I hear complaints from people all the time about how their phones’ battery life is poor. Some say they won’t last an entire day. Sometimes this is very true especially with older Android devices; however, the newer ones have pretty good strength between charges. Of course, this depends on how you use your phone.
If you are like some folks I and constantly stare at your phone waiting to respond to the latest text message and/or Facebook item, then yes, you will have battery longevity difficulties. There is absolutely nothing you can do about it other than talk to people in person. As a matter-of-fact that is a strong suggestion to all of us. Be personal with people and stay off of the "social" networks which actually do the opposite of making us more social. But that is another story.
Other than the above one thing that can help is to go to your settings and change the time out on your screen. This is the time that it takes for your screen to dim to dark after you use it. The settings for this can vary by phone, but basically go to Settings/Display/Sleep and lower the time. If it is set to two minutes change it to 30 seconds. If that bothers you and you feel it is not good for you, go back and change it again. No problem. While is the Display area go to Brightness and set it to Automatic or dim it manually lower. This is how bright your screen is and you can most likely dim it. These are two of the larger battery hogs on your phone that you can control.
Anything that operates your phone while you are not using it can usually be changed for better battery consumption. For instance, if you are not using your map feature to find your way through town cut off GPS which takes a lot of power. To change it on my phone I go to Settings/Location Services and uncheck the "allow" GPS item. I will not mention it again but the way I tell you to change all items here may vary by phone. Another thing while in Settings is to got to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and stop both of them. The only reason for Bluetooth is if you are using a headset earpiece and then you need it, but if not cut it off. Wi-fi is a good feature but if you are outside nowhere near Wi-Fi you do not need for your phone to keep searching for it and wear down your power.
While in the Locations area above look for "Location and Google search" and shut it down. Do you really need Google to know where you are when searching for "Blue Birds?" Now you may if you are searching for a gas station but you could also just enter the Zip Code of the area you are in with Gas Station and get it that way. Of course, maybe you do need it, login to your Gmail account and then go to, maps.google.com/locationhistory and let me know. Muhahaha! I bet you didn’t know that you were being followed did you?
Go back to Settings, click on Battery to see which apps are using your battery the most. You may be able to click on the big power users and change their settings from there. Change them so that you can get the most out of your battery. Of course, the way I fight short battery life is to have a charger at my desk, bed and car.
