Strange anomaly with the extended battery (and Droid Bionic)

[Slothead]

A couple months ago I dropped my Bionic and ever since then it has been acting a little strange. Every day (sometimes twice a day and infrequently more often than that) the phone shuts down with the caution announcement "Please notice - your battery is low". I restart the phone and it has anywhere between 60 and 90% charge left. I know something is falsely causing the phone to think the battery is low, but I don't know if it is the battery or the phone. I don't want to waste money on a new battery if I don't need it (while I purchased, and am using, the extended battery, I can't find the standard battery that came with the phone a couple years ago).

I have the $7/month insurance coverage, but I'm not sure if it applies here (battery?)

So has anyone seen anything like this and have any recommendations how to approach the situation?

Thanks,

 

[moset]

You might try battery"training" there is a thread here somewhere. Basically run it down fully then recharge fully. There's a bit more to it but it "teaches" the phone what the battery capacity really is.
I don't know if there is a way without root to delete the battery stats but that also might help.

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[Slothead]

I'll try the "training" but I doubt it will help. Here's a screen shot of the Battery Booster app. Notice the dropouts on Feb 6, 7 and 8 (once a day I guess), and that they go clear to zero (open circuit - either in the battery or the phone's battery interface. The only way I know to test either part is to monitor it for an entire day (carrying it around etc.), not a simple task.



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