{"id":10954,"date":"2017-05-11T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=10954"},"modified":"2017-05-11T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:48:05","slug":"phones-battery-draining-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/phones-battery-draining-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is My Phone\u2019s Battery Draining This Fast?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited battery life and a fast-draining battery are a few of the biggest issues with Android smartphones. But even more frustrating is when you don\u2019t know why your battery drains so quickly. To identify the biggest battery sucks running on your phone, activate PSafe\u2019s PowerPRO. PowerPRO lets you know which apps or features on your phone are taking up too much energy. Click on PowerPRO to be proactive about making your battery last longer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2q9pspi\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Activate-PowerPro-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Activate-PowerPro\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Activate-PowerPro-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Activate-PowerPro.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But as you\u2019re running PowerPRO, you might be surprised about some of the biggest energy sucks on your phone \u2014 and the reasons your battery life is getting shorter and shorter. Here are a few reasons your battery life is getting more and more limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/heres-phones-battery-life-sucks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s Why Your Phone\u2019s Battery Life Sucks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A Limited Signal is Sucking Your Battery<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re ever in a place with a limited signal, your phone will continue to search for a signal until it finds one \u2014 even if it never does. This drains your battery life significantly, so, if this happens to you, turn your phone to airplane mode. Additionally, if you\u2019re ever without your phone charger, turn your phone to airplane mode overnight to stop connections from draining your battery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Location Tracking is Draining Your Phone<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GPS really drains your battery \u2014 notice how Google Maps has ways to keep your phone powered when you\u2019ve used it for a while? To turn off your GPS when not in use, navigate to \u201cSettings\u201d and then \u201cLocation Mode.\u201d Select the \u201cBattery saving\u201d box there to turn off your GPS when it\u2019s not being used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You Aren\u2019t Treating Your Phone Right<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people always keep their phone 100% charged, but many experts suggest this isn\u2019t the ideal charge for a long battery life. Instead, keep your phone charged from between 40 to 80%, using PowerPRO to limit your battery charge. Additionally, you sometimes want to let your phone\u2019s battery die every three months or so to re-calibrate it. Finally, never let your phone overheat \u2014 a hot phone <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/batteryuniversity.com\/learn\/article\/how_to_store_batteries\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">degrades your battery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> much more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are common reasons that your phone\u2019s battery life might be winding down. However, these may not be your phone\u2019s issue. Instead, check PowerPRO to figure out the issues that are specifically affecting your device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might wonder why your battery only lasts for hours at a time \u2014 and why it\u2019s slowed down since you bought your phone. Here, we\u2019ll give you a few answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,2408,349,352],"class_list":["post-10954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-android-battery","tag-phone","tag-powerpro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}