Serious battery problem

hello all......i'm new to this so please bear with me......i have a T-mobile (USA i think) unlocked and i'm using it on the etisalat network in the UAE.....in the past few days my battery has been draining very fast...as in a full charge won't last me more than 6 hours....i also seem to have a problem charging at times.....the only app i've installed since the last few days is a performance enchancer package from my service provider.....Please help!!!!
thanks

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hello all......i'm new to this so please bear with me......i have a T-mobile (USA i think) unlocked and i'm using it on the etisalat network in the UAE.....in the past few days my battery has been draining very fast...as in a full charge won't last me more than 6 hours....i also seem to have a problem charging at times.....the only app i've installed since the last few days is a performance enchancer package from my service provider.....Please help!!!!
thanks
Hi and welcome to the forums!
Well obviously I would back off the performance enhancer first.
I don't have any idea of what the package does. If it is a large program residing in the device memory, and even worse if it
transmits and receives data that's going to be a big problem.
From your post it sounds like you were having normal battery life
before this. That would indicate to me that you are properly closing applications, using a media card, etc.
The only question about the battery I have, you mentioned having problems charging. Would that be the length of time it takes
to charge now? That would correlate when a contently drained battery.
Let me know your thoughts.
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Try to reset the phone by holding the sleep and home button for about 10sec, until the Apple logo comes back again. You will not lose any data by resetting, but it can cure some glitches.
If this does not help, setting it up as new device would be the next step:
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Cycle count: 564
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Hi farhan!
First, if your battery is less than one year old, get it replaced under warranty.
Next, here's something I wrote in answer to a similar question a few weeks ago:
Unfortunately batteries are more chemical than electronic. The
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year, but can last longer. How long the battery lasts depends on its
environment, how it is used, and its age. Heat, and the number of charge/discharge cycles are big factors.The most informative description of the
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between 2-3 years" but "If used on main power, the battery inside a
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I purchased K900 2 months back.. iam facing battery problem.. it gets drained of soon.. when i play any game or so it will reduce to half mark... and from there it just keeps going down
Plzzzzz Help..........

Am into the 4th month of using K900.
Further to the battery problems that everyone is talking of there is a process that needs to be followed with this phone.
Plus contrary to popular beleif, there IS a difference between lithium-ion & lithium-polymer batteries. Marry it to a power intensive Intel processor along with 2GB of RAM & you have yourself a battery guzzler.
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