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Samsung Galaxy S4 demonstrates superior smartphone intelligence, intense entertainment and life companionship to its owner; however, the 5-inch display screen, several CPU cores and bloatware can drain the battery life in less than a day. So if you want to get more power out of your phone, follow these 10 tips and tricks for your Samsung Galaxy S4.

Widgets

Widgets are great and almost every app installed on your Galaxy S4 uses widgets. However, most of them drain battery due to constantly checking and downloading feeds whether there is an Internet connection or not. Use widgets that you need the most and configure the auto-syncing properties manually.

Wireless Connection and S Features

Disable all wireless radios when not in use. You can pull-down the shortcut toggles from the notifications shade to turn them off manually - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Auto-Sync, NFC and Android Beam. Aside from the mentioned connectivity, switch off Galaxy S4 exclusive S features such as Smart Stay or Air Gestures when not in use or suffer losing battery within the day.

Wallpapers

Samsung Galaxy S4 has 5 inches of screen display which contains many pixels and using live wallpaper in this size will require more power. In addition, the handset uses Super AMOLED technology and it is great handling darker colours. When replacing live wallpapers with static ones, use images which have more black than bright colours to save energy.

Power Saving Mode

Samsung equipped the Galaxy S4 with built-in power saving feature. In the Power Saving section on your handset, you can control the number of CPU used by the device, configure running apps and more to conserve battery life. Quickly access the power saver from the notifications shade by simply pulling it down.

Brightness Level

Screen is the highest drainer of energy on any smartphone and with a large size on Galaxy S4, expect huge consumption. Some advices that activating auto-brightness will help battery, but in contrary, the light sensor always reads the environment which also consume power. Turn off the auto-brightness and manually select the brightness level comfortable with your eyes.

Screen Time-out

Another screen factor is the time-out which consumes battery depending on its rate. Select a specific duration of screen time-out fit for you. Leaving the screen on for a long time will drain huge amount of power on your device.

Battery Tool

In cases that you have no idea what causes sudden drain of the battery, check the battery tool in the settings. There, you will see every single application and system areas which consume the largest amount of power. If it is an application which you do not use often, remove it or change the auto-sync frequency to manual.

Applications

Do not install applications which are similar or contradictory to one another. Keep one and uninstall the rest to help save power and free memory. Moreover, disable applications you rarely use such as Google Maps or Music Player (if you use another) to prevent them from draining battery.

Factory Reset

Sometimes you'll have to reset the phone to refresh the entire system. Doing a factory reset erases old data and other system files to give your Galaxy S4 a fresh start. Make sure to backup everything before resetting your handset.

New OEM Battery Pack

As the best solution for battery issue, always be prepared with an extra battery pack especially when travelling. Aside from a travel charger or extra battery unit for your Samsung Galaxy S4, you can also bring a power bank to recharge batteries anytime, anywhere.