How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use
HTC U11.
Try out some of these tips to help increase battery life.
Use the power management features
Manage your connections
- Turn off wireless connections such as mobile data,
Wi-Fi, or
Bluetooth when not in use.
- Turn GPS on only when a precise location is needed, such as while using navigation or location-based apps. See
Turning the location setting on or off.
- Turn on Airplane mode when you don't need any wireless connections and you don't want to receive calls or messages.
Manage your display
Lowering the brightness, letting the display sleep when not in use, and keeping it simple helps save battery power.
Manage your apps
- Battery optimization helps extend battery standby time. See
Battery optimization for apps.
- Restrict battery usage of apps running in the background. See
Enabling background restriction in apps.
- Install the latest software and application updates. Updates sometimes include battery performance improvements.
- Uninstall or disable apps that you never use.
Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even when you're not using them. If there are apps that you don't need anymore, uninstall them.
If an app came preloaded and can't be uninstalled, disabling the app can still prevent it from continuously running or syncing data. See
Disabling an app.
Limit background data and sync
Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps syncing data in the background. It’s recommended not to let apps sync data too often. Determine which apps can be set with longer sync times, or sync manually.
- In Settings, tap
Accounts & sync and check what types of data are being synced in your online accounts. When the battery is starting to run low, temporarily disable syncing some data.
- If you have many email accounts, consider prolonging the sync time of some accounts.
If you are using the HTC Mail app, select an account, tap
, and then adjust the settings under
Sync schedule.
- When you’re not traveling from one place to another, sync weather updates of only your current location, rather than in all of your named cities. Open the
Weather app, and then tap
to edit and remove unneeded cities.
- Choose widgets wisely.
Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not important from your Home screen.
- In
Google Play Store, tap
, and then tap
if you're fine with updating apps from
Google Play Store manually.
Other tips
To squeeze in a little bit more battery power, try these tips:
- Tone down the ringtone and media volume.
- Minimize the use of vibration or sound feedback. In Settings, tap
and choose which ones you don't need and can disable.
- In times when the phone is low in battery power, minimize the use of gestures such as
Edge Sense and
Motion Launch. You can temporarily turn them off in Settings.
- Check your apps’ settings as you may find more options to optimize the battery.