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[Samsung Gear S3] Slash8915:
In my experience, this thing has awesome battery life. Even better than my Huawei. I have the brightness at maximum, have the AOD enabled, and use the Chronograph+ face. I get notifications on it pretty frequently throughout the day, and when i get home after an 8-9 hour work day, the Gear S3 usually has around 75% battery life left.
[Samsung Gear S3] mjs2011:
Using AOD, my watch is at 49% right now and it's been off the charger since 6:30am yesterday, averageing 1.92% per hour. That's good enough for me. I can sleep with it an not worry and then I'll throw it on the charger at some point tonight when I get home.
[Samsung Gear S3] nyamoV2:
I had the same problem. Turn location to gps only. Kinda helped, but tech decided it was a dud and exchanged it
[Samsung Gear S3] vasiaua:
3 day for me
[Samsung Gear S3] docfreed:
Airplane Mode - Still Uses Too Much Battery!

At night I've been turning airplane mode on while I sleep. When I awaken

I see that the battery still is losing 6-7% per hour?? And I set the watch aside (not wearing it).

Watch faces seems to be the major culprit - last night it used 57%

How can this be - the watch isn't moved and if it's in airplane mode there shouldn't be any connections. Either it's a dud or something is majorly wrong.

It's a frontier LTE but if this happens it's going back - fortunately I'm still in the return window
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
Are you using 3rd party watchfaces? Some have been reported to be major battery drainers. Choose a factory one with a dark theme and see if your burn rate declines.

How strong is the cellular signal? Is the watch constantly searching for a signal? Does battery life improve with it off?

This will help determine if it's a dud, or it just won't work for you at your location. I use it as my standalone phone, and recharge it ~1 hour per day. I use AOD with a dark watchface, and AT&T's network is strong in my area.
[Samsung Gear S3] daoom:
I got a full 48 hours with "new gadget" usage. Things I notced:

- Using the Facer app is a major battery drain, I stopped using it.

- Always on is also a major drain, I have it on but will likely turn it off.

Once I've had it a while and stop playing with it all the time, I expect I'll be able to get a 72 hours out of it.
[Samsung Gear S3] docfreed:
Using built-in watchface (Blue Pop without any styling) and it's dark face. I removed all installed faces and that seemed to help a lot. I have my own LTE Microcell (from T-Mobile), WiFi and Location are off).

Thanks for the suggestions - I think you're right about 3rd party faces because even though the face takes up the most %, the battery drain has calmed down to a few% - that's liveable - Gear app on Galaxy S7 states 2+ days left. That's good enough
[Samsung Gear S3] mjs2011:
Yep. Stock watch faces definitely get better battery life. As much as AOD drains the battery, the benefits of having it on are worth charging it more frequently.
[Samsung Gear S3] ikch:
Useful trick is to reboot device after watchface changing. It's look like previous watchface stay active in behind and drained battery like active. After this trick is batery drainig by fatchface approx. 3x lower - now 22% vs. previous 75% and total battery life much better.
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
If you want to know do a factory reset and run it stock for a day and see what happens.

I'm running for 3 weeks now and still have a drain between 0.2 and 0.4 at night and 1 and 2% during the day. I have even seen it below 1% during the weekend with only a few calls and messages. Of course AOD is off, BT is on.
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
My battery has been acting funny for the last week ive noticed. I charged it to 100 and took it off the charger when i went to bed around 2. Checked it now and it's at 85%. Wifi is on auto AOD off bluetooth on location off. I'm curious, would it be better if I had location on but on the lowest setting (wifi/mobile networks) on the watch and off on the phone so it doesn't have to pull it's location from the phone?
[Samsung Gear S3] TheDKGunner:
I really hope the battery on mine settles down like a phone. Got a classic for Christmas and even while sleeping it's eating battery like candy. Lost 25 percent during 8 hours sleep. I didn't install any apps, and had like 2 notifications when I woke up. BT only.

Also, don't know if this is normal : charged it yesterday, and it never "stopped" charging. I took it off charger an hour after reaching 100%. My gear fit 2 lights up when full, and charging symbol disappear, but that didn't happen with the s3.

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[Samsung Gear S3] cawith:
Try to reset device. If that doesn't work, then return it. Sounds like something is wrong. Hopefully just software...
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
Maybe it's searching for BT connection. Try turning off BT overnight to see if it's a defective radio.

My burn rate with minimal activity, as happens overnight, with LTE on is 1% per hour. The rate for BT should be even lower.
[Samsung Gear S3] TheDKGunner:
Good tip... Will try that ðŸ‘

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[Samsung Gear S3] Rexo_75:
I got my gear s3 yesterday with 67% battery and it lasted 1d10hours to 5%... If it had 100%, it would have lasted 2d2h.... Its not perfect battery consumption, and yeah, watch faces made 20% on battery, and for me s voice 18%.... But i just said like 10 commands and that's all. It would be nice if you could clean ram - something like task manager. All s health features are great, but it always says you made more steps than you actually do and also sleep tracker, first 3 hours of sleeping are missing. But this is the only problems I found. Anyway, gear s3 is the best smart watch! Nothing like android wear full of lags
[Samsung Gear S3] thepella:
You can clean ram: look for "recent app" or something like that (blue dot icon)
[Samsung Gear S3] Rexo_75:
Oh I'm blind thanks XD also I saw this option in the mobile app, and you click on ram and just clean... I hope the battery will last longer.
[Samsung Gear S3] Jackjan4:
My S3 runs like a charm. My settings are:

- Always on display activated

- Bluetooth on

- Wifi automatic mode

- Dark watchface ("minimal")

- S voice deactivated

I charge my watch every night and in the evening i still have ~45% left, so I could probably use it perfectly for two days. I'm surprised that some people get so low battery times :eek:
[Samsung Gear S3] arl16:
Yeah, I was a little skeptical at first too - I wasn't quite getting two days out of it, but admittedly was doing a lot of fiddling, and trying lots of watch faces with AOD on (with faces that had an AOD pixel ratio well above 15%! Very frowned upon by Samsung!).

So I decided to just try using it like a watch, with a stock face, basically just getting text and email notifications, and occasionally checking my step count. Took off charger yesterday @ 9am. Almost 30 hours later, I'm at 70%. Hard to complain about that.

Obviously, the more I start trying to replace my phone, the faster I"m going to burn battery. But for my purposes - text/email notifications so I don't have to dig my phone out of my pocket, sending wifey a Glympse notification when I'm leaving work, and maybe an occasional "hands-free" (hmmm...) phone call while driving, this thing is working for me!

Now - I'm looking forward to seeing how long it lasts using the GPS on the golf course. Anyone with better weather try it out yet?!
[Samsung Gear S3] hsolo:
I have used it 4 times on the golf course, and only had it for 10 days (that's right, I live in Florida!!). Works great on the course. I sprung for the subscription on an app called Golf Pad, and it is pretty awesome. I have been using (and still use) a Band 2, so I have had to get used to the fact that the Gear S3 does not automatically count my strokes, and I have to manually tell the watch each time I hit the ball. My other "complaint" is that if it is in range of my phone, it still uses the GPS on the phone (Band 2 did not). So if my phone is in the cart (at my partners ball) and I have walked up to where my ball is, the yardage is NOT from the watch, but from the phone in the cart. I have played the last two rounds with the phone in my pocket to overcome this. I think that if I did not bring my phone, or turned off the bluetooth, it would probably use the watch GPS.....but I wish I had an option to do so regardless. As for battery life, I go from 100% down to about 75% (or more) for a round of golf......so easily enough to get a full day's use plus round of golf in.

The app is GREAT for tracking shots later (satellite view of where you were for each shot, distance hit, etc.). Really happy with that aspect and the stats it provides online and from the app on the phone.
[Samsung Gear S3] arl16:
Great info - thanks! I wonder if turning off the GPS on your phone would force it to stick with the watch. You're right - crazy they don't give you the option to force that! Great news on battery life!

Have you tried the other apps like GolfNavi or SmartCaddie? I'm curious on a comparison on functionality. Thanks again!
[Samsung Gear S3] hsolo:
I have not used either app with the watch. I have used SmartCaddie before though, and I have watched videos of the watch and Navi in action. I think I prefer GolfPad over both of those, for the stats it provides me and the presentation thereof.....but that's maybe personal and may differ for other users.

I did find a blurb on the GolfPad website that hints that the ability to choose the watch OR the phone GPS is available, but it appears to be for a different GPS enabled watch. I submitted a query / request to have this option for the Gear S3 as well. Got an automated reply that they would get back to me within 2 days.
[Samsung Gear S3] nascar48:
Just got the gear s3 today but I took it out of the box at 93% installed all the apps, and still 8 hours later had 42%. That's just amazing. My moto 360 would have used that much battery under normal usage.
[Samsung Gear S3] ikch:
my actually best result

After 3 days of normal use, also 15 hours a day on the hand, approx. 20 messages a day displayed, BT on, AOD off, WiFi off. Now i start day 4.
[Samsung Gear S3] plasticangel:
I feel really upset. My battery life is terrible. It survive only 10 hours . I feel so mad when people say it survive 2 days.. how is it even possible? (already did factory reset)

I have also tried to with a Puma watchstyle. Battery life is the same when compared to a black background. I dont know what to do...

-nonLTE-

AOD is on (using im alive) (bright %5)

Using stock watchface (Minimal)

Bluetooth is on

Wifi off

Gps off

Shealth is on but notifications off

Heart rate is on
[Samsung Gear S3] ikch:
Really use you AOD with alive? If yes, it's the worst thing for battery life ever, even for display burnout. If you need to use AOD, then factory built in settings only. Just look in Gear manager for detailed battery use, you will see.
[Samsung Gear S3] plasticangel:
Ouh, i didnt know that.. In Gear manager I see, Watchfaces %87 S Health %1 .. nothing else displays. : ))) I will use stock setting for AOD and let you know my battery life again.
[Samsung Gear S3] nascar48:
Anyone know how to fix the battery hog apps like news and s health? Those two together use more than the screen. Those two apps must run like crazy in the background.
[Samsung Gear S3] dkb218:
AOD-Off

S Health - on

LTE - on when needed.

Average maybe 100 notifications a day.

I leave the house at 6:30 AM with 100% battery and return about 7 PM with about 80%. Battery is pretty good for me.
[Samsung Gear S3] plasticangel:
I found that "I am Alive" app was sucking my battery.. I still use AOD is ON and from %100 to %83 in 9 hours. Im very happy right now.
[Samsung Gear S3] peekie:
i get just over 2 days battery , and thats with 36℅ left , dont have aod as i find that not as nice as the sony smartwatch 2 had ( that watch gave me 4 days plus )
[Samsung Gear S3] dkb218:
Just checked out the I am Alive app. Doesn't seem like something you'd want running all the time.
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
Setting records, about to beat my old pebble time steel!
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
So ive realized that the watch face you use even has an effect on your battery when the display is off. I was using a watch face that had a good drain on my battery and when i switched it my battery life really improved. charged it up to 100 and now its sitting at 80% after 1d 9h 49m of being off the charger.
[Samsung Gear S3] luckykat:
How did you make it, in engery saver mode?
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
id like to know as well
[Samsung Gear S3] omegear:
Hey guys

Here are my stats so far. Note that it took a few days to settle.

If your watch is new, allow at least 5 - 6 days of FULLY discharge it and then you let your watch at 100% for 30 min on the dock.

My options :

Alaways-on : ON

S-Health : ON

Brightness : 6

Location : GPS only

Wi-fi : Auto

Bluetooth : ON

Watchface : Genesis (super low battery cosumption and beautiful)
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
I'm just using it, only had very few calls and apps during the Christmas holiday period. Aod is off, location on, brightness on 2, and I have the bt only version. Haven't been running much lately as well, it's sheit weather.
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
which watch face are you using? watch faces play a major part even when the display is off.
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
gtest7, 24hversion
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
can you provide a link?
[Samsung Gear S3] RayLever:
Battery backup of this gear watch is better than other gear watch .
[Samsung Gear S3] lacmac:
Time remaining is deceiving. When I charged to full it said I had 2 days left. Yet I got 4 days, it changes according to usage.

That's with bt on,Wi-Fi on auto,watchface is Seiko astron,AOD off,i used S-voice and listened to music, received lots of whatsapp notifications.
[Samsung Gear S3] blackspp:
Search 'basic digital display' from Gabriel Garcia
[Samsung Gear S3] orlans21:
Thanks. I'll try it out
[Samsung Gear S3] dundun1701:
Same here. Did a hard reset and it end up at 50% after 12 hrs.

I pick it up today at 7 A.M (100%), with lightly usage, now is has 53% battery remain.

I'm going to call SS Customer service today, i think mine has battery problem.
[Samsung Gear S3] Yzord:
I think it all depends which phone you have. I have an iPhone and i have to connect to 2 BT profiles (LE and normal version). LE stands for low energy, so i guess the second profile eats more battery then the LE version.

The normal BT profile is being used for accepting phone calls with the S3
[Samsung Gear S3] Bond@007:
I use a Pebble Time since 18 months, i love his AOD and his battery life since 5 days to 7 days.

The Gear S3 catch my eyes but a little too much big and i'm not sure with AOD obtain 3 full days of use ...

My smartwatch wake me up since morning with vibrate alert and now i can't do without this feature but if i must to charge the S3 during the night, no wake up for me (not to big for to sleep ?).

Is it possible to activate airplane (BT, WIFI, AOD desactivated) every night for exemple since 23h to 7h ? If i press a button during the night, can i obtain the clock ?

Thanks for your replies.
[Samsung Gear S3] RickCain:
Very odd, my Gear S3 always gets at least two full days on a charged and that is with two 1hr runs (GPS on during entire run). If I don't exercise I get three full days.

That is with call forwarding on, if I have LTE on all the time time between charges drops by 12 hrs.
[Samsung Gear S3] GreenBot:
I have used the Gear S3 for 2 weeks. TWO days of heavy use (installing apps, playing games). THREE to FOUR days if I use it as a watch with notifications and no extensive apps usages
[Samsung Gear S3] fastmike:
Hopefully it will go better after few charges. For now, barely 30 hours with minimum usage and always on display turned off. I did try to compare with my Gear 2 Neo doing exact same things on both. Best I got on Gear S3 was 30 hours when Gear 2 last for almost 5 days... not impressed. In addition use my Neo has TV remote.
[Samsung Gear S3] dundun1701:
I've returned mine to Samsung, waiting for the new one.

Hope the battery drain problem will be gone.
[Samsung Gear S3] marcgear:
About the same I'm really happy with the battery on mine. Currently at 17% left with just clocked 4 days usage.

AOD is off.

Fallout pipboy watch face.

General use such as notification and odd call.

I did start to use AOD but the battery then sucked.
[Samsung Gear S3] zazadj81:
Gear s3 frontier bt

I agree, definitely have two Bluetooth connections leads to excessive consumption when used with iPhone, I want to try one day with the only access LE, to see the difference, I do not understand why not use one for the call connection. I hope to improve with future updates.
[Samsung Gear S3] rinkeedink:
LOL:laugh:
[Samsung Gear S3] zazadj81:
I'm using the Gear s3 this morning at 6:30 am, before it was also connected to receive calls, at 11:00 I unplugged the pair for calls, and only left connected to the LE connection, now I'm still at 65%. yesterday I was already 28%.
[Samsung Gear S3] DerBeneAC:
I'm using the watch for about a week now. When i got it from amazon, it was already charged to about 75%. I fully charged it an used it for 3 days (72h) straight (putting it on bedside table at night), after this time I installed a watch face I created myself using Gear Watch Designer - and I updated five apps on the gear. The following night I recharged the watch. Now the battery only lasts for about two days (first 24 hours already discharged the battery to 51%).

Settings:

- Custom Watch Face (pretty dark)

- AOD off

- WLAN off

- BT on

- GPS off

- Auto HR off

- Debug Mode on (for installing the watch face using GWD)

Not sure what drains the battery here. S-Health consumed a lot of the battery (about 32%) but i never used GPS :confused:

Going to check by using a stock watch face. Next step would be disabling Debug Mode and final step resetting the watch. Seeing users using the watch with a lot of features turned on (including AOD) and getting better battery results sounds like a problem connected to the watch face used...
[Samsung Gear S3] davtse:
I'm getting closer to the promised 4 day mark. On moderate to light use I'm getting 25% per day. This means notifications, fiddling around with features, heart rate and movement tracking always on.

I'm using a custom watch face and turn off AOD. Even at a pixel on rate of less than 1%, it drains significantly more.
[Samsung Gear S3] Oatswesow:
I'm getting over three days with moderate use.
[Samsung Gear S3] dundun1701:
SS said that mine had problem with battery and mainboard, so they replaced them for me.

I'm at 87% (100% at 7:00 AM) now, it's quite good for moderate use.
[Samsung Gear S3] DerBeneAC:
What's the time at your place right now? Your post is dated at 7:25 AM which would be 13% battery usage in 25 minutes :eek:

Setting the watch face at my watch back to a stock one changed the battery life significantly: After 26 hours of usage I'm still at 75%.
[Samsung Gear S3] Cwcltd:
Battery Life

The AOD is an attractive option but really cuts battery life to about a day. However the battery life seems to be going up towards the end of my first week.
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
AOD impacts battery life significantly, but that's also what makes it a watch. Otherwise, it's just a gadget that's worn on the wrist. I keep wake up gestures off so the screen doesn't activate until I need it to (the passive screen gives me essential reference info). This conserves battery a bit. But ultimately, my goal is extract maximum utility not maximum battery life, from my watch.
[Samsung Gear S3] imkenjarabe:
I can easily get 4days with moderate use. AOD off. SHealth tracking on. few calls and notifications on the watch
[Samsung Gear S3] Reallionare:
Hello, do you have the LTE version ?

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Do you have the LTE version?
[Samsung Gear S3] zazadj81:
should leave off the touch when using AOD, would be an improvement in consumption when using this mode, you do not need to have the always-on touch, to awaken just movement of the wrist or turn the dial.
[Samsung Gear S3] _Juergen_:
For me it helped to reset the Gear s3 after installation of apps or changing Watch Face. Bevor i reset the Gear battery life was about 1 day, after reset 3 days.
[Samsung Gear S3] fastmike:
I was barely reaching a day even with AOD off. Now that I turned off the automatic watch on when turning your wrist, and set WiFi off at all time, I can get 4 to 5 days no problem.
[Samsung Gear S3] Redflea:
BT version, AOD on, BT & Wi-Fi on, GPS off. Thought I was fine w/turning AOD off, but am finding that I prefer it on.

Only had it a few days so still very much in the "playing" mode, and ended today w/65% battery left (starting from 9AM full charge, going to 10 PM).

Very happy w/that result!
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
I was trying a few Watchmaster faces and I noticed that my watch faces were averaging over 20% of my battery usage. After uninstalling WM and just using GearWatchDesigner to sideload my faces, my usage for faces dropped to about 5%.
[Samsung Gear S3] TinGin:
This is how I intended to use my S3 (My company provides my work phone, and I didn't want another phone just for personal use.). But When I ran my S3 solely on my mobile network, yesterday, the battery was below 10% by 2 pm (off the charger at 7 am). I've heard that the battery needs time to "adjust." Was this your experience at first? If not, an you share any other tips on how to extend my battery life while using as a standalone? I'll be docking my S3 every night, so I don't need it to last for more than one day.
[Samsung Gear S3] storm.trooper:
Have you tried resetting your S3 back to factory settings? When I got my S3 (wifi version, no data), it didn't last 24 hours. After resetting it, it nows can last 3 days (average user) without AOD.
[Samsung Gear S3] afblangley:
I routinely go from 100% to 15% on an 18 hour day with 15-30 minutes of voice calls and 30 something notifications, AOD dark watchface, Wake up gesture off, BT and WiFi off, LTE always on. A day on standby with little activity could end with 40% left.

If you're using 90% in 8 hours, something is amiss. Are you using a stock watchface? Some third party watchface are notorious drains.

Have you done a factory reset? Sometimes settings go awry or a rogue app causes problems. Use it for a couple of days before reinstalling all your apps.

If you are in an area with a weak signal, the battery will drain quickly, constantly searching and pulling. Have you tried disabling LTE and running only on BT? If you get normal life then it's likely the LTE radio. If it's still crappy, you may have a defective watch.

Are you using NumberSync? I've read a few reports about that causing excessive drain on the Urbane 2. As an experiment, you may want to try setting up the watch entirely on its own, without using Gear Manager. This will definitely isolate the problem if it's LTE.
[Samsung Gear S3] TinGin:
I've already reset it. But that didn't solve the battery problem. I think the issue was that my hardware store has poor reception. I was at a different site yesterday and the battery performed exceptionally better. We'll see how it does today.

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I've reset it, and the battery performed similar. I think it was the area that I was in. I'm at a different site today, and after 2.5 hours off of the charger I've only used 7%. Sounds like i was just in a poor area and the radio was working overtime.

AOD/BT/WiFi/NFC off, Wake up gesture on, LTE/Mobile Network always on.
[Samsung Gear S3] TinGin:
SUCCESS!!!

I've come to the conclusion that it was my location that was draining the battery. I've been off the charger since 7:00 am (AOD/WiFi/NFC off, LTE/wake up gesture on, BT on for one hour to stream music during myworkout) and am at 21% now at 7:53 pm. The Battery was consistent throught out the day, and when I passed by my hardware store (the location where I was when my battery drained in half a day), I could see the numbers drop significantly faster. Thanks for all your suggestions!