How to save battery life
Are you tired of having your phone
die in the middle of the day? This is how you can fix that!
- Low
Power Mode. This one may seem obvious but it's extremely useful. While
“Low Power Mode” the name of this option on iPhones, most modern phone
ship with something similar built in. In most cases it is extremely useful
because it comes straight from the manufacturer and was made for the exact
model you own. It will do things like limit background apps and dim your
screen automatically.
- Lower
screen brightness. The screen takes up the majority of your battery life.
Dimming your screen can be a easy way to extend your battery life. If you
are like me and want keep “auto-brightness” on but still want a sim if
screen you can try the following (on iphone): go to Settings > General
> Accessibility > Display Accommodations and turn on “Reduce White
Point” You will get a bar with a percentage on it. You can change it to
the lowest brightness you are comfortable with andirons will scale with
the auto-brightness. (May not work on older versions of iOS)
- Turn
off Background App Refresh. This is another iOS term but a similar thing
exists on Android. Turning this off will stop apps from running in the
background. In iOS you can choose with apps to turn off by going to
Settings > General > Background App Refresh there you can select which
apps you want to keep from running or you can turn all of them off with
the first switch.
- Turn
off Location Services. Using the GPS can waste battery life. You can stop
apps from using your location in the background (on iOS) by going to
Settings > Privacy > Location Services. There you can turn it off
completely or stop specific apps. Androids have similar options in the
settings app.
- Find
the problem. You can always check exactly what was using your battery.
Both OSs have a Battery usage section of their settings. To get to the iOS
one go to Settings > Battery. After it finishes loading (the more apps
you have the longer it will take) you will have a list of the apps and
features that have used your battery and how much they used.
I hope
this has helped you extend your battery life!
Kartik Sankar
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