Do you often think your battery is dead? But these few tips can allow you to get up to several hours of battery life with your Android smartphone. Here’s how.
Activate power saving mode
The simplest solutions are often the best: All smartphones on the market have a battery saver feature. This feature optimizes the operation of Android so that it requires the least amount of power consumption possible. While this mod is active:
- Apps refresh their content only when you visit them
- Location services not active when screen is off
- Apps can no longer perform tasks in the background (unless you specifically allow them)
- smart phone now shebang OK Google
- Dark mode is enabled (Android 9 and 10 only)
Depending on the make and model of your smartphone, other features may have limited functionality while the protector is active. But in general, the user experience remains unchanged, except for the icon that reveals the existence of this feature. Therefore, if battery life is most important to you, we recommend activating the protector as soon as possible.
Limit location services
Localization is one of the background tasks that takes the most autonomy of the smartphone. Especially in recent Android versions: functionality Increase accuracy In addition to GPS, it mobilizes WiFi and Bluetooth modules. Which is not always necessary. While it’s not always recommended to disable location on your smartphone, we recommend changing a few settings:
- enter inside Settings > Security > Location
- Do not touch Increase accuracy
- Deactivate Wi-Fi analysis and Bluetooth analysis
note : necessarily localization will now be slightly less precise. But it’s still enough to use apps like Google Maps.
We also recommend that you review apps that require localization and clean them so you can keep only those that need this functionality.
OLED screen? Switch to dark mode
OLED displays have the ability to emit light directly at the level of the organic substrate of each pixel. Unlike LCD displays, which are based on a liquid crystal matrix that is illuminated by a backlight system. Difference ? In an OLED display, the white pixel consumes a lot of energy, while the black pixel consumes nothing. However, the consumption remains the same regardless of the color of the pixel on the LCD screen.
As a result, dark mode has an interest in autonomy and can save you almost 58% energy from the screen. Considering that the screen with the SoC, which is the main consumption item of smartphones, we are far from anecdotal economy.
Disable some of the pixels (OLED)
The same with dark mode is possible thanks to apps like below. Pixoff To disable some pixels on the screen. Pixoff offers different reasons for skipping as well as options to protect the plate and prevent premature wear of some of the pixels. Conclusion ? The screen is slightly less bright, but the user experience remains the same. Despite the sharp decline in consumption.
Disable WiFi, Bluetooth and/or cellular networks as needed
We are quite used to leaving WiFi, Bluetooth and cellular data enabled all the time. However, this network access layer often becomes redundant when, for example, you are at home or in a place with WiFi. Turn off WiFi, Bluetooth and/or cellular data as soon as possible to save significant battery life.
Prevent heavy apps from performing background tasks
We also recommend limiting the background tasks of the most demanding apps. What is possible in the latest versions of Android:
- enter inside Settings > Maintenance > Battery
- Tap each app in the list of most hungry apps
- enable Pause the application. as soon as possible
Also review app permissions in: Settings > Apps – location and use of data when not particularly necessary.
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