If you have had your Android phone For a while, you may have noticed that the life of its battery is not what it was. Most modern Android phones offer impressive autonomy, often lasts a full day or more on a single load. However, the more you use your phone, the faster the battery is drained.
Activities such as watching videos and using navigation applications tend to empty your battery faster than usual, as are some software and applications. Ancient phones also generally have a shorter battery life. Of course, you can replace the battery or even buy a new phone, but before you save your money hard, try some battery saving techniques – described below.
Most of the advice here should work, but the exact steps may vary depending on your Android device. For more specific advice, see your manufacturer’s assistance site.
These parameter screens can show you the quantity of battery capacity drained by different Android applications.
Check what applications the most battery is
One of the most common reasons why your phone loses battery life is an application (or more) using too many resources. These are often location monitoring applications or with high graphic intensity such as cards or games, or everything that works in the background.
To find out what are these battery engine applications on your phone, head to Parameters. From there, press Battery. If you scroll down, you will see your use of the battery in the last 24 hours as well as a list of applications that take the most battery.
After identifying which application uses the most battery, you have some options. The easiest way is to delete it, but it is probably not ideal if it is something that you often use, like Instagram or Gmail. Instead, you can close the application or prevent it from running in the background. Tapping the application in the list will give you options to deactivate or force it. Depending on your Android phone, you will also see other choices to save the battery. You can select options like Close applications after 10 minutes of substantive activity Or Return the background applications or a Battery saving mode This will limit the activity of this application in the background if you are powerful.
Battery health check can help you know if it is logical to replace your battery.
Check the health of your battery
As your phone ages, its battery too. If you have a particularly old phone, it may not hold its costs as long as before. To see the capacity of your battery, you will want to check your phone’s battery health. The way you do this will depend on the type of Android phone you have.
The easiest way is to go to Parameters then press Battery. You can find information on the use of battery or health on this page. For the phone I used (a Poco F7), battery health has been listed under Battery protectionas well as its date of manufacture and its first date of use. If you cannot find this information, you can try to use dialing codes like ## 4636 ## to discover an information menu on the hidden battery. Alternatively, you can use third-party applications such as Accibattery, Battery Guru and Devcheck to find more details on the battery, although we have not tested them ourselves.
If your battery health is more than 80%, your phone should work well overall. If that’s it or below, you may want to consider replacing the battery.
The drop in the refreshment rate of your screen could help improve the life of its battery.
Refuse the refresh rate of your screen
Another way to save a certain battery life is to reduce the cooling rate of your screen. A high refresh rate generally leads to a more fluid visualization experience for videos and games, but it consumes more power. To modify the cooling rate of your screen, go first to Settings. Then scroll down and press Display and brightness. Scroll again down and press Refreshment rate. On my Poco F7, the parameter is defined on Defaultwhich adjusts the cooling rate dynamically depending on how I use the phone. To refuse the cooling rate, I was tapping CustomThen manually select the lowest of the two refresh rates (60 Hz instead of 120 Hz).
Although the exact low power modes differ between Android phones, you can choose an option that will keep the power.
Activate low power or battery saving mode
If you need your phone lasts a little longer than normal, it’s a good idea to activate low power mode or battery saving. This essentially limits background activity, reduces the brightness of the screen and adjusts the settings of your phone so that only the most functional applications remain active.
For most Android phones, you can go to ParametersSO Battery and select Battery saving Mode if available. On my Poco F7, for example, I select Current fashion and choose Battery saving Mode from the drop -down list. Some phones, including certain Samsung models and the Poco F7, also offer a Ultra Power Saveing or Ultra Battery Saver ModeThis reduces functionality to the bare minimum to further prolong the battery life.
The automatic brightness parameter can help keep the screen gradator in darker environments.
Darken your screen
Another way to extend the life of your battery is to find ways to reduce the overall brightness of your screen. Go to ParametersSO Display and brightness And make sure Automatic brightness is activated. This allows the screen to automatically adjust its brightness according to your environment so that it is not full of brightness all the time.
You might also consider lighting Dark fashion On the same page. This can help to considerably reduce the brightness of the screen and can, in turn, keep the life of the battery. In addition, you can have it so that the dark mode is only activated for a while of the day if you don’t want it all the time.
Look at this: Tips to extend the battery life of your phone
Limit internet connectivity and access to location (if possible)
Internet connectivity and location tracking services can make a huge number on your phone’s battery. To keep the battery life, try to minimize data and use GPS if you don’t need it. For example, you can activate Plane mode If you do not need your mobile network, especially if you only want to use Wi-Fi. On most Android phones, you can do it simply by sliding at the top right of the screen, then pressing the plane symbol.
You can also try to limit 5G access, as maintaining a 5G connection uses a lot of power. To do this, go to Parameters And then find an option that says Network and internet Or Mobile networks Or Relations. From there, select your mobile network and change your Favorite network type at LTE instead of 5g.
As for access to the location, go to Parameters and then Location To deactivate location services. Limiting the Internet and the location in this way is perhaps not practical in all situations, but it is a useful tip for stretching the battery life if you are desperate a little additional juice.
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