Battery issues after more than a year of usage

Morty2264

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Okay, so I was walking home from work and using my GPS. My battery was at about 60%. And then it just turned off! It said the battery was at 1% (it wasn't). It worked for maybe five minutes afterward and then shut down. Now it seems to be working okay... but I'm not thrilled.

Has anyone else's phone done that - turn off and then will work periodically?
 
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Okay, so I was walking home from work and using my GPS. My battery was at about 60%. And then it just turned off! It said the battery was at 1% (it wasn't). It worked for maybe five minutes afterward and then shut down. Now it seems to be working okay... but I'm not thrilled.

Has anyone else's phone done that - turn off and then will work periodically?
That's probably down to temperature. Was it cold?
 

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Yes, I was just about to edit my post! It was -13 with the windchill; so it was probably the weather. But in the moment, I of course panicked. 🤣
That's significantly below the operating temperature so I would not be worried in this instance
 

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I've had my Honor 8 for almost 14 months now and I've yet to experience a battery issue like that. I've noticed that my battery life - though still very good - is obviously not as great as it was a year or even nine months ago; but I've never had the phone shut down like that. Most nights I plug it in with about 18-25% left.

But yes, that is definitely a concerning issue to have. I'm curious to see if other users here have had the problem, as well.
Turns out draining he battery to like 15% etc. every day is harmful for the battery. Not sure how but that's what I gathered from online articles.
 

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Turns out draining he battery to like 15% etc. every day is harmful for the battery. Not sure how but that's what I gathered from online articles.

For me that equals using my phone is harmful. I guess we're supposed to plug in before it reaches 40% or something. Crazy
 

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For me that equals using my phone is harmful. I guess we're supposed to plug in before it reaches 40% or something. Crazy
Yea but that's unfortunately how our current battery technology works. It isn't a Honor specific problem. Every manufacturer faces this. Apple throttled their phones just to avoid this.
 

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Yea but that's unfortunately how our current battery technology works. It isn't a Honor specific problem. Every manufacturer faces this. Apple throttled their phones just to avoid this.

I agree with you. Plus, once a phone hits the one-year mark, there are more chances of things going wrong with them.
 

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Turns out draining he battery to like 15% etc. every day is harmful for the battery. Not sure how but that's what I gathered from online articles.
Well it's best to keep the depth of discharge small to keep the battery in the best health
 

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Yea but that's unfortunately how our current battery technology works. It isn't a Honor specific problem. Every manufacturer faces this. Apple throttled their phones just to avoid this.
Apple also will replace the battery for just $29 at least for this year, which I think is very reasonable
 

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Well it's best to keep the depth of discharge small to keep the battery in the best health

I remember batteries for my BlackBerry phones being super expensive (I think one cost $80, which I didn't end up buying); so by comparison, that really is a good deal.