How to extend Battery Life of your DROID X smartphone to the fullest?
The battery life has never been HTC’s forte, but yet it claims a hefty one for its new Android based Droid X handset. When compared to the some of the smartphones in the same range this battery life is nothing incredible, although it will hold good for the day to day user but for the tech savvy social networking freaks it is well below what they expect. This problem with the battery life of the device was present even before the device was launched and it continues to bother the users even today.
Users have been adopting gimmicky fixes for the device but device for a long time now and a lot of them even seems to have worked for them. Here is some of those tips and tricks that you can try out with your Motorola Droid and see if they work for you or not.
1, Charge your mobile to the fullest possible-
You do not need to be sure of a fully charged when your phone suggests so by turning the orange light to green, You need to unplug the phone when that happens and see whether the orange light appears if it does you need to recharge the phone again until the orange light changes to green for one and for all.
2, Use the Power management widget
This widget will tell you whether any of your applications like Bluetooth, WIFI or GPS is contributing to your battery power loss if yes then you can turn off the application and save some power. Also, this widget will tell you whether the brightness level is optimum for your phone or is it wasting which can also be readjusted accordingly.
3, Keep it away from Magnets
One thing that should always be kept in mind is that the Droid features a car mode which drains out the battery at extreme rates so you should always keep it away from anything that contains magnetic material. If Droid detected the magnet around, it will switch to Car Mode, consuming the battery reserves quickly.
4, Use the App-killer
This is one useful widget- this widget basically shuts down any apps that might be running idle and draining your battery. It is a free app so go to your market to install it.
5, Use Airave
This is another problem that is applicable to all phones not only the Droid if you stay in a place where the signal for your phone is not appropriate then you probably need this the most because your phone will waste valuable battery life in trying to catch a better signal. Instead you can use the Airave app that will boost your signal quality and hence boost your battery life a little.
6, Use the general battery saving suggestions
Sometimes the general battery saving suggestions can also prove to be very efficient some of which are:
- Select a shorter backlight duration
- Lower the display brightness
- Use the AC adapter to charge your phone whenever possible
- Turn Bluetooth off when not in use
- Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use
- Close any third party applications running in the background
- Playing music, videos and viewing images in your phone will affect your battery life.
Although most of these suggestions are only gimmicks (though well tried out before) they may or may not work very well for battery of your Droid smart device. However, if you have any suggestions on boosting your Droid’s battery life apart from these you are always welcome.
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Just an fyi…. the Droid X is NOT made by HTC. It is a Motorola product.
your droid x battery life tips are very helpful. thanks for sharing.
Why do you talk about HTC on an article about a Motorola phone?
Don’t use any app killer. just leave the phone as it is if possible.
I recommend to use stock setting menu ‘Running Service’. After booting up your phone, go to setting –> application –> Running Service, kill the services that you don’t use.
Using Juice Defender doesn’t help that much. However, if you use data heavily (facebook sync, twitter sync, Email sync, chatting apps, etc) juice defender might help.