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Phone Dies over night

Went to bed last night with about 60% charge...When I woke up this morning it was totally dead. Wouldn't even power up.

I finally got it to power up after removing the battery. When it came back to life it was showing about 50% charge... what the heck?

Its like it just totally crashed just sitting there in standby.

Any ideas?
 
To follow up, I had my battery replaced today.what drove me to that was using thee net for less than 20 min this morning and draining 15% off my battery.

Hopefully I see a big difference. Will let you know.
 
yeah something must have been up with my battery. i got it replaced and my phone lasted over 24 hours. granted 6 hours of that i was sleeping and i used it moderately: texting, phone calls, surfing web, downloading apps.

also, i got rid of atk and my phone runs perfect.
 
Hi,

Battery Monitor is an app.

Battery Monitor v1.1.0 Application for Android | Tools

You can download it for free from the Android Market.

To diagnose battery problems, I use the built-in BatteryHistory monitor. This one needs to be added with Any Cut (a free Market download itself).

1. Long press on any home screen
2. Choose "Shortcuts"
3. Select "Any Cut"
4. Select "Activity"
5. Select "BatteryHistory"

Now start up BatteryHistory. Choose "Partial wake usage" on the top pull-down menu. The second menu, under the first one, should be set to "Since last unplugged."

Ideally, you should have Android System as the battery drain here -- it's the OS itself, so it makes sense. If you have *any other installed apps* -- like HootSuite in my case -- you might as well throttle it down (2-hour updates instead of 30-min updates, for example) or go ahead and uninstall it.

But be careful to uninstall ONLY apps you download from the Market. If you brick your phone because you uninstalled a critical system component, it's not my problem :)

Good luck!
 
thetube said:
Went to bed last night with about 60% charge...When I woke up this morning it was totally dead. Wouldn't even power up.

I finally got it to power up after removing the battery. When it came back to life it was showing about 50% charge... what the heck?

Its like it just totally crashed just sitting there in standby.

Any ideas?
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Checking in this forum for something just like this. I'm using the ATT Captivate and there are a couple of with this exact issue. Phone just dies like it was powered off. I've had this about 10 times or so. Twice last night within an hour, all at a 75% charge. Here is the thread link:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/132571-phone-turning-itself-off.html
 
mystycs said:
For the last two days i have had my battery charged fully before i went to bed, i would have all the tasks killed as well. And by 7am i would hear the phone shut off, it just dies completely. Has anyone else had this?
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Have not had that and it sounds like you have a defective battery. I would definitely exchange the battery or both the battery and the phone.

I had an issue with a Gravity 3 before I upgraded to the Vibrant, a Samsung tech told me that I wasn't supposed to charge the battery for over 4 hours. He further stated that charging over 4 hours will shorten the life of the battery. :eek:
 
I have a different phone (samsung droid) and would like to share one of my issues and see if any of you have experienced this.
Plug in and charge your phone before you go to bed, turn it off and unplug it, in the morning try and turn it on. Mine was dead, and its not very old ( almost 1 year) Im an electronics tech and know all about batteries and how to charge them for optimal capability.
This is what Ive experienced just last night. I charged my phone (1 yr old droid) completely and then turned it off and unplugged it, woke up this morning and it was completly dead. Charged it and it lasts all day.
Anyone experience this?
My conclusion is either I have a horrible battery (which I seriously dought since it works normally when charged stays all day depending on use) or my apps are using my juice as I sleep without the phone being on.
I suspect this is the reason because why would they put in the permissions of most apps now, that they can access the internet and all of my data, phone lists, posting to the internet on my behalf and even over write any of my info or programs. It makes me really suspiscious of what the hell is going on when Im not using my phone.
Try this yourself, especially if you have a bunch of apps.
Most people do like I have for the last several years, they leave their phone plugged in overnight ( I know I did for years with no notice of battery issues, even now) So why was my phone dead in the morning when it was turned off???
APPS!!
SO now Im gonna clean my phone of apps that require any admin access to my personal info, internet, phone features like my camera or audio or allowed to overwrite my info , post on my behalf, or even power on if turned off.
No app needs to access my passwords, personal info contacts, data and certainly dont need full access to the internet camera or audio when the phone is off!
I really suspect something aweful is happening here without our knowledge.
Any ones insight would be appreciated here, especially anyone willing to experiment with me to find out the real issue be it battery or juice theft by app
 
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