yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Watch] MasK:
Well, I don't want to encourage you into rooting if you're not comfortable with it.

There is an alternate way to remove apps by using ADB uninstall command. This probably won't work with system apps (like Huawei's daily tracker), but I may be wrong here. This don't need root.

Just for reference, here are my exclusive watch settings:

Gestures ON

Tilt to wake OFF

Google Fit OFF

BT voice ON

Wifi OFF

Brightness 3 (always ON)

Also, I'm using watchmaker face. Perhaps it's your face draining batt. Basically the objective is to identify it. It may take a while though.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
Same watchface, Krona Sunlight as long as I've had the watch, and same settings (Gestures OFF, tilt to wake ON, google fit ON, BT voice OFF, Wifi on, sounds like the exact opposite to your settings) when it dropped from >24h to <8h.

That's what makes it weird, to me it sounds like one of the apps has updated itself to be a battery drainer. Going to a while to find out which one.

I did notice that you can disable apps without rooting with the debloater app from here, as long as you enable debugging. That's what I'll try next, apps one by one.

(Debloater, if someone isn't familiar with it: http://xdaforums.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
[Huawei Watch] dersie:
Same issue with my Sony SW3 after wear update 1.5

Before I can have normal drain about 3% (4%) by hour and since update I have 7% (8%) by hour with same usage. So it seem (another time) a problem with Google update :(
[Huawei Watch] bayniner:
Ive notice that my battery last a lot less when i drive for long periods of time for example monday i didnt drive much and battery lasted around 14 hours but tuesday i drove for like 3 hours and battery lasted around 10 hours, what can cause the drain when driving
[Huawei Watch] jcip17:
I have the watch coming in the mail on Monday. From what I'm reading the update kills the battery faster but it enables the use of the speaker correct? I hope it is not shipped with the newest software so I have a choice. Thanks in advance!
[Huawei Watch] ghost_301:
I am glad I am not the only one! Few days back the watch start to drain the battery for no reason and I have tried resetting the watch numerous time and paired with different devices (including an iPhone!) and the battery drainage seems to be the same pattern (less than half a day, battery gone). I am considering to send back to Huawei Warranty to see if they can help solving this issue.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
Do telll how it goes if you send it to warranty.

I'm installing Wear 2.0 Dev preview 2 on the watch at the moment, to see if that would help. The last thing I tried was resetting my phone too, that had no affect on the drain whatsoever.
[Huawei Watch] ghost_301:
I have the watch flashed with 1.5, 2.0 DP2, and Negalite Rom 1.5, then paired with 6P, N5 and iPhone - none of them works - drainage pattern is exactly the same and I am not using the watch. There is some thread on Reddit talking about the recent bug with Google Clock, but I have tested disabling it and it doesn't help. Pretty much have no any idea what could have cause it (likely some software but not sure which one).
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
Oh crap then. Hopefully Google soon fixes what ever it is they broke :(
[Huawei Watch] derausgewanderte:
Just another datapoint. I got my watch on Friday. Running stock and have it paired to my Honor 5X, all updated to latest system. Running stock on watch. Brightness level on 2, Always on screen is off and WiFi disabled. I am running Pujie Black on the watch. I consistently get about 2.5-2.8% per hour drain. I am still playing with it fairly often so I assume this may go down in the future.
[Huawei Watch] duchkata:
For me the culprit was the fit app.

Uninstalled and no more battery drain for me.

Everything's back to normal since.

I think there is a problem with the latest version.
[Huawei Watch] ghost_301:
New development here. So I went on flashed the watch with 2.0 DP2, and paired with N5. The drain persist.

Then I decided to do a factory reset for both N5 (set up as new device, stop update for all apps except Google Play Services, Google app and Android Wear) and the Hwatch, and now I am seeing the awesome battery life on the watch again. It must be one of the Google Apps update causing the serious drain.

Since [MENTION=2385994]duchkata[/MENTION] mentioned it could be Google Fit, I think what I will try to do next is to uninstall Google Fit from my 6P (my daily driver, running Nougat DP5), then pair the watch with it and see if it works.
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
Golden Rules for Having A Long Battery Life

Hi People,

I have received many PMs about how did I solve my battery life problem.

So I have replied many of them, and I would like to share the "non magical" solution here either.

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1- Stay in official firmware (software, boot, recovery, etc.)

1A- I have tried many customizations, nothing could be like official. Trust the engineers.

2- Facer, WatchMaker, WatchMaster, IntelliCom; use anything you wish! That is OK. But stick with Pure Black Backgrounds or Dark Themes.

3- This is the most important point; This watch loves stability. Do NOT change your watch face every hour. Choose something and go with that for 2-3 days. You will feel what I meant with this. (Watch is somehow getting adopted with the face, and as long as you keep it, battery lives a longer life.)

4- Wait until 10% prior to re-charge. Give it a chance to generate statistics. It will not understand how long it can run with the current settings if you don't let it drain battery with given settings.

5- Currently I have Ferrari (Yellow, Black-/IntelliCom App) watch face and it is attractive. First day watch ran with it about 10 hours. Second day, 24 hours. Now it slightly more than 2 days (after about a week). Let your watch stabilize. Do NOT play with it once settled.

5A- If I chose a factory watch face, it goes about 4 days in a row. Could be even more.

6- Turn OFF auto-wake up when you turn you wrist. Set brightness to 1. If you need to see your face under sunlight, 3x click to the button. It will max. the brightness for 3-4 seconds.

6A- Keep always-on screen ON, that is a good thing tho :)

7- Tame yourself. Learn the rule: THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC WATCH. It will never ever be like a real one. It is not always super-visible. Don't try to burn it. Just chose a face and go with it. Forget the watch.

Golden rule again: SET IT, AND DO NOT TOUCH IT ANY MORE.

Hope this will help (which helped me a lot).

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Kind regards,
[Huawei Watch] ghost_301:
Nice sharing, thanks! Though I believe many users here are seeing sudden drop in battery life due to some rogue apps/recent updates, which including me.

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Problem solved for me (finger crossed). It's Google Fit that is causing the problem, I believe. I pair again with my existing 6P running Nougat DP5 (uninstalled both Google Clock and Google Fit), and now the battery life is awesome again.

Thanks [MENTION=2385994]duchkata[/MENTION] for the tip, and perhaps [MENTION=2769433]pupuksi[/MENTION] you can try it and see if it works for you?

TL;DR

- If you have ambient mode issue (watch doesn't go into ambient mode automatically) - it's Google Clock issue. Uninstall/disable it.

- If your watch drain 10% per hour without any apparent reason (battery stats shows nothing), it's like Google Fit causing the problem. Uninstall it.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
Uninstalled Google Fit, reinstalled android wear -software, and reset my watch.

- No help, drain persists (actually I did try uninstalling Fit earlier too, but had to make sure).

No ambient mode issues, but uninstalled Google Clock now anyways.

(Watch on Dev preview 2, phone is Galaxy S 6 on Marshmallow)
[Huawei Watch] derausgewanderte:
ok, I've tried this on mine since yesterday and the combination of these two leads to a drain of >6% per hour. I went back to have that setting on off and turned auto-wake on again and the drain went back to 2-3%. Doesn't make sense - I know, but it is what it is on mine at least.
[Huawei Watch] C3C076:
There must be something eating your battery.

I have always on turned on, brightness set to 3, gestures disabled, tilt to wake disabled, phone audio routing turned on and I easily get 2 days with light use. Using InstaWeather watch face and I am keeping watch in theater mode during night.

My watch is completely stock.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
And replying to myself... no change when uninstalled the google clock (fit still uninstalled too).

This watch is totally useless with the battery drain, and I can't think of anything more to try.
[Huawei Watch] Raintech:
Android on the watch is very strict about App activities, so don't worry.

Continue;

1- I forgot to mention also; 90% of my apps are disabled from sending notifications to the watch. Only crucial ones.

2- Watch governor is by default relying on "Touches". So just remember my advise about "Do NOT play with your watch. Do not touch the screen. Just set the watch and let it learn your habit. Watch CPU is in "idle" state strictly slowed, once touched, cores are hitting to max. GHz. Playing more, means eating your battery more.

3- Even it is draining so fast, still give it time to adapt. Once 10% charge to 100% and leave it again... Do not touch. Keep your attention on something else in your life.

I have completed this whole work day (about 10 hours) and arrived to home 89% battery.
[Huawei Watch] C3C076:
Here are my current stats with Always ON display!

(*I don't have any apps blocked from sending notifications, Google Fit still installed, but phone app counterpart is not).

[MENTION=2769433]pupuksi[/MENTION]

Maybe try factory reset your watch in case you haven't tried yet.
[Huawei Watch] pupuksi:
Tried that too multiple times. Tried the stock rom, 2.0 preview, custom kernels... nothing. Well, apkmirror shows that a new google play services -version is coming up, maybe that will help.
[Huawei Watch] otaconremo:
I just washed my watch with tap water to clean it up. but after i dried it up, the watch keeps rebooting every few minutes and becomes quite warm.

I even restored it back to lollipop but same thing happens. also uninstalled all 3rd party apps from my phone.

did washing it cause the problem? i read here somewhere that they even dive their watch on a swimming pool with no problems.

please help me troubleshoot this. I won't be able to send this to a service center since I work in a remote location.
[Huawei Watch] derausgewanderte:
there is a thread here discussing the watch and water. I would get some dry rice and put the watch into a dry paper towel inside a Ziploc bag with the rice and wait a day. If the rice doesn't work you may be able to purchase some dry-rite from the drug store. Just make sure the watch is protected from any fine dust but can still "breathe" to remove the moisture.
[Huawei Watch] JimSmith94:
I followed the suggestion to let my watch discharge to 10% before charging, and it lasts all day or longer when I'm home and on my home WiFi. However, I went out to a bar last night with no WiFi and 3-4 bars of LTE, and my watch was completely dead in about four hours!

Any ideas of what caused it and how I can fix it? Turn off WiFi on the watch maybe?
[Huawei Watch] galaxys:
WIFI scanning can drain battery, I turn mine off, try turning it off, also don't drink so much! :D:eek::laugh:
[Huawei Watch] JimSmith94:
I'll try that, but why would WiFi be scanning when it's connected over Bluetooth to my phone? I thought the whole idea of WiFi on a watch was for when it was out of range of the phone?
[Huawei Watch] Robshr:
I don't know my battery life sucks I don't even make it thru the day. Now my urbane with the same setup made it a day and a half

Today it's 2 and a half hours since I unplugged from a full charge and it's already down to 49%
[Huawei Watch] lude219:
I bet some of you guys have cloud sync enabled, wifi enabled, etc. and don't even know it. All it takes is a simple 10min to go through the android wear app and the watch setting and understand what your watch is doing. It's not rocket science.
[Huawei Watch] NoWayIn:
How I see most of the tips on saving battery:

-Buy the watch

-Set it up

-Don't use it :laugh: :D

I'm currently running the watch on a custom ROM + Kernal by one of the member here.

I have brightness set at 4, always on display, and a custom Moon Phase Face (WatchFace Maker).

I have Wifi disable and only use bluetooth.

I use calling, replying to text, and GPS on the watch.

I basically use the watch as if it was a replacement for my phone (isn't this how you're supposed to use a smartwatch?)

I end the day at around 8-9PM and my watch battery is around 5-10%

It takes about 1 hour 30 minutes to charge, but I just throw it on the charger until the next day.

In my opinion, when you buy a smartwatch, it's meant to be used throughout the day in place of your phone. If you want a watch that lasts longer, get a regular watch.

The battery life is horrible on my watch, but I use it to its 100% potential, instead of trying to save battery.

If I know im going to be out of the house for 2-3 days or even longer, I wear my regular solar watch.

Just my opinion :)
[Huawei Watch] Robshr:
I have the exact same settings as my urbane as I use both watches on the same phone the only thing that might be different is cloud sync as I've been thru what I thought was all the settings and can not find if cloud sync is turned on or off

Everything else is off and if cloud sync drains the battery this fast and I'm talking 9% in less than ten minutes to me there's something wrong.

There's something that's definitely going rouge on me and sucking the juice just haven't figured it out and going to the battery stats in the android wear app is not telling me anything

The screen shot below is after the watch had been unplugged for less than 5 minutes the 4% is accounted for what I can't figure out is where the other 6% has gone and what is sucking it up
[Huawei Watch] lude219:
So check the watch settings? There's a plethora of permission and app settings on the watch alone. My watch is completely stock and it can last me 3 full days with phone calls, texts, and email notifications. I don't care much for HRM/body sensor, GPS or WiFi crap so those are all disabled on the watch. Nobody can tell you what must be on or off, that's up entirely on how you want to use the watch, but it's pretty straightforward in the watch settings if you spend a good 10min going over them.

It'll be easier if user were to ask "do I need to have this ___ enabled?" rather than the herpy derpy posts of "battery life sucks/watch sucks/etc." Just my 0.02c.
[Huawei Watch] BadContext:
Have you tried switching to a stock watch face to see what happens? From your screenshot, it looks like the Pujie Black watch maker app is already chewing up your battery. I have found, at least with WatchMaker, some of the watch faces tend to drain the battery very fast, probably due to increased CPU/GPU use as well as heavy Bluetooth/WiFi communications (lots of updates). I always get the best battery life out of the stock watch faces, especially the dark ones (OLED). Worth a shot if you haven't already...
[Huawei Watch] M.Sami:
for me it is definitely not app related, the best battery life I ever got from the watch was on AW1.4 and Skin1980's MM kernel, all my apps are sync'd and sending notifications and google clock and fit are installed, getting 3 days

now with the same configuration but on AW1.5 I am lucky if I get it to 8 hours, and by same config I mean I did not touch a thing on the phone nor uninstalled an app. I tried all the suggestions here but nothing helped. now back to 1.4 and Skin's kernel and thank god for TWRP which does not allow the watch to update to 1.5

and BTW, I also tried 2.0DP1 and it was worse than 1.4 but still better then 1.5, at least for me. will not try 2.0 until they fix that click to go back ****
[Huawei Watch] Robshr:
Yes I tried alot of different things but I just flashed android n preview and battery life is now great and that's with negalites kernel
[Huawei Watch] angle409:
I just got the watch last week. I am on latest stock AW version. I get about 40hours now, after doing the following:

Reduce brightness to 1

Turn off wifi

Use a black watch face

Screen always on is on

Tilt to wake off
[Huawei Watch] Harshpatil:
Perfect battery life

I don't know if my experience with the watch is similar to yours in terms of battery life but it has never been short of amazing yet.

I charged my watch yesterday morning and for 5 minutes today in the morning, that's roughly 33hrs back and now my watch is sitting at 14% as I type . I am pretty sure it will last till I reach home from work today. So that is complete 2 work days for me before I charge my watch again. I usually get around 40 notifications(whatsapp,phone calls, messages, emails) a day sometimes more.

Below are the pictures to prove it the first one is the battery level I am currently on and the next two are the watch face I use in interactive and ambient mode. My watch is setup as following:

1. Wifi always on unless the watch decides to save battery and turns it off

2. Bluetooth always on

3. Google Fit only on the watch

4. Ambient mode always on

5. All gestures on

6. I change watch faces very regularly but always have one that has a black background

7. I restart the watch after changing faces, don't know why but I feel it works smoother that way.

8. Cloud sync enabled (I feel this drains the phone battery more than it affects the watch battery)

Edit. One important thing I forgot to mention. I usually turn the screen completely off by double pressing the side button after around 7pm or sometimes just before i go to bed. That way I save most of the charge.

To round it off my experience has been pretty good so far with almost more than 24hrs of use on every charge.
[Huawei Watch] angle409:
so what's that watch face?
[Huawei Watch] skd:
I think it's pujie black
[Huawei Watch] Harshpatil:
The one in the image is from puije black but I have similar or better results with Ranger watch face as well. Again its the black background that helps and also the fact that you let the watch settle down for a day or two after installing a new face.
[Huawei Watch] Liquid Li0n:
do you guys often reboot your watches? And what about cache? As I see on my phone and tablet that there is a lot of cache that can be removed so I wonder if it occurs on the watch as well.
[Huawei Watch] HonorUSA_Quinn:
We are huge fans of the Huawei smartwatch battery as it is a Non-removable Li-Ion 300 mAh battery and it contains on average a talk time up to 48 h (mixed usage).
[Huawei Watch] nguoidungnq:
Hi,

Can you please share your solution with me as well? Thanks & Regards,
[Huawei Watch] jdogg4000:
Hi would you tell me as well?
[Huawei Watch] damyzster:
Hi folks I purchase huawei watch on the Internet auction. Guy said watch was used for 3 months. So i thought it was a good deal, unfortunately clock hasn't got any warranty. The main issue is the battery drain. What is that DEBUG [10]?

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[Huawei Watch] Dixie_Flatline86:
Hi everyone.

I have a strange problem with my battery. It's life is great (about 46 hour of normal usage), but the percentage is incorrect: it drops from 100% to 60% in about 6 hours, then it gets stuck at 59% for many hours (about 3 or 4), then drops quickly and agian gets stuck at a random percentage for about 8 or 10 hours.

I'm happy with my "true" battery life, but i want my watch to correctly display the remaining charge. I've tried reboot, i've enabled adb debug and reboot but nothing helped.

Anyone know how to perform a battery calibration? (I also tried 2 full charge/discharge cycle, that not helped).

Thank you and sorry for bad english
[Huawei Watch] Liquid Li0n:
since yesterday I get a crazy battery drain after going well for months, I didn't change anything on my setup...

Now
[Huawei Watch] Topazzar:
MIne is very similar to that of the above screenshots. I can get 12hrs of usage with notifications and only use about 25% (70-78% left) and sometimes leave it off charge all noght and have 60% left in the morning but a couple of hours later it's dead. 40% used in 24hrs and then the remaining 60% depletes in less than 4 hours
[Huawei Watch] AdrianR2016:
Huawei Watch has horrible battery life. :(

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[Huawei Watch] roboots21:
After the first week of use, my battery life (On AW 2.0 Preview 4) has been excellent. Normal usage puts me at about 65% at the end of the day.
[Huawei Watch] avers:
?

Go ahead. Buy a Samsung watch!
[Huawei Watch] vvveith:
Not true.

Every user will have different results but to say battery life is terrible with this watch, without any information on usage and time of use is just plain stupidity. I have had what I would consider excellent battery life and when I wear the watch, it has always lasted with time to spare when I put it on the charge. And I am very sure that a very large majority of people that use this watch will report the same. Not only that they will describe and even show with the battery graph that they also have pretty good feedback about battery life. Maybe you have a defective watch, maybe you are running an app that goes rogue but without more information, your statement is just stupid. Please try to give more facts and less bias. Thank you. :laugh:
[Huawei Watch] BillalS3:
Hello

Here is my watch battery life

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:)
[Huawei Watch] smentoma:
Me too. 1.5. 35 app install. Works like a dream on last update 1.5. I tryed 2.0 p4. but dont like lack of colors on notifications. Battery is same or better on 2.0. In my opinion huawei watch is still the best option on android wear and it's a great watch.
[Huawei Watch] Liquid Li0n:
As on the smartphone... Also here on the watch the culprit is the Google play services... In the meantime mine is above 1gb at the moment...
[Huawei Watch] tharmor:
How to uninstall apps from watch ?
[Huawei Watch] pingvinen:
Moved my new HW from the charger at 8am today. Now at 9pm, I have 66% left after moderate use during the day. This is really great!

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Battery life thread?
[Huawei Watch] tharmor:
People getting better life by removing apps....are u :confused: ??
[Huawei Watch] pingvinen:
Maybe, so far I am happy (over expectations) with the battery life on my HW. But LMGTFY

https://mobileguru.lol/android-wear-how-to-uninstall-apps/
[Huawei Watch] philje123:
Got a Huawei Watch for christmas and very happy with it. Battery life is much better than my previous LG Gwatch.

With light use and powering off over night this is my usage:
[Huawei Watch] galaxys:
^nice battery life! Enjoy this cool watch...
[Huawei Watch] Johan1976:
Battery life of course also depends on the wathchface you use. Some faces only uses a few pixels when idle while other use the complete screen in bright color also while idle. Im still impressed I can use wathchface always on with full display used all the time and still have 30-35% left at Night when going to bed.

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[Huawei Watch] willows:
My Huawei watch battery life is amazing compare to my moto 360 first edition, with always on display turn on still left 20-30% at night with moto 360 first edition i need to charge every 4PM. But for step counter i feel moto 360 is more accurate compare to huawei watch.
[Huawei Watch] Badelhas:
Anyone uses the Huawei Watch to listen to music directly from it, with Bluetooth Headphones? What's the impact on the battery?

I am asking because I own a Moto 360 1st generation and it completely drains the battery in about 40 minutes, which is not good at all. It only lasts half the time of my gym session...

Cheers