From the Forums: The very first thing you MUST do when getting your Moto 360
Whether you were a Google IO attendee entitled to one or lucky enough to have it shipped on time from the likes of Best Buy and Motorola, many of you are going to be getting Moto 360 units this week. You’ll likely want to rip the thing out of its packaging and immediately slap it onto your wrist for a full day of fun when you first get it, but you should probably hold off on that.
We’ve received reports of Moto 360 units rapidly discharging out of the box even while it’s sitting on the wireless charging dock. Our own Steve Albright watched his watch (pun… sort of not but sort of was intended) trickle down from 4% to 0% even though it should have been receiving a charge. Your Moto 360 is NOT defective — you just need to give it a bit of a kick start before going for the full drive.
We’ve found that charging the Moto 360 while it’s off will give it enough of a baseline current to charge while it’s on. The watch may automatically power itself on when there’s enough juice to last more than a few minutes.
In many of the reports we’ve seen and in the case of Steve’s watch, it’s apparent that the watch may not properly charge while powered on until you go through the full setup process and pair it to your phone. There’s a possibility that an OTA update is performed during this step to make the change needed to get proper charging behavior, but results definitely drastically improve either way.
For that reason, folks should try and charge their Moto 360 up a good amount before they first turn it on and begin pairing it to their smartphone. Most units should have enough of a charge for this to be a non-issue when they first take it out of the packaging, but there’s a chance many units out there are on the brink of battery death.
And that, folks, is why most manufacturers urge you to fully charge your device before first turning it on. Now dealing with that horrendous battery life? That’s another issue altogether. Let’s hope Motorola can get a move on that before the Moto 360’s honeymoon period is over.
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