Complete Guide created by AussieBatt mobile phone battery experts & Glasgow-based liGo and reveals the best ways to conserve battery life on various smartphones, featured handsets include iPhone 6, iPhone 5S and HTC One, plus older models from Nokia and Motorola. Each tip explains which features affect energy, and explains how to disable, or enable them to boost your smartphone battery life.
Interactive guide that reveals how to save battery life using tips specific to individual phones
The guide does assume that smartphone owners are running the most up-to-date version of operating system available.
Running older systems can cause battery problems themselves.
According to the guide, Apple iPhone 5S users, for example, can save battery life by managing which apps update in the background – known as Background App Refresh.
iPhone 5S users can save battery by disabling Handoff. Handoff allows users to pass over work to other iCloud devices. It is disabled through Settings, General and Handoff & Suggested Apps. The guide does assume that smartphone owners are running the most up-to-date version of operating system available.
Samsung Galaxy S5 users, for example, can save battery life by managing which apps refresh in the background – known as Background App Refresh. The reason this drains SAMSUNG AB653850CU Battery is because, even when the phone is not being used, these apps use a network to pull in data.
More nteractive guide gives tailor-made tips for individual handsets, get tips from liGo’s original version: http://ligo.co.uk/extend-smartphone-battery/
Smart stay features detect when people are looking at their screen, and means the display remains on, effectively disabling auto-locking.
This feature uses the forward-facing camera, so disabling it via Settings reduces power usage.
And for Windows Phone users, seen on the Lumia range of devices and HTC One (M8) for Windows, limiting what tiles are pinned to the start will reduce NOKIA BL-5CB Battery power usage.
These tiles automatically refresh to show up-to-date Facebook posts, tweets, emails or weather details, for example, and this uses battery.
This feature is accessed via Settings, General, and by switching off the apps that are automatically updated.
The reason this drains battery is because, even when the phone isn’t being used, these apps use a network to pull in data. This tip applies to Samsung’s Galaxy S5, too.
This feature also uses data that owners may not be aware of.
However, be aware that by disabling Background App Refresh can prevent notifications appearing until the app is manually opened.
Another tip, for Samsung Galaxy S5 owners, is to turn off Air Wake Up.
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