1. KEEP A CHARGE BETWEEN 20 AND 80%
A good practice is to keep the phone continuously within a charge range of 20 to 80% to preserve its battery. Indeed, leaving your smartphone charging beyond 100% or letting it discharge completely can cause the battery to overheat.
The first thing to do is to display your battery percentage. To do this, go to Settings > Battery > And enable "Battery Percentage."
Prefer occasional charges rather than leaving your smartphone charging all night; this will preserve your battery as well as your electricity bill!
Experts recommend performing a full recharge cycle once a month, that is, going from 0 to 100% charge, to recalibrate your battery.
2. USE AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS MANAGEMENT
Although it is more comfortable to have a bright screen, it is not always necessary to push the brightness to the maximum.
With automatic brightness adjustment, your screen adapts to ambient lighting to ensure optimal display.
Optimizing screen brightness helps reduce energy consumption and thus protect your battery.
To activate this mode, go to Settings > Display > And enable the "Adaptive Brightness" mode.
3. ACTIVATE BATTERY SAVER
Battery saver mode, as its name suggests, is also an excellent way to save and therefore preserve your battery.
You can activate it directly from your quick menu (by swiping down) or in: Settings โ Battery โ Battery Saver.
Once activated, this mode enables dark theme (less power-consuming) and disables or restricts background activities, certain visual effects, and other features like "Ok Google."
For better management, you can also set it to activate automatically once your charge reaches 20%. To do this: go to Settings > Battery > Battery Saver > Set a schedule > Choose the percentage at which you want this mode to activate.
Background apps can also drain your battery even when you are not using them. By activating the "Battery Manager," your smartphone can suggest closing the most power-consuming apps through notifications.
4. CLOSE BACKGROUND APPS
As mentioned earlier, even when you are not using an app, if it remains open in the background, it will consume battery. Once you have finished using an app, remember to close it.
It's very simple to do this:
- If you are in gesture navigation mode: swipe up and close the apps of your choice by swiping them up or click directly on "Clear all."
- If you are in three-button navigation mode: click on the square at the bottom right of your screen and close the apps of your choice by swiping them up or click directly on "Clear all."
5. TURN OFF YOUR SMARTPHONE AT NIGHT OR SWITCH TO AIRPLANE MODE
Even when you are not using your smartphone, it continues to work (searching for network, receiving notifications, SMS, email, etcโฆ). Adopt good habits by turning off your smartphone at night or activating airplane mode. This mode will cut all network connections and therefore any activity not related to the use of your smartphone.