Consumers have accepted that moving from a camera phone to an Android phone allows them to do more but not without sacrifices. It's true that your smartphone needs a charge more often than your old Nokia, especially with its bigger screen. However, you might preserve more battery life once you determine which behind-the-scenes culprits are eating away your charge. Don't buy a bulky, extended battery before checking out these things that frequently drain your battery.
That Fancy Live Wallpaper
Smartphones let you do more than the camera phones of the past, and live wallpapers are one of those new capabilities. Many users enjoy a variety of animations in the background of their phones, but they don't realize that live wallpapers are going to make phones die more quickly. Your best bet is to use a static wallpaper and change it up frequently if you have a short attention span. Otherwise, check if any of your live wallpapers has options that slow the animation, which is easier on your battery.
Facebook, Twitter and the Like
Any app with push notifications will drain your battery. Social networking isn't the only type of app at work here, either. Email and RSS feed apps also drain your battery. Turn off push notifications if you really don't need them; otherwise, lower the frequency at which your phone checks them. Do you really need new tweets every two minutes? Your phone will thank you if you set push notifications to an hour or less. With that in mind, stop opening your Facebook app every five seconds. You'll survive without it.
Screen Usage
Few factors compromise the life of your battery more than that gigantic screen you've got going on. Sure, your old camera phone might have lasted you three or five days on a single charge, but the screen was half the size of any Android phone and less powerful to boot. Try these tricks to get more out of your battery life:
Turn down the brightness on your phone from the “Settings” screen. Your phone automatically reduces brightness if it has a power-save mode. Specific apps, like Handcent, also give you options for screen brightness.
Lower screen timeout duration. Let your phone shut down after 30 seconds instead of ten minutes. You'll be glad you did.
Unused Radios
Your Droid Razr, Evo 4G LTE, or One X all have something in common: they contain devices known as radios to connect to different frequencies. There's one for the cell network, another for Wi-Fi, a radio for Bluetooth, and even GPS might have its own radio. Keeping these enabled when you're not using them makes you charge your cell more than necessary. Pull down that quick settings screen or open your settings and turn off whatever you're not using. Most apps will notify you if you need to turn it back on, anyway.
Have you found any surprising battery killers on your phone?
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