Android Battery Saving Tips

AndyCr15 · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:12

Hopefully no-one will mind if I pimp one of my own videos -

I know battery life is always hotly debated and everyone has their own ideas on how to make your battery last longer.

I thought a thread for this purpose might be quite handy?

Robbo · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:21

AndyCr15 said:
I thought a thread for this purpose might be quite handy?

Quite possibly, but it does vary quite a bit from phone to phone (software to software).

AndyCr15 · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:23

Battery life does, but tips generally run across all devices. (Bearing in mind this thread is purely for Android)

kona786 · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:27

The useful battery apps:

Betterbattery stats: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886896
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5hc2tzdmVuLmJldHRlcmJhdHRlcnlzdGF0cyJd

CPU Spy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bvalosek.cpuspy&hl=en

Teledude · 15 Feb 2013 at 08:43

Buy a note 2
Dont worry about batt life
Profit

AndyCr15 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:14

Tbh, if I buy a Note 2, I don't think that will make my S3 battery last any longer. I also haven't 'profited', I'm down a few hundred.

Possibly worst battery tip ever.

cjgardens · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:17

^^ lol

twist3d0n3 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:27

Juice Defender is great, had it since i had an HTC Hero.

JAMAL · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:28

Teledude said:
Buy a note 2
Dont worry about batt life
Profit

I could get a 6400mah battery for my s3 and it would still weigh less

grudas · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:31

turn your crappy android off! that is the best tip i can give you, get a proper phone like iphone 5 - 64gb if you want a good one and stop messing around with these cheap low end plastic soap bars..

seriously.. people these days.

SS-89 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:32

Juicedefender ultimate has served me well on both my S3 and now my Nexus 4. Was hitting 4.5 hours on screen time at full brightness on my s3 and hit between 3.5-4 on my nexus 4 at max brightness.

PiKe · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:35

Turn location off, especially the "Use WiFi networks" option.

Disable Latitude (many people enable this by accident and never turn it off again).

Leave WiFi on if you're near WiFi networks, it uses less power than Mobile Data.

Set screen brightness to automatically adjust.

cjgardens · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:36

grudas said:
turn your crappy android off! that is the best tip i can give you, get a proper phone like iphone 5 - 64gb if you want a good one and stop messing around with these cheap low end plastic soap bars..

seriously.. people these days.

Here we go

kona786 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:37

Teledude said:
Buy a note 2
Dont worry about batt life
Profit

grudas said:
turn your crappy android off! that is the best tip i can give you, get a proper phone like iphone 5 - 64gb if you want a good one and stop messing around with these cheap low end plastic soap bars..

seriously.. people these days.

Failed comedian's out in force

HecFam · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:38

I've sellotaped a nokia 3310 to the back of my S3.

I leave my S3 off all day and just use my Nokia, Saves a lot of battery on the S3.

I turn my S3 on every 3-8 weeks to play 10 minutes of angry birds, then off it goes again.

£40 on contract, but worth it.

Armageus · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:44

Check what you have installed as well, and if you really need it. Noticed this the other day after I installed the ebay app - it sits in the background checking your auctions etc and would hammer the battery on my Captivate Glide - uninstalled and battery is back to normal.

PiKe · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:47

Armageus said:
Check what you have installed as well, and if you really need it. Noticed this the other day after I installed the ebay app - it sits in the background checking your auctions etc and would hammer the battery on my Captivate Glide - uninstalled and battery is back to normal.

Pretty sure the eBay app uses push.

grudas · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:14

kona786 said:
Failed comedian's out in force

The Deuce · 15 Feb 2013 at 10:15

grudas said:
turn your crappy android off! that is the best tip i can give you, get a proper phone like iphone 5 - 64gb if you want a good one and stop messing around with these cheap low end plastic soap bars..

seriously.. people these days.

hehehehe I lol'd so hard I got an instant six pack

sarge78 · 15 Feb 2013 at 11:00

Can someone help Nexus18 out? He always gets terrible battery life and I can't see where it's all going wrong?