5 Android Battery tips and tricks for longer battery life

If you're new to owning a smartphone the biggest thing you'll have to get used to is how often you'll have to charge your phone. Especially if you're coming from a phone that was, well, just a phone; it'll be a big change from charging your phone once every other week to once every other day. So here are some tips that can help you max at your battery life.

If you try and do all of these it may ruin your Android experience because you'll be constantly finicking with your battery; thats not what this is for. These are ALL the tips/tricks I know. Even I don't use all of them. Using just a few of these (possibly even one or two) should be enough that you notice an increase in your battery life.

1. Turn off of your radios when not using them
Radios are what connect your phone to the rest of the world. You have your general mobile connection, wifi, data/internet connection (3G), GPS, and/or 4G. Those are listed in order from least to greatest in battery consumption. If you're not using the radio turn it off. If you know you won't be online for a long time, why turn 3G data on? If you're at home, use wifi instead of 3G. If you're not using Google Maps why is your GPS on? You'd be amazed at how much battery life you can save just by turning off the radios that you aren't using. There are plenty of widgets in the market that will allow you to turn off the radios without even going through settings (Sense users have these widgets packaged in).

2. Vibrate uses more battery
Anytime your phone vibrates a lot of battery is used. This include haptic feedback. A lot of keyboards have the option to turn off haptic feedback and I would recommend it. If you're a heavy texter you'll notice very quickly how much longer your phone will last. Also, if you're in a place where you can easily hear your phone why do you need to have vibrate enabled? If you know you'll be able to hear your phone there's no reason for it to be buzzing too.

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3. Don't use task killers

Crazy, right? Especially if you're on Froyo (Android 2.2) or higher, Android has it's own task killer that's actually very good. If programs are using too much memory your Android OS will kill it. A common misconception is that apps run in the background forever; this is not true. If an app is using too much memory (which links to battery life) it'll be killed by your phone. That's why if you play a game, check a message, and come back the game is still running. It's memory usage isn't that high. However if you put your phone down, walk away for an hour, and the game is still trying to run in the background, there's a good chance it will be closed before you come back. Separate task managers have to constantly be running in the background which can actually use more battery than it saves. Yes, task managers can use more battery than they save.

4. Do this shenanigans
Originally posted by kthejoker20, this trick came from HTC themselves and can seriously DOUBLE your battery life.

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