Is there something strange happening with WatchOS today? I have a Series 2 Nike Edition running 5.3.2 and a Series 5 Nike Edition running 6.0.1. Both has normal "all day battery" life prior to today. However, today both have drained battery much quicker (the Series 2 drained almost completely in half a day, the Series 5 now down to 7% after 10 hours). What would cause this sudden battery drain? No change in usage.
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This is a follow up to my previous posts. I found that my iPhone and Apple Watch were still draining faster than they should.
Reviewing the diagnostic logs from my iPhone and watch, I found TrustedPeersHelper still taking a lot of CPU on both devices. My mac has been fine, but something still wasn't right with my other devices.
So, this time I ran this terminal command from my mac: tpctl reset
I was then forced to login to iCloud on my mac and iPhone, but ever since my watch and iPhone are not running hot. Yesterday, I wore my watch from 7 am to midnight, and I still had 60% remaining on my watch, and 70% on my iPhone.
The "tpctl reset" resolved all of my battery issues!
If you don't have a mac, I'd recommend calling Apple or going to an Apple store. They must have a way to do the equivalent of "tpctl reset" on your behalf from their side. I hope this helps everyone.
Already there, aaaand the answer is no.
1hr 30 min off charger and I’ve lost 7%.
Not going to do it. My battery life is back and I am not going to take any risk.
In the release notes, does 6.1.2 (beta) include any battery fixes?
To update after 24hrs. My watch ended the day with its pre 6.1.2 battery performance. ~24hrs. Seemed to settle out after a few hours for me.
That seems to be normal. I've seen that happen with the Series 0, 2, 3 and 5.
I'm still having this issue under watchOS 6.1.3. My Series 4 used to last two days, ending the day with ~60%. Now it barely gets 20%. So frustrating.
So, at the end of your info you load into terminal, do I then wait for it to say:
tpctl validate | head
{
"health" :1,
"results" : {
Because it did nothing for me after I entered info into terminal
and theres no apps running in the background. & the workout app started popping up yesterday after months of being disabled. nuisance app.
Guila, you are correct. I just checked and the iCloud warning sign is also gone!
I have at least partially fixed the problem, although the battery drain is definitely still much higher than previously.
My phone battery also was draining very quickly and the battery app told me that the Music app had used 93% of my battery (all background), I hadn't even listened to music that day! Restarting didn't help, so did a hard restart and that fixed the phone battery, and today my watch has lasted a full day. It's almost flat though where previously it would probably be closer to 50% by this time of the day. So still high, but at least it's not dying before lunch time...
Yesterday after restarting the iPhone/watch the watch had ~65% left after a long day (20 hours). It seems to be improved after the restart, but I’m keeping an eye on it. Maybe something in iOS 13.1.3 temporarily stirred up some extra background work in the watch.
My Apple Watch battery is dying rapidly especially after using the Activity app first thing in the morning. It’s only started to happen in the last week or so. Is this a common problem and is there a fix? Rebooting the watch doesn’t seem to help
Did you try the iPhone/watch shutdown/restart procedure:
Mine seems to be back to normal after
that.
that was advised from G35 Driver in earlier feeds.
I'm finding it worse since the update. Even had the the watch completely reset on its own at one point. Repairing and setting up as a new watch has the battery dying around the 16 hour mark and if I have a workout it's even faster.
I shouldn't have to go disable all the advertised functionality of the watch just to get the "All Day" (18hr) use from the watch. Very disappointed.
Apple Watch sudden battery drain?
