battery on tab3 8.0 drains quickly...an issue?

[Jessica Cockerham]

I have noticed with my galaxy tab 3 8 inch the battery went from fully charged to 52 percent in less than a hour i was playing a few games but is this normal?, I also have a sandisk 32 gb card. Also there is a small brown rectangular spot on the back of my tablet, any ideas what this could be?.

 

[Relgoshan]

So you're just about melting it.

 

[Natia Bliadze]

hi..i have galaxsy 3 tablet..my bettery don't charging it is alway 1 percens pleas tell me samothing

 

[Dan Nugent]

My tab 3 8.0 gies from 100% to 1% in 1 hour and stays on 1% for 2 hours then turns off I turn it back on and its on 0% then stsys on for 20 minutes turns off repeat etc wtf can I do- its the battery reading this problem only started occuring this week

 

[DanPackMan]

My tab 3 8.0 gies from 100% to 1% in 1 hour and stays on 1% for 2 hours then turns off I turn it back on and its on 0% then stsys on for 20 minutes turns off repeat etc wtf can I do- its the battery reading this problem only started occuring this week

Do you have an SD card? If so, remove it and see how it peforms. Also, check out what is says is using the battery under Settings / Battery. Stop of delete those apps that are high users if possible.

 

[Andrew Murray1]

I did a factory data reset on my tablet and since then my battery life dropped like a rock. I havent changed anything but it now says I have 13 mins on battery at 42% while charging.

 

[larlol2001]

Do you have an SD card? If so, remove it and see how it peforms. Also, check out what is says is using the battery under Settings / Battery. Stop of delete those apps that are high users if possible.

I have the same problem but it just lasts for one hour and then it has no energy at all to even turn it on!!! Be a shame samsung, its only 7 months old! i never had an sd card by the way

 

[ColbyJvonBrown]

I'm getting my battery replaced right now because it has horrible life. It heats up at the charging port and battery connection when charging, it goes from 0% to 10% right when I plug it in, it has random reboots because of the system overheating when I'm just watching YouTube!!!! I hope they fix this when I send it in. Because I can't afford a new tablet!!!! Oh yeah if you check the galaxy tab 3 KitKat update post in the forms I posted a chat I had about the update, so go have a look!!:-D

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[Robert57]

I have had my tablet for about 9 months now, no problems, but lately, the battery drains quickly, such as full charged to less than 20% in about 2 hours of use. I have gone to task manager and stopped running all the apps that were running, still, no improvement. Also, when I charge it, the tablet shows that it is charging, but overnight I come back and it may only be 70% charged. I am thinking it is possible that the battery is going bad, but unsure. It is only 8 months old. My Samsung Galaxy s3 does not have this problem.

 

[philetus]

Mine says 90% - Charging (AC), but right beneath in the grey block it says 17 seconds on battery. Is this going to be a problem?

 

[bouldy]

My tab 3 was charge too 100%completely switched off stried to switch back on two days later totally dead had too recharge sent it too samsung for assessment they sent bsck with ssme issue any ideas please

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[ColbyJvonBrown]

OK, so it got replaced and this does not seem normal!! I have not charged it at all so those upward spike are not from me charging, is it normal for a battery to recharge itself? Please help me!! The first pics are before I went to sleep, the second are when I woke up!!

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[Lisa Chandler]

I am curious if anyone has found a resolution for this problem...I have sent my tablet in to Samsung twice for "repairs" and it still has the same issue...and, to top it off, I am now having similar issues with my S5, which is only a few months old. Needless to say, I am done with Samsung products.

 

[pissedatsamsung]

I have a galaxy tab 3 and about 4 weeks ago the battery started draining when it was powered off. I sent it in to Samsung and 2 weeks later they sent it back saying they replaced the battery. Well my tablet continues to do the same thing and when I contacted them again they said there was nothing they could do

 

[pissedatsamsung]

I have the same problem as you they wont even replace my tablet with a new one.

 

[Phillip Donato]

my aunty from switzerland send me a brand new tab 3 8.0 Couple of months ago. I used it for downloading ang gaming. i charge it when its lowbatt shut off. When i check it when its says 100% charge and turn it on.. the battery percentage says 20% only. And when im using it now it just shut down with a full charge.. pleasw help with this issue.

 

[Ross Twyman]

This is very interesting. My daughter has the Tab 8 and it was bought in July 2014. The battery is losing 1% per two minutes.
She keep having to use the Tablet while plugged in which I'm not keen on.
I've turned Wifi and all background apps off that I can find. Removed SD card and as I'm typing this the battery is just fading away.

 

[Vincenzo99]

I've turned off GPS - my batttery was draing rapidly on standby. Now it holds charge for days on standby.

 

[Akash Bhatt1]

Well, this is wat i m facing ths dayz ......
Any solution ?
Battery drainage .......

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[Rukbat]

Well, this is wat i m facing ths dayz ......
Any solution ?

With that much screen on time, that's about normal. You might want to check to see what's waking the device for such long periods when the screen is off. (And th fact that your mobile signal is weak also costs battery.)