5 Tips to Extend Your Android’s Battery Life

 

So you’ve had your Android on all day, and then you’re on your way home and need to check the traffic on Google Maps and suddenly your phone dies: it’s run out of juice. And this happens every day, right? You are annoyed that you have to bring a charger cord to work.

Well, if this sounds familiar, then do not fear: there are ways to extend your Android’s battery life. Use any of these tricks can really help you get more life out of your Android, which means you can rely on your phone when you really need it and not have to worry about how much talk time you have left.

Adjust the Basics

First of all, you should adjust all the basics in your Android phone so that they use less battery. This means you should decrease the screen’s brightness and turn off the Automatic Brightness option. Turn off other features as well, such as WiFi and Bluetooth and the GPS and the automatic sync. Having your phone toggle into and out of these features will consume battery juice unnecessarily. Similarly, turn of automatic notifications in your email and chat programs, unless you absolutely need them.

Use the Power Widget

If you haven’t enable this widget yet, save yourself some time and get it activated on your phone. The power widget lets you easily adjust your power settings with one touch of your finger, so it’s a better option that having to swipe into your phone settings and find the features you want to turn off. To activate this widget, simply long press on one of your screens and add Power Control to the screen.

Check Your Task Manager

Sometimes it’s easy to forget which applications are running, so it’s a good idea to check your Task Manager every once in a while to see if anything is sucking up battery juice unnecessarily. The Task Manager is great because it allows you to end all tasks by simply selecting one button, thus helping you quickly cut down battery usage.

Uninstall Applications You Don’t Need

Sometimes applications will automatically update or sync even if you don’t ever use them, so you’ll want to remove these from your phone. Go to your applications menu and look for all the once you can uninstall. Sometimes you won’t be able to uninstall applications that came with the phone, so you’ll have to simply make sure you disable them in their settings profiles.

Protect Your Battery

Finally, you should do everything you can to protect your battery. This means that you should keep it cool; don’t let your phone sit out in the sun. Download a battery power app, something like Juice Defender, than can help you easily monitor its health.