Watch Ultra battery running down

[Seeker336]

Looking for any suggestions to solve a recent issue. My Watch Ultra has been keeping reliable battery charge since I got it on Day 1. My routine has been to put it on the charger every evening while watching TV, Up until this past Sunday, it would show 60-65% charge remaining after 24 hours use. Starting Monday evening, it now shows down to 15-20% charge remaining when I put it on the charger in the evening.

No new updates or watch faces added. No changes to configuration. No changes to usage pattern. No updates to phone (Z Flip6). Change in battery consumptions just seems to have come from nowhere.

Any suggestions on what to check to restore previous battery profile?

 

[Deke218]

Have you tried a soft reset? Holding down the back and menu buttons until the watch resets.

 

[Seeker336]

Have you tried a soft reset? Holding down the back and menu buttons until the watch resets.

NO, have not tried that. But will give it a go right now and see how the battery holds up for the next 24 hours. Thanks. Will report back.

Cheers.

 

[Seeker336]

Well, I wish I could report a definitive solution to the battery problem I reported above. After seeing the suggestion from Deke218, I started to do the Soft Reset. I noticed, however, that the battery was still at about 80%, significantly higher than it had been at the same time over the past 4-5 days. I went ahead and performed the Soft Reset on Thursday evening, though. As of this morning (Saturday) I am at 87% after my regular practice of charging between 8-10pm last evening.

So, it appears my battery consumption has returned to its previous "normal." I wish I could pin down the true cause of the temporary power hunger, but no changes were made to either the watch or the phone. Another mystery.

Cheers.

 

[magenta]

restart it, the system process to run non-stop in the background during the first startup after a software update: This bug has been in place for too many years to count.