A mobile phone is nothing without its battery. We all don’t pay enough attention to mobile phone battery health. Everything needs attention. We don’t seem to invest as many efforts as required in maintaining and extending the battery lifespan.
Now all the mobile phones battery made of lithium-ion. It provides many advantages like fast charging, lasts longer, is light in weight, and has high power density. The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries provide us with the best technology. But despite these advantages, it inevitably degrades with use.
Here’s the question that remains: How to maintain and extend the battery lifespan of mobile phones? Today, I’ll tell you the 10 tips to improve battery lifespan. Let’s dig into it:
1. Charge Your Battery from 80 to 90% maximum
Nowadays, smartphone batteries stress to drain themselves completely and charge them completely. Phone batteries are happy when you keep them from 30% to 80%. To be concise, keep them around 50% capacity.
If you keep charging your phone battery maximum to 100%, then after 1 year, battery capacity is left to 80%. In this term, try to charge your battery maximum from 80% to 90%.
There are many apps to maintain that range. I use AccuBattery for this purpose. The notification pops up when my battery level hits 80%. It also helps you to gain battery health provides you with further options.
2. Keep Your Mobile Battery at Optimal Temperature
After using the phone for hours and hours, the phone gets overheated. Overheating is not only bad for the battery but the processor as well. The battery will degrade quicker than the cool one.
If you keep overheating it, your battery will lose 10-12% of its overall charge after 3 months. So, experts advise you to keep your mobile battery cool. Mostly, smartphones also give you the option to check the temperature of your battery. You can check your battery temperature to save it from overheating.
3. Don’t Overcharge Your Battery
Sometimes, we charge our mobile phones at night. It keeps on charging till morning. It’s dangerous for the user to overcharge it. The battery can explode. It shortens the battery lifespan, too.
If you can’t stop doing it, then try to cool it or place it in a well-ventilated place. So, the heat dissipates from the battery. It’ll reduce the chance of battery explosion.
4. Don’t Use Your Phone While Charging
Avoid using the mobile phone while charging. Because if you keep using it, the battery will heat and can be dangerous for you. As a result, it will degrade the battery performance.
But sometimes, an urgent call comes, and you have to answer that call. In this case, you should unplug the charger from charging and also eject the charger cable from your mobile phone.
5. Select Dark Theme
If you have an OLED or AMOLED display smartphone, then you can cut down on your battery drain by enabling the dark mode. AppleInsider found around 60% battery saving in dark mode.
If you don’t have OLED or AMOLED display then try to use dark wallpapers. It will help to save the battery and use less energy.
6. Turn down the Screen Brightness of Your Phone
Keep the screen brightness low, if you’re are not using a mobile phone. Or to keep the screen brightness on automated mode. If you want to conserve battery capacity, turn it to its lowest but still readable.
7. Turn off WiFi or Bluetooth, If You’re Not Using it
One common reason for draining the battery is to leave the WiFi or Bluetooth on. Because when the WiFi or Bluetooth turns on, the device starts scanning for networks. It causes the draining of the battery. To avoid it, turned it off if you’re not using them.
On a related note, turn off the automatic WiFi option. This feature allows the phone to keep scanning for the networks even if the WiFi is turned off.
8. Reduce Screen Timeout
If you leave your mobile phone screen on then after a particular time, it turns off automatically. By reducing screen timeout, you can save battery energy. Set the screen timeout on and below the 30 seconds. It’ll help to maintain and extend the battery lifespan.
9. Use Power Saving Mode
If you are not using your mobile phone, then enable power-saving mode. It will extend the battery time. By doing this, your mobile phone health also improves. If your battery lasts 10 hours then by doing this, the battery will last 13-14 hours.
And if your battery level is 30% and you are not able to charge it, then try to enable the power-saving mode. It will extend the battery time.
10. Use Original Charger
Try to use your mobile phone original charger. If in some cases, the original charger is broken-down or lost then buy the company’s original charger. Don’t use third-party chargers. The charging cable should also be original. Don’t use the charger randomly. It will degrade your battery and cause malfunction.
Final Thoughts
Recent smartphones have battery optimization options and some also show you your battery health. But the minimum life of a battery is 2-3 years. After this time, you should change your battery. When you’ll change your battery, the battery lifespan will extend. I change my battery now after 3 years of purchase. It was still good but to increase the mobile phone life, I replace it with the new one. Tell me in the comment section below if you use these techniques or not or you just learn about them? We’ll be glad to listen from you.
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