10 Easy Tips to Extend Your Android Phone’s Battery Life
Unlike standard mobile phones, Android phones are load with
a ton of functions and features like gaming, web browsing, media playing, GPS,
video calls, etc that blow away any other cellphones on the market.
However, many of the features available on Android devices
can cause the battery to be drained very quickly. Therefore, Android users have
to be smart and proactively manage the battery in their phone. There are many
ways to improve battery life on Android phones. Here I’ve listed ten simple
tips that may help you to extend your android phone’s battery life.
Reduce screen brightness
One the biggest battery hogs on your android device is the
screen. The brighter the screen, the more battery power it requires. Reducing
the screen brightness can conserve more of your battery.
Don’t use Live Wallpapers
Even though using live wallpaper can make your android phone
look cool and attractive, but they drain a quite amount of battery. By changing
live wallpaper to normal wallpaper can slightly extend your phone’s battery
life.
Use black wallpaper or black theme
Since black color is very dark, the screen don’t have to
spend too much energy for creating colors and therefore, it uses less battery.
Remove home screen widgets that you don’t need
The more widgets placed on the home screen, the more RAM
they took for running the applications, resulting in more battery consumption.
So trying not to go overboard with these.
Keep your battery away from extreme heat
Make sure that your battery isn’t exposed to extreme heat as
battery will lose it’s capacity when hot.
Disable Auto Sync
Many Applications like Gmail and other email apps eat up a
lot of battery due to auto sync features. When push e-mail is not required,
turn off the auto sync and manual synchronization when needed. To turn of auto
sync, go to Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> uncheck the ‘Auto-sync’.
Turn off WIFI when not in use
The other kind of network connection that the android phone
can connect to is Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is available where there’s a hotspot – not
virtually everywhere like 3G. If you turn on the WiFi connection, it will keep
looking for a Wi-Fi hotspot which may drain your battery life. So, keep Wi-Fi
turned off, unless you’re using it right now.
Disable haptic feedback
Haptic feedback gives touchscreen keyboards the sensation of
a physical layout through small vibrations. While this feature can make typing
feel more natural, it can affect your battery life. To disable haptic feedback,
go to Settings -> Sound. Scroll down to system and uncheck Haptic feedback.
Turn off location services
Location services such as GPS and Google Maps are very
useful when it comes to find directions or locations, but they are also consume
a lot of battery. So unless you are using it right now, keep them turned off.
How to turn off location services:
Tap Settings -> Location services.
Uncheck all the the boxes available.
Disable auto updates for widgets
Home screen widgets like weather updates and news get their
information by pinging a corresponding website automatically. Some widgets
allow you to disable automatic updates, while others have to be removed
entirely.
To disable a widget’s automatic updates:
Open the widget and press Menu -> Settings.
Tap on auto refresh and choose None
If you can’t customize the widget and it’s something you can
live without, we suggest you to remove it from the home screen. To do that
Press and hold down the widget until it is highlighted.
Drag the widget to the trash icon to remove it
from the home screen
