Five important tools to optimize Samsung’s battery life

I spend hours on my Samsung phone Daily tests apps, browsing the Internet and working on productivity software. Many of these are resource -hungry or taps my battery while driving in the background. Therefore, I optimize the battery settings to prevent my phone from running out of power when I need it most.

Samsung contains several useful tools to squeeze extra life out of my battery. They do not affect performance and can even help expand the overall life of the phone by prioritizing battery health and optimizing charging. Each tool helps to improve the lifetime of the battery, and I see impressive results when I use them together.

Most smartphones have lithium-ion batteries, which have a limited number of charging cycles before they begin to degrade. Degradation occurs at a faster speed when the battery is 100% or below 20%. The battery protection function helps to reduce the degradation rate by managing the phone’s charging cycles and keeping it within a specific area to extend life.

I like to appreciate Set-it-and-dam-the nature of the battery protection tool and the fact that it does not affect performance when I use my phone. It has three simple settings, basic, adaptive and maximum. Basic stops charging the phone when it reaches 100% and then starts again when it sinks to 95%. Adaptive estimates my phone use based on my sleeping patterns and stops charging at 80% before switching to basic mode when I wake up. The maximum setting is quite aggressive and stops charging the phone when it reaches 80%.

I usually use basic mode on new phones because I have confidence in the battery performance and lifetime. There is a noticeable performance difference after about two years of use, and I switch to maximum to avoid expensive battery replacements. The adaptive setting is excellent for people who charge their phones overnight, but I don’t use it because it doesn’t accurately track my sleeping patterns.

Power saving is a simple setting that helps me get several hours out of my battery after a charging. I think it is great to extend the lifetime of the battery when I am out and because it gives an estimate of how much longer the battery will last when activated. For example, my phone will have around 20.5 hours of battery life when it has 92% power, but the power -saving function can expand it to 26 hours using maximum settings.

It achieves this by turning it off on the screen always limiting the CPU speed to 70%, reducing the brightness by 10%and limiting other app performance. I appreciate each of these settings having their own exchange, so I can choose which ones to activate. Power savings are great for getting several hours of use, but I use it sparingly because it affects the phone performance. I only activate it when I’m out traveling or not having access to a charger, leaving it from the rest of the time.

I am guilty of installing apps that I use once and forget. Then they wonder in the background and reduce the lifetime and performance of the battery. When I finally get around to check my apps, I usually find hundreds, most I don’t need. I uninstall the apps I have no intentions to use again and deactivate the ones I might visit later.

Check the AppInfo page provides valuable information to help me with my decision. The page shows how much storage, mobile data and battery each app use, and I disable those I do not use, which utilizes my resources. I can always activate the apps again if I decide that I want to spend them days or weeks later.

Adaptive battery is a feature that manages the Samsung phone app performance based on my use habits. This means that the phone learns what apps I use most, how long I use them for, and the amount of battery power they use. Adaptive battery then rarely puts used apps to sleep as soon as I leave them so that they do not run in the background, and gases other background apps.

I have had mixed results with adaptive battery because some apps only take a second or two longer time to answer when activated. I prevent this from happening by adding the apps I use most to the “Never Auto -Sleeping Apps” list, so they are not affected by the adaptive settings. I also enter the treatment speed menu and make sure it is set to optimized to get the best balance between power and efficiency.

My always-on screen shows time and other useful notifications, but it is also one of the biggest guilty when it comes to draining the battery. It constantly needs power, and dealing with how it works can improve the phone’s standby time drastically. Fortunately, Samsung offers different solutions to manage the always-on display and reduce power consumption.

I can always turn it off on the screen on or off with an exchange and adjust the behavior with when showing options. These include losses to show, always on, or I can plan times when I want it available. On my phone, I always disable on-on-screen because I don’t need it and can easily see my notifications by pressing the side button. It is also automatically disabled when power saving mode is switched on as part of the battery -saving measures.

It often depends on how I feel and the phone I use. I usually disable unused apps and always appear on all my phones. However, I only activate functions such as power saving mode and adaptive battery if I run out of juice and will not charge my phone soon.

I do not use battery protection on a new phone, and only activate it when I want to save the overall life after many years of use. The performance of these tools varies depending on the use, telephone model and battery, and I feel that some models experience greater benefits than others.