Odd case issue with battery

Samantha218

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I just purchased one of those glitter phone covers recently and noticed that my battery goes down faster than usual. Is it possible that the cover drains my battery? I just put all those background apps to sleep, changed my screen settings, but nothing helps.

is this normal?
 

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Re: Can my phone drain my battery?

I just purchased one of those glitter phone covers recently and noticed that my battery goes down faster than usual. Is it possible that the cover drains my battery? I just put all those background apps to sleep, changed my screen settings, but nothing helps.

is this normal?
I know cases can drain battery life if they cause the phone to overheat. Leave the case on, then when you notice it is draining the most battery take it off and feel if it abnormally warm. I've had it happen a couple of times. I'm sure there is an app out there to monitor phone temperature too. Hope that helps!
 

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Re: Can my phone drain my battery?

The case could be interfering with your phones ability to get and keep a strong signal (if there are metals in it). This would cause your phone to constantly be searching for a strong signal and it WILL kill your battery.
 

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Re: Can my phone drain my battery?

even if my data & wifi are off?

Connection settings don't determine your signal strengh if it's weak (1-2 bars) you will get bad reception and battery life since your phone keeps searching for signals and uses more battery to keep the connection. (unless you're in airplane mode)
 

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Re: Can my phone drain my battery?

I know cases can drain battery life if they cause the phone to overheat. Leave the case on, then when you notice it is draining the most battery take it off and feel if it abnormally warm. I've had it happen a couple of times. I'm sure there is an app out there to monitor phone temperature too. Hope that helps!

I have never heard of heat draining a battery. A rapidly draining battery will cause heat so how we would determine which is causing which? A phone doesn't heat up because it is sitting inside a case although a case may slow down heat transfer.
 

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I just purchased one of those glitter phone covers recently and noticed that my battery goes down faster than usual. Is it possible that the cover drains my battery? I just put all those background apps to sleep, changed my screen settings, but nothing helps.

is this normal?

Cases don't drain batteries
 

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I have several times seen cases that cause dirt and grim to build up around the vents and cause the battery to heat up. Clean it up, plus generic cases can Just cover the vents
 

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Re: Can my phone drain my battery?

Unless I'm missing something the data and WiFi both off would be the equivalent of airplane mode.

You ARE missing something, namely the cellular signal. You can turn data and wifi off and still get phone calls.
 

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