Here's Why You Think Your Phone Has A Poor Battery [2021 Updated]

Smartphones are always evolving. New features and software updates keeps making your phone better. But Why does the battery drain so quickly? The most common reason for the decreasing phone battery life is using the smartphone in a way which forces the phone to use more power and drain the battery quickly. Phones can be great at managing the battery for carrying out their essential works, but they sometimes can also underestimate your behavior and drain more battery. Here's Why You Think Your Phone Has Poor Battery.

1. Stop Clearing Recent Apps Every Now And Then

It is a common myth that the more frequently you clear the recent apps tab, the faster and better the phone gets. This is a myth and may have originated from human psychology. It is more of a mental belief and has nothing to do with the battery life. In actuality it is the other way around. Most people believe in this myth and keep clearing the recent tab almost every time they close their phone. Clearing the recent apps tab every now and then affects your phone's battery performance. There's a reason why your phone is called a 'smartphone'. Your phone is smart enough to manage the memory and make room for more when needed. This is one of the very reasons behind the drainage of your battery. If you stop clearing the recent apps from now, you may see a boost in your phone's battery performance. Keeping the recent tab untouched has some of its own benefits like-

• Even if you close the app, you can pick up from where you left off.

• You can find all your recently used apps in one place.

• You never have to worry about losing your work.

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2. Avoid Low Signal Areas

All of us use sim cards, it is the best when the network bars are full. If your phone has low signal strength, it will continuously seek for a better network by giving more effort and power to the signal sensors. This will increase the power consumption which will negatively affect your phone's battery performance. If your network provider does not have a good strength in your area, you should probably try switching to another provider. The more bars your phone has, the less battery it consumes.

3.Use Your Own Adapter

Charging your phone regularly is crucial to maintaining good battery performance. The more regularly your charger is found the better it gets in terms of battery performance. Many people make the mistake of not using the original charger provided by the smartphone company you purchased the phone from. It is essential to make sure that you only charge a phone with the adapter and USB cable or type C cable provided by your company. Using a different adapter or cable can affect your phone and phone battery in particular in many ways-

• All chargers different voltage and specifications if the voltage power and specifications do not match with your phone and a phone's battery type it may affect a smartphone battery by heating it up.

• Do you feel like your phone gets heated really quickly while charging well it's probably because of the adapter which year using phone heating usually happens when you are not using the same charger or if there is some dirt in the charging port.

• Not charging your phone with the original charger means separating your phone from its family. Imagine if you are separated from your family.

4. Use A Darker Background

This is the one about which you might have heard about. Using a darker background or Dark mode in particular helps reduce your battery usage by extending the phone uptime. background also helps in dealing with diseases affecting sleep like insomnia. A dark background also reduces the digital eye strain and helps people fall asleep faster.

How Does Dark Mode Help In Reducing Battery Usage?

Dark mode has a lot of benefits both to your phone's battery and your eye health. Smartphones, laptops and computers using OLED and AMOLED displays get the most benefit. OLED and AMOLED displays use each and every pixel of the phone which affects the overall battery performance of your phone. Since dark mode uses less pixels in comparison to a lighter background, the display uses less power, saving your battery.

Dark mode = More Battery = More Fun And Productivity.

Do I Need An External App To Use Dark Mode?

Using dark mode does not require any external application. All you have to do is to change the setting. Phones with older software may not have this feature in that case you can definitely go to the app store of your smartphone and get a dark mode app.

5. Don't Charge Overnight

Charging the phone overnight is a common mistake which people usually make these days. Though most of the smartphones now have an overcharging protection of some kind, though they may not work in the way you expect it to work. For example, if your phone reaches the battery level of 100%, the overnight charging feature will instantly stop receiving power. However, when the phone naturally get down to say, 99%, the charging will start again.

Charging your phone frequently is good but doing so too frequently can be damaging too.

Therefore, it is always advised to charge the phone while you are awake. You can do so while-

• Cooking breakfast.

• Taking a shower.

• Or while having a meal.

Try This: Charge your phone just after you wake up in the morning. Most Smartphones these days now have fast charging technology. After you’re done with your morning activities, Your phone will be fully charged.

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