Battery Problem

[#1]

Hello,

I have an Xperia Arc for almost 3 months and for some time i have an issue with the battery. It has 60%-50% procent battery then out of nowhere i recive an warning message that i have less than 1% battery and need to charge the phone then the phone goes dead. I plug in the charger and it start charging form 1% and in a few secs/1 min it reach the procent that it had when it shutted down and then it charges at normal speed. Today it happend for the third time (and second time this week). The first two times i thought it was some running application i forgot on or something ... but this time ..ather the last charging i turned off the phone then swhitched on and i didn't use the phone only for some calls that i recived ..nothing else ... it took 3 days and a half to reach 60% battery... then i wanted to chaeck the battery...nothing more than waking the phone from standby mode...i saw 60%..then bang...1% and turning off...

I use the "battery Life v1.3.3" for showing the procents of battery, "Es task manager" and "App arbiter" to kill the apps that keeps going on background afther closing them. Didnt have problems till a few weeks ago when it happend for the first time. Also need to mention that i did install a few games and apps from the android market if that can be a problem....hope not..

Id like to know if its a software application or technical one and any suggestion how to fix it.

Thank you,

Catalin

[uliwooly-wooly]

you should backup everything

this is how

Backup & Restore app

Use this links to download the apk

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193802

or

http://www.elita-clan.com/downloads/backup_and_restore_v010935.apk

http://www.elita-clan.com/downloads/backup_and_restore_v010935.apkor
http://www.mediafire.com/?1n07llajeaoo03y

How to install it

You need to

go to settings -> applications -> check unknown sources

download IO File Manager

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.openintents.filemanager&feature=search_result

download the backup & restore app, transfer it to your SD card, use OI file manager to find it -> tap on it -> install it

Contacts

just to play it safe sync your contacts w/ google if you haven't already

open your phonebook

press MENU button -> tap on Send Contacts -> select all -> send it to your email

on your computer

-> download the file -> go to your gmail -> click on contacts -> click on more actions -> on the drop down menu click on "import" -> choose the file -> and click import

Apps

Don't worry so much about backing up your apps

on your computer go to

market.android.com -> log in -> click on My Library -> and send all your apps to your phone

SMS/MMS

if you don't want to use the backup & restore app then

Install "backup SMS" to back up your SMS and MMS to your Gmail

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result

or your SMS use

"backup & restore SMS"

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&feature=search_result

or for your MMS use "Save MMS"

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.schwimmer.android.mmsextract&feature=search_result

Call Logs

And for call logs this is great

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yang.android.ansta

[uliwooly-wooly]

then repair it with Update Service

http://dl-www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/110/61/1315209439/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.9.6.exe

[uliwooly-wooly]

you might get the 2.3.4 update if not according to Sony Ericsson you will have to wait until the END OF OCTOBER EARLY NOVEMBER to get it

or you can get it NOW

this is how

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/thread/23641

[#5]

Thank you. Ill try it and see if it happens again.

[uliwooly-wooly · Accepted solution]

there are some poor coded apps that will drain your battery really fast, so try either to repair your phone or to update to 2.3.4 and see if you have the same issue, I'll recomend not to install neither taskillers nor battery saving apps just to test if those apps are the culprits