Is your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 battery draining too fast? Don’t panic! This is common and there are some quick fixes that you can try to resolve the issue.
In this article, we will take a look at some effective tips that you can use to extend battery life on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. Read on!
Tips to Fix Galaxy Z Flip 3 Battery Drain Issue
1. Check on apps using the most battery
There are certain apps that tend to use more battery leading to faster battery drain. Identify such apps and limit their background activity to prevent further battery drain. To check on battery usage, follow the steps below:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Battery and device care
- Tap on Battery
- Tap on Battery usage
This will show you a detailed list of apps and their corresponding battery usage. If you notice anything abnormal in the battery usage, tap on the specific app to limit their battery usage.
You can also turn on Adaptive battery to limit battery usage for apps that you don’t used often. Here’s how to do that:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Battery and device care
- Tap on Battery
- Tap on More battery settings
- Tap on Adaptive battery and turn it On
2. Make sure to put unused apps to sleep
If there are apps that you don’t use often, we recommend putting them to sleep. Doing this can significantly extend battery life of your device. To put unused apps to sleep, follow the steps below:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Battery and device care
- Tap on Battery
- Tap on Background usage limits
- Toggle Put unused apps to sleep to On
3. Turn on power saving mode
This feature allows you to save battery life by disabling certain functionality of your device such as network usage, data syncing, location check, animation, brightness and other features that use lot of power.
To turn on the power saving mode, follow these steps:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Battery and device care
- Tap on Battery
- Tap on Power saving mode and toggle it On
4. Restrict app notifications
Certain apps keep sending alerts continuously and they could add up to your battery drain issue. Try turning them off, if they are not important.
Here’s how to restrict notification for apps:
- Tap and hold on the app icon you want to restrict notifications
- Next click on App info
- Then tap on Notifications
- Now tap on Show notifications and toggle it off
5. Adjust screen timeout
Try to keep screen timeout value to the minimum so that your phone goes to sleep when it is idle. This will help save battery life when phone is not in used. To adjust the screen timeout, follow the steps below:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Display
- Scroll down and tap on Screen timeout
- Select and set the screen timeout.
6. Adjust screen brightness
The screen brightness can also affect the battery life of your device. Try to keep brightness level low to reduce power consumption. To change the brightness level, follow these steps.
- Open Settings
- Tap on Display
- Adjust the brightness on the Brightness scale
7. Reduce screen refresh rate
If you are running low on battery and don’t need the higher refresh rate, you can set it to standard refresh rate (60 Hz) to save battery life. Here’s how to do that:
- Open Settings
- Tap on Display
- Tap on Motion smoothness
- Choose Standard refresh rate and click Apply to confirm the change
8. Apply the Dark Mode
The dark mode feature is something you might want to use as it can help save battery life as it uses less power as compared to the light mode (white background). To use the dark mode, follow the below steps.
- Open Settings
- Tap on Display
- Select Dark at the top to apply the mode
9. Turn off mobile data if signal reception is poor
Your phone tends to use more power when mobile signal reception is poor as it tries to communicate with your network operator. Try turning off mobile data if you are running low on battery and don’t need it.
10. Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS when not in use
Turn off your WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS when you are not actively using them as these features continuously keep scanning for connections that drains power. To turn them off, swipe down the quick settings panel and tap the corresponding icon to disable it.