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Tips to extend battery life - Smartphone

Steps and instrucitons to extend battery life

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Steps and instrucitons to extend battery life

Your particular usage will affect how long you can go before recharging your battery.

Navigating, playing games, surfing the Web, making calls and texting all use energy. You can install and use a wide variety of applications on your device, and each application has its own characteristics.

Thus your experience may vary day to day, depending on how you use your device.

Depending on your preferences, you can tailor how your device behaves by using some of the following tips:

  • Charge - Click here for basics around charging.
  • Check battery - You can see what subsystem, component, or application is using the most power: Go to Settings > Battery
  • Analyse battery use - You can get detailed information about what level of charge your battery has, how much time remains on current charge, and recommendations on how to adjust your settings to maximize battery life. Go to Settings > Battery > Usage Details
  • Adaptive battery - Infrequently used apps will run less when you're not using them. Your phone will learn how you use apps over time and adjust for best battery life. Go to Settings > Battery > Adaptive Battery
  • Signal strength - If you are stationary in an area in which there is low or no cellular signal, it may be prudent to enter airplane mode unless you must be able to (try) to make or receive calls or texts. Doing so will prevent the phone from increasing power output in an attempt to connect to the weak signal.
  • Screen timeout - It is recommended to set your screen timeout to 1 minute or less. Go to Settings > Display > Advanced and then tap on Screen timeout to select a faster time-out.
  • GPS - Turn off applications actively using GPS, such as navigation applications when you no longer need them. It is easy to forget to 'end navigation' when you reach your destination. Swipe down from the notification bar to see if active navigation applications offer an option to quit or exit.
  • Reboot - If you have not recently (> 1 week) turned off your phone, or if you feel it has become sluggish and its battery life is not what you expected, reboot your phone by pressing and holding the power key for 10-20 seconds.
  • Wi-Fi - In broad terms, data over Wi-Fi uses less energy than data over cellular. However if Wi-Fi is not available you may choose to turn it off as well: Swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap the quick setting Wi-Fi off
  • Bluetooth - Swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap the quick setting Bluetooth off
  • Battery Saver - Battery saver mode helps you keep going on a low battery by automatically restricting mobile data until the next charge. Some apps and services won’t work unless you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Document ID:HT507261
Original Publish Date:09/25/2018
Last Modified Date:08/16/2024