Extremely rapid battery drain and early shutdown after 30%

Extremely rapid battery drain and early shutdown after 30%

This problem has most recently been seen with Pixel 3 devices, but it has been around for a while. In most cases, users find that the phone’s battery drains really quickly when it gets below a certain level, usually, 20% to 30%, and shuts down in a few minutes.

Potential solutions:

• For quite a few users, a third-party app ended up being the cause. To see if that’s the case for you, boot the device in Safe Mode (you can find the instructions on how to do so below). Charge the phone to a point above the discharge percentage. Wait for the battery to drain until it gets below that number again. If the phone works as expected with no early shutdown, an app is behind the issue. Remove recently installed apps until the problem goes away. If you can’t figure it out manually, you may need to perform a complete factory reset.
• It could also be a hardware issue for some due to the degradation of Li-ion batteries. This is more common if the phone is more than a year old or refurbished. The only option here is to contact the device manufacturer and try and get the phone repaired or replaced.