Finding your Galaxy A14’s battery life shorter than you need? There are a variety of adjustments you can make to settings and usage habits that cumulatively optimize power efficiency on your A14. Taking the time to tweak options affecting the display, apps, connections, location services, and phone performance can extend your battery runtime.
Poor battery life on your Galaxy A14 generally stems from power-hungry features and components not optimized for efficiency. The vibrant AMOLED screen and cellular radios for mobile data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS tend to be major drain sources. Apps running unrestrained in the background also gradually consume juice.
Thankfully, honing in on the biggest battery sinks and making targeted adjustments provides meaningful improvements in daily battery endurance. With the right settings, moderate usage, and occasional top-ups, your A14 should reliably last a full day on a charge.
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Lower Screen Brightness
Keeping your Galaxy A14’s screen brightness maxed out at 100% will substantially drain the battery, simply powering all those bright pixels. Turning down the brightness saves power exponentially.
Lowering the screen brightness is one of the simplest yet most effective ways to reduce battery drain on the Galaxy A14 without really sacrificing visual quality. Try setting your A14’s brightness to around 30-50% rather than 100% when indoors and away from sunlight. This still appears bright but at a fraction of the power cost.
Also, make sure Adaptive Brightness is enabled so the phone optimizes brightness based on ambient lighting conditions. This provides a nice automatic adjustment to screen visibility and battery efficiency.
- Open Settings and tap Display
- Drag the brightness slider to 30-50% brightness
- Enable Adaptive brightness toggle
Disable Unused Connectivity
Radios like mobile data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS will consume battery in the background if left always-on, even when not actively in use. Quickly disabling them until needed again preserves power.
Selectively enabling radios and connectivity only when required will maximize battery life rather than having them always enabled needlessly. In your notification shade, tap the Mobile data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Location tiles to turn them off completely when not needed. Leave them off when not leveraging their connections to avoid passive battery drain from their background network pings.
Disabling unused wireless radios is a very straightforward way to eliminate unnecessary battery drain from cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS when those connections aren’t actively being leveraged. The less your A14 has to keep always on in the background, the longer the battery will last.
- Swipe down from the top to open the Notification shade
- Tap Mobile data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Location tiles to turn them off when not needed
Restrict Power-Hungry Apps
Many apps will consume CPU cycles, network data, and GPS in the background if you let them, draining your battery. Rein in battery-hogging apps via Settings.
Check Settings > Battery usage details and pay attention to which apps use disproportionate percentages of battery even when not used. Limit their background activities and permissions. Uninstall or disable if needed. Preventing unused apps from running unchecked in the background eliminates wasted battery drain on your resting Galaxy A14.
- Go to Settings
- Tap Battery usage details
- Review battery usage by app
- Restrict or remove battery-draining apps
Use Power Saving Modes
When you really need to stretch your remaining battery life, make use of the Power saving modes under Battery settings. They limit performance and connectivity for longevity.
Open quick settings and tap the Power mode tile. Choose Medium power saving or Maximum power saving to initiate safe battery modes. This dims the screen, restricts apps, and reduces background activity to the essentials only. Power-saving modes are key to runtime when your Galaxy A14 battery level gets critically low, and you need it to last as long as possible.
- Open the quick settings panel
- Tap Power mode tile
- Select Medium or Maximum power saving
Making these targeted adjustments to settings, connectivity, apps, and usage patterns cumulatively optimizes your Galaxy A14 for much-improved battery efficiency during normal daily use. With some attentive battery care, your A14 can reliably last all day long.
FAQs
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Q: Why does my phone’s battery drain so quickly even when I’m not using it?
A: Excessive battery drain when your phone is idle or sleeping often points to apps running in the background. Check settings to see which apps are using the most battery and restrict their background activities. Also, ensure software is updated, turn off unused radios like Bluetooth/WiFi, and disable Always On Display if available.
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Q: What are some simple ways to make my phone’s battery last longer each day?
A: Reduce screen brightness, close battery-hogging apps when not in use, disable Bluetooth/WiFi/GPS when not needed, limit resource-intensive tasks like gaming, turn on power saving mode, avoid extreme hot or cold exposure, and frequently charge to between 40%-80% rather than letting battery fully drain.
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Q: How can I tell if my phone’s battery needs to be replaced for better battery life?
A: Signs of a worn-out battery include fast draining even when barely used, phone dying at 20-30% charge, inability to hold a charge when idle, needing to charge multiple times a day, and extreme battery swelling or overheating. Compare current runtime vs. when brand new. If runtime is significantly reduced with no other explanation, replacing the aging battery should restore normal battery life.
