With great power comes great responsibility! And in the Android Community, with great power comes great loss of battery life. If you’re like most smart phone addicts, the battery meter is often half empty (or less). worse, over time, your battery life will probably get worse and worse due to the degrading health of the battery itself.
Therefore, I have two solutions for you today. One option is less time consuming than the other, but both options have shown great battery life increases for tons of users. So without further adieu, the 2 best options for calibrating your phone’s battery:
Option 1: Battery Calibration (Root Required) – NeMaThis option is extremely simple given that your phone is already rooted. If your phone is not rooted, go ahead and root your device or proceed to Option 2. If your phone is already rooted, simply follow these 4 easy steps:
Download Battery Calibration by NeMa for free from the Android Market.Plug in your phone and charge to 100%. (“It’s suggested, but not necessary, to let the phone fully discharge after calibration, then charged to 100% without break.”)Open Battery Calibration on your Android 2.1+ device and press the “Battery Calibration” button.Unplug your phone and enjoy a better battery life!That was easy right?Option 2: (No Root) Physical Battery CalibrationThis option is also very simple, but at the same time, a little more time consuming.
If you have a rooted device, Option 1 is definitely the way to go. with Option 2 and go check out the root section of Android Authority.
1.Turn your phone on and charge it for 8 hours or more.
2. Unplug the charger.
3.Turn your phone off and charge it for one hour.
2. Unplug the charger.
3.Turn your phone off and charge it for one hour.
2. Unplug the charger.
3.Turn your phone off and charge it for one hour.
What is Battery Health on an iPhone?
Battery Health is a section in your iPhone settings that tells you how healthy the battery is, compared to when the phone was brand new. New iPhones obviously start off with a brand-new 100% healthy battery. Over time, as the iPhone is used and various features are enabled and disabled, the battery’s overall health and performance will start to decline. However, as long as the battery remains at 80% or higher, Apple still considers that to be an optimal peak level.
How to check your iPhone’s battery healthGo to Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging.Here, you will see the Maximum Capacity, which is the maximum charge the phone can hold. Mine is 100% as it’s a new phone. It shouldn’t go below 80%; otherwise, you will begin to experience charging issues.You should always enable Optimized Battery Charging. This ensures that the phone is not charged right up to 100%, which will impact the battery faster.
If you go back a screen (Settings > Battery), scroll down to see the performance of the battery since you last charged it. It will tell you the last time the battery was fully charged and what has been eating away at that charge since then You can view how much Mobile battery charge each app has been using, with the worst offenders at the top.
So if you’re experiencing battery issues, maybe try uninstalling or offloading the really big battery suckers. That Sudoku game at 38% of the battery charge really needs to come off.
How do I know if my iPhone’s battery needs replacing?
Once the battery dips below 80%, you will gradually start to experience charging problems with the iPhone, and that battery percentage will begin dropping faster than usual. At this point, you should seriously consider getting the battery changed or even getting a new phone if your current one can’t hold a charge for very long.