@yigitakinkaya: My friend said the phone's battery was full in the morning but drops to 10% in the afternoon. He's losing his mind but …
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A user shares how disabling unnecessary background processes on Android dramatically improved battery life, with the phone ending the day at 40% instead of dropping to 10%.
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My friend said the phone’s battery was full in the morning but drops to 10% in the afternoon. He’s losing his mind but somehow tried to figure it out.
He brought it to me, I lowered the brightness. Turned off location. Still the same.
Turns out Android runs dozens of things in the background without asking you. These are the ones draining the battery while you’re unaware.
I didn’t change a single setting, didn’t even factory reset it. But now the phone ends the day at a minimum of 40%.
I’ll explain step by step:
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