(10 Nov 2016, 11:57 pm)Jamie M wrote Id just forget to charge the power pack.
I've learned how to make my SGS6 last the whole day on one charge and listen to music and whatever. A few tips for android:
1) Avoid using GNE app - it's trash on android and hurts the battery life, even if the screen is off because of background processing.
2) Turn the screen off as much as possible.
3) Use restrictive data, only uses data on active applications, meaning much less 4G processing.
I can get 20 hours out of my phone whilst listening to music loud and browsing as much as I need to. No need for powerpacks unless I found myself camping or short of a charger. Impossible to get more than a day out of it, even if you dont listen to music and just leave the screen off! Most iphones are similar, though my 3GS got a good 3 days of heavy usage before needing a charge. Great little phone but too old to work now.
My way of increasing the battery life on my phone in addition to the above is to turn it off when I go to bed at night, I have an alarm clock in my bedroom which I can set if I need to be up for a certain time. The STAMINA mode on my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact works a treat at keeping the battery life up as it disables a lot of things running in the background.
I hardly ever use the GNE app anyway, only really require the Live Stop Departures feature but I find it a bit sluggish and a pain to use, so what I often tend to do is use Google Maps as it often gives live times from bus stops for Go North East (and Arriva North East) buses in minutes.