10 Easy Tips to Save Your Android Phone’s Battery

Unlike standard mobile phones, Android phones are load with a ton of functions and features like gaming, web browsing, media playing, GPS, video calls, etc that blow away any other cell or mobile phones on the market.
However, many of the features available on Android devices can cause the battery to be drained very quickly. Therefore, Android users have to be smart and proactively manage the battery in their phone. Below are some simple tips that can help to save your android phone’s battery.

1. Reduce screen brightness
   One the biggest battery hogs on your android device is the screen. The brighter the screen, the more battery it requires. Reduce the screen brightness can conserve more of your battery.
2. Don’t use Live Wallpapers
   Even though using live wallpapers can make your android phone look cool and attractive, but they drain a quite amount of battery. Change live wallpaper to normal wallpaper can slightly extend your battery life.
3. Use black wallpaper or black theme
   Since black color is very dark, the screen don’t have to spend too much energy for creating colors and therefore, it uses less battery.
4. Remove home screen widgets that you don’t need
   The more widgets placed on the home screen, the more RAM they took for running the applications, resulting in more battery consumption. So trying not to go overboard with these.
5. Disable Auto Sync
   Many Applications like Gmail and other email apps eat up a lot of battery due to auto sync features. When push e-mail is not required, turn off the auto sync and manual synchronization when needed. to turn of auto sync, go to Settings -> Accounts and Sync -> uncheck the ‘Auto-sync’.
6. Switch 3G to 2G network
   The later models of android can take advantage the speedy 3G cellular phone network. Not surprisingly, 3G requires more battery to get the faster data speeds. However, if you live in area where there is no 3G coverage, it’s better to turn off 3G and just use the 2G, slower EDGE network. In this way, your battery will last longer.
7. Turn off WIFI when not in use
   The other kind of high-speed network that the android phone can connect to is Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is available where there’s a hotspot – not virtually everywhere like 3G. If you turn on the WiFi, it will keep looking for a Wi-Fi hotspot which may drain your battery life. So, unless you’re using it right this second, keep Wi-Fi turned off.
8. Disable haptic feedback
   Haptic feedback gives touchscreen keyboards the sensation of a physical layout through small vibrations. While this feature can make typing feel more natural, it can affect your battery life. How to disable haptic feedback:
   
   • Tap Settings and select Sound.
   • Scroll down to system and uncheck Haptic feedback to disable feedback to the soft-touch keys.
9. Turn off location services
   Location services such as GPS and Google Maps are very useful when you want to find directions or looking for a place, but they are also use a lot of battery. So unless you are using it right now, keep them turned off. How to turn off location services:
   
   • Tap Settings -> Location services.
   • Uncheck all the the boxes available.
10. Disable auto updates for widgets
    Home screen widgets like weather updates and news get their information by pinging a corresponding website automatically. Some widgets allow you to disable automatic updates, while others have to be removed entirely. To disable a widget’s automatic updates:
    
    • Open the widget and press Menu -> Settings.
    • Tap on auto refresh and choose None
    If you can’t customize the widget and it’s something you can live without, we suggest you remove it from the home screen. To do that:
    
    • Press and hold down the widget until it is highlighted.
    • Drag the widget to the trash icon to remove it from the home screen.