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Quick answer: Check your battery health percentage first, because it settles the question in about ten seconds. Above 80 percent with heavy drain usually means an app, a recent update or a settings problem, all of which you can fix yourself. Below 80 percent means the cell has worn out and no amount of tweaking will bring it back. The two behave differently as well: software drain comes and goes and follows a trigger, while a worn battery drains steadily all day whether you are using the phone …

Quick answer: A charging port that has stopped working usually comes down to one of four things: compacted lint blocking the connector, worn or bent contacts inside the port, corrosion from moisture, or a physical break from a drop or a yanked cable. Lint is the most common and the cheapest to fix. The repair itself depends on your model, because on some phones the port is part of a replaceable flex assembly, on others it sits on a small sub-board, and on a few it is soldered directly to the m …

If it happened in the last few minutes: switch the phone off, do not plug it in, and do not press buttons to test it. Our guide on how water damage affects your phone covers those first steps. Come back to this page once the phone is off and safe. Quick answer: Before you bring a water damaged phone to a repair shop, keep it switched off, resist the urge to test it, and do not attempt to charge it. Check the liquid contact indicator in the SIM tray so you know what the technician will see. W …