When my Note 4 gets to 30% left it will die. Do I need a new battery?

[anon(5719825)]

Here's the two $11.99 batteries I bought from that seller. They were $11.95 each.

 

[nahoku]

Here's the two $11.99 batteries I bought from that seller. They were $11.95 each.

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I remember when you bought these a while back. I agree, I wouldn't buy the ones in the link either.

 

[anon(5719825)]

I remember when you bought these a while back. I agree, I wouldn't buy the ones in the link either.

Here they are:

New Original Samsung 3220 mAh Battery for Galaxy Note 4 EB BN910BBUSTA | eBay

Still the same $11.99 price. I'm sorry I didn't look closer at what I was posting previously. These are from a different seller but the same battery as what I posted in the pic above.

 

[Ben From Therapy Music]

No, it does't help if you buy a new battery or do a full-hard factory reset. It just keep turning off.

 

[Droidful]

I bought a cheap "Samsung" battery which I doubt was really Samsung, or else a refurb sold as new since the same thing kept happening. Then I bought a set of ankers and they've been working great.

Has this problem been fixed in newer phones or are we going to see a lot of super cheap note 5s in a few months?

Are you still happy with your new ankers batteries? I'm looking at refurbished OEM

 

[bable]

Are you still happy with your new ankers batteries? I'm looking at refurbished OEM

The ankers were great, with a pair of batteries and a charger at work I almost never plugged it in to charge. But then my note 4 died last month from the mmc bug

 

[Droidful]

The ankers were great, with a pair of batteries and a charger at work I almost never plugged it in to charge. But then my note 4 died last month from the mmc bug

I just ordered the 2 refurbished OEM incl. a charger from amazon.

What is the mm bug?

 

[mmsean]

My old Note would die at 30% so i ordered a new Samsung OEM battery with portable charger from Sprint.com for around $25.00. Ordered another yesterday too!

 

[Beatrice Blue]

My phone goes dead at like 60%

 

[natehoy]

My phone goes dead at like 60%

There are exceptions, but in general a symptom of "when my phone dies at [insert percentage above 0% here]" means the battery has developed some chemical/mechanical problem.

Buying a new battery of known-good quality is an inexpensive way to diagnose (and nearly always solve) the problem.

Anker and Samsung OEM are both great. The only real problem with Samsung OEM is that a lot of sellers sell fake ones that are not built to the same spec - so maybe you get a great battery at an excellent price, or maybe you saved ten bucks and ended up with a dud that will end up convincing you that your perfectly good Note 4 is toast, which would be a waste.

An Anker is like $17 on Amazon. Personally, I have no qualms paying $10 more for a known-good product when I'm talking about breathing another year of new life into my phone which would cost me at least $150 to find a good replacement on Swappa.