An inconvenient side effect of a power outage, especially one that lasts for days at a time, is the inability to charge your devices, especially those that can operate without a wifi connection and connect to the rest of the world. world. If your smartphone’s battery runs out and you’re out of power, you’ll want to do everything you can to preserve what’s left.
It is always a good idea to keep an external power source charged and prepared in case you lose electricity; look for a battery pack that can charge your smartphone at least a handful of times, especially if you have other devices in your home. I want to stay on. When you get stuck, though, these are some of the settings you can adjust to maximize battery life per charge.
Activate the phone’s battery saver or low-power mode
Low power settings are a global option to minimize battery usage on your phone. If you are an iPhone user, the device has a low power mode reduces battery depletion functions such as background application updates, email recovery, and automatic downloads. This setting is only turned off after you have at least 80% recharged your device (or when you turn it off manually). To turn on low power mode, go to Settings> Battery and active.
Some Android phones also have power saving settings that can help extend battery life. In a Google Pixel, Battery saving limits how apps, location services, notifications, and the Google Assistant work, among other things. For Pixel 3 and later, Extreme Battery Saver pauses applications and slows down processing. Look for the options below Settings> Battery> Battery saving, where you can set a schedule or swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Battery Saver icon to turn it on and off.
Samsung Galaxy users can adjust the power modes inside Settings> Battery and device care> Battery> Power save mode. In addition to minimizing global power consumption activities, you can also enable other settings to reduce screen brightness, limit processing speed, and more.
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Lower the screen brightness
Having the screen at full brightness requires a lot of battery, so turn it off if you really don’t need it.
On your iPhone, you can find it quickly by swiping down from the top right corner and adjusting the brightness bar. You can also enable auto-brightness in Settings> Accessibility> Screen and text size. This will adjust the brightness based on the ambient light so that the phone does not stay at maximum brightness in a dark room.
In a Pixel or Galaxy, this setting is called Adaptive Brightness below Settings> Display. You can also set the screen brightness here using the slider or in Quick Setup by sliding down from the top of the screen.
Finally, activating the phone’s global dark theme in the screen settings can also save some battery life, especially if your smartphone has an OLED screen.
Disable background application update and automatic notifications
If your apps get data when you’re not actively using it, they’ll simply waste your battery. Change this setting on your iPhone (globally or by app) in the section Settings> General> Background Application Update. You can restrict Android app activity to the section Settings> Battery> More battery settings> Optimize battery usage.
You can also turn off push notifications, which are below Settings> Applications and notifications> Notifications and Android i Settings> Notifications to the iPhone.
Disable or minimize location services
Constant location tracking can drain your battery, so turn off what you don’t need, especially if your apps use your location in the background.
On your iPhone, go to Settings> Privacy> Location Services. You can turn off location completely or change the location settings for each individual application by switching between Never, Ask next time, while using the application, and Always.
On an Android, you can turn location services on and off below Settings> Location.
Disable “Ei Siri” and “Ei Google”
I barely ask Siri for anything, so this isn’t a big battery drain, but if you use your smart assistant a lot, you might want to turn off this setting so that your phone doesn’t listen constantly and possibly shut down. active by mistake. Go to Settings> Siri and search on your iPhone and turn it off. Listen to “Hey Siri.” With your Android device, say “Hey Google, open the wizard settings” to manage features (and then don’t talk to Google again).
And, of course, do less
Simply using the phone as little as possible will make the battery last longer. Close applications that need battery power (you can see how much power you have) Settings> Battery to your iPhone or Settings> Battery> More> Battery usage on your Android), avoid streaming video, turn on airplane mode when you’re not using the network, and leave your phone turned off unless you absolutely need it.