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Do Android Updates Lead to a Decreased Battery Life?

While new updates to your phone may be exciting — they may include plenty of new features that you’ve been dying to have — these updates may also drain your phone’s battery life. Luckily, there are a few different ways that you can improve your phone’s battery life so that you can enjoy all of the new updates that your Android has to offer.

One way that you can preserve your phone’s battery life is to use DFNDR’s Total Charge feature. Total Charge will observe your phone’s charging process, and send you notifications on its status, including when your phone has finished charging. That way, you’ll never overcharge your phone’s battery. This will help to protect your battery from the damage that overcharging can cause, and extend your battery’s life. Be sure to activate this feature so that you monitor your device whenever you charge your phone. Click here to activate Total Charge now:


Be Aware of Your Battery Life

Your phone’s short battery life is more than just an annoying quirk — it often points to underlying issues with your phone. If you have chronic issues with your phone’s battery immediately after getting a new phone, then you may have received a bad battery. The best option in this case is to return the phone for a new one. Nonetheless, phone batteries aren’t designed to last for all that long — their strength will fade after a year or two.

The reason it’s important to be aware of your phone’s battery life is that your phone uses a Lithium-ion battery that has a finite number of charges. That’s why you want to avoid overcharging your device, or running it ragged. Pay attention to the apps that take up a lot of power on your phone, and disable the ones that you can — you can do this in your phone’s settings. If necessary, you can also activate your phone’s power saving mode, which will drastically reduce the number of tasks that your phone is performing.

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