Roku remote killing batteries

I have two of them that do the same.

My dog chewed one of them, so I figured that was the cause.

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Roku Premier+ that I've had for a few years with no problems. In the last 6 weeks or so it's killing batteries, like every week I'm replacing batteries. The remote has the private listening headphone jack and I know that will drain batteries but no one ever uses that here so unless it's kicking on and off randomly when no one is using the tv I don't think that's it.

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I usually get about two weeks, maximum, on my Roku remote with headphone jack.

Even when not in use.

As much as I am against using my phone as a remote, I have had to give up and do this. Way more reliable.

You must have some bug as CAD described above. I have 5 various model Rokus in my house, some with and some without headphone jack on the remotes, and none of them eat batteries like this. One of them in particular gets a shite ton of use, and its batteries usually last 6+ months. The other 4 I could not tell you when I last changed the batteries, at least a year ago.

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Yeah, I have 3 Roku TVs

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you know that tv doesn't actually power down which is why it boots to the homescreen in about 3 seconds when you hit power right?

as an experiment if you go into the roku settings and actually select 'reboot tv' option you'll see it takes several minutes to reboot and come back up. btw, you should do this if you ever have audio issues or as a best practice i try to do a hard 'reboot' about once a week just for good measure.

if you have any hdmi devices connected (like say, an xbox or something) and you don't turn that device off but just turn the TV off it is still "on" and will rapidly drain your battery.

so keep that in mind. a roku tv is more complicated because its managing all those HDMI ports as well as the built-in roku system and so those devices are, by extension, part of the 'roku os' and if you leave them on, the remote is in high-power mode and the battery will drain in no time.

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When you turn it on do you get the battery icon in the upper right corner indicating RF is active?

If not then the RF is on constantly and the Roku device is not truly in a off state.

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Nope. I only see the battery icon when I replace the batteries.

I googled this and saw other people post on the Roku forum about the same problem. I registered at that site and sent a PM to someone who works there and responded to people asking them to PM him your roku email and the serial number of the device. I did and got an email this morning that read:

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Thank you for contacting Roku customer support. The issue that you are facing with rapid battery drain is because of the faulty remote hardware. As a solution, we are glad to inform you that we will be sending you a new replacement remote to fix the issue. 

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Haven’t looked into it, but I can’t turn on the tv with my phone? Have to connect to the tv before able to use my phone as a remote and can’t connect to tv unless it’s on.

ETA: nvm

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you know that tv doesn't actually power down which is why it boots to the homescreen in about 3 seconds when you hit power right?

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Is this true with Chromecast TVs? I ask because now that I am on ATT TV, if I select the small kitchen TV, to cast to, it comes on without me touching a remote.

Is the ROKU plugged into an Anynet+ capable TV? Maybe it needs the signal to send to the roku that it's off?

We have a ROKU ultimate, two kids, use the headphone jack daily. The remote is dropped once a day, and the dog chews it. My batteries last about four months before needing replacement.

My only complaint about the remote is that it no longer chirps when summoned, and the battery cover comes off too easily. I can blame the kids/dog for that.

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As much as I am against using my phone as a remote, I have had to give up and do this. Way more reliable.

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Also “projecting” pics and videos on your phone works pretty well with Roku app.