Why Your Smartphone Battery Drains Faster Than Usual: Unveiling the Root Causes

 

Do you feel that your smartphone battery drains quickly? Have you checked thoroughly what is causing it? Today's smartphone users usually immediately blame the software, which has been updated but ends up being wasteful.

Just take the example of Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 users. When they were still using MIUI 8, then updated to MIUI 9, many felt that the battery was wasting money. Is it true that software updates can cause battery drain?

The answer is, maybe. But that is not the main cause.

So, in this post, Bytehub.com.ng  also wants to remind smartphone users that we as smartphone users also have to be smart . Don't let us be 'stupid' than the smartphone we use. Or at least we can use and utilize all the features on the smartphone . Because sometimes there are still people who use smartphones but don't know how to do it or not, even though it has good features.

Some of the causes of smartphone batteries being wasteful are:

#Unstable Signal Condition

This is something smartphone users rarely realize, that actually unstable signal conditions also affect battery power consumption. For example, at your location, there is a 4G LTE signal but it is unstable, then the mobile network settings on your cellphone are Preferred LTE or similar (each cellphone is different).

This LTE preference is the 4G LTE network which will be the main priority, but if the 4G LTE network signal is weak, it will automatically move to 3G or 2G. But the cellphone will try to connect to the 4G LTE network if the network signal is strong.

So, this condition of switching networks automatically is actually what causes the battery to be wasteful.

The solution is to know what signal is the strongest and most stable in your area. If 4G LTE is strong, choosing it is no problem. But if 4G LTE is still fluctuating, it's better to just lock in the 3G network.

Or if there is Wi-Fi, use a Wi-Fi network and turn off mobile data. Because using Wi-Fi will save more battery.

I hope you understand.

#Lots of Background Apps Running

Then the other thing is that it could be caused by too many background apps running. Background apps are applications that run in the background, yes, that's what it means in Indonesian. :D Yes, who knows, some don't understand English.

The solution is to turn off unnecessary background apps. Please look for the menu yourself, because each cellphone is located differently.

If you are a Xiaomi user, you can look at Settings > Permissions > Other Permissions > 'Permission' Tab > Start in the background.

Now, applications will appear that are allowed to run in the background. Just deactivate what you don't need. Those that are not necessary, for example, do not need real-time notifications. Such as browsers, photo editing applications, games, etc. If it's something like WhatsApp, Instagram, or Twitter or you want to get real-time notifications, that's fine.

You don't need to deactivate everything, just reduce it.

I hope you understand, right?

#Screen Brightness Level

This screen brightness level problem also has an impact, especially if you activate Automatic Brightness. Of course, the screen brightness will change according to the surrounding light conditions.

The brighter the screen, the more battery power consumption is required. If you activate Automatic Brightness, the screen brightness will change and this will cause the battery to drain faster.

So it's best to set the screen brightness to a minimum as long as it can still be seen clearly by the eye.

#Unwise User Behavior

The next factor is user behavior itself. Usually, this is due to not knowing how to operate a smartphone. Some examples of unwise user behavior are activating GPS/Bluetooth/Wi-Fi when not in use, gaming for too long, using a cellphone (without gaming ) for too long such as for streaming, etc.

So the user really has to be smart when using a smartphone.

These are some of the causes of smartphone batteries draining quickly. This wasteful battery does not make users comfortable, because they will always charge the battery frequently. Especially if the battery capacity is large, it takes a very long time.

Share this article with your friends, relatives, family, girlfriend, crush, and ex, so they know how to treat their smartphone so that the battery lasts longer.