Do you feel like you are always searching for the nearest charger to make sure your phone doesn�t die? �Modern technology and all of the fun, handy stuff we can do with our phones is great, the problem is, all of those great things kill our batteries fast! �Gone are the days when our flip phone could stay charged for days or weeks on end.
If you are looking for a great ways to extend the life of your smartphone battery (that doesn�t include buying a new battery) check out these tips:
Use the Auto Brightness Setting. �This is a no brainer considering the have a setting for it!! Either turn the brightness on your screen down or use the auto brightness setting to use a lower level of brightness and therefore a lower level of battery! �(I mean c�mon…admit it, you are checking your phone every few minutes anyway…make sure you those message checks aren�t killing your charge). �Kind of along the same line, you can cut the screen cutout time as well. �If your screen stays on for 3 seconds after you are done with it, you will use far less batteries than if it stays on for 20 seconds. �
Turn it off. �I know you are thinking..ha ha, not gonna happen, right? �Well, if you are going to be busy for a couple of hours anyway or you are sleeping for example, you will extend the life of your smartphone battery by simply turning your phone off. �
Bad Vibrations. �Okay, my silly play on words notwithstanding, using the vibrate mode for notifications takes up far more battery power than a ringtone or other sound notification. �Listen, I get it, my phone goes off all day long. �Between phone calls, text messages, emails and other notifications, I would never get a break from the noise. �I decided to leave the ringtone on for the phone calls only and everything else is set to silent. �My phone (and most other smartphones I believe) has a light that blinks a certain color for notifications (blue for email and FB, green for messages and yellow for Snapchat), I glance at my phone every little bit and if I see those lights I�ll check them, otherwise I�m good.
Turn off your GPS. �Did you know that many of us have a GPS or �location services� running in our phone�s background almost all the time? �This is a huge battery drain. �Make it a habit to turn this off when it�s not needed and your battery life with thank you for it.
