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Battery drain

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Tony Caudle

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I have noticed my phone acting weird lately as far as charging. Sometimes it will be at 60-70% battery life then show 100% after a few minutes on a charger. The other day I had 35% left when I received a call the phone died after 1 ring and the battery was 0%. Fast forward to this morning, I wake up take my phone off the charger (100%) not even 10 minutes later it's at 48% put phone back on charger and got ready for work, left and it was 90%, 15 minutes later I get to work and it is at 11%. I have no apps running, everything is cleared yet I'm still getting horrible battery drain. It's this a Samsung plot to get people to buy new phones? I drained 20% writing this post. Any help would be great, thanks
 
Here is a screenshot from a few minutes ago. Guess it's time to order a new phone
 

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I just replaced the battery in my wife's S7 Edge. It was pretty easy and only ~$15.00 for the kit from Amazon. Samsung wanted to charge $70 + shipping to replace the battery for her. If you are fairly handy and have a little patience, it's easy.

This is the quick version of the process.


The biggest problem I had was getting the battery out, since that's glued in, too. My wife's battery was swollen so the foil had already separated and made it very flexible. The outer foil tore in a few places, but luckily the battery did not short out or explode. :eek:
 
Just keep in mind that the video is condensed and edited. Plus the person doing the repair has probably done a few of these already. They most likely did a few takes and that wasn't the first time the back was opened or the battery removed. They won't open/come out that easily. Be patient and give yourself a good 30 minutes to an hour to complete it.
 
Oh, and instead of a heat gun on low, your standard hair dryer on high should be able to soften the adhesive enough to open the thing up. It might take a little longer heating, but there's also less chance of actually burning or melting the plastic back.
 
Well had a little excitement for the evening. Had to order one of those suction cup hand grip things. Just came in the mail so decided to give it a shot. Heated the cover and it eventually came off. Old battery is also glued down so not wanting to overheat I am holding the heat gun far away and using a hard plastic pick. Bad idea, battery started to smoke and hiss. I freak out grabbed another pick and pry the battery out as fast as I could do it doesn't destroy my phone. As soon as it gets out of the phone it completely goes up in smoke,while house is filled with a crap smell and has been airing out with the attic fan on. Also got a nice size burn mark on the floor but new battery in and phone still works lol.
 
Yikes!

That's why they tell you to take it slooooowwwwwwly and pry gently. These batteries break easily and if they short internally .... well, you found out. Glad nothing was damaged and no one was hurt.
 
As easy as this looks and I've worked on many a screens in the past, I think $65 and an hour wait isn't too bad for such a great phone. Love the video too.
 
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