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    Phone battery drains very quickly

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    by carterusm ·

    Hi

    I own a Wileyfox Swift smartphone (Android OS). After a few issues which have now been resolved (primarily relating to the upgrade to the latest version of Android), the phone is now working without any problems, with the exception of battery usage.

    I have found that even with the battery in power saving mode, it is drained within 2 days (and often less) of a full recharge. Having just checked the current battery status, it’s 59% charged but seemingly with only 3 hours’ usage left. This implies that for every hour the phone is on, the battery charge is reduced by 20%. Surely this is too high a rate – it implies that the memory will be drained after only 5 hours?

    Some of the current settings are as follows:

    Wifi on; Bluetooth on; Mobile data on; Mobile data not set; Location services on

    Could this be a problem which is specific to my actual physical phone, or the brand? If not, are there any steps which I could take to reduce this drain on the battery (e.g. by removing any unnecessary apps, although as it is I don’t have that many installed)? For example, I understand that location services consume a considerable amount of power; is this correct?

    Finally – is this rate of battery drainage normal, and only to be expected for most smartphones nowadays? If not, I may have to consider buying a less power-hungry model…..

    Many thanks in anticipation of your help.

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    • #2894674

      Due to frequently change in Network

      by ethanroot007 ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      Phone battery drains very quickly due to the following reasons.
      1- Frequently change in network
      2- DIsplay
      3 – WIFI
      4- Mobile Data

      • #2447153

        Reply re network change

        by carterusm ·

        In reply to Due to frequently change in Network

        Thank you for your reply to my query. I move between Cyprus and the UK 3 times a year, and change network on each occasion, but I wouldn’t have thought this would be too frequent to affect performance?

        Anyway, I’ve now changed the settings as follows: Bluetooth now off; have disabled Facebook, Skype, Trip Advisor, Yelp (all of which are relatively power-hungry); have adjusted Brightness to auto-adjust

        Hopefully these amendments will have the desired effect.

        The data usage report stats indicate that my issue is almost certainly with wifi app usage, rather than mobile app usage. For the period 9th October to 9th November inclusive, mobile usage was 8.16 MB, which was dwarfed by wifi usage of 181 MB.

        Of the wifi usage, 110 MB was accounted for by Google Play, 53 MB by Chrome, 6 MB by Google Services, 3 MB by Android OS, 874 KB by Google Drive.

        Regarding stopping the background apps – are there any which I should definitely not disable as they’re integral to the operation of the phone? (e.g. I understand it’s not a good idea to disable Google Play Services). Would it help further if I stopped some apps starting on bootup?

        Once again, many thanks in anticipation of your help.

    • #2447141

      battery save

      by samgord ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      The best tip is to disable location services.

    • #2447107

      Some tips to save mobile battery

      by jenny1dcosta ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      There are some simple tips that you can follow.
      1) Turn vibration off for notifications as vibrations need more power to get operated
      2) Turn off Bluetooth, data and other connectives when not in use
      3) Do not charge your phone overnight as it reduces battery life
      4) Use cache clearing apps to clean up RAM and background Apps
      There are quite number of tips that you can follow.
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      Suggestion: If your phone battery drains very frequently even after following above tips then it is the time to replace the battery with a new (Original from brand) battery.

      • #2421282

        Thank you

        by john cater ·

        In reply to Some tips to save mobile battery

        Thanks buddy for sharing this information, but there is also one thing that you should not use mobile when its on charging and you have to charge the mobile phone by its original charger

    • #2447099

      Battery drain

      by joymerrymann ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      battery drain considerable when WiFi is on, mobile data is on. And also location services is on.

    • #2447085

      Brightness

      by kylestinson9009 ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      Aside from all other tips mentioned above, the brightness of your phone screen may affect the battery levels too–in a huge way. Make sure it doesn’t light up so bright whenever there’s a notification or while on use.

    • #2447080

      Phone battery drains very quickly

      by nexmobileapps ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      If your phones keep killing the battery too fast, even a reboot the phone.
      How can we fix the problem of android battery draining too fast? Here common tips to fix android battery drain to fast issue explain:
      – Auto brightness off
      – Uninstall the apps that draining battery use to see a list of all apps
      – Turn off important notification

    • #2447078

      Understand

      by jamesmehraa ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      Understand how the phone actually works, let’s take an example about us human, the more we do the physical task the more we get exhausted. Similarly, when you perform multiple tasks on the phone it gets drained. So, to avoid that you need to understand when and where you should the use following things:
      1. Bluetooth
      2. Mobile Data
      3. Wifi
      4. GPS
      5. Brightness
      6. Vibration
      7. Use dark wallpapers instead on bright ones.

    • #2447004

      Phone battery drains very quickly

      by alexbarnes590 ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      Turn Down the Brightness. One of the easiest ways to prolong your battery life is to turn down the screen brightness.
      It is really a great and useful piece of info. I’m glad that you shared this helpful info with us.

    • #2441986

      Phone battery drains very quickly

      by stephanie talley ·

      In reply to Phone battery drains very quickly

      Try using Greenify. It is a new app to save battery by hibernating apps we are not using at the moment.Google play store offers the app

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