We are going to give you a series of tips for extend your mobile battery when there is no electricity. We have already told you How to load your mobile battery if there is no electricitybut in the event that this is not an option, today’s advice will help you spend as much as possible.
Although I am aware that it will not always be possible for you to do everything we advise you, it never hurts to know these methods. Thus, when the time is necessary, you will know what things you can do to lengthen the device’s battery, and you can decide which of them you can use.
We have oriented these tips such as that of a blackout in your home, although they will also serve when you are out and do not have a plug close. And remember, if you think we have left something you can say it in the comments so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers.
Activate energy saving mode
Almost all mobiles, both Android and iPhone, have A mode of energy saving or low consumption. These modes temporarily reduce the activity in the background, and will help you spend less battery and it can last longer.
Among the processes that the mobile is going to limit are email checks, the frequency of screen update, some visual effects or automatic downloads. However, the idea is that the mobile does less background without you know, and thus save battery.
Screen brightness and dark mode
The brightness of the screen is one of the things that spend the most battery on your mobile, and that is why limiting it is vital for your battery to last longer. Therefore, although you activate the energy savings mode, it is Reduce your screen shineit is advisable that you also try to reduce it a little more by hand. Just to see. At least there are, less battery you will spend when using it.
It is also highly recommended activate dark mode as long as you can and in all the applications you can. Thus, the interface of your mobile and your apps will use dark tones instead of lights, emitting less luminosity and saving battery.
Disable unnecessary connections
You should also try to deactivate unnecessary connections. This means turn off the wifi, bluetooth, NFC and even mobile GPSsince they are elements that are constantly update and that makes battery spend.
Bluetooth and NFC are the easy part, unless you have linked a clock to the mobile by the first. The data is better than the wifi, and the GPS is sending your position all the time, that is, when you deactivate it you will save a lot of battery. Keep these elements deactivated during the time you want to extend your autonomy to the fullest.
If there is no coverage: plane mode
If your mobile has no coverage, the effort to be looking for it continuously will make an extra battery expense. Therefore, in those cases the best is activate airplane mode When you don’t have data. That will make your battery keep up without that extra consumption.
If you want, you can remove the airplane mode from time to time to see if it has come to you, but if not, put it again. And of course, When you want an extreme mode to save batteryyou can also activate it even if you have coverage, and deactivate it only when you are going to use the mobile.
Deactivates automatic synchronizations
Whenever you can, deactivate the automatic synchronizations of your mobile applications. For example, applications of email, photos or your cloud storage They will be doing online checks all the time to extract new data and synchronize them, something that will spend drums.
Removing these synchronizations, you will lose things like you automatically reach emails or that your photos are uploaded to the cloud without clicking on the option to do so. But in return, you can win a small extra on the battery of your device.
Use maps without connection
In Xataka Basics we have explained you How to have the maps of your area on your Android or iPhone. This will allow you to have the maps down to the mobile and use them without connection. Therefore, and although we have recommended you to deactivate the GPS, If you need to use your map appit is advisable that you have lowered the data in your area.
Doing this, instead of spending battery with both GPS and Internet data, you will no longer need to use the data. Everything will be lowered to the mobile and you can use Google Maps or Apple Maps without Internet connection.
Use the Mobile Lantern
If the blackout comes when it is night, you will be dark. That means that you may have to use your mobile as a flashlight. This is done with the flash of the camera, and you will have a very good lighting, although at the expense of spending a lot of battery.
But although the blackout forces you to do it, try Use the flashlight as much as possibleand only in specific moments. Come on, it is best to use it for a few seconds when you need to locate things, but then turn it off again instead of leaving it on.
Close apps in the background
Normally it is not recommended to go to the screen of the apps that you have open in the background and close them, because when you open them you will end up spending more battery than if you have them open. In addition, the operating system of your mobile will manage them if problems do not spend too much.
However, In extreme cases you may choose to close the apps in the backgroundor at least those that you are not going to use. Of course, remember that it is important not to open them again, because if you will not end up spending more than you have saved.
Use the airplane mode
But to save battery, it is best to try not to use the mobile if it is not strictly necessary. AND During the time you do not use it to activate the airplane modeso that the mobile simply neither does anything nor connect to the Internet, lengthening the life of its battery to the maximum.
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