Battery...% drops!

Tenny · #1 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 06:56 PM

Hey,

I was wondering if I'm the only one having issues with my phones battery. When I first got it, it worked very well. Well now it's been about two weeks the battery life has gone to crap.

I start the phone at 100% in the morning, around 11:00AM I'm at 90% battery. Around Noon I hit 50% (so it goes from 90% to 50% in about an hour with no usage). It hovers around 50% for another hour or two, then it drops to either 5% or 20%, after very minimal usage. (playing a game for 10 min, and sending a text or two).

I have removed the battery for a hour, then charged it over night with the phone off, and all those other tricks (i had a mogul & moto q). I have the battery registry modifications also. I'm going to send HTC a message to see if they will send me a new battery, seems to me mine is defective.

linzgeneral · #2 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 10:10 PM

I have experienced the same thing. From the lack of complaints I was begginning to think I was the only one.

dlbrummels · #3 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 10:16 PM

Have you installed software since the two weeks?

Tenny · #4 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 10:22 PM

I have installed many programs in the last two weeks, but nothing within two days before I noticed the sudden drop... it's still sitting at 20% 3:30 after I posted this... I think it's just a calibration issue, but still annoying

**mswlogo** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 10:36 PM

I have a habit of shutting off the GPS Locator thing since I tried it on my wifes Q and it made a huge difference on battery life.

Has signal quality changed or where your placing it during the morning?

It could be calibration. Try taking battery out after a full charge for 5 minutes, put it again and charge it full again. That usually helps calibration issues.

Watch out apps can do funny things even with no change on the phone. Like a weather program that can't get it's data and keeps retrying over and over.

Tenny · #6 (**permalink**) 12-12-2007, 11:20 PM

No real difference as far as signal strength, I'll try taking it off after full charge, and then plugging it back in, hopefully that will help fix it. Otherwise I'll be calling HTC about it, and ordering a Seiko battery.

**eman** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 12:23 AM

I hace had the same issue while using the seido battery. Although today for the first time in a while my battery was at 90% when I left work. In the last couple of days it has been down to 50% at that time. There is def. something going on.

xponline · #8 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 08:03 AM

This has now happened to my touch. Strange thing being when I noticed I did a soft reset and after this gained 4M of program memory. I had not added or removed any software for a number of days and not changed my normal usage. Previosly I could go to work with a full charge 100% and leave 8Hrs later still with 100%. Now 4hrs in and it is down to 65% just turning on every hour to check battery status. Will be contacting T Mobile and will report back ...

sj808 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-21-2007, 09:14 AM

I'm experiencing this myself. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I would charge when I go to sleep. Drive to work (which is a 45 min. to a hour cuz of traffic) and still be at 100%. When I get to work its 90% now. Then it just keeps dropping another 10% as the hours go by. by the time I get off its like 40-50%, depends if I'm talking alot or not.

I don't know wtf is going on.

RonaldReagan · #10 (**permalink**) 12-26-2007, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sj808

I'm experiencing this myself. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I would charge when I go to sleep. Drive to work (which is a 45 min. to a hour cuz of traffic) and still be at 100%. When I get to work its 90% now. Then it just keeps dropping another 10% as the hours go by. by the time I get off its like 40-50%, depends if I'm talking alot or not.

I don't know wtf is going on.

Pratically the same for me.... I cann;t reall go an entier day on one charge.... tried removing all the third party programs with a hard reset and tested it... same thing.