Battery drain with Gear S3??

[EVOme]

Anyone else running this combination? My battery life was amazing until I got this watch. I can be on my phone now and just watch the percentage drop. Any tips to slow the drain down?

 

[rx7boy22]

I have a gear s3 also and noticed battery drain, mainly the phone will not enter deep sleep hardly at all when the gear is connected and gear apps installed as well. I had samsung health installed as well.

Recently uninstalled health and all gear related stuff and now phone deep sleeps again nicely.

Have you figured out any workaround yet?

 

[EVOme]

I have not figured out a workaround. It's definitely the watch causing it though. I turned the watch off one night and battery life went back to normal. I also have the Samsung Health app running. Only solution I have found is I charge the phone much more often than I used to, while at work. I love the watch and not parting with it.

 

[johnp357]

I have a gear s3 also and noticed battery drain, mainly the phone will not enter deep sleep hardly at all when the gear is connected and gear apps installed as well. I had samsung health installed as well.

Recently uninstalled health and all gear related stuff and now phone deep sleeps again nicely.

Have you figured out any workaround yet?

interesting. I noticed the exact opposite. It seems my watch is now draining faster than before. the phone seems like it has the same capacity but the watch dies within 7 hrs with always on. I spent a few days messing with it but even shutting every connection off it hasn't changed. maybe the watch's battery just went bad? oh well. forward we go.. to the next trial.

 

[EVOme]

interesting. I noticed the exact opposite. It seems my watch is now draining faster than before. the phone seems like it has the same capacity but the watch dies within 7 hrs with always on. I spent a few days messing with it but even shutting every connection off it hasn't changed. maybe the watch's battery just went bad? oh well. forward we go.. to the next trial.

I'd say that's your watch battery. My watch battery is amazing. After a full day, it's still in the 50s when I put it on charge around 10pm.. In fact, I have never seen the low battery warning since I've had it.

 

[johnp357]

I'd say that's your watch battery. My watch battery is amazing. After a full day, it's still in the 50s when I put it on charge around 10pm.. In fact, I have never seen the low battery warning since I've had it.

perhaps. I thought of that as well in trying to eliminate the problem. I have a request to send to samsung to replace the battery under warranty so let's see if that fixes it. It's just the timing of having great battery a few weeks ago with the nexus 6p to crapping out with the v30 was a strange coincidence. and btw.. go boys... that's all I have to say.