Best Tips to Increase Battery Life on Motorola Phones

Ashutosh Singh Feb 7, 2024

IMG: Unsplash Battery is an important part of Smartphones.

IMG: Unsplash Having a larger battery is essential for good battery life on Smartphone. But software also play important role.

IMG: Unsplash If you're traveling and want to save battery life on your Motorola phone, here are some tips you can follow.

TURN OFF AOD

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Enable Power Saver mode

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Decrease screen time

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Restrict battery usage

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reduce refresh rate

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switch to FHD

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turn off wifi and bluetooth scanning

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turn off location

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There are some other tricks like removing bloatware, using original charger, disconnecting Bluetooth devices when not in use, etc.

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