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S3 Mini restart/switching off by itself problem

Its been almost a year now since I've had this phone. Recently, my phone has been restarting/switching off by itself....once it turns off, it won't turn back on again unless I plug in the charger. If I try holding on to the power button once it happens, the "S3 mini logo" just keeps showing up and switches back off again. I even did a factory reset and still it didn't fix the problem. Even when I try going through my phone (reading messages, going through settings, opening an app), it'll just automatically have the problem again and switch off again. One time I kept my phone on sleep mode for about 5 hours, and after that I just wanted to make a phone call and again it just turned off.. please any help would be appreciated..
in the morning around 7 when I unplug my charger batt is on 100%
10 min of browsing on wifi it goes to 85%.
It holds on 85% from 8-11 AM
Then I turn mobile data on, browse for about 20 sek and it crashes.
Keeps on restarting and batt is on 0%
I connect the charger batt is on 56% in couple minutes, and stays there till 6 PM
Around 6PM I turn wifi on, browse 20sec and it goes down again.
Not turning on until I connect charger.
When I connect charger it is again on 60%.
how to solve it ????

shiyazt said:
Its been almost a year now since I've had this phone. Recently, my phone has been restarting/switching off by itself....once it turns off, it won't turn back on again unless I plug in the charger. If I try holding on to the power button once it happens, the "S3 mini logo" just keeps showing up and switches back off again. I even did a factory reset and still it didn't fix the problem. Even when I try going through my phone (reading messages, going through settings, opening an app), it'll just automatically have the problem again and switch off again. One time I kept my phone on sleep mode for about 5 hours, and after that I just wanted to make a phone call and again it just turned off.. please any help would be appreciated..
in the morning around 7 when I unplug my charger batt is on 100%
10 min of browsing on wifi it goes to 85%.
It holds on 85% from 8-11 AM
Then I turn mobile data on, browse for about 20 sek and it crashes.
Keeps on restarting and batt is on 0%
I connect the charger batt is on 56% in couple minutes, and stays there till 6 PM
Around 6PM I turn wifi on, browse 20sec and it goes down again.
Not turning on until I connect charger.
When I connect charger it is again on 60%.
how to solve it ????
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you probably need to replace your battery
had you done a search before posting you would have found several threads with people having the same issue

efaustino84 said:
you probably need to replace your battery
had you done a search before posting you would have found several threads with people having the same issue
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+1 :good:

efaustino84 said:
you probably need to replace your battery
had you done a search before posting you would have found several threads with people having the same issue
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+2:good:

Hope it will solves.
I'll change the battery and see.

shiyazt said:
I'll change the battery and see.
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Would be great if you could report if that helped you because i have the same problem, thx in advance.

FiCoo said:
Would be great if you could report if that helped you because i have the same problem, thx in advance.
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have you checked any of the other threads that had the same problem?

efaustino84 said:
have you checked any of the other threads that had the same problem?
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yea i was searching whole ****load of threads and forums, everyone said it's either the firmware or battery.

FiCoo said:
yea i was searching whole ****load of threads and forums, everyone said it's either the firmware or battery.
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both of which shouldn't cost much to do
what confuses me is why post the same question if it has been asked before and a solution provided
good luck hope you manage to get it working

Your charger can cause these problems too.
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i'm 99,9% sure that it's your battery. I had exactly the same issue just over half a year ago. You just need a new battery (no need for it to be "official" as it would probably cost double the price of another non-OEM one). Hope I helped, let us know here

efaustino84 said:
both of which shouldn't cost much to do
what confuses me is why post the same question if it has been asked before and a solution provided
good luck hope you manage to get it working
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just wanted to make sure if it is a firmware or battery, now i can confirm it and say that it was a battery problem for anyone that has the same problem.

I had the exact same problem and today I put in a brand new battery, I waited for it to drain then I charged and calibrated it when it got to 100%.
After 40min of Internet browsing 25% had drained!
I am waiting for it just to turn off of it's own accord pretty soon.
Update: phone appeared to be okay, although I thought the battery was being used up fairly fast.
Today while charging the phone the battery was at 80% and during a conversation on the phone, it switched off of it's own accord. I then had to power back up the phone.
So I do think there is something up with it.
Any ideas folks?
The phone is really starting to annoy me and because I rooted it I will have to bring it back to stock before I attempt to bring it back to the shop for repair. But that is the last thing I wanted to do.
Cheers

Well after a week now and the phone is still losing juice rapid.
Sometimes it will charge well and I would get half a day or of it. And on other occasions it just shuts down after being left charging all night.
This is after a brand new battery has been installed!
Bummer

skalicioustimes said:
Well after a week now and the phone is still losing juice rapid.
Sometimes it will charge well and I would get half a day or of it. And on other occasions it just shuts down after being left charging all night.
This is after a brand new battery has been installed!
Bummer
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which ROM?
try xposed installer and greenify

moonryder said:
which ROM?
try xposed installer and greenify
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Thanks for the reply
Here is the Build Number: JZO54K.l8190XXAMB3
I'm not sure which rom is loaded at the minute. It could be AOKP JELLYBEAN

skalicioustimes said:
Thanks for the reply
Here is the Build Number: JZO54K.l8190XXAMB3
I'm not sure which rom is loaded at the minute. It could be AOKP JELLYBEAN
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you´re device isn´t rooted, so you can´t use xposed.
lots of apps works in background on stockROM like yours.
So root your device and battery drain will be better.
How to do that?
Search on xda...

moonryder said:
you´re device isn´t rooted, so you can´t use xposed.
lots of apps works in background on stockROM like yours.
So root your device and battery drain will be better.
How to do that?
Search on xda...
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It is rooted. This problem started two weeks ago. I was gonna put it back to stock so I flashed this rom. Otherwise if I bring it back to the shop they will not look at it if it had been rooted.
I just ran root checker and it is still rooted
---------- Post added at 10:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 PM ----------
My phone has been previously rooted for the past 8 months, no problems at all.
Then out of the blue two weeks ago the battery went crazy, I bought a battery and it is still not good. If I can't find a solution I will then have to revert the phone to stock before I bring it back to the shop as rooting voids the warranty.

Thanks
Thanks guys
i replaced the battery and now the problem is solved
:good::good:

Thanks
Thanks guys
i replaced it with a new battery and the problem is solved !
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[Q] Xperia TX Battery Problem

Dear all, I would like to ask, why my phone battery always drop to 0% suddenly when it was about 40% or 30% few seconds before?
I'm currently using CM11 ROM and I have tried to calibrate the battery but it is not working.
Is that possible that the problem is comes from my physical battery but not my ROM?
Please help!! Thanks!! :crying:

exeon said:
Dear all, I would like to ask, why my phone battery always drop to 0% suddenly when it was about 40% or 30% few seconds before?
I'm currently using CM11 ROM and I have tried to calibrate the battery but it is not working.
Is that possible that the problem is comes from my physical battery but not my ROM?
Please help!! Thanks!! :crying:
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If it stays at 0% for a long time, then it could just be a calibration problem (although I haven't had any problems with any CM11 ROMs), but if not, it's most likely worn out; buy a new battery!

Antiga Prime said:
If it stays at 0% for a long time, then it could just be a calibration problem (although I haven't had any problems with any CM11 ROMs), but if not, it's most likely worn out; buy a new battery!
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May I ask what do you mean "stays at 0% for a long time"?
By the way I guess a battery that used for 2 years should be quite old already right? Hmm have to consider letting it retired hahaha.

exeon said:
May I ask what do you mean "stays at 0% for a long time"?
By the way I guess a battery that used for 2 years should be quite old already right? Hmm have to consider letting it retired hahaha.
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Some phones display the battery having "0%" left, but still have energy left and the phone stays on; that usually just shows a calibration error.

Antiga Prime said:
Some phones display the battery having "0%" left, but still have energy left and the phone stays on; that usually just shows a calibration error.
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Nope. The sudden drop to 0%, means 0%, the phone cannot be turned on anymore. :crying:
So I think it is really my physical battery problem then.. Thanks a lot for your answer! :laugh:

exeon said:
Dear all, I would like to ask, why my phone battery always drop to 0% suddenly when it was about 40% or 30% few seconds before?
I'm currently using CM11 ROM and I have tried to calibrate the battery but it is not working.
Is that possible that the problem is comes from my physical battery but not my ROM?
Please help!! Thanks!! :crying:
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I suggests you to change your ROM maybe it fix the problem try to flash cm12.1 by updating it's great in case the problem remains try to change the battery
Sent from my Xperia TX using XDA Forums

I've encountered the same issue with my Xperia V. Phone always turned off at around 20%..
Replacing the two-years old battery with a new one fixed this issue and got me an additional hour of screen-on-time in addition.

Battery 15% to Phone dead in 2 sec...

hi.
i get only 3 hours of SOT max and the real problem is that when the battery goes down to 15% it all of a sudden gives me prompt that battery is low and then in next 3 seconds it says battery is 1% and then mobile turns off and it does not even turn on again!!!
i even try to on it but it does not that means all the charge is just gone away...
can anyone help me whats wrong? i have Dr. Ketan rom L3
here i have the screenshots now.
here are 2 images i took of the problem im talking about:
http://imgur.com/c8pna2v,I3qJfy5
in first u can see its 11% and in few seconds its 5% and then phone gone dead and will not even power on
here is same charge cycle i charged phone for like 15 min and then i see SOT here u can see its only 3 hours which is pretty low for Note 4 with very light use.
http://imgur.com/v6Wv47g,QMleogS
and here following images show the battery drainage just sitting the phone, no messages, no calls, not even time checked, i didnt even touch the phone from 6:45am to 1:30pm and drainage is 6%
http://imgur.com/koYDgL4,QAxyvSA

aami.aami said:
hi.
i get only 3 hours of SOT max and the real problem is that when the battery goes down to 15% it all of a sudden gives me prompt that battery is low and then in next 3 seconds it says battery is 1% and then mobile turns off and it does not even turn on again!!!
i even try to on it but it does not that means all the charge is just gone away...
can anyone help me whats wrong? i have Dr. Ketan rom L3
here i have the screenshots now.
here are 2 images i took of the problem im talking about:
http://imgur.com/c8pna2v,I3qJfy5
in first u can see its 11% and in few seconds its 5% and then phone gone dead and will not even power on
here is same charge cycle i charged phone for like 15 min and then i see SOT here u can see its only 3 hours which is pretty low for Note 4 with very light use.
http://imgur.com/v6Wv47g,QMleogS
and here following images show the battery drainage just sitting the phone, no messages, no calls, not even time checked, i didnt even touch the phone from 6:45am to 1:30pm and drainage is 6%
http://imgur.com/koYDgL4,QAxyvSA
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Just flash the stock firmware and kernel, and see if it solves the problem. If not then you have a dead battery on your hands.

I also have the same problem, it also seems to happen at 30 percent. I'm pretty sure we need to change our battery
Sent from my SM-N910F using Tapatalk

Toss3 said:
Just flash the stock firmware and kernel, and see if it solves the problem. If not then you have a dead battery on your hands.
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u mean to say that i should go stock samsung firmware and remove this rom?

aami.aami said:
u mean to say that i should go stock samsung firmware and remove this rom?
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Well its the easiest way to see if it is rom/kernel related or if something is wrong with the hardware.

Toss3 said:
Well its the easiest way to see if it is rom/kernel related or if something is wrong with the hardware.
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ok thank you. just one more question just to be safe, should i just download the firmware from sammobile and flash via odin in download mode right?
and another fellow here advised me to calibrate my battery to check if its hardware or software. he told me to charge to 100% and delete this file data/ system / and delete BatteryStats.bin use to 0% and then charge 100%. should i do it before going stock or not?

had the same issue a few days back (f2 stock rom and kernel), battery dropped from 17% to 0 within a few seconds.
but this occured only once, the next cycle was ok, so i guess it was a calibration issue!

aami.aami said:
ok thank you. just one more question just to be safe, should i just download the firmware from sammobile and flash via odin in download mode right?
and another fellow here advised me to calibrate my battery to check if its hardware or software. he told me to charge to 100% and delete this file data/ system / and delete BatteryStats.bin use to 0% and then charge 100%. should i do it before going stock or not?
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Easiest to try battery calibration first. If that doesn't work after a couple of cycles then just flash the stock rom from Sammobile using Odin.

TML1504 said:
had the same issue a few days back (f2 stock rom and kernel), battery dropped from 17% to 0 within a few seconds.
but this occured only once, the next cycle was ok, so i guess it was a calibration issue!
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Toss3 said:
Easiest to try battery calibration first. If that doesn't work after a couple of cycles then just flash the stock rom from Sammobile using Odin.
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ok thank you guys, i guess i just have a ****ty life and very very ****ty luck happens to every phone tablet i buy. FML

There are 3 possible reasons this happens - broken phone, broken battery or software problem.
I think the first one is unlikely so you need to figure out which of the last 2 is.
Make a back up of your current rom and install an official TW software. If this still doesnt fix your problem, its most likely the battery. A new genuine battery is around 20$.
PS - i think that the battery stats bin file is automatically deleted once you fully charge the battery anyway but you can still try it altough i doubt it will fix it.
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA Free mobile app

same problem here

And here.

This is typical of a dead battery. Your best bet is to buy a new one.
Less than a year is short but not unheard of. Overheating (especially when 100% full), deep discharge, very intensive use (especially with quick charging) and manufacturing defects all can kill a battery.

I'm on CM12.1 with this problem. I've tried battery calibration and tried a new battery but its still apparent.
Will be trying a factory reset as my last resort.

This is happening to 2 phones in my household it started after the upgrade to 5.0.1 one note is Tmobile the other sprint....highly doubt we both developed battery problems RIGHT after we both ota upgraded.

Same here at ~13%.
I do always either fast charge or QI charge.

So far I've tried:
- Battery calibration
- Bought new battery
- Factory reset
Still happens!!
Maybe I'll try TW flash or modem change

Weird, I have this exact same problem as the original post. I'm running BOC5 on the 9105. It's a sporadic problem only occurring on occasion
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KK > LP

VuBoo said:
KK > LP
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I've been running Lollipop for ages until this problem happened. Frankly, I still prefer Lollipop with this problem.

My phone turns off at 5%

My phone turns off at 5% every time!! The phone is working great. It doesn't turn off randomly but everyday at 5% it turns off and tells me to plug in the charger. After plugging in the charger the phone keeps on showing the battery logo and it turns on after pressing power button a couple of times while the charger is plugged in. What could be the problem? Or is it normal? I remember when i was on stock, the phone used to turn off at 2%. Im using Chroma Rom.

UzairKhwaja said:
My phone turns off at 5% every time!!............ I remember when i was on stock, the phone used to turn off at 2%. Im using Chroma Rom.
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Seems normal to me. The battery condition becomes slowly worse.
When possible don't discharge below 20-30%.

haven't seen one of these in a while. people used to talk about battery calibration, but i'm not sure if it is a real thing.
check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/dying-17-battery-t3062050

The battery on this phone is being let to go very low in the normal 100 - 0 range as it is. As it ages the low end will drop quicker and quicker. The qhd oled they used on this phone is really not nice for the battery. You can buy a new one on aliexpress.

Fixed!
NLBeev said:
Seems normal to me. The battery condition becomes slowly worse.
When possible don't discharge below 20-30%.
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The issue is fixed! i installed Android N Beta on my phone and it fixed the battery issue! anyway i found no bugs yet in Android n beta.. every single app is working fine!

UzairKhwaja said:
The issue is fixed! i installed Android N Beta on my phone and it fixed the battery issue! anyway i found no bugs yet in Android n beta.. every single app is working fine!
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Nice to hear. Success with Android N.
I wait for the final version; because mob30o is working fine.

pathetic battery

I am on Repulsa rom with mad max kernel. And the battery life is pathetic. From 100 to 20% there is no problem but as soon the battery goes below 20% it will literally go to zero in 10 sec and will shut down. It happens 9/10 times.. As soon as it goes below 20% it will shut down in few seconds.. This is not rom or kernel issue because this has happened with different rom and Kernel too.. If anyone can help it would be of great help..

Battery is badDegraded. common thing with phone batteries. Gotta get the battery replaced

me2151 said:
Battery is badDegraded. common thing with phone batteries. Gotta get the battery replaced
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Within 10 months?

Dbj.Dhaval said:
Within 10 months?
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Yep easily possible.

I dunno if this will be covered under warranty.. Also the phone is rooted

Dbj.Dhaval said:
I dunno if this will be covered under warranty.. Also the phone is rooted
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degraded battery is usually covered but you tripped knox when you installed twrp. so you may not be eligible for warranty

Dbj.Dhaval said:
I am on Repulsa rom with mad max kernel. And the battery life is pathetic. From 100 to 20% there is no problem but as soon the battery goes below 20% it will literally go to zero in 10 sec and will shut down. It happens 9/10 times.. As soon as it goes below 20% it will shut down in few seconds.. This is not rom or kernel issue because this has happened with different rom and Kernel too.. If anyone can help it would be of great help..
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I dont have that much knowledge but i am unrooted and happened to me serveral times as my battery shut downs in 13 percents. I looked for a solution and my issue resolved. Hope if it can help you
Maybe its calibration issue
Maybe your phone thinks 20% is 0
Try using fully discharge your battery until it shutsdown then go to recovery mode and waste the juice until it turn off and dont even boot into recovery. Then charge full with power off and again discharge to 0. Again to 100 and see if problem solves.
If not then maybe issue is with battery

I'm getting 5-7 hours here depending on the usage but to be sure go back to stock room for 5 days and check the SOT BY THE WAY I'm on Lightrom with the mad Max kernel

My phone used to be like this... so annoyed.
I tried everything but no result: using battery calibrate apps or methods, flashing stock rom, reinstalling TWRP,...
I am quite sure when your phone is at 20%-, you can't see battery % in TWRP mode :V.
I think the cause is TWRP ( data can't mount )
Here is what HAPPENED to my phone )
I flashed ECHO rom and my phone got bootloop..."Only official binaries ...."
Fine....too easy to fix... I flashed my stock rom and ta da... My phone's battery was Fixed :V
So ...you can consider bootloop your phone to fix the problem ))) Then wait 7 days without restarting your phone... reinstall TWRP ( "NOUGAT" or "OREO" ). And when you download dm-ver... zip to install TWRP, look carefully for LATEST version "LATEST". And dont update your TWRP or use themes for TWRP (Old is gold, simple is perfection :v , fuctional is too enough)
GOOD LUCK

alextdt said:
My phone used to be like this... so annoyed.
I tried everything but no result: using battery calibrate apps or methods, flashing stock rom, reinstalling TWRP,...
I am quite sure when your phone is at 20%-, you can't see battery % in TWRP mode :V.
I think the cause is TWRP ( data can't mount )
Here is what HAPPENED to my phone )
I flashed ECHO rom and my phone got bootloop..."Only official binaries ...."
Fine....too easy to fix... I flashed my stock rom and ta da... My phone's battery was Fixed :V
So ...you can consider bootloop your phone to fix the problem ))) Then wait 7 days without restarting your phone... reinstall TWRP ( "NOUGAT" or "OREO" ). And when you download dm-ver... zip to install TWRP, look carefully for LATEST version "LATEST". And dont update your TWRP or use themes for TWRP (Old is gold, simple is perfection :v , fuctional is too enough)
GOOD LUCK
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Why wait 7 days with no reboot? Not needed if it's to make the OEM toggle visible...just wait 7 days or use the date-change workaround. Reboots affect the uptime timer but not the server-side OEM unlock timer.
Dbj.Dhaval said:
I am on Repulsa rom with mad max kernel. And the battery life is pathetic. From 100 to 20% there is no problem but as soon the battery goes below 20% it will literally go to zero in 10 sec and will shut down. It happens 9/10 times.. As soon as it goes below 20% it will shut down in few seconds.. This is not rom or kernel issue because this has happened with different rom and Kernel too.. If anyone can help it would be of great help..
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Happened to me lately on stock, never rooted. Try turning off quick charge and use normal method instead for a few cycles. Maybe test on stock firmware just to be safe. If no improvement it might be a degrading battery.

I am thinking to factory reset the phone to see if the problem is solved.. N try the solutions offered ie calibration, quick charge off

Dbj.Dhaval said:
I am thinking to factory reset the phone to see if the problem is solved.. N try the solutions offered ie calibration, quick charge off
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Sounds good, just be careful with calibration...fully charging or discharging the battery reduces it's overall lifespan. Don't do it too often.

I did factory reset including internal storage wipe and calibration Bt still the problem exists.. Now the battery will go down to 15 then directly 14,12,10,5 in seconds even if I connect charger at 15 it will go down till 3%..

Dbj.Dhaval said:
I did factory reset including internal storage wipe and calibration Bt still the problem exists.. Now the battery will go down to 15 then directly 14,12,10,5 in seconds even if I connect charger at 15 it will go down till 3%..
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Hmm that's frustrating. Not sure if there might be another cause or fix, otherwise might be the battery itself.

sefrcoko said:
Hmm that's frustrating. Not sure if there might be another cause or fix, otherwise might be the battery itself.
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Yes I also think it's the battery problem

Dbj.Dhaval said:
Within 10 months?
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Yeah, it can be possible to degrade the battery that quickly.
It usually happens when you let your phone go under 20% frequently or let it die completely before charging it again.
I usually do the lowest 25-30% and the 80+% charge daily, then finally use it all the way to 20% before going to sleep, put it on a slow charger, and by next morning its at 100% without keeping it charged 100% all night (which can also degrade the battery, just a lot slower than discharging it completely.)

I have had my phone a week before it came out and my battery is awesome. It lasts me all day everyday. Best phone I have ever had.