mobile phone battery

[VladTepes]

The battery in my Samsung Galaxy S4 thingy is only lasting 6 or so hours with moderate usage before it hits about 15%. Then it will sit there for a while and suddenly drop to nada.

Damn phone (and battery) is only 12 months old if that.

Do I just need to buy a new battery do ya reckon? I'd have expected it to last longer than that.

[p38arover]

Any chance it is searching for a network all the time? I had that problem in the UK recently.

[goingbush]

I had the same problem, bought a new battery it didn't help, battery life even got shorter then it went into thermal self destruct. virus perhaps ? I could not fix it so trashed the phone.

[Dizza]

A couple of updates ago this was an issue on all galaxy s4 phones.
Restore to factory and update to the latest software and try again.

[VladTepes]

Ron I don't think its that.

Dizza - restore what to factory? I think it updates itself so should be up to date anyway ?!

[Dizza]

Restore the phone to factory settings [emoji16]

[malleefowl]

I have recently had the same problem.Moderate usage but in the last 3 weeks battery capability has become worse than my old S3.
I don't fiddle with the settings.
How do I restore factory settings
Cheers
Mary

[Dizza]

Settings -> accounts -> backup and reset -> factory data reset

Make sure you get a copy of all of your piccies and contacts before you do it.

Try taking all of your photos off too. If there is a corrupt image (or amy media file) the phone will get locked in a cycle trying to search for new media, draining the battery [emoji6]