{"id":84,"date":"2014-06-11T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T06:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hovatek.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:13:59","slug":"how-to-make-an-android-phones-battery-last-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-make-an-android-phones-battery-last-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make an Android phone&#8217;s battery last longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2014\/06\/make-android-battery-laste-longer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2014\/06\/make-android-battery-laste-longer.jpg\" alt=\"How to make an Android phone's battery last longer\" width=\"480\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;re rocking your Android phone and just at the peak of it all, you get that familiar beep; 15% of battery remaining. Next thing you know, 4% remaining and then the phone shuts down. Not a pretty experience is it? The Android platform is packed with a lot to enjoy but the battery hardly ever feels enough for many. By popular demand, we&#8217;ll be discussing battery problems on Android phones and how to make the battery last longer or stop draining fast.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\"> Do Android phones have the same battery draining issues as Blackberry phones? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>No they don&#8217;t. Blackberry phones have a powerful OS and Hardware but battery life is one area the Blackberry scores low (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-blackberry-battery-last-longer\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-blackberry-battery-last-longer\/<\/a> ). The Android platform on -the other hand- is well optimized to reduce power consumption and can be further tweaked to reduce battery consumption. For this reason, most Android phones have a fairly good battery life. Some are however notorious heavy battery consumers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">What could cause an Android phone&#8217;s battery not to last long or to drain quickly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are quite a number of reasons why an Android phone&#8217;s battery might not last long. Some factors that make the Android battery drain fast are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leaving WIFI \/ Bluetooth on: Most Android phones I&#8217;ve come across have either of these or both accidentally left on.<\/li>\n<li>Display set to brightest: Setting the screen brightness to the brightest consumes battery.<\/li>\n<li>Poor signal: This is one of the major consumers of battery. If you&#8217;re in an area with poor signal, your phone will have to do extra work looking for signal, consuming battery in the process.<\/li>\n<li>Long sleep time: Setting the sleep time too long could waste your battery on unneeded back-light.<\/li>\n<li>Syncs being too often: if your phone is set to sync too often (email, facebook etc) then you have another battery consumer.<\/li>\n<li>Too many unneeded apps running: Its great to enjoy many apps but clogging your Android phone with too many apps is bad for your battery.<\/li>\n<li>Poor ventilation: An improperly ventilated phone could result in overheating, reducing your battery&#8217;s life span.<\/li>\n<li>Screen touch feedback: Setting your phone to vibrate or make sound with each touch eats into your battery life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"important\">What are the symptoms of a faulty or damaged Android battery?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some helpful indicators of a faulty or damaged Android battery are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequent overheating during use or charging.<\/li>\n<li>Phone auto restarting or shutting down.<\/li>\n<li>Phone showing battery full too quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"important\">Could a factory reset fix Android battery issues?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the battery problem is as a result of a user&#8217;s settings then it might be resolved; although, this is a extreme measure (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-unbrick-fix-a-bricked-android-device\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-unbrick-fix-a-bricked-android-device\/<\/a> ).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">What does it mean to re-calibrate a battery?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Re-calibrating a battery is simply resetting it to make it charge and discharge optimally. With use, a battery tends to charge and discharge less efficiently. Re-calibration clears those clogs for efficient charging \/ discharging.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">Why does my Android phone&#8217;s battery get hot during use or charging? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is quite normal for your battery to feel warm during charging or usage; however, when it gets warmer than usual, then it means your phone is either performing a heavy task, your battery is full but still plugged in, your charger is bad or your battery might pack-up soon.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">Why does my battery jump from 10 to 50 % during charging?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is nothing to worry about. Allowing the battery to drain (and shutdown) then charging it full without turning it on usually fixes this issue. You could also re-calibrate your Android phone&#8217;s battery<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"important\">I bought a new battery; yet, it still drains fast. is my phone faulty? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You either have one of those heavy battery using Android phones or you still haven&#8217;t got your battery optimization right.<\/p>\n<p>How do I make my Android phone&#8217;s battery last longer or stop draining fast?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure to turn off WIFI and Bluetooth when not in use.<\/li>\n<li>Install a home screen widget (Go widget) which can allow you to easily dim or increase screen brightness as needed.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re in an area with very poor or no signal, then switch to Airplane mode to save your battery. You can remove Airplane mode at intervals.<\/li>\n<li>Set sleep time to no more than 1 minute idle<\/li>\n<li>Set your phone to not sync too often<\/li>\n<li>Re-calibrate your battery by wiping battery stats under Advanced in clockworkmod recovery and then following this guide on how to re-calibrate a battery .<\/li>\n<li>Uninstall unneeded apps: Disable or uninstall unneeded apps which are running in the background.<\/li>\n<li>Use Greenify and either Battery doctor or Du battery manager to manage apps running in the background and your battery.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the number of widgets you use.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure proper ventilation of your phone by placing it in a fairly loose pocket or a place where air will be readily available for cooling.<\/li>\n<li>Disable screen touch feedback like sound or vibration on screen touch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hovatek&#8230;.just a button away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you&#8217;re rocking your Android phone and just at the peak of it all, you get that familiar beep; 15% of battery remaining. Next thing you know, 4% remaining and then the phone shuts down. Not a pretty experience is it? The Android platform is packed with a lot to enjoy but the battery hardly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[20,126],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-android","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}