HUGE Sudden Drop in Battery (12 hour to 5 minute life in the space of a day)

cormie · 04-10-2016 5:49pm #1

As the title says, my dads phone has had a huge drop in its battery life. It's a Motorola Razr i XT 890 and he's had it a few years now. He typically gets about 12-18 hours between charges as he doesn't use it so much, but now all of a sudden within the space of a day, the battery life is only 5 minutes.

Can batteries die this suddenly? He's restarted it a few times (well, it's died on him a few times) but I'm not sure what else he could do. It sounds very strange.

Any suggestions on a possible solution would be great as otherwise he may have to wait for a delivery of a replacement battery and then deal with replacing it etc too.

ED E · 04-10-2016 6:44pm

Its rare that the battery would fail that suddenly. Check that its not bloated/expanding. If it is, dont risk using it as it could rupture violently.

My money is he's got a rogue app burning through power. Its on an older OS but should have the battery/power features to see whats eating juice in settings.

If he has facebook installed thats a prime suspect, Chat heads are a right nightmare for power consumption.

cormie · 04-10-2016 6:51pm

Thanks a lot for the reply. Unfortunately I don't think it's very easy to access or even view the battery on the phone so he wouldn't be able to inspect it the way you could with a phone where you can just take off the back cover and slip the battery out

I've sent him what you said anyway so I'll see what he comes back with.

HUGE Sudden Drop in Battery (12 hour to 5 minute life in the space of a day)

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