Apple Watch 4 - quick battery drain

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Aple678 Author

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Apple Watch 4 - quick battery drain

Hello everyone,

For about 2 weeks my AW4 consumes too much battery:

I tried:

re-pairing watch and iPhone 12 Pro as a new watch
disabling background refresh, Wi-Fi and notifications
enabling battery save mode
force reset on both devices
uninstalling all 3rd-party apps
installing WatchOS 9.3 RC

…and nothing helps!

This started when I received the watch from service which was replacing the screen, but I’m not sure it could be linked with battery problem (my friend with AW5 had similar problem which resolved itself 2 days later + I see some users from forum have same problems after WatchOS 9/9.1/9.2 updates).

Any ideas?

Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 9

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 7:43 AM

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lobsterghost1

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Jan 19, 2023 8:18 AM in response to Aple678

If it started after service, I'd take it back to whoever replaced the screen. If it wasn't Apple, Apple won't offer any help with the watch. Who replaced the screen? Apple typically doesn't replace the screen on Apple Watch. They typically provide a like new replacement.

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Jan 19, 2023 8:49 AM in response to Aple678

Sorry, but there's nothing we can do to help you. Since you allowed your watch to be serviced by someone other than Apple, you've lost any service rights with Apple. And we are just users and we can't diagnose an issue which occurred after you had a 3rd party open your watch. You've done all by your list above the troubleshooting steps we could recommend.

Your only recourse is to take it back to the service you paid to service your watch.

In my home, we have Apple Watch 7 and I own the Ultra. Neither watch is having ANY battery issues at all.

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Aple678 Author

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Jan 19, 2023 8:22 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Yea, the replacement was done by 3rd-party service. I don’t think I could proof them that this happened after screen replacement. That’s why I ask for help there. As I said before many (even S8 or Ultra) Watch users recently have similar problem with battery.

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Jan 19, 2023 7:54 AM in response to Aple678

Since you are using Beta software, I'm afraid we can't help you.

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Aple678 Author

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Jan 19, 2023 8:14 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Hi, okay I downgraded to WatchOS 9.2 Official Release.

I forgot to add that the battery health is 86%.

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Apple Watch 4 - quick battery drain

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