Nowadays smartphones have so many excellent features and functions in comparison with the old-school phones that people usually forget about one big drawback that smarts have – battery life. But it is only until they start using them. And later complains start.
However, users forget that more functions need more power. Just recollect the situation with the notebooks? The situation is just the same. The advanced level of phone batteries life and efficiency hasn’t been reached yet to be able satisfy all the customers’ needs. And that’s why users need to use some tricks to make the battery life longer, including some mobile application solutions use. And today we are going to share some of them with you, Android users.
1) Turn off all GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth as well as all apps that you are not using at the moment. The phone wastes too much energy for searching the Net, connecting and staying on-line. Just like the applications that need the Internet for work, like Skype. Even if you are not connected to the network, it will try to find and connect all the time.
2) Disable Wireless Network Positioning. It is not the most important feature of a smartphone that should be on 24/7. If you need it, you will switch it on. It will be a question of just few seconds.
3) Set up the right Screen Timeout. This function makes your screen go dark after 15, 30, 60 seconds of inactivity. I personally prefer 30 seconds period.
4) Lower Screen Darkness. You won’t notice great difference in use, but it will save you a good amount of energy. Regulate it as you wish depending on the environment you are in.
5) Install static background wallpapers. Live wallpapers, of course, are more beautiful, but they also take much power. So, it is for you to decide what is more important for you: animation or timework.
6) Use dark wallpapers, especially if you have AMOLED screen. The technology of such screens is such that the darker wallpaper is the fewer pixels are in use and less energy is wasted.
7) Remove screen widgets that you don’t use. Another way to optimize your screen is removing the widgets. It is recommended no to use them, as they take extra screen space and energy. So, make a cleaning!
8) Search for places with good reception. Or and you may also switch on the flight mode in your phone. Flight mode is a rather good to leave the phone on without allowing it search for the better network.
9) Decrease the number of updates you or your apps get from the Internet setting “On demand” option.
10) Install power-saving apps. There are lots of them that provide different functions. They are free and paid. You just need to choose the ones that fit you best. But I like the apps that can trace whether you are awake or not and automatically switch on and off some power-consuming functions.
So, I recommend you to use these 10 simple tips and you will not have to charge you phone twice a day. You will do it just once in two days. See the difference!
