Many years ago it was possible to charge the mobile phone at 100% and not worry too much, since it was possible to go up to 3 days, even by sending many SMS or making many calls. With the arrival of smartphones and mobile phones that surf the Internet or allow you to take advantage of apps to do anything, the battery can hardly reach the evening (in some cases it lasts no longer than 4-5 hours!).
If we want to seriously increase the autonomy of modern smartphones with Android and iOS, we have collected all the best tips to keep the battery charged as long as possible, that is to increase its autonomy .
Many of these tips are related to common sense, someone else will need to change some well-established habits, for the sole purpose of arriving until the evening with a single battery charge (which is very difficult to do without a minimum of optimization).
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Some tips can be applied on any mobile phone, regardless of the operating system used; in high cases, however, the recommendations are specific, so we will have to adapt to be able to apply them also on our mobile phone.
1) Smartphone away from the sun or heat sources
A good rule of thumb not to ruin your cell phone is not to forget it in the car in the sun and not to leave it under heat sources, otherwise the battery will drain quickly, until it is completely ruined. The lithium used in batteries can also become unstable at high temperatures, so it is a good practice to leave the phone in a place as cool as possible: if we are in the car, it is better to always carry it behind in your pocket or bag or place it temporarily on the central tunnel, where often the sun does not beat.We carefully avoid the shelves above the dashboard or the side shelves on the steering wheel: the sun could get there, quickly draining the battery. We also avoid placing the phone under blankets, duvets or placing them on radiators and stoves: all things that hurt the circuits and the battery in particular.
2) Screen brightness
Another very useful tip to increase the autonomy is to reduce the brightness of the screen .If you keep the screen at full brightness all the time, you waste a lot of energy and the battery life decreases dramatically. The new screens produced are really very bright and bright but, especially if we are inside the house or in a place illuminated by artificial light, it is better to set the brightness below 70%, so as to save a lot of battery.
At night having a high brightness risks ruining the eyes, especially if we often use the phone in bed: better to go down to a brightness of less than 40%. If, on the other hand, we are outdoors with very high sun, we risk not seeing anything on the screen, so it is better to leave the maximum setting. Many smartphones have a brightness sensor, which adjusts the ideal brightness by itself: we recommend not to rely too much on it and always manually change the brightness value.
3) Screen timeout
Lowering the screen off time to 30 seconds or 1 minute maximum helps a lot to increase battery life. This way, when we don't use the phone, it will be locked and the screen off, saving battery.It makes a big difference if you put your phone in your pocket after a quick glance and the screen turns off quickly, also avoiding pressing random buttons (very common with jeans, which can transmit false inputs to the screen).
4) Airplane mode at appropriate times
One thing that hardly anyone does is set Airplane mode at night, when you don't want to receive phone calls or when playing a video game without wanting to be disturbed. Since to use the alarm clock of an iPhone or an Android smartphone, you do not have to turn it off, however, you must make sure that it consumes as little battery as possible. With Airplane mode , the signal and data reception is turned off, therefore the phone remains in standby, consuming very little energy . Of course this will prevent you from receiving calls and messages which is not always a bad thing. Even when you go to the cinema or in places where the phone does not take, it is better to set the Airplane mode and avoid wasting energy in the continuous search for a signal that is not there.5) Wi-Fi instead of LTE
If we want to save energy it is better to use Wi-Fi instead of the data connection (LTE or 3G) where possible. This method, which may seem contradictory, instead makes sense: Wi-Fi is a very stable connection, made to a single device (the modem), while the LTE connection makes numerous connections to different cells during our movements, also consuming a lot energy in case of weak or low signal (it goes in continuous search for a stronger signal). So to save battery better a Wi-Fi connection than any data connection.6) Turn off unnecessary connections
If we do not have any exploitable Wi-Fi network nearby, it is better to turn off Wi-Fi (it also always looks for new networks) and we also disable Bluetooth and GPS if we do not use them. We want to automate this type of deactivation, perhaps based on places or on certain battery levels "> Best apps to activate automatic actions.7) Turn off the data connection
If we only have to receive calls and we don't have to surf the Internet, we can disable the data connection and start it manually when necessary. The network connection and the internet connection consume a lot of battery and this can lead to discharging the battery ahead of time, especially if we are not interested in surfing the Internet too much and we need the phone for business calls or SMS. We can also reach a very good compromise: we can set up the data connection in 2G, so as to save a lot of battery but still be reachable on WhatsApp (widely used).8) Disable synchronization
If, on the other hand, you prefer to leave the connection active at least, it is better to reduce or eliminate automatic synchronization, which consumes a lot of battery. This clearly depends on the use you make but, in general, you can set the control frequency by setting once every 2-3 hours. With synchronization disabled, we risk not receiving notifications and emails, but the battery will surely arrive until the evening.A good compromise involves using apps like Greenify on Android, one of the best ones to control which app consumes the most battery on Android
9) Reduce or eliminate system sounds
While it can be cool, hearing keyboard noise or unnecessary beeps causes frustration and drains of battery. We minimize system sounds, leaving only the ringtone of the most important calls and messages, so as to save some battery.10) Disable automatic location services
If you don't really need automatic location services, you can turn them off to save battery power.
In this way, GPS will be activated only by satellite navigation apps, the only ones that really need localization in order to function well. Be careful though: some apps may not work properly, especially those that rely on location to provide information (for example, weather apps).
11) Turn off vibration
An often overlooked tip is to turn off vibration. It is not as strong as on the old Nokia, sometimes you can barely feel it through jeans: if the vibration is really too low to generate an effective recall, you might as well deactivate it and activate the vibration on a wrist device like smartwatches or smartbands .12) Avoid unnecessary apps
We avoid installing on our smartphone apps that we do not use or battery optimization apps: the apps are set to auto-start and can reduce battery life, as well as slow down the system. We only install the apps we use at least once a month and uninstall the useless ones.It is also possible, as already explained, to find out which are the apps that drain the battery of the smartphone
13) Avoid live wallpapers and widgets
For when beautiful, animated backgrounds and widgets consume a lot of battery (even 20%), so we avoid using these graphic tinsel and limit ourselves to using static backgrounds.14) How to properly charge the battery
To increase battery life it is also important to follow some simple rules on how often to charge the battery of the smartphone, namely:- We do not discharge the battery to 0%: the ideal is to always put the phone on charge as soon as we reach 20% charge, but we can also charge it at higher percentages.
- Much better to recharge your phone often than to wait for it to reach 0% to start charging.
- A good rule is to completely discharge and recharge the battery at least once a month, in order to better calibrate the charge reading.
If we want to deepen the topic on battery autonomy for smartphones, we can read the specific guides on:
- Extend your Android battery life to the fullest
- 10 applications to increase battery life .
- Save Battery on iPhone and make it last longer
