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Are you one those people who always charges your hand phone everyday? 

I used to be one of those people but I learnt the tricks to save my hand phone battery and since then I only charge my phone once in two days or two days and a half the longest.

Note: Some of these tips can also be applied for laptops and other related gadgets.

1. DECREASE THE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS

For some hand phones, we can set the level of brightness. Like for Sony Ericsson, you can adjust it in the Display menu in Settings. I set mine the lowest level and I still manage to see well :).

2. USE BLACK / DARK THEME & WALLPAPER

Colourful themes and wallpaper consume more power than black and dark ones.

3. DON'T VIBRATE

Vibrate setting also uses battery, A LOT.

4. TURN ON POWER-SAVING MODE / AUTO-LOCK PHONE

For those who has this feature, you can turn on power-saving mode. For those who don't, you can set keypad lock or auto-lock. The screen will turn dark when your phone is not being used.

5. DON'T USE SCREEN SAVER / ANIMATED WALLPAPER

I know screen saver and animated wallpaper can be fancy but they also eat up your battery. LOL.

6. REDUCE / TURN OFF NOTIFICATION UPDATE

For those who always surf the Internet using your phone, you can turn off the notification setting. Though, it seems that your phone will only blink in less than a sec for each notification, think about how much power your phone uses if you have 50-100 notifications per day.

7. TURN OFF CONNECTION WHEN NOT IN USE

Remember to always turn off bluetooth when not in use. Your phone will always search for wifi, USING YOUR BATTERY, even when you cannot access it. Therefore, if your're not using it, turn it off.

8. DON'T USE YOUR PHONE WHILE IT'S CHARGING

Better yet, turn it off while it's charging. When it's full, don't leave it like that because the electricity still runs. When you've done charging, don't forget to turn the charger off and unplug it form its socket. You don't want any vampire power don't you? Well, except for vampire Robert Pattison <3 LOL

9. LOWER DOWN THE VOLUME

Relax guys. The purpose is for you yourself to be alert when people call or text you. Therefore, you don't need to set the volume until the whole lecture hall can hear your phone, right? Plus, you can save the embarrassment you get when people shushing you in the cinema. *Tell me who have been hushed in the cinema for forgetting to silent your phone?

10. USE SHORTER/ LESS COMPLEX RINGTONE ALERT

Okay. This is just my method of saving battery. I don't know if it actually contributes in saving my battery or not. HAHA! For sms alert, I only use the 'beep' or 'click' sound. Have  you ever feel annoyed with people who texts a lot and you keep on hearing the same annoying sms ringtone every 1-2 minutes? Well, I do. Especially if they use annoying ringtones. Blurgh!   Well, with this method, nobody will feel annoyed with you :)

There are plenty other tricks in saving your battery but these are some that I usually practice.

More info here: Tips to make your phone's battery last longer

Happy saving! (battery and money, as well, for future :D )

Till next time :)