Oh no, not another battery post... :/

[Tactical Squirrel]

I bought the 360 today, taking it out of the box it had 32% of battery. After synching it to my phone and getting the hang of navigating the thing (which was about 6 minutes of constant use, mind you) it dropped to about 11%. I put it on the charger and left it there until it was at 100%.

It got hung up charging at 44% for about 3 minutes, when it then jumped to about 56% (is this normal?) When I took it off the charger and checked the battery it said it was 97%, this was immediately after I took it off after leaving it idle at 100% for a few minutes. I'm currently at work right now so I can't see where it's at % wise, but I left it off the dock.

I never received any notification about an update that you're supposed to do? Do I have a defective unit? Surely the battery doesn't die that quickly, right?

Any/all help is greatly appreciated.

(I'll update this post with the % is when I get home in a few hours). Thanks!

 

[clevin]

Li-ion battery percentage gauge is never accurate, it's build on a calibration curve based on the voltage.

You should at least do a calibration, then check if these things you mentioned persist.

@T-Mobile GN3

 

[Tactical Squirrel]

How do you calibrate it?


Also, is it normal to drop that quickly? Many people I read were going an entire day with 15-20% still being on the clock.

 

[clevin]

For a calibration, charge the device to 100, then use it until it goes below 10 percent, then charge back up.

Sudden drop of battery may occur, it could be the battery off calibration curve, or it could be damaged battery cell. The latter can only be confirmed after you perform a calibration process, AND confirm the battery drop for similar magnitude at similar battery level every time.

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[Tactical Squirrel]

That's what I assumed you meant, but I still wanted to have it clarified.

Forgive me if this sounds stupid, but is there a possibility I somehow degraded the watch battery somehow by not immediately placing it on the charging after removing it from the box?

 

[atg284]

That's what I assumed you meant, but I still wanted to have it clarified.

Forgive me if this sounds stupid, but is there a possibility I somehow degraded the watch battery somehow by not immediately placing it on the charging after removing it from the box?

Nah you're fine. Just don't constantly drain it to zero often and you should be set. Use stock watch faces until google releases the API for the developers and you should see good results.

 

[ekoulak]

Can you elaborate on your statement?

 

[ekoulak]

Nah you're fine. Just done constantly drain it to zero often and you should be set. Use stock watch faces until google releases the API for the developers and you should see good results.

Sorry meant to quote you

 

[dungoyle]

Sorry meant to quote you

He's saying (most importantly) don't constantly discharge the battery to zero, and (secondarily), to increase your battery life, just use the stock watch faces that came with the watch.

The reason for the watch faces is that Google has not yet released the programming API to developers yet so that they can create watch faces that will behave in a more battery friendly manner. Current third party watch faces tend to use more juice. They don't hurt you phone, and if you can't resist, knock yourself out and install the other watch faces; just do so knowing that you may experience a faster rate of drain.

 

[Tactical Squirrel]

Welp that's it. I took my 360 back earlier today.

When I got home last night after leaving the watch idle for 6 hours (nothing was connected to, or being pushed to the phone) it dropped about 20%, with the screen being off the entire time. Maybe that's good, I didn't know.

I decided to reset the watch entirely and see if that would possibly fix the issue I was having with it. I reset it, then charged it up to 100%. Left it on the dock for a few extra minutes for good measure, then decided to drain the battery completely and charge it afterwards. I left the ambient mode on all night in order to try draining it fast. Waking up this morning it had about 40% left, after 9 or so hours of the screen being on. I checked the settings menu and I noticed it... The dreaded screen burn. Only after a day or barely using it, it happened. Not as severe as I've seen before (as you could only see the "moto" and a mixture of the time displayed, and only in the settings screen with the Grey background) but it was still there. I'm dumbfounded as to why this happened so suddenly.

But I'm done. I'm done with the 360 for now. Hopefully Motorola will have the bugs fixed before they release their next watch. I really wanted to like, I really did. It's the best looking SmartWatch you can buy, and I like the OS it's running. I hope all I had was a defective unit.

Don't let this post persuade you in not getting this watch. You probably won't have this happen to you, I got unlucky.


Off topic, but is the Gear 2 all that great? I've not seen as many complaints regarding it.

Thanks!

 

[TabGuy]

Welp that's it. I took my 360 back earlier today.

When I got home last night after leaving the watch idle for 6 hours (nothing was connected to, or being pushed to the phone) it dropped about 20%, with the screen being off the entire time. Maybe that's good, I didn't know.

It makes sense that the watch would use more energy when it's out of range of the phone as it's desperately trying and trying to connect. It's the same with your phone when you're in a poor coverage area, your phone tries harder to connect and eats battery.

In both cases putting the devices in airplane mode solves this. It will no longer expend energy trying to connect.

 

[Tactical Squirrel]

After a day of looking at the Gear 2 and Live, I think I'm going to try the 360 again. I don't like the way they look or feel, they're just... awkward.

I'm going to wait for a different shipment of 360's to come in at a closer Best Buy. I think I initially purchased a defective unit, at least I hope I did. I'm gonna bite the bullet and try my luck again.

:/

 

[RicKaysen]

Similar bad experience here as I stated in another post. Hardly even looked at my watch during the day and the battery almost completely drained. It was never more that two feet away from my phone and the screen was off all day, so that wasn't the problem. As a side issue, It's a pain to have to jerk the watch up to my face to see the time displayed and even more so when I've got a cup of coffee in one hand and a phone or pen in the other. Glancing down at a real watch to check the time doesn't need to be a production. I'm off to work with my traditional, wind up Omega Speedmaster which will almost certainly not run out of juice during the day.

 

[jlczl]

Similar bad experience here as I stated in another post. Hardly even looked at my watch during the day and the battery almost completely drained. It was never more that two feet away from my phone and the screen was off all day, so that wasn't the problem. As a side issue, It's a pain to have to jerk the watch up to my face to see the time displayed and even more so when I've got a cup of coffee in one hand and a phone or pen in the other. Glancing down at a real watch to check the time doesn't need to be a production. I'm off to work with my traditional, wind up Omega Speedmaster which will almost certainly not run out of juice during the day.

And now I finally understand why the 360 isn't your cup of tea. You have an Omega Speedmaster sitting next to it.

Those Omega timepieces are awesome.

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[Fredcrn]

This is my first day of real time use of my 360. Put it on at 0730 and is still showing 39% at 2200. Have been playing with it all day too. I'm a happy camper.

 

[dungoyle]

I forgot to take mine off yesterday, and woke up with a 38% charge this morning at 5:30am. I've already re-charged it to 100%, and have decided to give it a battery punishment test today; full brightness with ambient turned on (I'm usually at brightness setting 3). Start time 7:15am. Of course, my "punishment test" will be less severe than many of you since I don't use hangouts and some other features, but I'm still interested to see how far I can get with these settings.

 

[dungoyle]

I forgot to take mine off yesterday, and woke up with a 38% charge this morning at 5:30am. I've already re-charged it to 100%, and have decided to give it a battery punishment test today; full brightness with ambient turned on (I'm usually at brightness setting 3). Start time 7:15am. Of course, my "punishment test" will be less severe than many of you since I don't use hangouts and some other features, but I'm still interested to see how far I can get with these settings.

I forgot to come back to this. I ran the "punishment test" for 2 days. One day with moto watch face, and one day with Facer watch face. Sorry I didn't take measurements, but I can easily do a normal work day with Ambient turned on and full brightness with a moto watch face. Not so with Facer.

Also, Ambient sucks. All I get is a barely readable display on the watch face? That's an embarrassment. Going forward, ambient will be turned off, not due to power drain, but because it is borderline useless. I'd like to have a "full on" option, knowing it will burn through my battery, but be able to use it like a normal watch for maybe a couple of hours for a dinner party, and such for showing off purposes. Having a black watch face all the time does kinda suck a little.

Hey, I still love my moto, but nothing is perfect.

 

[DanPLC]

Having a black watch face all the time does kinda suck a little.

I actually like the look of the watch when the display is off (all black). It's kinda sharp. And it's lead to me getting a lot of curious questions from people. I'm getting a lot of compliments over the watch and I think they're noticing it because the watch face is all black and looks different (but in a good way).

 

[min_is_3]

I actually like the look of the watch when the display is off (all black). It's kinda sharp. And it's lead to me getting a lot of curious questions from people. I'm getting a lot of compliments over the watch and I think they're noticing it because the watch face is all black and looks different (but in a good way).

Yup, same experience for me. People tend to wonder what kind of watch I have because all they see is a shiny silver ring (I have the silver model) with a black face. It actually looks really cool and once I turn on the screen, they are amazed that it's a smart watch.

 

[dungoyle]

I actually like the look of the watch when the display is off (all black). It's kinda sharp. And it's lead to me getting a lot of curious questions from people. I'm getting a lot of compliments over the watch and I think they're noticing it because the watch face is all black and looks different (but in a good way).

Yup, same experience for me. People tend to wonder what kind of watch I have because all they see is a shiny silver ring (I have the silver model) with a black face. It actually looks really cool and once I turn on the screen, they are amazed that it's a smart watch.

Fair enough, for sure. But I'd personally like an alternative option better than what the Ambient setting provides. And yeah, I'm entering nit-picking territory here.