Instant battery drain

[Jp335]

Hello,

As stated in the thread title I have developed a rapid battery drain.

In the screenshots you can see the remaining battery nosedive.

I have performed a reset, updated and done the usual of disabling apps and GPS.

I also have only really used the samsung charger and the phone is less then a year old.

I'm now running in safe mode waiting for the same thing to occur again.

Anyone experienced this?

 

[SpookDroid]

Does it always happen at the same battery level? If so, it might be a faulty battery. Let us know if Safe Mode helps (just to see if it's an app that's going haywire).

 

[Jp335]

After placing the phone in safe mode it occurred again.

I visited a samsung help centre and they run through some tests. They found nothing other then the screen shots I had taken where not good signs.

I had a screen replacement through my insurance about 3 months ago so they have recommend returning to them(They are samsung approved) as they could of instigated a fault.

They also indicated it could be mother board related. Reading between the lines they have seen this before.

I will post a reply once it repaired just in case someone has this problem on the future.

 

[Mooncatt]

Usually a nose dive like that is indicative of a bad battery, which basically has an internal short. I kind of doubt the screen replacement had anything to do with it. I'd try getting it replaced if you can.

 

[Rukbat]

That short is called a dendrite (Lithium Battery Dendrite links if you're interested). They're working on it, two methods to eliminate the problem have finally been figured out - we don't yet know if either one is practical - but for now, if the battery throws a dendrite, all you can do is live with it if it's at a low enough level (yours looks to be about 40%, so if you charge at 40% all the time, it wouldn't matter too much) or replace thew battery.