MAY I SAVE UR ANDROID DEVICE'S BATTERY.........
IF U EVER OWNED ANY ANDROID DEVICE LIKE TABS, PHONES, MEDIA PLAYERS,COMPUTERS ETC.. U MAY HAVE SAID THIS ONCE IN UR LIFE ' OH SHIT I AM HAVING LOW BATTERY , WE CAN DO THAT LATTER'. AND U MAY HAVE MISSED SOME CALLS,MESSAGES, DATA ETC. BESIDES ALL THAT U HAVE DONE FOR SAVING UR BATTERY, ITS STILL NOT GIVING WORTHY RESULTS..SO I HAVE GOT FEW TIPS FOR U..
BUT BEFORE I GAVE U THOSE.. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK ON WHY A DEVICE( HERE WE DEAL WITH ANDROID PHONES AND TABS, BUT MAY BE APPLICABLE FOR ANY ANDROID DEVICE THAT RUNS ON BATTERY) CONSUMES BATTERY..
1. RADIO/NETWORK ACCESS - ONE OF THE MAJOR "CONSUMER" OF BATTERY..NETWORKS MAY VARY FROM CDMA-2G-3G-4G-LTE, WIFI,BLUETOOTH,NFC ETC.. ALL OF THESE NEED SPECIAL RADIO DEVICES WHICH GENERATE MICROWAVES AND HENCE NEED TO EAT UP LOT OF ENERGY FOR GENERATING MICROWAVES.
2. PROCESSOR POWER CONSUMPTION - THE HEART AND BRAIN OF ANY DIGITAL DEVICE. ALL THE USER VISIBLE AND NON-VISIBLE THINGS THAT ARE DONE BY A COMPUTING DEVICE IS CONTROLLED / PERFOMED BY THE PROCESSOR.. AND SO IT IS THE MOST ACTIVE PART IN A WORKING COMPUTING DEVICE.WHICH IN TURN RESULT IN MOST FREQUENT BATTERY EATER. THE MORE POWERFUL THE PROCESSOR IS THE MORE ENERGY IT NEEDS.
3. DISPLAY - ONE OF THE TOPPER IN BATTERY CONSUMPTION. RULES ABOUT DISPLAY ARE.. THE LARGER ,BRIGHTER,CRISPIER IT BECOMES..THE MORE FASTER IT EATS UP THE BATTERY.
4. OTHER CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT CONSUMES BATTERY INCLUDES GPS,SPEAKERS( ESPECIALLY LOUD ONES), VIBRATOR ETC.
SO LETS GO TO THE POINT
THE REASONS AND SOLUTIONS BEHIND HIGH BATTERY DRAIN ON UR DEVICE ..
1. PROGRAMS THAT MONITOR UR DEVICE'S ACTIVITIES LIKE INTERNET USAGES, PROCESSOR AND BATTERY USAGES ETC. IT ALSO INCLUDES ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARES,WIDGETS,SO CALLED "BATTERY SAVING" APPS,ETC..
SOME OF THESE ARE REAL JUNKS... THINK WHY???
THE REASON IS PRETTY STRAIGHT.. THEY RUN IN FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND TO MONITOR WHATS GOING ON UR DEVICE, AND HENCE THEY NEED BATTERY POWER TO PROCESS AND RUN.( REMEMBER THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE AS MUCH AS POWER AND IS TRYING TO AVOID ANY POWER CONSUMING WORKS THAT IS NOT NEEDED ANY MORE. BUT, THINK WTF ARE WE DOING EXACTLY!!!!!!! )
2. PROGRAMS THAT U USE TO CONNECT TO SOCIAL NETWORKS, LIKE FACEBOOK(ONE OF THE TOPPER IN POWER AND DATA CONSUMPTION), SKYPE, YAHOO MESSENGER, AND VIRTUALLY ANYTHING THAT CONNECTS U TO INTERNET IN REAL TIME.
THE REASON IS... THEY WILL USE RADIO HARDWARE( THE SAME THING THAT U USE WHEN U MAKE A CALL + AN ACTIVE DISPLAY + PROCESSING POWER!!!!!! LOL VOICE CALLS TAKE LESS POWER THAN THAT JUS BECOZ WHILE IN A VOICE CALL, UR DISPLAY WILL BE TURNED OFF BY DEFAULT, NEED MUCH LESS PROCESSING POWER ETC..) TO FETCH AND SEND DATA IN FOREGROUND OR BACKGROUND.
3. DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS - SHOULD I EXPLAIN IT.. U ALL KNOW IT. AS DISPLAY BECOMES MORE BIG AND BRIGHT THE MORE IT WILL CONSUME THE POWER.
4. VIBRATIONS AKA HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A FANCY CULPRIT . HAPTIC FEEDBACKS ARE CAUSED BY ACTIVATION OF UR VIBRATOR MOTOR, WHICH NEEDS POWER( THE TINY MOTOR IS NOT THAT TINY IN TERMS OF POWER CONSUMPTION, IT CAN DRAIN UR BATTERY FASTER THAN ANY THING ELSE IF U SET IT TO A CONTINUOUS OPERATION) FOR OPERATION EITHER FOR HAPTIC FEEDBACK OR FOR NOTIFICATIONS.
5. NETWORK/RADIO/COMMUNICATION - IN CASE OF TRUE GSM/CDMA/LTE THE BATTERY DRAIN AND PROCESSING POWER WILL INCREASE AS THE BANDWIDTH INCREASES , FOR EXAMPLE IF U PREFER TO USE 3G OVER 2G FOR COMMUNICATION ( DATA/VOICE ETC.) IT WILL DRAIN MORE BATTERY THAN WHILE U ARE IN 2G NETWORK. AND LTE WILL DRAIN MORE BATTERY THAN 3G/4G.
OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS LIKE BLUETOOTH, WIFI ETC WILL ALSO DRAIN UR BATTERY ACCORDING TO THE USE AND BANDWIDTH.
6. OTHER MINOR BATTERY EATERS ARE WIDGETS AND LIVE WALLPAPERS ANIMATIONS ETC. THEY NEED PROCESSNG POWER, NETWORK CONNECTIONS, ETC.
SO NOW WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW TO CURE THESE..
AT FIRST LET ME TELL SOME THING ; FEW OF THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS ARE FOR ROOT USERS AND WONT WORK IF UR DEVICE DON'T HAVE A ROOT PRIVILEGE.
1. AH...... DO U THINK ANDROID OS IS AT RISK OF MALWARES/VIRUS/TROJENS??
CHECK THESE :-
SO LET ME CONCLUDE...
THERE IS RISK. AND ONLY IF U R A CARELESS USER.( PLS DON'T SHOUT AT ME) . THE FACT IS THAT , IF U ARE INSTALLING APPLICATIONS FROM GOOGLE PLAY( AKA GOOGLE ANDROID MARKET) , THE RISKS ARE TOO SMALL OR NEARLY ZERO, AS GOOGLE TAKE CARE WHAT THEY DELIVER. BUT IF U ARE FREQUENT USER OF CRACKED APPS, OR U INSTALL NON MARKET APPS( THOSE U DOWNLOAD FROM OTHER SITES, BLACK MARKETS ETC.) U MAY BE AT RISK.. AGAIN.. AND STILL. U HAVE SECURITY OFFERED BY THE OS WHEN U R AT THE POINT OF INSTALLATION.
ALL U ANDROID USERS HAVE SEEN THIS SCREEN WHILE U INSTALL APPS.
SO THIS IS WHAT ANDROID'S LAST SECURITY WARNING TO USER. CHECK IF THERE IS SOME SUSPICIOUS PERMISSION THE APP NEEDS. ( for eg. A WALLPAPER APP REQUIRING ACCESS TO PHONE CALLS, MESSAGING, ETC MAY SEEM SUSPICIOUS) . SO DON'T INSTALL SOME APP THAT SEEMS SUSPICIOUS.
SO NOW COME BACK TO OUR POINT, IF U FEEL ENOUGH SECURITY WITH THE ANDROID OS AVOID USING SECURITY APPS ETC. ANDROID OFFERS PERSONAL ID PROTECTION VIA SECURITY LOCKS( WHICH IS DEFAULT IN EVERY ANDROID OS)
SO NOW COME BACK TO OUR POINT, IF U FEEL ENOUGH SECURITY WITH THE ANDROID OS AVOID USING SECURITY APPS ETC. ANDROID OFFERS PERSONAL ID PROTECTION VIA SECURITY LOCKS( WHICH IS DEFAULT IN EVERY ANDROID OS)
