Android apps for battery saving - anyone used one?

[stephec]

As the title says really.

I've seen loads of different android apps that all claim to reduce your battery useage and lengthen the life, but I can't believe they actually work.

Has anyone ever used one of these, and would you like to share your thoughts on it?

 

[MontyVeda]

since I've only had a smart phone for a week, I've hardly tried any apps... but the battery seems to hold its charge a lot better than I'd anticipated, especially with GPS tracking on throughout yesterday's ride. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

 

[albion]

A waste of time overall, and likely any ads in the free ones will sap the battery more!!!

Switching to 2G has the best bang for bucks.

 

[tadpole]

Tried quite a few, but none are better than andriod's own power management setting

 

[fossyant]

They don't really work. Best option is a task manager type app that can close unwanted applications that run in the background.

 

[LarryDuff]

I quite like battery doctor.

 

[welsh dragon]

They don't work. Don't bother with them. If anything they themselves drain the battery. They are waste of space.

 

[Roadrider48]

I charge my iphone roughly every two days, sometimes a day and a half....seems reasonable.

 

[sight-pin]

Google Locations seems to sap mine the most, i switch them off when not in use

 

[welsh dragon]

Having your blue tooth on saps the battery as well. Always close as many applications as you can. This will save your battery

 

[classic33]

No.

But as with any mobile phone switching network selection to Manual instead of Automatic is the biggest saver of battery life.

 

[KneesUp]

I used to charge my Ericsson T39 once a week. And they call it progress ...

 

[Learnincurve]

All the apps do is turn off things that you could manually turn off anyway. The best thing I have for making sure I don't run out of charge is a external battery charger. I have the anker 10,000mAh model with two usb points, one for android and one for apple and it fits perfectly in the main compartment of http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EDTUAAO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 it will do about 4 full charges of a phone and can itself be charged either from the wall or a PC overnight. .

 

[paul04]

Agree with what the others have said, don't bother with any battery saving app, use androids own power management setting, run task manager and kill any programs running in the back ground, and a good one is to knock down the brightness of the screen a little.

I also have a app called clean master, which does a good job of deleting all the junk files, and from that program you can disable of lot on apps you will never use (you can' delete them as they are factory installed, but disabling them saves power)

 

[welsh dragon]

Agree with what the others have said, don't bother with any battery saving app, use androids own power management setting, run task manager and kill any programs running in the back ground, and a good one is to knock down the brightness of the screen a little.

I also have a app called clean master, which does a good job of deleting all the junk files, and from that program you can disable of lot on apps you will never use (you can' delete them as they are factory installed, but disabling them saves power)

I have clean master as well. It's excellent. I use it all the time.