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neilem

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 22, 2010
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Bought a second hand 3GS for my Dad at Christmas, but he is starting to notice it switching off lately. When it turns off, it complains about being out of battery (the battery icon with the low red bar), but there is around 52% left on.

He told me it is usually fine when charged, it would tend to go off when approaching the 50% mark.

Would this simply be a battery issue? Have a friend that bought a battery, and he knows someone that can install it for him. Where are the Nokia days where you take the back off and battery out and give it a blow inside?!

I'm just asking here incase anyone knows more...
 
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