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Android Central Question
About a week ago my LG G4 began to die very quickly. It would be in my pocket, screen off, for most of the day and suddenly only have around 15% battery. This was not only annoying but a safety concern (as a woman, walking home alone very late at night in a large city with a phone that had suddenly and unexpectedly died is scary af). So I bought a new powerbear battery (the original one was 3 years old so I figured it was worn out) which worked wonderfully... for the first day. I conditioned it as instructed by letting it drain completely and then charging it all the way each time. That first time it lasted 19hrs. The next time it lasted maybe 12hrs (and I was using it far less that day). But on the third day it got really bad: it lost 20% of its battery within the first hour after charging and died after about 10hrs (it only lasted that long because I barely used it that day); when I recharged it that same day, it began losing battery at a rate of 1% every 2min so that with 80% it said I had 2.5 hours left! The phone has been overheating especially while/right after charging--at one point I was in a cold room and the phone cooled down quickly and then the battery was pretty good. Now I consistently lose 20% almost immediately after unplugging, and it lasts 9-5 hours depending on how much I have to use it. I don't have many apps and pretty much only use the phone for texting, reading emails, and spotify, so none of the apps seem to be sucking up power. Battery usage says the biggest users are the screen (which I keep at 25-30% brightness so it shouldn’t be that bad right?) and Android OS. The worst part is how quickly the phone will drain when it is just sitting there idle with the screen off, only chrome open, not being touched at all. Thoughts?