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My phone's battery was dying fast until I checked the screen brightness
I mean, I kept thinking my phone was just getting old, but after a trip to Seattle last month I looked at the battery usage. The screen was using over 60% of the power because I had the brightness cranked all the way up from being outside. I turned on auto-brightness and now I get through a whole day easy. Has anyone else found a simple setting that made a huge difference like that?
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wyatt1487mo ago
Auto-brightness is a game changer. My old phone was doing the same thing, draining in a few hours. I found the same setting after weeks of frustration. It feels obvious now, but you just don't think to check it. That one switch basically doubled my battery life.
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averyb317mo ago
Doubling battery life sounds like a huge stretch. My phone's auto-brightness just makes the screen annoyingly dim indoors. It might save a little power, but not enough to stop me from needing a charger by dinner. Most battery drain comes from apps running in the background anyway. That one setting feels like a tiny fix for a much bigger problem.
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mason.cole6mo ago
Doubled my battery life" is what I tell myself after turning off the one game that was actually killing it.
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