This problem is starting to sound like an epidemic. I have the same problem. I purchased my fitbit Versa in late August 2018, so it is less than 2 months old. I set everything up in the first day or two and have not changed any of the settings since then. It is set up to sync with my Samsung phone via Bluetooth, and vibrates when I get a call or text message, and shows the text message if I swipe down to check it. For the first 40 or so days it worked wonderfully! I was surprised at how long the charge lasted, usually 5 or 6 days! I could almost get away with only charging it once on the weekend, and I was using the heck out of it, checking it scores of times a day. I don't know if I set it up this way on purpose but it does the thing where if you lift your arm and look at your wrist is comes on and shows the time and your steps. I set it up to show the time and use it as a watch and set alarms on it, and did everything but shower in it (even though it is water resistant, because I was afraid of getting soap on the sensor or charging parts). So it was tracking my sleep all night long and steps etc. all day long for 5 to 6 or 7 days at a time. After 40 or so days it started lasting only 4 days, then 3. At about 50 days old I noticed a drastic drop in performance, it was almost dead at the end of each day. I stopped wearing it at night in hopes just sitting overnight and not tracking me would help but it just got worse. At about 55 days old, I was charging it overnight, and it would say 100% in the morning, and it would be completely dead and non-responsive by noon. Today I put it on with it saying it was 100% and in less than two hours it was dead. I immediately put it on the charger and it said 0%. Until the problems over the past few days I always charged it on the same 1 amp universal usb charger, plugged into the same surge protector that my laptop is plugged into. So it should not have suffered any surges. I have never charged it on a usb hub or tried to charge it directly from a usb port on my laptop. Thinking something might be wrong with that charger, I tried a few different ones, and different wall sockets, but all had the same results. Leaves the charger at 100% and is dead in a couple hours. No I have not turned off any of the notifications, bluetooth communications, etc. I should not have to. That is why I paid big bucks for the versa, to talk to my phone etc., which it did wonderfully for the first month without any problems. Seeing this same sort of message from many others makes me think there is a hardware problem or more likely a problem with the batteries that fitbit is using in their devices. I noticed someone posted that turning everything off for a while and running it down and charging it and turning everything back on seemed to have solved their problem. That would seem to indicate a software or firmware problem. I have not yet looked into how to contact fitbit customer service, but I think that should be my next step. Anyone know how to do that? Thanks. And good luck to everyone in getting their problems resolved.
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