Blackberry Bold 9700 Battery Issues! :(

**makedonikos29** · 06-12-2012, 09:24 PM

okay so ive had a blackberry bold 9700 (with Rogers), since november 2010, and ever since a few weeks ago, sometimes my phone will randomly say "Battery Drained" and it will shut down, meanwhile ill have only half battery life left. after i reboot it, my battery life is in the red zone. when i plug it back in, after about a minute, my battery life goes back to half way and my phone works fine. its only happened a few times, but i just dont want this issue to occur often.. is it the blackberry or the battery that is causing the problem? what should i do? help is heavily appreciated

**xtremez** · 06-12-2012, 09:34 PM

Time to get a new battery. If you got the money, an upgrade.

**Soon2B** · 06-14-2012, 08:54 PM

I too have had some issues lately with Battery life. I used to be able to go close to 2 days without having to charge. Now i go even 3 hours and im down to 60% 11 in and im down to 30%. I am not a heavy user at all, today for instance i made 3 maybe 15minutes all together call, have theweathernetwork app on in the background updating every hour.

**CrazyJo82** · 06-21-2012, 07:24 PM

odd... is there some kind of battery bomb going on with the 9700??

I had ver .668 and battery lasted over 2 days (regular usage). Then version .723 came out and i upgraded it. however, there was something about that version that cause to do downgrade back to .668.

I had noticed on .723, the battery lasted just under 2 days but the OS seem to lag a bit so I downgraded. Now that I've gone back to .668... the battery life is terrible. I barely last through a day now.

I've shrunk the OS and had wipe and reloaded OS twice... same result.

**lordnorms** · 06-21-2012, 09:24 PM

I've once experienced this and getting a new battery is the only solution.

Sorry mate.

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**CrazyJo82** · 06-23-2012, 04:26 PM

thanks lordnorms, didn't want that to be a solution but i've had the 9700 for 2 years, and sounds about right.

my prev bb 8310, the battery also lasted about 2 years before it drained out in a day

**lordnorms** · 06-24-2012, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by CrazyJo82

thanks lordnorms, didn't want that to be a solution but i've had the 9700 for 2 years, and sounds about right.

my prev bb 8310, the battery also lasted about 2 years before it drained out in a day

Consider you're lucky! Lol. Mine just stand for less than a year. Maybe my non-stop use (browsing,bbm,etc) 24-7 is the main factor.

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**jrocke0w0** · 06-26-2012, 04:26 PM

Batteries are disposable parts. They don't last forever, nor are they meant to. (Why else would they be removable). Depending on your use/charging habits they will vary in life. It should be no surprise that they need to be replaced after a couple years.
This reminds me, I should probably buy some new batteries for my smoke detectors.