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Old 05-02-2012, 11:42
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My phone (HTC Wildfire) has suddenly started losing all its charge after a few hours (e.g. overnight), when for the amount I use it, it used to last a couple of days, even with WiFi and Bluetooth turned on permanently. Is it normal for the battery to die suddenly like this? I have had the phone from new exactly a year this month.

Edit: I have just looked on Amazon and genuine HTC replacement batteries are £12. Mobyspares "extended life" is £5.49. Is there anything to be gained by buying the genuine article?
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Old 05-02-2012, 12:05
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Do you have any location services based apps running in the background? Try power cycling the phone to kill off any stray programmes which may be running when they shouldn't be.

A battery should generally last a bit better than a year.
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Old 05-02-2012, 12:09
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I have nothing running on my phone that wasn't running before. The only recent app I installed was CNN News, and it was after that that things went downhill. Probably a coincidence, as when I removed it (bit pointless when I have the BBC News app, unless you want loads of US news) the phone still behaved the same way.
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Old 05-02-2012, 15:58
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How old is it? Sooner or later batteries stop holding their charge and need replacing.
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Old 05-02-2012, 16:31
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try:menu/settings/about phone/battery/battery use and see what is using the battery up.
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Old 05-02-2012, 20:03
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How old is it? Sooner or later batteries stop holding their charge and need replacing.
As I said in the original post, it's one year old this month.
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Old 05-02-2012, 20:09
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try:menu/settings/about phone/battery/battery use and see what is using the battery up.
[LIST=1][*]Cell standby 29%[*]Phone idle 30%[*]Bluetooth 17%[*]Wi-Fi 14%[*]Android System 7%[*]Display 3%[/LIST]That's as of now. It varies.
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