hero 4 black internal battery drain before the bacpac battery

[hardystorm51686]

hii 

i recently update my hero 4 black to the latest FW v5.0

since the update i notice that the bacpac battery is drained prior to the internal battery...

it used to be the outher way first the internal and only then the bacpac

is there any way to fix it ? 

[aragon1006 · Accepted solution]

Hi @hardystorm51686

Please try running a manual software update. This is to correct any issues encountered on the previous installation.

https://gopro.com/update/hero4

Let us know how it goes.

You can also reach out to our Support Team to further check on this.

https://gopro.com/help/ContactUs

Regards,

Ej

[aragon1006 · Accepted solution]

Hi @hardystorm51686

Please try running a manual software update. This is to correct any issues encountered on the previous installation.

https://gopro.com/update/hero4

Let us know how it goes.

You can also reach out to our Support Team to further check on this.

https://gopro.com/help/ContactUs

Regards,

Ej

[hardystorm51686]

hii aragon1006 tnx for the qiuk reply 

i try  running a manual software update and the behavior isn't changed 

when i start recording at first it drain about 33% of the bacpac battery ( one of the three squares) and then start to drain the internal battery insted of continue to use the bacpac until it drains.

is there any oter idea? 

[danielr15]

I don't have the newer back pac, but on the original it always drains the back pac first and then the camera battery. I'm not saying this didn't change with the newer model, but I don't understand why it would be beneficial to have the camera battery drain first. With my older cameras (I use the back pac with my Hero3 Black and Hero2), when the back pac runs out of power, I like that I can take it off and still have a fully charged battery in the camera. Really not challenging if this is a better or worse design, I just don't understand why you would want it the other way (Battery drain and then back pac).

[hardystorm51686]

hi 

just notice that i describe it the worng way 

the internal battery drains before the bacpac..

i do want that the bacpac will drain first..

[danielr15]

Oh, OK. That makes a lot more sense. Weird, hope you get it working properly. Sorry, I don't have any advice as updating seems like the only option. Of course, always start with both the camera and back pac fully charged.

[danielr15]

Can you try with a different camera battery? Perhaps the one you have is starting to give out. I recently went through about 15 Hero3/3+ batteries testing to find that only about 6 still would retain a full charge and not discharge rapidly. Haven't had any issues with my HERO4 batteries, but honestly, I really don't use my HERO4 Silver much since getting the HERO5 & 6. My kids use my HERO3/3+ a lot, so those cameras still get a lot of use.

[hardystorm51686]

yes i tryed it with 2 batterys one of them is almost new