(ThyBlackMan.com) To improve your phone’s battery life, you don’t have to say goodbye to all the useful features. By making small changes in your device’s setting, you can make your phone’s battery last longer. Don’t try any risky battery saving trick you find on the internet because it can invite more problems.
Here are 7 simple and easy hacks to improve your phone battery life. Just use them and make the battery last longer.
1. Stop sync
Many applications such as Gmail, Facebook, Messenger, and Twitter need uninterrupted internet connectivity to gather the latest information in real time. As a result, these apps refresh themselves a lot and reduce the battery level. People who can’t access these apps on other devices have to rely on their mobile phones, but syncing
requires a good amount of battery power. So if you can turn off the sync option without having to worry about missing any important email or social media updates, do it whenever you can. It will also reduce internet data consumption.
2. Disable touch vibration and sounds
For everything your phone does, it needs battery power. From a short vibration to keypad tones, everything consumes battery power. Vibration sensors utilize a lot of battery power, so keep them off. Use vibration mode only when your phone is on silent mode or you’re in a place where you may not hear the sound if your phone rings. Do not keep it on always as it will unnecessarily drain the battery for no good reason.
3. Choose the right wallpaper
Lock screen and home screen wallpapers look cool. With the options like live wallpapers and automatic wallpaper-changing apps, you don’t have to worry about picking a new image every day. These applications do their job pretty well, but at the same time, they consume a lot of battery power. To keep the collection of wallpaper fresh, these apps use the internet in the background. Live wallpapers force your mobile phone’s GPU and RAM causing more power consumption. Bright and colorful wallpapers look beautiful but to improve your phone’s battery life, use dark black or single color wallpapers.
4. Don’t shy away from updates
Developers release updates for your mobile apps and operating system. Download these updates as soon as you can. People often ignore updates thinking that these updates will only add features they are not interested in. With almost every update for your mobile phone’s software and applications, developers release codes that improve your phone’s battery life. So next time when you see notifications for updates, don’t ignore them.
5. Keep your phone away from warm places
The extreme temperature during the summer and winter is not good for your mobile phone. If possible, keep your phone away from warm places and objects. The hotter or cooler your phone gets, the more battery power it needs. Keep your phone on wooden surfaces instead of putting it on warm metallic surfaces. Try to avoid keeping your phone out in the sunlight. That way, you can improve your phone’s battery life.
6. Disable location, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth
People keep GPS on even when they are not using Maps or other location-based apps. A large number of apps ask for location information. But you can avoid this by setting location access limited to certain apps by making changes in your mobile phone’s settings. If you’re not using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, keep them off because these components on your phone’s main circuit board consume more power than anything else. There’s no point in keeping Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning on if you’re not using these features. You should also turn off the mobile hotspot and internet when you don’t need them.
7. Turn off voice control features
Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana and other voice assistants are useful. They significantly reduce the need to type everything, but at the same time, they consume a lot of battery power and it is better if you could stop using voice commands. Disable voice assistant on your phone and you will see a noticeable difference in the battery life. When these features are off, your device uses less battery power and lasts longer.
Staff Writer; Corey Shaw
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