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The real secret to better Android battery life

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If there's one question I get asked more than any other, it's how to boost a phone's battery life. While the notion of achieving better Android battery life may sometimes seem like rocket science, it's actually just regular science – and the secret to making it happen isn't all that difficult. In fact, all it requires is some careful planning.

THE ANDROID BATTERY LIFE MECHANICS

The main thing to know about your phone's physical battery is that it's a limited resource that loses capacity over time. That's an inherent quality of that type of technology, unfortunately, and the same is true no matter what type of mobile device you're using: the more you use it – and, specifically, the more you stress it via ongoing charging – the less power

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