Hi,
My G2 usually has stellar battery life, but since I connected the Moto 360 to it, it drains faster than the watch. I took them both off the chargers at 9:30AM, and at 3PM the watch shows 71% battery (which is great, btw) but the phone is at 56% whereas without the watch it would have been at at least 75-80%.
I do have the latest update to the Moto 360 (the one that increases battery life). Unfortunately I could not try the combo before the update because my watch is new.
Does anyone have this problem using his LG G2 in conjunction with Moto 360 ? Any solutions ?
Thanks.
Yes, I am having that issue with my LG G2. Android Wear is top app consuming my battery, even more so than my screen. My LG G2's battery life prediction drops in almost half after a few hours of Android Wear being connected to the watch. I am wearing the watch disconnected for the time being until this is resolved. Yesterday, Google opened an official product support forum for Android Wear. I started a thread there on this problem. I'd encourage you to contribute to it.
https://productforums.google.com/fo...tion#!category-topic/android-wear/-1Crx26hm6k
I sometimes have this issue with my One M8. Easy to tell, the phone is getting warm and the battery graph takes a steeper downward angle. The fix I found is to just reboot the watch. Seems to work everytime for me.
Me three... I noticed this with my G2 after getting the 360, however battery drain is not as drastic as you mention. My phone will still get me through a day's use.
I've been waiting to go back to my Nexus 5 to see if this is any different, but LG returned it without repairing the fault on it
Add me to the list. My G2 battery drains much faster when watch is connected.
I found the problem. It was a recent update to the PayPal app. PayPal consumed more battery than the screen. Android Wear is not in the top battery draining apps but maybe Bluetooth drain is not counted as part of the app. I have uninstalled it last night an now my G2's battery is as good as ever. Plus the 360 has 51% battery left after 9 hours with Ambient Mode on.
Things look quite acceptable right now !
I don't even see android wear using any battery on my G2
Are you using any apps or watch faces that sync data a lot? That can cause a wake lock on the phone and cause a drain like that
LG G3 drains way more than it did when paired with my Pebble watch. Switching to the Xperia Z3, ad it also drains fairly fast. I'm not even using Google Now
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I have the newest fireware from last week on my moto 360. After I got the update battery was 2% to 3% an hour drain. Coming from 5%. Ambient off and screen either on auto or 4 brightness. Yesterday and today my battery life is now 8% to 10%. Nothing changed. Same watch face. Using Facer app for watch faces. My watch will drain 2% 15mins or so. Ill look at it and it will show 88% then 15 mins later Ill watch it jump down 2%. Not 1% but always 2%. I have reset the moto 360 and uninstalled facer and reinstalled it. Nothing same battery life. How come after the firmware the battery life was awesome then all of sudden 5, 6 days later im seeing this battery drain? Even if I use the stock watch faces it still drains way to fast. I have every thing off. Crap even after the update I used ambient for two days and still lasted from 7am to 10pm with juice to spare. Now I cant even get 7am to 10 pm with out a charge. What could be going on?
You tried resetting the 360. Now try restarting your phone. Remember, these two devices are tethered together via Bluetooth, so phone issues can affect the 360's battery life as well. I'm not saying that's positively the culprit, but with no other changes to the watch, there's not much else, other than a defective battery. (Assuming there's not another change you haven't seen, such as an updated wear-compatible app.)
jt3 said:
You tried resetting the 360. Now try restarting your phone. Remember, these two devices are tethered together via Bluetooth, so phone issues can affect the 360's battery life as well. I'm not saying that's positively the culprit, but with no other changes to the watch, there's not much else, other than a defective battery. (Assuming there's not another change you haven't seen, such as an updated wear-compatible app.)
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Yeah I have done that. I just changed watch faces on the facer app to see if the watch face was causing the issue. Ill know in a few.
I think there's an app that bugs and uses battery, I noticed bad battery life and I reset and got over 2x more.
Try reset and not installing apps :good:
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I think there's an app that bugs and uses battery, I noticed bad battery life and I reset and got over 2x more.
Try reset and not installing apps :good:
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I have no apps installed on the Moto 360
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I have no apps installed on the Moto 360
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Not even facer?
I've noticed this myself. And like you, I've reset my 360, switched to minimal watch face, restarted my phone and even deleted the data for my google now app on my phone. Not sure what's causing it. Latest firmware and everything.
Mine just started recently.... i think mine might be related to the update of the wear app on my phone... it updated and did a force reboot of my moto 360. after that my watch started crashing processes and getting stuck... for a while, i couldn't even factory reset.... battery fell like a rock.... very odd.
Removed all 3rd party apps from phone, factory reset watch, and still battery drain is crazy. what used to last all day with 30% left over when i get home is now chewing up 50% in just 5 hours.... something is very wrong with the latest wear app i think....
Very interesting, I have had better life after the update...BUT one or two apps are acting a but funky on the phone...
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Hello!
I have currently using my LG OG and I recently purchased a LG G Watch. Loving the syngery between these two. However, My battery time which increased with KitKat update has now been decreased with using the LG G Watch on a daily basis. I can still go through a day with both, however I cannot surf nor use any other function except using the LG G watch to see the cards and send some text messages and so fourth. I am fairly sure the usage from being paired with Bluetooth all the time is the bandit in this case.
Is there anyway at all to increase the battery time at all?
Sincerely,
Onec
I doubt that you get more battery life.
You can squeeze a little bit by stopping some services to wake up the phone and to greenify most apps, also you can decrease voltages, but if you use that on a daily basis I doubt you can get a more acceptable battery life.
I'm not aware of any battery with more capacity for our G.
This last should be the best thing to do(changing battery) but as I said I'm not aware if there's any.
I guess it's time to get a new phone then. I got about 6-7 months before my contracts ends. So I guess I can live with that for now.
My friend has a Note 3 and a sony watch. He has the same problem. It's a fact that the pairing drains the battery regardless of what device you're using. He is a shop keeper and and wears the watch the whole day but it's better not to pair all day long especially when you're at home.
Could also be a google play store issue. When gplay got this material layout it drained my battery very fast so I tried to find whats wrong. And the final solution was to disable all the googleplay pairing/fitness services.
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Looking to get an Android Wear smartwatch.
The Moto has the better water resistance, bigger circular screen but the Asus has better battery, P-OLED screen and faster CPU.
Some Moto 360 users are reporting problems like screen burn in, and battery drain, should I be worried about this?
I need the battery to last from 7 AM to 10 PM.
In for feedback also.
I just got the Moto 360 yesterday and so far it is very nice, but honestly think I prefer my Pebble Time more. Would love to hear other users input.
flyingfinn333 said:
Looking to get an Android Wear smartwatch.
The Moto has the better water resistance, bigger circular screen but the Asus has better battery, P-OLED screen and faster CPU.
Some Moto 360 users are reporting problems like screen burn in, and battery drain, should I be worried about this?
I need the battery to last from 7 AM to 10 PM.
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I have had my watch since February, no screen burn in at all. I charge it all night so the screen is on all night as well.
I usually take mine off the charger at 5:30 am and don't put it back on until 10:30 pm and I am normally in the 30's at that point. I have a lot of notifications that come through during the day, I would say 5 to 10 an hour on average. On days I run and use runkeeper it will take about 10% off the battery life every 45 min. So my average days I have no issues making it through a full day. I have found that I need to restart the watch about once a week to maintain this, if not I can have a day where the battery life tanks for no reason.
If you plan to use GPS (Maps) a lot or use the watch to play music via bluetooth from the watch those both will kill the battery faster.
I have had my moto360 for about 2 weeks... But here's the catch (now this obviously may vary from person to person)
When the Moto360 first came out, I was sold on it, I wanted one... But I waited. So now that I bought one I had to go through 2 exchanges because, the first one had a severe battery drain problem and the 2nd one, once it died, wouldn't turn on, even after a day of being on the charger. Now that I have a 3rd (which was my final exchange, and would have requested a refund after) it seems to be working great! I love the build. Of course I wish many things about it were better, but because I like it so much I was willing to get one that works. Just like you're phone, if you use it smart you can get great battery life out of it. When I'm home I have it disconnected from my Bluetooth connection because I don't use it. I can get to the end of the night with 20% or so left. Easily lasting from 7am to midnight. At the price it's set at now, I believe it's worth it. At least until v2 comes out.
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Looking to get an Android Wear smartwatch.
The Moto has the better water resistance, bigger circular screen but the Asus has better battery, P-OLED screen and faster CPU.
Some Moto 360 users are reporting problems like screen burn in, and battery drain, should I be worried about this?
I need the battery to last from 7 AM to 10 PM.
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I don't think screen burn in is possible on moto 360 since it doesn't have oled.
Mine on full charge lasts day and a half and I'm using it as a pedometer and I've got a watchface which takes my heart rate everytime I turn the screen on.
Big battery savings: Ambient screen (doh), Tilt to wake screen OFF! Just tilt to wake off at least doubles my battery life.
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I don't think screen burn in is possible on moto 360 since it doesn't have oled.
Mine on full charge lasts day and a half and I'm using it as a pedometer and I've got a watchface which takes my heart rate everytime I turn the screen on.
Big battery savings: Ambient screen (doh), Tilt to wake screen OFF! Just tilt to wake off at least doubles my battery life.
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Which watchface is that? I'd love to see more frequent HR data.
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Which watchface is that? I'd love to see more frequent HR data.
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An one I made myself. After I downloaded tons of free watchfaces and even wasted money purchasing watchfaces I used for a few hours before realizing they won't work for me. I realized that if I want something tailored EXACTLY for my needs, I'll have to make it myself.
Inspired by Iguana's http://facerepo.com/app/faces/details/military-digital-watchface-14a9a3f7838 I stole his compass ring and heart and steps icon. I hope He won't mind too much since I made it strictly for my own use, no distribution intended.
Hello, need some help.
Have a Note 5 and Moto 360 got them both at the same time and never had an issue till the last update. Watch is running 1.3.0.2166028.
I had previously had Moto Fit tracking all my health related data after using Andoid Fit caused excessive battery drain on the watch.
I noticed in the latest update Moto Fit got reset to Android Fit and I now had to DL a new Moto Body app on my device. After I resetup everything my watch is running great however now my phone is getting held awake almost the entire day by Bluetooth and I am not sure why.
I am using Pascual watchface and nothing else really running on the watch. I have attached the screenshots of yesterday's battery life on the device which was dead by 8pm. The watch had 73% battery remaining. No other bluetooth devices paired except the car for 30min.
Thanks
I am experiencing exactly the same issue with my Moto 360 and Nexus 6 after the latest Moto Body update, except for in my case Bluetooth ends up using about 30% of the battery. My Android Wear version is the same as yours and I am running against Android 5.1.1. Any point in trying to upgrade to Android M preview?
schwartzki said:
Hello, need some help.
Have a Note 5 and Moto 360 got them both at the same time and never had an issue till the last update. Watch is running 1.3.0.2166028.
I had previously had Moto Fit tracking all my health related data after using Andoid Fit caused excessive battery drain on the watch.
I noticed in the latest update Moto Fit got reset to Android Fit and I now had to DL a new Moto Body app on my device. After I resetup everything my watch is running great however now my phone is getting held awake almost the entire day by Bluetooth and I am not sure why.
I am using Pascual watchface and nothing else really running on the watch. I have attached the screenshots of yesterday's battery life on the device which was dead by 8pm. The watch had 73% battery remaining. No other bluetooth devices paired except the car for 30min.
Thanks
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Update:
I contacted Motorola Support and restored the watch to defaults and deleted all on phone apps. Not using any fitness apps the watch is still keeping the CPU alive on my phone for at least 50% of the day. So no improvement there.
Ran the phone with the Bluetooth off for the entire day yesterday. Here are some screenshots captured at midnight. Significant improvement vs watch being connected.
I solved my issue. Returned the Moto 360 and picked up a ZenWatch to see how I feel about it.
I need help... I just purchased a moto 360 yesterday and I have battery issues.. It came with 29% out of the box and it died by the time I could set it up.
Now I updated it to marshmallow and the problem is still there... Usage of just 2 or 3 min drops 3 or 4%
If it's kept idle, the battery doesn't drop at all... But when I actually use, like open a few apps and stuff, it drops like crazy... And everywhere online I see people saying 14 hours of battery life with screen always on!
I even tried using the watch with airplane mode.. I doubted that my phone was doing something. But even then it drops the same way, maybe a lil less..
Is it just me or does everyone have a problem or is there a fix for it or do I have to go for a replacement?
What settings have you selected?
I have mine with the following:
Ambient screen: Off
Tilt to wake screen: On
Wi-Fi: Off
I did notice for the first week of use the battery on my watch went through a sort of bedding in process, after that it lasted a lot longer. I think it might also be due to the fact that I was constantly installing new apps and watch faces and updating Android Wear, stuff that puts a real drain on the battery.
One thing worth making sure, don't have more than one step counter going. I'd initially installed Google Fit and also had Moto Body pre-installed on the watch and later found out that they were both setup as Step Counters, which was rinsing the battery if I did a lot of walking. After I blocked one (Google Fit) it improved the battery a lot.