Fast battery drain is one of the most common problems for smartphone owners. The device's autonomy is affected by screen brightness, background apps, wireless modules, and other factors. UNN has compiled tips to help preserve charge longer and extend battery life.
Why the phone battery drains quickly
Today, smartphones perform many different functions - in addition to calls and messaging, these gadgets work as a navigator, a pocket mini-computer, an electronic reference book, and a multimedia entertainment center.
Of course, with this mode of use, the smartphone discharges quickly, because we use it almost continuously, which directly affects the battery's operation.
Key factors of rapid battery drain include:
- maximum screen brightness;
- resource-intensive apps that require more resources to run on the smartphone;
- not closing apps that continue to run in the background;
- Wi-Fi constantly turned on, even at night;
- enabled unused technologies such as GPS and Bluetooth.
What to turn off on your phone to prevent battery drain
To prevent rapid smartphone discharge, you can take the following steps:
- reduce the display brightness to 50-60% so that you are comfortable looking at the screen. You can also enable automatic brightness adjustment in the settings;
- turn off all unused features such as Bluetooth, GPS, and NFC. Turn them on only when necessary;
- modern smartphones should have a built-in power saving mode, turn it on.
- if the gadget has an adaptive mode that automatically disables background tasks for less active apps, activate it;
- when you are not using the network, you can turn on "Airplane Mode".
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How to preserve battery charge and extend its service life
The screen is the main battery "drainer". If you disable automatic adjustment and keep the backlight slightly lower, the phone will consume less energy.
On iPhone, go to "Settings" - "Accessibility" - "Display & Text Size" and turn off the "Auto-Brightness" option.
On Android, go to "Settings" - "Display" and turn off the "Adaptive Brightness" option.
Special modes on iOS and Android reduce background activity, synchronization, and other processes to extend operating time.
On iPhone, go to "Settings" - "Battery" and turn on "Low Power Mode". Apple explains that it temporarily reduces background activity (downloads, mail fetching, etc.) until the device is fully charged.
On Android, go to "Settings" - "Battery" - "Power saving mode". Network functions, synchronization, location services, always-on display, high refresh rate, and other parameters are limited.
Over time, battery capacity naturally decreases, but correct charging settings can help slow down wear.
On iPhone, go to "Settings" - "Battery" - "Charging Limit" and lower the upper limit from 100% in steps to 80%. If you leave it at 100%, enable "Settings" - "Charging" - "Optimized Battery Charging", then the smartphone will hold approximately 80% charge and top up to 100% closer to the alarm going off.
On Android, go to "Settings" - "Battery" - "Battery Protection" and turn on battery protection.
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