BATTERY
.......GET EVERY LAST DROP
We rely on our smartphones more than
ever, and these tips will help you go longer before having to reach for a
charging cable
Our smartphones have evolved in
terms of performance as well as features they offer, but the one are where we
haven't seen any noteworthy advancement is in the one where it's needed the
most battery life.
While we have features like Dose on
Android Marshmallow, quick charging, and new phones that come with bigger
battery sizes, they never do stand up to the rigorous workloads and end up
proving to be insufficient.
But there are ways to manage your
battery usage better. Here are ten tricks you can use to optimise and improve
your battery life.
Turn off Wi-Fi when not in use
Even when you're not connected to
any network, your phone's Wi-Fi receiver will be sucking up your battery as it
keeps looking for Wi-Fi networks in the background, while your 3G4G connection
draws on the battery from the other end. So turning off Wi-Fi when not in use
can surely help in saving your battery life.
Switch off GPS
We only use GPS when we're
commuting, but once home or at work, with the device idly lying on the desk or
in your pocket, the GPS is of no use. Even at these times, it does eat up your
battery, so switching it off will help you get some additional juice out of the
battery to last you the day.
Adjust brightness manually
With the adaptive bright ness mode
on, the ambient light sensor is constantly running and sensing the light in the
surrounding, and changing the display's brightness accordingly.
Here, both the sensor and the screen
are sucking up battery. Switching off adap tive brightness and manually
toggling the brightness setting might feel like a chore, but it'll definitely
help you save some battery.
Switch to 3G when you can
We all love the high-speed 4G LTE
that we now have at our disposal, but what we don't realise is the amount of
battery it consumes. When not browsing, on social media, or downloading files,
switch to lower data speeds such as 3G or 2G as these tend to demand less from
your phone's battery.
Explore economy features
Most smartphones these days have
built-in power saving apps to help the battery last longer. Sony's phones comes
with `Stamina Mode', whereas stock Android also has its power saver mode. These
modes reduce the hardware performance based on usage to optimise battery life,
and they actually work.
Power-saving apps
Most third-party apps don't really
work the way we want them to, but we've tested a couple of apps that do help in
improving battery life. Greenify force-stops any apps that are not in use, so
they won't eat up your resources by running in the background. This helps as it
not only saves battery, but also helps clear RAM usage to speed up the device.
Clean Master also comes with a task
killer, but its main feature is its storage cleanup utility, which cleans all
junk left from the apps in your device and helps increasing internal memory.
Better on the desk than in your pocket
When the device rests in your
pocket, its network receivers tend to get blocked, and hence it tries harder to
get the best reception possible. This sucks up more battery. If it's out on the
desk, you not only sit comfortably, but your device's battery is stressfree
too.
Keep your device COOL
Batteries work best in cooler
temperatures, with long warm periods slowly dropping their efficiency over
time. Keeping the battery cool by not using full brightness settings, or not
gaming while charging, can go a long way towards keeping your battery's
efficiency up.
Switch off haptic feedback
The vibrating modules in our devices
tend to suck up more of the battery than you might think. So switch off haptic
feedback the feature that vibrates the device when you tap or type on the
screen. Moreover, reduce the vibrating intensity during calls and
notifications, and you'll surely see a big difference.
Sync manually
With Google's auto-sync on, your
device will sync every 15 minutes to get you updates from your contacts,
calendar, and other Google apps, and this also eats away at your phone's
processing power and battery. Head into Settings on your Android device, then
select your Google account, and turn off auto-sync for apps you don't need
constantly updated.
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Monit Khanna
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MM21MAR16
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