HTC Desire 601, why is my battery life so short?

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HTC Desire 601

Recently wiped my HTC Desire 601 and after it was finished, the battery life has been shortened by a lot. I put the phone in airplane mode and closed all apps that were running and the battery drained from 50% to 18% in 10 minutes.

Checked the battery details in Settings and noticed that the Android System is taking up 90% of the battery. I'm running on KitKat version 4.42

Any solutions to fix this?

Thanks

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[belodion]

Re: HTC Desire 601

Welcome to AC.

There must be something wrong with the battery, for it to drain so much in so short a time. Can you get it tested?

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[Rukbat]

Re: HTC Desire 601

Or restart the phone in safe mode first (see how to use safe mode on the HTC Desire 601 through the hardware keys | MobiAny ) with a fully charged battery and see if it still drains that quickly. (If it recharges very quickly, you might have a dendrite in the battery - the only remedy is replacing it. See Lithium Battery Dendrite links to learn what it is and why it can't be "fixed" yet.)