Conserve Battery Life on a Windows Phone

Battery life is an important factor for any electronic device, particularly if you use it frequently. Windows Phones have a pretty good battery life when compared to other smartphones, but there are also ways to conserve its battery power and extend the time between charging sessions. This article will help you to conserve battery life in your Windows Phone.

Steps

Removing Unnecessary Apps

  1. Consider how many apps you have. Having a lot of apps installed on your Windows Phone can use a large amount of battery power. If you remove unused and unnecessary apps, it may help give you a longer battery life.
  2. Slide to the left of the screen to get the list of all the apps installed on your Windows Phone.
  3. Scroll to the app that you want to remove.
  4. Tap & Hold the app, that you would like to remove. This will popup a small menu.
  5. Select the uninstall option to remove that app from the device.

Using a Dark Theme

  1. Look at what theme you have set. There is an option in Windows Phone to use either the light theme or a dark theme. Setting a light theme will have black text over white base, whereas dark theme has white text over black base. If you use the light theme, the white base uses more battery when compared to a dark theme. If you're on the light theme, you might want to switch to the dark one.
  2. Head over to Settings > start+theme.
  3. Set the background to dark.

Turning Off Wireless Components

  • Wireless components such as WiFi, Location, Bluetooth, VPN, etc. tend to use a major portion of your battery power. Turn off such components when not in use, as they can all draw power from your battery.

WiFi

  1. Head over to Settings and tap on the WiFi option.
  2. Switch the WiFi Networking option to off.
  3. For best results, set the Turn WiFi back on setting to manually.

Location

  1. Head over to Settings and tap on the Location Option.
  2. Set the Location Settings option to off.

Bluetooth

  1. Head over to Settings and tap on Bluetooth option.
  2. Set the Status to off.

VPN

  1. Head over to Settings > VPN.
  2. Toggle the status to off.

Using WiFi Instead of Cellular Data

  1. Look at how you're accessing the internet. If you're at home or work, or in an area with another WiFi network, you may be accessing the internet through this wireless connection. Alternatively, you may be using your cell phone's data plan. This cell/mobile data consumes much more energy while in use, when compared to the connection with WiFi network.
  2. Turn off the mobile data connection whenever you can. Use Wi-Fi if it's available, and you'll save power.

Turning Off the SIM Card

  1. See if you have a dual SIM device. If your phone has the option of two different SIM cards, you might not be using both. If your second card is unused, you can turn it off to save battery power.
  2. Head over to Settings > mobile+SIM.
  3. Scroll down and tap on the secondary SIM Settings (such as SIM 2 Settings).
  4. Set the SIM Status to off.

Adjusting Brightness

  1. Consider how bright your phone is. Brightness setting play a very important role in the battery consumption of the device. In case of devices with Auto Brightness, the device automatically recognizes the brightness level through Ambient Light Sensors. The optimal brightness settings are as follows,
  2. Head over to Settings > brightness option.
  3. Set automatically adjust option to Off (not available on all devices) and set the brightness level to low.
    • This should help the battery live a bit longer.

Syncing Mail Manually

  1. Look at whether your mail is set to sync automatically. By default, most phones will check for emails automatically when you connect to a network. For people who check mail less frequently, this might be unnecessary, and consumes battery power. Hence it is suggested to check mail, manually,
  2. Head over to Settings > email+accounts
  3. Tap on an account that you have configured with the device.
  4. Set the Download new email, Sync Contacts and calendar options to manually.
    • This should allow the user to check the mail manually and increase battery life.

Turning on Battery Saver

  1. Head over to Settings > Battery Saver. Battery Saver is an embedded feature in Windows Phone that helps users to conserve battery as much as possible.
  2. Set the Conserve battery life to Always (limit functionality).
  3. In order for the battery saver to have more grip on your battery life, head over to Settings > Display.
  4. Set the Sunlight readability component to off and the Battery Saver brightness to on.

Have a Minimal Start Screen

  1. Try to reduce the number of live tiles on your start screen. They consume battery.
  2. Remove any pinned apps you don't absolutely need. Have a minimal start screen with fewer live tiles and pinned apps may help your battery life.

Playing Audio Through Headphones

  1. Avoid using the built-in loudspeakers. They consume a lot of power.
  2. Use headphones when you can. Playing audio through the loudspeakers provided in the device consumes more battery power than hearing it through the headphones.
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