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[Huawei Watch] mumboender:
I haven't had the watch very long...it came with the new update., but I find the watch gets amazing battery life especially when compared to my original zenwatch...I easily get two full days. I don't install many apps just wear messenger, amazon and a go weather but I do get hundreds of emails and texts and even when I take the watch off the charger at 6am I am at 60% at 11...I have screen always on but wake gestures off..I'm okay tapping the screen or hitting the crown to interact otherwise I'm just checking the time and I am fine with the always on display.
[Huawei Watch] Ereniemis:
[MENTION=2831690]AstroDigital[/MENTION]: You can install the "mobile" version of greenify. I have bought the pro version of greenify, so I've installed both the greenify.apk and greenifypro license and it works really great. It's just the stock mobile version. I went to /data/app/com.oasisfeng.greenify/ took the base.apk, installed it through adb -> adb install base.apk -> the app installed, and on watch it looks like (see atached pics). For me it works really great. :) And I've read somewhere that skype drains watch battery alot even if you don't use it at all (which is strange, and I haven't tested it).

(since greenify isn't my app I won't provide the download link, but you can write to me at hangouts and I'll send it to you)
[Huawei Watch] AstroDigital:
I do not need Greenify for the Smartphone, the Nexus 6 I use has excellent battery life.

I do not use Skype or have it installed.

Now I do not mind trying Greenify just for the Watch, but I have not looked into connecting the Huawei at all to my laptop yet.

The stupid cradle they sell you with the watch, has a USB connector ? (shows you how little I know)

It would take a bit of work for me to figure out all I need to do to push apks to the watch.

As far as Greenify like I said I never needed it for the Nexus 6 but I know it is on Google play.

For my watches battery life, something happened 2 days ago to nerf it. (Maybe the 6.0.1 upgrade on the phone?)

I noticed the Android Wear smartphone app updated today maybe this will help.

I am running to a very simple watch face brightness 1, ambient mode on, WiFi off...... see what happens.

So far today the watch has been on 8 hours and I am sitting at 75% ...... fixed itself ??? or maybe the Android Wear App update helped.

I got a very expensive charging cable from Google, should be able to install what I need on my laptop to push APKs to the watch.

Just need to search for the procedure.
[Huawei Watch] Ereniemis:
Well, that's great, something was draining my watch fast as hell and I think the greenify helped, but maybe it sorted itself ou like in your case and it just happened to be at the same time I've installed the greenify... And yeah, with the original cradle you can push apks. The procedure itself is really quick and easy and you don't have to be a geek to use the adb to push something to watch.

But if the problem sorted itself out... It doesn't matter anymore.
[Huawei Watch] huawei99:
I am in the middle of doing many tests on the watch, I will post some results once I finish the battery cycle (from 100% to 0%).

For now, I would say that the watch should be able to idle (without any usage, notifications, WiFi off, Screen off, gesture off, and so on, basically almost hibernating) for at least 0.8 to 1% an hour. I might even be able to bring a bit lower since I had Cloud syn on (WiFi is off though). If not, you have to try everything until it gets to that point. That includes factory resets, removing certain apps, disabling other features, and so on.

Once you get to that point, you can start enabling or adding different features, and see which ones consume battery life the most, and which ones you can live with or without.

More to come in the next few days.
[Huawei Watch] intersectRaven:
View attachment 3621115

Modified Settings:

Always on -> OFF

Kernel:

Mine
[Huawei Watch] chachin:
[MENTION=2425314]intersectRaven[/MENTION] dude i remember you from the LG GWATCHR how can I reach you on hangouts i was wondering if you could help me unlock bl cause i dont know why when I do adb devices it says some random numberletterdeal thing "unauthorized" :(
[Huawei Watch] intersectRaven:
Just authorize it from your watch. It should appear when you connect it with adb enabled. :)
[Huawei Watch] chachin:
I got it to show "device" but when I do fastboot OEM unlock" nothing happens on my watch all it says [waiting for device] on my PC :/
[Huawei Watch] intersectRaven:
Check if the driver for the bootloader installed. Sometimes it doesn't so you'll need to install it again. :)

*just PM me for anything related to that problem since I'm afraid we're beginning to hijack the thread :p
[Huawei Watch] Arthasdude:
Just a small question. Has anyone opened the watch and seen the battery? I'm wondering if it is possible to replace the battery with let's say:

500 mah - http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_229410.html

Either way, I'll probably buy this smartwatch, but I'm just curious....
[Huawei Watch] kimtyson:
If they had room for a bigger battery don't you think they would have shoved it in there?
[Huawei Watch] Arthasdude:
Not sure. Saving money is also a good argument. We will know when we see what battery is in the machine.
[Huawei Watch] nalott:
This generally is a cool idea :) I installed Greenify succesfully, but without root it doesn't work for me. You have your watch rooted? I'm waiting for Android Wear 1.4 before I start playing with the system (hoping that 1.4 solves most of the problems and unlock/root will not be needed:))
[Huawei Watch] Ereniemis:
I used the greenify + Skin 1980 kernel (+root) for around a week with around 2,5%/h, then tried factory reset just with Skin 1980 kernel (+root) for another week with 2,3%/h. And currently, I'm plain stock, because I'm waiting for 1.4 and I want the OTA. But with the pure stock, I'm at 1,62%/h to 2,05%/h depending on the usage. The pure stock works best for me. I figured that the battery drainage was because of other apps. I used "music boss", which is really nice app, but eats a lot of energy both on your phone and your watch. Then Google fit tends to use maximum of battery. Currently I'm using Daily tracking from huawei without problems. My setting is always on, and the watch is on for around 17 hours a day. At the night I have the display turned off.

Maybe for someone the greenify can be option, but If you don't have any draining app, there is no need for it, plus it is another app running in the background constantly.
[Huawei Watch] nalott:
Díky :)

I've been using the watch for too short time, which means I use it quite heavily (trying apps, faces etc.). But overall I'm getting more than 2,50%/h (including night in theatre mode). Certainly there are provisions to optimization.

Being pure stock, how do you disable an app, which is installed only in the watch (e.g. Google fit)? adb uninstall?
[Huawei Watch] Ereniemis:
You can use either way ADB or the app called Advanced settings https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sssemil.advancedsettings which works really great too. It contains a whole bunch of features, but most of them work only if you are rooted (I used to disable "touch to wake" while I was rooted and soon as there is an update and root for the new update I'm going for it again, because I tend to activate the screen all the time. eg. wet jacket from rain, crossing my arms etc.)

EDIT: Well... maybe the disable and uninstall functions in the app works only if the hwatch is rooted, because I'm trying to uninstall the google fit right now with the app and it just stucks at "working..." and nothing happens. But I don't use the google fit. You can open the Google fit app on hwatch and when u scroll all the way to the settings (right), there is "google fit app -> off". And it will stop the app from gathering data, therefore draining the batt.
[Huawei Watch] nalott:
ADB uninstall can't remove preinstalled apps without root, too. And they don't seem to be in /system. I've just tried. I agree, under 1.4 AW, root and possibly Skin1980 kernel are the way to go. My watch now is quite laggy and battery hungry. Of course, I will tinker with my apps, too. So far, I'm not satisfied.
[Huawei Watch] GeminiPete:
Forgive me if already been answered or if wrong thread to ask, coming from Urbane which I love but really want sound and that gorgeous 400x400 screen.

- how widespread is the "red tint"? Does it seem mainly newer or older watches affected (or most but some just don't notice it?) or has anyone ID'd any trend?

-Did Marshmallow fix the issue for anyone if a driver issue, or is it a hardware defect?

-Is there any workaround(? I think I read someone saying using higher brightness setting dismisses it (but not understanding this if even true)?
[Huawei Watch] kimtyson:
You are totally off topic. There are red tint threads already. Search.
[Huawei Watch] selayan:
Anyone notice how battery life decreased since marshmelllow update? My huweii will decrease much quicker now with the same settings as before.
[Huawei Watch] ts_mpls:
I've noticed the exact opposite. My battery life seems much better since AW 1.4!
[Huawei Watch] selayan:
Mine is constantly warm and battery drops like a rock even in airplane mode. Sounds like a reset is needed. It was fine before the update.
[Huawei Watch] galaxys:
Many have at least reboot or factory reset once after the ota for better battery results....
[Huawei Watch] gouyevazelma:
I put my HWatch on, from its overnight charge, at about 6:30am. Brightness on max (5 - what is the point of having such a beautiful screen if it can't be seen at its best!); gestures on; WIFI on (unless I am travelling to a destination where I know I don't have access); 20 or so email/agenda/ToDo list notifications throughout the day; Minimal and Elegant watch face (love it). Arrive home at about 7:30pm and place watch onto charger for about 8pm when typically showing between 52-60% charge left. Perhaps a few % better battery since upgrade with same settings as before, but certainly not worse.
[Huawei Watch] selayan:
I did a factory reset and I'll see how it goes after this. Hopefully it goes back to normal like it was.
[Huawei Watch] player911:
Yea the first day it was dead in a few hours with almost 0 use. Once I plugged it in that night, it seems to be better.
[Huawei Watch] esselite:
Today I have experienced something like this. And I was not playing with the watch at all.

I,m unable to investigate what has caused this drain.
[Huawei Watch] foo:
No, battery life is at least the same for me, it lasts for about 1,5 days (occasionally up to 2 days). I did a factory reset right after the MM 1.4 update.
[Huawei Watch] selayan:
After a factory reset it went back to normal. Knew it had to do with something software related.
[Huawei Watch] Pilz:
I've noticed the opposite in a good way. I'm getting much better more consistent battery life now. I use always on display, wifi off, Google Fit tracking enabled, brightness at 2.
[Huawei Watch] ts_mpls:
All the sudden, over the last day or so, I've noticed my watch suddenly get incredibly sluggish to the point where I had to restart it. Suggestions? Anyone else seeing this?
[Huawei Watch] satanix:
hey guys,

I've got Skin1980's MM kernel runing and I've also ADB pushed greenify, but the app still says that i'm not rooted so it wont do the 'autohibernate'.. has anyone managed to get it working?
[Huawei Watch] str8spir:
View attachment 3712011

Stock 1.4 MM charged until 6.am yesterday and this is today at 7p.m with 43% left. 20 or so notifications, calls abt 5 or so. Minimal&Elegant watchface and Ambient watch on. Gestures on. Brightness at 4.
[Huawei Watch] mouse100:
Hi guys I'm coming from pebble time and now I'd like to buy the huawei watch.

I'd like to ask you something about the battery life.

I am going to use the watch with WiFi disabled, backlight set at maximum level (should be 6) and ambient light enabled.

Now, I know it depends on specific cases but can you tell me how long could last approximately my battery with these settings?

Furthermore do you know if is possible to maintain the screen always on without ambient mode, so showing always the colored watchface?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 6P utilizzando Tapatalk
[Huawei Watch] ikenvape:
About a day and a half
[Huawei Watch] bluegizmo83:
Just got my Huawei Watch yesterday, so I thought I'd add my battery life to the thread! So far, I seem to be getting about one hour of use for every 5% of battery life. That is with screen brightness at 3, ambient mode on, and with a nice Seahawks watch face (although I did modify the face to remove the background on ambient mode so most of the face is black on ambient mode).

[IMG="current watch face"]https://assets.facerepo.com/app/image/preview/seattle-seahawks-wm-150a149a88c.png?v=150a149a8bf[/IMG]
[Huawei Watch] Falco33:
I got my huawei watch a couple days ago, and I can get a day of use out of it.

Today I tried disabling always-on to see if that would change anything, took the watch off the charger at around 10am, and it had 15% at 11pm.

Brightness is 1 and wifi disabled. Is there something I'm missing?
[Huawei Watch] nano303:
Maybe don't mess with it??? My watch is at 4 to 5 brightness with nothing turned off and last a cool day and a half to two days depending of usage of course. If I'm using my watch for hours a day messing with it then yes it will die quick
[Huawei Watch] nano303:
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[Huawei Watch] Falco33:
I'm not "messing" with it. I'm currently at 48% when I took it of the charger at 9 am.

Do you have always-on enabled?

Edit: Currently at 24%... 6:20PM.

I'm going to do a factory reset and see if that does anything.
[Huawei Watch] galaxys:
A reboot, or factory reset, and or clearing cache usually helps the battery issues.
[Huawei Watch] docc:
I get about max 2 days. Screen is not always on and brightness is set to high.
[Huawei Watch] minty1978:
Mines always on at 4 brightness. Usually have about 70% left at the end of the day.

My moto 360 gen 1 would be less than 50% with screen off..
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
Will you please clarify which watchface you are using? Your results are incredible.. I was getting 1.5 hours at 65% battery.
[Huawei Watch] Pilz:
The stock one called Daisy that's all black with a blue minute hand
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
I don't know why

Since today I've started suffering from odd battery discharge

Restored three times. Returned to full stock boot recovery system etc didn't help at all.

What would be the reason?

100% at 18:00

0% 22:00

Thanks in advance
[Huawei Watch] darrylw71:
I am getting just over a day use, Airplane mode, BlueTooth, brightness 2, screen off with gestures to turn i on, a black face from WatchMaker, GoogleFit on, and thats about it. Jealous of the 2day life that is being reported !!!

How can I install a cache clearing app? Using the stock Androidwear.

THX !
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
Hi

I think I've solved this.
[Huawei Watch] skd:
Hi Raintech,

How did you solve it?
[Huawei Watch] AstroDigital:
I would have 1 day minimum, get a full day and when I put the watch in the charger 10 or 11PM I have usually 60% left and that is good enough for me.

From the time I wake up until I charge it at night I can not picture any way to completely kill the battery.
[Huawei Watch] MasK:
Hi guys,

When I first got the watch, it would drain 60% in 12hrs (a normal work day, ~5%/hr) and it was awesome.

However, I started flashing new ROMs on my S7edge (thus needed to reset the watch too) and now I can't seem to get that back.

I'm getting 9-11%/hr drain which is ridiculous. I'm using always-on display with brightness-3. Every app is the same as it used to be before.

I reset the watch a few times already as I re-flashed ROMs, so I;m not sure if resetting again will help.

Is there an app like wakelock detector for the watch where I can troubleshoot which app is causing this?

Thanks!
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
Hi guys,

I have this watch for a week now and I cannot make it last the whole day, I have a drain of 10% per hour.

Can anyone please help me to find out what the problem is?

Thanks!

P.S. paired with a S7 Edge
[Huawei Watch] skd:
Hi,

I had the same problem. Reset it. But unforget it from android wear app. And uninstall (or disable from package disabler app) apps as much as you can.

Regards.
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
Hi!

Thanks, it is what I am trying to do.

I can't figure out where all the settings and previous apps are stored, because even if I unpair and restore the watch, clear Android Wear and Google Play Services apps memory storage, it keeps install all the apps I had before the reset.

Though, it seems that the tilt to wake option drains a lot of battery, it didn't happen with my previous Moto 360.

I keep investigating more.
[Huawei Watch] skd:
I forgot I'm sorry, clear data of Google play services.
[Huawei Watch] foo:
That's normal, as all apps on your phone that come with an Android Wear app will be installed automatically - there is nothing you can do about it at the moment.

Have you had a look in the battery section of the Android Wear app on your phone? You can maybe see which app had the most battery consumption.

Which apps do you have installed on your watch?
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
Beside the default ones, I've only installed Microsoft Outlook and Lightflow Wear.

There are no apps shown in the battery stats from what I remember.
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
Hi skd, I have replied your PM.
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
Battery stats attached.
[Huawei Watch] foo:
That's really weird. All I can say is, that this is not normal.

I have my watch set to "display always on" and have it on maximum brightness during daytime and brightness 1 in the evening (switching that automatically using tasker and auto wear). I don't wear it at night, so the watch gets into "doze mode". All in all my battery can last for 1,5 - 2 days with moderate use (see attachment).

Which watchface are you using? (I use a selfmade watchface (Watchmaker) which I optimized to be Amoled friendly.

I don't have Lightflow and Outlook installed. Maybe it would be a good idea to temporarily uninstall both and see if the battery will last longer.
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
I am using Dandy watchface, a preinstalled one, it is pretty dark, so AMOLED friendly.

Display always on, tilt disabled, brightness at 4.

The first part of the graph I attached is without wearing the watch.

I will try uninstalling Outlook and Lightfolw and see what happens.

[UPDATE]

attached new battery stats after uninstalling Lightflow...
[Huawei Watch] hs911:
did you solve it? i also have my watch paired with s7 and battery drains horrible fast.
[Huawei Watch] ee_981:
I did, by uninstalling Lightflow.
[Huawei Watch] hs911:
thanks, i will give it a try. maybe i can do it by uninstalling lightflow only from watch via adb since i dont want to uninstall lightflow from phone
[Huawei Watch] hs911:
fyi: i did the following:

adb shell pm list packages

adb uninstall com.rageconsulting.android.lightflowlegacy

adb uninstall com.rageconsulting.android.lightflow

test in progress.

edit: seems to work perfectly!
[Huawei Watch] Crsdr37:
16 hours full brightness and was still at 54% on Android Wear 2.0 DP3. :)
[Huawei Watch] rrdna:
DP3? Are you sure? ;)
[Huawei Watch] bayniner:
Hey guys i just picked up this watch about a week ago and im getting horrible battery life i have not been able to make it through a whole day without it dying and sometimes its dead by 4pm. Any suggestions
[Huawei Watch] MasK:
Do you happen to run lightFlow on yr watch?
[Huawei Watch] hs911:
i reinstalled lightflow since changelog said battery life on wearable is fixed but it is still horrible. you can check my posting #277 for uninstalling lightflow on watch only.
[Huawei Watch] JimSmith94:
Have you tried changing the settings in Light Flow to only vibrate "This device", rather than "This device & wearable"?
[Huawei Watch] bayniner:
No i do not, ive been messing with the setting and stuff but so far the best ive gotten is 10 hours battery life
[Huawei Watch] MasK:
10 hours is like 10% drain per hour. That's bad. My target is around 5%, which I got when I first got the watch.

Slowly it became bad and there are days where it just dies after 8-9hrs. LightFlow is one of the alleged problem as pointed out by one of the users here.

Also, I'm now using Negaman's kernel with his battery profile. My drain is about 4.5% now. I have to keep monitoring this to make sure it stays that way. I can afford not to have lightFlow on my watch, so it's gone.

If you're adventurous in unlocking/flashing/rooting your device, there's quite a bit you can experiment with a custom kernel, like changing max frequencies, governors, etc.
[Huawei Watch] lude219:
Excellent battery life on my HW. Easily lasts over 2 days with the following settings:

1) brightness at 1

2) auto on screen is OFF

3) WIFI OFF

4) Location OFF

5) HRM/Body sensors OFF

Your mileage may vary, but I use my watch mainly for the notification and phone conversations so I don't need any of the junk working in the background. I can easily breeze through 2 full days with those settings.
[Huawei Watch] bayniner:
Yea its been pretty bad i cant make it through a day without it dying, the only apps ive installed are watch maker, wear mini launcher, wear messanger and a audio recorder, not sure whats causing the drain im going to try a reset and if its still bad ill look into rooting the watch.

I really do love the watch but no point in having it if cant make it through the day, i wouldnt mind having to charge it everynight as long as it made it through the day
[Huawei Watch] dan96815:
Hi is that with stock 1.5?
[Huawei Watch] lude219:
Yup.

AW: 1.5.0.2954763

GPS: 9.2.56 (530-124593566)

AndroidOS: 6.0.1

Security patch: June 1, 2016

Watch is completely stock...no root, recovery, etc. All it takes is maybe 5min to go through the watch settings and disable those that you don't need. Make sure you go over the app permission AND system permissions as well. I'm on my 2nd day now with 46% remaining (and no, i don't turn off the watch at night, i leave it on the whole time). This watch is a BEAST!
[Huawei Watch] markvd90:
I'm happy with my battery life.

Stock 1.5
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
So right before I got my 1.5 upgrade, my battery use went from nice to horrid (>24h to <8h). The only things that I can think of that has changed, are 1) Newer google fit app 2) Newer google play services.

I was hopeful that getting that 1.5 upgrade and resetting my watch would be a miracle cure, and my battery would last >24h like it did a month ago. No help at all.

So now I'm stuck at >10% bettery drain per hour, resetted my watch twice, tried removing google wear app from my phone and reinstalling it, clearing google play services caches... nothing changes, batterydrain still remains.

Can't think of anything else to try, than resetting my phone next. And I really wouldn't want to do it, but a watch with ~only 8h battery life is completely useless to me :(
[Huawei Watch] MasK:
My stock 1.5 experience is extremely good. I consistently noticed that the app lightFlow causes the battery drain. See if you have it.

I used ADB uninstall to remove this app. However, sometimes, it will get pushed back to the watch (like when the app receives an update).

So what I did was to root it then installed the app Root Essentials. It has a wear version that goes into the watch too. From this app in the watch, you can disable certain apps selectively and test your battery life. It's easy, and you can enable the apps as and when you want it. It's like the "freeze" function in titanium backup.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
No LightFlow.

My battery stats looks like this atm, so it's not telling me anything helfpul either:

Don't like the idea of rooting my watch, but since i'm low on options, I'll have to consider it.