Signs of a Failing Battery?

I've noticed in the past week the battery has been very erratic. For example, I left the hotel room when it was about 75% charged and about 1 hour later it says 10% left. Now I can barely last a day without charging. Also, the phone fully charges very quickly, usually when I'm down to 25% power I can charge it backup fully within 1 and a half hours. Is that normal?

The battery meter calibration may be off, or there may be an errant process that's draining the battery.
1. Reset the phone by simultaneously pressing the home and sleep/wake buttons until the Apple icon appears (ignore the red slider).
2. Let the battery drain until the phone shuts down (not just to the low battery warnings) and recharge fully - for at least 4 hours.
3. If the battery still doesn't function properly, it or the charging circuit may be bad. Make an appointment with your Apple Store Genius Bar: http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

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Not that I know of. You can do the exchange at an Apple store if they have refurbished ones in stock
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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FaceTime was working fine then stopped. Wants me to sign in but fails to activate. I rebooted my IPad but that didn't help.

FaceTime was working fine then stopped. Wants me to sign in but fails to activate. I rebooted my IPad but that didn't help.

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Welcome to the Support Communities! The article below will help you troubleshoot the issue you are having with Facetime on your iPad:
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Your iPhone telephone number is linked to your Apple ID when you sign in to FaceTime or iMessage. This allows you to use your iPhone number with FaceTime and iMessage on other iOS devices.
This feature isn't available on iPod touch (3rd generation) and iPad (1st generation).
This feature is available with OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 or later.
You can sign in to your Apple ID on an iPhone by tapping Settings > FaceTimeand Settings > Messages > Send & Receive.On iOS devices, find out which addresses are enabled with FaceTime and iMessage by tapping:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You can be reached by iMessage at:
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iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3367
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Failed Battery - still Discharging

As titled, I'm having a battery problem with my HP MINI 2080-210nr. Recently the battery stopped working (would not power up the laptop), so now my netbook is a small desktop. The puzzling thing is, it is still discharging, as though the battery were operating properly, but it is not chargning at all. Currently I have to use AC power to get it to work. The charge has gone from 41% when i noticed the problem, to 17%, over a period of about 2 weeks.
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I ran in to the same problem a year ago. I do not think there is anything Lenovo is willing to do about a failed battery but you can try. I bought a new pirate batter for $70 with shipping back then. The cheapest price I have found for a battery with shipping now is $67 at Best Buy:
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My ipad 2 won't rotate. i tried reseting it severally my "Use Side Switch" is set to Mute and there is no rotation lock sign close to the battery sign in the upper right side

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Signer restraint check failed exception using JCE with JDev 10.1.2

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