Sense battery suddenly draining

[donor]

Over last few days sense battery life has been terrible. Doesn't last a full day. I've cleaned charger and contacts, unpaired and repaired, rebooted and everything else suggested in forum.  It's very frustrating. What are next steps? I've worn it about 8 months. Also, am not using high drain watch face and have turned off all high drain features .

Chris

[Guy_]

Hi @donor - with that sort of battery drain it sounds faulty unless you are using the GPS a lot.

If it gets hot when charging, if so stop immediately, then it may need replacing under warranty.

You could try turning off the phone's Bluetooth for a day and charging and restarting the watch to see if it makes a difference.

But as a last resort try a factory reset, not without risk, has sometimes been known to resolve things if the watch is ok.

[donor]

I just did factory reset, deleted ap and reinstalled so we shall see. Very
frustrating and time consuming. 🙁

[Tara312]

I’m starting to think this is a systemic Fitbit issue in the last week or two, given the number of users with the exact same issue and no change in the user’s behavior. 

[JtGoalie]

I'm going to throw my name in the hat as my Sense also began draining quickly starting May 10.  Under normal wear/usage it was consuming about 20%/day, however since Saturday morning, May 11, it consumes nearly 10%/hour.

[Arider]

Throwing my name into the hat too. All of a sudden two days ago, my sense went from a full charge lasting 5-6 days to now a full charge lasting about 6-7 hours. It doesn't get hot. I didn't make any changes to it or change any use.  Seems like fitbit made some change that is killing the battery. 

[donor]

Yes, I've moved on to Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. 😞

[WillTheConq]

That's exactly how much mine has been using fresh out of the box. Hmmm. Could it be a shady software update?