8 tips to extend your battery life Oct2007 When it comes to batteries it looks like we are at the same point we were 10 years ago. Batteries don�t last longer than a few days. But to be fair to the battery designers we have to admit that nowadays� smartphones require much more energy than phones 10 years ago. We can�t really compare them but what we can do is use them with more care. Here are a few good tips how to go about it: 1. Turn off your Bluetooth � I find Bluetooth to be the most power hungry application; turn it off when you don�t use it 2. Disable sounds and vibrating alert � you don�t really need keypad tones to be on, do you? What about vibrating? It is surely useful on the meetings or in a cinema but most of time you�ll do just fine without it; I usually set up a vibrating profile to be used in places like cinema or theatre and in all other profiles I have vibrating turned off 3. Brightness � lower the brightness of your screen; not too low, otherwise you�ll destroy your vision 4. Setting the Power saver time- out and the Light time-out to the low values will help too (you�ll find them in the display settings) 5. If you are not using an application switch it off � you�ll get a list of all active applications by long pressing the menu button; this is a general rule that can be applied to any device 6. Games � it�s fun to play games on your way to school but they are power-hungry beasts; I can�t tell you not to play games but think about your battery when you are playing 7. Turn off your phone when you don�t use it � I know that for many of you this is not an option and I�m not sure if turning it off and on is even good for your battery but I heard this tip from so many people that I just had to mention it 8. Finally don't installed any childish applications (like FS caller, Yewmarquee & some others) on uor phone. My Nokia Nokia 6630 lasts 2-3 days depending on how often I use it. I have to say that I don�t use unnecessary.
