Tips to extend the battery life on my phone
Choose settings that use less battery
To get the most life from your battery:
- Connections: Turn off Bluetooth and GPS when you're not using them.
- Wi‑Fi: Turn on Wi‑Fi when the phone is in a location with Wi‑Fi coverage.
- Screen: Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.
- Sync: If you don't need it, turn off automatic syncing for all accounts. This means you won't receive notifications when updates occur and you'll need to manually sync to get new emails.
Use our Device help app to check the health of your battery
To manually check the battery go to Device Help > Learn about my device > Hardware test > Battery
The battery test will show you:
- Current power
- Battery condition
- Battery temperature
- Charging status
See what’s using your battery
To see if a specific app or service is draining your battery:
- Go to Settings > Battery > (
>) Battery usage. - (Tap > Show full device usage.)
- Review the list to see power used by apps or features since the last full charge.
- Touch the app or feature using a lot of power.
- Under Manage battery usage, touch options for reducing the power usage. (Tap options for managing power usage.)
Use optimized charging
(Option not available on all models)
Optimized charging reduces stress on your battery and extends its overall life by limiting time spent charging it over 80%.
If your phone has been plugged in for a few days, it limits charging.
-
Go to Settings > Battery.
- Tap Optimized charging.
- Turn Use optimized charging on
.
Keep adaptive battery and battery optimization on
(Option not available on all models)
When you keep adaptive battery on, infrequently used apps will run less when you're not using them. Your phone will learn how you use apps over time and adjust for best battery life.
- Go to Settings > Battery > Adaptive Battery.
- Turn Use Adaptive Battery on .
Temporarily conserve battery power
Use Battery Saver mode to keep going on a low battery.
Also, avoid these battery-intensive activities until you can charge:
- Recording or watching videos
- Listening to music
- Taking pictures
- Using Live (animated) wallpaper
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