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Trac Fone not holding charge long

nanny24 — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:45:51 GMT

My husband purchased a TracFone at Walmart. He RARELY uses his phone unless he is out and needs to get in touch. We charge it when it gets low, for instance, I charged it yesterday afternoon, and by this morning, battery is half. He did not use it at all. It is a flip phone, if that makes a difference, and his previous flip did the same thing. What are we doing wrong!!??

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:58:01 GMT

I have a TracFone flip phone (Alcatel). I never use it but I have it for emergencies. What I did to extend the battery is turn off notifications and put in airplane mode. I never have to recharge my phone for at least 6 months or so when the battery says it only about 80% full. @nanny24

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:06:32 GMT

@nanny24

I also turned off:

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Geolocation

Just be sure and turn off the airplane mode if you want to make or receive calls.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Carmie — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:10:42 GMT

I purchased a new Tracfone for my DH last February. In April, it would not work. Tracfone sent me another one...different model under their warranty.

In June, his battery was being depleted rather quickly. It was 100% when he went to bed. by morning, it was only 20%.

I gave him the battery from my older phone. I was hardly used because I only turn my phone on to make an outgoing call, then turn it off. Everything was good.

Now, the phone battery is doing the same thing again...he also says his phone feels warm in his pocket.

I am concerned about exploding batteries and I am going to switch him back to an older phone we still have.

Something isn't right with Tracfone anymore.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Nuttmeg — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:10:55 GMT

@Carmie

You may want to do a Google search for a problem with the battery.

When I am looking for a phone, I, check a few sites Phonearena.com , and GSM arena. com. These two sites have spec lists and comparisons. Verizon sells a few flip phones and has customer reviews.

You may want to check YouTube.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Carmie — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 20:22:35 GMT

@Nuttmeg Thanks, I'll take a look.

BTW, he does not have a flip phone. It is a Moto 4G Android.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

JesssMe — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:44:48 GMT

You can check to see if you battery is still good by doing this: ( I know it sounds wacky, but it works.) Take your battery out. Lay it on the counter, flat surface and see if it will spin. If it does, your battery is going bad. It really does work. Give it a try.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Spurt — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:48:10 GMT

@nanny24 wrote:
My husband purchased a TracFone at Walmart. He RARELY uses his phone unless he is out and needs to get in touch. We charge it when it gets low, for instance, I charged it yesterday afternoon, and by this morning, battery is half. He did not use it at all. It is a flip phone, if that makes a difference, and his previous flip did the same thing. What are we doing wrong!!??

@nanny24

What manufacturer and model of cell phone....TracFone offers quite a few...

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Caffeina — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:16:00 GMT

@Carmie wrote:

BTW, he does not have a flip phone. It is a Moto 4G Android.

@Carmie, do you mean a Moto G4? I found this in the manual.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

SilleeMee — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 15:35:37 GMT

Flip phone batteries do not cost that much. You can just replace it and be done with it.

Shop around for one. I can buy a battery for my Alcatel flip phone for $5 to $10, depending on where I go.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

x Hedge — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:45:11 GMT

@Carmie

A lot of people:

-don't close apps after they're done

-keep unnecessary apps on their phone

and are unaware some apps are always launching more apps

-don't restrict background data usage

-have WiFi and/or data and/or GPS locator on all the time

-don't bother to adjust the settings either for the phone itself, or in each -individual app

and etc

so the phone is very busy downloading & updating at will, and keeping everything opened and ready for you, just In case you might want it at any moment.

That drains a lot of energy when you don't even consider it being 'in use'.

The factory settings on your phone and on your apps aren't set for your benefit.

It's up to you to go through the phone and customize everything to serve your best interest.

Many people don't bother.

My oldest smartphone (2014) gives me the most control over everything. My 2016 doesn't offer me a lot of the options... the newer phone gives more control over my phone to Android & Google.

I just shut that one totally off more frequently.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Carmie — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:01:34 GMT

Thanks @x Hedge . We went through his phone and closed all of the apps weeks ago His original battery lasted a few months normally and the replacement battery that was mine did too.

After a while it began to run down after a few hours. I am very worried about the phone getting warm in his pocket or while lying on the table. That scares me the most.

I am worried about the battery exploding. Something is wrong with his phone. We have never had a phone that ever did that.

I hope to just transfer everything to my old phone tomorrow. I used less than 1 hour of minutes in a years time on mine, so it is like new. I just gotta get him a new case. purple and pink paisley are not his colors.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

x Hedge — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:04:59 GMT

@Carmie

Did you check Google for any battery issues with that model? I recall a phone a while back that had this issue.

That "warm in the pocket" is troubling.

Re: Trac Fone not holding charge long

Carmie — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 01:35:25 GMT

@x Hedge honestly, I didn't check yet, but I will tomorrow before I try to switch the phones.