rid of it for the watch. I just bought a used one online. I took the watch off the charger last night at about 90% and left it on the counter. I go to put it on this morning and it's dead as can be. I left it at home to charge all day but I've been reading about the settings I should turn off etc. Should I have mobile networks set to "always off" since I don't have a data plan on it? I saw that it was set to always on so I wasn't sure. I will also check to see if wifi is on, s voice, the motion option. Anyone have any suggestions as to why it died over night? I added map my run and a flashlight app that's it, everything else was factory settings. Very disappointed I couldn't use it today. Any help is appreciated.
Yeah set it to always off. It was constantly trying to find a signal and that's probably what killed the battery
I've been experiencing the same problems. Have had it replaced twice. The person at the Samsung experience store at Best Buy says it is a problem with the watches and nothing can be done. My watch is still under warranty. I requested that it be replaced with the newer version, was willing to pay an additional $50 - $100 for the difference in price. Verizon was not willing to do this. I don't understand how all of the carriers are willing to pay you money to switch but are not willing to do anything to keep you as a customer. Apparently being a customer for 20+ years does not mean anything to them
The more features you use on your watch the more the battery drains. I've gone two full days and ended with at least 14% before charging. The more I think it Bluetooth with a headset or use my Nike Plus running app the more the battery drains. Most of the time they get there estimated amount of hours from the device just being on by itself. Kind of sucks but at the same time it's kind of like your phone. I just got my at 7 and the battery is good for about 2 days if I don't do too much with my phone LOL
Really i don't understand how samsung said that the gear s stands 2 days,,since after only 1 day (12 hours from 07am to 07 pm) of using it with only bluetooth on,,to connect the headset, wakup gesture off and svoice off , battery left is about 30%,, so may be the 30% left will stand another day !!!!!
Really i'm wondering how about to use the HDSPA all day long !!!!!!
I think samsung is speaking about 2 days in airplane mode
You're absolutly right! Airplane mode or battery saving mode. Also i thought battery was suppose to last 3 days, at least that's what tmo salesperson told me. Mine only last for about 4 hours. This is my 2nd watch and they both are doing the same.
I also had them send a new warrant watch under warranty because I thought the battery was dying too quickly. The fact is the battery is just too darn small. I get up at 7:30 a.m. and if I stay out past 10 or 11 o'clock at night the watch is dead useless
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Funny, I have my screen set to always on and never below 50% when I take it off at night. Use the first stock blue face with with steps, notification and battery monitor. Bluetooth and wifi on all day. If not always on can go at least 2 days. Wish my note 4 did so well.
Really i don't understand how samsung said that the gear s stands 2 days,,since after only 1 day (12 hours from 07am to 07 pm) of using it with only bluetooth on,,to connect the headset, wakup gesture off and svoice off , battery left is about 30%,, so may be the 30% left will stand another day !!!!!
Really i'm wondering how about to use the HDSPA all day long !!!!!!
I think samsung is speaking about 2 days in airplane mode
Mine is worse, doesn't even last a day if you use it. Have to carry charger pack with me. Was so sad about this 2 days would be great. But you have to turn off all the good features. It's a bugger really.
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