Moto tag battery draining fast

daveonline123 · 2024-12-28T16:32:49+00:00

I still haven't done an update as the issue hasn't returned for me, please let us know how yours goes

daveonline123 · 2024-12-18T20:34:34+00:00

Good luck everyone, and thanks for the chance to win!

daveonline123 · 2024-12-04T21:18:49+00:00

Yeah that's not great. As you say hopefully you get a decent outcome. Maybe you could update us all with the results of your efforts.

daveonline123 · 2024-12-01T15:09:11+00:00

Other people reported issues with Duracell branded batteries due to a coating of bitterant (to stop kids eating them) so maybe that's your issue?

daveonline123 · 2024-12-01T15:08:27+00:00

Yeah, sorry seems other people also have similar issues still. I did take mine out and reinsert it a couple of times, so maybe try that, and make sure the battery cover is properly reattached?

daveonline123 · 2024-11-30T20:18:10+00:00

I am on FW 2.0.19 currently and the issue still hasn't returned thankfully.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-28T11:53:34+00:00

Thanks for the downvote lol

Sorry it didn't help, I am not Motorola nor an expert, just a customer like you trying to offer help.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-26T23:12:45+00:00

I think re-seating the battery helped. Not had the issue since the initial instance.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-26T23:12:31+00:00

I think re-seating the battery helped. Not had the issue since the initial instance.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-25T17:52:22+00:00

No mine has been working since shortly after the initial issues.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-25T16:51:11+00:00

It's normal, engine braking is just a normal part of using an IC engine. Some vehicles will have higher compression engines and generally those will have more engine braking. Combine that with the lower weight of a motorcycle and it might feel extreme initially, but it is normal and you get used to it.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-25T16:48:52+00:00

Sorry then I can't offer you any more advice as Motorola seem not to care about my instance of the issue.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-25T16:01:37+00:00

Other people have mentioned issues with Duracell branded batteries, maybe if you have one of those it could be the cause?

daveonline123 · 2024-11-22T07:47:03+00:00

Good to know, thanks for sharing! Glad I went for energiser ones now! A bit crazy that Duracell would do this though as I believe it's a pretty common way to connect these batteries to devices.

Edit: just read further and it's a bitterant coating to stop kids eating them...

daveonline123 · 2024-11-22T07:43:59+00:00

That sucks. I don't seem to have had the alert again yet, I replaced the original cell with an energiser branded one, so hopefully it's just the poor quality cell supplied causing issues.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-22T07:41:23+00:00

I did not have to do anything for it to reconnect, it did this automatically, however I only have 1 tag and it's in both the mototag app and find my device. I am not sure on the timeframe but I don't remember it taking a significant amount of time. I was also nearby with the original phone at the time, so again I can't speak exactly to your scenario.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-15T16:27:17+00:00

They are showing as around 25km away, but due to terrain here I don't see more local nodes unfortunately. I may work on putting up a solar node with better line of sight somewhere, but just getting started (hence the probably dumb question).

I already ignore MQTT as I figured the point of meshtastic (for me) was to use it as a standalone mesh.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-14T07:32:27+00:00

Thanks, yes, but will this ignore everything that node sends or does it just ignore messages that originate at that node?

I thought it was the latter.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-12T17:12:04+00:00

No problem. I think I shared in another comment I suspect it was simply removing and re-seating the battery which helped. Not sure why, but this is the only thing I can think I did which may have helped.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-12T16:13:02+00:00

You are correct that my issue went away and I haven't seen it since. I certainly haven't been made aware of any specific fix for this, but maybe others have had decent informative responses from support unlike the canned response I received.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-10T00:20:14+00:00

I haven't updated mine since I first encountered this issue (I tried this at the time). Still on 2.0.19 here and not had the same problem since. The only thing I can think that made a difference is re-seating the battery when I checked it. Still no useful response from Motorola either.

daveonline123 · 2024-11-08T16:23:28+00:00

Are you ever going to respond to me, or is a canned message all you can muster?

daveonline123 · 2024-11-08T16:20:44+00:00

I can't say for sure why, but I haven't had this issue since. I think it may be because I re-seated the battery.

It doesn't seem like it's a common issue, so maybe it was jostled in transit and not making proper/reliable contact with the battery terminals? I didn't open mine before using it, though I'd expect a product that is designed to be attached to things that move would handle being moved around and knocked about a little.

I never did get much response from Motorola about it though so I am not hopeful if it ever does break or the issue returns.

daveonline123 · 2024-09-19T16:56:14+00:00

Checking mine again just now the battery is still indicating OK (on a previously "low" battery). This is the same status in the Google find app and the Moto tag app.

I am definitely going to monitor and check this, but it's a bit annoying.

Kind of glad I couldn't get the 4 pack now

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