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N00b22 @lemmy.ml

5mo ago

Galaxy Buds FE battery draining ridiculously fast

Earbuds are only 1 month old, they did not have this issue before

Now when the buds reach 60% battery it drains and goes from 60 to 0 in 10 or 20 minutes (not joking), thus only giving me 2 hours of battery life.

Earbuds and phone (Galaxy A55 5G) are up to date. ANC is on as well but still it shouldn't cause them to drain the battery so fast

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5 comments

Couple things I could think of, that can lead to this sort of behavior:
Using them in a cold environment, like -20 to -30 degrees Celsius.
Headphones dropping down to an older standard for some reason, and connecting e.g. via bt 4.x or using an incorrect codec (would explain why one of them is draining so much faster) – should be possible to check in BT settings
The headphones just have a bad battery, I've run into multiple headphones which just turn off once the battery reaches 50-60 %, especially when it's cold out
But these are just suggestions and speculation, I'm not really an expert on the subject.
- It's probably the 3rd one because the temperature seems to be normal
- But I've previously encountered multiple cases of people complaining headphones not being able to match the advertised battery life – and the reason ended up being either too old a phone (meaning it lacks the newer codecs and versions for Bluetooth), or some bug in pairing leading to using the wrong codecs and/or protocol
  
  and the reason ended up being either too old a phone (meaning it lacks the newer codecs and versions for Bluetooth)
  I have a Galaxy A55 5G that is new enough to handle the Buds FE
  or some bug in pairing leading to using the wrong codecs and/or protocol
  Not sure since I'm not a codec expert but I checked and it's set to this: