Seven Tips to Get More Battery Juice Out of your Android Smartphone

Apart from a long list of cool features, Android smartphones have a relatively low battery life. Cannot be blamed at all because they make your phone awesome and also, because your phone is not a Nokia one. There are no magical ways to improve android battery life but I'll describe some ways how you can get more out of your battery. The first part comprises of simple settings while the second one section lists some more advanced tips.

1. Disable Latitude if you don't really need it
Latitude uses a considerable amount of battery when enabled. It's good in some case but isn't necessary in all cases. Ask yourself, do you really need it?If your mind says no,it's time to disable it.


2. Disable automatic time & date sync

Your phone frequently checks for date and time data from your carrier. I haven't seen any proper proof yet but some users from reddit have experienced it. Try it,maybe it'll help you as well.

Go to Settings > Date&Time and disable the date/time automation

3. Keep Brightness to Minimum

About 30-50% battery is consumed by the screen. So it's best to reduce the brightness of screen to low to save battery. For my Galaxy S2, I always set it to 1% except when outdoors.

Go to Settings > Screen > Brightness and Disable Automatic brightness and set a value that suits you. Like, at night you can set it to the lowest value and at day, you can increase it back.

4. Enable Power Saving Mode
Go to Settings > Power Saving > Enable Power Saving. This way, your radios, Bluetooth, sync etc. will automatically be disabled when not in use after a certain battery threshold.

5. Disable Background Data when you Sleep
Go to Settings > Accounts and Sync > Uncheck Background Data

When you're going to sleep,I would recommend to disable it else apps may still use data connection and you're phone might not go into sleep mode. Or you can use JuiceDefender to manage this setting automatically. More on it later.

6. Use less number of Widgets
Widgets eat a considerable amount of CPU resulting little high battery usage, Try minimizing the number of widgets on your home screen, specially Real-time widgets such as Weather, Facebook, RSS feed.

7. Switch to 2G when 3G connectivity is low
If you're in an area where the network signal is quite low,it's better to switch to onto a different network type as your phone's radio will boost its broadcast power to compensate it. As a result more battery will be used.

Like,if you're on 3G and the signal is low,try switching to 2G.