[Windows Central Question]

I have read many reviews and people said that even with a small battery, the phone lasts more than a day easily. I received my new Lumia today and charged it to 65% at 3PM and by 10 PM today, it dropped to 5%. There was no heavy usage, texting and calling and data was on but still only one app was used. I am getting jittery and don't really want to return my new phone. Help please

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There was no heavy usage, texting and calling and data was on but still only one app was used. I am getting jittery and don't really want to return my new phone. Help please

Your phone is likely updating a LOT of Apps from the store...

Give it about 3 days to "settle in."


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[Chintan Gohel]

I have read many reviews and people said that even with a small battery, the phone lasts more than a day easily. I received my new Lumia today and charged it to 65% at 3PM and by 10 PM today, it dropped to 5%. There was no heavy usage, texting and calling and data was on but still only one app was used. I am getting jittery and don't really want to return my new phone. Help please

my recipe:
A few things you can try out:

1. Check settings >system > battery > which apps are using the most energy?
2. Again, in battery section, which apps can run in the background? Can you disable those you don't need? Keep messaging enabled to run in background
3. In battery section, you can also set up battery saver to kick in when the battery reaches a certain percentage. I keep mine on 100% so it's always on battery saver mode
4. In mail app, how often do you have mails to sync? Generally the longer the time period, the less the battery usage
5. What about brightness settings? Is it on high or auto? Auto is better than a fixed setting
6. If you find that messaging app uses a lot of battery, this could be because it's linked with skype. Go to messaging app, settings and unlink skype
7. In photos app, do you have auto upload of photos enabled? If yes, try to not upload high res photos and videos unless you are charging the phone and on wifi
8. When you use some apps that are not data heavy like whatsapp or mail, you can use a lower network speed like 2G. It's what I do usually. I only use LTE when I have to use 6tag
9. If you're using edge for basic browsing, you could try using UC browser. Not only does it use less data but you can also disable images which means you save even more on data. The less data your phone has to receive, the less the energy used
10. In settings > privacy - check each of those settings to see which apps can use what. For example I can't understand why Word would need to access location info so I disabled that. There might be apps using services that they are not meant to use
11. Finally, keep wifi/cellular off when you don't need to have them on. The toggles in action centre are pretty fast so it doesn't take much time in switching internet on/off
12. Disable auto update of apps, you only update when you are ready and not when you are in need of critical things
13. For insider rings – reduce the amount of telemetry and feedback that you send – this can have a big impact
14. If you have Cortana tile pinned to start screen, remove it

Hope this helps you