Often, when the battery of your gadget after charging (how to properly charge your smartphone, read here) drains quickly, we often hear advice to close background programs. Some say it saves battery life, increases phone performance and saves data. Others argue that no, background programs don’t take up enough of your phone’s resources to affect its performance. Both sides are right, according to the publication cnet.com.
While background apps may not use phone resources on their own, Android phones and iPhones periodically refresh background apps by default. This uses the phone’s battery power and data. While updating background apps doesn’t use up resources as much as screen brightness and mobile data, turning off app updates can help save battery and data for when you really need them. Low Power Mode for iPhone and Battery Saver Mode for Android phones also stop background apps from updating. But they also pause or change other settings, including screen refresh rate and device performance. These options will save your battery and data, but they result in more drastic changes than stopping background programs from updating.
How to stop background apps from refreshing to save battery life and save data on iPhone.
Open “Settings”. Tap General. Tap Update Background Programs. Tap Background Program Update again.
Here you can turn off background updates, restrict background app updates when connected to Wi-Fi, or allow background app updates when in Wi-Fi and cellular mode.
When you select Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi and Cellular Data, you can also choose which apps can be updated in the background. To do this, follow the first three steps above. After that, you will see a list of applications at the bottom of the page. Choose which ones can be updated in the background.
How to stop background apps from updating on Android.
Open “Settings”. Tap Network & Internet. Tap Save Data. Turn on Data Saver.
Data saving mode will stop background apps from using data when the phone is not connected to Wi-Fi. Some apps that you actively use may not load items such as images unless you click on them. You can select “Unlimited Data Access” under “Use Data Saver” to select three apps that will have unlimited access to data even if Data Saver is enabled.
you also can allow certain apps to use background data. Here’s how to do it:
Open “Settings”. Tap Network & Internet. Tap Mobile Network. Tap App Data Usage. Touch the desired app. Turn on Background Data.
You can decide which programs to update in the background, potentially saving battery and data.
Earlier “FACTS” explained, how to use a power bank to charge gadgets.
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