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[Samsung Gear S3] Reaper1242:
It's the weather app

Hi

After the update my battery was also terrible. I did a reset and restore then I did a reset and started from scratch. No improvement.

I saw a comment on Android Police about the update. He suggested that it's the weather app. So I reset, started from scratch and didn't update the weather app. It's only been a day but so far back to normal.

So seems it's not a Tizen 3 issue but the weather app.
[Samsung Gear S3] jomaga:
It could be posible, I dont use weather at all and I have very good battery Life, similar to tizen 2. I disabled wifi and real time heart monitoring
[Samsung Gear S3] moffe:
One thing I noticed I loose now and then the bluetooth connection to gear s3 after tizen 3.0.1 update. Perhaps this causes higher battery consumption. It connects back after a while but still it happens many times a day. I sent a bug report to Samsung about this with the UE logs. Let's see what they answer... Perhaps do a clean install :/ I hope not.
[Samsung Gear S3] Reaper1242:
Before I reset and was running the updated weather app I was using about 5% an hour and that was on a chilled Sunday with minimal usage. Today it's averaging 3.75% but that includes an hour long walk with heart monitoring, location tracking, interval timer and music to headset. Since then it's using 1-2% per hour which is about the same as pre update.

Oh and I have wifi enabled and it's fine so I don't think that's the issue.

Worth a try if you're suffering battery life issues since update.
[Samsung Gear S3] Itchiee:
No!

I'm here 7.5hrs later and I'm down from 100% to 85% so about 2% per hour. Set for notifications and step/stair counter (almost to my 3 mile daily goal)... overnight i only lose 3% over an 8 hour period... I don't use it for sleep tracking anymore, nor use the weather app with its rogue updating.
[Samsung Gear S3] fakitol:
2 full days on tizen3, when on 2.3 was 3/3.5 days.

Also watch lags. Was happy with 2.3, now it sucks
[Samsung Gear S3] Vouga:
My watch is now 4 full days without charge and i still have 20% left, AoD is off, Bezel wake up off, Gesture off.
[Samsung Gear S3] Moe5508:
I feel like doing a downgrade to 2.3.2.4...is that possible? I cant take this battery drain plus that "...battery needs to cool down to charge..." bug
[Samsung Gear S3] xmaciek82x:
My battery drains because the heart rate reader is constantly running. Even if I set to disable or check every 10 minutes, it constantly reads my pulse. Heck, even if I take the watch off, the green lights are blinking. Not really sure what to do. I reset the watch and didn't do a restore, reinstalled all apps...
[Samsung Gear S3] nascar48:
So yeah my watch can't go 12 hours on the new update. Took it off around 6:30 am was dead by 5 pm. This is pathetic Samsung! Before I was getting 4 or 5 days on my battery.
[Samsung Gear S3] purekillforce:
i got mine a couple days ago, so i did a fresh update, reset to factory, and then started from scratch. Downloaded all latest gear s apps, plugins etc.

Battery stats indicate that my watch face is using 76% of battery usage, with settings the next highest at 5%. AOD is on, so maybe it's just a battery hogging face i've been using? Been flicking between a few different ones as it's still all new and shiny.

5 hours of use and i'm down to 78%, so i wouldn't be comfortable not charging it overnight, as it wouldn't last through the next day. certainly not the 2-3 days battery life that was advertised.

Going to try some different faces, though, see if some do better for battery life.
[Samsung Gear S3] dlpmikki:
I've done reboots, resets, uninstalled all apps on phone and then factory reset. Updating and not updating the weather app Nothing is fixing this. And it won't even record steps. I've got all the options turned off that I can (no wifi, no diagnostics, no auto heart rate etc). No reply from Samsung either but that is hardly surprising. Overheating when charging as well unless it is turned off.

It was fully charged after lunch today and only 3 hours later is down to 55%

I really like it when it works but this is ridiculous!
[Samsung Gear S3] Brotuck:
No problems here.

I did reset after the update, but now batterylife is the same as before. Maybe even somewhat better.

Maybe worth mentioning is that i use the S3 Classic.

Usage is after 2 hours = 2-3 %
[Samsung Gear S3] SiNJiN76:
More of a problem with the lag for me. Also auto brightness doesn't work well. Is there a way to downgrade?
[Samsung Gear S3] ilir213:
Thanks, Governa. This worked for me as well, but I will say that I found out that the update on the weather app is a major issue. So after resetting the watches I did not update the weather app. Six hours after full charge, with GPS on and AOD/Heart rate monitor off, less than 2.5% an hour. Does seem to drain faster initially but levels off. Keep in mind the battery does say it is "learning your habits". I will try it for a few times from 100% to 0% and see if it changes. Hopefully it does or Samsung will be replacing it. Have both Gear S3 Classic and Frontier with Note 8.
[Samsung Gear S3] Moe5508:
I couldn't make any of these tricks work for me...and I just couldn't live with having to jig my watch on and off the charging cradle each time I got a message that the watch was overheating...I've downgraded back to v2.3.2.4 and am happier for it. When Samsung fixes this Tizen 3 debacle I'll upgrade again...

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Yip...just completed it successfully and I couldn't be happier back on 2.3.2.4...

https://xdaforums.com/gear-s3/development/oxa-rom-gear-s3-r760-t3695150

And you will need this NetOdin/Wifi Odin attached here :good:
[Samsung Gear S3] evolishesh:
I'm also having battery issues, even after factory resetting the watch more than twice. Still the battery doesn't last as much as it used to.
[Samsung Gear S3] Krystal1984:
My Gear s3 wasnt lasting 4 hours after the update did reboots reset a couple of times and finally noticed that the notifications for all apps was on. Once i cut it down to the ones i actually wanted battery life is back to normal for me.
[Samsung Gear S3] RatfaceMcDoogal:
Tizen Update Locked my Gear S3!

I'm so frustrated! I too also noticed the battery drain and started playing with some of the new features...When the batt hit 15%, it prompted me to to go into Power Saving Mode...I agreed and to this day, I'm still in Power Saving Mode with little to no features - My gear is locked! I've tried multiple reboots and nothing changes. I try to go back to regular mode and the watch just hangs and eventually goes back to the grey-scale PS mode...Has anyone else experience this? Word of caution - Don't go into PS Mode - Ever with this new update! I contacted Samsung and it's now in repair...with no clue how long its going to take to fix it...the thought of them prying open my watch kills me....Just gunna have to wait and hope.
[Samsung Gear S3] jaroslawkaczynski:
In case somebody else gets stuck in power saving mode:

verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-211637
[Samsung Gear S3] RatfaceMcDoogal:
Thanks...I hope this will fix the problem...my watch has already been sent for repair so I'm hoping its quick fix...My wife bought me my watch for Xmas last year so the 1 year warranty was just about to expire...I didn't want to get stuck with it not being under warranty...I looked for a solution online but couldn't find one...wish I posted earlier - Thanks again.
[Samsung Gear S3] nighthawk29:
The update is ridiculous! I even did a complete factory reset after the update and no luck. Yesterday was the worst though for battery drain. I charged it Saturday night and took it off the charger around 9:00am Sunday morning but it was a day I didn't go out or do anything so my watch literally sat on my desk the entire day unused. I wake up this morning, get ready for work and put on my watch and see that it's at 52% battery! In 20 hours of literally doing NOTHING it drained 48%!! WTF SAMSUNG!?!?!

Now, battery stats shows 35% from watch faces and then 11% from S Health then from there everything else shows as 1%. I am using the same watch face I've been using almost right from when I bought the watch back in February so I don't know why, since the watch face would have been completely unused and using the same watch face that this would drain so fast. AOD is off (I have never used it as I don't see a need to use it), Wi-Fi is set to Auto, Heart Rate is set to frequent (every 10 mins) and pretty much settings are the same as before the update but I used to get 4.5-5 days off a charge (100% down to 5% or so) but since the update I was getting 3 days at best but after seeing the battery this morning after 20 hours of no usage this is going to be 2 days at best if I am lucky. WTF?!?!
[Samsung Gear S3] Tohokuben:
Battery hit, and a bit slower/laggy now under Tizen 3.0

Hi all (and Samsung I hope!),

I will chime in as well. I have noticed a battery hit (~2/3rds of the previous battery life) following the Tizen upgrade. Further, and more immediate an issue on an interactive basis, is that I find the watch noticeably slower and laggy now. Selections and changes which were fluid before are now laggy and hesitant. I hope Samsung rectifies the issues shortly!

JS
[Samsung Gear S3] algaleka:
I had the same issue i downgraded to 2.3.2.4 but i loose the spay (card registration fail)
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
I did until I noticed that a lot of the notifications had been turned on after the update. I disabled all those notifications I didn't need and I'm back to 3 days and that's with everything, nfc, location, Bluetooth and wifi enabled.
[Samsung Gear S3] dschachm:
What did you disable?
[Samsung Gear S3] redswap:
Yeah, what did you disable.
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
Pretty much everything but a few apps that I really needed notifications on, like text, and a few other apps I use a lot. Facebook and Google + were sending tons of notifications that I didn't need.
[Samsung Gear S3] untyped:
Is there a way to get Samsung Pay back ?

I used go 4 days on a single charge. Now I am at best case at 2, but the main issue is the performance of it. it is nowhere near as it used to be...It feels glitchy and I noticed sometimes it will flash the screen purple instead of a notification...if that is not a sign that it went downhill then I don't know what it is...
[Samsung Gear S3] ttown:
Battery life seems to be stabilizing for me now. I was able to go 2 days (with AOD turned off) before charging. Still not what I was getting before the update, but it's a lot better. I'm hoping this continues to improve.
[Samsung Gear S3] Katmeat:
Over the past few days, I am suddenly seeing much better battery life. It may be due to a Samsung Pay update that was pushed out this week. Previously, I would see a 20-25% drop between 9:30 pm and 5:30 am, while sleeping much of that time. Now, it averages an 8% drop over that period. My Note 8 has also seen better battery life over the past few days. I am please with both devices again.
[Samsung Gear S3] Streect:
What tizen/samsung pay version do you have now?

---------- Post added at 10:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 PM ----------

Update to tizen 3 again :D
[Samsung Gear S3] Katmeat:
The S3 is Tizen 3.0.0.1, Samsung Pay 1.5.7006

The Note 8 (unlocked) has Samsung Pay ver. 2.8.09; and Samsung Pay (Gear plug-in) 1.5.6506

I hope that helps.
[Samsung Gear S3] Streect:
Mine is 1.5.6306..
[Samsung Gear S3] ElBeaner:
I went from close to 3 days (sometimes more than) per charge to 2 days

I just got a weather update today, but according to the gear app, watch faces and Samsung Health are the most used.

I turned my Note 8 off, then the watch off, then the Note 8 on and then the watch on and seems to have stabilized. We shall see
[Samsung Gear S3] Dr4k3y:
No noticable drain here.

Dear friends,

I thought i may have had poor battery performance after upgrading. I was getting annoyed at the amount of unnecessary notifications coming across. I noticed notifications were set to all. I changed that to only a handful of things I actually wanted. Charged to full. This is day 2 and I'm at 70%.

I use sleep tracking so I never take it off.

AOD set to off for this test.

Everything is updated, weather included, which I also actively use. Location services on watch are enabled, heart rate enabled. Wifi enabled. Basically everything enabled except AOD.

My days are fairly busy. Eg calendar events going off, fair amount of exchange mail notifications along with messages in general.

I feel battery performance may be slightly improved. Not any worse at least.
[Samsung Gear S3] chatumbabub:
Hi,

are you anyone on Tizen 2.x? Do you see availible update to Tizen 3.0? I bought S3 Frontier about week ago and update is not availible to me. Did Samsung pull off this update?
[Samsung Gear S3] LSHA1980:
Yes they did
[Samsung Gear S3] Zeal415:
Alright i have had my gear s3 vlassic for about 7-8 months. When i first got it, battery life was more than 24 hours, i charge it every night, but i would be charging it from 30%. Not a single time, through using it as a bluetooth handset, music player etc. Had i had an issue with battery life.

Sometime im august, an update came out, and i couldnt last through the work day. Turns out the update ****ed the battery life for most users. Than they came out with another update about a month ago, and battery life went back to normal!

Than we get tizen 3.0.... and were back to losing 10%+ an hour. ****ing bull****!

There is a new update today on dec 21st, that will fix the battery life issues. I did that this morning at 8 am, at 71% battery life (from 100% at 7am). Its 6:30 pm, my watch is at 3% and on low power mode. Gear app assumed i had over 24 hours left, when i got at best 10 hours.

If they cant fix this, i will be selling this thing for a android watch. While the classic looks and feels great, if it cant last the ****ing day, or even use google calender or google assistant, whats the point?
[Samsung Gear S3] cangri82:
update for battery drain has been released

update for battery drain has been released

watch?v=d6baU1I0KzI
[Samsung Gear S3] Gijsph:
In Holland still:

"Unable to update the software. A network or server error occured. Try again later".

Trying to update from the watch itself.

No Idea why or wat it means. Server Samsung?
[Samsung Gear S3] gaztom78:
Shocking update, if this isn't fixed soon it will be the last Samsung product I purchase. People are screaming out for a fix, what are Samsung doing? Absolutely **** all and they don't care, because they have our money, plain and simple. DISGRACE.
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
The fix has me over 3 days again. I had to reset the S3 after the update but it worked.
[Samsung Gear S3] ttown:
I updated my watch two days ago with the battery fix upgrade. I turned on AOD to test it out, and the early results are not positive. I've had my watch off the charger for 1.5 hours and my battery is at 85%. That's 10% an hour. ?
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
I don't see how you ever had good battery life with AOD. Did you adjust the heart rate monitor so it isn't always on?
[Samsung Gear S3] artisticsoul79:
Battery Drain and Bad Lag

Not only is my battery draining after the new update, but my gear s3 has been lagging really bad. Has anyone noticed this issue? I'm really disappointed with it as I just bought the watch less than 2 weeks ago and I'm thinking about taking it back. I've done some research online and have not found a solution to the issue.
[Samsung Gear S3] fearbasel04:
Battery and lag is from the stupid update. Very noticeable since I updated. I mean it a great watch and all. I use to charge it every two days now I charge it nightly. I recommend any updates to do a master reset after and that helps with lag, but not so much with the battery life.
[Samsung Gear S3] artisticsoul79:
I'm going to keep an eye out on the battery life today. I took it off the charger at 8:55am central time. We'll see how much a drain it does today.
[Samsung Gear S3] audscott:
I've chronicled my issues with my S3, but want to reitterate if you haven't updated to tizen 3, I would not. I did and it killed my battery. Sent it back to sammy (3 total returns , but only 1 for the battery). They gave me a new watch and that as running tizen 2.3.2.1.

Had it two weeks. Last charge lasted 4 full days.

No way I'm making the mistake with tizen 3 (again) until samsung gets their proverbial head out of their nether regions.
[Samsung Gear S3] fearbasel04:
Deleted....
[Samsung Gear S3] fearbasel04:
13 hours later down to 37%... I hate it.
[Samsung Gear S3] fearbasel04:
Two minutes later I did another screenshot. Wtf

The gear app lies or there is something wrong.
[Samsung Gear S3] the_ave:
Hello gents,

Santa was kind to bring me the Gear S3 I bought a couple of months ago :D So, after a slight reluctance in applying the update, I decided to take the chance. Original OS Tizen 2.3.2.3, upgraded to 3.0.0.1 (R760XXU2CQL1). Here's the current status:

[IMG="No, it's not cheated!"]https://i.imgur.com/Lwaslpr.jpg[/IMG]

No AoD, no HR. I use it mainly for the barometer, it's quite important for me to know when cabin pressure starts increasing prior to the descent during flights.

So far, I iz of happy!
[Samsung Gear S3] albiGib:
I updated with the CQL1 upgrade and im finding battery at 92% after 2 hours and 52 minutes with settings eating 21% of battery.

Aod off, gesture wake off, HR off and diagnostic reporting off.

I feel that the battery isn't as great as it was before the update. I'd be at around 75% to 80 % battery aster a full day with gesture wake on and exactly the same settings as now.

I've already factory wiped the watch as soon as I updated, but I'm not convinced about this.
[Samsung Gear S3] non.verbal:
I have this watch since two months , I updated to tizen 3 right when it come out, didn't notice any change in battery life , its still holding up fine like 3 to 4 days. yesterday I get another ota like 20 megs and description / changelog saying improved battery life , I will let you guys know later if it affected anything or battery life still the same in my case

edit; I have auto hr and wake up gesture on , connected with Bluetooth all the time and brightness at lvl 6 . I use vibrate mode all the time. gps/wifi/nfc off at all times
[Samsung Gear S3] Tel864:
I did discover one battery killer the other night. I laid my watch on the nightstand with 100% battery and when I woke 7 hours later it was at 55%. Somehow I accidentally turned off Bluetooth on my phone and my Gear switched to wifi which I normally keep set to Auto. So now I know to make sure I keep the Gear connected with BT or it will only get 1 day if connected to wifi alone.
[Samsung Gear S3] mbrown0603:
FIX:

I have a gear s3 frontier and had the same issue upon updating. I contacted samsung and they told me to factory reset it and it should fix the problem.
[Samsung Gear S3] RatfaceMcDoogal:
I tried to factory reset but mine was totally locked...Did it work for you? I sent it in for repair and they had to change the entire mainboard...it was in the pain the butt to start from scratch again and obviously I lost all my data but I'm happy to say that the watch is working beautifully with the new Tizen...I'm having no batt. issues after the latest update and I managed to get all my purchased watch faces back. Good luck with your watch!
[Samsung Gear S3] taihard:
I haven't read all posts yet so I don't know if it was already covered or not, but for me, the battery killer after the update was svoice having voice wake up turned on. Turned that off and I'm back to right about 72 hours from 100% - 0% with all my normal usage.
[Samsung Gear S3] thejoey12:
i've also read that turning off the diagnostic reporting helps, along with the monitoring with s health. i got a solid 6.5 hours out of mine from 100% to 15%. I called Samsung and the lady emailed me a mailing slip and told me to go ahead and send it in. She didn't even have me factory reset anything at all. This makes me believe that there may be bigger issues than just software.
[Samsung Gear S3] thenew3:
I will join the club and say my battery life has gotten really bad after the tizen 3 update. Used to be able to get 3 days easily with 4 days possible if I am careful. Now I can hardly get 1 day out of it. The drain used to be 1% per hour while I'm wearing watch, and 1% per 3 to 4 hours when I'm not wearing watch. Now it's draining at 10% per hour while I'm wearing watch and 5% per hour when I'm not wearing it.

No settings changed, just installed update. Tried a factory reset, didn't improve battery life.

So going from a charge every 3-4 days, down to having to charge daily, sometimes twice a day with no setting change or usage changes.

Please fix this samsung!
[Samsung Gear S3] thejoey12:
In the settings under about device scroll down and turn off report diagnostics and usage.
[Samsung Gear S3] Kamstance:
Do you all wear yours at night? I just got mine Saturday charged it and set it up (so battery when faster I get that) wore it to bed that night. Had to charge on Sunday, out it in at around 10 pm went I went to bed and by 8 am I was down to 50%. I was hoping I could wear to track sleep, but just wondering if anyone else wears it at night it only during the day?
[Samsung Gear S3] kipmast:
TIZEN 3.0 update & battery/charging issues

It's definitely a bug that has already been mentioned on SAMSUNG's websites. Mine has gotten so bad that it now loses it's charge while charging and telling me that it's overheating. I'm very frustrated with Samsung's response to the folks complaining about this issue. It's an awfully expensive paperweight now. I am back to my trusty Android wear until Samsung comes up with a software update or something that actually fixes the issue. You can Factory reset over 100 times it won't help and does no good to look for battery hogging apps that you think might be the cause. FIX IT SAMSUNG- LIKE YESTERDAY!:mad:
[Samsung Gear S3] adfree:
Try charging to 100 % in Reboot menu... like you would do if you flash with netOdin...

Select Download (wireless)...

Wait for green LED... then 100 % are reached...

This helps to bypass f&%ing 95 % charge...

This could help to bypass Overheating... in theory... need to be tested...

Unknown to me...

What you use with "Charger cradle"... USB cable? to what...

I remember there are fast chargers with more power...

I have never tried to charge from USB port...PC or Notebook maybe this help also to reduce overheating...

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear S3] Roger_K:
Yes, Tizen 3.0.0.1 was killing my battery, and stopped the ability to charge to 100% This was going on ever since the upgrade first came out.

Yesterday, I rolled back to 2.3.2.3. Now everything is back to normal, with awesome battery life, and no lag on the watch.
[Samsung Gear S3] barabangel:
How to downgrade to 2.3.2.3?
[Samsung Gear S3] HR-Miko:
Waste of time.

I made a downgrade (2.3.2.3. & 2.3.2.4), the situation improved but insufficient to consider it as a lasting solution.

After two months, the device is sent for repair within the warranty period - replaced battery and motherboard.
[Samsung Gear S3] Roger_K:
I beg to differ in my case, I am now 27 hours with 26% to go. The rollback definitely got my watch back to how it was before.

Definitely NOT a waste of effort.

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It's in these forums... do a search. I don't have the link handy.
[Samsung Gear S3] Roger_K:
Hi Folks... an update...

After about a week or so I can definately confirm all performance (lag) issues are gone, battery life (AOD) is back to normal (around a day and a half), and the charging to 100% is corrected after the rollback to 2.3.2.3. I am stoked, and will never update the firmware on this watch again. The Gear S3 is certainly a kick ass watch in this configuration.