Samsung Galaxy 3: battery drained quickly - it can be because of it
Is your Samsung Galaxy S3 battery draining too quickly? Here we present various energy guzzlers and show how to turn them off.
Find and eliminate standard power guzzlers
The first thing you should do is find out why the battery drains so quickly to learn how to prevent it.
- Open the Task Manager by a long press on the start button. There you first close all programs that are not required.
- Check whether programs are open that need a lot of power, such as pedometers or anti-virus programs.
- Live wallpapers also pull immensely on the battery. A high screen brightness also consumes the battery; You can increase or decrease these in the dropdown menu of your settings.
- The WLAN of your smartphone is also a big battery eater - switch it off if you are not at home, for example. The same applies to GPS and especially Bluetooth.
Extend the battery life using the extended task manager
Hold the home button again and touch the icon on the far left to open the extended task manager - from here you can switch to the "Active applications" tab. Close all active apps there, as they may also drain the battery.
- In addition, you can completely empty the RAM memory of the device except for the important apps and widgets - simply by pressing "Clear memory" under the "RAM" tab.
- A really useful feature is the energy saving mode. Use this as often as possible when you are not running a 3D intensive application. This is either available in the dropdown selection above or in the settings.
Battery consumption indicator: an important tool in the fight against the battery level
Go into the settings and select the "Battery" submenu. From there you can easily monitor the processes / services that are secretly affecting your battery. You can now choose different options for each process:
- "Force stop" ends the selected app "hard". Attention: This may lead to data loss.
- With "App Info" you can manage the storage and cache, view the permissions or completely uninstall the app.
Useful apps for saving energy
There are also specialized apps for Android phones that help you save energy. A small selection: "Power Toggles", "Easy Battery Saver" or "Deep Sleep Battery Saver" for nighttime use.
Devices and software versions used: Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2