Sudden really bad battery drain

**Runnin_it** · 08-01-2011, 10:34 AM

Has anyone seen this? My 3VO has been a boss until now. I noticed the phone got a bit warmer yesterday than usual, but I chalked it up to the unusually large amount of push emails I was getting; long story, work, reunion, and death in the family...

Anyway, today my battery has been draining like crazy...2hrs 27m, and my phone is down from a full charge to 62% with minimal use...as in 2-3 texts, a couple of emails...and nothing else.

Anyone else seen this?

**jondevere** · 08-01-2011, 10:56 AM

When was the last time you rebooted? May have background processes running that are not needed

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**l2059004** · 08-01-2011, 11:01 AM

weak singnal, were you roaming?

**cgardnervt** · 08-01-2011, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by jondevere

When was the last time you rebooted? May have background processes running that are not needed

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^^^ 100% I bet!

**Runnin_it** · 08-01-2011, 12:56 PM

Actually I rebooted last night before I put it on the charger. The back felt a little hot, so I wanted to make sure there were no extra processes running while it was charging.

It dropped to 47% about 45 minutes after I posted. It's on the charger now (second time today). As much as I hate to, I am going to fully charge it and do a hard reset. Will let you guys know if it helps...

**cgardnervt** · 08-01-2011, 01:15 PM

Bad battery then is my guess.

**youngzayiles** · 08-01-2011, 02:36 PM

Did you download any new apps?? You may have a rouge app if this just started.. Download watchdog and it will notify you if something is going crazy..

**Saneless** · 08-01-2011, 02:38 PM

What's your battery status/info say? Most of the time when I have some crazy drop it all makes sense. Just this weekend I noticed I was down to 60% after only a few hours of being awake. Then I saw that Slacker Radio was keeping the phone awake from the minute I took it off the charger. Forced stop and all was good the rest of the day.

**illwood** · 08-01-2011, 03:08 PM

I am currently experiencing the same problem. When I looked at the battery info, a significant amount of battery was used by "Mediaserver."

I had heard that this can be caused by a corrupt media file. I downloaded the pictures and videos I have taken to my laptop and then erased the contents of the DCIM folder. Hopefully that will fix my problems.

I will report back.

**Jerzyiroc** · 08-01-2011, 04:22 PM

Whats your up and awake time in the battery stats? If your up time is anywhere near the awake time you have a problem with an app.

**Runnin_it** · 08-01-2011, 04:32 PM

Up time is 10:20:43
Awake time is 09:51:10

I just took it off the charger 2 minutes ago. I am doing a power button>restart now.

**Runnin_it** · 08-01-2011, 04:48 PM

In the time since my last post, I have
1. Restarted the phone
2. Changed the skin
3. Downloaded and installed Watchdog

Battery has dropped from 100% to 95%

I'm starting to think the battery has gone south...and I have only had this phone a week.

**Runnin_it** · 08-01-2011, 05:20 PM

battery is now at 84%

**cgardnervt** · 08-01-2011, 06:18 PM

I'd bring it back to Sprint. Seems a little to soon for this to be going south.

**shantheman#AC** · 08-02-2011, 09:24 AM

I have isolated a few causes of fast battery drain...the biggest one is the Facebook for htc app. Unsync that if you haven't. That alone might be the issue.

**Runnin_it** · 08-02-2011, 11:50 AM

Well, I took the phone into Sprint yesterday. The guy tested the battery. The tester said the battery was good, but the charge was low...the battery was at about 65% at the time...he replaced it since there was obviously a problem. After 3hours off the charger, the phone is at 91%. :-)

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

**wess580** · 08-03-2011, 11:47 AM

im not haveing tha problem bt my EVO 3D wont keep charge and this is my 3rd one ......i put it on the charger when it gets to 100% it looses power as if it was on stand by so when i wake up the green light is on as if it was charged bt battery is at 92 or 65 or 73 percent and i know its not the batt or the plug there both ar brand new jus got them i havent downloaded any apps or root...... any help will do

**cgardnervt** · 08-03-2011, 11:56 AM

After your phone hits 100% off of a charge the phone runs off of the battery again. Seems stupid but thats what HTC did. Pending on your area do you have good service? This morning at my house I woke up to a green light. But the phone only had 98% battery life. So it just might be the timing.

**FrostyGTA** · 08-03-2011, 12:55 PM

I had that issue too in the last few days...suddenly it's horrible. I lost almost 25% of battery life in the matter of a hour with sending 4 texts and leaving it idle.

Even now it's been off off the charger since 7AM, sent approximately 10 texts and I'm at 52%. I thought my battery issues were gone(see battery life thread) but apparently they're back. I might bring it back to Sprint and have them test it.

**droidlife4life** · 08-03-2011, 02:07 PM

I noticed a similar issue for the first time today. I went to a new gym I had not been to b4 and had a very weak 3g signal. I was running slacker and my phone heated up to 109 degrees and my battery started draining faster than I've seen it b4. Soon as I got home it cooled back down and the battery was normal again. In my experience the weak 3g signal is what's causing these battery issues...

**mtmjr90** · 08-03-2011, 06:42 PM

I had the exact same problem. I'd drop 40% after a 10min call. I called HTC and they sent me a new battery. Ironically, i did a battery pull reset right after I hung up and it fixed the problem completely. Now I have an extra battery that I carry to swap if needed. I posted in the forums about this and someone suggested Watchdog to monitor for rogue apps.

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