I've had this phone since it came out and since then the battery has held up very well. In general, I pull it off the charge around 6 in the morning and plug it back in around midnight. When I plug it back it, it's usually in the upper 80% range.
For the last few days it's been diving all the way to 50%. It makes me nervous when I spend the first few months going to bed with it at 90% and now it's at 90% by noon.
I haven't installed anything new (though apps may have updated). Nothing unusual seems to be running (though I can list everything later if that helps).
What I have noticed is that the screen doesn't turn off on it's own anymore and I have a feeling that it's draining the battery. Often times I'll pull it out of my pocket to find the screen on and have to wonder if I just bumped the button now or if it's from when I made a call a half hour ago.
So A)is anyone else suddenly having battery issues and more importantly B)Does anyone else know how to get the screen to turn off by itself?
FTR, I haven't changed any settings on it recently and this didn't just start with KitKat, it started a few days ago.
I just tried something while I was typing this, I hit the power button on the phone, but didn't unlock it. The screen never shut back off. I have it set to sleep after 1 minute. I guess that's why the battery is draining. I know if I unlock it and leave it alone (just recently), the screen will dim, but not shut off, but I see now, if I hit the power button the screen never shuts back off either. The battery's probably been draining because it's been lit up in my pocket all day long from bumping the power button.
Anyone have any idea how to fix that? Otherwise I'll run it to the VZW store tomorrow.
For the last few days it's been diving all the way to 50%. It makes me nervous when I spend the first few months going to bed with it at 90% and now it's at 90% by noon.
I haven't installed anything new (though apps may have updated). Nothing unusual seems to be running (though I can list everything later if that helps).
What I have noticed is that the screen doesn't turn off on it's own anymore and I have a feeling that it's draining the battery. Often times I'll pull it out of my pocket to find the screen on and have to wonder if I just bumped the button now or if it's from when I made a call a half hour ago.
So A)is anyone else suddenly having battery issues and more importantly B)Does anyone else know how to get the screen to turn off by itself?
FTR, I haven't changed any settings on it recently and this didn't just start with KitKat, it started a few days ago.
I just tried something while I was typing this, I hit the power button on the phone, but didn't unlock it. The screen never shut back off. I have it set to sleep after 1 minute. I guess that's why the battery is draining. I know if I unlock it and leave it alone (just recently), the screen will dim, but not shut off, but I see now, if I hit the power button the screen never shuts back off either. The battery's probably been draining because it's been lit up in my pocket all day long from bumping the power button.
Anyone have any idea how to fix that? Otherwise I'll run it to the VZW store tomorrow.
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