As the Android rage continues throughout the world, the most common complaint I hear is "Why is my battery power so low?" Well, there are many reasons and factors that play into the Android interface being a battery hog. Simple answers could be too much display brightness or not turning off email sync, Wi-Fi, GPS or Bluetooth. But honestly, aren’t we living in the age of smart phones, where we shouldn’t have to pay attention to the little details that make the difference in our phones lasting a whole day or even more? I was recently shown two amazing battery-conserving apps that I want all my fellow Android users out there to download ASAP.
The first app I want to talk to you about is Juice Defender by Latedroid. It gives you full control and automatic settings for all the aspects of your device that drain the battery. If you are a CDMA user (Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular), it allows your device to control when it’s connecting to the network via a 3G or 4G connection, when data connection is allowed to run, and when Wi-Fi should be on or off. These are huge battery changing options for the device. Once you run the program once, it is auto-configured to run these battery saving techniques all the time. By ensuring that your device only has a data connection when it’s necessary, you can maximize battery power.
Another really great feature is a widget that can be placed on the home screen that will give a very accurate gauge of how much battery power you have left on the device. Juice Defender also has the ability to keep your device in a hibernative state during certain hours of the day. This ensures you won’t constantly need a bedtime charge just so your device is full of juice by morning.
Outside of all the amazing features of Juice Defender, Juice Plotter by Latedroid is a partner app that allows you to see where your battery usage is coming from directly. The app plots battery usage info on a chart over a period of time so you can pinpoint exactly the times and what you were doing that caused major battery loss. This app adds a widget to the home screen that, when combined with Juice Defender, shows how much more battery power was gained by using these two apps together. One important thing to remember: “Ignore” these apps on any task killer program after installing them to ensure that you are maximizing battery saving techniques.
So get on the market ASAP and download Juice Defender and Juice Plotter by Latedroid, and experience a daily change in maximizing your Android’s battery life and efficiency. Both apps are free and available for download now. Also, after trying these two apps, check out the Ultimate Juice add-on for $5.30, which will give the advanced user even more control over how battery is being saved by adding location, specific app, and direct timeframe controls around data and Wi-Fi connection capabilities.
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