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- How To Increase Battery Life Of Android Phones - January 16, 2012
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Android is the most popular and mostly used mobiles operating system around the world and the importance of android is increasing day by day. if you are a owner of any android smartphone than one problem is common and that is “Low Batter life of the device“. it happens with every single user of smartphone so not a new thing. in morning you have fully charged your devices and by coming to afternoon you noticed that hardly 20%-15% battery is remaining and that’s very annoying.
So i will explain you and provide you some basic and advance tips to improve the performance of battery life, so without talking much more about it lets straight away go to the main topic and discuss the various ways through which you can improve/increase the battery life of your android device.
Increase Battery Life Of Android
How To Increase Battery Life of Android :
Follow the below mentioned steps and you will surely get some improvement in the battery life with effective performance.
- Reduce Screen Brightness :
Screen brightness is the main part which consumes lots of battery and due to this you face low battery life. by default the “Automatic Brightness” box is checked so first thing to do is un-check that box and reduce it to the lower level so the brightness consume not that much battery. you can do by going to Settings >> Display >> Brightness >> And Reduce it to the lower level.
- Power Saving Mode :
It’s always recommended to use power saving mode because this feature provides some excellent result in terms of increasing battery life. you can activate it by going to Settings >> Display >> Power Saving Mode >> Check it.
- Screen Timeout :
Another way you can save the batter is by reducing the screen timeout time. normally it comes by default with 15 Seconds which you can reduce it to 5 Seconds. so that much battery power will be saved. you can do this by going to Settings >> Display >> Screen Timeout.
- Don’t Use Live Wallpapers :
The greatest feature of android is it supports live wallpaper and the look of this wallpaper is just great to watch but this is one of the disadvantages also because it consumes lots of battery power due to its high graphics. so its always advisable to use normal wallpaper instead of live wallpaper.
- Connectivity :
Android has lots of connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Data Network, Bluetooth, GPRS and GPS. so due to high usage of this the battery gets drained. so its batter that you toggle off this option when its not required. also in Data Network select 2G instead of 3G. and when the its not required tunr it off.
- Home Screen and Widgets :
The android home screen has 4 to 7 screen and sometimes which are of no use to have that much home screen. so remove the unnecessary screens. another thing is if you place too many widgets on home screen it will reduces the battery power. so use less widget and remove unnecessary home screens.
- Background Data and Sync :
its Highly recommended that to turn off the background data and sync so it will reduces the load of direct connectivity. background data and sync required your device to be connected all the time to receive notifications and updates and due to this only the battery gets drain.
- Vibration Mode :
If possible only use vibration in silent mode. when you are using normal mode its advisable to not to activate vibration mode because it has also impact on the battery life.
- Some Apps which can help you :
In android market there are many apps available to solve this problem but i strongly recommends only two apps :
- Juice Defender.
- Easy Battery Saver + Task Killer.
Juice Defender is all time favorite and many people are using it. it has many battery saving mode which you can activate and see the improvement in the performance as on the other way Easy Task Killer has also modes that you can switch to and use it but along with that they provide task killer also so that you can close all unnecessary application which are running in background. but i recommend you to NOT to use and task killer apps because they them self contains lots of batter power.
These are the some basic tips that you can implement to improve or increase the battery performance of your android device and i have also tell you the apps which you can surely try out to see what you are getting from this apps.
If you have any suggestions or any issues do leave a comment below and i will be happy to help you all. do share this articles with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter: robboirun
I use the task killer daily which seems to help. I need to disable the live wallpaper but it looks too cool. But even though having the droidx for over a year I am pleased with the battery life so far. I would expect to have to replace the battery within a year but this one is so far so good.
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Rob,
I agree with you on the desire to keep the live wallpaper for the fen it provides. I have found that the screen brightness is a major battery drain on my t-mobile G2. I use the battery saving mode in Norton Mobile Utilities when my phone is going to be unused for an extended time.
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Twitter: technicallyeasy
For me, the biggest battery killer is definitely the Wi-Fi. When I am not at home, or near a place where I can use Wi-Fi, I keep that turned off. When it is running I can barely get a days worth of battery life.
It really annoys me the way they’re making phones quicker, with bigger screens and more features, but the batteries just can’t keep up with it anymore! Please smartphone manufacturers! Start working on your batteries!
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Actually research and development of batteries is massive. The problem is we’re running devices that are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand with the same kind of processing power as a supercomputer in the 80s, and we expect it to run all day from its built-in battery. What we’ll probably start seeing more of soon is photovoltaic and kinetically charged phones.
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Yeah, the juice defender seems to be quite comprehensive.
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Use the day light saving mode and lower the brightness and auto off backlight
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This is great info thank Jeet. My phone is less than a year old and the battery life is still good, but on occasions it runs out in a day! I found that using Facebook is a big drain on the battery as well. Juice defender sounds good.
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I Recently Buy Sony Erricsoon Xperia Neo V but it have vey rediculous battary life about 1 Day only I also Install the Juice Defender But still not any improvement pls Suggest me a Good App to save Battary
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I recently bought a new battery for my old G1 on ebay and this made a huge difference. Battery technology is advancing as quick as anything else, so if your phone is a year or so old (mine is much older!) a new battery alone can make a huge difference.
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May work for other phones, as well. Thanks for sharing!
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I also have a Android Mobile of Samsung which consume a lot of battery…
Thanks For the suggestions
Nice tips to increase battery life of Android.
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great tips. I do most of these, except the vibration. In fact, I published a similar post today on this very topic. I wrote it last week (honest:-) )
Live wallpapers are a battery killer on my X8
To me, this ridiculously short battery life is the worst aspect of smart phones. Seems like I have to recharge mine constantly. I thought I read recently about a new kind of phone battery that will last two months or so?
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You are right on every point, accept on “Some apps that can help you”. Taskkillers wont prolong your battery life. Ive written a blog about it, explaining what’s happening with your Android’s memory.
http://www.groovypost.com/howto/review/whats-my-android-doing-with-its-memory-and-why-should-i-delete-my-task-killer/
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It becomes difficult to keep a long phone without recharging. For now they are small computers, and they uses more energy.
May be 2x battery saver is useful..but apps above is good too.
Twitter: dennisknows
Yo I just took my phone off vibrate after reading this. I heard a while back that vibrating takes away from the battery life.
I also hate this 4g crap.. 4g is the biggest killer of batteries since GPS.. I have’t used it once this year and probably can count on one hand how many times I used it last year….
Great post. I’m cycling through my phone now putting some of your tips into action.. Thanks
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very interesting
and i agree with alot of the comments,
awesome page though
thanks heaps
james
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A quick-win would be to adjust the backlight in your device and set the screen timeout low.
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It’s really funny what u taking about ‘How To Increase Battery Life Of Android Phones’ other than Task killer, closing all the applications or decreasing apps in to low level, instead of doing this better don’t buy a Android Phones only…
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Twitter: glennb84
Really useful information. thanks
My battery on my samsung galaxy s2 run out so quick.
I have to turn off the live wallpaper now.
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i’m going to try these tips on my android. hopefully i can get my phone to last for more than a day!
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I have had the HTC EVO 4G for about a year now and love it, but you are right, the battery life leaves a little to be desired. I put the widgets on the second screen to allow for easily toggling the network functions on and off. If I need WiFi or 4G, I turn them on and then turn them back off when I’m done. Seems to help.
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Great tips! My battery has been dying in the afternoon each day. I will try to see if this helps!
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These new phones have such poor battery life because of all the apps that run in the background! My old Samsung flip phone could go for days without being charged! I guess this is the price we must pay for all these fancy apps that help make our lives more convenient. I’ve found turning off the ones I don’t use from running in the background, to help with battery life, but even so… it still dies within half a day or so.
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hey, nice article dude, m gonna try these steps..as my phone also sucks my battery too fast.
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i don’t own an android but i guess it works the same with iphone. Just reducing the connectivity option alone is going to save a lot of batt. I am not sure about the apps (like what others are saying here) because if you on the apps, aren’t that going to use up more batt? (as it is an connectivity option). however it is silly that you got yourself a smart phone then you off all the options. Just get a mobile battery charger. I think it will solve all the problems
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Amazing tips to increase Battery life of Androids..Will try for sure on my Android..thanks for share
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Great share Jeet …
Shared above are truly beneficial and working ways to improve battery life of android phones. Battery saver+task killer proves to be handy in the situation
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I had a lot of problems with battery power in my Android phone when one of my email account had another linked email account (for email forwards) in which a lot of spam mails used to come. The battery used to get discharged quite early. After I removed that email account from the Android, this problem was saved. I don’t know whether others have faced similar problem.
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Jeet, All these tips can save good amount of battery but as we all know Android OS is not really designed well for Battery Life so it makes it not that good as we all would have been experiencing with Nokia phones. I still remember Nokia mobiles running 2 days without any charge whereas my Samsung ACE need to be charged in almost 10 hours after using Juice Defender in aggressive mode..when I am not using WiFi, GPS, Auto Rotate, if i start using it phone won;t last more than 7 hours..
Mobile Manufacturers must concentrate on battery power management for Android now.
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Power saving mode saves a lot of battery power.
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I used to have an HTC hero which was awful with battery no matter what I tried. My Samsung Glaxy S2 is much better and also has an in built app killer to stop those naughty apps that run in the background!
Games and Wifi do drain but not as much as my HTC
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I had forgotten about the screen brightness affecting battery life. But doesn’t a lot of the battery life really depend on the phone model? My LG battery phone is terrible.
Twitter: PeacefulRunner
Great tips. Thanks. I will reduce the screen brightness and get rid of the live wallpaper. Hopefully, that will help.
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I am using an extended battery for almost all my smartphones in a family.
I am personally running around with 4000mAh [HLI-ADR6425XL] Mugen battery for my HTC rezound, and i am getting 3-4days of solid usage.. i find it too hard to depend on a charger when you are running around most of the day or sometimes even days, so in my case powerful extended batteries are the only solution, obviously some extra juice defender helps on top!!!
Twitter: evil_geniuss
Great tips to save battery on android phones, though on amoled screens the display is the main culprit.
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Wow! That’s actually a great way to increase the battery life of Android phones and even maintain it! Cheers
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Hello, very good article. Essential especially for new users coming to android from older systems.
Thanks for the informative article. This would be useful for every kind of android phone user, new or old. Some things are common with PC also but nevertheless very important.
This tips are very useful to me, thanks Jeet
I just changed my live wallpaper to normal. I will apply all your excellent tips .
Thanks for posting these tips. Another thing that I’ve found to be a major drain on the battery is using mobile internet while having a weak signal. Your phone uses more power to try and get a better signal, therefore dramatically decreasing your battery life. If you’re in a poor coverage area, leave the mobile internet off.
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Great ideas and advice. I had to switch off live wallpapers about a month ago, because it killed my battery life. I only have a very basic Android phone.
I don’t know how you reduce the screen timeout though.
Mine only goes down to 15 seconds.
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first of all we have to turnoff Bluetooth Wifi by this way we can increase battery life even by closing all applications we can increase our battery life
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