I updated my series 4 Apple Watch to WatchOS 7 today. I use my watch all day and usually have about 30% battery left when I go to bed and start changing. Today my phone got to 10% by 2:30 pm! Why is this drawing so quickly?
I had the same issue on my Apple Watch Series 4 after updating to iOS7. I tried shutting down background app refresh, and ensured sleep app and hand washing apps were off.
This didn't fix issue so I read on some other forums about repairing to your iPhone. So I did a reset on my watch. I restored using the same backup I just reset and today the problem seems to be gone. After a 2hour walk I have only went down 13% which is normal level. When I was running out of battery my watch was showing a 35% drop after my walk.
if restoring from the backup didn't work I was going to try setting up as new watch but obviously I didn't have to go that far.
I've completed the unpair and pair using a backup and at the moment I am getting better battery life. Still a massive, unnecessary pain. But at least it is all now running.
I unpaired, then re-paired. Problem solved.
Same here. Watch Series 5. When I’d go to bed before I upgraded, I’d have about 45-50% remaining power. Now since I upgraded, I run out of power in late afternoon or early evening.
I’ve unpaired and re-paired. Still not like as good as before with WatchOS 6. I’ve a hard time to make it through the day and a workout. Pls fix, now.
Unpairing and re-pairing plus switching off background refresh for a bunch of unused apps has fixed the battery issue, back to approx 24 hrs+ of battery life.
I worried about this the cards are still there you just need to enter the digits on the back of the card(s). Previously you had to reinstall in cards. Very easy but took 20m Xs Max with S4 watch.
I unpaired my series 4 cellular and re-setup as a new watch and it completely fixed the issue! So much happier now.
When i pair a new device all my health and activities will be lost, thats not acceptable
I repaired as new and all my fitness data, awards/records etc were still there.
Apple has not even an option to submit OS7 bugs! only up to 6.1.1
Oh thats nice, i just repaired from backup lets see.
dont want to setup new credit cards
You should not lose them. I never have. Impair your old watch and let it create a backup. When pairing the new one you can restore the saved backup. Plus the Activity data is stored in the cloud.
Unpairing and repairing as a NEW watch worked like a charm! It was fully charged at 8:30 am. After a full day and night, I still have 55% at 11:41 pm
I've been installing watchOS 7.0.1 and iOS 14.01 for a few hours now, and it seems to me that everything has returned to normal!
I upgraded to OS 7.01 last night, and my Series 4 it seems back to normal. From 99 % to 98 % in two hours.
watchOS 7 Battery Drain
