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Oisterboy

So how often exactly are you supposed to replace them? I've had my phone for just about 10 months now, and the battery life has (expectedly) dramatically decreased.

When I charge it to 100%, it drops off to 90% within about 10 minutes of me unplugging it. I can generally go about a day and a half before its completely dead. When I first got it, it could do almost 5 days.

Are you supposed to let your phone drain down to 0% ever? I always thought t was better to top it off than let it hit 0. Like a car.

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whitey

This happened to me, had my old for for 3 years, then i left it on charge for waaaay too long and it drop from going days without a,charge to a day....

I dunno, can you 'overcharge' your phone that ruins the battery?
Sorry i can't be of more help

marcipaans

That's a bad phone you got there.

I've had 2 cell phones, 1st for about 4 years and 2nd is now on it's 3rd year, and I have never changed the battery even once. Battery life is as good as new, overcharged(plugged in even after it's charged) very often and for longer periods.

To be honest I didn't even know you need to change the battery for cell phones at all

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Oisterboy

Well I do a lot of shit on it. A LOT of web browsing and its my main mp3 player, so I do put a lot of stress on it. Its a common thing with android phones :/

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marcipaans

So do I. My Nokia is my MP3 player, video player and for browsing.

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endrien

I do all this on my galaxy s. Battery life is still fine. What phone do you have?

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come4

well, rechargeable batteries do tend to lose their charging ability after a long while. my htc touch 2's like that. used to last 3 days? now its barely a day.

anyways, why bother with a new battery? im assuming you guys change phones like every 2-3 years? i'd say just tolerate it for a bit.

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Madjohnny

Only replace them if they start going dead really quick.
It sounds like that is the case with your battery.

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olaph

Wouldn't hurt to get a new battery, worst case scenario you have a spare for emergencies.

I tend to get anywhere from 2-3 days from my Nexus One, but that's dependant on usage.

If you are using an android phone, you could try flashing a custom ROM or kernal as they usually have better battery life then the official versions.

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Oisterboy

Actually, I was off. Its lasting about 3 days on a full charge. It just lost that initial 10% real quick.

Hm.

My laptop battery is so bad lol. It only holds about 15% of what it used to. I just always keep it plugged in.

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