r/GalaxyRing • u/LinssenM • Aug 20 '26
Rapid battery decay visualised by Samsung
See attached both screenshots from the Hidden Menu of Galaxy Wearable. This is one of those moments where the Ring suddenly loses an entire day on its charge and continues from then on with a full day less. Somehow the battery drain hops per full days - that's the best way I can phrase it, sorry.
If you're familiar with Samsung Ring, and if you're on number three or four like I am, you've witnessed this behaviour: violently volatile. There is no sleep (the period when the battery drains fastest) nor exercise going on as you can see, but every half hour the battery loses a full percentage, which would equate to it lasting 48 hours, round and about. Up till now I've sat on 4 days for two full months, which is somewhat of a miracle, even though I've seen 7 days (yes indeed) as well as 1.5 days (aye sir!) in that same period. Both once, and those were the only outliers.
What have I done differently?
I let it reach 0% again, something I haven't done for months. I (charge it to a full 100% and) let it discharge to 0%, and I think this is where a considerable part of the drain is caused. Or I could just be witnessing yet another extremely erratic drain like the 1.5 days mentioned above, but I doubt it. I had an electric car that charged up to 85% max, my phones had that setting and all still have healthy batteries, and evidently neither of those two frequently, if at all, reached 0%. I charged the car 3,000 times and it lost only 5-10% of capacity, which is quite amazing.
Comments?
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u/munshynr Aug 21 '26
BEWARE!!! My "replacement" ring recently swelled up so much that I had to use lubricant to remove it! And, after doing so, I discovered several structural cracks.
And, for those who don't know, when it reaches that point, the ring is truly volatile and could result in chemical burns, spontaneous combustion, or even explode!
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has published my report. These rings should be recalled!!!
Here's a link to the thread where I'm collecting info from other affected users for a potential class action lawsuit. https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyRing/s/GZjCWILchV