Why is my iPhone 4s stuck on 8% battery and why will it not restart for 12 hours when it dies?
I've had my iPhone 4s for almost 2 years now and the only thing I've had done was my battery and charging port replaced about 9 months ago.About a month ago, I noticed the battery indicator was jumping around when I looked at it, then it just stayed stuck on 26% until it I accidently let it die one day. I tried to plug it in to several chargers, but it kept flashing the apple symbol and going black. I tried a charger with a 2.1amp plug in and discovered that the phone turned on, but it will only stay on for 5 minutes or so then it freezes and dies, also, every time it turns back on it shows the correct battery % for that time. So when I leave it plugged in for about 12 hours(possibly when it gets over 50% charged?), it will stay on and I've been using it like that for a month, without the proper battery indication and only able to charge on one specific charger. It's a 16gig, so it's close to full and I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it or not. People have said it may be the battery or some kind of ground that is missing, but I really don't know. Any advice?
I have this same issue... the phone was fine, then 3 days ago then I noticed it was draining itself whilst on charge. Now it charges to 1% and lasts all day on that unless I reboot, then it just says plug it in and wont reboot! I have had a 100% charge, but it drained down to 9% in under an hour and then stayed at 9% all day. This is obviously an issue, so why is Apple not sorting it out?
Also, these kind of comments (BELOW) are about as useful as, "is it plugged in?"
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Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore.
Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved."
I have tried 3 cables, 2 wall chargers and 2 docks, so it has nothing to do with those. I have cleaned the connections, so it's not dirt. It isn't water damage as the phone has been nowhere near water.
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