There’s nothing more aggravating and annoying than having a dead phone and no place to charge it (or worse, you left the charger at home). With all the apps we use and the hours we spend on screens, our smartphones are completely drained before we even know it.
So how can you prevent this and what causes our batteries to drain so quickly?
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There’s nothing more aggravating and annoying than having a dead phone and no place to charge it (or worse, you left the charger at home).
(Kurt Knutson)
How Smartphones Lose Battery Life
Both iPhones and Androids are designed to refresh background apps regularly by default, which then drains all of your phone’s battery life and data. Phone batteries will still drain battery much faster from turning up the screen brightness or from a cellular connection. However, it can’t hurt to stop auto-updating apps to save some battery.
Both iPhones and Androids are designed to refresh background apps regularly by default, which then drains all of your phone’s battery life and data.
(Kurt Knutson)
How to stop background apps from updating on iPhone
- Open your Settings app
- Tap General
- Choose: Background program update
- Choose: Background program update again
- You can choose to turn off Background App Update, limit it to only happen when connected to Wi-Fi, or allow apps to update over both Wi-Fi and cellular data. If you choose Wi-Fi and mobile data You can choose which apps can update in the background from the list of apps on the Background app update page
WHICH APPS ARE DYING YOUR PHONE’S BATTERY?
How to stop background apps from updating on Android
You can reduce background data per app, but it takes a few more minutes, so you may only want to do this for apps that use a lot of background data, like Chrome.
Please note that the settings may vary depending on yours Android phone manufacturer.
- Open your Settings app
- Tap Applications (depending on your phone, you may need to click Application Manager)
- Open each app you want to stop background updating
- Tap Battery:
- Or tap Background activity and knock Restrict or you can click directly Limitedwhich will stop the app from running in the background
WHY A GREEN AND ORANGE DOT ON YOUR PHONE MAY SHOW NO ONE IS LISTENING OR WATCHING
Since this is a more tedious process, you can also optimize your phone’s battery so that all apps run in the background at once.
- Open your Settings app
- Go to Battery: settings that may be under Smart manager or Battery and device care
- Under Battery options, tap any Normal storage mode or Background usage restrictions to sleep unused apps and save more battery
Can I save my battery life by turning on low power mode?
There is an option to turn on Low Power Mode on your iPhone or Battery Saver if you have Android. If you enable these modes, the automatic update of background apps will be stopped. However, it will stop and change other settings like your device performance and screen refresh rate. Your battery and data will be saved. However, for iPhones and Androids, following the steps above is a more practical choice.
What other steps can I take to save battery life on my iPhone?
- Make sure your iPhone is up to date: Always make sure your iPhone has the latest software update on the go Settings > General > Software Update.
- Dim the brightness of your iPhone screen. The lower the brightness of your screen, the longer your battery will last. Decrease the brightness of your screen by doing one of the following: Open Control center By swiping down from the top right of your Home screen and dragging the Brightness slider down Go to Settings > Display & Brightness and slide the Brightness slider to the left Go to Settings>Accessibility>Display and text size>Auto-brightness and turn it on.
- Open Control center By swiping down from the top right of your Home screen and dragging the Brightness slider down
- to go Settings > Display & Brightness and slide the Brightness slider to the left
- to go Settings>Accessibility>Display and text size>Auto-brightness and turn it on.
ARE YOUR OWN DEVICES INVOLUNTARY SPYING ON YOU?
How do I delete high battery draining apps on my iPhone?
- to go Settings
- Scroll down to Battery: and: knock
- Scroll down to Battery usage by app section
- You will be able to see the app and each one’s battery usage. If an app is draining your battery or you no longer use it, simply remove it from your home screen by pressing and holding it application iconthen clicking Delete the application button that appears
How can I check if my iPhone battery needs to be replaced?
- to go Settings on your iPhone
- Tap Battery:
- Look Battery health Section: You’ll see a percentage that shows your iPhone’s current maximum battery capacity
- If the maximum capacity is less than 80% and the iPhone is more than a year old, you may want to consider replacing the battery to restore full functionality.
Apple provides a battery replacement service if you find that your iPhone battery needs to be replaced. You can also use third-party apps like Battery Life Doctor Pro, Battery Life – check runtimes, and Battery HD+ to check your iPhone’s battery health.
Apple provides a battery replacement service if you find that your iPhone battery needs to be replaced.
(Kurt Knutson)
What other steps can I take to save battery life on my Android?
Androids have different settings depending on your model. See if you can adjust any of these settings to save days of battery and additional power saving options.
- Open your Settings app
- If you have smart manager tap it
- Tap Battery:
- You’ll see how long you can get out of battery by choosing one Normal storage mode or even better – Super saving mode. These options will affect how apps run in the background and how your phone collects data, but you’ll be able to wait longer before the next charge.
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR IPHONE’S FONT?
If you don’t have Smart Manager, try these settings:
- Open your Settings app
- Tap Battery and device care
- Tap Battery:
- Before turning on Power Saver (which will also help save battery), tap Energy saving
- Enable this and then make sure other power saving options are enabled as well Turn off always-on display, limit CPU speed to 70% and: Decrease brightness by 10%
Note that some of these steps only apply to Android 13 and up. If you’re not sure which model you have, you can check by clicking here.
IPHONE OWNERS ARE URGED TO CHECK SETTINGS TO PREVENT THIEVES FROM MAKING CHANGES
What’s the best way to keep your phone from dying so quickly? We’d love to hear from you!
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