Charge 6 battery discharges much faster after update

[movaal]

Previously I charged the band once a week. after the last update my battery drains 25% in one day. I haven't changed any settings, I use it as before. How do I fix this?

Moderator edit: clarified subject.

[bbunge]

Check the settings. My settings were changed after the update: I had GPS set to phone and the update changed that to Dynamic which drains the battery faster.

[movaal]

I checked the GPS settings, tested "telephone" and "dynamic", but it didn't affect the battery significantly. It only lasts 3 days and I have to charge it, and before the battery lasted a week. I'm devastated, the band is a year old and it already works like an old one...?

[alexthecat]

@movaal have you tried restarting your Charge 6? (Instructions for restart here) 

I hate to say this, but I had a similar issue once after a firmware update. I had to do a factory reset to fix it. Nothing else worked. 

[ManuFitbit]

Welcome to the forums @movaal. Good to see you participating in the community @bbunge. 

Thank you for sharing the details regarding the difficulty that you are experiencing with Charge 6. 

Even if you already tried some steps to troubleshoot the difficulty with the battery and GPS, please take a look at the points listed in this help article:

Extend your Fitbit device's battery life.

Thanks for the help provided @alexthecat. 

[MSimmo]

I have the same issue. All my settings remained the same. There have been 2 firmware updates in the past 6 - 12 months and after the first one I had this issue and the latest one nothing has changed. I used to lose maybe 10% battery per day just in normal wear, now sometimes 30% in one day... After charging to 100% i put it back on and it drops to 98% in just a few minutes.

c'mon Google... you are ruining Fitbit. Don't get me started on the functions you have taken away from the platform...

[movaal]

I tried restarting, but it doesn't help. I've run out of ideas what else I could do, I'm very dissatisfied 😞

[RiekoC]

Hello @movaal 

When my Charge 5 started having rapid battery loss, I restarted and recharged my device multiple times over several days. As soon as I saw a rapid drop in battery, I restarted my Charge 5 and put it on the charger until it was back to 100%, often doing this multiple times in a day. Eventually, this process got my device "unstuck" and the battery went back to lasting 6-7 days. Although there's no guarantee that this will work for your Charge 6, it might be worth a try.