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New Fitbit Charge 5 battery drainage.

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‎09-30-2021 04:00 - edited ‎09-30-2021 04:15

‎09-30-2021 04:00 - edited ‎09-30-2021 04:15

I bought a Fitbit charge 5 yesterday and have had some insane battery drainage.
charged it full yesterday at 20:00 (8pm) while updating and activating the watch with the app and have worn it since. Time is now 13:00 (1pm) the day after.
And the battery is now at 31% (!!!)

Have dynamic GPS set but have not used any workout yet so that shouldn't matter.
Have the screen set to manual wake.

Using the lowest brightness setting.
have done everything here:
https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/2004.htm?Highlight=battery%20life

My fitbit charge 3 and Sense usually lasted 5-6days wit the same type of usage.

 

Have i recived a faulty watch or is it some "first day background updates"?

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‎09-30-2021 05:11

‎09-30-2021 05:11

I’m having the same issue! Says it should last 3-5 days, mine only lasts a day!

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‎09-30-2021 05:25

‎09-30-2021 05:25

For me it got better after 2 days. I am currently at 58% after 1.5 days. However, I am not yet convinced and consider returning it. I still own the Luxe and the battery lasts almost a whole week.

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