How to get
more juice out of
your
smartphone battery
1 Keep a check on
what's eating up your battery:
Nail
the culprit.
On the
iPhone (iOS 8+), you can check battery usage under the
sub-menu
of general settings. On Android phones, you can go to
the
battery settings. Android offers detailed statistics including
battery
usage data for screen and Wi-fi. You can then regulate your
usage
and dismiss any apps open in the background when you're
not
actively using them. Most Android phones have an `open apps'
menu
which can be launched by short pressing or long pressing the
menu
navigation key. The same can be fired up by double pressing
the
home button on the iPhone. You can also turn off background
app
refresh for all apps you don't care about in the iPhone's settings.
2 Keep screen
brightness on a comfortable level:
You
really don't need to put your phone display on full brightness.
At
times, even the auto-brightness setting is brighter than what you actually
need.
Disable
that setting and set the brightness at a level that's comfortable
to your eyes. Not only will you be saving
your smartphone battery,
you'll
also prevent eye strain caused by screen glare. Although it will
appear
to be a bit cumbersome, but adjusting settings as per the
ambient
light in the room will really help in saving precious battery
juice.Most
Android phones have a brightness toggle in the notifications
tray. iPhone running iOS 7+ has this
settings in the control centre which
can be pulled up from the bottom of the
screen.
3 Control
notifications, disable auto app updates:
You
really don't need to get notifications from all apps.
A
number of app noti fications are just
promotional
mes sages or unnecessary updates. These wake up the phone
and
turn on the display reducing your smartphone's standby time.
The
iPhone offers granular notifica tion settings for indi vidual apps.
Android
also lets you disable notifications through the `Apps' settings.
You
should also dis able e-mail for ac counts that are not critical to your work.
You can set email accounts to `fetch'
instead of `push' and choose
to
receive e-mails only when you load the email app.
4 Turn off
Bluetooth
Wi-fi
and location services when not needed:
Your
phone's communication antennas keep scanning for devices and
networks
when turned on, taking a toll on battery life.Turning off Bluetooth
when you're not transferring a file or using
wireless headphones
is a
good idea. Turning off Wi-fi when you don't have access to a
Wi-fi
network will also help in conserving the battery. You should
also
turn off location services when not using a navigation app or
checking-in
on Facebook or Swarm. The phone's GPS receiver
constantly
looks for a signal if these are turned on. Some apps also
use
your location information even when they are running in the
background.Thankfully,
the iPhone lets you manage location
settings
for each app through the `location services' settings
under
`Privacy'.
5 Carry a
portable charger:
Most
mod ern smartphones last just about a day with moderate use
and
less than that if you're a power user.
If you
want to stay constantly updated with the latest tweets or your
Facebook feed, play mobile games in your
free time, read the news
and
still manage to click a few selfies, we'd recommend carrying a
good
portable charger with you.Almost all smartphones are powered
by
lithium-ion batteries that don't need to be completely discharged
before
charging. Carry a car charger so that you can feed your phone
while
it's not in use.
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anupam
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TL1MAR15
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