IPhone 4s new battery issue

I've had a brand new battery put into my iPhone 4s and it went from 100% to 5% in about 3 hours while not in use. I've now put it on charge and the battery percentage is increasing but it keeps turning itself off and back on every 5 minutes or so. Just wondering if anyone knew what the issue was and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
edit: just took it off charge for around 20 minutes and it went from 38% to 8% it drops about 5% every time it resets itself.

Just to add to this - I've had the phone on charge overnight for about 11 hours and the battery is at 74% and it's still resetting itself every 5 minutes

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I apologize for bumping my own question here, but I figured it would be best to share my experience for others to read.
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