We’d love to know your top tips to extend the battery life of your phone, whether it’s tweaking the settings or optimising charging.
Please comment below and help each other boost your batteries, as no one likes an unreliable phone!
Turning the phone off usually works for me 🤣🤣🤣.
Debloat phone by installing third party OS like LineageOS.
Ged_1388391 I'm sure that works well, but is it a possibility for we ordinary mortals who are only very moderately tech savvy?
If a phone is under warranty, won't that invalidate it?
1) Try to operate the phone between about 25% and 80/85% of charge. Fully discharging puts stress on the battery, as it's hard work for it to charge up from 0%; so does always charging to 100%.
2) Try to get a phone with a good daily battery life, to help you stick to 1) above;
3) Newer Android phones have a fast screen refresh rate in the settings (120hz or more), to make scrolling and gaming smoother. Switching this to a standard rate of 60HZ will save battery, and you may not notice the difference in screen performance:
4) When indoors, put the screen brightness down;
5) When you have finished with your phone for a while, make a habit of closing down all open apps. It's no great hassle to open them up again if you need them later. I've noticed that the camera app seems to suck alot of battery, so I definitely close that down as soon as I can.
6) Your phone will have all sorts of battery saving modes. These may affect the performance of your phone, but it's worth giving it a try. For example, throttling the maximum CPU speed will save battery, and you might not notice any degradation in performance if you only use your phone for web surfing and emails, especially if your phone has a fast processor to begin with.
7) Your phone may have a setting where it detects that it is in your pocket or bag, and will not switch on the screen if accidentally touched.
I try to make a habit of not leaving it on charge over night for example, just charge to close to 100%
and plug it back it when needed, tho im not sure if it really makes a difference, it's worked
quite well for me until the phone (battery) gets too old.
I always airplane mode whenever I’m not using my phone if I need the battery life. Stops me checking my phone every time it vibrates, saves battery and makes me use my phone more intentionally which is a plus. 🙂
If you use an iPhone, then Settings >Battery>Charging Optimisation defaults to Optimised Battery Charging where the phone works out when to finish charging past 80%. Probably best left on that setting unless there is an important reason for changing it. Alternatives are either 80% charge limit or letting it charge straight away to 100% (possibly good if you expect some heavy usage straight away.)
