Showing posts with label Battery Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battery Life. Show all posts

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable Auto Screen Off During Calls in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

During calls, you can set your phone to turn off the screen automatically to avoid your face/ear from accidentally touching something in the screen as well as to help you conserve more battery. You can do so by enabling the proximity sensor during calls so that the screen will be turned off if the sensor detects the presence of nearby objects or if there's an object near the screen such as the user's ear during calls. The proximity sensor is located between the earpiece and the front-facing camera at the top of the phone.


How to enable auto screen off during calls?
There are two different methods that can be used to access the option to set your phone to turn off the screen during calls: from the Phone app settings and from the general settings menu.


Method #1: From the Phone app settings
You can turn on the proximity sensor during calls from the Phone app settings by using the following steps:
  1. Open Phone app.
  2. Tap the Menu key and then select Call settings.
  3. Check the box next to Turn off screen during calls to enable it.
  4. The auto screen off during calls feature has been enabled.


Method #2: From the settings menu
You can turn on the proximity sensor during calls from the general settings menu by using the following steps:
  1. On home screen, tap the Menu key and then select Settings to go to the general settings menu.
  2. Tap My device tab.
  3. Tap Call.
  4. Check the box next to Turn off screen during calls to enable it.
  5. The auto screen off during calls feature has been enabled.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable Auto Adjust Screen Tone in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has some power saver options, one of which is the auto adjust screen tone. When this option is enabled, your phone will automatically adjust the screen tone based on the light and the analysis of the on-screen images. You may see the difference of the screen tone when you jump between a colourful page to a page or an app that has a lot of white space, for instance when you jump from the home screen to the Internet app to access the Google search page, you'll probably notice that the page is dimmed slightly. Since a brighter screen consumes more battery then dimming the screen will help you to conserve more battery.


How to turn on the auto adjust screen tone?
You can access the option to enable the auto adjust screen tone by using two different methods: from the general settings menu and from the S Finder.


Method #1: From the settings menu
You can turn on the auto adjust screen tone via the general settings menu by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
  2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
  3. Check the box next to Auto adjust screen tone to enable this option.
  4. The auto adjust screen tone has been enabled.


Method #2: From the S Finder
You can turn on the auto adjust screen tone via the S Finder by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap the S Finder button.
  2. Key in "auto adjust screen tone" in the search field and then tap to start searching.
  3. In the search result page, under the Settings section, check the box next to Auto adjust screen tone to enable this option.
  4. The auto adjust screen tone has been enabled.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable Negative Colour Mode in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Negative colours is a feature available in Samsung Galaxy S5 that will allow you to reverse the screen colour so that the screen visibility can be improved and the text on the screen can be easily recognized. When the negative colour mode is enabled, the screen will look like a negative film and the text will be displayed white on black instead of black on white. The inverted screen colour will not only make it easier for your eyes, but also be able to help you conserve the battery.


How to enable the negative colour mode?
In this post, we'll try reversing the screen colour by enabling the negative colour mode using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the direct access option.


Method #1: From the settings menu
You can enable the negative colour mode from the general settings menu by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
  2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Personalisation section and then tap Accessibility .
  3. Tap Vision.
  4. Scroll the screen to the bottom and then check the box next to Negative colours to enable the negative colour mode.
  5. Now, the screen colour will be reversed to the negative colour.


Method #2: From the direct access option
This method can be used if you have enabled the negative colours option within the direct access feature. Well, you can use the following steps to enable the negative colour mode from the direct access option:
  1. On any screen, press the Home key three times quickly to view the direct access option.
  2. Tap Negative colours to enable the negative colour mode.
  3. Now, the screen colour will be reversed to the negative colour.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Screen Timeout in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has some features that have been designed to help you save more battery, one of which is the screen timeout feature that will allow you to set the length of the idle time that should be waited by the device before turning off the screen backlight, in other words, the device will turn off the screen backlight if you don't use your phone until the specified screen timeout is over. The screen timeout can be adjusted from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.


How to adjust the screen timeout?
You can do so by using the following steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
  2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
  3. Tap Screen timeout and then select from the following options:
    • 15 seconds
    • 30 seconds
    • 1 minute
    • 2 minutes
    • 5 minutes
    • 10 minutes
  4. The screen timeout has been adjusted.

As a note, if you're tight with battery life issue, you'd better to set the screen timeout to a shorter period since it'll help you to save power as the battery doesn't have to keep the screen backlight on for longer time, unless you're using the smart stay feature then you'd better to set the screen timeout for a longer period.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Adjust Screen Brightness in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

In certain condition, you will probably need to adjust the screen brightness of your Samsung Galaxy S5, for instance you may need to increase it when you're in a brighter environment or decrease it when you're in a darker environment. You can manually adjust the screen brightness or let the phone to self-adjust the screen brightness using its sensor.


How to adjust the screen brightness?
Generally, there are two methods available that can be used to adjust the screen brightness: from the notification panel and from the settings menu.


Method #1: From the Notification panel
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel.
  2. By default, the screen brightness adjustment bar is located below the S Finder and Quick connect buttons. If it's not there, you have to enable it first by using the following steps:
    • Tap to go to the settings menu.
    • With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Notification panel .
    • Make sure to check the box next to Brightness adjustment to display the screen brightness adjustment bar in the notification panel.
  3. Depending on your current settings, tap the Auto checkbox to enable or disable Automatic brightness. When the Auto checkbox is checked means the automatic brightness is enabled and the phone will be able to automatically adjust the screen brightness using its sensor.
  4. To adjust the screen brightness manually, tap and slide the bar to the left for a darker screen, or tap and slide the bar to the right for a brighter screen.


Method #2: From the settings menu
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
  2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Display .
  3. Tap Brightness.
  4. Depending on your current settings, tap Automatic brightness to enable or disable it. When the checkbox in the left side of this option is checked means the automatic brightness is enabled and the phone will be able to automatically adjust the brightness using its sensor.
  5. To adjust the screen brightness manually, tap and slide the bar to the left for a darker screen, or tap and slide the bar to the right for a brighter screen.
  6. Tap OK button to save the changes.

Tips:
To help you conserving the battery, it's recommended to turn the automatic brightness on so that the phone will be able to automatically adjust the screen brightness using its sensor based on the remaining charge in the battery. But, you have to remember that turn this feature on will make the screen dimmer since it'll will reduce the maximum brightness.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable, Use and Disable Ultra Power Saving Mode in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Ultra power saving mode is an enhanced power saving feature. You can enable this mode to extend your phone battery power. This feature works by applying a simplified greyscale theme for the Home screen, limiting the number of usable apps for only 6 apps (3 default essential apps and 3 additional apps that can be selected by you), deactivating mobile data and connectivity feature (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) when the screen is off.


How to enable ultra power saving mode?
You can enable this feature either through the quick settings panel or the settings menu.


Method #1: From the quick settings panel
  1. Swipe down the top of the screen using two fingers to open up the quick settings panel.
  2. Tap the U. power saving button to enable this option.
  3. Tap OK button.
  4. In a few seconds, the ultra power saving mode will be enabled in your phone.


Method #2: From the Settings menu
  1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications panel.
  2. Tap the settings icon to enter the settings menu.
  3. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the System section and then tap Power saving.
  4. Tap Ultra power saving mode.
  5. Slide the ON/OFF switch located at the top right corner of the screen to the right to enable it.
  6. Tap OK button.
  7. In a few seconds, the ultra power saving mode will be enabled in your phone.


If you see the picture above, my phone has 57% battery remaining and 7,1 days estimated max standby time or in other word if I don't use my phone then the battery will run out after 7,1 days. Please note that the standby time may vary depending on your device settings, surrounding environment, usage pattern and actual device usage.


How to use ultra power saving mode?
Once the ultra power saving mode is enabled, you can add up to 3 additional apps to the Home screen and remove them if needed as well as using options in the simplified settings menu.
  1. Add additional apps to the Home screen in ultra power saving mode.
  2. By default, Home screen displays 3 default essential apps (They are likely: Phone app, Messaging app and Internet app) and 3 available spots that you can use to add other additional apps. Well, here are the steps to add additional apps:
    • In Home screen, tap
    • Select the desired app you want to add. Please note that not all installed apps will be available and can be added to the ultra power saving mode. My phone has ChatON, Clock, Google+, Memo, Voice recorder and WhatsApp.
    • The selected app will be added to the Home screen in ultra power saving mode.
  3. Remove apps from Home screen in ultra power saving mode.
  4. In case you want to remove additional apps you have added to the Home screen, then you can do so by using the following steps:
    • In Home screen, long tap the Recent apps key or tap to open the additional options and then select Remove.
    • Tap in the required app you want to remove.
    • Tap OK button to save the change.
    • The app will be removed from Home screen and will be replaced with that you can use to add other apps.
  5. Access the Settings menu.
  6. The settings menu in ultra power saving mode is simpler and has fewer options. You can access and use the settings menu in ultra power saving mode by using the following steps:
    • Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications panel and then tap the settings icon to enter the settings menu. Or while you're in the Home screen, long tap the Recent apps key or tap to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
    • Here you can see and use the following menus:
      • Wi-Fi
      • Bluetooth
      • Flight mode
      • Mobile network
      • Location
      • Sound
      • Brightness
  7. Use apps in ultra power saving mode
  8. You can use the default apps and additional apps you have added to the Home screen in ultra power saving mode. But, you may not be able to find some options or features in those apps because they have been disabled to extend the battery power.

How to disable ultra power saving mode?
You can disable ultra power saving mode either through the notifications panel or the additional options.

Method #1: From the notifications panel
  1. Swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications panel.
  2. Tap Disable ultra power saving mode.
  3. Tap OK button.
  4. The ultra power saving mode will be disabled.

Method #2: From the additional options
  1. In Home screen, long tap the Recent apps key or tap to open up the additional options and then select Disable ultra power saving mode.
  2. Tap OK button.
  3. The ultra power saving mode will be disabled.

Since this mode can extend the battery power up to 5x or more, then it'll allow you keep using your phone all day without having to worry running out of battery, even if you start it when you only have less than 20% battery remaining. One thing that I don't like in this mode is that I can't take screenshot, either using palm swipe or power + home buttons combination. It finally made me had to use camera in other phone to have a picture of the Samsung Galaxy S5 screen when the ultra power saving mode is enabled.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable, Customize or Disable Power Saving Mode in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The large screen and various advanced features owned by Samsung Galaxy S5 surely will be able to provide you a better experience, but both of these parts need a lot of power to run. That's why these parts are also suspected as the main cause of the poor battery life issue. Luckily Samsung Galaxy S5 has been equipped with some features to help their users to conserve their battery life, one of which is the power saving mode. By enabling this feature, you can save more battery life by limiting or disabling some device functions.


How to enable, customize or disable power saving mode?
Generally, there are two methods available that you can use to enable or disable this feature, through the quick settings panel or the settings menu.


Method #1: From the quick settings panel
This method lets you quickly enable or disable power saving mode, but it doesn't allow you to customize power saving mode. Thus, when you use this method, your phone will use the last configuration of the power saving mode. Here are the steps:
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen with two fingers to open up the quick settings panel.
  2. Depending on your current settings, tap Power saving button to enable or disable it. The button will turns green when the power saving mode is enabled and in a few second the greyscale theme will be applied to your Home screen by default.


Method #2: From the Settings menu
This method takes more times for you to access the power saving menu than the method #1, but it will allow you to customize all options available under the power saving menu.
  1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notifications panel.
  2. Tap the Settings icon to enter the settings menu.
  3. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the System section and then tap Power saving .
  4. Tap Power saving mode.
  5. Depending on your current settings, tap the ON/OFF switch located at the top right corner of the screen to enable or disable it. When the switch is on the right side means the power saving mode is enabled and in a few seconds the greyscale theme will be applied to your Home screen by default.
  6. While the power saving is enabled, you can limit or disable some device functions to conserve more battery by utilizing the available options under the power saving menu.
  7. Allow or restrict background data.
  8. As we all know that some apps keep using data in the background even when it's not being actually used by the users. Restricting background data can help you save more battery but please note that it may also affect the performance of some apps. Here are the steps to allow or restrict background data:
    • Depending on your current settings, tap Block background data to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means background data is blocked.
    • When you enable block background data, then only the currently used apps that are allowed to use data.
  9. Restrict device performance.
  10. Here are the steps to do so:
    • Tap Restrict performance.
    • Tap the ON/OFF switch located at the top right corner of the screen to enable or disable this option. When the switch is on the right side means this option is enabled. Also note that enable this option will automatically disable vibration feedback and turn off the screen after 3 seconds instead of 10 seconds when notifications are received.
    • While the restrict performance is enabled, you can also enable the CPU performance option to limit the maximum performance of the CPU, enable the Screen output option to reduce the screen frame rate and lower the brightness, enable the Turn off touch key light option to set the touch key light always off, enable the Turn off GPS option to turn off GPS and disable all location services (this option is available when the Location service is enabled).
  11. Use greyscale theme.
  12. Since the screen is a part of this phone that is consume a lot of power, then using greyscale theme for your Home screen will be able to save more battery because it'll consume less power. Here are the step to enable or disable greyscale theme:
    • Tap Greyscale mode.
    • Tap the ON/OFF switch located at the top right corner of the screen to enable or disable this option. When the switch is on the right side means this option is enabled and the greyscale theme will be applied to your Home screen.

Since the power saving mode will limit or disable some device functions, then enable this feature in your phone may result in reduced performance and give you some inconveniences. But, if you're tight with the battery life issue, then enable this feature will be helpful and useful for you.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Display or Hide Battery Percentage in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you've had updated your Samsung Galaxy SIV to Android 4.4 Kitkat, you may noticed that now all icons on the status bar are black and white, no longer colorful as you used to see in the previous version.

See also: New Options and Features in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat in the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500

Aside from some useful features, the one that I like in Android 4.4 is my battery life is now better than before. I don't know what has caused it, maybe it's because by default now the screen uses more soft and dark color. As we've known that darker color can save more battery life. Because I'm the one who are tight with battery issue, so I always pay attention about it, for example I never let the battery run out. To make it easier, I choose to display battery percentage on the status bar. It helps me a lot to know exactly how much the battery is left.


How to display or hide battery percentage on the status bar?
Generally, there are two methods that you can use to do so. You can see them below.


Method #1
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap My Device tab.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Depending on your current settings, tap Display battery percentage to enable or disable it. When the box next to this option is ticked means the battery percentage will be displayed in the status bar.


Method #2
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap More tab.
  3. Tap Battery.
  4. Scroll to the very bottom, depending on your current settings, tap Display battery percentage to enable or disable it. When the box next to this option is ticked means the battery percentage will be displayed in the status bar.

If you're like me, It's easier to know how much battery is left by seeing the percentage than seeing the battery icon. This option also helps me to prevent my battery run out, because when I'm seeing the battery is left only a few percent, I'll immediately recharge the battery. Well, hope it helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Turn Off the Screen Manually or Automatically

A huge screen owned by the Samsung Galaxy SIV surely will be able to improve the users' experiences of using this phone. But, in other side, the huge screen is a part of this phone that consume most of battery. Luckily, this phone has come with some options that will help their users to reduce battery consumption by the screen. One of which is a screen mode that will allow you to change the colour profile of the screen.

See also: How to Change Screen Mode in the Samsung Galaxy S4

Aside from changing the screen mode, to save more battery, you can also turn off the screen when you don't use it. You can do so manually or you can also set your phone to automatically turn off the screen when you don't use it for a specified time.


How to turn off the screen manually?
You can do so by pressing the Power key. To turn on the screen, press the Power key or the Home key and if you turn on your lock screen you need to unlock the lock screen first before you can use the phone.


How to turn off the screen automatically?
You can set the length of time before your phone automatically turning off the screen by adjusting the screen time out. To do so, kindly follow the steps listed below:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap My device tab.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Scroll down to find Screen timeout, then tap it.
  5. Here, you'll see some options available, they are:
    • 15 seconds: select this option to make your phone wait for 15 seconds of inactivity before turning off the screen.
    • 30 seconds: select this option to make your phone wait for 30 seconds of inactivity before turning off the screen.
    • 1 minute: select this option to make your phone wait for 1 minute of inactivity before turning off the screen.
    • 2 minutes: select this option to make your phone wait for 2 minutes of inactivity before turning off the screen.
    • 5 minutes: select this option to make your phone wait for 5 minutes of inactivity before turning off the screen.
    • 10 minutes: select this option to make your phone wait for 10 minutes of inactivity before turning off the screen.
  6. Select the desired screen timeout option you wish to use.
  7. Now, when you don't use your phone for a specified period you have chosen in the screen timeout, then the phone will turn off the screen automatically and in a few seconds the screen will be locked(if you turn on the lock screen).

Indeed, more lower screen timeout means save more battery. That's why, no wonder if there are some advices to set the screen timeout as low as possible to save battery as much as possible. But, low screen timeout sometimes irritates the user, especially for those of the user who set their lock screen with Password/PIN, resulting they should entering their Password/PIN many times each time they want to use the phone. So, in my opinion, it'll be better if you choose the screen timeout option according to your need and also will make you feel comfort while using your phone.

Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Change Screen Mode

One of weaknesses usually owned by most of smartphone is poor battery life, especially with those that have huge screen and lot of advanced features that usually consume lot of power. To reduce battery consumption by a huge screen, you can decrease the screen brightness as low as possible or you can also enable auto brightness to let your phone adjust the screen brightness automatically depends on how much light around you.

See also: How to Adjust Screen Brightness in Galaxy S4

Aside from adjusting the screen brightness, use the darker color profile can also reduce battery consumption compared when you use the brighter ones. Luckily, Samsung Galaxy SIV has come with an option called screen mode which will allow the user to change the phone's colour profile. Some of them have a darker colour profile which will help the user who are tight with the battery life issue to save more battery and also improve the users' comfort (including me) who have a problem with the brighter colour.


How to change screen mode?
Below are the steps to do so:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap My device tab.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Tap Screen mode.
  5. Here you'll see five screen modes available, they are:
    • Adapt display: This mode is selected by default. this mode will automatically optimizes the colour range, saturation, and sharpness of the display in the Gallery app, Camera app, Stock Browser app, Video app, WatchON app and Samsung Books.
    • Dynamic: for me who have problem with the colour sharpness, this mode hurt my eyes because it's more red and more sharp.
    • Standard: This is my favourite screen mode. It has soft colour and enough sharpness that make me feel comfort to use my phone with this mode.
    • Professional photo: I have no idea about this mode. But, I noticed this mode has less sharpness and color range compared with the standard.
    • Movie: Compared with other modes, this mode has the lowest sharpness and the darkest color.
  6. Tap the desired screen mode you wish to use (Look at the picture above to see the differences between each screen mode).
  7. Tap Save button.
  8. The selected screen mode will be applied.

If you're like me, I prefer to use standard as my screen mode. This mode has a soft colour compared with the adapt display and dynamic, and has enough sharpness compared with the professional photo and movie. Even so, each user has their own taste. So, no matter what the screen mode you'll choose, make sure to choose the one that will make you more comfort using your phone.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Fix Background Color Changed in Email Apps

One way that you can do to save more battery life is by enabling power saving option. You can find four options available under this option, all of them are there to helps your phone save as much as possible the battery life.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Power Saving on Samsung Galaxy S3

Unfortunately, enabling power saving may result in less power to consume by the device that sometimes caused the phone not to work as your expectations. One of which is you may find the background color in Email apps arbitrarily is changed, either black background or white background.


How to solve background color changed in Email apps?
Below are the steps to do to solve the problem:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap Power saving.
  3. Disable the Background colour option. When the box next to this option is unchecked means this option is turned off.
  4. Tap Home button to return to the Home screen.

Once you do these steps, now the problem of the email background color changed should be resolved. However, if you have your own solution to fix this problem, then I'll appreciate if you willing to share them here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Customize Power Saving Settings

To prevent your Samsung Galaxy SIII encountering poor battery life issue or quickly drained, then enabling power saving mode is one way to save a battery a little better.

See also: How to Enable or Disable Power Saving on Samsung Galaxy S3

Once you've enabled this option, then your phone will do some adjustments in order to consume less battery, such as by decreasing the brightness of the display, limit some system resource usage, decrease the brightness of the background colour when using Email and Internet and disable haptic feedback. You can customize all of them through the options available under power saving menu.


How to customize power saving options?
Below are the steps to find options under power saving that you can customize according to your needs to save more battery:
  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Make sure you've enabled Power saving menu to make you be able accessing the power saving options.
  3. Tap Power saving.
  4. Now you'll see five options available, they are:
    • CPU power saving: Enable this option to limit the maximum CPU performance.
    • Screen power saving: Enable this option to make your phone using low power level for the screen.
    • Background colour: Enable this option to change the background color when using Email and Internet to save the power as much as possible.
    • Turn off haptic feedback: Enable this option to prevent the phone vibrating when the Menu key, Back key is touched and when you press and hold the Power key or the Home key in order to conserve more battery consumption.
    • Learn about power saving: Tap this option to view information for saving battery power.
  5. Enable the option that you wants. When the checkbox next the option is ticked means the option is turned on.
  6. Tap Home button to return to the standby mode.

All the options that you have seen under power settings menu is designed to help your phone to consume less power which means enabling the option will be able to prolong your battery life and avoid it to face poor battery life issue in the near future. But, this will also prevent the phone to deliver a best performance due to the phone using the power under the standard level.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Power Saving

Big screen and a bunch of features owned by Samsung Galaxy SIII sometimes end up you to face the problem with the poor battery life. Well, in order to prevent it and to prolong your battery life, there are some tips and tricks to do, such as altering your display's colour profile by using the different screen mode available to save a battery a little better.

See also: How to Change Screen Mode on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another thing that you can do to prolong your battery life is by using power saving mode. This mode will make the phone to use low power lever for the screen, limit the maximum CPU performance, change the background color in Email and Internet to be able saving the power as much as possible and also turn off haptic feedback.


How to turn on or off power saving mode?
To do so, kindly do as follows:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen
  2. Scroll to Settings, then tap it.
  3. Depending on your current settings, slide the slider next to Power saving option to enable or disable this option. When the slider is in the right side or shows green means this option is turned on.
  4. Tap Home button to return to the standby mode.

By default, this option is turned off due to enabling this option may decreasing your experience while using this phone. Some of users also said that they were encountering some problems when they're enabling this option. So, if saving the battery is your main issue then may it worth for you to try, but if you feels this option start giving you some troubles then you can leave it by default to stay turned off.

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Change Screen Mode

One way that you can do to save your battery life is by enabling Automatic brightness option that you can find under display settings. Turning on this option will make your Samsung Galaxy SIII will automatically become bright less when you're indoors and become brighter when you're outdoors.

See also: How to Adjust Screen brightness on Samsung Galaxy S3

Another option available under display settings that you can use to save the battery is Screen mode option. This option will allow you to choose the different color profile. As we all know that AMOLED screen owned by this phone will consume less battery on some color profiles, such as dark color will consume less than the bright ones.


How to choose screen mode?
Below are the steps to do if you want to change display colour profile on your phone:
  1. Tap the Menu key from your Home screen.
  2. On pop up menu select Settings.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Tap Screen mode.
  5. Now you will see four options available, they are Dynamic, Standard, Natural and Movie.
  6. Tap the required screen mode you wish to use. Every time you tap in the different screen mode option, you will see a preview of this screen mode at the top of the screen.
  7. Tap Save button to save the changes.

Once upon the time, I've found the thread on the XDA Developer forum that ask the members to give their polls about which the screen mode they use. The result, the most used screen mode is standard as they were said that this mode has a good balance between saturation and normalness, while the most rarely used screen mode is movie. So, which screen mode do you use?

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Display Battery Percentage

One of the advantage owned by the Samsung Galaxy SIII is its removable battery that will allow you to replace it easily with another extended battery or with the new one if it has a problem or broken.

See also: How to Insert or Remove Battery on Samsung Galaxy S3

Due to huge screen and many features inside this phone which is need a lot of power to run, then manage the battery is the important things you should pay attention for. One of the way you can do to keep your battery has a better life is by showing the percentage of the battery left on your screen. This of course be useful to tell you exactly how much the power is left.


How to show battery percentage?
To always show battery percentage in the notification bar then you need to do the steps listed below:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Tap Display battery percentage to enable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means this option is enabled.
  5. Tap Home button to return to the standby mode.
  6. Now you should see a percentage next to the battery icon at the top of the screen.

By always displaying battery percentage on your Galaxy SIII screen, then you will be easier to know how much battery life you have left on your phone. So, did you have turned on this option on your phone?

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Change Screen Timeout Duration

Previously we have learned about how to save more battery consumption by setting down the email syncing frequency, due to this activity will need more power when it accessing the mobile network more often.

See also: How to Change the Email Check Frequency on Samsung Galaxy S3

One more way that you can also do to save more battery consumption on your Galaxy SIII is by changing the screen time out duration as short as possible. By doing this, means you will reduce power consumption by the huge screen owned by this phone when the it is not in used.


How to change the screen time out duration?
Screen time out duration will determine how long your phone's standby time after not being used. To change it kindly following the steps below:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
  2. Scroll to Settings, then tap on it.
  3. Tap Display.
  4. Tap Screen timeout.
  5. On pop up menu select which screen timeout duration you wish to use, eg 1 minute or 30 seconds. More shorter duration means save more battery consumption. When the dot indicator next to option shows green means the option is selected.
  6. Finish. Now your phone's screen timeout setting has been change.

Well, by knowing on how to adjust the screen timout duration, now you can set it down to save more battery consumption and help prolong your battery life. So try this useful tips then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Change Email Check Frequency

One of the most common problem experienced by users of the Samsung Galaxy SIII is the poor battery life issue. This is caused mainly by the existing features and a huge screen owned by this phone that requires a lot of power to run. Fortunately, this phone was comes with a removable battery that will allow you to replace it with the new ones if it have a problem or broken.

See also: How to Insert and Remove Battery on Samsung Galaxy S3

In addition to replace with an extended battery, there are some ways that you can do to get better battery life, such as: using useful apps, turning off unused features, set the screen settings, etc.. Another thing you can also do to help prolong battery life is by changing the email syncing frequency becomes longer.


How to change the email check frequency?
When your phone checks for new email messages more frequently, then it will access the mobile network more often, means your phone will use more lot of battery consumption. Set this option down will help you to save more battery consumption and prolong your battery life. To do so following the steps below:
  1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
  2. Scroll to Email, then tap on it.
  3. Tap the Menu key.
  4. On the pop up menu select Settings.
  5. Tap the required email account you wish to change its syncing frequency.
  6. Tap Email check frequency.
  7. On the pop up menu select which option you wish to use, for example: Every hour. More rarely its frequency means save more battery consumption. When the dot indicator next to the option shows green means the option is selected.
  8. Finish. Now the setting has been changed and your phone will check for new email in accordance with the frequency that you specified before.

Well, by knowing on how to change the email check frequency, now you can save more battery consumption which means that you have helped to prolong your battery life. So, try this useful tips then share your experience here through the comment below :)