Improve Android Battery Life:
Network selection mode:
Though switching to 2G mode from 3G won’t save a lot of battery, but it can be a real life-saver if you are low on battery and need to save some juice for crucial minutes later on. Switching to 2G network makes the device consume lesser battery. This is generally because 2G has a better reception and hence your device doesn’t have to shout out to the operators every time asking for a connection establishment request. This in turn uses lesser battery.
Note:If you are in an area with great 3G reception, 3G is a better option since it consumes lesser power (that is the whole point of evolving to a new protocol, right?) overall.
Here’show you can force your android to use 2G.
Screen brightness:
Although auto screen brightness is a safe bet, for overly bright screens, manually setting the brightness would be a better way if you can do it manually every time. The auto feature is a good addition, but when you do it manually, you can assess at what level of brightness you are still able to read. Also, just in case you are too lazy to do it manually, you can use an application called Lux Lite to do the hassle for you, though it will keep running in the background consuming some battery on its own.
(Disabling auto, adjusting brightness automatically)
Close background applications:
Killing background applications doesn’t really improve on your performance (KitKat onwards) but there might be some applications which could be requesting internet data in the background by pinging the servers for requests, ensuring a connection establishment or updating in the background. You should consider killing these applications instead, in order to reduce the energy demands of the device which can be done later on as well. Also, you can restrict background data from the mobile data section to avoid background applications from fetching data and in turn give your battery some boost.
Disable GPS:
People are generally smart enough to keep their GPS off when it isn’t needed, but what they generally don’t do is disable the location reporting and history when they are actually using GPS. These two services are pre-bundled with android and are enabled by default as soon as you turn on your GPS. The motive of these two is not stated clearly anywhere, but they do keep a track of your location and help Google Now and related services use internet to send data to servers. These two, according to Google’s help page, are there to improve your experience, but overall they consume a lot of battery power to survey your location. And chances are you are good without these turned on. If you wish to turn these off, you need to go to Settings > Location > Google Location Reporting and disable these.
Moreover, when you are not in need of applications that require your precise location, you can set the mode to battery saving to conserve some battery.
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