Tips to Extend Battery Life of Samsung Galaxy S5

By Bogdana

First Published on August 25, 2018 | RECENTLY REVISED

This article is 5 years old.

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Users of Galaxy S5 may face a problem with the phone’s battery life, like after giving full charge it does not last for even 10 hours also. Well, some ways are there following which you can Extend Battery Life of Samsung Galaxy S5.

5 Tips To increase Battery Life on Samsung Galaxy S5

Tips to Extend Battery Life on Samsung Galaxy S5

Tip 1: Deactivate Google play store update via wifi– You may think that automatic Google Play Store updates should remain on especially if you are conscious about security, but disabling this can save a lot of battery power. You can also uninstall some unnecessary apps as many apps perform tasks in background and more in result more processing power is required.

Tip 2: Turn off Air wake up– If you wave your hand over the screen, this feature turns on your phone. However, if you think that saving battery power is more important to you than this feature, then our suggestion is to turn this off.

Tip 3: Deactivate Smart stay– Smart stay is one of the most interesting features of Samsung Galaxy S5, but at the same time it uses a lot of battery power. This feature tells the front-facing camera to sense if you are looking at the phone screen but disabling this feature can save some battery power.

Tip 4: Restrict the phone’s performance– If your phone battery is running low, then you can restrict the overall performance such as lower the screen frame, CPU speed, disable GPS, disable the capacitive navigation of your phone to save your phone from being powered off. To do this, go to Settings > Power Saving > Power Saving mode menu > Restrict performance.

Tip 5: Activate Ultra Power saving mode– If you are in a bad need of battery power and just want your phone to be switched on, then turning on this feature will help you a lot. However, it will turn your Galaxy S5 to a dumb phone by disabling many features, changing the screen to dull and disabling the screen. However, you will be able to send and receive messages, calls and browsing the web.