A few Tips for Better Battery Life on your Mobile Phone

As noted before in the first part of this series, preserving and extending battery life on cell phones is paramount to a good experience. For without power, the phone is simply a brick that you are carrying around. Here are a few more tips and tricks to get more juice out of your battery:

1) Turn it off: Mobile phones have become ubiquitous and we have them with us at all times. It’s the easiest way for the world to reach us. But what most people forget is that in the end, these are still machines. Do you keep your computer, TV or other electronic items running as continuously as your phone? Cooling down your cell phone can only be achieved by switching it off. The battery gets some much needed rest time, and in about 10 minutes, is ready for round two. Really, would it be so bad to spend 10 minutes without your cell phone in every two days?

2) Use a genuine charger: This point cannot be stressed enough. If you have lost the charger that came with your phone, or if you are looking to buy a second charger to use at office, make sure you go to an authorised dealer and buy a genuine duplicate of your charger. Yes, the Chinese-manufactured chargers available in our markets are a whole lot cheaper, but they are also not adapted to the wattage that your phone’s battery needs. This can reduce battery life drastically and significantly, leading you to change the battery itself in many cases.

3) Backlight timing: The backlight of your phone’s screen drains a lot of battery in just turning on and off. To save battery, go to your phone’s settings and change the timing of the backlight’s fading to the minimum possible. If you have a habit of constantly tapping a button to bring your screen to life in order to check if you’ve missed a call or message, stop! This is draining so much battery from your phone, it’s not even funny.

We will soon have a few more tips and tricks to keep your Mobile Phone going like the Energizer bunny

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By: John Wells
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Tips and Tricks to Help You Care for Your Battery Charger

The modern conveniences that technological advancements have introduced are now part and parcel of our lifestyle. In fact, most of them have become basic needs. Take the case of the cellular phone; have you met anyone recently who does not use a mobile for his communication needs?

The cellular phone has even evolved to include so many things that we all think we need – internet, music, photos – and with the memory capacity the most recent models have, we are assured that we can carry so much vital information for our jobs and everything else, in that small package.

Because of the dependence we have on our cellular phones to organize our lives, it is of great importance that it is always powered. This is why we need to make sure that we take care of our battery chargers.

Here are some tips to help you care for your cellular phone’s batter charger:

1. Conserve battery life. Making unnecessary calls will deplete your battery’s power fast thus making you use your battery charger more often. Playing games and playing music can be done at intervals but not to the extent that you mostly use your cellular phone as an entertainment tool instead of as the communications machine that it should be.

2. Take care not to wet your battery charger or to place it where moist can develop. Water is sure to damage any electrical device and your battery charger is no different. Keep your battery charger in a dry spot all the time and do not take it for granted. Put it inside water proof or water tight covers so that you do not have to keep on worrying about it.

3. Heed your cellular phone battery charger’s manufacturer’s warnings and recommendations. Your owner’s manual should have care tips on your battery charger too. Each battery charger has its own specifications and you should follow it. Always check power outlets before plugging the charger in and never use a charger intended for one mobile phone battery to charge another.

4. Always check your battery charger’s performance. If you notice that the battery charger is not powering up your mobile’s battery like it did before, like taking a longer time, then have your battery charger, your battery, and your mobile unit checked. If the battery charger is damaged, then it may be time to replace it or have it repaired.

These are just some tactics on how to take care of your battery charger. Keep in mind that your charger’s well being is vital to the maintenance of your battery and cellular unit as well.

By: Mitch Edwards

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