15 Nov 2014
15 POWERFUL BATTERY SAVING TIPS FOR YOUR ANDROID PHONE.
Battery life still tops the complaint charts for smartphone owners tired of the daily charging routine and going everywhere with your charger.There are various features present in our mobile devices that drains batteries and some of them we can’t avoid. They range from the screen size of these smartphones to running apps in the background, to gaming and browsing. The first Android smartphone, the HTC Dream, has a 1,150mAh battery, but it also had a 3.2" display. The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a 2,800mAh battery and a 5.1" display. Average battery capacities have been climbing steadily since 2008, but so are screen sizes.
If you are using a powerful smartphone you definitely want to enjoy these features and value for your money. So its awkward for anybody to tell you to use your smartphone less or turn off some important features when taking into consideration the amount you coughed out to get it. So I have pulled together a list of very useful and painless tips to keep your Android going that little bit longer.
1. Use power saving mode
Some form of power-saving mode. mostly come pre-installed in most Android smartphones this days. Power savers can automatically hobble your phone's features or shut down specific apps when your battery dwindles below a predetermined level.
Stock Android only offers battery stats for now, but Android Lollipop has a battery saver option built in (which means most phones running Android 5.0 will too in the future).You can use DU battery saver if you don’t have one as it have enough features for efficient battery saving.
2. Use 2G ( Edge) more often
We all know 4G or 3G are more faster than 2G (Edge) so we enjoy using them because of that. But what not everybody know is that as sweet as 4G or 3G is, they are among the main battery drainers of their phone. So using 2G in an area with good network coverage will go a long way in making your battery last longer
3. Automate your phone
4.Uninstall or disable less used apps
There are some apps in our phones which we use less often or don’t use at all. Yet some of this apps runs on the background and we may not even notice, so why don’t you uninstall or disable such apps. Delve into Settings > Apps and flick over to the 'All' tab to find a complete list of your apps. Anything there that you don't use is a candidate for the uninstall pile. Some carriers and manufacturers sometimes block you from uninstalling their apps, but you can still uninstall them with an app like Titanium Backup or NQ mobile security ( this feature in both require rooting your phone) or just usually have the option to disable them instead and it's worth doing.
5. Set Schedule Power ON/OFF
Telling users to turn off their smartphones is not really appealing but what about at nights when you are asleep or in that important meeting when you don't need to be disturbed? So scheduling your phone to power itself Off and On (second screenshot below) at a certain time is quite an effective way to save battery. It also prevents those annoying notifications from disturbing your night or meeting and draining your battery. Most of them will come in when the phone turns On at your set time, so it’s a win-win situation
Uninstall or disable fringe apps, Schedule Power ON/OFF, Hibernate or Freeze apps.
6. Hibernate or freeze apps
You may also consider installing an app like Greenify (third screenshot above) which is one of my best apps because of its effectiveness, to monitor running apps and automatically hibernate apps that you aren't using. You can set it to automatically hibernate apps that you are not using too but this feature requires rooting.. It has a Hibernate shortcut key too which hibernates all the pre-selected running apps on clicking it.
7. Streamline your home screen
The busier your home screen, the more battery life it's going to suck. Get rid of widgets that you don't need, and consider reducing refresh rates. Animation costs power, so ditch the live wallpapers and themes
If you have a phone with an AMOLED display (such as nearly all of the high end Samsungs, HTCs, LGs and the rest), then use a dark background for the home screen and a dark theme in general. The technology achieves deep blacks by not lighting up those pixels and so dark backgrounds can save you some power.
8. Tweak display settings
Your screen brightness is going to have a big impact on your battery. Auto-brightness isn't really the most effective, so reduce brightness manually and keep it as low as is comfortable. You can always pull down the notification shade and tweak it quickly via the quick settings when you have to or have a special widget (second and third screenshots below) which may be included as part of a power saving app like I do.
You should also reduce the screen time out in display settings under sleep. The faster your phone’s screen turns off when not in use, the more power you'll save. This could also be part of the Power saving widget like in DU power saver I recommended earlier.
Streamline your home screen, Tweak your display settings and leave only important widgets.
9. Turn off vibrations
Most vibrations are avoidable battery killers. Imagine turning on vibration for notifications for social messaging and email apps. So your phone vibrates everytime you receive notifications and down goes your battery with each vibration. Some users even have vibration on key press on. Your battery will serve you longer if you cut off these unnecessary vibrations.
10. Turn off notifications
Do you need to know every time someone likes a post or comments on something you've engaged with on Facebook? Do you want to hear about the latest special offer or new app in your notification shade? When you install any app, it automatically gains the right to fire notifications at you, but you can stop it in Settings > Apps by tapping on the app and clearing the 'Show notifications' box.
11. Reduce or stop auto-syncing
Do you need to check for emails every five minutes? Reduce the frequency of your syncing and use push settings for email wherever possible.For non-essential apps and services you could just stop background syncing altogether and tell them to only refresh when you actually start the app up. This is usually done through the settings in the app itself.
12. Location services
You don’t need your phone’s GPS turned On always except for good reasons.so why don’t you turn it off by simply going to: Settings > Location and turn off GPS service and location access you can see which services and apps are trying to track you.
13. Get a spare battery, an extended battery case or power bank or portable charger
It's an obvious suggestion, but having like 3 or the 4 accessories listed above are sure-fire methods of extending your battery life. Power banks and extended casing are becoming very handy this days as good ones offer adequate backup power to your battery and they are appearing in sleek and portable forms this days too that you can even put them in your pockets or purses.
14. Remove live widgets
Live widgets like weather and clock widgets are always running and consuming battery in the process so disabling or uninstalling them completely from your phone would surely help reduce battery drainage. Only important widgets like Power saving widgets is advisable.
15. Underclocking the CPU
If you're willing to root then you can sweep away bloatware and get an optimised custom ROM, you can even download an app like SetCPU for Root Users and tell your processor to run at a slower speed in order to use less power. It's an extreme step, but it definitely has an impact.
If you are using a powerful smartphone you definitely want to enjoy these features and value for your money. So its awkward for anybody to tell you to use your smartphone less or turn off some important features when taking into consideration the amount you coughed out to get it. So I have pulled together a list of very useful and painless tips to keep your Android going that little bit longer.
1. Use power saving mode
Some form of power-saving mode. mostly come pre-installed in most Android smartphones this days. Power savers can automatically hobble your phone's features or shut down specific apps when your battery dwindles below a predetermined level.
Stock Android only offers battery stats for now, but Android Lollipop has a battery saver option built in (which means most phones running Android 5.0 will too in the future).You can use DU battery saver if you don’t have one as it have enough features for efficient battery saving.
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| Use Power Saver apps |
We all know 4G or 3G are more faster than 2G (Edge) so we enjoy using them because of that. But what not everybody know is that as sweet as 4G or 3G is, they are among the main battery drainers of their phone. So using 2G in an area with good network coverage will go a long way in making your battery last longer
3. Automate your phone
4.Uninstall or disable less used apps
There are some apps in our phones which we use less often or don’t use at all. Yet some of this apps runs on the background and we may not even notice, so why don’t you uninstall or disable such apps. Delve into Settings > Apps and flick over to the 'All' tab to find a complete list of your apps. Anything there that you don't use is a candidate for the uninstall pile. Some carriers and manufacturers sometimes block you from uninstalling their apps, but you can still uninstall them with an app like Titanium Backup or NQ mobile security ( this feature in both require rooting your phone) or just usually have the option to disable them instead and it's worth doing.
5. Set Schedule Power ON/OFF
Telling users to turn off their smartphones is not really appealing but what about at nights when you are asleep or in that important meeting when you don't need to be disturbed? So scheduling your phone to power itself Off and On (second screenshot below) at a certain time is quite an effective way to save battery. It also prevents those annoying notifications from disturbing your night or meeting and draining your battery. Most of them will come in when the phone turns On at your set time, so it’s a win-win situation
Uninstall or disable fringe apps, Schedule Power ON/OFF, Hibernate or Freeze apps.6. Hibernate or freeze apps
You may also consider installing an app like Greenify (third screenshot above) which is one of my best apps because of its effectiveness, to monitor running apps and automatically hibernate apps that you aren't using. You can set it to automatically hibernate apps that you are not using too but this feature requires rooting.. It has a Hibernate shortcut key too which hibernates all the pre-selected running apps on clicking it.
7. Streamline your home screen
The busier your home screen, the more battery life it's going to suck. Get rid of widgets that you don't need, and consider reducing refresh rates. Animation costs power, so ditch the live wallpapers and themes
If you have a phone with an AMOLED display (such as nearly all of the high end Samsungs, HTCs, LGs and the rest), then use a dark background for the home screen and a dark theme in general. The technology achieves deep blacks by not lighting up those pixels and so dark backgrounds can save you some power.
8. Tweak display settings
Your screen brightness is going to have a big impact on your battery. Auto-brightness isn't really the most effective, so reduce brightness manually and keep it as low as is comfortable. You can always pull down the notification shade and tweak it quickly via the quick settings when you have to or have a special widget (second and third screenshots below) which may be included as part of a power saving app like I do.
You should also reduce the screen time out in display settings under sleep. The faster your phone’s screen turns off when not in use, the more power you'll save. This could also be part of the Power saving widget like in DU power saver I recommended earlier.
Streamline your home screen, Tweak your display settings and leave only important widgets.9. Turn off vibrations
Most vibrations are avoidable battery killers. Imagine turning on vibration for notifications for social messaging and email apps. So your phone vibrates everytime you receive notifications and down goes your battery with each vibration. Some users even have vibration on key press on. Your battery will serve you longer if you cut off these unnecessary vibrations.
10. Turn off notifications
Do you need to know every time someone likes a post or comments on something you've engaged with on Facebook? Do you want to hear about the latest special offer or new app in your notification shade? When you install any app, it automatically gains the right to fire notifications at you, but you can stop it in Settings > Apps by tapping on the app and clearing the 'Show notifications' box.
11. Reduce or stop auto-syncing
Do you need to check for emails every five minutes? Reduce the frequency of your syncing and use push settings for email wherever possible.For non-essential apps and services you could just stop background syncing altogether and tell them to only refresh when you actually start the app up. This is usually done through the settings in the app itself.
12. Location services
You don’t need your phone’s GPS turned On always except for good reasons.so why don’t you turn it off by simply going to: Settings > Location and turn off GPS service and location access you can see which services and apps are trying to track you.
13. Get a spare battery, an extended battery case or power bank or portable charger
It's an obvious suggestion, but having like 3 or the 4 accessories listed above are sure-fire methods of extending your battery life. Power banks and extended casing are becoming very handy this days as good ones offer adequate backup power to your battery and they are appearing in sleek and portable forms this days too that you can even put them in your pockets or purses.
14. Remove live widgets
Live widgets like weather and clock widgets are always running and consuming battery in the process so disabling or uninstalling them completely from your phone would surely help reduce battery drainage. Only important widgets like Power saving widgets is advisable.
15. Underclocking the CPU
If you're willing to root then you can sweep away bloatware and get an optimised custom ROM, you can even download an app like SetCPU for Root Users and tell your processor to run at a slower speed in order to use less power. It's an extreme step, but it definitely has an impact.
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