1. Use Wifi when available and turn off Wifi when not in use
Wifi seems to be the biggest influencer
of battery life on newer devices like the Bold 9900/9930. In all of our
tests and real world outings, having Wifi on and connected to a Wifi
network was amazing for battery life.
However when you know you won’t be using
Wifi if you’re out for the day or somewhere where there is no Wifi
connection, you can simply turn it off to keep it from eating away at
your battery. This keeps the device from searching for networks and
draining the battery.
2. Dim the backlight
When you fire up a new device, more
often than not the backlight brightness is set at 70 per cent. This is
all well and good to start as you can see the screen clearly and
everything looks great. Your natural tendency to want to see things as
bright as possible may have you cranking it up to 100 per cent, however
this can more quickly drain your battery as the extra juice needed to
keep the screen fully lit up eats away at battery life.
3. Change your backlight timeout
Having the backlight timeout set to a
low value keeps your screen from staying on unnecessarily when you’re
done doing whatever you’re doing. In most cases there is no need to have
the screen stay on for two minutes or even one minute after you’re done
using the device.
4. Turn off bluetooth when not in use
Bluetooth is a great feature of
BlackBerry smartphones. It lets you connect with devices such as
headsets, computers, speakers and much more. However when not in use,
having Bluetooth active can slowly take away from your overall battery
life. When you’re not using Bluetooth it’s always a good idea to just
turn it off. Granted you won’t be able to automatically connect to
devices without turning it on again, but it’s only a few clicks away so
it’s never too much of a hassle to fire it up again.
5. Change network settings in poor coverage
This one not many people think of but it
can also be a big help on the battery. If you happen to find yourself
in an area with poor network coverage for your carrier, you can change
up your settings or even turn off data completely and save yourself some
precious battery bars. Sometimes when you find yourself in poor
coverage it could be due to a clogged network.
6. Use the auto on/off feature or bedside mode
This is a simple yet not well known
feature of BlackBerry Smartphones. Built into the Operating System is
the ability to automatically turn the device on and off at given times.
This is extremely useful for saving battery life as well as turning the
device off when you’re sleeping, in daily meetings, among others.
7. Lock your device and/or use a BlackBerry case with sleeper magnet
When your device is in your pocket or
purse and it gets banged around, sometimes the screen will activate when
a key is pressed. To prevent this you can either use the lock button on
your device or set a device password with a timeout. This is a good
practice to keep the device safe while preventing the screen from
turning on when you don’t want it to.
8. Exit unused apps
Simply closing unused apps can go a long
way in helping battery life. In particular apps that constantly pull
your GPS location or perfom other tasks really hinder your battery life
when not in use. To easily close these apps you can use the built-in App
Switcher to see what’s running on your device, then close anything you
aren’t using.
9. Change app refresh settings
Apps like Twitter, Facebook and others
that run in the background on your device can eat up precious battery
life in no time. These apps constantly refresh at set intervals and
slowly chip away at battery life you could be saving. For any app that
has a background refresh, you’ll want to turn the refresh rate up or
even off completely.
10. Charge your device and buy a spare battery!
Last but not least is the “no brainer”
of the bunch. Charge your device whenever you have the chance. Be it at
home or in your office with a standard wall charger or BlackBerry
charging pod, in your car with a car charger or wherever you happen to
be. Charging in your down time is obviously the best way to keep your
battery up and running all day long.
—Source: crackberry.com
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