Anyone else have an Ultra 9.3 update in the last 36 hours that is bleeding your battery? I was averaging 3-4 days between charges as I do not use GPS much and don’t have cellular activated. But it just died before I made it to 24 HOURS from full charge.
Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 9
For the full procedure see below
If it still discharges after all Watch resets it suggests it could be an incompatibility in the software in the Watch and the iPhone with the latest OS releases. What I would do is
-Unpair and erase the Watch
-Backup the iphone
-Restore iphone to factory settings
-Set up the iphone as new without restoring the backup. Install only your essential email accounts, no extra software, no social media
-Pair the Watch to the iphone
-Run them both like that for 24 hours and see how long the battery lasts.
Only when that test is over can you repeat the first three actions then set up the phone but restoring the backup this time.
If the Watch lasts longer the first time than the second time then it proved it is software on the iPhone causing it. In that case you would have to export as much data as possible such as n-sync’d photos and documents out of the phone to a place of safety such as iCloud before repeating the restore and set up as new process.
Resources: (Allow a couple of hours)
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch – Apple Support (UK)
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support
That's ok, we can politely disagree.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254684628?answerId=258778046022#258778046022
I had same battery drain issue after an iphone software update. However when updating my ultra watch to watch os 9.5.2 problem seems to be solved
Yeah I agree. Just been trying to avoid the “nuclear” option since it’s so ridiculous that it suddenly decided to be weird out of the blue.
FWIW my wife’s watch/phone are doing it too. And also it repeated even after getting a new watch (had a series 5, and now series 8). We definitely don’t use the same apps so something is pretty weird here since the OS update
I just noticed that my battery was draining much more quickly, about 10% per hour. I actually tried using Always On, and ironically, my battery level is as-expected… still at 100% for 2 1/2 hours fully charged. Sounds like a bug to me.
Curious to know if you have Optimized Battery Level turned on on your Ultra? Open the settings App on the watch itself. Tap Battery and see if its turned on. Then I'd like to know when you get up in the morning and take your watch off its charger (do you charge your watch at night while you sleep?), what is the battery percentage when you start your day?
Optimized Battery Level would have kicked in after the first 30 days of wearing your watch. And typically, you would start the day around 80% (not 100%). What I'm curious to know is if this is why you think you may be having excessive battery drain?
Update the iphone first
I'd recommend scheduling an Appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and let Apple run diagnostics on your watch.
Apple just released WatchOS 9.5. It doesn't suggest what bug fixes it addresses, but it's always advisable to update and see if by chance battery life is improved for your watch.
hard resetting the watch worked for me 4 days and 2 charges … today again empty within 12 hours …
No vpn on, no ad block, no antivirus, no walkie talkie no astronomical face.
plus it was fine before this and no changes to anything else besides OS. I reset the watch repaired and drained all the Way then charged. Seeing how that goes. Next step will be wiping the phone and trying after that
I’m the original poster of the 9.2 battery drain post on the forum. After getting my ULTRA to work fine for 4 months it suddenly stopped holding charge again. I’ve got a new watch sent to me, installed from a back up and it’s still draining excessively. I really do not want to have to restore my iphone. But I’ll try setting up as a new watch shortly. I’m travelling abroad in a few hours so this is beyond inconvenient.
Its quite ridiculous to have bought a premium product, two in fact -14 pro max & ULTRA and have to deal with this..
By replying to the first response I suspect you didn't read the whole thread, like the post above yours.
It is not the update, it is what is on your iphone. There are various possibilities offered above how to locate it
In my case. I have optimized battery turned on. I didnt charge the watch every night prior to the update as it easily lasted 3 days for me. However, the last few i have been charging overnight as the level is at or below 25% at the end of one day! The watch is at 100% in the morning and yesterday when I posted to this thread it went down far more than is should. This morning I did the charge. It went to the optimized amount of 80%. I removed it at 730am it is now 945 am it has lost 5%. Ill try the reset today. Im am not interested in wiping my phone.
i know, I hated having to discontinue my cellular option. But it literally did me no good. When I needed to use cellular on the watch, the watch was almost dead. I am pretty certain there is some setting on my phone, or the software update on the phone that is causing it. I remove all non-essential apps from the watch. I even tried disconnecting the watch from the phone. When i disconnected the phone from the watch (by turning the bluetooth off) it was great battery life. i will try that again today to see if it repeats.
I had the Same problem after update to 9.3 last night, the battery dropped to 37% from 100% overnight! I’ll do the force restart now and re-charge it to see if this fix🙈
Apple Ultra Watch 9.3 update battery drain (bleeding out)
