Useful tips

Here are useful tips on how to maximize the
battery life of your smartphone.
If there is one thing that can be annoying about a
smartphone, it's a battery that runs down too soon.
Here are some tips on how to keep that battery
power flowing.
The details of configuring settings vary somewhat
among the different platforms but these items are
worth looking at.
1. Dim the screen: Lighting up the screen is one
of the big power consumers. This is one place
to conserve a lot of battery capacity. Although
you may have an automatic display brightness
control, it is still a good idea to adjust
brightness manually. Displays are often much
brighter than needed and you can really add to
the battery life by using only as much
brightness as needed.
2. Turn off the vibrator: Of course, if you are in a
big meeting and expecting an important call
you'll leave it on. But often, there is no real
need for it.
3. Turn off Bluetooth: Unless you are connecting
to other devices, there is no need for this
4. Only use 4G/LTE connections when you need
to: 4G /LTE radios are voracious consumers
of power. If you can use a Wi-Fi hotspot, save
energy (and maybe money) by turning your
data connection off.
5. Turn off Wi-Fi when not in use: This is the
converse of tip number 4. If you are not using
a hot-spot to connect, there is no need to have
the Wi-Fi connection running
6. Limit use of GPS location services: Shut off
Notifications, or limit the number of apps that
can use your location to those that really need
it. A lot of apps constantly checking your
location can be a power drain (not to mention a
privacy problem)
7. Check for email manually (Push): Instead of
automatically checking every 15 minutes or
whatever interval is normally set, check your
email yourself (but not too often)
8. Turn off apps running in background: It's easy
to end up with a host of apps running in the
background. Not only do they consume power
but they can use enough memory to slow down
your device. Turn them off when you are
finished.