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Battery won't hold charge after installing last UPDATE

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‎05-02-2019 04:05

‎05-02-2019 04:05

My Blaze battery stopped charging fully last week. It seemed to happen immediately after I installed the latest update. Before installing the update I would get 2-3 full days before needing to charge it. Often getting 3-4 days. Now after updating the software last week, it only holds the charge for 2 HOURS! Even when just sitting and NOT exercising, viewing, or accessing features. 

I have kept the HR feature disabled almost since I first got the Blaze when I noticed the fast drain of the battery when it was active, and only use it rarely when exercising.

I did have some alarms set, but did not see a significant drain from them, and have now disabled them. I usually have the Notifications Feature active, but have NO devices that I believe are capable of sending notices or control music, so have now turned it off. I never use the Exercise, FitStar, Relax or Timer features.

I do like the Exercise Reminders, and have always had them ON.
I believe I have always had the Bluetooth Classic feature turned OFF.
I have always had Quick View turned ON at max brightness.

Now I have version 17.8.402.1 installed, which I updated on 4/21/19 or 4/22/19.
Nothing else has changed since installing the update, except battery life.
It went from 2-3 days and is now 2 hours or less.
I have restarted the Blaze, but have seen no improvement in battery life.

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‎05-03-2019 08:07

‎05-03-2019 08:07

New information .. I just noticed my Sleep Tracker also stopped working when the last UPDATE was installed. I seldom use Sleep Track because I seldom sleep. BUT found it curious that the 1-3 hours it was reporting daily, basically stopped on the same day as the Battery charge dropped to 2 hours, immediately after applying the last update.

I just turned OFF Real-Time Data, and I see that was feature was part of the update.

But that doesn't explain why Sleep also stopped.

 

What has changed that is not compatible with my Blaze Settings?

 

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