It's no secret that smartphones are
notorious battery hogs, with some
devices having an almost embarrassing
screen-on time. Those big luscious
AMOLED and LCD screens are an
obvious drain on your battery, but did
you know there's lots of things you can
do behind the scenes to get the most
out
of your Android? Here's 16 tips and a
video walkthrough to help you get the
most out of your smartphone battery.
With our tips you'll get plenty more life
out of your Android battery. / ©
AndroidPIT
First, some background: most
smartphones have either a Lithium Ion
battery or a Lithium Polymer battery.
Both are Lithium Ion though, and as
such, do not have a ''memory'' which
means you don't have to fully charge or
discharge them at the beginning, and
partial charging is fine throughout their
life. In fact, these types of batteries
suffer from low voltage, so it's actually
much better to charge them, even if only
a little, whenever you have the chance
rather than to fully charge and fully
drain them.
1. If your phone has an AMOLED screen
(like most Samsungs), use a dark
colored background, because AMOLED
screens only illuminate the colored
pixels. Black pixels are unlit, so the
more black pixels you have, or the more
darker pixels, the less battery you need
to light them up.
2. Using darker app backgrounds/
themes and darker launcher themes will
further prolong your battery life (if your
device has an AMOLED screen).
3. Don't use display auto-brightness. It
may sound good, but auto-brightness is
usually way brighter than you really
need. It's much better to manually set a
super low brightness level that is still
comfortable, and then just bump it up
when necessary. This is one of the main
ways to improve your battery life as the
screen is one of the biggest battery
suckers.
Nice bright wallpapers may look lovely
on AMOLED screens, but they drain
power. / © AndroidPIT
4. Switch off vibrate. Unless you really
need that added awareness, turn off
vibration. It actually takes more power
to vibrate your phone than it does to
ring
it. Turn off haptic feedback too. Sure it
feels cool, but it doesn't really add
anything to your experience, and it's
another battery drainer.
5. Only use original batteries or
respected third party manufacturer
batteries . Saving a few bucks on a
battery that might damage your beloved
smartphone is a poor choice indeed,
and may also deliver sub-standard
battery performance.
Stick with OEM or respected third party
batteries rather than dodgy cheap
ones. / © Samsung
6. Set your display's screen timeout to
as short a time as is practical for you.
Just think, if your screen timeout is set
to a minute, it'll use four times the
amount of power to have it on, every
time you switch your screen on, than if
your timeout is set to 15 seconds.
Studies report the average smartphone
user turns their smartphone on 150
times a day, so anything you can do to
limit that frequency (through self-
control
or other methods listed below) will help
keep your battery running for longer.
7. Set ''sleep times'' or ''blocking mode''
to switch off Wi-Fi and mobile data
when you don't need them. If your
phone is basically off limits at work, set
your device to not ring, vibrate or
connect to the internet while you're at
work. Likewise, you can set your phone
to airplane mode when you're asleep or
use sleep or blocking modes to set up
limits for what your phone does during
certain times of the day, whether that's
while you're asleep, at work or in a
meeting. Get to know the specific
settings your ROM offers. Not only will
you have to fiddle with your phone less
throughout the day (or night), but you'll
be saving on battery life too.
Most ROMs have battery saving features
or a power saving mode, you just have
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