10 tips to prolong the life of your mobile battery - Part 1
Neither cold nor hot
To ensure long battery life, you should avoid extreme
temperatures. Neither cold nor hot. Neither in winter nor in summer is it a
good idea to leave your mobile in the car. In the summer season, you have to be
especially careful. And it is very easy to forget your smartphone in the sun,
on a towel or on a terrace table. In The BEEP Informática Blog we have prepared
an in-depth article on the dangers of the sun and high temperatures for mobile
phones and other mobility devices.
Avoid fast charging
Some smartphones facilitate fast charging. It is a
technology that can be very useful when it is strictly necessary. However, this
type of charging puts the battery under stress and contributes to its
deterioration. In other words: normal charges are better for battery longevity.
Neither 0% nor 100%
We advise against letting the battery drop to 0%, or
charging it up to 100%.
A 'vice' inherited from the past
This is a bad practice inherited from a time long
past, when rechargeable batteries had memory. If you didn't fully charge and
discharge them, the batteries would remember and see their capacity reduced.
Therefore, it was best to leave the battery at zero. And recharge it until it
reaches 100%.
Ideal load: between 45% and 75%
New batteries work differently. In fact, fully
discharging and charging are harmful actions for the battery. In an ideal
world, the goal is to keep the charge level between 65% and 75%.
However, no one is constantly aware of the load bar,
so a more realistic ideal range is 45%-75%.
Is it still a difficult load spectrum to maintain in
your day-to-day life? Well, you should know that it is also good to keep the
battery between 20% and 90% capacity, a much more affordable range.
The manufacturer Samsung states that it is necessary
to prevent the battery from falling below 20% capacity.
In order to always keep the battery in the mentioned
ranges, it is good that you charge in sessions of a few minutes.
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We can say that an optimal level of load is 50%. Of
course, be that as it may, avoid at all costs that the battery plummets to zero
or rises to 100% charge.
At 5% once a month, to recalibrate
It is good to let the battery discharge almost
completely, to a level of 5%, "to recalibrate".
Charge the mobile to 50% if you are going to store it
for a while
We have already said that the optimal level of charge
is 50%. This percentage is a reference, a guide.
Well, that healthy percentage of charge is ideal if you
are going to keep your mobile for an extended period of time. Therefore, you
should charge it up to 50% before unplugging it and putting it away. Do not
even think about turning it off when it is at 0% or 100%, before parking the
device for a long time. If you do it like this, the battery would suffer.
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Use less battery to extend its useful life
So far, we have explained actions and routines that
can help you extend the life of your battery. From now on, we will list tips
with which to improve the use of the battery.
With that energy optimization, you reduce the number
of charge cycles (the total discharge and charge of the battery) and,
therefore, contribute to a longer battery life. And it is that, as we explained
above, the more charging cycles, the more the battery deteriorates.
So, all those behaviors aimed at consuming the minimum
battery necessary are positive for the longevity of the mobile. The key term is
to optimize the use and consumption of the battery.
Watch videos and play in moderation
Along with applications (which we deal with at another
point in this article), videos and video games are the two contents that
consume the most energy. This is content that requires the screen to be in
operation for long periods of time.
Reduce screen brightness
The mobile screen is the component that usually
consumes the most battery. So if you lower the brightness of the screen, you
will save energy. The use of auto brightness is a good option, although it is
also true that this function will make the light sensor work more.
The ideal, although difficult to carry out, is to
change the brightness of the screen every time the light conditions in which
you find yourself change.
Decrease screen timeout
If you have the screen on and stop using it, it will
turn off after a short period of time, which is usually a minute or two. To
save energy, you can reduce that waiting time.
Sometimes 30 seconds is more than enough. Now, think
that if that time is very short, the screen can go black just when you are in
the middle of an interesting newspaper article or checking the instructions of
a recipe.
Rethink the use of 'voracious' Apps with
the battery
If you use up battery power at a fast pace, you should
review your social media habits. Are you hooked or hooked at all times to
Facebook from your mobile? Applications like Facebook are very voracious. That
is, they consume a lot of battery.
Clear or restrict Facebook permissions
The most drastic option is to delete Facebook. Another
alternative is to restrict permissions (video autoplay, notifications, etc.)
and reduce the use of the application.
You can access Facebook from your browser
You can access Facebook from your smartphone's
browser. The experience is very similar to what you have through the app. You
can even receive notifications. For quick access, bookmark Facebook.com in your
browser.
In some mobiles, these social networks come
pre-installed. Therefore, they cannot be deleted, but they can be disabled.
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What other Apps make you waste battery?
Take a look at battery settings to find out which
other apps use a disproportionate amount of power. When you have located them,
delete them, disable them or restrict permissions.
Keep in mind that some applications have light versions,
which generally take up less space, use less data and require less energy.
Alert with Apps with geopositioning
Apps that rely on GPS are especially battery
intensive. Some apps, like Google Maps, actually need to know where you are in
order to work well. But others, like Facebook, don't need that information to
deliver satisfactory performance.
The mission of achieving better energy use of mobile
applications is not easy. The main reason is that those Apps that use the most
battery are the ones you use the most. Therefore, you will not delete them, and
you will hardly reduce their use. A good idea is to restrict permissions.
Buy the premium version of Apps you use
often to get rid of ads
Many Apps have both free and paid versions. The free
one is usually paid for with ads. And, as you can imagine, those ads that
appear make you spend more data and more energy.
Therefore, if an App is essential for you, we advise
you to get the premium version. In the long run, it will pay off. You will
consume much less data and much less battery
On the other hand, you will benefit from a screen free
of advertising and you will enjoy a version of the App with more features. In
addition, you will contribute to the development of the Apps developer
industry.
Does your mobile sync data too often?
Almost certainly you use email and applications of all
kinds on your smartphone. We are talking about Apps that check for updates and
are frequently synchronized.
These timings cause the battery to drain
faster.
Therefore, review your sync settings in your Apps and
in your email, so that only syncs are made at the rate you need.
Turn off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS if you
don't need them
If you have them activated, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS
are regularly checking for a signal. And that search consumes energy.
For this reason, if you are not going to need any of
these technologies, it is best to disable them.
So when you leave home, don't forget to turn off WiFi.
And do the same with Bluetooth when you don't have to connect to any device.
Put the 'Battery saver' mode
Most smartphones have a Battery Saver mode . This mode
disables unnecessary actions. For example, the automatic check for the
reception of new emails. It is a mode that we can set manually or automatically
(when the phone's battery drops below a preset level).
With Battery saver , the performance of the device
gets worse. However, the battery lasts much longer.
Check the health of your battery
Newer versions of iOS will show you your battery health.
In Android, that function is not available, but there are third-party Apps that
allow you to do a battery check.
Always use the official charger
Make sure you use the charger that came in the box
with your smartphone. And, if this charger wears out or breaks, go find a
charger exactly like it. The official charger is a good first step in ensuring
optimal charging practices.
Update device software
Check that you have carried out the latest available
update of your device's software.
Avoid places with poor signal
Do you have little signal? How many bars of signal
does the screen tell you?
These are important questions, since your device uses
more battery if you are for a long time in an area with poor coverage. The
reason? Your mobile spends more energy communicating with your network
operator.
Using data in areas with a low signal can drain your
battery. We advise you to turn off data if you are running low on battery and
don't need internet access.
Use WiFi whenever you can
When you have WiFi within your reach, use it. It not
only saves data, but also consumes less battery than the connection offered by
the operator for your mobile.
For this reason, do not forget to activate the WiFi
when you are at home. And don't be shy about asking for the password when
you're in a coffee shop or at a friend's house.
Use the 'Airplane Mode'
If the battery starts to get low, you should turn on
Airplane Mode . With this mode, you disable WiFi and Bluetooth.
Now, you should know that if you want to activate
either of these two technologies again, you can do it manually without leaving
Airplane Mode .
Disable background updates
By default, apps are refreshed or updated in the
background. You can choose to only do this when you are connected to a WiFi
network. If anything, these updates can squeeze the battery.
To disable these updates, you can do it app by app. On
iPhone models, you have to go to Settings and, once there, Background Updates.
On Android, you must go to Settings and a section on data usage.
Prevent automatic updates of Apps
To improve the energy efficiency of your mobile, it
can be key to prevent automatic updates of Apps.
To do this, on iPhones you must go to Settings, to
[your name] and to iTunes and App Store. Once there, you can indicate that you
do not want automatic downloads.
On Android, open Google Play. Pull down the side menu
and select Settings. Within this submenu, you will see the option to disable
automatic updates on Android.
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Turn off artificial intelligence
assistants
If you have proposed to use less battery, we recommend
you to leave the artificial intelligence assistant of your mobile out of play.
On many Android devices, you have the Google
Assistant, which you can summon by saying "OK Google." That means
that the microphone of the mobile must be on to hear the magical words. It is
an unnecessary waste of energy, especially if it is a function that you use
very sporadically. You can disable it in Google settings.
On your iPhone go to Settings, select Siri and turn
off Hey Siri.
Uncheck the 'widgets' you don't use
The so-called widgets allow you to see at a glance the
relevant information of the applications you use most. But you should keep in
mind that they consume battery when updating. Therefore, it is a good idea to
review which widgets we have active. If we use little any of them, uncheck it.
Slide the screen to the right, and the notification
screen will appear. Find the Edit button and choose your widgets.
Disable visual effects
Animated backgrounds give your smartphone personality.
However, at the same time they waste battery power. The recommendation is to
switch to a static wallpaper.
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Turn off unnecessary sounds
The iPhone speaker drains battery. For this reason, we
advise you to deactivate those sounds that are not crucial for the operation of
the mobile. For example, keyboard clicks or the one that sounds when you lock
the screen. These options can be disabled in Settings > Sounds.
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