How to tell when your phone`s battery has gone bad
(Android Central)

Unlike diamonds, batteries aren`t forever. Here`s how to tell if yours is ready for a ride to the recycling center. You`ll find plenty of online discussions, whether in forums or articles on websites like this one, about phone batteries. Almost all of them are about charging and stretching out the time between charging. That`s vital information to know, but there is also another problem you might face, especially if you keep the same phone for a couple of years: batteries don`t last forever. Phone batteries are complicated We`ve all either had to get a new battery for our car or know someone who has. Batteries are chemical power plants, and once they have reached a point where they can no longer build a charge through their chemical reaction, they turn into a container of semi-toxic and expensive materials that don`t do anything. When that happens, you need to provide a new battery if you want to continue to use the things that it powers. And be sure to recycle your old one prop...