One of the most important challenges they have phone makers like Xiaomi is to offer better devices, faster and with better features, using a few batteries based on almost obsolete technology. This implies an effort to fit larger batteries, reduce the rest of the components and optimize Android and / or MIUI to give more with less energy consumption. The same goes for its POCO and Redmi ranges.
Although each new phone Xiaomi tries to squeeze the battery to the maximum automatically, we ourselves can make certain decisions or acquire habits to do so help battery last longer than necessary. Or, at least, not to run out of phone before reaching a charging point, at home or at work.
We propose several tips and tricks to help you better understand how it works current phone battery and better manage the energy consumption of Xiaomi, POCO or Redmi devices.
Sensitive to heat
To batteries they don’t like the heat. With the cold they get along better. Be that as it may, extreme temperatures consume more energy than usual, especially if the temperature is high. You will have noticed it on occasion. While the phone is hot, the battery it consumes faster.
In principle, the maximum temperature to reach on the part of the battery of your Xiaomi it is 40ºC. From there, battery and smartphone life can suffer. Ideally, stop using the phone when we notice that.
What produces that gets hotter than normal? Software updates, video playback, video recording, playing video games, etc. It is not about stopping these activities. For that you bought that phone and not another. However, now you know the reasons why your smartphone can get hot.
Don’t drain the battery
The batteries of yesteryear had to be used 100 to 0 percent. Some of us continue with that mania, but manufacturers of phones and other devices recommend us don’t drain the battery. It is advisable to carry out a full charge the first time you use a Xiaomi or other brand phone. But going forward, you can perform short charges instead of waiting to drain the battery to recharge it.
A good time to charge your phone is, of course, when it asks you to. That is usually about 20% battery. For the rest, it is advisable not to reach 100% of the load. Staying at 80% is more than enough.
Background functions
It is something obvious but it does not hurt to remember it. The more services, apps and functions you have active in the background, the more your Xiaomi, POCO or Redmi will work. And consequently, your phone’s battery will last less.
Do you need to have Bluetooth constantly activated? Is the screen brightness enough or too much? Are all the applications that you have running second hand essential? In this last aspect, you can limit which apps run in the background and which ones will only do it when you open them.
From Settings> Battery> Battery saver in apps you will be able to review your installed apps and games, one by one, and within its file mark the option Restrict background apps. The app will continue to work but will stop performing certain battery-consuming functions, such as sending you notifications.
Disable mobile data when locking screen
There is a little trick for Xiaomi and other devices with MIUI that allows you to save mobile data and, therefore, consume less battery when we have the screen locked. That is, when we are not using the phone.
Unless you are expecting important WhatsApp messages or emails, you can turn off mobile data with the screen locked after a certain time. For example, after 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes. You will find this option in Settings> Battery> Battery settings> Lock screen settings.
Optimize battery with MIUI
MIUI, the software of your Xiaomi based on Android, has its own characteristics. One of them consists of improve battery performance. In Settings> Battery you will find several options for it. The most useful are Battery saving, which deactivates non-essential services so that the battery can last a little longer.
Y Optimize, a detailed analysis that will offer you solutions to reduce the battery consumption of your POCO or Redmi. For example, it will tell you which apps use the most battery and other tricks to achieve the same goal.
Save battery when you don’t use it
We said that MIUI has a multitude of functions to extend the battery life of your Xiaomi phone. Some are manual and some are automatic. Among the latter, the mode stands out Battery saving, which we can program for times of the day when we do not use the device. For example, while we sleep.
In Settings> Battery> Battery saving> Set time to change mode We will indicate the time bands for the phone to act normal or restrict certain options for the sake of the battery.
MIUI’s dark mode
A simple way to extend the battery is to activate the dark mode of Xiaomi, POCO or Redmi by default. Dark colors consume less power on the screen. And if you don’t want to use it all day, you can schedule it for specific times of the day. Or at night.
You will find Xiaomi dark mode in Android notifications, in the form of a button, or from Settings> Display> Dark mode. You can activate it without further ado or program when it activates and when it deactivates.