How
long does your phone bear not to call “BATTERY LOW”. Have you ever
noticed where does the Battery juice goes? Who does sucks up these
juices?
These are some questions that may not come to everyone’s
mind everyday but they bear a lot of importance in your life. If your
battery runs out too quickly, you to find out some feeding point
wherever you are. So here I am to guide you through how to save your
battery power of Android device making it run longer. Below are given
remedy steps to save the battery juice intact for longer time until it
demands an immediate feeding point.
Check out who feeds on your battery the most
The
very first thing you require to find out the culprit behind sucking on
the battery the most. You can check that when you open the
About phone section of your Android device in the setting area and check out the
Battery Use there.
This part lists the items that suck your battery and also the
percentage of battery they are constantly feeding upon. Here you will
also see time passed since it was removed from the charging point.
Adjust Device’s Brightness Level
In
the previous step, you must have seen that the one, which consumes
battery the most, is the display almost all times. The display of
Android devices are quite bright and that much high level brightness is
not required all of the time (at least when you are inside a building
and not outside in Sun). Hence you can adjust the brightness at a low
level at which the display is clear as well as the battery usage is
decreased considerably. For this adjust brightness of the display in the
Display Setting of your device.
Automatic Brightness Setting
Not at but some of the Android devices will show a setting know as
Automatic Brightness
which enables the phone to adjust the brightness level according the
level of light in the surroundings. Here the user will not have to
adjust the brightness whenever goes out in the sun or comes back inside.
This option is available in the
Display Settings of Android device.
If
you do not access the high speed 3G network all the time, you can
simply switch it off whenever you do not use it. For such actions, you
will find an option in the
Mobile Networks section in
Wireless settings. This will save battery not much but does contribute.
Black Background for AMOLED Screen
When you have an Android device with
AMOLED screen,
remember to keep a background that is quite dark and preferably Black.
This will help save battery power of your Android device. Also if you
surf Google through
bgoog.com, this link will provide a black background.
Task Manager to view if any App is on unnecessarily
Like
the computer we also have the Task Manager for our Android devices that
displays the number of programs that are open in the device. Open
Task Manager
of your Android Device to view if any App is on unnecessarily. It is a
one stop solution to switch off all the Apps that may be on.
Task Manager is available in the Menu of all Android devices.
You
must have observed that the screen brightness goes low if the device
remains idle. Android devices come with the functions to set these
screen timeout according to the requirement of the user. You can easily
adjust the screen timeout from the Display Settings section and adjust
it low so that the phone dims the brightness earlier than before. This
will help save battery power for longer time.
Do Not get Pinged for every 2 Minutes
The
Android device has so many features, why not exploit them. But if
tweet, emails and similar stuff keeps you updated every 2 minutes, soon
you will get bored and every time with this you also constantly lose
your battery power. So to save battery power and concentrate, decrease
the frequency of updates or notifications related with any apps.
The
Wireless connection to the internet can be provided by the Wi-Fi
services of the Android device. If an area where you are has
connectivity to the internet through Wi-Fi services you can access the
services on your device as well. But all the areas that you visit may
not have Wi-Fi services and also you must not be accessing the internet
through Wi-Fi all day long, so it would be better if you switch off the
Wi-Fi connectivity when not required. Believe me, this will greatly
enhance your Battery output for longer time.
The
Bluetooth services mainly provided you access to send and receive files
that are not very big in size with another device or computer. But
there is an often mistakes by many of us, that we forget to switch off
the Bluetooth when not in use. Please make a note of this and always
switch it off after your file sharing work is complete. This will save
battery of your Android device as well as save your device from
unauthorized access that someone may attempt to do while your Bluetooth
is on.
GPS
is a very useful and important service that our Android devices
provide. The GPS will guide you through to your destination and let you
know how to reach a particular place in an unknown region. Again this
service is like that you may be using it all the time; hence turn off
the GPS when not in use to save battery power from reducing at a faster
rate.
Keep your device on Stand By
Whenever you are not using your device, keep it on
Stand By mode. This will again help you save battery power.
Screen Widgets and Live Wallpapers
Screen
Widgets look so beautiful and also provide an easy access to your
various apps and programs that you may use very frequently. And not to
forget those Live Wallpapers that add more beauty to the home screen.
Both of these things make your home screen adorable but side by side
they suck upon your battery juices and finish it very fast. If not
possible to remove all the screen widgets on home screen than at least
make a choice to keep only those without which you can’t live. And the
live wallpapers I would say are worth replacing with the normal
wallpapers but don’t make the home screen dull and ugly. Have a good
collection of wallpapers and if you do not have search it on the
internet and download but better avoid live wallpapers.
The
screen auto rotation is a motion sensor feature of Android Devices and
lets the devices change the view from portrait to landscape and back to
portrait by just changing the style of holding the device. But the
Android device is so configured with resolution that it will
automatically show the stuff in portrait or landscape form according to
stuff it has to display. Likewise you will find that some of the apps
play in Portrait form but others may play in Landscape form and there
are a very little number of apps that can be played in both the forms.
So to switch on this feature is not of much use. So save battery by
switching it off.
If
you are not a great user of Google stuff all the time, like Gmail,
Calendar, etc. then it would be good for you to switch off the Auto Sync
function. This will save battery juice for longer time. You can sync
your contacts with manually after a fixed interval of time every time,
so that if you lose you device anywhere you have those precious contacts
with you. My Settings is that app which will help you switching off the
auto sync feature. This app also has many similar features.
Download it Here.
Put device in Best Reception Of Signals
Another
parameter that matters for battery is good reception of signals. You
can actually experiment this parameter. Keep your device in a place
where there are plenty of signals of good strength are available, your
battery will definitely remain active for longer period of time. In
other case, the battery drains out at a faster rate. Antennas is an app
that help you find good reception area.
Download it Here.
The
device vibrations are very useful like you may be in a place where you
do not want your phone to shout when you receive a call, sms, email or
something like that. Also there can be places where you require the
ringtone to ring for you whenever call or similar things happen. So it
depends on the place you are in that you require the ringtone or just
the vibrations to work for. But one thing is that vibrations consume a
lot of battery power. So do not keep your device on vibrations
unnecessarily. Also there may be Apps and Games that shake your device
at instants while playing, so it will be better to switch vibration for
these stuff.
There
is mode called Airplane Mode on your Android device. You should switch
to this mode while travelling in airplane. This will also help you save
battery on your device. If you are not interested in using your device
in the airplane, it will be best you switch off the device. While in
airplane mode your device will not be able to receive or perform call
like features but will be fully functional for those tasks that do not
use the network connectivity.
Keep Your Device’s charger and USB cable always with you
It
may happen with you that you do not find time to charge device when you
are work or you may field work and travel a lot and so not able to
charge the Android device. For that case, you must always carry the
charger and the USB cable with you, so that you can charge the device
whenever you find time. USB cable is also helpful at lot of places to
charge the device like the Airports where they have charging ports that
work with USB cable.
Apps that will help you Save Battery
This
is a wonderful and mighty app which has a lot many features to help you
in saving the battery juice of your Android device. The app has the
power to make a huge difference in the power consumption that you make
now and that after using its features.
Download it Here.
This
app is also very cool and provides a great help in your motive to save
battery power. The app is very interactive and user friendly.
Download it Here.
You
may try each and every remedy provided above, but trying at least 5-6
will make a considerable difference to battery consumption.
Have Fun
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