Strange battery quirk?

[DebDroid]

My battery went almost dead today. I charged my phone last night and was at work when I noticed the flashing red light. My phone had been sitting at my cubicle near my computer. I immediately turned it off.

I remembered downloading Handcent last night and having a blast customizing and thought maybe there is something in Handcent I left on that drains the battery. I was planning to troubleshoot when I got home. I was waiting at Coldstone for my boyfriend and I happened to turn my phone back on and the battery was fine. LOL It's fully charged? Has anyone else experienced that? And IS there something (forgive my non-techiness) in the Handcent app that could cause a battery drain? I checked the "battery use" in my settings and it didn't show anything unusual. I use my phone for mostly texting, light email use, occasional phone calls (I have 2 phones) and of course apps/web browsing.

[tu3218]

yeah thats weird I just downloaded handcent yesterday and last night I was at a party barely using my phone and it died. Now this is probably just a coincidence, I'm not sure lol. I'm thinking we left something running. Who knows though.

[DebDroid]

I guess next time, you can try turning it off and then back on to see if the battery comes back as before? LOL Mine is all charged up again.

[Cleopatra]

I never downloaded Handcent, but I have this same problem. Then when I go to charge it, it charges in 2 minutes. Because apparently it is not really drained. It is very strange. I will try the turn off trick next time; see if that works.

[Retribution]

Battery meters on phones arent perfect, they basically just measure the voltage of the battery and give it to you as a percentage.If you have never allowed the battery to complete die over time the meter starts to become innacurate. Not to say you should constantly drain your battery to dead as this can shorten the battery life of lithium ion battery but the complete drain of a battery can "recalibrate" the battery meter.

[TekHawk]

yeah thats weird I just downloaded handcent yesterday and last night I was at a party barely using my phone and it died. Now this is probably just a coincidence, I'm not sure lol. I'm thinking we left something running. Who knows though.

you might have had handcent popup reply turn your screen on in your pocket and something touching the screen enough to keep it from sleeping again just a guess

[doug piston]

had it happen to me once. like said before turned it off and then back on and all is good. im used to the storm and all this lil bugs. turn off batt oull and see if it fixes it. just used to it i guess

[lauriep]

The same thing happened to me today, and I don't have Handcent. One minute I was at 70% and the next I had the red warning battery. I was in my car, so plugged it in immediately and within one minute, I was at 60%. Very strange!

[thedudejf]

happened to me as well. turning off and on worked well

[hookbill]

The other day I too had a huge sudden battery drop. I brought my Droid to the charger and I too was surprised that it was fully charged. I'll try turning it off too if it happens again.

I thought this was another battery complaint thread. Glad I gave it a look.