The big
screen and fast processor of an Android Smartphone drain its battery pretty
fast. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your phone’s battery.
A major
issue faced by Android Smartphone users is its battery drainage. With its big
screen and fast processor, the phone consumes a lot of battery power. With
access to umpteen applications, your download and upload frequency increases
too. You are lucky if you get 24 hours out of its battery. Here are 8 tips for
saving your phone battery:
1) Find out applications and components
that consume more power. The first step to increase battery life is to find out the apps and
components that consume the most power. Press ‘Menu’ key, go to ‘Settings’,
scroll to bottom of the settings menu and tap ‘About Phone’, and tap ‘Battery
Use’ to know about the battery consumption.
2)
Use the screen wisely. The big display of Android phone puts
the maximum load on its battery. Make sure that your phone goes into sleep mode
when you are not actively using the device. To set the screen time-out time,
tap ‘Display’ in ‘Settings’ menu, click ‘Screen Timeout’ and set the time.
The brightness of the screen can also be controlled. The ‘Display’ menu
has a option to select brightness levels. You can either select constant screen
brightness or enable automatic adjustment to suit the ambient light. Choosing
the ‘Power Saving Mode’ enables variations in the brightness level depending
upon the picture. Immediately lock the keypad once a work is over, to instantly
turn off the screen.
3)
Turn off the features that you’re not
using. Radio
interfaces eat up a lot of battery. You can drag the ‘Notification’ bar down to
toggle WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. Keep such services off unless you are actively
using these. Turn on the GPS just before you need it.
4) Quit applications properly if not in use. It is a common practice
to use the home button for getting out of any application, but this actually
leaves the application open in the background. In order to save the Battery,
quit applications properly by pressing ‘Back’ or ‘Exit’.
5) Resist using a lot of widgets. Widgets are useful, but many of these
like news tickers or weather forecasters need a lot of processing time and data
downloads for regular updates. Keep away from having too many widgets on your
home screen. You can instead create application shortcuts and run these when
required. Similar is the case with the Android’s live wallpapers. These look
good but can drain the battery constantly.
6) Get rid of checking e-mails of-ten. Checking e-mails very often eats up a
lot of power, but many a times it cannot be avoided. Get started with Android’s
E-mail app and go to an account. Press ‘Menu’ key, click ‘More’ and choose ‘Account
Settings’. Tap ‘E-mail Check Frequency’ and choose ‘Every Hour’, then repeat
for other mail accounts as well. You can enable the settings for social media
applications like TweetDeck too.
7)
Avoid too many videos and Games. Android phones have great radios,
music or movie players, but video playback drains the battery fast. So be restrictive
when you use your iplayer, play Angry Birds or Stair Dismount. Overuse can
leave you powerless!!!!
8)
In an Emergency. Android devices warn about low
battery mostly when only 15% charge is left. As soon as you see this alert,
head to the notifications bar and turn off as many applications as possible.
Also, hold in the power button and turn off the data network mode. Make sure
that you exit all non-essential apps, return to home screen and turn the screen
off. In short, it is advisable to use your Smartphone as a phone only in case
of low battery.
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