My wife bought a brand new G5 on Sunday (4 September). It is a T-Mobile US version. On morning 1 of ownership (5 September), she unplugged the phone (100% charge), started using the Zillow app and all the sudden, within 5 seconds, battery level went to 40%, 27%, 15% (Battery Saver activated), then shut down. Rebooted the phone and it seemed normal. This morning, day 3 of ownership, she left home with 100% charge and within 30 minutes the phone had drained 100% and won't turn on.
Any ideas? At this rate, we'll most likely return it for another one or get a S7. This is pathetic.
I am a G4 owner whose first G4 died after about 8 months due to the boot-loop-of-death issue. I am on my second one.
At this rate I think I can conclude that LG quality assurance is pretty much $h!t.
Must be a faulty battery,contact LG or your carrier,they may replace the battery for free. If the same still happens after changing the battery,just get a new phone. :]
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My wife bought a brand new G5 on Sunday (4 September). It is a T-Mobile US version. On morning 1 of ownership (5 September), she unplugged the phone (100% charge), started using the Zillow app and all the sudden, within 5 seconds, battery level went to 40%, 27%, 15% (Battery Saver activated), then shut down. Rebooted the phone and it seemed normal. This morning, day 3 of ownership, she left home with 100% charge and within 30 minutes the phone had drained 100% and won't turn on.
Any ideas? At this rate, we'll most likely return it for another one or get a S7. This is pathetic.
I am a G4 owner whose first G4 died after about 8 months due to the boot-loop-of-death issue. I am on my second one.
At this rate I think I can conclude that LG quality assurance is pretty much $h!t.
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Should check battery status in settings to see which app is eating your battery.
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Hi,
Long time lurker - the community has really helped me many times in the past. Thank you.
I now have an issue with my battery in my i9300. Phone and battery are 22 months old. All stock (updated to 4.3).
Phone gets charged every night from 10pm to 6am. Usage has been constant - no new apps added in last year.
Until 2 months ago, the phone would have 25% to 35% at the end of the day having started at 100% each morning
Then it started to drop to 15-20%. I thought - hmm - battery is aging a bit.
Then, in the bast week, suddenly, I get a max of 4 hours use, then battery dies. It recharges to 100% in one hour (I use a 10W charger) and then lasts again for 4 hours.
The battery is not bulging or showing other signs of being defective. There does not seem to be any apps that are using unusual cpu %. Phone is responsive.
My questions are:
1. Is it normal for a battery to suddenly degrade like this? I thought the Li Ion batteries degraded at a constant (20% per year half life) rate.?
2. Is using a 10W charger damaging to the battery (stock is 5W) ?
Thanks
Mark
1. Yes, two years old is ancient so replace it now.
2. Rating of charger is irrelevant, the charging circuit in the phone decides what the battery gets.
Definitely replace the battery. When I was using the Galaxy S3 after 15 months of buying it, the battery was simply horrible. It wouldn't last even half a day. I bought a new battery and it is much better.
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I think that 22 months for a phone battery you charge every day is "normal"... that's why I bought a phone with a emovable battery
That can't be right, surely? I know a lot of people swear by the initial eight hour or overnight charge cycle but I've never done it with any of my devices, and I've had quite a few. Anyway, picked up a Z2 this morning, used if for about an hour just to set up my Google account as install a few vital apps. Started charging it at 14% (from roughly 50% out of the box) and five hours later it was at 60% (with a further 2 hours to go until 100% according to the battery monitor).
The shop had closed I bought it from but I will bring it straight back in the morning. So, just in case I make a clown out of myself, the seven hour chrage has to mean something isn't right? My iPad Air didn't take that long, nor does my 17" Vaio.
The first few charging cycles will take longer than usual. It should sort itself out within a week. If it hasn't then I'd think about returning it.
Mine was the same when new.
Now I'm on 2h15 for a full charge.
If you look a bit more at the percentage, you'll notice that is is quite quick until about 85% and it slows down after, the last percent taking the longest.
Picked up a brand new replacement today. Started charging the battery after it had dropped to 4%
130 minutes untill 100% says the battery monitor app I've installed :highfive:
Hi,
I've owned the z2 for a year and a week. Unfortunately my warranty is up. The phone worked great this whole time except the past day I dropped it at work. Picked it up, no damage but the phone was off. I had to hold the power button and volume up to get it on. Since then the phone will discharge in about 3-4 hours with zero use where as the day before it would last over a day. After charging it for 2 hours, it maybe goes up 25%. It runs 58-65 degrees in safe mode. And idles around 48-53 degrees. So now after the drop, it runs hot, discharges quick and takes forever to charge. No updates were done so I can rule that out. I was thinking about opening it up and getting a new battery, not sure if that would be the problem. Any ideas?
So, I'm not sure what is happening - my phone battery is all over the place.
It started about a week ago - I'd see my phone battery at let's say 51%. We go out - take perhaps 2-3 pics, and my battery is down to 2%. Mind you - I haven't used the phone until I took it out to take the pics. Data was turned on, but no GPS or Bluetooth, no phone calls, nothing. From 51% to 2% in a matter of about 3 minutes or so. Then it dies - I plug it into the charger and it shows 26%. It charges upto 28%, we get out of the car and I unplug and take the phone with me.
When we get back in the car, plug it back in and it shows 74%. Doesn't change from 74 for a good 15mins and then goes up to 76% by the time I get home about an hour later.
Restart the phone at the 76% and within the first 10minutes it's dropped to 38%.
This has been the pattern, give or take, the last week now. I have no idea what's going and why it's happening.
I have not installed any new apps in the last month, and the phone is not rooted (G925I).
I have also tried to let the phone charge to 100% once it's died and then within 3-4 hours, the battery is dead on minimal usage.
I am not using the charger that came with the phone - am on travel and have a smaller travel charger, but this has never been an issue with the same phone before.
Any and all help is very much appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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So, I'm not sure what is happening - my phone battery is all over the place.
It started about a week ago - I'd see my phone battery at let's say 51%. We go out - take perhaps 2-3 pics, and my battery is down to 2%. Mind you - I haven't used the phone until I took it out to take the pics. Data was turned on, but no GPS or Bluetooth, no phone calls, nothing. From 51% to 2% in a matter of about 3 minutes or so. Then it dies - I plug it into the charger and it shows 26%. It charges upto 28%, we get out of the car and I unplug and take the phone with me.
When we get back in the car, plug it back in and it shows 74%. Doesn't change from 74 for a good 15mins and then goes up to 76% by the time I get home about an hour later.
Restart the phone at the 76% and within the first 10minutes it's dropped to 38%.
This has been the pattern, give or take, the last week now. I have no idea what's going and why it's happening.
I have not installed any new apps in the last month, and the phone is not rooted (G925I).
I have also tried to let the phone charge to 100% once it's died and then within 3-4 hours, the battery is dead on minimal usage.
I am not using the charger that came with the phone - am on travel and have a smaller travel charger, but this has never been an issue with the same phone before.
Any and all help is very much appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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You should probably use the samsung warranty because that is not normal
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Same thing happened to me yesterday. I used tap tap shortcut to launch camera and shot few pics, videos. And then after maybe an hour without using my phone (no data, no gps) i looked at my phone and it had 1% battery left then it shut off. When i got home i plugged charger and after 10 minutes battery was 65%.
As for my situation I guess it's related with camera. I didn't exit camera app, just locked my phone using power button while camera was open and this happened. It's the first time that i'm encountering this, so it's hard to tell. Btw i'm using xtrestolilte 2.4.
I got the same kind of issues. My battery is crazy, I let it with Wi-Fi only, no Sync, no download and it lose 7% in an hour.
Sometimes I may just be on twitter and it looses about 2% every 5 minutes which is CRAZY !
Also, last time it turned off because I had 0%. I tried rebooting and it was at 10% xD.
Samsung did a terrible job with the S6, I don't know what it is exactly but it's weird.
Just received an update for my Gear Fit 2 today. and the battery is about to die after less than 6 hours of usage other than overnight sleep. And by usage, I mean strapped to my wrist as I drove to work, walked up 2 flights of stairs, and sat at desk for a few hours. Typically I wear the device for about 14-16 hours a day, throw it on the charger for about an hour and a half before I go to bed to top it off (usually about 70% or so when I put it on the charger). It will have 100% charge when I go to bed, and in the morning will be around 97% or so, falling to around 70% by about 22:00.
Has anyone else received this update and had any battery issues? I realize the update process would have likely used a few %, but my Fit2 is literally at 8% and it's not even noon yet. I was shocked when I got the alert to turn on power saving. Hoping this is an isolated glitch and will be OK tomorrow after I charge this bad boy back up.
And just to followup, after being in power saving mode for roughly 30 minutes, it just died. From 8% to nothing, while in power saving mode, in a half hour.
This happened to me yesterday after I just installed the update, it went from 75% to 13% in just 4 hrs. (I must say I had debugging and Wi-Fi on during that time as I was testing some watchfaces) I just charged it this morning, and it seems to be fine, again.
Well, after charging the initial quick discharge, I charged it fully and all has been fine for a few days now, so must have been a weird fluke. Odd, but not the end of the world.
I found that my fit 2 can last 2 days max with wifi off after update
I got same battery issue too
I had the same issue, AND it started havingHorizontal lines across the face, three to be exact. I believe the watch itself has a display defect, as I have found dozens of similar reports. I returned mine to Target. Thank goodness for the Red Card return policy is all I have to say. I have some armorgear shields and a leather watch band if anyone needs them LOL Considering getting the old gear fit and using some of the alternative software.