Following a full charge, my Elite Strap Battery Pack is going down by about 24% a day if left plugged into the Headset, despite a hard turn-off. The Headset stays at 100%. If however the strap is not connected, both batteries stay at 100% until used, so something is draining the strap battery when it is connected. I wouldn't have thought it to be necessary to have to unplug the strap after each use, so there must be a fault somewhere. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Well, I know that like most modern electronics, the Quest and Quest 2 batteries do slowly discharge even when turned off. I assume there's something that needs a steady trickle of electricity such as an internal clock or something. I have literally seen my Quest 2 go from 99% charge when I turned it off and packed it away for travel down to 85% charge during the 3 hours I was traveling to visit my dad so it wasn't plugged in. As such, a battery pack that's plugged into it draining over time doesn't surprise me in the least.
Other things I've noticed have similar behavior are my various tablets, my Microsoft Surface Go, both of my 3DS, my Switch, and my PS Vita.
EDIT: Also happens with my spare Joy-Con, my 360, XB1, PS3, and PS4 controllers, and a few other electronics. If I don't use them for a while, I need to plug them in to recharge and/or replace the batteries due to the batteries having gone dead.
Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.
This is not normal at all. I have tons of devices of which none discharge at the rate that the Quest 2 does when the extra battery is plugged in. It doesn't exhibit this behavior when the extra battery is disconnected.
Meta really needs to fix their firmware so the discharge doesn’t happen with the elite straps. Users constantly having to disconnect and reconnect the USB C cable from the quest 2 would seemingly cause unnecessary wear and tear. It’s silly that we have to jump through hoops to solve this problem given the high cost of the elite strap. Meta are you listening?
I just ordered a usb C on/off switch to put in line but it will likely look clunky but maybe will allow me to disconnect the elite strap from the quest 2 without having to physically unplug.
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