7 Ways to Extend Battery Life of your Smartphone

Draining battery is one of the worst nightmares in today’s world of smartphones. Your phone be of any brand, operating system or configuration, your relieving moment is when you see plug point to connect its charger. Here are some simple tips we've gathered over our personal experiences you may consider to extend the battery life.

1 Uninstall apps you do not use

Take a quick look at the number of apps installed on your phone. You may find few apps that you have not used in ages. Uninstall them. They may be consuming power. If there are few such pre-loaded apps that you cannot uninstall, at least disable them. That will help. Same goes with unnecessary widgets and live wallpapers.

2 Delete junk

Once in a while take some time out to maintain your phone. Delete all the unnecessary files such as forwarded photos, videos, or blurred photos. They consume space and make the phone run slow, which further results in consuming more battery.

3 Update apps

Many times apps are updated to consume lesser power. Keep the apps updated so that they co-operate with you to extend the battery life of your smartphone.

4 Keep a tab on apps running in the background.

Many times, even after closing, particular apps silently run in the background. Go to Settings and check for the apps that are running in the background and force stop them.

5 Turn the data connection off

At some places where you know that the signal strength is very low, switch off the data connection. Your smartphone continuously searches for the network draining the battery.

6 Reduce refresh frequency

Apps such as facebook, gmail, twitter, etc notify you on every e-mail or message received. While it is a good idea to be in touch with your friends, it may cost the battery life. It is best to check for such notifications manually. If not you can at least reduce the frequency of getting alerts. E.g if your facebook app refreshes every 30 mins, you can set it to refresh after couple of hours or more. 

7 Power saving mode

If your phone’s battery is still running low, you can extend its battery life by using power saving mode. This limits the phone’s operation to bear minimum and allows battery to run longer.