Apple Watch 5 Always Crashes 2 Miles Into Run
I am consistently experiencing a software bug that crashes my Apple Watch 5 Cellular while working out and listening to Pandora or music stored locally on my watch.
I’m specifically running using the Workout app and listening to music, and usually around the 2-mile mark, my watch will reboot and then want to go into Power Reserve. The battery then shows less than 10% and I’m unable to continue my workout and/or listen to audio the rest of my run. Upon placing the watch back on the charger after the run, power jumps to 70+%.
This is so frustrating and unsatisfactory. It is totally ruining my experience and I’m at a loss. I’ve tried all the default recommendations that Apple will roll out. I have reset the watch. I’ve tried disabling Wifi to no avail also. I found another thread with a couple other users with this same issue but no resolution was found unfortunately.
Ran battery diagnostics at Apple Store and they came back fine (this time). Watch works fine and lasts all day when using it “normally” (i.e. not for a run).
Very disappointed in this product. Hope this community can help, because the “genius” at the Apple Store sure couldn’t.
Apple Watch Series 5