Sudden battery behavior change in Lumia 920 AT&T

[mcrozanski1958]

I performed a hard reset on my phone 11 days ago. At first battery was doing quite well, giving me usage all day. 68% or higher when i set it on the plate for recharge at night. All of a sudden, my battery get crushed with things like weather, espn, and a few other programs running. This morning, I took it off the charger, put it in my coat pocket and headed for work. It lost 21 % of it's charge in a 40 minute drive into work. I DON"T use gps or pandora as i have XM radio. Anyone experience this new erratic battery behavior? If there are other details i missed, let me know and I'll fill those in as well. Thanks in advance!

 

[N_LaRUE]

This sounds like a symptom of a program locked running in the background. It happens from time to time. Do a soft reset and see if that fixes it.

Soft reset ->hold volume down and power button together. Wait for phone to vibrate. Let go and phone restarts. No files deleted. You may need to reset time and date.

 

[BuddhaLite]

I've had this same problem recently a few times. The battery will crash down 30-40% in a very short time when it's not being used.

 

[denzilla]

Don't worry, Microsoft will add a task manager in WP10.7.5 Update 1 Super Gosh Dang Champion Black Belt Edition.....

Have you tried turning it off, then on again?

 

[mcrozanski1958]

Do I honestly need to go back to soft reset every morning??? I only have Amazing Weather HD, Chronos and Battery running in the background (that I can turn off). I am hoping 8.1 comes out soon. Look forward to actually turning off an App when I am done with it.

 

[mcrozanski1958]

no one likes a sarcastic *** Denzilla.
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[N_LaRUE]

Do I honestly need to go back to soft reset every morning??? I only have Amazing Weather HD, Chronos and Battery running in the background (that I can turn off). I am hoping 8.1 comes out soon. Look forward to actually turning off an App when I am done with it.

No. I was saying that a program occasionally becomes stuck. It runs in the background draining your battery. Turning off the phone is not the same as a soft reset.

 

[denzilla]

no one likes a sarcastic *** Denzilla.
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Lighten up. It was just a joke!