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larkim Nov 2021 3:41pm, 15 Nov 2021 16,035 posts	Quote Pin larkim Good to hear from AndyS that I'm not completely barking up the wrong tree! I used to use the battery monitor widget to monitor rapid drains; it's very effective in giving you the info about whether it is set to run out quickly.
Bowman Nov 2021 5:19pm, 15 Nov 2021 469 posts	Quote Pin Bowman You guys remember witch widget you used? There’s a few of them.
AndyS Nov 2021 6:13pm, 15 Nov 2021 607 posts	Quote Pin AndyS I think this is the one I've been using: apps.garmin.com
Bowman Nov 2021 6:24pm, 15 Nov 2021 470 posts	Quote Pin Bowman Unfortunately not compatible with my 945
flanker Nov 2021 7:14pm, 15 Nov 2021 20,116 posts	Quote Pin flanker Not surprised disconnecting from the phone made a big difference to battery drain, even if there's not a synching issue. Even keeping things such as HR and steps data synched is relatively energy draining. I had an ultra where I forgot to turn off BT and a fully charged watch was dead in about 10 hours, and the fully charged phone was down to fumes.
Bowman Nov 2021 7:19pm, 15 Nov 2021 471 posts	Quote Pin Bowman @flanker Yes but I haven’t changed anything, I always have the app “on” and connected.
larkim Nov 2021 8:49pm, 15 Nov 2021 16,037 posts	Quote Pin larkim I use this battery monitor apps.garmin.com
Bowman Nov 2021 6:38am, 16 Nov 2021 472 posts	Quote Pin Bowman Ok, thanks Larkim, will check it out. So i charged the watch last night, it actually stayed at 3% the rest of the day, without the app running. During night until this morning it went down to 97%, still app not running. The connectors shined like gold, so there were no gunk at all, i still cleaned them though. So i'll keep a look at this, and the logic now says its probably some corrupted file that keeps trying to be transfered or so. @Badger, i'll try to do your fix soon as well if i see drainage again. I'm a little hesitant though, i don't want to delete any metrics or so.
MarkyMarkMark (3M) Nov 2021 8:28am, 16 Nov 2021 16,611 posts	Quote Pin MarkyMarkMark (3M) Factory reset time, Bowman? And then re-setup of course. I do seem to need to do that whenever my watch throws a wobbly - fortunately, it doesn't do it often.
Bowman Nov 2021 5:34pm, 16 Nov 2021 474 posts	Quote Pin Bowman 3M Yea that is usually a good way. But I really don’t want to get in to that, I love Garmin, but saving settings and or re-setup their stuff is not the most straight forward thing. It would be nice if it was as easy as setting up a new iPhone from an old one No drainage today, 90% still left after the whole day, and a little short run. I’ll se how it develops.