Disable Always-On
Mobile Data
Always-on Mobile Data
allows your phone to be
connected almost
constantly for things
like checking for new
email and Facebook
updates. Disabling it
will mean that you have
to manually refresh an
app to check for new
messages, etc.. But you
will save quite a lot of
battery juice.
Turn Wi-Fi Off (or
Have it Always On)
Following a bit of a
theme, turn Wi-Fi off
when you don't need it.
Alternatively, if you are
usually near a reliable
Wi-Fi connection, set it
to be always On. c
Wi-Fi uses less battery
than a data connection,
and When Wi-Fi is on,
3G will be off. Go to
settings > Wi-Fi. Press
the Menu button and
then choose Advanced.
Open the Wi-Fi Sleep
Policy and Choose
Never.
Turn Bluetooth
Off
A surprisingly large
number of people
leave Bluetooth
running all the time.
Quite apart from
being a bit of a
security issue,
Bluetooth will also
use up a big chuck
of your battery
power over the
course of a day,
even if not actually
sending or
receiving files. To
turn off BT go to
Settings > BT. You
can also control BT.
You can also
control BT with the
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Reduce Update
Frequency
If you don't want to
disable Always-On
Mobile Data, you can
go into each app
which updates
regularly and change
their individual
settings to update less
regularly. Where you
will find this settings
varies between apps,
but it will usually be
in the main settings
menu for the app,
sometimes under
notifications. You can
also change the update
and sync frequency of
some apps by going to
Settings > Account
and Sync