I finally tried the 'low power mode trick' for my old phone battery and it actually worked

My Pixel 4a would die by 3 PM every day. I read a review that said to just leave low power mode on all the time, not just when the battery is low. I thought that was dumb and would slow the phone down too much. Tried it for a week and my battery now lasts until bedtime. The performance hit is way smaller than I expected. Has anyone else kept a phone going longer with a simple setting like this?

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river19018d ago

Thought that was a total gimmick until my old phone did the same thing. The speed drop is barely noticeable for normal stuff. Honestly feels dumb that it works so well.

abbyk1018d ago

Tell me about it. My phone basically runs on hopes and dreams at this point. It's like they put the battery on life support and told the processor to chill out. Still works for texts and doomscrolling though, so I can't even be mad. Just feels weird praising a product for getting worse in a helpful way.