42 Android Battery Saving Tips to Turbo Boost Your Smartphone

Battery life matters a lot when it comes to Android phones. Gone are those days when your phone lasted for a couple of days
within a single charge cycle. So, we have come up with a number of Android battery saving tips that might help you get some extra juice. We have tried to incorporate as many tips as possible, and if you have any other tip, let us know in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

1. Disable auto-sync (Automatic Syncing of online accounts and data)
2. Reduce screen brightness.
3. Uninstall the needless applications. Create a backup of the app, if you feel you’ll need it in future.
4. Turn off WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC (Beam) and packet data when not in use.
5. Use a notification toggle application to turn off hardware functions easily.
6. Use toggling widgets on your home screen to save your droid battery.
7. Stop using a live-wallpaper when android battery life is crucial for you.
8. Set your android phone’s Location Mode (in GPS settings) to “Device only.” It might be set as “High accuracy” by default, which drains out the battery of your phone in no time.
9. Use WiFi optimization setting (Jelly Bean and higher) from the “Advanced WiFi” settings. It will optimize WiFi usage to save battery.
10. Quit apps that are no more in use. To do this either go to the application manager [Settings > Apps > Running > Tap on the required app > Stop]. You can also swipe out the running apps by using the multitasking button, or by holding the home/ back button, which varies with different android phone vendors.
11. Use a hands-free device on the go. It’s not just a battery saving tip but experts say it’s safer to do so.
12. If you have an inbuilt power-saving mode on your Android phone, activate it.
13. Turn off Hap-tic feedback, if it is enabled by default.
14. Turn off “Vibrate on key press” feature of your keyboard. You can do this by navigating to Settings > Language and Input > [your keyboard’s settings, eg: Google Keyboard] > Vibrate on Key press.
15. If you really don’t use the widgets, just remove them from your droid’s home screen. Widgets like weather and photos eat up a lot of battery.
16. Keep your phone under cool environments. Your battery performs and lasts long when it’s calm and cool outside. So stop using your phone too much in sunlight and never place it over objects like a television, desktop CPU etc. that have been working for a long time.
17. Root your phone and reduce the CPU frequency. (Under your own risk  )
18. Use apps like Greenify, which will disable unwanted applications from running in the background.
19. Go to the battery settings and see for yourself which apps are sucking your phone’s battery the most. Usually the phone’s screen and the system are the peak consumers.
20. Use battery-percentage notification on your status bar. If your phone doesn't have this feature by default, you can install a battery saving app or a simple battery notification app.
    

    A simple battery saving app is sufficient.
21. If you are using the Nexus 5, update to Android 4.4.3. An issue in 4.4.2 is causing great battery drains. You can also stop using third-party apps that use the phone’s camera. This is because the camera may still run in the background and this can be attributed to a bug in Android 4.4.2.
22. Suppose you've rooted your Android phone, uninstall the bloatware so that it frees the storage space and improves battery life.
23. Stop using too many battery saving apps. It will do more harm than good. A single battery saving app is sufficient. In reality, these apps simply turn off the features that are not in use, which you could do yourself.
24. Higher the carrier signal, lesser the battery usage. You can keep your phone aside the windows so that it gets more signal strength.
25. Update applications only over WiFi. If you have set your apps to update automatically, change it now. Check out our special guide on that here.
26. Set screen timeout to the lowest possible value or say, 15 seconds.
27. Turn off screen auto-rotation. This needs more processing power (yes, a bit more power) and may consume a pinch more of your battery.
28. Use lightweight browsers like Opera Mini or Dolphin Browser lite for browsing. Though other browsers like Chrome and Firefox are extremely good and functional, they require some extra juice.
29. Use apps that automatically puts your phone into flight mode, say during midnight.
30. Use black color based wallpapers for AMOLED displays. If you are using a simple “pure black” wallpaper, the screen is going to use much less power than otherwise. Anyhow, this is not going to help for IPS and/or LCD screens.
31. Use another launcher instead of Google Now since it requires more power. You can tweak the settings easily if you are running Android KitKat.
32. Disable Face Unlock under the security settings (Jelly Bean and Higher). Not only will this save your android phone’s battery but also will it unlock the phone in a jiffy.
33. Turn off auto-backup in Google photos app.
34. Most of the graphics-intensive Android games come with the ability to reduce the graphics of the same. You can keep it at the “lowest” level to achieve maximum battery life.
35. If you are using the Galaxy S5, maybe you can hit the Ultra Power Saving Mode when running out of power.
36. Instead of using power-consuming news applications like Flip Board or Google play newsstand, you could make use of the Discover feature in the new Opera browser, it’s quite intuitive. Likewise, you can use similar alternatives that use less power while delivering similar content.
37. Prefer Wi-Fi over packet data when you have a choice among these two.
38. Use Lock screen widgets wisely. If you don’t really need a lock-screen widget, remove it. There is no point for it to rest in the background and gradually drain your battery.
39. Use offline reading apps like Pocket to save frequently viewed web pages. By this way, instead of accessing an online article by connecting to the internet, you can do the same offline.
40. Switch between network modes according to the signal strength. Say, you have minimum 3G signal at a place while having maximum 2G signal. I would suggest switching to 2G network since it draws less battery power attributing to the high signal strength. This is usually experienced in highly crowded areas.
41. The default keyboard on Android KitKat uses more power since it supports swipe gestures. Thus, you may use a simple keyboard if you can go easy with it.
42. The last battery saving tip is not to worry about your Android.  I often see people looking into their phone to check the battery level. Well, if you really want to drag it to the end of the day, just try to remember these tips.