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So I hard reset the S5 watch and my battery seems to have stabilized. It’s 8pm and I’m at 70%. It’s not quite apples:apples since I didn’t do an hour of jog tracking this morning for weather reasons, but given that by this time yesterday I was below 10% I doubt one jog session can account for 60% of my battery. Or maybe it can and I’m too optimistic. I’ll find out tomorrow when I resume my regular routine. But thanks anyway, in advance, if that was the resolution.
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Very similar thing happened to mine and it worked fine after that.
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Jun 11, 2022 01:30
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Does anyone else have an issue where the green LEDs stay on when you take your watch off? It’s a little annoying and seems to really kill the battery life. I’ve made sure to finish whatever exercise I’m doing as well. Also you know when the watch recognises you’re doing an activity and asks you to confirm - is there any way to accept using your voice rather than touching the screen?
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Jun 11, 2022 10:34
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The laser keeps going a bit after you stop the workout so it can track how quickly your heart rate goes back down to baseline.
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Jun 11, 2022 11:40
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Yeah, for three minutes.
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Jun 11, 2022 19:52
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drat, I just randomly checked my S6 battery health and it’s at 79% and telling me to get it serviced. I am truly battery-cursed with watches.
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Jun 25, 2022 22:20
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:drat, I just randomly checked my S6 battery health and it’s at 79% and telling me to get it serviced. I am truly battery-cursed with watches. that's wild. my s4 (picked up 19/01/2019) is at 83% and ive never given a poo poo how i charge it.
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Jun 25, 2022 23:05
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83 on a s6 too. That’s not great for something 18 months old tbh.
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Jun 26, 2022 16:30
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84% on my S5 I got in March of 2020. Dunno why it’s holding up better.
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Jun 26, 2022 16:33
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My launch day S4 just hit 79%. Get on my level at preserving batteries. 
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Jun 26, 2022 16:57
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93% on my release S6. Daily charges, no AOD.
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Jun 26, 2022 20:16
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96% on my S6 that's 1 year old as of June 16, 2022.
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Jun 26, 2022 22:41
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Launch day S6 is at 94% with daily overnight charging and keeping the Always On Display set to On.
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Jun 26, 2022 22:41
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My watch loses battery faster if I'm not wearing it, which is kind of weird.
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Jun 26, 2022 22:43
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Yeah my launch day SE is at 87%. Its coming up on 3 years old I guess?
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7 month S7 @ 98% Max Capacity. Got it November 3 without realising it had practically just been released. Usually have half battery at the end of the day when it goes on the charging dock. Background refresh is off, always display on but a darkish background and on medium brightness (2/3) Must be a few other settings I tweaked but can't remember them atm. edit: I turned off environmental sound tracking also. Default haptics. No sound notifications. Background refresh off was probably the biggest saver. Everything else on. iPhone 11 Pro Max is at 87% health and that’s since NYE 2019. I try to maximise battery savings to keep the battery health good for a few years. adeadcrab fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Jun 26, 2022 |
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Jun 26, 2022 23:10
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I have a charger by my desk so I keep mine pretty topped off most of the time but my launch S6 is still at 93% maximum capacity. Good thing the battery is holding up since from the sounds of it the S8 is going to have the same SOC as the S7, which was the same SOC from the S6.
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GoatSeeGuy posted:Good thing the battery is holding up since from the sounds of it the S8 is going to have the same SOC as the S7, which was the same SOC from the S6. This is frustrating...I hope it's not true. I'd only upgrade my S6 if the S8 has a better SOC. Not that the S6's SOC is bad, I just don't see a reason to upgrade to a watch that is functionally the same..
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Jun 27, 2022 04:49
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Almost 2 year old s5 with 83%.
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Edit: Stupid connection issues. It said that it could not post but it did. So…how about them apple watches? We got my daughters SE watches back in January. They are working perfect as an alternative for cellphones. This past week, we went to Denver and they were able to message us or walkie talkie us the entire time. Bizarro Kanyon fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jun 27, 2022 |
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I think I got my S6 when it released and it's on 97% but i'm a weirdo who turns the watch off on days when I don't use it. I bought my mum an S7 to replace her S3 from I think 2016? That was on 83% and i'm pretty sure she used it every day.
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GoatSeeGuy posted:Good thing the battery is holding up since from the sounds of it the S8 is going to have the same SOC as the S7, which was the same SOC from the S6. Yeah, that kind of sucks. It also means any battery gains are going to have to come from software (probably unlikely at this point), or lower-powered sensors. Since my S6 battery is now poo poo, I was tossing around the idea of getting the S8, but unless it's got some new killer feature, being on the same SOC is super meh and not really moving my needle.
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Jun 28, 2022 16:52
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You can also just have the battery swapped for $80
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$80 is a significant chunk of a new watch purchase, so if the next series does end up being a big upgrade it's worth considering holding off. I wonder how much Apple sales dip in July/August as people start to anticipate things.
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20% of the price of a new one just to replace a battery on an old one is a bit steep. That's like what they charge on a $1000 phone.
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It’s also much more difficult than on an iPhone. Either way, if there’s not much change from the S5 to S8 then $80 is still much cheaper than $400
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xzzy posted:$80 is a significant chunk of a new watch purchase, so if the next series does end up being a big upgrade it's worth considering holding off. I wonder how much Apple sales dip in July/August as people start to anticipate things. Most normal people don’t think about when iPhones get announced. Probably more are aware than I guess some products , but most people just buy a new phone / device when their old one wears out, it isn’t planned.
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I seem to have scratched my new S7 more in a month than the previous 5 years combined on my S2... are they making them out of cheese these days, or am I getting clumiser? How much tougher is the steel one, for next time?
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My S6 is scratched to poo poo way beyond what my 3 and 5s were. Like, almost to the point where I don’t know if I could sell it for more than like $50.
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What the hell are you all doing with your watches?
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My poverty spec(aluminium with white sport band) 44mm s6 hit pretty much everything and neither the screen nor the metal body is damaged. I think the steels have a different glass material which is more shatter resistant at the expense of scratch easiness.
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Jose Oquendo posted:What the hell are you all doing with your watches? I mean, I play hockey, run, go to the gym, swim, chase kids, and bang it on door frames. But I did all that with my S3 and S5, and the S6 is showing way more scratches.
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SlowBloke posted:My poverty spec(aluminium with white sport band) 44mm s6 hit pretty much everything and neither the screen nor the metal body is damaged. I think the steels have a different glass material which is more shatter resistant at the expense of scratch easiness. I've never gotten a scratch on a steel or titanium one through multiple watches. I've had a whole-rear end screen fall off though, so who fuckin' knows. (I did not super glue it back together and give it to a friend)
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:I mean, I play hockey, run, go to the gym, swim, chase kids, and bang it on door frames. I don't believe they've changed the process or materials for the aluminum watches so I am not sure why that's happening to you. I would definitely the monthly AppleCare depending on how often you replace your watch.
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Jose Oquendo posted:I don't believe they've changed the process or materials for the aluminum watches so I am not sure why that's happening to you. I would definitely the monthly AppleCare depending on how often you replace your watch. When my battery goes to poo poo 
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I hope the rugged Apple Watch rumors come true 
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FCKGW posted:I hope the rugged Apple Watch rumors come true I have never heard of this rumor. I doubt they'd do this. They have never made a 'rugged' product to the best of my knowledge, even though there's absolutely a market for a rugged tablet or phone.
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To clarify, it's about the glass in my case. I have some scuffs along the top bevel (? curvy bit) which I think is from hitting a doorframe. But I also have more of a gash on top of the bottom right complication, which sucks. My own fault, I do stick my hand inside metal boxes for a living. SlowBloke posted:I think the steels have a different glass material which is more shatter resistant at the expense of scratch easiness. Wait, so the expensive one's glass is *more* scratchable? I'd pay even bigger bucks next time for a magical rugged glass that you can scrape with a scalpel and see no damage. Given that I have the cheapest one though, I will embrace the roughness 
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The higher end models (SS and up) have that synthetic sapphire which I believe is MORE scratch resistant because it's harder. edit: I had a major brain fart, yeah that should be more scratch resistant. Jose Oquendo fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Jun 30, 2022 |
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That's the opposite of how it works. Harder means more scratch resistance, but also more brittle. (Natural) sapphire is a 9.0 on the Mohs scale - only diamonds can scratch it. (Apple's synthetic sapphire may be a little weaker than natural, but I can't find anything about that.) The Ion-X glass is softer, so will scratch easier, but is harder to crack.
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