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Stop the display from eating the battery

The screen is usually the largest power draw. Lower it without making the phone hard to read outdoors.

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Typical signs: Screen is the top battery consumer, Brightness stays high indoors, Always-on display drains overnight.

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You will need: Display settings.

Shorten the screen timeout

Set the screen to sleep after 30 seconds, or 15 if you rarely read long pages. Every extra minute of a lit panel is power you can measure on the battery graph.

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