Ways to Save Battery on Android

The Android operating system offers a lot of cool features, including WiFi, GPS, and tons of apps. Unfortunately among them, some features can consume a lot of power and cause the battery to drain quickly. However, there are a few simple solutions that you should try to extend the battery life on your device.

Table of Contents

Make simple changes

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Turn on battery saver mode. With most devices, you can simply swipe down from the top of the screen to bring up a menu. Scroll to the side until you find a battery saver option, then tap to select it.

Battery saver mode can slow down the phone a bit.
If you are receiving instant notifications from a social networking app, they will stop until you open the app.

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Turn off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS when not in use. These features all drain battery power, even when you’re not using it. For example, the wireless router will still regularly search for a Wi-Fi connection when it is turned on. This process consumes battery even if you are not surfing the web.

To disable these features, simply swipe down from the top of the screen. Scroll sideways along the menu and deselect those features.

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Turn off all apps you don’t use. Closing the application by pressing the back or home button is not enough; The app may still run in the background and drain the battery. You need to access recent apps and background apps to shut down manually. Thus, you will limit unwanted applications running in the background and consuming battery.

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Put the phone on standby when not in use. You just need to press the power button to turn off the screen. This will limit battery consumption. If you want to exit standby, press the power button again; You may need to unlock your phone to use it.

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Turn off the vibration feature of the phone. Press the volume up and down buttons until you exit vibrate mode. It’s also a good idea to turn off vibration for text messages. You need to open Settings and select “Sound & Display”. If you can’t find settings for messages here, go to “Applications” and select “Messages”.

Make advanced changes

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Reduce screen brightness. Go to Settings, select “Sound & Display”, tap “Brightness”, and drag the slider aside to lower the brightness.

If you use battery saving mode, the screen brightness may already be reduced.
Low brightness will make the screen difficult to see, especially when outdoors.
If you’re using the internet, the internet setup may have a shortcut to adjust the brightness.

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Set the shortest possible screen timeout. This setting will turn off the device screen if you do not use it after a set period of time. The shorter the standby time, the less battery the screen consumes. The setup options will be different on each phone.

You can find this option under Settings. Open “Sound & Display” and select “Screen Timeout”.

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If the device has an AMOLED display, use a black background. AMOLED screens can reduce power consumption by seven times by displaying black instead of white or another color. When searching on your phone, you can also use Black Google Mobile at bGoog.com to get standard Google results (including images), all black ^{[1] X Research Source} .

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Set up your phone to use only 2G networks. If you don’t need high-speed data access or where you live doesn’t have a 3G or 4G network, you can set up your phone to use only 2G mobile networks. You can still access EDGE and Wi-Fi network data if necessary.

To switch to 2G, open Settings on your device, select “Wireless Contrps”, scroll down to “Mobile Networks” and tap the “Use only 2G Networks” option. (Only use 2G network).

Disable animations

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Consider disabling animations if you feel confident about your ability to use the developer settings on your device. Animations look nice when you’re navigating on your phone, but they can slow performance and drain battery life. ^{[2] X Research Sources} However, to disable animations you need to enable Developer Mode and this is not for normal users.

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Open Settings and scroll down to “About phone” section. A screen with more information about your Android device will appear with a list of items, including “Build Number”.

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Tap “Build Number” about seven times. Android Developer Options will be enabled.

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Go to Developer Options. Press the back button on the device to return to the main Settings menu. Scroll down and tap on the “Developer Options” option located above the “About Device” section.

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Turn off animation options. Scroll down until you see the options “Window Animation Scale”, “Transition Animation Scale” and “Animation Duration Scale” ). Let’s turn off the options one by one.

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Restart the Android device. The new settings will be saved and applied to the device. The battery life will be extended a bit and the phone will also run faster.

Advice

Bring a charger as well as a USB cable when you travel. Most airports have free power outlets or chargers, but some may just provide a USB port for you to charge your phone.
Set the device to “Airplane Mode” (or power it off) when going to the movies or on an airplane.
You can see how much memory is being used on your device by selecting Settings -> Applications -> Running Services. We can stop some applications manually right here.
Many large airliners have a power port somewhere near the seat for passengers to charge their devices during the flight. However, some airlines are also concerned about charging lithium batteries on board because of their heat-generating properties. It is best to ask this question carefully before flying.
You can see which apps are consuming the most battery by opening Settings and selecting “Battery Use”.
Consider equipping a power bank. This way, if your phone runs out of battery and there’s no outlet nearby, you can still charge it.

Warning

If you’re on Android 4.0 or later, installing a task manager app from the Play store will drain your PIN more than they can save. You should stay away from these apps, and instead just use the device’s built-in task manager. Android 6 does not have a task manager because the operating system’s memory management algorithm is much superior to that of previous versions.
Not all Android devices are set up exactly the same. Maybe the names of some options in the Settings section on one device will be slightly different from another.

Steps

Make simple changes

Make advanced changes

Disable animations

Advice

Warning

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