To Extend Galaxy Battery Life, Use 'Light Mode' and 'Battery Protection' Settings

If your smartphone battery is consumed quickly even though it was fully charged in the morning, you must first check whether it is a problem with the aging of the battery itself or due to specific apps or settings. According to a Ttoksuni Eunssaem video, rather than enduring the inconvenience of unconditionally turning off location services or Bluetooth, the key is to manage it efficiently by utilizing Galaxy's built-in features.

Checking Battery Aging and Performance Optimization Settings

The first step to increasing battery efficiency is to accurately grasp the current battery status. Galaxy users can check this through the pre-installed 'Samsung Members' app. If you run 'Phone Diagnostics' in the 'Get Help' menu within the app, you can check the battery status along with various items such as sensors, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. If the diagnostic result shows that the battery status is not 'Normal,' it is recommended to visit a service center for an inspection rather than changing settings.

If the battery consumption is fast even though the battery status is normal, you can utilize the 'Performance Profile' feature. If you select 'Light' mode in the 'Device Care' menu of Settings, the smartphone will operate by appropriately adjusting its power instead of sprinting. This helps reduce battery usage and heat generation during everyday web surfing or watching YouTube, and it maintains user convenience as it is not automatically applied when running games.

Catching Battery Thieves with Background App Management and Screen Settings

It is also important to find 'battery thief' apps that consume battery without the user noticing. If you press 'View details' in the 'Battery' menu of Settings, usage by app will appear. If there is an app with a high battery occupancy even though you did not use it directly, you should set that app to 'Optimized' or 'Deep Sleeping'. For shopping apps that are not used frequently, you can set them to 'Optimized', and for apps that are almost never used, you can set them to 'Deep Sleeping' to suppress background operation. However, caution is needed because if you make apps where real-time notifications are important, such as KakaoTalk, into 'Deep Sleeping', notifications may be delayed.

Screen settings also have a significant impact on battery consumption. It is good to turn on 'Adaptive brightness' in the 'Display' settings to adjust brightness according to the surrounding environment, and to set the 'Screen timeout' to a short duration of about 30 seconds. If it is inconvenient for the screen to turn off while reading text, you can utilize the 'Keep screen on while viewing' feature. Since the front camera detects the user's gaze to keep the screen on, you can ensure convenience while preventing unnecessary screen activation. Additionally, for Always On Display (AOD), it is efficient to change it from 'Always show' to 'Tap to show' to check only when necessary.

How to Protect Battery Life During Overnight Charging

The habit of leaving the charger plugged in overnight can put a strain on battery life. To prevent this, you can utilize Galaxy's 'Battery Protection' feature. This feature is divided into three methods:

• Basic: A method that prevents the 100% state from persisting by recharging when the battery drops to 95% after being charged to 100%.
• Maximum: The user can directly set the charging upper limit between 80% and 95%. If there are not many places to charge, limiting it to 80% is advantageous for battery life.
• Adaptive: This method learns the user's sleep pattern to charge only up to about 80% at night and then fills it up to 100% to match the user's wake-up time.

When the battery is running critically low, use 'Power saving mode'. In general situations, you can select the 'Basic' mode which slightly limits performance, and when the battery is very low and only essential functions must remain, you can select 'Maximum power saving' mode. Also, if you set 'Auto power saving mode', the phone adjusts the power saving mode itself according to the user's habits.