Ok so I have a HTC desire A8181 (I think?) I've had it for 3 and a half years almost.
Its a great phone, still competetive with other phones, does the job.
Now since owning it I've never had a case, never lost it, never broken the screen and never really dropped it (21 y/o student thats good going)
Only issue I've had until now is the common power button breakage that I had repaired under warranty.
Now, however, I've come across a problem that I can't seem to find a fix for anywhere online, my phone powers off from one bar of battery loss, I could literally charge it all the way to the green light and use it for about 20 minutes before it pops up on the screen saying 1% or less followed immediately (within half a second) by the "powering off" screen.
I can confirm its not the phone just crashing, because if I turn it on it powers off as if the battery is flat, then I have to charge it for about an hour or so before the green light comes back and I'm at square one.
First thought was replace the battery, so I did that and the issue continued EXACTLY the same as before, so it's not the battery itself, but the phone.
Next step was doing the manual battery calibration seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C4hWi7_Bg4 you go through a process of powering off the phone and on and off until it resets the battery data file, however this didn't work.
Finally I rooted the phone today, installed a battery calibration app and used it. Didn't work.
So here I am, I've googled for days, searched forums and tried every available fix and nothing seems to work.
PLEASE help me, even if its just to let me know that I have a broken phone beyond repair, because at the moment my phone is like a landline.. It has to be plugged in charging to use.
Thanks for your help, you don't believe how useful it is!
Kieran
Its a great phone, still competetive with other phones, does the job.
Now since owning it I've never had a case, never lost it, never broken the screen and never really dropped it (21 y/o student thats good going)
Only issue I've had until now is the common power button breakage that I had repaired under warranty.
Now, however, I've come across a problem that I can't seem to find a fix for anywhere online, my phone powers off from one bar of battery loss, I could literally charge it all the way to the green light and use it for about 20 minutes before it pops up on the screen saying 1% or less followed immediately (within half a second) by the "powering off" screen.
I can confirm its not the phone just crashing, because if I turn it on it powers off as if the battery is flat, then I have to charge it for about an hour or so before the green light comes back and I'm at square one.
First thought was replace the battery, so I did that and the issue continued EXACTLY the same as before, so it's not the battery itself, but the phone.
Next step was doing the manual battery calibration seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C4hWi7_Bg4 you go through a process of powering off the phone and on and off until it resets the battery data file, however this didn't work.
Finally I rooted the phone today, installed a battery calibration app and used it. Didn't work.
So here I am, I've googled for days, searched forums and tried every available fix and nothing seems to work.
PLEASE help me, even if its just to let me know that I have a broken phone beyond repair, because at the moment my phone is like a landline.. It has to be plugged in charging to use.
Thanks for your help, you don't believe how useful it is!
Kieran
