E.T. Phone Home
By Amber
@AmbiePam (93883)
United States
February 22, 2018 11:06pm CST
My phone battery was at 63% so I plugged it into my charger. Thirty minutes later I check a text and realize the battery is now at 32%. What?
Thinking maybe it's the charger I get out my spare charger (thank goodness for my dad), plug my phone into it, and wait. A little while later I look and it's at 28%. I'm thinking my phone is totally messed up. So I unplug it from the charger so as not to decrease the battery any more than I did. A little while later my friend texts me, and as I answer I see my battery is now at 31%. Huh? I charge the battery and it loses power, but I don't do anything, and the battery improves the power?
Anyone else see this happen with their phone? What's the last weird thing that occurred around or to you?
Thinking maybe it's the charger I get out my spare charger (thank goodness for my dad), plug my phone into it, and wait. A little while later I look and it's at 28%. I'm thinking my phone is totally messed up. So I unplug it from the charger so as not to decrease the battery any more than I did. A little while later my friend texts me, and as I answer I see my battery is now at 31%. Huh? I charge the battery and it loses power, but I don't do anything, and the battery improves the power?
Anyone else see this happen with their phone? What's the last weird thing that occurred around or to you?20 people like this
20 responses
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
That hasn't happened to my phone at all. Is your phone the kind of phone that you can take the battery out of the phone's body itself? If it is you should do that.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
24 Feb 18
This is strange to me. I do not use my smart phone very effectively. I have seen an electical clock run backwards after the restaurant it was in was struck by lightening. That was before polarized plugs. The person who was traveling with us was married to an electrician. She unplugged the clock and turned the plug over and it ran right again. Can your charger plug be plugged in reversed?
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@snowy22315 (182189)
• United States
24 Feb 18
It's funny you should mention this. I was having the exact same problem with my phone earlier. The charger seems to be very temperamental and won't charge the phone unless it is plugged in just so. Once I get it charging I am afraid to move the phone at all less I disrupt the the connection..
. I have another charger but not sure how well that one works either!
. I have another charger but not sure how well that one works either!1 person likes this
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
27 Feb 18
My cell hasn't done that... But it does drain pretty quickly.
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
26 Feb 18
I was going to say battery, but I see you figured it out
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@jobelbojel (36031)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
Are you using your phone while it is charging before?
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Feb 18
I haven't had that happen before, but I would try restarting your phone and seeing if it fixes itself.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
23 Feb 18
That is odd. Does it show 'charging? Try to do
what @toniganson suggested.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Feb 18
How old is your phone?
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