battery will nto fuly charge

[Guest ouijaouija]

Hi, recently the battery will not fully charge and does not last anywhere near as long as it used to.

I've done a search on here but all I find is stuff related to battery drain after changing the phone software. I haven't done any modification on the phone other than deleting the orange start up logo etc, it just uses the orange android OS, and I bought this in March 2011.

Is this battery problem common, normal in phones etc?

I have a year Tesco warranty on this phone, will this be useable, or is there a solution to the battery?

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Example of problem, charged for 24 hours and will not go higher than 81%, and at 20% battery the thing does not last very long at all

Thanks

Edited November 25, 2011 by ouijaouija

[Guest dreis911]

have you tried a Battery Calibration?

I've just done it last Saturday.

It seems that it can go further with a full tank. :D

By the way, has anyone noticed any difference between charging the phone on the PC's USB or on the wall charger?:huh:

Edited November 28, 2011 by dreis911

[Guest jventura]

Is this battery problem common, normal in phones etc?

Example of problem, charged for 24 hours and will not go higher than 81%, and at 20% battery the thing does not last very long at all

Hi, it would be good if you cleared battery stats like dreis911 said. Also, Li-ion batteries have a "short" lifetime, dependent on the number of charges. Do you use your phone a lot, recharge many times, etc?

You can read this page to know more about taking care of Lithium based batteries, maybe you can see a usage pattern that you do which kills batteries: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

By the way, has anyone noticed any difference between charging the phone on the PC's USB or on the wall charger?:huh:

Yeap, much faster on wall charger! Wall charger gives 5V @ 700mA, while PC's USB also provide 5V but less amperage, in the order of 100mA to 500 mA..