Help Phone dies suddenly. Battery problem? Software problem?

[luke1249]

I've had my Evo 4G for about a year now and it's worked fine. I've noticed a slight drop in battery life, but nothing major.

Now, suddenly, the phone suddenly and without warning shut down, even with a ~90% battery. When I boot it back up, the battery life indicator is the red spider lines and it tells me to charge because there's <5% battery. It'll die again within a few minutes.

The only difference in use is that I've been texting more, but this problem started about a month after I started texting more. Other than that, normal usage.

I went through and uninstalled all the apps I wasn't using. I use AppKiller, too.

Any advice? I don't want to go out and buy another battery if this is some kind of OS/software/app problem.

Thanks.

 

[argedion]

I've had my Evo 4G for about a year now and it's worked fine. I've noticed a slight drop in battery life, but nothing major.

Now, suddenly, the phone suddenly and without warning shut down, even with a ~90% battery. When I boot it back up, the battery life indicator is the red spider lines and it tells me to charge because there's <5% battery. It'll die again within a few minutes.

The only difference in use is that I've been texting more, but this problem started about a month after I started texting more. Other than that, normal usage.

I went through and uninstalled all the apps I wasn't using. I use AppKiller, too.

Any advice? I don't want to go out and buy another battery if this is some kind of OS/software/app problem.

Thanks.

Welcome to the forums.....

Its hard to tell whats going on. First how long is the phone on before it shuts off? is it a few minutes or several hours? It could be that your battery indicator is not giving you the true estimate of your battery.

It also could be the battery if its a year old it may be about time to replace it. I wouldn't have thought so but batteries are not equal.

Did you install anything recently (after you started texting more) that could be causing this issue?