Extend Windows Phone 8 battery life - the 5 best tips

The battery life of Windows Phone 8 is usually relatively short. We'll give you the best tips on how to extend battery life.

Tip 1: Reduce the energy consumption of the smartphone display

Since the trend is clearly towards ever larger displays, more and more battery power is required. Therefore, you should first reduce the level of brightness as much as possible.

1. Call up the "Application list" and select the "Brightness" sub-item in the "Settings".
2. Now deactivate the preset option "Adjust automatically". Try out how dark the display can be without having to restrict yourself too much.
3. You should also check which LiveTiles you have on your homepage and remove everything that is unnecessary.
4. Also shorten the time until the locked screen turns off automatically.
5. To do this, go to "Settings" in the "Application List" and then to "Lock Screen". Finally, select the appropriate period of time.

Tip 2: Avoid unnecessary synchronization

Most of the time, it is also superfluous to constantly check emails or compare social contacts - especially since a lot of energy is used every time.

1. Go to the "Application List".
2. In the "Settings", select the sub-item "E-mail accounts & others".
3. Then select the email account or accounts whose synchronization time you want to adjust.
4. Go to "Download new content" and decide at what intervals your mail account should be checked.
5. And of course you should also check for all other applications whether and how often synchronization is carried out or whether you need it at all.

Tip 3: Stop the constant search for connection options

Your cell phone wastes an incredible amount of valuable battery life when it searches for transmission towers or network stations and connects to them. Therefore, you should also deactivate WiFi and Bluetooth if you do not need it.

1. You go back to the "Application List" of the Window Phone 8.
2. There you go to "Settings" and then logically "WLAN".
3. Then deactivate WLAN by setting the status to "Off".
4. The same procedure applies to Bluetooth, except, of course, that you click on the "Bluetooth" sub-item in the "Settings" instead of "WLAN".
5. You should also switch from 3G to 2G mode if you cannot or do not need UMTS / HSDPA.

4. Tip: The power saving mode of Windows Phone 8

The energy-saving mode also helps you to extend the battery life of the Windows Phone 8. You can make calls or surf the Internet as normal, only the automatic synchronization is no longer carried out. Of course, you can also check your mails manually at any time in power saving mode.

1. First you have to select the "Settings" in the "Application list".
2. Now click on "Power saving mode".
3. Then go to "Advanced", you will find three saving options, of which you activate the one that suits you.

Tip 5: Airplane mode

If you do not use your smartphone for some time and do not want to be disturbed by calls, the "airplane mode" is the perfect option. Airplane mode is also ideal for the night, for example, because the smartphone can be operational again in a matter of seconds.

• With the Windows Phone 8 you can easily place it as a shortcut on the screen.